NEW ATTACHMENTS
The Stand
Logline: After a super virus wipes out most of the world's population, a group of survivors, led by Mother Abagail, face off against another group, led by the tyrannical Randall Flagg.
Studios/Distributors: CBS Films, Warner Bros.
Production Companies: Mosaic, Vertigo Entertainment
Producers: Roy Lee, Jimmy Miller, Lawrence Inglee
Cast:
Nat Wolff
Writers: Josh Boone (current draft), Scott Cooper (previous draft), Dave Kajganich (previous draft), Steve Kloves (previous draft)
Director: Josh Boone
Details: Based on the novel
The Stand, written by Stephen King and published by Doubleday in November 1978.
SSN Insight: Project re-teams Nat Wolff with his
The Fault in Our Stars director for their 3
rd collaboration.
Kickboxer (Remake)
Logline: A man swears revenge after his older brother, who was world kickboxing champion, is crippled by a dirty fighter.
Studio/Distributor: The Exchange
Production Company: Radar Pictures
Producers: Dimitri Logothetis, Ted Field, Nick Celozzi, Mike Weber (Executive Producer), Peter Meyer, Brian O’Shea (Executive Producer), Nat McCormick (Executive Producer), Jeff Bowler (Executive Producer)
Cast:
Georges St. Pierre, Dave Bautista, Alain Moussi
Writers: Jim McGrath, Dimitri Logothetis
Director: Stephen Fung
Details: Based on the film
Kickboxer (1988) directed by David Worth, Mark DiSalle and Jean-Claude van Damme, and starring Jean-Claude van Damme.
SSN Insight: Project marks stuntman Alain Moussi’s debut as a lead role.
Sweetheart
Logline: A young hitwoman gets into trouble after a high school reunion and a one-night stand.
Production Companies: COTA Films, Silent R Management
Producers: Michael Costigan, Jewerl Keats Ross
Writer: Jack Stanley
Director:
Patty Jenkins
SSN Insight: Project was on the 2013 Blacklist and put writer Jack Stanley on the map.
NEW PROJECTS
Facing the Wind
Logline: The true story of a husband and father whose mental instability led him to kill his family and how he later sought redemption for his actions.
Production Company: Clear Pictures Entertainment
Producers: Joe Berlinger, Elizabeth Fowler
Cast: Alessandro Nivola, Vera Farmiga, Evan Rachel Wood, Rita Wilson, Jennifer Beals
Writer: Richard Stratton
Director: Joe Berlinger
Details: Based on the book
Facing the Wind: A True Story of Tragedy and Reconciliation, written by Julie Salamon and published by Random House in 2001.
SSN Insight: Project marks the feature scripted directorial debut for documentarian Joe Berlinger.
Krampus
Logline: During the Christmas season, a pagan demon is busy punishing the wicked.
Production Company: Legendary Entertainment
Producers: Thomas Tull, Jon Jashni
Writers: Michael Dougherty, Todd Casey, Zach Shields
Director: Michael Dougherty
SSN Insight: Project marks the 3
rd collaboration between writer Michael Dougherty and Legendary Entertainment. The previous projects were 2006’s
Superman Returns and 2009’s
Trick r’ Treat.
Steven
Logline: This unauthorized biopic of former Smiths leader Morrissey focuses on his his troubled childhood in Manchester and how he overcame it to become a star.
Producers: Orian Williams
Writer: Mark Gil, William Thacker
Director: Mark Gil
SSN Insight: Project marks first feature-length writing and directing gig for Mark Gil.