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NEW ATTACHMENTS
Aquaman
Logline: Storylines are under wraps.
Studio/Distributor: Warner Bros.
Production Company: DC Entertainment
Writers:
Will Beall, Kurt Johnstad
Details: Based on the character Aquaman, appearing in DC Comics. The character was created by Paul Norris and Mort Weisinger and debuted in More Fun Comics # 73 in November 1941.
SSN Insight: Project is being developed on two tracks where the studios and producers are hiring two separate writers in anticipation of getting the best version of the film. Will Beall and Kurt Johnstad are each writing a separate script.
Journey 3
Logline: Storyline is under wraps.
Studio/Distributor: New Line Cinema
Production Companies: Walden Media, Flynn Picture Co.
Producers: Beau Flynn, Charlotte Huggins, Evan Turner (Executive Producer)
Cast:
Dwayne Johnson
Writers:
Chad Hayes (current draft), Carey Hayes (current draft), Brian Gunn (previous draft), Mark Gunn (previous draft)
Director: Brad Peyton
Details: Sequel to
Journey to the Center of the Earth (USA/2008), directed by Eric Brevig and starring Brendan Fraser, and based on Jules Verne's novel
A Journey to the Center of the Earth.
SSN Insight: Project reunites Dwayne Johnson and the Hayes brothers again (
San Andreas, Seal Team 6).
Journey 4
Logline: Storyline is under wraps.
Studio/Distributor: New Line Cinema
Production Companies: Walden Media, Flynn Picture Co.
Producers: Beau Flynn, Charlotte Huggins, Evan Turner (Executive Producer)
Cast:
Dwayne Johnson
Writers:
Chad Hayes (current draft), Carey Hayes (current draft)
Details: Sequel to
Journey to the Center of the Earth (USA/2008), directed by Eric Brevig and starring Brendan Fraser, and based on Jules Verne's novel
A Journey to the Center of the Earth.
SSN Insight: Project reunites Dwayne Johnson and the Hayes brothers again (
San Andreas, Seal Team 6).
Jungle Book: Origins
Logline: A young boy is raised in the wild by wolves and taught the ways of the jungle by various animals.
Studio/Distributor: Warner Bros.
Production Company: The Imaginarium
Producers: Steve Kloves. Andy Serkis, Jonathan Cavendish
Cast:
Benedict Cumberbatch, Rohan Chand, Andy Serkis, Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Tom Hollander, Peter Mullan, Naomie Harris, Eddie Marsan
Writer: Callie Kloves (adaptation)
Director: Andy Serkis
Details: Based on the book
The Jungle Book, written by Rudyard Kipling in 1894.
SSN Insight: Project reunites Cumberbatch and Serkis since
The Hobbit films and marks the directorial debut of Andy Serkis.
NEW PROJECTS
Mack Bolan
Logline: Elite anti-terrorist operative Mack Bolan is also known as "The Executioner" because of his accuracy as a sniper, but is a principled fighter also known for his compassion.
Studio/Distributor: Warner Bros.
Production Companies: The Story Factory, Unnamed Todd Phillips and Bradley Cooper Production Company
Producers: Shane Salerno, Bradley Cooper, Todd Phillips
Writer: Shane Salerno
Details: Based on the character Mack Bolan created by Don Pendleton, first appearing in "War Against the Mafia" published by Pinnacle Books in 1969.
SSN Insight: Shane Salerno is the newest to acquire the rights after several big Hollywood names have failed to bring the film to fruition.
A Thousand Pounds of Dynamite
Logline: In a bizarre extortion plot, a huge bomb and a ransom note were discovered in a Nevada casino in August of 1980.
Studio/Distributor: Warner Bros.
Production Company: Unnamed Todd Phillips and Bradley Cooper Production Company
Producers: Bradley Cooper, Todd Phillips
Details: Based on the article
A Thousand Pounds of Dynamite, written by Adam Higginbotham article and published by
The Atavist, No. 39.
SSN Insight: This marks the latest film deal for
The Atavist, which has
Coronado High set up at Sony with George Clooney‘s Smokehouse Pictures producing, and
American Hippopotamus, which Brett Ratner and James Packer's RatPac Entertainment recently optioned for Class 5 Films and Rat Pac to produce.
