The Athena ProjectLogline: After a terror attack in Rome kills 23 Americans, a four-member, all-female Delta team is sent to hunt down the arms dealer who supplied the explosives, which leads to a larger conspiracy.
Studio/Distributor: Warner Bros.
Production Companies: Gerber Pictures, Wasserman Media Group
Producers: Bill Gerber, Casey Wasserman
Cast: Ronda Rousey
Writer: Ashleigh PowellDetails: Based on the novel "The Athena Project" written by Brad Thor and published by Atria on November 23, 2010.
SSN Insight:Project marks first hired script since she sold her 2012 Black List Somacell, also at Warner Bros.
Enchanted 2Logline: The story of Giselle from fairy tale land continues.
Studio/Distributor: Walt Disney Pictures
Production Companies: Josephson Entertainment, Right Coast Productions
Producers: Barry Josephson, Barry Sonnenfeld, Sunil Perkash
Cast: Amy Adams, Patrick Dempsey
Writers: David Stern, David N. Weiss (current draft), Jessie Nelson (previous draft), Bill Kelly (previous draft)
Director: Anne Fletcher
Details: Sequel to "Enchanted" (USA/2007) directed by Kevin Lima and starring Amy Adams and Patrick Dempsey.
SSN Insight:This is the writing duo’s 3rd live-action project (Are We There Yet? and Daddy Day Camp)
G.I. Joe 3Logline: Storyline is under wraps.
Studios/Distributors: Paramount Pictures, MGM
Production Companies: DiBonaventura Pictures, Hasbro, Inc.
Producers: Bennet Schneir, Brian Goldner, Lorenzo DiBonaventura
Cast: Dwayne Johnson
Writers: Jonathan Lemkin (current draft), Evan Daugherty (previous draft)
Director: Jon M. Chu
Details: Sequel to "G.I. Joe: Retaliation" (USA/2013) starring Dwayne Johnson, Channing Tatum and Bruce Willis and directed by Jon M. Chu.
SSN Insight:Project marks Jonathan Lemkin’s 2nd deal with Paramount (The Longest Night)
NEW PROJECTS
DissentLogline: A political drama about international terrorism.
Production Company: First Generation Films.
Producer: Christina Piovesan
Writers: Larysa Kondracki, Ellis Kirwan
Director: Larysa Kondracki
SSN Insight:Project marks director’s sophomore feature (The Whistleblower).
A House In the SkyLogline: The harrowing story of explorer Amanda Lindhout’s abduction by a rebel terrorist group in Mogadishu, Somalia is recounted.
Production Company: Annapurna Pictures
Producers: Rooney Mara, Megan Ellison
Cast: Rooney Mara
Writers: Amanda Linhout, Sara Corbett (adaptation)
Details: Based on the memoir "A House in the Sky" written by Amanda Lindhout and Sara Corbett and published by Scribner in 2013.
SSN Insight:Project marks Rooney Mara’s 2nd film at Annapurna (Her).
Untitled (Granite Mountain Firefighters Project)Logline: The true story of the firefighters who died fighting the 2013 Yarnell Hill wildfire in Prescott, Arizona is dramatized.
Production Companies: DiBonaventura Pictures, Conde Nast Publications, Inc., Evolution Entertainment
Producers: Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Michael J. Menchel, Dawn Ostroff, Jeremy Steckler, Erik Howsam (Executive Producer)
Writer: Ken Nolan
SSN Insight:Project marks Ken Nolan’s 2nd script for DiBonaventura Pictures (Forge of God)