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Gods and Secrets
02/08/2016
Logline: The film focuses on the dark side of being a superhero, for the heroes themselves and for the people they protect.
Production Company(s): Discourse Productions
Director(s): Adi Shankar, Stewart Yost
Producer(s): Jenni Powell
Cast: Denise Richards, Jane Seymour, Max Alder, Mark Salling, Josh Sussman
Writer(s): Shawn Deloache
SSN Insight: Shankar has previously executive produced The Grey, Lone Survivor and Dredd. He is also known for producing the unauthorized short film, Power Rangers.
If You Saw His Heart
02/08/2016
Logline: A gypsy is excluded from his community after the death of his best friend.
Production Company(s): Nord Ouest Productions
Director(s): Joan Chemla
Producer(s): Pierre Guyard
Cast: Gael García Bernal, Marine Vacth, Karim Leklou, Nahuel Perez Biscayart
Writer(s): Joan Chemla, Guillermo Rosales
Details: Based on the novel “The Halfway House” by Guillermo Rosales; published January 1, 1987.
SSN Insight: Gael García Bernal can currently be seen in Mozart in the Jungle. His past credits inclue Letters to Juliet, Babel and The Motorcycle Diaries.
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Brother’s Blood
02/07/2016
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, Jack Kesy, China Anne McClain, Lindsay Musil
Writer(s): Michael Finch, Karl Gajdusek
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.
Coldest City
02/12/2016
Logline: Days before the fall of the Berlin Wall, the chase is on to find a list which names the identities of all Cold War spies … on BOTH sides.
Studio/Distributor(s): Focus Features
Production Company(s): Denver & Delilah Films, Closed On Mondays Entertainment, 87eleven, Sierra/Affinity
Director(s): David Leitch
Executive Producer(s): Nicolas Meyer, Joe Nozemack, David Guillod, Marc Schaberg
Producer(s): Charlize Theron, David Leitch, Beth Kono, A.J. Dix, Eric Gitter
Cast: Charlize Theron, James McAvoy, Sofia Boutella, John Goodman
Writer(s): Kurt Johnstad
Details: Based on the graphic novel “The Coldest City” by Antony Johnston; published by Oni Press May 29, 2012.
SSN Insight: Daniel Espinosa was previously attached to direct.
Heartbeats
02/11/2016
Logline: When a high-spirited American hip-hop dancer goes to India with her family for a wedding, she is blown away by a new dance style and falls in love with the man who has introduced it to her.
Production Company(s): Das Films, Bowery Hills Entertainment
Director(s): Duane Adler
Executive Producer(s): Haroon “Boon” Saleem
Producer(s): Sriram Das, Andrea Chung
Cast: Krystal Ellsworth, Anupama Pradhan, Paul McGillion, Daphne Zuniga, Maeve O’Brien
Writer(s): Duane Adler
SSN Insight: Myriad Pictures is introducing the project at the Toronto Film Festival. Project was previously in development at Sikhya Entertainment with Guneet Monga attached to produce. Aimee Teegarden and Tiger Shroff were previously attached as cast members.
Let Me Go
02/12/2016
Logline: A woman who’s mother abandoned their family to join the SS is reunited with her decades later.
Production Company(s): In Trust Films
Director(s): Polly Steele
Executive Producer(s): Georges Tsitos
Producer(s): David Broder, Lizzie Pickering
Cast: Juliet Stevenson, Jodhi May, Lucy Boynton, Karin Bertling, Stanley Weber
Writer(s): Polly Steele
Details: Based on the memoir “Let Me Go” written by Helga Schneider and published by Walker Books on May 1, 2004.
SSN Insight: Polly Steele is also producing Desert Flower as well as Just So Stories for Disney. Both films are in development.
Untitled John Wick Sequel
02/12/2016
Logline: In this sequel, the fearsome head of security for a stunning female crime lord will stop at nothing in his quest to destroy John.
Studio/Distributor(s): Lionsgate, Summit Entertainment, LLC
Production Company(s): Thunder Road Pictures, 87eleven
Director(s): Chad Stahelski
Executive Producer(s): Erica Lee
Producer(s): Basil Iwanyk, David Leitch
Cast: Keanu Reeves, Common, Ian McShane, John Leguizamo, Bridget Moynahan
Writer(s): Derek Kolstad
Details: Sequel to “John Wick” (2014) directed by Chad Stahelski and starring Keanu Reeves and Michael Nyqvist.
SSN Insight: David Leitch was previously attached to co-direct, but left the project to instead direct the film “Coldest City,” with Stahelski staying on to direct.