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A Storm In The Stars
02/20/2016
Logline: The story of the love affair between poet Percy Shelley and 18-year-old Mary Wollstonecraft, which resulted in Mary Shelley writing Frankenstein.
Production Company(s): Burstein Company, Parallel Films, Gidden Media
Producer(s): Amy Baer, Alan Moloney, Ruth Coady
Writer(s): Emma Jensen
Director(s): Haifaa al-Mansour
Cast: Elle Fanning, Bel Powley, Douglas Booth, Ben Hardy
SSN Insight: Hanway Films is overseeing international sales with UTA, which reps Al-Mansour and helped package the film. Haifaa al-Mansour wrote and directed the film, Wadjda. It was the first feature film shot wholly in Saudi Arabia and the first feature-length film made by a female Saudi director. It was nominated for Best Foreign Film at the 2014 BAFTA Awards.
Baby Driver
02/20/2016
Logline: A young, music-loving expert getaway driver is coerced into a heist for a mob boss which threatens his life, love and freedom.
Studio/Distributor(s): TriStar Productions, TriStar Pictures
Production Company(s): Working Title Films, Big Talk Productions, Media Rights Capital
Director(s): Edgar Wright
Executive Producer(s): Adam Merims, Liza Chasin, Michelle Wright, James Biddle
Producer(s): Eric Fellner, Tim Bevan, Nira Park
Cast: Ansel Elgort, Kevin Spacey, Jon Bernthal, Jamie Foxx, Jon Hamm
Writer(s): Edgar Wright
SSN Insight: Edgar Wright is also attached to Collider, Fortunately, the Milk, I, Macrobane and The Night Stalker.
Baywatch
02/25/2016
Logline: An elite group of lifeguards are forced to team up with a young, hotshot former Olympian to save their beloved bay.
Studio/Distributor(s): Paramount Pictures
Production Company(s): The Montecito Picture Company, Contrafilm, Vinson Films, Flynn Picture Co., 7 Bucks Entertainment
Director(s): Seth Gordon
Executive Producer(s): Michelle Rogers Berk, Tom Pollock, Ali Bell, Douglas Schwartz, Louise Rosner
Producer(s): Beau Flynn, Ivan Reitman, Dwayne Johnson, Dany Garcia, Michael Berk
Cast: Dwayne Johnson, Zac Efron, Alexandra Daddario, Kelly Rohrbach, Ilfenesh Hadera
Writer(s): Damian Shannon, Mark Swift, Barry Schwartz, Justin Malen, Robert Ben Garant
Details: Based on the NBC television show “Baywatch” (1989-2000) starring David Hasselhoff, Pamela Anderson, Carmen Electra and Yasmine Bleeth.
SSN Insight: Jeremy Garelick was previously attached to direct. Project was originally in development at Dreamworks, which paid seven figures for the film rights to the TV show.
Collateral Beauty
02/26/2016
Logline: A man who works in a New York ad agency finds his life turned upside down when a tragedy sends him into a depression, and his colleagues set out to lift his spirits.
Studio/Distributor(s): Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution
Production Company(s): Village Roadshow Pictures, Overbrook Entertainment, Anonymous Content, PalmStar Entertainment, Scarlet Fire Entertainment, Likely Story
Director(s): David Frankel
Executive Producer(s): Kevin Scott Frakes, Anthony Bregman, Steven Pearl
Producer(s): Michael Sugar, Bard Dorros, Will Smith, Allan Loeb
Cast: Will Smith, Helen Mirren, Edward Norton, Michael Peña, Naomie Harris
Writer(s): Allan Loeb
SSN Insight: Hugh Jackman was previously attached to co-star. Johnny Depp was previously in talks to co-star. Rooney Mara was previously attached to co-star.
The Comedian
02/21/2016
Logline: A once-loved, but past-his-prime rage comedian is sentenced to community service after hitting an audience member in the head with his microphone. It’s there that he meets a woman who changes his life.
Production Company(s): Tribeca Films, The Linson Company, Atmosphere Entertainment MM LLC
Director(s): Taylor Hackford
Producer(s): Art Linson, Courtney Solomon, Mark Canton, John Linson, Jon Kilik
Cast: Robert De Niro, Leslie Mann, Edie Falco, Charles Grodin
Writer(s): Art Linson, Jeffrey Ross
SSN Insight: Sean Penn was previously attached to direct. Mike Newell was previously attached to direct.
The Solutrean
02/22/2016
Logline: An epic survival story set 20,000 years ago during the last Ice Age.
Studio/Distributor(s): , Sony Pictures Releasing
Production Company(s): Buzz Filmz, Studio 8, The Picture Company
Director(s): Albert Hughes
Executive Producer(s): Stuart Besser
Producer(s): Andrew Rona, Albert Hughes
Cast: Kodi Smit-McPhee, Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson, Jens Hultén, Natasha Wilson, Marcin Kowalczyk
Writer(s): Dan Wiedenhaupt
SSN Insight: Project was previously in development at Atlas Entertainment with Charles Roven attached to produce.
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Rememory
02/22/2016
Logline: When a brilliant professor mysteriously dies before the release of his life-changing invention, his wife must use his new device to find out what happened.
Production Company(s): Palmer Productions
Director(s): Mark Palansky
Producer(s): Trevor Waterson, Lee Clay, Daniel Bekerman, Shawn Angelski
Cast: Peter Dinklage, Julia Ormond, Henry Ian Cusick, Carrie Fleming
Writer(s): Michael Vukadinovich
SSN Insight: Catherine O’Hara was previously attached to star. Peter Dinklage can next be heard as the voice of the mighty eagle in The Angry Birds Movie and will be seen in The Boss for Universal.