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Goodbye, Felix Chester
03/15/2016
Logline: After finding out he has a month left to live, high school junior Felix Chester focuses all of his time and energy on one goal: losing his virginity to his dream girl.
Production Company(s): Anonymous Content, Madhouse Entertainment
Director(s): Autumn de Wilde
Executive Producer(s): Adam Kolbrenner, Ryan Cunningham
Producer(s): Robyn Meisinger, Vanessa Coifman, Eric Stern, Steven M Gagnon
Cast: Olivia Luccardi, Bill Kottkamp, Jason Sims-Prewitt, Amelia Mae Sheikh
Writer(s): Max Taxe
SSN Insight: Project was included in the 2012 Black List. This film marks the directorial debut for Autumn de Wilde.
Hidden Figures
03/14/2016
Logline: The film chronicles the true story of a group of unacknowledged African American women whose brilliance in math helped NASA win the space race.
Studio/Distributor(s): Fox 2000, 20th Century Fox Distribution
Production Company(s): Levantine Films, Chernin Entertainment, Goldenlight Films
Director(s): Ted Melfi
Executive Producer(s): Ivana Lombardi, Kevin Halloran
Producer(s): Donna Gigliotti, Peter Chernin, Jenno Topping, Ted Melfi
Cast: Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Kevin Costner, Janelle Monae, Kirsten Dunst
Writer(s): Allison Schroeder
Details: Based on the book “Hidden Figures” written by Margot Lee Shetterly and to be published by HarperCollins in 2016.
SSN Insight: This is Janelle Monae’s first studio film. Henson can next be seen in the feature Term Life for Focus and is attached to The Best of Enemies.
Jungle
03/14/2016
Logline: An Israeli backpacker fights to survive when he gets lost in the Bolivian jungle.
Production Company(s): Dana Lustig Productions
Director(s): Greg McLean
Producer(s): Dana Lustig, Gary Hamilton, Mike Gabrawy, Mark Lazarus, Greg McLean
Cast: Daniel Radcliffe
Writer(s): Justin Monjo
Details: Based on the novel “Jungle: A Harrowing True Story of Survival” written Yossi Ghinsberg and published by Boomerang New Media on September 1, 2005.
SSN Insight: Kevin Bacon was previously in talks to star.
Maze Runner: The Death Cure
03/14/2016
Logline: Thomas finds that his memory is returning and realizes that Wicked cannot be trusted.
Studio/Distributor(s): 20th Century Fox, 20th Century Fox Distribution
Production Company(s): Gotham/Principal, Temple Hill Entertainment
Director(s): Wes Ball
Executive Producer(s): Wes Ball, T.S. Nowlin, Lindsay Williams, Eddie Gamarra
Producer(s): Wyck Godfrey, Marty Bowen, Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, Lee Stollman, Joe Hartwick Jr.
Cast: Dylan O’Brien, Kaya Scodelario, Ki Hong Lee, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Dexter Darden
Writer(s): T.S. Nowlin
Details: Based on the novel “The Death Cure”, the third installment of the novel series “The Maze Runner” written by James Dashner and published by Delacorte Press in October 2009. Second Sequel to “The Maze Runner” (2014), directed by Wes Ball and starring Dylan O’Brien and Kaya Scodelario. Third installment in The Maze Runner film franchise.
SSN Insight: Wes Ball also directed the first two installments. Ball is also in active development on Fall of Gods for Fox, which he is attached as director and producer. While cameras did start rolling on March 14, due to Dylan O’Brien’s injury, production has been shut down.
The Bachelors
03/14/2016
Logline: A new widower and his 17-year-old son move from a small town to a big city for a new start and find romance, grow apart, come back together and discover themselves in the process.
Production Company(s): Matt Baer Films
Director(s): Kurt Voelker
Executive Producer(s): Jennifer Kelly, Joseph McKelheer, Bill Kiely
Producer(s): Matthew Baer, George Parra
Cast: J.K. Simmons, Julie Delpy, William H. Macy, Josh Wiggins, Odeya Rush
Writer(s): Kurt Voelker
SSN Insight: Kurt Voelker is a current staff writer on Game of Silence for NBC. J.K. Simmons upcoming films include The Meddler, The Accountant, Bastards and La La Land.
Wind River
03/12/2016
Logline: A lone female FBI agent is sent to investigate a murder on a remote Indian Reservation in the dead of winter, and she finds assistance from a man with a haunted past.
Production Company(s): Thunder Road Pictures, Film 44, Acacia Entertainment, Savvy Media Holdings
Director(s): Taylor Sheridan
Executive Producer(s): Erica Lee, Braden Aftergood, Elizabeth Bell
Producer(s): Basil Iwanyk, Peter Berg, Matthew George
Cast: Elizabeth Olsen, Jeremy Renner
Writer(s): Taylor Sheridan
SSN Insight: Chris Pine was previously attached to co-star.
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Good Time
03/18/2016
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 upcoming films include The Childhood of a Leader and The Lost City of Z.
Psychopaths
03/17/2016
Logline: A sprawling, psychedelic ensemble piece that follows several serial killers over the course of a single night.
Production Company(s): Glass Eye Pix
Director(s): Mickey Keating
Executive Producer(s): Larry Fessenden
Producer(s): Mickey Keating, Jenn Wexler, William Day Frank, Cameron McLellan, Al Lewison
Cast: Jeremy Gardner, Helen Rogers, Larry Fessenden, Ashley Bell, Angela Trimbur
Writer(s): Mickey Keating
SSN Insight: Mickey Keating is also the writer-director of two upcoming films: Darling for Screen Gems and Carnage Park starring Ashley Bell.