NEW ATTACHMENTS
Manimal
Logline: A man with a mysterious past changes into an animal to battle crime.
Studio/Distributor: Columbia Pictures
Production Companies: Sony Pictures Animation,
Mosaic, Gary Sanchez Productions
Producers: Glen Larson,
Jimmy Miller, Will Ferrell, Adam McKay
Writers:
Jay Martel, Ian Roberts
Details: Based on the television show
Manimal that aired on NBC in 1983 and created by Glen A. Larson.
SSN Insight: Project marks the 4
th re-teaming of Jimmy Miller (Mosaic) with Will Ferrell and Adam McKay (Gary Sanchez) since they produced
The Other Guys, Step Brothers, and
Talladega Nights. Additionally, re-teams writers Martel and Roberts with Gary Sanchez since
Get Hard.
Near Death
Logline: A psychological thriller set in the world of near-death experiences.
Studio/Distributor: Voltage Pictures
Production Companies: Velocity Entertainment Partners, Busted Shark, Voltage Pictures
Producers: Joe Riley, Sherryl Clark, Craig Flores, Nicolas Chartier
Writer: Carter Blanchard
Director:
Gabriele Muccino
SSN Insight: Project re-teams Muccino and Voltage since
Fathers and Daughters.
A Wrinkle in Time
Logline: A brother and sister travel to a fifth dimension to rescue their father.
Studio/Distributor: Walt Disney
Production Company: Whitaker Entertainment
Producers: Jim Whitaker, Catherine Hand, Charlotte Voilkis (Executive Producer)
Writers:
Jennifer Lee (current adaptation), Jeff Stockwell (previous adaptation)
Details: Based on the best-selling novel
A Wrinkle in Time, written by Madeleine L'Engle and published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux in 1962.
SSN Insight: Project marks the 3
rd project Jennifer Lee will write for Disney (
Frozen and
Wreck-It Ralph).
NEW PROJECTS
Queen of Earth
Logline: When two women go to a beach house to retreat from the pressures of daily life, they find they have become disconnected from each other and their suspicions begin to color reality.
Producer: Joe Swanberg
Cast: Elisabeth Moss
Writer: Alex Ross Perry
Director: Alex Ross Perry
SSN Insight: Project reteams Alex Ross Perry & Elisabeth Moss since
Listen Up Philip.
Honorable Exit
Logline: A group of diplomats and soldiers conduct a secret evacuation of Saigon during the end of the Vietnam War.
Studio/Distributor: Warner Bros.
Production Company: Red Wagon Entertainment
Producers: Douglas Wick, Lucy Fisher
Details: Based on the novel Honorable Exit, written by Thurston Clarke and to be published by Doubleday.
SSN Insight: Re-teams Red Wagon with Warner Bros. for first time since
The Great Gatsby.
The Italian Chapel
Logline: During WWII, an Italian private is captured and sent to a Scottish island where he falls in love with a girl and builds a chapel. Years later, he returns with his wife.
Production Companies: Blue Horizon Productions, Orisa Films
Producers: Andrew Bendel, Cristiano Bortone
Writer: John Wrathall
SSN Insight: The original screenplay by John Wrathall was previously selected for Working Title’s emerging writers scheme.