FIlm Development For 8/14/14: Evan Daugherty Set To Adapt ‘The Foundation’ For 20th Century Fox

NEW ATTACHMENTS

Mary Shelley’s Monster Logline: The tragic and epic life of Mary Shelley, the writer who conceived the character of Frankenstein, lost her husband and two of their three children to tragedy, and died of a brain tumor at the age of fifty-three. Production Companies: Branded Pictures Entertainment, Rose Pictures, Zero Gravity Management Producers:  J. Todd Harris, Rose Ganguzza, Damon Lane, Marc Marcum, David Florin (Co-Producer) Cast: Sophie Turner, Jack Huston, Jeremy Irvine, Taissa Farmiga Writer:  Deborah Baxstrom Director: Coky Giedroyc  SSN Insight: Project marks the first feature film that Coky Giedroyc will direct since 1999’s Women Talking Dirty. The Foundation Logline: An organization attempts to prevent the unpublished prophecies of Nostradamus from coming to pass. Studio/Distributor: 20^th Century Fox Production Company:  Boom! Studios Producers:  Ross Richie, Stephen Christy, Adam Yoelin (Co-Producer) Writer:  Evan Daugherty (adaptation) Details: Based on the comic book series The Foundation, written by John Rozum, drawn by Kody Chamberlain and to be published by Boom! Studios.  SSN Insight: Project marks the second BOOM! Project with Fox since under it’s deal at the studio (Malignant Man).

NEW PROJECTS

The Siege of Jadotville Logline: In 1961, Commandant Pat Quinlan bravely led 150 UN Irish troops in battle against 3,000 troops led by local mercenaries in the Congo after a political coup. Production Company:  Parallel Films Producer: Alan Moloney Cast: Jamie Dornan Writer:  Kevin Brodbin Director: Richie Smyth  SSN Insight:  Project marks the feature directorial debut of video and commercials director Richie Smyth. The Daughter Logline: A man returns home and learns a long-hidden family secret, and his attempts to correct the situation put lives in danger. Studios/Distributors: Roadshow Films (Australia), Mongrel International (Worldwide) Production Companies: Jan Chapman Films, Green Park Pictures Producers:  Jan Chapman, Nicole O’Donohue Cast: Geoffrey Rush, Ewen Leslie  SSN Insight: Project marks the feature directorial debut of Australian theater director Simon Stone. The Lost Wife Logline: A young couple is separated during the Nazi invasion of Prague, but the two lovers reconnect decades later in another part of the world. Studio/Distributor: Relativity Media Production Company:  Chydzik Media Group Producers:  Ryan Kavanaugh, Michelle Chydzik, Jeff Waxman, Tucker Tooley (Executive Producer) Writer:  Mark Klein (adaptation) Details: Based on the novel The Lost Wife, written by Alyson Richman and published by Berkley Books in 2011.  SSN Insight: Project marks the 3^rd collaboration of Marc Klein and Relativity (2012’s Mirror, Mirror and Tipping Point, which is currently in development).