On The Set For 5/5/14: Hugh Jackman Starrer ‘Pan’ Starts For Warner Bros., New Line Cinema’s ‘Crawlspace’ Wraps

Starts

Max Steel 04/29/2014 Logline:  A 16-year-old extreme sports enthusiast is recruited by a secret agency after nanobot technology leaves him with superhuman abilities. Production Companies:  Dolphin Entertainment Group, Mattel, Inc., IM Global, Open Road Films Director: Stewart Hendler Executive Producers: Tim Kilpin, Barry Waldo Producers: Julia Pistor, Bill O'Dowd Cast: Benjamin Winchell, Ana Villafañe, Andy Garcia Screenwriter: Christopher Yost Details: Based on the action figure Max Steel introduced by Mattel in 1999. SSN Insight: Previously in development at Paramount with Taylor Lautner as Max. Pan 04/28/2014 Logline:  When an orphan is taken to the magical world of Neverland, he becomes a hero to the natives and leads a revolt against the evil pirates. Studio: Warner Bros. Production Company: Berlanti Productions Director: Joe Wright Executive Producer: Tim Lewis Producers: Greg Berlanti, Paul Webster, Sarah Schechter Cast: Hugh Jackman, Garrett Hedlund, Rooney Mara, Amanda Seyfried, Levi Miller Screenwriter: Jason Fuchs Details: A prequel to J. M. Barrie’s original stage play "Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn’t Grow Up," which was first performed in 1904. SSN Insight: Other Peter Pan projects currently in active development include Disney’s animated Peter and the Starcatchers, which Gary Ross is planning to direct, and Sony/Columbia’s Neverland, with Gavin O’Connor set to direct. Some Kind of Hate 04/29/2014 Logline:  A bullied teenager is sent to a remote desert reform school where he accidentally summons a spirit who takes vengeance on his tormentors. Production Companies: Caliber Media, Revek Entertainment Director: Adam Egypt Mortimer Producers: Dallas Sonnier, Jack Heller, Amanda Mortimer, Gabriela Revilla Cast: Ronen Rubinstein, Grace Phipps, Sierra McCormick, Michael Polish Screenwriters: Adam Egypt Mortimer, Brian DeLeeuw SSN Insight: Feature directorial debut for music video director Adam Egypt Mortimer.

Wraps

Testament of Youth 05/03/2014 Logline:  Vera Brittain, a young woman in Britain circa 1914, gives her account of how her entire generation was consumed and irrevocably altered by the onset of World War I. Production Companies:  Heyday Films, BBC Films Director: James Kent Executive Producers: Christine Langan, Joe Oppenheimer, Richard Mansell, Zygi Kamasa, Hugo Heppell Producers: David Heyman, Rosie Alison Cast: Alicia Vikander, Kit Harrington, Hayley Atwell, Emily Watson, Dominic West Screenwriter: Juliette Towhidi Details: Based on the memoir Testament of Youth, written by Vera Brittain and published by Victor Gollancz in 1933. SSN Insight: Saoirse Ronan was in discussions for the starring role, which went to rising talent Alicia Vikander. Crawlspace 04/29/2014 Logline:  A family moves into a new home where the previous owners were murdered by someone living in the walls of the house. Studio:  New Line Cinema Director: Phil Claydon Producers: Rick Alvarez, Peter Safran Cast: Erin Moriarty, Michael Vartan, Nadine Velazquez Screenwriter: Gary Dauberman SSN Insight: Phil Claydon directed the 2009 comedic horror film Lesbian Vampire Killers.