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NEW ATTACHMENTS
The Sadhu
Logline: A soldier travels to India during colonial times and becomes a spiritual warrior.
Production Companies: Virgin Comics, Atmosphere Entertainment, Graphic India
Producers: Gotham Chopra, Sharad Devarajan, Mark Canton, David Hopwood
Writers:
Mukunda Michael Dewil (current draft), Deepak Chopra (previous draft)
Director:
Mukunda Michael Dewil
Details: Based on the comic book The Sadhu, written by Gotham Chopra and illustrated by Jeevan Kang ; published by Virgin Comics on July 26, 2006.
SSN Insight: The storyline mirrors the life of writer/director Mukunda Michael Dewil as he left his job at Ogilvy advertising in his late 20’s to go live with the Sadhus in India.
The Outer Limits
Logline: When a strange virus takes over mankind, turning humans into mindless beings, a small band of survivors comes together to find the cure before it's too late. Based the television show "The Outer Limits".
Studio/Distributor: MGM
Production Companies: Jon Shestack Productions, Mark Victor Productions
Producers: Michael Grais, Mark Victor, Jonathan Shestack
Writers:
Scott Derrickson & C. Robert Cargill (current adaptation), Patrick Melton & Marcus Dunstan (previous adaptation)
Details: Project is based on
The Outer Limits television series, created by Joseph Stefano, that originally aired on ABC from 9/16/63 to 1/16/65.
SSN Insight: Project reunites the
Sinister co-writers Scott Derrickson & C. Robert Cargill.
American Pastoral
Logline: A man who inherits his father's business and marries a beauty queen has his idyllic life turned upside down when his daughter becomes a Vietnam War activist and carries out a terrorist act.
Production Companies: Lakeshore Entertainment, Sidney Kimmel Entertainment
Producers: Tom Rosenberg, Richard Wright, Gary Lucchesi, Sidney Kimmel, Jim Tauber (Executive Producer), Matt Berenson (Executive Producer)
Cast:
Ewan McGregor, Mandy Patinkin
Writer: John Romano
Director:
Phillip Noyce
Details: Based on the novel
American Pastoral, written by Philip Roth and published by Vintage in 1998.
SSN Insight: This is the 3
rd Philip Roth novel adaptation that Lakeshore is producing , after
The Human Stain and
Elegy.
NEW PROJECTS
We Were Liars
Logline: A 17-year-old girl survived an accident at her family’s summer home and has no memory of it. Determined to remember, she uncovers the truth and a shocking revelation about herself.
Production Company: Imperative Entertainment
Producers: Bradley Thomas, Zak Kadison, Dan Friedkin, Justin Catron (Co-Producer)
Writer: E. Lockhart (adaptation)
Details: Based on the YA novel
We Were Liars, written by E. Lockhart and published by Delacorte Press in 2014.
SSN Insight: Project marks the first significant sale for Imperative.
International Incident
Logline: Five UN delegates go on a road trip to find one of their lost loves.
Studio/Distributor: Lionsgate/Summit
Production Company: Carousel Productions
Producer: Steve Carell
Cast: Ken Jeong
Writer: David Javerbaum
SSN Insight: Project marks the first starring role for Ken Jeong.
Van Cliburn
Logline: The early career of American pianist Van Cliburn is chronicled. He gained fame in 1958, winning the Tchaikovsky International Piano Competition in Moscow and helping to ease the Cold War.
Production Companies: Temple Hill Entertainment, Crystal City Entertainment, Johnson Group
Producers: Wyck Godfrey, Marty Bowen, Ari Daniel Pinchot, Robert M. Johnson (Executive Producer)
Cast: Ansel Elgort
Writer: Andrew Stern (adaptation)
Details: Based on the book
Van Cliburn, written by Howard Reich and published by T. Nelson Publishers in 1993.
SSN Insight: Project reunites
Fault in Our Stars actor Ansel Elgort with producers Wyck Godfrey and Marty Bowen.
