New Attachments
Above Suspicion
Logline: Based the true story of a newly married FBI poster-boy assigned to an Appalachian mountain town in Kentucky. There he is drawn into an illicit affair with an impoverished local woman who becomes his star informant. She sees in him her means of escape; instead, it’s a ticket to disaster for both of them. This scandal shook the foundations of the nation’s top law enforcement agency, ending in the first ever conviction of an FBI agent for murder.
Production Company(s): Rumbalara Films, Colleen Camp Productions
Producer(s): Colleen Camp, Amy Adelson, Julie Snyder, Angela Amato Velez
Writer(s): Chris Gerolmo, Ron Hutchinson
Director(s): Phillip Noyce
Cast: Jack Huston, Emilia Clarke
Details: Based on the book “Above Suspicion” written by Joe Sharkey and published by Poseidon in November 1993.
SSN Insight: Anne Hathaway was previously in talks to star. Tobey Maguire was previously in talks to star.
Anna Dressed in Blood
Logline: Cas Lowood has inherited an unusual vocation: He kills the dead. So did his father, until he was gruesomely murdered by a ghost he sought to kill. Now, armed with his father’s mysterious and deadly dagger, Cas travels America with his mother and their spirit-sniffing cat.
Production Company(s): Fickle Fish Films
Producer(s): Stephenie Meyer, Meghan Hibbett
Writer(s): Alison Wood
Director(s): Trish Sie
Cast: Maddie Hasson, Cameron Monaghan
Details: Based on the novel “Anna Dressed in Blood” by Kendare Blake; published by Tor Teen in 2012.
SSN Insight: The Solution will handle international sales at Cannes with UTA Independent Film Group handling U.S. rights and packaged the project.
Dark River
Logline: Storyline under wraps.
Production Company(s): Left Bank Pictures, Moonspun Films
Producer(s): Tracy O’Riordan
Writer(s): Clio Barnard
Director(s): Clio Barnard
Cast: Ruth Wilson, Sean Bean (in talks), Mark Stanley (in talks)
Details: Based on the novel “Trespass” written by Rose Tremain and published by Chatto & Windus in 2010.
SSN Insight: Protagonist Pictures will be handling sales of the project at Cannes.
Entering Hades
Logline: The true story of journalist Jack Unterweger who strangled prostitutes and then wrote about his own crimes in the 1990s.
Studio/Distributor(s): Broad Green Pictures
Production Company(s): Storyscape Entertainment, DMC Films, Broad Green Pictures
Producer(s): Bob Cooper, Richard Saperstein, Conor McCaughan, Daniel Emmerson
Writer(s): Alexander Dinelaris, Bill Wheeler
Cast: Michael Fassbender
Details: Based on the book “Entering Hades: The Double Life of a Serial Killer” written by John Leake and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux on November 13, 2007.
SSN Insight: Project was previously set up at Warner Bros. and Elysium Films. Project was previously in development at New Regency and then went into turnaround.
Felt
Logline: The true story of Mark Felt, the lifelong G-Man who, as “Deep Throat,” leaked information to the press and broke the Watergate scandal is dramatized.
Studio/Distributor(s): ,
Production Company(s): Ridley Scott Films , Playtone, Everyman Pictures, Endurance Media, Cara Films Ltd., MadRiver Pictures
Producer(s): Ridley Scott, Gary Goetzman, Tom Hanks, Steve Richards, Giannina Scott
Writer(s): Peter Landesman
Director(s): Peter Landesman
Cast: Liam Neeson, Diane Lane, Maika Monroe, Tony Goldwyn, Kate Walsh
SSN Insight: Playtone previously had the project set up at Universal with Jay Roach attached to produce. Jason Bateman was previously attached in the role of Charlie Bates.
How to be a Latin Lover
Logline: About an aging Latin lover who gets dumped by his sugar mama and is forced to to return to live with his estranged sister and her preteen son in their humble home. Sporting a wardrobe consisting mostly of Versace speedos, the man focuses on finding himself another sugar mama to support his expensive tastes.
Production Company(s): Pantelion Films, 3pas Studios
Producer(s): Eugenio Derbez, Ben Odell
Writer(s): Ken Marino, Erica Oyama, Chris Spain, Jon Zack
Director(s): Ken Marino
Cast: Eugenio Derbez, Rob Lowe, Kristen Bell, Raquel Welch, Rob Riggle
SSN Insight: Eugenio Derbez was previously attached to direct.
Jackpot
Logline: Six people who all work together in Detroit enter into a parlay and win $500K but soon start double crossing each other.
Production Company(s): Olive Bridge Entertainment, IM Global
Producer(s): Will Gluck, Marty Katz
Writer(s): David Callaham
Director(s): Will Gluck
Cast: Mila Kunis, Bryan Cranston, Jennifer Garner
Details: Remake of “Jackpot” (Norway/2011) directed by Magnus Martens and based on the book “Arme riddere” written by Jo Nesbo.
SSN Insight: Project was included on the 2014 Black List. Patty Jenkins was previously attached to direct.
My Father Die
Logline: A young deaf boy avenges the death of his brother, and the killer happens to be his father.
Studio/Distributor(s): FilmRise
Production Company(s): KnightMarcher
Producer(s): Sanja Banic, Pierce Brosnan, Sean Brosnan, Orian Williams, Alma Bogdan-Turner
Writer(s): Sean Brosnan
Director(s): Sean Brosnan
Cast: Joe Anderson, Gary Stretch, Candace Smith, Kevin Gage, Ross Britz
SSN Insight: FilmRise has bought the worldwide rights to the revenge thriller that premiered at SXSW in March.
Ophelia
Logline: The story of Hamlet, told from Ophelia’s perspective.
Production Company(s): Bobker/Kruger Films, Forthcoming Films, Covert Media
Producer(s): Daniel Bobker, Ehren Kruger, Sarah Curtis, Paul Hanson
Writer(s): Semi Chellas
Director(s): Claire McCarthy
Cast: Daisy Ridley (in final talks), Naomi Watts (in final talks)
Details: Based on the novel, “Ophelia” written by Lisa Klein and published by Bloomsbury USA Childrens October 31, 2006.
SSN Insight: Covert Media will finance and handle international sales at Cannes.
Papillon
Logline: Based on the true story of Henri Charriere, a petty criminal known as “Papillon” (butterfly). Wrongly convicted of murder in the 1930s and sentenced to life in a penal colony in French Guiana, Papillon attempted many escapes and subsequent punishments before succeeding.
Production Company(s): Ram Bergman Productions, Atlantia Canarias, Red Granite Pictures
Producer(s): Riza Aziz, Roger Corbi, Joey McFarland, Ram Bergman, Manuel Corbi
Writer(s): Denis Villeneuve, Aaron Guzikowski
Director(s): Michael Noer
Cast: Charlie Hunnam
Details: Remake of “Papillon” (1973) directed by Franklin J Schaffner and based on the eponymous autobiography by Henri Charriere, published in 1969.
SSN Insight: Branko Lustig, Vicente Mora and John J. Kelly were previously attached to produce.
Predilection
Logline: In this heist story, a low level criminal meets a legendary thief while in jail and they plan an elaborate, global bank robbery.
Production Company(s): BB Films Productions, Bleiberg Entertainment
Producer(s): Uri Singer, Ehud Bleiberg, Nate Parker
Writer(s): Nate Parker
Director(s): Marcio Garcia
Details: Based on the short film “Predileção” (Brazil/2009) written and directed by Marcio Garcia.
SSN Insight: Bleiberg will handle worldwide sales and will introduce the project to buyers in Cannes.
Rainbow Time
Logline: About a mentally challenged 40-year-old man named Shonzi who is sent to live with his brother Todd. When Shonzi develops a crush on Todd’s new girlfriend Lindsay, he threatens to reveal past secrets that could ultimately tear the couple apart.
Studio/Distributor(s): The Orchard
Production Company(s): No Production Company Available.
Producer(s): Linas Phillips, Ian Michaels
Writer(s): Linas Phillips
Director(s): Linas Phillips
Cast: Melanie Lynskey, Linas Phillips, Timm Sharp, Tobin Bell, Lauren Weedman
SSN Insight: The Orchard has acquired worldwide theatrical and ancillary distribution rights to the film that bowed in March at SXSW.
Shinobi
Logline: Armed with a cursed sword, Hotsuma, the last member of his clan, must battle his undead brothers and bring peace to his land.
Production Company(s): Marc Platt Productions, Stories International, Inc.
Producer(s): Marc Platt, Adam Siegel, Tomoya Suzuki
Writer(s): No Screenplay Available.
Details: Based on the video game “Shinobi” created by Sega.
SSN Insight: Project was previously in development at Mindfire Entertainment with Mark Altman and Mark Gottwald attached to produce.
Space Jam 2
Logline: Bugs Bunny and the Looney Tunes gang are once again teamed up with NBA stars in this sequel to “Space Jam.”
Production Company(s): The Company
Producer(s): Charles Ebersol
Writer(s): Andrew Dodge, Alfredo Botello, Willie Ebersol
Director(s): Justin Lin
Details: Sequel to “Space Jam” (1996) directed by Joe Pytka and starring Michael Jordan.
SSN Insight: Project is the first major film deal for Charlie Ebersol whose background is primarily in television.
Stronger
Logline: The true story of Jeff Bauman, who after losing his legs in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, was an integral part of helping police to locate the suspects
Production Company(s): Mandeville Films/TV, Bold Films, Nine Stories Productions
Producer(s): Todd Lieberman, David Hoberman, Scott Silver, Jake Gyllenhaal, Michel Litvak
Writer(s): Scott Silver, John Pollono
Director(s): David Gordon Green
Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal, Tatiana Maslany, Frankie Shaw, Miranda Richardson, Clancy Brown, Frankie Shaw
Details: Based on the book “Stronger” written by Jeff Bauman and Bret Whitter and published by Grand Central Publishing in April, 2014.
SSN Insight: Project was included on the 2015 Black List.
The Beatles: Eight Days A Week
Logline: Based on the first part of The Beatles’ career (1962-1966) — from the early days of The Cavern Club in Liverpool to the quartet’s last concert, at Candlestick Park in San Francisco in 1966. The film will explore how John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr came together and will examine their inner workings – how they made decisions, created their music and built their collective career together – all the while, exploring The Beatles’ unique musical gifts and their complementary personalities.
Studio/Distributor(s): Hulu
Production Company(s): Imagine Entertainment, Apple Corps Limited, White Horse Pictures
Producer(s): Nigel Sinclair, Sir Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Yoko Ono, Olivia Harrison
Director(s): Ron Howard
SSN Insight: Hulu is launching a Hulu Documentary Films arm. This is the first movie to be released by the unit.
High Wire Act
Logline: Set in 1980’s Beirut, Mason Skiles is a former U.S. diplomat who is called back into service to save a former colleague from the group possibly responsible for his own family’s death. A CIA field agent working undercover at the American embassy is tasked
Production Company(s): Radar Pictures
Producer(s): Ted Field, Mike Weber, Tony Gilroy, Monica Levinson, Shivani Rawat
Writer(s): Tony Gilroy
Director(s): Brad Anderson
Cast: Jon Hamm, Rosamund Pike, Mark Pellegrino, Dean Norris, Larry Pine, Shea Whigham
SSN Insight: Good Universe is handling sales rights and will shop it at the upcoming Cannes Film Market. CAA will co-represent the domestic rights with WME Global.
The Mummy
Logline: Storyline is under wraps, but the story reportedly is set in the present and is an action-adventure tentpole with horror elements.
Studio/Distributor(s): Universal Pictures, Universal Pictures
Production Company(s): The Sean Daniel Company, Chris Morgan Productions, Secret Hideout
Producer(s): Sean Daniel, Chris Morgan, Alex Kurtzman
Writer(s): Jon Spaihts, Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci
Director(s): Alex Kurtzman
Cast: Tom Cruise, Sofia Boutella, Marwan Kenzari, Jake M. Johnson, Russell Crowe
Details: Reboot of the franchise that began with the film “The Mummy” (1932) directed by Karl Freund and starring Boris Karloff.
SSN Insight: Len Wiseman was attached to direct. Andy Muschetti was previously attached to direct.
Tomb Raider
Logline: The adventures of young Lara Croft, a beautiful antiquity hunter-for-hire.
Studio/Distributor(s): Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. , Warner Bros. Pictures,
Production Company(s): GK Films
Producer(s): Graham King
Writer(s): Geneva Robertson-Dworet, Evan Daugherty, Marti Noxon, Mark Fergus, Hawk Ostby
Director(s): Roar Uthaug
Cast: Alicia Vikander
Details: Based on the best-selling video game series “Tomb Raider” developed by Core Design and published by Eidos Interactive. It was originally released in 1996.
SSN Insight: Film rights to the video game were previously held by Paramount Pictures. Warner Bros. Pictures previously optioned film rights to the game and was developing with Dan Lin producing via Lin Pictures.
Untitled Johnnie Cochran Project
Logline: The film follows lawyer Johnnie Cochran’s 1981 landmark wrongful death case of college football player Ron Settles.
Production Company(s): The Firm, Inspire Entertainment
Producer(s): Robbie Brenner, Kevin McKeon, Anthony Mackie, Jason Spire
Writer(s): David McMillan
Cast: Anthony Mackie
SSN Insight: David McMillan was among last year’s Fox Writers Intensive finalists and recently was a staff writer on Lucifer.
New Projects
Breathe
Logline: The real-life story of Robin Cavendish, who was paralyzed with polio at 28 and given three months to live, left the hospital against doctor’s advice and miraculously lived for many years.
Production Company(s): The Imaginarium, Embankment Films, BBC
Producer(s): Jonathan Cavendish
Writer(s): William Nicholson
Director(s): Andy Serkis
Cast: Andrew Garfield (in talks), Claire Foy (in talks)
SSN Insight: Embankment will sell the film at Cannes and are co-repping domestic rights with CAA. BBC Films is co-financing.
Dirt
Logline: Centers on Dez Truss, a 17-year-old who is caught boosting cars for an auto-theft ring and is given one last chance to set his life straight by a compassionate mentor. He introduces the kid to Rick Radden, a former race car-driver-turned team owner who agrees to house and supervise Dez for the summer in exchange for manual labor.
Production Company(s): ESX Entertainment
Producer(s): Ali Afshar, Christina Moore, Daniel Carrey
Writer(s): Alex Ranarivelo
Director(s): Alex Ranarivelo
Cast: DeRon Horton, Kevin Dillon, Christina Moore, Matthew Glave, Dominic DeVore
SSN Insight: Dirt will be the first starring role for Horton, who appeared in Dirty Grandpa.
Exposure
Logline: British scientist Rosalind Franklin plays a pivotal role in the discovery of DNA which goes largely unrecognized in her lifetime.
Production Company(s): Entertainment One Features
Writer(s): Hayley Schore, Dr. Roshan Sethi
SSN Insight: eOne has acquired the project based on a spec script by Hayley Schore & Roshan Sethi.
Golden Exits
Logline: An intersecting narrative of two families in Brooklyn and the unraveling of unspoken unhappiness that occurs when a young foreign girl spending time abroad upsets the balance on both sides.
Production Company(s): Washington Square Films , Faliro House Productions, Webber/Gilbert Media Group, Bow & Arrow Entertainment, Forager Film Company
Producer(s): Alex Ross Perry, Adam Piotrowicz, Christos Konstantakopoulos, Joe Swanberg, Eddie Linker
Writer(s): Alex Ross Perry
Director(s): Alex Ross Perry
Cast: Emily Browning, Adam Horovitz, Mary-Louise Parker, Lily Rabe, Jason Schwartzman
SSN Insight: Perry’s credits include the 2014 Sundance film Listen Up Philip starring Elisabeth Moss and Queen Of Earth.
Harriet
Logline: The film chronicles the life of abolitionist Harriet Tubman, who was born into slavery and later helped dozens of people escape slavery with the Underground Railroad.
Production Company(s): Martin Chase Productions, MACRO, New Balloon, Stay Gold Features
Producer(s): Charles D. King, Debra Martin Chase, Gregory Allen Howard, Daniela Taplin Lundberg, Kim Roth
Writer(s): Gregory Allen Howard
Director(s): Seith Mann
SSN Insight: Seith Mann is a prolific TV director, known for his work on Homeland.
Irredeemable
Logline: Centering on the Plutonian, the world’s greatest superhero until he began heartlessly slaughtering the population of Earth, at least those who defy him. It falls to a superhero group known as the Paradigm to stop his rampage. They were former colleagues of the Plutonian, they’ve all got problems of their own, and none of them is nearly as powerful as the mass-murdering maniac holding the world hostage. The Paradigm in desperation turns to a famous supervillain for help.
Studio/Distributor(s): 20th Century Fox
Production Company(s): Gary Sanchez
Producer(s): Ross Richie, Stephen Christy, Adam McKay, Kevin Messick
Writer(s): Tommy Wirkola
Director(s): Adam McKay
Details: Based on the Boom! comic books of the same name created by Mark Waid and illustrated by Peter Krause.
SSN Insight: Boom! has a first look deal at Fox. Irredeemable won Waid the Eisner Award for Best Writer.
Layover
Logline: Centers on Claire Newbold, a successful traveling saleswoman who decides to go on the lam from her life. She develops elaborate scams for sneaking into hotel rooms, alone or with a guest, and a passion for swimming in their pools. A master of reinvention,
Production Company(s): Animus Films, Serena Films
Producer(s): Jim Young, Tatiana Kelly
Writer(s): Toni Kalem
Director(s): Toni Kalem
Cast: Penélope Cruz
SSN Insight: Fortitude International will finance and sell international rights at Cannes. CAA will handle domestic rights.
Puppet Master
Logline: When a man takes a mint condition Blade doll to sell at the toy at a convention commemorating the Toulon Murders, a strange force animates all the puppets who go on a bloody killing spree.
Production Company(s): Full Moon Features, Di Bonaventura Pictures, Caliber Media
Producer(s): Lorenzo Di Bonaventura, Mark Vahradian, Dallas Sonnier, Jack Heller
Writer(s): S Craig Zahler
Details: Reboot of the cult classic “Puppet Master” franchise (USA/1989-1994) originated and produced by Charles Band.
SSN Insight: Di Bonaventura Pictures and Caliber Media optioned rights with the idea to produce multiple storylines within a new universe.
Studio 54 (Documentary)
Logline: Will tell the no-holds-barred story of Ian Schrager and Steve Rubell and their 1970s-defining Manhattan nightclub.
Production Company(s): Passion Pictures
Producer(s): John Battsek, Corey Reeser, Matt Tyrnauer
Director(s): Matt Tyrnauer
SSN Insight: Battsek’s London-based Passion Pictures produced Listen To Me Marlon and the 2012 Best Documentary Feature Oscar winner Searching For Sugar Man.
The Changeover
Logline: Based on Margaret Mahy’s best-selling, Carnegie Award-winning novel from New Zealand. When a sinister visitor arrives in her town, sixteen-year-old Laura Chant discovers awesome new powers within herself that she must harness in order to rescue her young
Production Company(s): New Holland Pictures
Producer(s): Emma Slade
Writer(s): Stuart McKenzie
Cast: Timothy Spall, Melanie Lynskey, Lucy Lawless, Charlie Heaton, Erana James
SSN Insight: Radiant Films International which is handling worldwide rights outside Australia and New Zealand at Cannes.
The Earth Breaks in Colors
Logline: A racially-fueled incident exposing the cracks under the surface of friendships and in families that have been separated by a massive earthquake.
Production Company(s): Primary Wave Entertainment
Producer(s): Ben Press, Brad Kaplan
Writer(s): Susan McMartin
Details: Based on the novel “The Earth Breaks in Colors” written by Patti Davis and published by Open Road Distribution on November 3, 2015.
SSN Insight: McMartin wrote the screenplay for Eddie Murphy starrer Mr. Church, which recently was at the Tribeca Film Festival.
The Last Days of Night
Logline: New York, 1888. Technological geniuses Thomas Edison and his rival George Westinghouse engage in a no-holds-barred legal battle over who will electrify America.
Production Company(s): Bristol Automotive
Producer(s): Nora Grossman, Ido Ostrowsky
Writer(s): Graham Moore
Director(s): Morten Tyldum
Details: Based on the novel “The Last Days of Night” written by Graham Moore and published by Random House on September 20, 2016.
SSN Insight: Moore won the Oscar for writing and Tyldum was Oscar nominated for directing The Imitation Game.
The Lears
Logline: Focuses on world-renowned cutting-edge architect Davenport Lear. Nearing retirement, he summons his four dysfunctional children Glenn; twins Regan and Rory; Kent; and Regan’s husband Tom Cornwall to a weekend family retreat in one of his signature architectural creations.
Production Company(s): Raven West Films, NeoClassics Films
Producer(s): Irwin Olian, Carl Bessai
Writer(s): Carl Bessai
Director(s): Carl Bessai
Cast: Bruce Dern, Anthony Michael Hall, Sean Astin, Nic Bishop, Aly Michalka, James Hoare
Details: Is a comic adaptation of William Shakespeare’s King Lear.
SSN Insight: Nic Bishop recently starred in the Mark Burnett, Roma Downey produced film Woodlawn alongside Sean Astin. On the TV side, he was seen in SyFy’s Dominion as well as USA’s Covert Affairs alongside Piper Perabo.
Under the Silver Lake
Logline: Storyline of the contemporary noir crime thriller is under wraps.
Production Company(s): Benderspink, Michael De Luca Productions
Producer(s): Michael De Luca, Chris Bender, Jake Weiner, Adele Romanski
Writer(s): David Robert Mitchell
Director(s): David Robert Mitchell
Cast: Andrew Garfield
SSN Insight: Insiders will handle international distribution with CAA repping domestic rights.
Victim 321
Logline: A homicide detective wakes up in the body of an ex-con three days before his murder and has 72 hours to solve the conspiracy behind the crime in order to save his own life.
Studio/Distributor(s): Millennium Films,
Writer(s): Michael McGrale
Director(s): Diego Velasco
SSN Insight: Diego Velasco directed the Venezuelan thriller The Zero Hour.
Why We’re Killing Gunther
Logline: Gunther is the world’s greatest hitman, who’s also arrogant, a show-off, and steals jobs. The assassin community is tired of him and a group of eccentric killers from across the globe come together to set the perfect trap, but their master plan quickly tu
Production Company(s): PCB Entertainment, StarStream Entertainment, Leeding Media
Producer(s): Kim Leadford, Taran Killam, Ash Sarohia, Steve Squillante
Writer(s): Taran Killam
Director(s): Taran Killam
Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Taran Killam, Bobby Moynihan, Cobie Smulders, Paul Brittain
SSN Insight: MadRiver Pictures will handle international sales on the pic at Cannes.