FIlm Development For 7/24/14: Angelina Jolie & Brad Pitt To Co-Produce & Star In ‘By The Sea’ For Universal

NEW ATTACHMENTS

What Alice Forgot Logline: A young woman, Alice, suffers a head injury and wakes to find that she actually might be 10 years older and forgotten a decade of her life. Studio/Distributor: TriStar Productions Production Company:  Anonymous Content Producers: Steve Golin, Rosalie Swedlin, Kerry Kohansky Roberts, Vincent Sheehan (Executive Producer) Writer:  Shauna Cross Director: David Frankel Details: Based on the novel What Alice Forgot, written by Liane Moriarty and published by Macmillan Australia on May 1, 2009.  SSN Insight: Head of TriStar, Tom Rothman was previously at Fox where he collaborated with director David Frankel on Marley & Me and The Devil Wears Prada. The Ring 3 Logline: A group of high school students have to find someone to watch an evil videotape or else they'll all die. Studio/Distributor: Paramount Pictures Production Companies: Parkes/MacDonald Productions, Benderspink, Macari/Edelstein Entertainment, Vertigo Entertainment Producers:  Walter Parkes, Laurie MacDonald, Roy Lee (Executive Producer), Doug Davison (Executive Producer), Mike Macari (Executive Producer), Neil Machlis (Executive Producer), Chris Bender (Executive Producer), JC Spink (Executive Producer), Neal Edelstein (Executive Producer) Writer:  David Loucka Director: F. Javier Gutierrez Details: Second sequel to The Ring (USA/2002) directed by Gore Verbinski and starring Naomi Watts, and remake of short film Rings (USA/2005) directed by Jonathan Liebesman.  SSN Insight: Project marks director F. Javier Gutierrez’s second studio genre franchise (Relativity/The Crow Sequel). Tupperware Unsealed Logline: Earl Silas Tupper may have invented Tupperware, but it was sales executive Brownie Wise who, in the 1950s, made it a household name. Studio/Distributor: Columbia Pictures Production Companies: Wyolah Films, Steele Mill Productions, Mandeville Films/TV Producers:  Tate Taylor, Todd Lieberman, David Hoberman, Tom Shelly, John Norris (Executive Producer), Alex Young (Executive Producer) Cast: Sandra Bullock Writer:  Tate Taylor Director: Tate Taylor Details: Based on the book Tupperware, Unsealed : Brownie Wise, Earl Tupper, and the Home Party Pioneers, written by Bob Kealing and published by University Press of Florida, Gainesville in 2008.  SSN Insight: Project marks the 2^nd Biopic project for Tate Taylor (Get on Up) and the first official role that Sandra Bullock has accepted since her Oscar-nomination for Gravity. Mercy Road Logline: Inspired by real events, a small town sheriff who loses his daughter to cancer discovers she had been given counterfeit medication prior to her death. Production Companies: Tripod Entertainment, DragonSlate Media,  Cheyenne Enterprises, Coin Toss Creative Producers:  Leon Tan, Roy Freirich, Arnold Rifkin, Jay Judah Writer:  Roy Freirich Director: Aaron Wilson  SSN Insight: Project marks director Aaron Wilson’s sophomore feature (Canopy).

NEW PROJECTS

Untitled Shel Silverstein Biopic Logline: The life of children’s book author, poet, cartoonist and lyricist Shel Silverstein is chronicled. Production Companies: Wonderland Sound and Vision, Motion Theory, Royal Viking Entertainment Producers:  McG, Mary Viola, Sean Sorensen, Matthew Cullen Writers: Paul Vicknair (adaptation), Chris Shafer (adaptation) Details: Based on the book A Boy Named Shel: The Life and Times of Shel Silverstein, written by Lisa Rogak and published by Thomas Dunne Books in 2007.  SSN Insight: Project marks writing team of Paul Vicnair and Chris Shafer 3^rd collaboration with Wonderland Sound and Vision (A Many Splintered Thing and The Girl Who Conned the Ivy League). A Man Called Death Logline: Storyline is under wraps. Production Companies: Addictive Pictures, Energy Entertainment Producers:  Brooklyn Weaver, John Schoenfelder, Russell Ackerman, David Binns (Executive Producer), Matthew Kennedy (Executive Producer) Writer: Matthew Kennedy   SSN Insight: Project marks first spec sale for writer Matthew Kennedy. By the Sea Logline: Storyline is under wraps. Studio/Distributor: Universal Pictures Production Companies:  Plan B Entertainment, Jolie Pas Producers:  Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt Cast: Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt Writer:  Angelina Jolie Director: Angelina Jolie  SSN Insight: Project marks the 2^nd time that Angelina Jolie with co-star with Brad Pitt (Mr. & Mrs. Smith) and will be the 1^st time that she directs her husband on film.