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Through the Looking Glass
08/03/2014
Logline: Alice's adventures continue when she steps through a mirror and enters a madcap alternate universe.
Studio: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Production Companies: Roth Films, Team Todd
Director: James Bobin
Producers: Joe Roth, Suzanne Todd, Jennifer Todd
Cast: Johnny Depp, Mia Wasikowska, Sacha Baron Cohen, Helena Bonham Carter, Rhys Ifans
Screenwriter: Linda Woolverton
Details: Sequel to
Alice in Wonderland (USA/2010) directed by Tim Burton and starring Johnny Depp and Mia Wasikowska and based on the novel
Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There, written by Lewis Carroll and published in 1871.
SSN Insight: Mark Rylance had previously been in talks for the role played by Rhys Ifans.
The Man Who Knew Infinity
08/03/2014
Logline: The true story of Srinavasa Ramanujan, a self-taught math prodigy from India.
Production Companies: Pressman Film, Animus Films, Cinemorphic Entertainment Company, Dutch Tilt, Xeitgeist
Director: Matt Brown
Executive Producers: Jonathan S. Katz, Tristine Skyler, Joe Thomas, Min-Li Tan, Mark Montgomery, Pamela Godfrey
Producers: Edward R. Pressman, Sofia Sondervan, Jim Young, Prashita Chaudhary
Cast: Dev Patel, Jeremy Irons, Devika Bhise
Screenwriter: Matt Brown
Details: Based on the book
The Man Who Knew Infinity: A Life of the Genius Ramanujan, written by Robert Kanigel published by Scribner May 1991.
SSN Insight: The first feature film to be shot at Trinity College in Cambridge, England.
Under the Bed
08/04/2014
Logline: Based on true events, a young woman recovering from a break-up unknowingly befriends a stalker online who is secretly living under her bed.
Production Companies: Radar Pictures, Appian Way, Sobe Brooke Studios
Director: Dan Myrick
Executive Producers: Eustace Montgomery Hicks, Aldo LaPietra, Thomas E. Van Dell, Justin Shaner
Producers: Ted Field, Mike Weber, Shawn Papazian, Richard Halpern, Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Killoran
Cast: Hannah New, Toni Garrn
Screenwriter: Dan Myrick
SSN Insight: Dan Myrick co-wrote and co-directed the horror hit
The Blair Witch Project (USA/1999).
Belle and Sebastien, l’aventure continue
08/04/2014
Logline: When World War II ends, 10-year-old Sebastien and his beloved dog Belle make an epic trip looking for his friend Angelica, who was in a plane crash in the Alps.
Production Companies: Radar Films, Gaumont, Epithete Films
Director: Christian Duguay
Producer: Clément Miserez
Cast: Félix Bossuet, Tchéky Karyo, Margaux Chatelier, Urbain Cancelier
Screenwriters: Juliette Sales, Fabien Suarez
Details: Sequel to
Belle et Sébastien (France/2013) directed by Nicolas Vanier and starring Félix Bossuet, Tchéky Karyo, Margaux Chatelier and Dimitri Storoge. The original film was based on the children’s TV classic
Belle et Sébastien, created by Cécile Aubry and first aired on ORTF in France on September 26, 1965.
SSN Insight: The original
Belle and Sebastien was a box office hit in France, grossing more than $23 million.
Equals
08/04/2014
Logline: In the futuristic utopian society known as the Collective, where inhabitants, called Equals, are peaceful and emotionless, one man and one woman find that they have feelings for each other and must escape to survive.
Production Companies: Scott Free Productions, Route One Films
Director: Drake Doremus
Executive Producers: Michael A. Pruss, Lee Jae Woo, Choi Pyung-ho, Russell Levine
Producers: Ridley Scott, Michael Schaefer, Jay Stern, Chip Diggins, Ann Ruark
Cast: Kristen Stewart, Nicholas Hoult, Guy Pearce, Kate Lyn Sheil, Aurora Perrineau
Screenwriters: Drake Doremus, Nathan Parker
SSN Insight: Indian Paintbrush was previously attached to finance.
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Triple Nine
08/01/2014
Logline: Crooked cops conspire to kill a fellow officer to get away with a heist, but the unwitting sacrificial lamb proves tougher than they’d planned.
Production Companies: Worldview Entertainment, Anonymous Content
Director: John Hillcoat
Executive Producers: Molly Conners, Maria Cestone, Sarah E. Johnson, Paul Green, Steve Golin
Producers: Anthony Katagas,Matthew Budman, Bard Dorros, Keith Redmon, Marc Butan, Christopher Woodrow
Cast: Casey Affleck, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Gal Gadot, Woody Harrelson, Kate Winslet
Screenwriters: Matt Cook (current draft), John Hillcoat, (previous draft), Michael Guglio (previous draft)
SSN Insight: Annapurna Pictures was previously attached to produce and finance.
To Reach the Clouds
07/30/2014
Logline: The true story of French high-wire artist Philippe Petit, who walked between the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center on August 7, 1974.
Studio: TriStar Productions
Production Company: ImageMovers
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Executive Producers: Jackie Levine, Cherylanne Martin
Producers: Robert Zemeckis, Jack Rapke, Steve Starkey
Cast: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Charlotte Le Bon, Ben Schwartz, Ben Kingsley
Screenwriters: Robert Zemeckis, Christopher Browne
Details: Based on Philippe Petit’s memoirs
To Reach the Clouds, published in 2002 by North Point Press.
SSN Insight: The film is the first project for Tom Rothman’s TriStar Productions.
Black Mass
08/01/2014
Logline: A true-crime saga about FBI corruption and the uniquely savage New England mob scene involving James "Whitey" Bulger.
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Companies: Arthaus Pictures, Infinitum Nihil, Le Grisbi Productions
Director: Scott Cooper
Executive Producers: Peter Mallouk, Lauren Selig, Brett Granstaff, Gary Granstaff
Producers: Brian Oliver, Tyler Thompson, John Lesher, Patrick McCormick, Scott Cooper
Cast: Johnny Depp, Benedict Cumberbatch, Joel Edgerton, Dakota Johnson
Screenwriter: Scott Cooper (current draft), Russell Gewirtz (previous draft), Mark Mallouk (previous draft), Jim Sheridan (previous draft), Nye Heron (previous draft)
Details: Based on the book
Black Mass: The Irish Mob, The FBI and A Devil's Deal, written by Dick Lehr and Gerard O'Neill published by Public Affairs Press May, 2000.
SSN Insight: Daniel Day-Lewis was previously attached to the role of James "Whitey" Bulger.
