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The Hollars
07/15/2014
Logline: John Hollar, an aspiring New York City artist, brings his girlfriend to his Middle America hometown on the eve of his mother's brain surgery.
Production Companies: Sunday Night Productions, Sycamore Pictures
Director: John Krasinski
Executive Producers: Janice Williams, James C Strouse, Allyson Seeger
Producers: Michael London, Tom Rice, Ben Nearn
Cast: John Krasinski, Anna Kendrick, Richard Jenkins, Margo Martindale, Sharlto Copley, Charlie Day
Screenwriter: James C Strouse
SSN Insight: The Hollars marks the second feature film directed by John Krasinski, after 2009′s
Brief Interviews with Hideous Men.
The Family Fang
07/21/2014
Logline: Performance artist parents decide to execute one last monumental performance, much to the chagrin of their now-grown children who are still dealing with childhood resentments.
Production Companies: Blossom Films, Olympus Pictures, Aggregate Films, QED International, Red Crown Productions
Director: Jason Bateman
Executive Producers: Bill Block, Daniel Crown
Producers: Nicole Kidman, Per Saari, Leslie Urdang, Dean Vanech, Jason Bateman, Jim Garavente, Daniela Taplin Lundberg, Riva Marker
Cast: Nicole Kidman, Jason Bateman, Christopher Walken
Screenwriter: David Lindsay-Abaire
Details: Based on the novel
The Family Fang, written by Kevin Wilson and published by Ecco on August 9, 2011.
SSN Insight: The Family Fang marks the second feature film directed by Jason Bateman, after 2013′s
Bad Words.
Ithaca
07/21/2014
Logline: When his older brother goes to fight in WWII, 14-year-old Homer looks after their family and works as a telegraph messenger, delivering messages of love, hope and pain in their small town.
Production Company: Playtone
Director: Meg Ryan
Executive Producers: Tom Hanks, Gary Goetzman
Producers: Janet Brenner, Laura Ivey, Meg Ryan, Erik Jendresen
Cast: Meg Ryan, Tom Hanks, Jack Quaid, Hamish Linklater
Screenwriter: Erik Jendresen
Details: Based on the novel
The Human Comedy, written by William Saroyan and published by Harcourt, Brace and Company in 1943.
SSN Insight: Ithaca is the fourth feature film in which Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks have acted together. The first was
Joe Versus the Volcano (USA/1990), followed by
Sleepless in Seattle (USA/1993) and
You've Got Mail (USA/1998).
Burning Bodhi
07/15/2014
Logline: When a man in his 20s learns that one of his best friends from high school has died of an aneurysm, he goes back to his hometown where he faces issues with friends and family.
Production Companies: Enchantment Films, Savage Bunny, Untitled Entertainment
Director: Matthew McDuffie
Producers: Marshall Bear, Mary Vernieu, Michael Lazo
Cast: Landon Liboiron, Kaley Cuoco, Cody Horn, Virginia Madsen
Screenwriter: Matthew McDuffie
SSN Insight: Burning Bodhi is the feature directorial debut of Matthew McDuffie.
Wraps
Untitled (Reese Witherspoon/Sofia Vergara Comedy)
07/15/2014
Logline: A police officer and her prisoner, a drug boss’s widow, must venture through Texas and stay one step ahead of the crooked cops and dangerous criminals pursuing them.
Studio: MGM, New Line
Production Companies: Pacific Standard, Latin World Entertainment
Director: Anne Fletcher
Executive Producers: Sofia Vergara, Luis Balaguer
Producers: Reese Witherspoon, Bruna Papandrea, Dana Fox, Jeff Waxman
Cast: Reese Witherspoon, Sophia Vergara, John Carroll Lynch
Screenwriters: John Quaintance, David Feeney
SSN Insight: The story is set in Texas but the project was filmed in and around New Orleans, Louisiana, birth city of producer and star Reese Witherspoon, who was born at Southern Baptist Hospital while her father was a medical school student at Tulane University.
Tulip Fever
07/15/2014
Logline: During the 17th-century Tulip Wars, a married noblewoman has an affair with an artist and switches identities with her maid to escape the wealthy merchant she married.
Studio: The Weinstein Company
Production Companies: Ruby Films, Mark Gordon Company, Filmwave, Adam Schroeder Entertainment
Director: Justin Chadwick
Producers: Alison Owen, Paul Trijbits, Mark Gordon, Faye Ward
Cast: Christoph Waltz, Dane DeHaan, Jack O'Connell, Holliday Grainger, David Harewood, Matthew Morrison
Screenwriters: Tom Stoppard, Peter Chelsom
Details: Based on the novel
Tulip Fever, written by Deborah Moggach and published by Delacorte Press on April 11, 2000.
SSN Insight: Jim Broadbent, Keira Knightley, and Jude Law previously attached to star.
Goosebumps
07/16/2014
Logline: When demons are unleashed in a small town, a newly arrived teenage boy must make things peaceful once again.
Studio: Columbia Pictures
Production Companies: Scholastic Productions, Original Film
Director: Rob Letterman
Executive Producer: Tania Landau
Producers: Deborah Forte, Jess Siegler, Neal H. Moritz
Cast: Jack Black, Dylan Minnette, Halston Sage, Timothy C. Simons. Odeya Rush
Screenwriters: Darren Lemke
Details: Based on the series
Goosebumps, written by R.L. Stine and published by Scholastic from 1992 to 1997. Sixty-two books were published under the
Goosebumps title.
SSN Insight: Tim Burton was previously attached to produce.
Wild Oats
07/15/2014
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: Dimension Films
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, Demi Moore, Billy Connolly, Judd Hirsch
Screenwriters: Claudia Myers, Gary Kanew, Kenneth Lonergan (revisions)
SSN Insight: Howard Deutch was previously attached to direct.
