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NEW ATTACHMENTS
Hail Cesar
Logline: Eddie Mannix works as a "fixer" in 1950s Hollywood, cleaning up messes and protecting the reputations of the studio’s stars.
Studio/Distributor:
Universal Pictures
Production Companies:
Working Title Films, Mike Zoss Productions
Producers:
Eric Fellner, Tim Bevan, Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Cast: George Clooney,
Josh Brolin
Writers: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Directors: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
SSN Insight: Project marks the 8
th collaboration with the Coens & Working Title and reunites them with George Clooney (
O Brother Where Art Thou, Burn After Reading, Intolerable Cruelty).
The Disaster Artist
Logline: The story of the making of the 2003 feature "The Room," which some have called the "worst movie ever made," is told.
Production Companies: Rabbit Bandini Productions, Point Grey Pictures
Producers: James Franco, Vince Jolivette, Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, James Weaver
Cast: James Franco,
Dave Franco
Writer: Ryan Moody (adaptation)
Director: James Franco
Details: Based on the book
The Disaster Artist: My Life Inside The Room, written by Greg Sestero and Tom Bissell and published by Simon & Schuster in 2013.
SSN Insight: Project marks the first film that both Franco brothers will star in together.
Blackwater
Logline: Based on the true story, during the Iraq war, the US gives $2M to Blackwater, further confusing the purpose of what the military is trying to accomplish in the Middle East.
Studio/Distributor: Warner Bros.
Production Company: Peters Entertainment
Producer: Jon Peters
Writer:
Gideon Yago
Director:
Kieran Darcy-Smith
SSN Insight: Project marks the 3
rd project that Kieran Darcy-Smith has signed on for where he is directing from a script not written by himself. The other two are
Die in a Gunfight at Mark Gordon Company and
By Way of Helena at Mandeville.
NEW PROJECTS
Mech
Logline: When a man tries and gets hooked on a mysterious new drug called "Mech" there are terrifying consequences.
Production Company: IAM Entertainment
Producers: Scott Glassgold, Raymond Brothers
Writer: Mike Le (adaptation)
Director: Patrick Kalyn
Details: Based on the short film
Mech: Human Trials (USA/2014), directed, written and produced by Patrick Kalyn and starring Steve Baran.
SSN Insight: The short film gained the attention of the industry when it went viral online, drawing over 1500 Twitter followers in less than one week and now is getting feature treatment with a 2013 Black List writer.
Untitled (Gil Netter/John Lee Hancock/Lenny Dykstra Project)
Logline: The film is about former Major League Baseball star Lenny Dykstra, whose life after retiring in 1996 has been marked by trouble including time in prison.
Production Company: Gil Netter Productions
Producer: Gil Netter
Writer: John Lee Hancock
SSN Insight: Project reunites that writer and producer of 2009’s
The Blind Side.
The Choice
Logline: When Travis and Gabby meet as neighbors, they begin a love affair that evolves and is tested during a decade.
Studio/Distributor: Lionsgate
Production Companies: The Safran Company, Nicholas Sparks Productions
Producers: Nicholas Sparks, Peter Safran, Theresa Parks
Writer: Brian Sipe
Details: Based on the novel
The Choice, written by Nicholas Sparks and published by Grand Central Publishers in 2007.
SSN Insight: Project marks the first time that author Nicholas Sparks has developed one of his novels into a film prior to shopping it around town - as well as the first time he is investing in one of his novel’s films.
Mal de Pierres
Logline: A woman in an unhappy marriage finds love in the arms of another.
Production Company: Les Films du Tresor
Producer: Alain Attal
Cast: Marion Cotillard
Writers: Nicole Garcia, Jacques Fieschi
Director: Nicole Garcia
Details: Based on the novel
Mal De Pierres ("Mal di pietre"), written by Milena Agus and published by Nottetempo in 2006
SSN Insight: Project marks Alain Attal’s third collaboration with Marion Cotillard (
Little White Lies and Blood Ties).
