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The Longest Ride
06/16/2014
Logline: An elderly man lies trapped in a car after a major accident on an isolated road, reminiscing about his beloved wife and their lives together, while a young bull rider falls for an art history major and the stories of both couples intertwine.
Studio: Fox 2000
Production Company: Temple Hill Entertainment
Director: George Tillman Jr.
Executive Producer: Robert Teitel
Producers: Wyck Godfrey, Marty Bowen, Nicholas Sparks, Theresa Park
Cast: Scott Eastwood, Britt Robertson, Jack Huston, Oona Chaplin, Alan Alda
Screenwriter: Craig Bolotin
Details: Based on the novel
The Longest Ride, written by Nicholas Sparks and published by Grand Central Publishing on September 24, 2013.
SSN Insight: Scott Eastwood, son of Clint Eastwood, plays the lead, following in the footsteps of Ryan Gosling, Channing Tatum, Liam Hemsworth, Josh Duhamel, and Zac Efron, who have all starred in films based on Nicholas Sparks novels.
Wild Oats
06/10/2014
Logline: When a woman accidentally receives a check for millions, her friend convinces her to keep the money and they both end up on a mad dash towards paradise.
Studio: The Weinstein Company
Production Companies: Wild Pictures, Trivision Pictures, Konwiser Brothers
Director: Andy Tennant
Executive Producers: Michael Mailer, Mike Dolan
Producers: Blythe Frank, Agathe David-Weill, Alexander Tabrizi, Kip Konwiser, Hilary Shor
Cast: Shirley MacLaine, Jessica Lange, Judd Hirsch, Billy Connolly, Demi Moore
Screenwriters: Claudia Myers, Gary Kanew, Kenneth Lonergan
SSN Insight: Howard Deutch was previously attached to direct.
Me & Earl & the Dying Girl
06/16/2014
Logline: A kid who is sliding through high school gains a new perspective when he gets to know a classmate who is dying of leukemia.
Studio: Paramount Pictures
Production Companies: Indian Paintbrush, Rhode Island Ave. Productions
Director: Alfonso Gomez-Rejon
Producers: Dan Fogelman, Steven M. Rales
Cast: R.J. Cyler, Olivia Cooke, Thomas Mann
Screenwriter: Jesse Andrews
Details: Based on the young adult novel
Me & Earl & the Dying Girl, written by Jesse Andrews and published by Amulet Books on March 1, 2012.
SSN Insight: Mark Roybal was previously attached to produce.
Southpaw
06/16/2014
Logline: After tragedy strikes, a welterweight champ brawls his way back to glory.
Studio: The Weinstein Company
Production Companies: Riche Productions, Escape Artists
Director: Antoine Fuqua
Producers: Paul Rosenberg, Alan Riche, Peter Riche, Harvey Weinstein, Antoine Fuqua, Todd Black, Jason Blumenthal, Steve Tisch
Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal, Forest Whitaker, Rachel McAdams
Screenwriter: Kurt Sutter
SSN Insight: Eminem was previously attached to star and produce for Shady Films.
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American Ultra
06/12/2014
Logline: The lives of stoner Mike and his girlfriend Phoebe take an unpredicted turn when he becomes the target of a government operation to kill him because of his secret past.
Production Companies: Likely Story, Circle of Confusion, PalmStar Media Capital, Merced Media Partners
Director: Nima Nourizadeh
Executive Producers: Kevin Scott Frakes, Raj Brinder Singh
Producers: Anthony Bregman, David Alpert, Britton Rizzio
Cast: Kristen Stewart, Jesse Eisenberg, John Leguizamo, Topher Grace, Bill Pullman, Connie Britton
Screenwriter: Max Landis
SSN Insight: Leads Kristen Stewart and Jesse Eisenberg starred opposite each other in Greg Mottola's 2009 film
Adventureland.
The Great Gilly Hopkins
06/15/2014
Logline: Eleven-year-old foster child Gilly Hopkins, who has a county-wide reputation for being smart, assertive, and out of control, moves in with the Trotter family, by far the most peculiar family to ever take her in.
Production Company: Arcady Bay Entertainment
Director: Stephen Herek
Executive Producer: William Kay
Producers: William Teitler, David Paterson, Peyton Kay, John Paterson
Cast: Sophie Nélisse, Julia Stiles, Bill Cobbs, Kathy Bates, Octavia Spencer, Glenn Close
Screenwriter: David Paterson
Details: Based on the novel
The Great Gilly Hopkins, written by Katherine Paterson and published by HarperCollins in March 1978.
SSN Insight: Screenwriter David Paterson, who adapted his mother’s novel, also co-adapted his mother’s
Bridge to Terabithia for the 2007 film based on that novel
