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Brother’s Blood
01/16/2016
Logline: Jake goes to prison to protect his friends and his best friend Chris turns his life around to become a police officer. When Jake is released after 15 years, he seeks revenge.
Studio/Distributor(s): Code Black Entertainment
Production Company(s): WWE Studios, Code Black Entertainment
Director(s): John Pogue
Producer(s): Michael Luisi
Cast: Trey Songz
Writer(s): Karl Gajdusek, Michael Finch, Charles Murray
SSN Insight: First film under the deal between WWE Studios and Lionsgate urban label Codeblack Films to co-produce and co-finance a slate of films.
The Dinner
01/21/2016
Logline: As two couples dine at an upscale restaurant, their polite discourse disguises the fact that they are struggling to make the hardest decision of their lives over dinner.
Production Company(s): Code Red Productions, ChubbCo Film Co., Blackbird Films
Director(s): Oren Moverman
Executive Producer(s): Eva Maria Daniels, Olga Segura, Leonid Lebedev, Angel Lopez
Producer(s): Cotty Chubb, Lawrence Inglee, Edward Vaisman, Julia Lebedev
Cast: Laura Linney, Rebecca Hall, Chloë Sevigny, Richard Gere, Steve Coogan
Writer(s): Oren Moverman
Details: Based on the novel “The Dinner” written by Herman Koch, first published in Amsterdam by Anthos as “Het Diner” in 2009, and translated into English and published in the U.S. by Atlantic Books in 2012.
SSN Insight: Cate Blanchett was previously attached to direct, which would have been her directorial debut.
The Price
01/18/2016
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 is also cast in Alien: Covenant which is in preproduction and finished shooting on films Rupture, Unlocked and What Happened to Monday?.
The Snowman
01/18/2016
Logline: A boy finds his missing mother’s pink scarf wrapped around the neck of a sinister-looking snowman. Detective Harry Hole is called in to investigate and begins to suspect it’s the work of a serial killer.
Studio/Distributor(s): Universal Pictures
Production Company(s): Working Title Films, Another Park Film
Director(s): Tomas Alfredson
Executive Producer(s): Niclas Salomonsson, Jo Nesbo, Martin Scorsese, Amelia Granger, Liza Chasin
Producer(s): Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Tomas Alfredson, Peter Gustafsson, Robyn Slovo
Cast: Michael Fassbender, Rebecca Ferguson, Charlotte Gainsbourg
Writer(s): Peter Straughan, Søren Sveistrup, Matthew Michael Carnahan
Details: Based on the novel “The Snowman,” by Jo Nesbo, published by Knopf Publishing Group on May 10, 2011. Source material is the seventh book in the Harry Hole detective series.
SSN Insight: Martin Scorsese was previously attached to direct. Fassbender recently wrapped Assassin’s Creed, Trespass Against Us and an Untitled Terrence Malick/Christian Bale Project.
The Temple
01/20/2016
Logline: When a tough policewoman is sent to investigate the robbery of a temple near a remote village, she is confronted by suspicious villagers and an intrusive American television crew.
Production Company(s): Happy Himalayan Pictures, Dream It Productions
Director(s): Scott Spiegel
Producer(s): Suzanne Patrick, Kinley Pelden, Emrhys Cooper, Donald A. Barton
Cast: Ian Buchanan, Emrhys Cooper, Keith Jefferson, Andy Summers, Charlotte Price
SSN Insight: Scott Spiegel previously directed Spring Break ’83, My Name is Modesty, Hostel: Part III as well as From Dusk Till Dawn 2 which he also wrote.
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Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life
01/19/2016
Logline: The trials and triumphs of Rafe Khatchadorian as he uses all of his wits to battle bullies, hormones and the tyrannical test-obsessed Principal Dwight.
Studio/Distributor(s): CBS Films, Lionsgate
Production Company(s): James Patterson Entertainment
Director(s): Steve Carr
Executive Producer(s): James Patterson, Steve Bowen, Jeff Skoll, Jonathan King, Michael Flynn
Producer(s): Leopoldo Gout, Bill Robinson
Cast: Griffin Gluck, Lauren Graham, Rob Riggle, Adam Pally, Thomas Barbusca
Writer(s): Chris Bowman, Hubbel Palmer, Kara Holden
Details: Based on the book “Middle School, The Worst Years of My Life,” written by James Patterson and published by Little, Brown and Company on November 6, 2012.
SSN Insight: Steve Carr previously directed Paul Blart: Mall Cop, Next Friday and Daddy Day Care. His upcoming films include The Weddings Guests for CBS Films and Love on a Bet for RKO. James Patterson novels Guilty Wives, Maximum Ride, The Dangerous Days of Daniel X, Virgin and The Postcard Killings are all in development right now to be made into features.
Security
01/22/2016
Logline: A mall security guard must protect a female witness from a gang of thugs after all communication is eliminated from a storm.
Studio/Distributor(s): Millennium Films
Production Company(s): Millennium Films
Director(s): Alain DesRochers
Executive Producer(s): Avi Lerner, Trevor Short, Boaz Davidson, John Thompson, Shi Jianxiang
Producer(s): Jonathan Yunger, Jeffrey Greenstein, David Harris
Cast: Antonio Banderas, Ben Kingsley, Chad Lindberg
Writer(s): John Sullivan
SSN Insight: Antonio Banderas was last seen in Knight of Cups for Broad Green. His upcoming films include New Faith in preproduction and Guernica, 33 dias in which he will play Pablo Picasso.
She Has A Name
01/22/2016
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, Eugenia Yuan, Teresa Ting, Giovanni Mocibob, Gil Bellows
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.
The Keeping Hours
01/22/2016
Logline: A lawyer sees the ghost of his dead son, which leads the man’s estranged wife back into his life.
Production Company(s): Blumhouse Productions, 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 will also be seen in the upcoming films Revolt, produced by Voltage and IM Global and The Book of Henry, to be released by Focus Features.