NEW ATTACHMENTS
A Dog’s Purpose
Logline: A canine’s quest to discover his purpose in the world over the course of several lifetimes with multiple owners.
Studio/Distributor(s): DreamWorks Studios
Production Company(s): Walden Media, Pariah, Mark Sourian Productions
Producer(s): Gavin Polone
Writer(s): Audrey Wells, Keith Bunin, W Bruce Cameron, Cathryn Michon
Director(s): Lasse Hallstrom
Cast: Britt Robertson, Dennis Quaid, K.J. Apa, Juliet Rylance, Peggy Lipton, Pooch Hall
Details: Based on the novel “A Dog’s Purpose” written by W. Bruce Cameron and published by Forge Books on July 6, 2010.
SSN Insight: Hall will play a young man who meets the love of his life thanks to the dog’s machinations.
Crucifixion
Logline: Based on a true story, after a priest is accused of murdering a nun on whom he was performing an exorcism, an investigative journalist tries to find out if the priest lost the battle with the demon he was attempting to banish.
Production Company(s): The Safran Company, Lotus Entertainment
Producer(s): Peter Safran, Chad Hayes, Carey Hayes
Writer(s): Chad Hayes, Carey Hayes
Director(s): Xavier Gens
Cast: Sophie Cookson
SSN Insight: Cookson will play the lead role. Principal photography has begun in Romania.
Desired Moments
Logline: A man becomes obsessed with a wish-granting service he discovers on the internet.
Studio/Distributor(s): Amazon Studios (completing negotiations)
Production Company(s): Groundswell Productions
Producer(s): Michael London, Janice Williams
Writer(s): Griffin Creech
Director(s): Tom Kuntz
Cast: Kristen Wiig
SSN Insight: Amazon is completing negotiations to finance the film. The film would be one of Amazon’s first in-house film productions since Ted Hope’s hire with the goal of generating original feature productions that will be distributed theatrically before releasing on Amazon.
Fist Fight
Logline: Two teachers who work in a broken-down school system wind up in an epic fist fight.
Studio/Distributor(s): New Line Cinema
Production Company(s): 21 Laps Entertainment
Producer(s): Max Greenfield, Billy Rosenberg, Dan Cohen, Shawn Levy
Writer(s): Evan Susser, Van Robichaux, Max Greenfield
Director(s): Richie Keen
Cast: Ice Cube, Charlie Day, Tracy Morgan (in discussions), Dennis Haysbert (in negotiations), JoAnna Garcia Swisher
SSN Insight: Garcia Swisher will play Maggie, the pregnant, devoted and loving wife of Andy Campbell who is convinced that he’s not going to be fired. The film is Morgan’s first announced project since he was critically injured in a car accident in June 2014.
Ghostbusters (Reboot)
Logline: With paranormal activity on the rise, a Columbia University academic, her ghost-chasing friend, the friend’s business partner, and an MTA employee join forces to bust ghosts and save New York.
Studio/Distributor(s): Columbia Pictures, Sony Pictures Releasing
Production Company(s): The Montecito Picture Company, Apatow Productions, Ocean Pictures, Quantity Entertainment, Feigco Entertainment, Pascal Pictures
Producer(s): Ivan Reitman, Dan Aykroyd, Gene Stupnitsky, Ali Bell, Lee Eisenberg
Writer(s): Katie Dippold, Paul Feig, Etan Cohen, Dan Aykroyd, Ivan Reitman
Director(s): Paul Feig
Cast: Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Leslie Jones, Kate McKinnon, Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson
Details: Reboot of “Ghostbusters” (1984) and “Ghostbusters II” (1989) both directed by Ivan Reitman.
SSN Insight: Project will reportedly bring back the original team of Ghostbusters and introduce new, younger Ghostbusters front-and-center as well. Harold Ramis was previously attached to star. Ernie Hudson was one of the original Ghostbusters.
Huntsville
Logline: In a sleepy southern town a man with a haunted past encounters an attractive young woman who moves in next door.
Production Company(s): The Coalition Group
Producer(s): Luisa Iskin, John Wunder
Writer(s): Anthony Ragnone II
Director(s): Eric England
Cast: Shea Whigham, Anya Taylor-Joy
SSN Insight: Screenplay was included in the 2014 Hit List.
Loving
Logline: The true story of interracial couple Mildred and Richard Loving’s historical Supreme Court case that eradicated laws against marriage between interracial couples.
Production Company(s): Sarah Green Film Corp., Big Beach, Augusta Films, The Zoo, Raindog Films
Producer(s): Ged Doherty, Sarah Green, Nancy Buirski, Colin Firth, Peter Saraf
Writer(s): Jeff Nichols
Director(s): Jeff Nichols
Cast: Joel Edgerton, Ruth Negga, Nick Kroll, Jon Bass, Marton Csokas, Bill Camp, Michael Shannon
Details: Inspired by the documentary “The Loving Story” (2012) directed by Nancy Buirski.
SSN Insight: Project marks director Jeff Nichols’ second time directing actors Bill Camp and Joel Edgerton, and his fifth collaboration with Michael Shannon.
Measure of a Man
Logline: In the 1970s, a bullied teenager is mentored by a Wall Street executive at his summer job while his mother’s independence and career upset her marriage.
Studio/Distributor(s): No Studio Available.
Production Company(s): Taylor Lane Productions
Producer(s): Christian Taylor
Writer(s): David Scearce
Director(s): Jim Loach
Cast: Donald Sutherland, Blake Cooper, Judy Greer, Luke Wilson, Beau Knapp
Details: Based on the young-adult novel “One Fat Summer” written by Robert Lipsyte and published by Harper & Row in 1977.
SSN Insight: Terry Loane was previously attached to direct. Christina Hendricks was previously in negotiations to star.
Mr. Right
Logline: A woman has found Mr. Right at last. But he’s a reformed hit man, and when his past catches up with him, their new relationship and their lives are in danger.
Studio/Distributor(s): Focus Features
Production Company(s): Circle of Confusion, 3311 Productions
Producer(s): Bradley Gallo, Michael Helfant, Rick Jacobs, Lawrence Mattis
Writer(s): Max Landis
Director(s): Paco Cabezas
Cast: Sam Rockwell, Anna Kendrick, Tim Roth, James Ransone, Anson Mount
SSN Insight: Don Johnson was previously in talks to join the cast. Focus World acquired domestic rights prior to the film’s premiere at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival.
Nocturnal Animals
Logline: Susan receives a manuscript from her ex-husband, and reading it causes her recall her first marriage and confront some dark truths about herself.
Studio/Distributor(s): Focus Features
Production Company(s): Fade to Black Productions
Producer(s): Tom Ford, Robert Salerno
Writer(s): Tom Ford
Director(s): Tom Ford
Cast: Amy Adams, Jake Gyllenhaal, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Michael Shannon, Kim Basinger, Ellie Bamber
Details: Based on the novel “Tony and Susan” written by Austin Wright and published by Baskerville Publishers in 1993.
SSN Insight: Project was previously in development at Smokehouse Pictures with George Clooney and Grant Heslov attached to produce. Focus Features and Universal Pictures International secured the rights at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival in a reportedly $20 Million deal, marking one of the biggest deal in Cannes history.
Ouija 2
Logline: Storyline is under wraps.
Studio/Distributor(s): Universal Pictures
Production Company(s): Platinum Dunes, Hasbro, Inc., Blumhouse Productions
Producer(s): Jason Blum, Michael Bay, Brad Fuller, Andrew Form, Brian Goldner
Writer(s): Jeff Howard, Mike Flanagan
Director(s): Mike Flanagan
Cast: Annalise Basso, Elizabeth Reaser, Henry Thomas, Lulu Wilson, Parker Mack, Sam Anderson, Kate Siegel, Doug Jones
Details: Sequel to “Ouija” (2014) directed by Stiles White and starring Olivia Cooke.
SSN Insight: The film is set for an October 21, 2016 release. The original film was budgeted at $5 million and grossed more than $100 million in worldwide box office.
Outlaws Inc
Logline: An extraordinary journey into the biggest, most impenetrable trafficking network the world has ever seen.
Production Company(s): Thunder Road Pictures, Fundamental Films
Producer(s): Basil Iwanyk, Mark Gao
Writer(s): David Schickler
Director(s): Scott Waugh
Details: Based on the book “Outlaws Inc.: Under the Radar and on the Black Market with the World’s Most Dangerous Smugglers,” written by Matt Potter and published by Bloomsbury on August 30, 2011.
SSN Insight: Waugh previously directed Act of Valor. Fundamental Films will fully finance the film.
Resident Evil 6
Logline: Alice must save humankind from the Red Queen.
Studio/Distributor(s): Screen Gems
Production Company(s): Constantin Film Development, Inc., Impact Pictures, Davis Films
Producer(s): Robert Kulzer, Jeremy Bolt, Samuel Hadida, Paul W.S. Anderson
Writer(s): Paul W.S. Anderson
Director(s): Paul W.S. Anderson
Cast: Milla Jovovich, Ali Larter, Iain Glen, Shawn Roberts, Ruby Rose, Eoin Macken and William Levy
Details: Sequel to “Resident Evil (2002), directed by Paul W.S. Anderson,”Resident Evil: Apocalypse” (2004) directed by Alexander Witt and “Resident Evil: Extinction” (2007) directed by Russell Mulcahy, “Resident Evil: Afterlife” (2010) directed by Paul W.S. Anderson, and “Resident Evil” Retibution” (2012) directed by Paul W.S. Anderson. Based on the Camcom videogame “Resident Evil.”
SSN Insight: Glen most recently played Ser Jorah Mormont in HBO’s Game Of Thrones, Roberts last appeared in Edge Of Darkness, Rose appears in the Netflix series Orange Is The New Black, and Macken starred in BBC’s Merlin.
Stealing Time
Logline: Three generations of men embark on a quest to unearth the secrets of an ancient device that may be the key to making time travel possible.
Studio/Distributor(s): DreamWorks Studios
Production Company(s): Segars Media, Landscape Entertainment
Producer(s): Bob Cooper, Charles Segars
Writer(s): Colin Trevorrow, Timothy Dowling
SSN Insight: Project was previously set up at Columbia Pictures with Walt Becker attached to direct. Trevorrow previously directed Jurassic World and penned the original script to this film. DreamWorks has hired Dowling to pen a new draft.
The Commuter
Logline: A businessman on his daily commute home unwittingly gets caught up in a criminal conspiracy, which threatens not only his life but the lives of those around him.
Production Company(s): The Picture Company
Producer(s): Andrew Rona, Alex Heineman
Writer(s): Philip de Blasi, Byron Willinger
Cast: Liam Neeson
SSN Insight: Olatunde Osunsanmi was previously attached to direct. Previously in development at Gold Circle with Julian Jarrold attached to direct. Previously in development at Boies/Schiller Film Group and Landscape.
The House
Logline: After they lose their daughter’s college fund, a couple start an illegal casino in their basement to try to earn it back.
Studio/Distributor(s): New Line Cinema
Production Company(s): Gary Sanchez Productions, Good Universe
Producer(s): Adam McKay, Will Ferrell, Joe Drake, Nathan Kahane, Andrew Jay Cohen
Writer(s): Andrew Jay Cohen, Brendan O’Brien,
Director(s): Andrew Jay Cohen
Cast: Will Ferrell, Amy Poehler, Ryan Simpkins, Cedric Yarbrough, Frank Gerrish, Michaela Watkins, Allison Tolman, Rob Huebel
SSN Insight: New Line won the script in a bidding war with their commitment to a $40 million budget.
The Tunnels
Logline: Before the Berlin Wall falls, agroup West Germans get their loved ones of East Berlin with the help of American networks who fund their trip. Based on a true story.
Production Company(s): Mark Gordon Company, FilmNation
Producer(s): Mark R. Gordon, Aaron Ryder
Writer(s): Tobias Lindholm
Director(s): Paul Greengrass
Details: Based on the book proposal “The Tunnels” written by Greg Mitchell.
SSN Insight: Lindholm’s A War recently premiered at the Venice Film Festival.
Underworld V
Logline: In this fifth installment of the “Underworld” franchise, a new, younger generation of vampires and werewolves are embroiled in a supernatural race war.
Studio/Distributor(s): Screen Gems
Production Company(s): Lakeshore Entertainment
Producer(s): Tom Rosenberg, Gary Lucchesi, Richard Wright, David Kern, Len Wiseman
Writer(s): Cory Goodman, Kyle Ward
Director(s): Anna Foerster
Cast: Kate Beckinsale, Theo James, Tobias Menzies, Clementine Nicholson, Lara Pulver
SSN Insight: Anna Foerster is the first woman to direct a film in the “Underworld” franchise.
Untitled (Paramount/Transformers 5 Project)
Logline: Storyline is under wraps.
Studio/Distributor(s): Paramount Pictures
Production Company(s): Amblin Entertainment, Bay Films, Weed Road Pictures, Hasbro, Inc., Di Bonaventura Pictures
Producer(s): Michael Bay, Lorenzo Di Bonaventura, Steven Spielberg, Akiva Goldsman, Mark Vahradian
Writer(s): Akiva Goldsman
Director(s): Michael Bay
Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Nicola Peltz, Jack Reynor, Stanley Tucci
SSN Insight: The producers organized a “writer’s room” to develop story ideas for this two-part sequel as well as potential spinoff projects, which Akiva Goldsman was a part of. Production will begin in June.
Warcraft
Logline: An epic fantasy set in a world populated with orcs, trolls, elves, and the undead.
Studio/Distributor(s): Universal Pictures
Production Company(s): Legendary Entertainment, Activision Blizzard, Liberty Films, Tencent Pictures
Producer(s): Jon Jashni, Thomas Tull, Charles Roven, Alex Gartner
Writer(s): Charles Leavitt, Duncan Jones
Director(s): Duncan Jones
Cast: Travis Fimmel, Paula Patton, Ben Foster, Toby Kebbell, Rob Kazinsky
Details: Based on the video game “Warcraft” released by Blizzard Entertainment in 1994.
SSN Insight: Sam Raimi previously attached to direct and produce. Colin Farrell was previously, and widely, rumored to be cast in a lead role. China’s Tencent Pictures will partner with Legendary Pictures and invest an equity stake in the film.
NEW PROJECTS
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Logline: The classic Jules Verne story about a scientist and his adventures in his submarine is retold.
Production Company(s): Bad Hat Harry Productions
Writer(s): Rick Sordelet, Dan Studney
Director(s): Bryan Singer
Details: Based on the novel “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea” written by Jules Verne and published in 1870.
SSN Insight: Disney is also developing a 20,000 Leagues film with David Fincher in talks to direct. This film, however, was announced on Instagram by Singer.
Dismissed
Logline: An idealistic and traditional English teacher is pulled into a nightmarish situation by an honor roll student who will do anything to get an A.
Production Company(s): Making Film Productions, BoulderLight Pictures
Producer(s): JD Lifshitz, Raphael Margules, Sev Ohanian
Writer(s): Brian McAuley
Director(s): Ben Arfmann
Cast: Kent Osborne, Dylan Sprouse, Chris Bauer, Alycia Delmore, Randall Park
SSN Insight: This is the first film to be developed out of Making Horror, Boulderlight’s and Making Film Limited’s financing partnership to produce three horror films.
East Texas Hot Links
Logline: One night in a segregated in bar in Jim Crow-era East Texas tests the loyalty and strength of a small African-American community and changes the lives of its citizens.
Production Company(s): Uppity Films, West Omaha Films, LLC, Night Fox Entertainment
Producer(s): John Beasley, Rachel Griffin, Timothy Christian, Rab Butler
Writer(s): Eugene Lee
Cast: John Beasley
Details: Based on the stage play “East Texas Hot Links” written by Eugene Lee, which premiered at The MET Theatre in Los Angeles in August, 1991.
SSN Insight: Night Fox Entertainment will finance the film, which previously co-financed the apocalyptic film Z for Zachariah and starred Chiwetel Ejiofor, Margot Robbie and Chris Pine.
Forest of Hands and Teeth
Logline: A virus has left few survivors who roam the earth as cannibals, and the future of mankind depends on Mary, who leads a group out of their village into the Forest of Hands and Teeth.
Production Company(s): Hypnotic, Hetherwood Productions
Producer(s): Kate Maberly, Doug Liman
Writer(s): Kate Maberly
Director(s): Kate Maberly
Cast: Maisie Williams
Details: Based on the novel “The Forest of Hands and Teeth” written by Carrie Ryan and published by Delacorte Press in 2009.
SSN Insight: Maberly will be featured as one of the opening night filmmakers at the Hollywood Film Festival on September 24. Maisie Williams was most recently seen on Game of Thrones. She will play the lead.
Get Out
Logline: Storyline is under wraps.
Production Company(s): Blumhouse Productions, QC Entertainment
Producer(s): Jason Blum, Sean McKittrick, Ted Hamm
Writer(s): Jordan Peele
Director(s): Jordan Peele
SSN Insight: QC Entertainment is a new partnership between Darko Entertainment and Movie Package Company to finance and produce director-driven fare.
I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House
Logline: When a young nurse is hired to take care of an elderly author of best-selling ghost stories at her country home, she finds that the house has a ghost story of its own.
Production Company(s): Zed Filmworks, Paris Film, Inc., Go Insane
Producer(s): Rob Paris, Robert Menzies
Writer(s): Osgood Perkins
Director(s): Osgood Perkins
SSN Insight: Paris Film Inc will produce and co-finance through the joint venture with Zed Filmworks and Go Insane Films, with cameras set to roll in spring 2016.
The Spy Who Loved
Logline: Christine Granville is recruited by British intelligence during WWII and becomes one of their most daring and decorated agents.
Production Company(s): Bluegrass Films
Producer(s): Scott Stuber, Dylan Clark
Writer(s): Cat Vasko
Details: Based on the book “The Spy Who Loved” written by Clare Mulley and published by Macmillan in 2012.
SSN Insight: Vasko previously sold the script Queen Of The Air to Warner Bros. this year.
Transformers (Paramount/Animated/Origin Story)
Logline: This origin story focuses on the planet Cybertron, the place where the good and bad Transformer robots hail.
Studio/Distributor(s): Paramount Pictures
Writer(s): Andrew Barrer, Gabriel Ferrari
Details: Based on The Transformers toy line introduced in the United States by Hasbro in 1984. An animated television series soon followed (1984-1987), and an animated feature “The Transformers: The Movie” (1986) was released by Marvel and Hasbro.
SSN Insight: The Transformers producers organized a “writer’s room” to develop story ideas for sequel as well as potential spinoff projects. Ant-Man screenwriters Andrew Barrer and Gabriel Ferrari were a part of that writer’s room.