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Before I Fall
11/16/2015
Logline: Centers on Samantha Kingston, a high school senior who finds that she may be living the last day of her life over and over until she gets it right. Amid that, she must untangle the mystery surrounding her death—and discover the true value of everything she is in danger of losing.
Production Company(s): Jon Shestack Productions, AwesomenessTV
Director(s): Ry Russo-Young
Producer(s): Jonathan Shestack, Carla Hacken, Matt Kaplan, Brian Robbins
Cast: Zoey Deutch, Halston Sage, Logan Miller, Kian Lawley, Diego Boneta
Writer(s): Gina Prince-Bythewood, Maria Maggenti
Details: Based on the novel “Before I Fall” written by Lauren Oliver and published by HarperCollins on March 2, 2010.
SSN Insight: Previously in development with Paper Pictures.Gina Prince-Bythewood was previously attached to direct.
Birth of the Dragon
11/17/2015
Logline: In Oakland, California, 1965, before Bruce Lee became an actor, he fought an epic, career-defining, no-holds-barred battle with Wong Jack Man, China’s most famous Kung Fu Master, and the two fighters subsequently teamed up, with their shared skills and mutual respect, to take on the Hong Kong Triads, a notorious criminal organization that maintained an iron grip on San Francisco’s Chinatown.
Production Company(s): Magnolia Entertainment, Groundswell Productions, Kylin Pictures
Director(s): George J. Nolfi
Executive Producer(s): Leo Shiyoung, David Nicksay, George J. Nolfi, Helen Y. Zhong
Producer(s): Christopher Wilkinson, Stephen J Rivele, Michael London, Janice Williams, Pang Hong
Cast: Billy Magnussen, Philip Ng, Xia Yu, Jinging Qu, Jin Xing
Writer(s): Christopher Wilkinson, Stephen J Rivele
SSN Insight: Bill Block was previously attached to produce. Mike Moh was previously in talks to play Bruce Lee.
Bushwick
11/19/2015
Logline: When Lucy comes out of the Brooklyn subway and finds her neighborhood under attack, she crosses five dangerous blocks of Bushwick with her new companion Stupe to get home to her grandmother.
Production Company(s): XYZ Films, Bullet Pictures
Director(s): Cary Murnion, Jonathan Milott
Producer(s): Nate Bolotin, Adam Folk
Cast: Jane Levy, Dave Bautista
Writer(s): Nick Damici, Graham Reznick
SSN Insight: WME Global and XYZ are both handling U.S. rights sales.
Life on the Road
11/17/2015
Logline: Former office manager David Brent is followed 15 years after being laid off. Now working as a sales rep in Britain, he continues to dream of being a rock star.
Studio/Distributor(s): Open Road Films
Production Company(s): BBC Films
Director(s): Ricky Gervais
Producer(s): Ricky Gervais, Charlie Hanson
Cast: Ricky Gervais
Writer(s): Ricky Gervais
SSN Insight: Originally, it had not been announced whether the film would be getting a theatrical release or will be made just for TV.
Romans
11/16/2015
Logline: A middle-aged man is still trying to come to terms with crippling insecurity – the result of childhood sexual abuse at the hands of a trusted and idolised priest.
Production Company(s): Dreamscape Films, WSG Pictures, The Tea Shop & Film Company
Director(s): Paul Shammasian, Ludwig Shammasian
Producer(s): Sheetal Vinod Talwar, James Harris, Mark Lane, Jasper Graham
Cast: Orlando Bloom
Writer(s): Geoff Thompson
SSN Insight: Orlando Bloom will next be seen in Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales and Unlocked produced by Di Bonaventura Pictures.
Rosy
11/16/2015
Logline: A lonely guy kidnaps a struggling actress, hoping that she will fall in love with him.
Director(s): Jessica Manafort
Producer(s): Jonathan Schwartz, Alex Bach
Cast: Nat Wolff, Stacy Martin
Writer(s): Jessica Manafort
SSN Insight: Jessica Manafort wrote, produced and directed the 2008 film, Remember the Daze that featured Amber Heard and Brie Larson.
She Has A Name
11/16/2015
Logline: An American lawyer tries to convince a young girl in Bangkok to testify against her pimp, putting her life in danger.
Production Company(s): Unveil Studios
Director(s): Matthew Kooman, Daniel Kooman
Producer(s): Donna Abraham, Shari Aspinall, Daniel Kooman, Matthew Kooman, Andrew Kooman
Cast: Will Yun Lee
Writer(s): Andrew Kooman
SSN Insight: Will Yun Lee was recently seen in Spy and San Andreas and on the TV side was cast in the Falling Water pilot for USA.
This Is Your Death
11/16/2015
Logline: For Mason Washington, a man struggling to support his family, a reality show that induces contestants to kill themselves for entertainment may be his best option.
Production Company(s): Great Point Media, Dobré Films
Director(s): Giancarlo Esposito
Executive Producer(s): Robert Halmi Jr., Jim Reeve
Producer(s): Giancarlo Esposito, Christopher D’Elia, Michael Klein, Lawreen Yakkel
Cast: Josh Duhamel, Famke Janssen, Giancarlo Esposito
Writer(s): Noah Pink, Kenny Yakkel
SSN Insight: Giancarlo Esposito appears in The Get Down, which has been ordered to series by Netflix. He was also seen in the Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials.
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An Ordinary Man
11/19/2015
Logline: A war criminal on the run from the UN tribunal kidnaps and then bonds with the girl hired to be his maid.
Production Company(s): Reveal Entertainment, Enderby Entertainment, Disruptive Media
Director(s): Brad Silberling
Executive Producer(s): David Lonner
Producer(s): Brad Silberling, Michael Richter, Chris Miller, James Burke
Cast: Ben Kingsley, Hera Hilmarsdottir, Peter Serafinowicz
Writer(s): Brad Silberling
SSN Insight: Relevant Entertainment Group was previously attached to produce with Hyde Park attached to finance. Liam Neeson was previously attached to star. Anamaria Marinca was previously mentioned to co-star. Brenday Gleeson and Abbie Cornish were previously attached.
Fender Bender
11/20/2015
Logline: A serial killer purposely gets into car accidents to meet his future victims.
Production Company(s): Brainstorm Media, Shout! Factory, EchoWolf Productions
Director(s): Mark Pavia
Executive Producer(s): Nadia Redler, Meyer Shwarzstein
Producer(s): Carl W. Lucas, Joshua Bunting
Cast: Makenzie Vega, Steven Michael Quezada, Bill Sage, Dre Davis, Cassidy Freeman
Writer(s): Mark Pavia
SSN Insight: Fender Bender is Shout! Factory’s first original feature, is said to be “a return to a more classic style of horror film.”
Gifted
11/20/2015
Logline: A thirty year old man attempts to continue raising his deceased sister’s seven year old daughter, a kid-genius, while battling his own mother for custody.
Production Company(s): FilmNation
Director(s): Marc Webb
Producer(s): Karen Lunder, Andy Cohen
Cast: Chris Evans, Octavia Spencer, McKenna Grace, Lindsay Duncan
Writer(s): Tom Flynn
SSN Insight: Project was included on the 2014 Black List.
Shimmer Lake
11/13/2015
Logline: This murder mystery centers on a sheriff investigating a series of killings, as well as the disappearance of a bank robber wanted for a heist committed three days earlier.
Production Company(s): Footprint Features, Writ Large
Director(s): Oren Uziel
Executive Producer(s): Daniel Bekerman, Steve Eddy, Youmi N. Ma
Producer(s): Britton Rizzio, Adam Saunders
Cast: Benjamin Walker, Rainn Wilson, Wyatt Russell, Mark Rendall
Writer(s): Oren Uziel
SSN Insight: Project was previously in development at Fox Atomic. Project was previously in development at Josephson Entertainment with Barry Josephson attached to produce. Project was included on the 2009 Black List.
Wildling
11/19/2015
Logline: After a childhood in captivity under the care of a man who taught her to fear the outside world, a young woman’s new freedom is shattered by a series of unsettling events.
Production Company(s): Maven Pictures
Director(s): Fritz Böhm
Producer(s): Trudie Styler, Celine Rattray, Charlotte Ubben
Cast: Bel Powley, Liv Tyler, Brad Dourif, James LeGros
Writer(s): Fritz Böhm, Florian Eder, David C. Palmer
SSN Insight: This is the feature debut for German director Bohm who graduated from the University of Television & Film Munich with the award-winning short Moonman.