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An Ideal Home
05/11/2016
Logline: The extravagant life of a squabbling couple is changed when one of them learns he has a grandson and they take him in.
Production Company(s): Baby Cow Productions, Lucky Monkey Pictures
Director(s): Andrew Fleming
Executive Producer(s): Clark Peterson, Lisa Wolofsky
Producer(s): Gabriella Tana, Maria Teresa Arida, Maxime Remillard, Aaron Ryder
Cast: Paul Rudd, Steve Coogan
Writer(s): Andrew Fleming
SSN Insight: Andrew Fleming is currently the director of Red Oaks, a digital series on Amazon.
Dog Years
05/09/2016
Logline: The story revolves around an aging, former movie star who is forced to face the reality that his glory days are far behind him when he’s invited to receive a lifetime achievement award from a tiny East coast film festival. Embarrassed by the low rent event, he bails on the award and forces the emotionally unstable girl assigned to be his driver to take him on a soul searching tour of the landmarks of his youth.
Production Company(s): Mandt Bros. Productions
Director(s): Adam Rifkin
Producer(s): Neil Mandt, Gore Verbinski, Adam Rifkin, Orian Williams, Michael Mandt
Cast: Burt Reynolds, Kiernan Shipka
Writer(s): Adam Rifkin
SSN Insight: Reynolds, who earned an Oscar nomination for his performance in P.T. Anderson’s drama Boogie Nights, will also be seen in the boxing drama Shadow Fighter.
Full-Dress
05/08/2016
Logline: A man wakes incarcerated for a crime he does not remember. As he struggles to learn what sin he has committed, he becomes aware that the situation is much more grave than once thought. And as his fate is decided, the audience realizes it has its own waking to do.
Production Company(s): Standard Arts, Inc.
Director(s): Carlos Puga
Producer(s): Melanie Bartley, Tyler Peters
Cast: Christopher Abbott
Writer(s): Carlos Puga
Details: Based on the short film “Full-Dress” (2007) written and directed by Carlos Puga.
SSN Insight: Full-Dress marks the feature directorial debut for Puga.
The Big Sick
05/11/2016
Logline: Storyline is under wraps, but is based on true events in the lives of Kumail Nanjiani and his wife Emily V. Gordon.
Production Company(s): Barry Mendel Productions, Apatow Productions
Director(s): Michael Showalter
Producer(s): Judd Apatow, Barry Mendel
Cast: Kumail Nanjiani, Zoe Kazan, Ray Romano, Holly Hunter
Writer(s): Kumail Nanjiani, Emily V. Gordon
SSN Insight: Judd Apatow is also a producer on the upcoming Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping and Ghostbusters.
Thoroughbred
05/09/2016
Logline: The story follows Christine Wyckland, a guidance counselor at a top-tier prep school who has decided to spend some time at home in order to recover from a panic attack. Her daughter is an amateur equestrian that has become jaded to the sport and has been blacklisted from her peers after injuring her horse. One of Christine’s students starts showing up to school with strange marks on his skin and in the woods around their house it seems as though menacing eyes are watching their suburban haven.
Production Company(s): B Story, June Pictures
Director(s): Cory Finley
Producer(s): Alex Saks, Kevin J Walsh, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash
Cast: Olivia Cooke, Anya Taylor-Joy, Anton Yelchin
Writer(s): Cory Finley
SSN Insight: This film marks Finley’s feature film debut. Rash and Faxon also served as producer of The Way, Way Back, which the duo wrote and directed.
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After Louise
05/13/2016
Logline: When a teenage girl runs out on her wedding at a seaside hotel, she accidentally takes an agoraphobic hotel worker with her on a road trip.
Production Company(s): Scoop Films
Director(s): Danny Scheinmann, David Scheinmann
Producer(s): Michael Mueller, Fiona Gillies, Rajan Sharma
Cast: Greg Wise, Alice Sykes, Sophie Scott, Eunice Olumide, Martin Marquez
Writer(s): Michael Mueller
SSN Insight: Michael Mueller also wrote the film The Beat Beneath my Feet (2015).
Baby Driver
05/08/2016
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: Kevin Spacey also wrapped the film Billionaire Boys Club and will be seen in the upcoming Rebel in the Rye.
Clinical
05/13/2016
Logline: After she’s attacked by a patient, Dr. Jane Mathis decides to change her career path as a psychiatrist. Traumatized by the experience, Jane self-medicates and begins to suspect that the patient that attacked her is after her once again. Working with a new post-trauma patient against her better judgment, Jane’s own sanity comes into question as her paranoia takes hold.
Production Company(s): Campfire
Director(s): Alistair Legrand
Producer(s): Ross M. Dinerstein
Cast: Vinessa Shaw, Henry Thomas, Wilmer Calderon
Writer(s): Alistair Legrand, Luke Harvis
SSN Insight: Alistair Legrand also wrote and directed the feature The Diabolical (2015).
Hidden Figures
05/13/2016
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, Pharrell Williams, 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 marks Janelle Monae’s first studio film.
Humor Me
05/10/2016
Logline: Suffering from writer’s block and lacking any ability to take care of himself, playwright Teddy Kroll finds himself crashing at his father Bob’s active adult community after his wife leaves him to travel with a French billionaire. The quirky folks at Cranberry Bog Active Adult Community, along with the rebellious Allison, help Teddy learn some discipline and get over the issues with his father that have prevented him from reaching his potential.
Production Company(s): Fugitive Films
Director(s): Sam Hoffman
Executive Producer(s): Emily Blavatnik, Ruth Pomerance, Danielle Renfrew Behrens
Producer(s): Sam Hoffman, Courtney Potts, Jamie Gordon
Cast: Elliott Gould, Jemaine Clement, Ingrid Michaelson, Bebe Neuwirth, Annie Potts
Writer(s): Sam Hoffman
SSN Insight: Sam Hoffman previously executive produced 5 Flights Up, Begin Again and The Oranges.
Interlude in Prague
05/13/2016
Logline: This tragic love story is based on real events during a turbulent part Mozart’s life that influenced his creation of Don Giovanni.
Production Company(s): Productive International
Director(s): John Stephenson
Producer(s): Huw Penalt Jones, Hannah Leader
Cast: James Purefoy, Aneurin Barnard, Samantha Barks, Morfydd Clark, Ade Edmondson
Writer(s): Brian Ashby, Helen Clare Cromarty
SSN Insight: James Purefoy will next be seen in the TV miniseries Roots.
Slumber
05/13/2016
Logline: When a car accident puts a woman into a coma, she is enlisted in an experimental procedure where doctors pump her mind with nightmares in an attempt to scare her awake.
Production Company(s): Diablo Entertainment
Director(s): Darrell Wheat
Executive Producer(s): Jaremy Aiello, Keith Fowler, Hank Hoffman, Cyrus Zahabian, Ilana Zahabian
Producer(s): Eric B. Fleischman, Sean Tabibian
Cast: Darby Stanchfield, Emily Bett Rickards, Meaghan Rath, Chris Mulkey, Richard Harmon
Writer(s): Darrell Wheat
SSN Insight: Darrell Wheat also wrote and directed the upcoming film Recovery for Diablo Ent.
The Meyerowitz Stories
05/09/2016
Logline: Tells the story of an estranged New York family coming together in preparation of artist & patriarch Harold’s career retrospective
Production Company(s): Scott Rudin Productions
Director(s): Noah Baumbach
Producer(s): Scott Rudin, Eli Bush
Cast: Adam Sandler, Ben Stiller, Emma Thompson, Dustin Hoffman, Grace Van Patten
Writer(s): Noah Baumbach
SSN Insight: Noah Baumbach was also the director/writer/producer on Mistress America, While We’re Young and Frances Ha.
Wonder Woman
05/09/2016
Logline: A woman from the closely guarded amazon homeland of Paradise Island travels to the outside world and becomes Wonder Woman.
Studio/Distributor(s): Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Company(s): DC Entertainment, Atlas Entertainment, Cruel & Unusual Films
Director(s): Patty Jenkins
Executive Producer(s): Richard Suckle, Stephen Jones, Wesley Coller, Geoff Johns, Rebecca Steel Roven
Producer(s): Charles Roven, Zack Snyder, Deborah Snyder
Cast: Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Robin Wright, Danny Huston, David Thewlis
Writer(s): Patty Jenkins, Jason Fuchs, Michael Goldenberg, Matthew Jennison, Brent Strickland
Details: Based on the comic book “Wonder Woman” written by William Moulton Marston published by DC Comics.
SSN Insight: Warner Bros and Silver Pictures bought a “Wonder Woman” spec script by Matthew Jennison and Brent Strickland in February 2007. Their take was Wonder Woman set against the backdrop of World War II.