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NEW ATTACHMENTS
Voice From the Stone
Logline: A psychologist tries to help a young boy who made a promise to not speak until his dead mother's spirit returns.
Studio/Distributor: K5 Media Group
Production Companies: K5 Media Group, DFZ Productions, Code 39 Films
Producers: Dean Zanuck, Stefano Gallini, Mark Wheaton (Executive Producer)
Cast:
Emilia Clarke
Writer: Andrew Shaw
Director: Eric D. Howell
Details: Based on the novel
La Voce Della Pietra, by Silvio Raffo and published by Il Saggiatore in 1996.
SSN Insight: Project marks the feature directorial debut for Eric D. Howell.
Chef
Logline: A chef who loses his highly-rated restaurant in France tries to mount a comeback in London by re-assembling his team.
Studio/Distributor: The Weinstein Company
Production Companies: Double Feature Films, 3 Arts Entertainment
Producers: Erwin Stoff, Michael Shamberg, Stacey Sher
Cast:
Sienna Miller, Bradley Cooper (Omar Sy is in discussions)
Writers: Steven Knight (current draft), Michael Kalesniko (previous draft)
Director: John Wells
Details: Project is based on an original idea by Keanu Reeves who was previously attached to star.
SSN Insight: Project reteams Sienna Miller and Bradley Cooper since
American Sniper.
Lost in Austen
Logline: A fan of Jane Austen, who lives in modern times, suddenly finds she has swapped places with Austen's fictional character Elizabeth Bennet.
Studio/Distributor: Columbia Pictures
Production Companies: Mammoth Screen, Neal Street Productions, Good Universe
Producers: Pippa Harris, Sam Mendes, Nathan Kahane, Joe Drake, Guy Andrews (Executive Producer), Damien Timmer (Executive Producer), Michele Buck (Executive Producer)
Writers:
Carrie Brownstein (current draft), Nora Ephron (previous draft), Guy Andrews (previous draft)
Details: Based on the four-part television miniseries Lost in Austen, written by Guy Andrews and starring Jemima Rooper and Gemma Arterton. It aired in the United Kingdom on ITV in September 2008.
SSN Insight: Carrie Brownstein of
Portlandia fame has been hired as the new writer since the passing of Nora Ephron, who was also attached to direct.
NEW PROJECTS
Untitled TriStar/Kristin Wiig/Annie Mumolo Comedy Project
Logline: In the town of Vista Del Mar, two best friends find themselves out of their depths…but they weren’t that deep in the first place.
Studio/Distributor: TriStar Productions
Producers: Kristin Wiig, Annie Mumolo
Cast: Kristin Wiig, Annie Mumolo
Writers: Kristin Wiig, Annie Mumolo
Director: Kristin Wiig
SSN Insight: Project marks the directorial debut of Kristin Wiig.
Leviathan
Logline: Storyline is under wraps.
Studio/Distributor: Columbia Pictures
Production Company: Original Films Productions
Producers: Neal H. Moritz, Toby Ascher (Executive Producer)
Writer: Cole Haddon
SSN Insight: Project marks the third script sale for Cole Haddon to Sony (
Dodge & Twist and
Savage Planet)
Malignant Man
Logline: When Alan Gates learns that the "tumor" he thought he had is actually a mysterious parasite, he gains incredible powers that he uses to fight an evil army that hides under society’s radar.
Studio/Distributor: 20
th Century Fox
Production Companies: Boom! Studios, James Wan Presents
Producers: James Wan, Stephen Christy, Ross Richie, Adam Yoelin (Co-Producer)
Writer: James Wan
Director: James Wan
Details: Based on the graphic novel
Malignant Man, written by James Wan and published by Boom! Studios on Apr 20th, 2011.
SSN Insight: Project marks the first time that James Wan has done a movie at Fox since 2007’s
Death Sentence.
