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Good Time
01/03/2016
Logline: A bank robber desperately tries to escape the dragnet that is closing in on him.
Production Company(s): Elara Pictures
Director(s): Josh Safdie, Ben Safdie
Producer(s): Sebastian Bear-McClard, Oscar Boyson
Cast: Robert Pattinson
Writer(s): Josh Safdie, Ronald Bronstein
SSN Insight: Robert Pattinson’s can next be seen in The Lost City of Z and The Childhood of a Leader. He was also cast in The Trap, which is in active development at Focus Features.
Overdrive
01/05/2016
Logline: Two car thief brothers journey to the south of France for new challenges and wind up in the crosshairs of the local crime boss.
Production Company(s): Sentient Entertainment, Elastic Confusion
Director(s): Antonio Negret
Executive Producer(s): Renee Tab
Producer(s): Pierre Morel, Michael Brandt, Derek Haas, Christopher Tuffin
Cast: Ana de Armas, Scott Eastwood, Freddie Thorp
Writer(s): Michael Brandt, Derek Haas
SSN Insight: Alex Pettyfer and Matthew Goode were previously attached to star. Karl Urban, Ben Barnes, Emilia Clarke and Sam Claflin were previously attached to co-star.
The Price
01/04/2016
Logline: A woman faces a mother’s worst nightmare.
Production Company(s): Dahooma Productions
Director(s): Siofra Campbell
Executive Producer(s): Mark Lindsay
Producer(s): Peggy Cafferty, Sven Woldt
Cast: Noomi Rapace, Michael Shannon, Matthias Schweighoefer
Writer(s): Siofra Campbell
SSN Insight: Noomi Rapace’s upcoming films include Rupture, Unlocked and What Happened to Monday? She’s currentinly in discussions to play Amy Winehouse in a biopic for Lotus Entertainment and to play the role of Laura Dominica in the film Ferrari.
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Assassin’s Creed
01/04/2016
Logline: A bartender finds out he comes from a long line of assassins. He is captured by a secret corporation who sends him back to various times and places in order to bring back artifacts.
Studio/Distributor(s): Regency Enterprises, 20th Century Fox Distribution
Production Company(s): Kennedy/Marshall Company, New Regency Productions, DMC Films, Ubisoft Motion Pictures
Director(s): Justin Kurzel
Producer(s): Jean-Julien Baronnet, Eli Richbourg, Michael Fassbender, Conor McCaughan, Frank Marshall
Cast: Michael Fassbender, Marion Cotillard, Ariane Labed, Michael K. Williams, Jeremy Irons
Writer(s): Adam Cooper, Bill Collage, Scott Frank, Mike Lesslie
Details: Based on the video game “Assassin’s Creed” published by Ubisoft and first released on November 14, 2007.
SSN Insight: Columbia Pictures was in negotiations to produce in 2011. Alicia Vikander was previously in discussions to play the role ultimately filled by Ariane Labed. Fassbender and Cotillard previously teamed up on Macbeth.
Beat Up Little Seagull
01/02/2016
Logline: A fragile woman is already stressed from a fast-paced world when her mother dies and she must find a means for survival, while hiding her struggles from her new boyfriend
Production Company(s): Killer Films
Director(s): Andrew Dosunmu
Producer(s): Christine Vachon
Cast: Michelle Pfeiffer, Kiefer Sutherland
Writer(s): Darci Picoult, Andrew Dosunmu
SSN Insight: Michelle Pfeiffer can next be seen in HBO’s Wizard of Lies TV movie opposite Robert DeNiro. She’s attached to Turn of the Screw at Sony and Privacy at Paramount, both in development.
The Keeping Hours
01/08/2016
Logline: A lawyer sees the ghost of his dead son, which leads the man’s estranged wife back into his life.
Production Company(s): Voltage Pictures
Director(s): Karen Moncrieff
Executive Producer(s): John Miranda, Charles Layton, Couper Samuelson
Producer(s): Jason Blum
Cast: Lee Pace, Carrie Coon
Writer(s): Rebecca Sonnenshine
SSN Insight: Lee Pace can next be see in Revolt and Focus Features’ The Book of Henry. Currently he can be seen on the TV series Halt & Catch Fire for AMC.
The Odyssey
01/08/2016
Logline: The life and times of French oceanographer and filmmaker Jean-Yves Cousteau.
Production Company(s): Fidélité Films, Pan Europeenne
Director(s): Jérôme Salle
Producer(s): Nathalie Gastaldo, Olivier Delbosc, Marc Missonnier
Cast: Lambert Wilson, Pierre Niney, Audrey Tautou
Writer(s): Laurent Turner
Details: Based on the book “Capitaine de La Calypso” written by Albert Falco and published by Robert Laffont on May 29, 1990.
SSN Insight: French director Jérôme Salle, best known for The Tourist and Anthony Zimmer, is also attached to an untitled project in development at Lava Bear with Chris Morgan producing.
Wakefield
01/08/2016
Logline: A man moves into his attic after a nervous breakdown.
Production Company(s): Mockingbird Pictures
Director(s): Robin Swicord
Producer(s): Bonnie Curtis, Julie Lynn
Cast: Bryan Cranston, Jennifer Garner
Writer(s): Robin Swicord
Details: Based on the short story “Wakefield” written by E.L. Doctorow and published in The New Yorker on January 14, 2008.
SSN Insight: Jennifer Garner can next be seen in Sony’s Miracles From Heaven. She’s also in the cast of Nine Lives which EuropaCorp is releasing and The Tribes of Palos Verdes for The Firm which is in preproduction.