On The Set For 3/10/14: A Hologram For The King, Starring Tom Hanks, Starts Production

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A Hologram for the King 03/06/2014 Logline: A businessman makes a last-ditch effort to save his financial situation by going to a bustling Saudi Arabian city. Production Companies: X-Filme Creative Pool, Playtone Director: Tom Twyker Executive Producers: Jim Seibel, Bill Johnson Producers: Stefan Arndt, Uwe Schott, Tom Twyker, Tom Hanks, Gary Goetzman Cast: Tom Hanks, Omar Elba, Tracey Fairaway, Sarita Choudhury Screenwriter: Tom Twyker Details: Based on the novel A Hologram for the King, written by Dave Eggers and published by McSweeney's July 19, 2012. SSN Insight: This reteams Tom Hanks with the director; they worked on Cloud Atlas together

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Queen of the Desert 03/06/2014 Logline: An exploration of the life and loves of Gertrude Bell - explorer, writer and political attaché for the British Empire in the early 20th century who played a key role in the formation of modern-day Iraq. Production Companies: Werner Herzog Filmproduktion, Palmyra Films, Benaroya Pictures Director: Werner Herzog Producers: Cassian Elwes, Werner Herzog, Nick Raslan, Michael Benaroya Cast: Nicole Kidman, Robert Pattinson, James Franco, Damian Lewis Screenwriter: Werner Herzog SSN Insight: Naomi Watts was previously attached to star as Gertrude Bell. The Last Days in the Desert 03/07/2014 Logline: The Biblical story of Joshua in the desert. Production Companies: Mockingbird Pictures, Zoetrope Films Director: Rodrigo Garcia Producers: Julie Lynn, Bonnie Curtis, Wicks Walker Cast: Ewan McGregor, Tye Sheridan, Ayelet Zurer Screenwriter: Rodrigo Garcia SSN Insight:  Garcia and DP Emmanuel Lubezki are re-teaming , they worked together on Garcia’s Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her, which was at 2000 Cannes film festival. Ten Thousand Saints 03/04/2014 Logline: In 1987, at the height of the East Village Punk Scene a young man moves in with his estranged father in Manhattan. Production Company:  Maven Pictures, Archer Gray Productions Directors: Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini Producers: Celine Rattray, Luca Borghese, Anne Carey, Amy Nauiokas, Trude Styler Cast: Hailee Steinfeld, Ethan Hawke, Asa Butterfield, Emile Hirsch Screenwriters: Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini Details: Based on the novel Ten Thousand Saints written by Eleanor Henderson and published by Ecco in 2011. SSN Insight:  Celine Rattray produced the Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini  directed Girl Most Likely.