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NEW ATTACHMENTS
Midnight Ramblers
Logline: The true story of Joe Namath, the larger-than-life, highly-touted high school prospect who starred for Bear Bryant at University of Alabama, took New York City by storm and led the New York Jets to a Super Bowl III victory.
Studio/Distributor:
Fox 2000
Production Companies: Mad Chance Productions, Namanco Productions, Tree Line Film
Producers: Andrew Lazar, Cathy Konrad, James Walsh (Executive Producer)
Writers: Michael Brandt & Derek Haas (current draft), David Hollander (previous draft)
Director: James Mangold
SSN Insight: Project reteams James Mangold with Fox 2000 (Walk the Line) and writers Michael Brandt & Derek Haas (3:10 to Yuma)
Abe
Logline: A robot goes on a killing rampage.
Studio/Distributor: MGM
Production Companies: Misher Films, R&G Productions
Producers: Kevin Misher, Steve Tzirlin
Writers:
Bryan Bertino (current draft), Rob McLellan (previous draft)
Director: Rob McLellan
Details: Based on the short film
Abe (UK/2013) written and directed by Rob McLellan.
SSN Insight: Project is the feature directorial debut for Rob McLellan.
The Lady in the Van
Logline: British playwright Alan Bennett’s memoir of his experiences with Miss Shepherd, a homeless woman who parked her dilapidated van outside his house for 15 years, is adapted to film.
Studio/Distributor:
TriStar Productions
Production Companies: BBC Films, Free Range Films
Producers: Kevin Loader, Damian Jones, Nicholas Hytner, Miles Ketley (Executive Producer), Charles Moore (Executive Producer)
Cast: Maggie Smith, Alex Jennings
Writer: Alan Bennett
Director: Nicholas Hytner
Details: Based on play
The Lady in the Van, written by Alan Bennett, directed by Nicholas Hytner, starring Maggie Smith. The play premiered at the Queen’s Theatre in London in December 1999. It was also included in the book
A Box of Alan Bennett, published by Profile in 2000, and produced on the radio on February 21, 2009 on BBC Radio 4, with Maggie Smith reprising her role and Bennett playing himself.
SSN Insight: Project reunites writer Alan Bennett with director Nicholas Hytner (
Madness of King George, The History Boys, stage play of
The Lady in the Van) and with Tom Rothman at the studio.
NEW PROJECTS
Stargate Reboot
Logline: Storyline is under wraps.
Studios/Distributors: MGM, Warner Bros.
Production Company: Electric Entertainment
Producer: Dean Devlin
Director: Roland Emmerich
Details: Remake of
Stargate; part of a planned trilogy.
SSN Insight: Project brings back the collaborators from the original film, Dean Devlin & Roland Emmerich.
The Kind Worth Killing
Logline: A man confides to a woman on a plane that he’s been thinking of murdering his cheating wife. He doesn’t know that she’s a ruthless killer and upon landing they hatch a murder plan.
Production Companies: Chockstone Pictures, Nick Wechsler Productions
Producers: Steve Schwartz, Paula Mae Schwartz, Nick Wechsler, Roger Schwartz (Co-Producer), Felicity Aldridge (Co-Producer)
Details: Based on the novel
The Kind Worth Killing, written by Peter Swanson and to be published by Harper Collins Canada on January 6, 2015.
SSN Insight: Project is the
third significant book acquisition
made recently by the Schwartzes and Wechsler (
The Truth And Other Lies and
All The Old Knives).
