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NEW ATTACHMENTS
Terrestrial
Logline: Storyline is under wraps.
Studio/Distributor:
Lionsgate/Summit
Producers: Tripp Vinson, Adam Rodin (Executive Producer), Lisa Zambri (Executive Producer)
Writer: Peter Gaffney
SSN Insight: Project marks the writing debut of Peter Gaffney and this script earned him a movie deal and representation.
Me Before You
Logline: A woman on the verge of losing her job and a man who becomes wheelchair bound find their lives intertwined.
Studio/Distributor: MGM
Production Company: Sunswept Entertainment
Producer: Karen Rosenfelt
Writers: Scott Neustadter (current draft), Michael H. Weber (current draft), Jojo Moyes (adaptation)
Director:
Thea Sharrock
Details: Based on the novel
Me Before You, written by Jojo Moyes and published by Pamela Dorman Books on December 31, 2012.
SSN Insight: Project marks acclaimed theater director Thea Sharrock’s feature film debut.
Story of Your Life
Logline: When alien crafts land across the world, a linguist expert is recruited by the military to determine whether they come in peace or are a threat. As she learns to communicate with the aliens, she begins experiencing vivid flashbacks that become the key to unlocking the greater mystery about the true purpose of their visit.
Distributor: FilmNation
Production Companies: 21 Laps Entertainment, Lava Bear Films, FilmNation
Producers: Shawn Levy, Dan Levine, Aaron Ryder, Karen Lunder, David Linde (Executive Producer), Tory Metzger (Executive Producer), Glen Basner (Executive Producer), Eric Heisserer (Executive Producer)
Cast:
Amy Adams
Writer: Eric Heisserer
Director: Denis Villeneuve
Details: Based on the short story,
Story of Your Life, by Ted Chiang; published November 1998.
SSN Insight: Project was on the 2012 Black List & Blood List.
NEW PROJECTS
Valencia
Logline: After a car accident, a young woman wakes up in a cellar, where her strange companion tells her that the world outside has been ravaged by a nuclear attack.
Studio/Distributor: Paramount
Production Company: Bad Robot
Producers: J.J. Abrams, Bryan Burk
Writer: Daniel Casey (current draft), Josh Campbell (spec), Matthew Stuecken (spec)
Director: Dan Trachtenberg
SSN Insight: Project marks the directorial debut for Dan Trachtenberg.
The Girl on a Train
Logline: A young woman witnesses something on her daily commute that gets her involved in a murder investigation.
Studio/Distributor: DreamWorks
Production Company: Marc Platt Productions
Producer: Marc Platt
Details: Based on the novel
The Girl on the Train, written by Paula Hawkins and to be published by Transworld in the United Kingdom in spring of 2015 and by Penguin in the United States.
SSN Insight: Project marks the second feature that Marc Platt Productions is developing with DreamWorks. The other is
Gershwin, a biopic of the famous composer.
Wheelman
Logline: A Las Vegas limo driver must chauffeur a mob boss' son and his friends around for a night, but when the boss goes missing, the job gets infinitely more trying.
Studio/Distributor: Walt Disney
Production Company: Panay Films
Producers: Andrew Panay, Adam Blum, Jared Iancino
Writers: Jim Kehoe (current draft), Brian Kehoe (current draft), Thomas Lennon (previous draft), Ben Garant (previous draft)
SSN Insight: Project marks the first time that brothers writing team Jim & Brian Kehoe are writing a screenplay for Disney.
