Starts
Director’s Cut
08/28/2014
Logline: A murderous psychotic who is stalking a film actress believes he is directing her film.
Production Company: Golden Entertainment West
Director: Adam Rifkin
Producers: Penn Jillette, Peter Adam Golden
Cast: Penn Jillette, Glenn Beck, Lawrence O'Donnell Jr., Missi Pyle
Screenwriter: Penn Jillette
SSN Insight: Penn Jillette successfully crowdfunded the project by raising $1,164,928 from 4,736 donors, including Neil Patrick Harris, Ben Stiller, Carrot Top, and Joan Rivers, on crowdsourcing platform FundAnything.com.
Looking for Grace
08/27/2014
Logline: When a 15-year-old girl runs away, her parents hire an aging private detective to find her.
Production Companies: Unicorn Films, Gecko Films
Director: Sue Brooks
Executive Producers: Antonio Zeccola, Benjamin Zeccola
Producers: Lizzette Atkins, Alison Tilson, Sue Taylor
Cast: Richard Roxburgh, Radha Mitchell, Odessa Young
Screenwriter: Sue Brooks
SSN Insight: Miranda Otto was previously attached to the role played by Radha Mitchell.
Skiptrace
09/03/2014
Logline: A Hong Kong detective is given the job of tracking down an American gambler who is on the run, and the two men form an unlikely partnership to catch a notorious criminal.
Production Companies: Exclusive Media, Talent International Film Company, Cyrte Investments
Director: Renny Harlin
Producers: Jackie Chan, David Gerson, Charlie Coker, Esmond Ren, Damien Saccani
Cast: Jackie Chan, Fan Bingbing, Johnny Knoxville
Screenwriters: Rodney Rothman (Polish); Derek Elliott, Jack Donaldson, Geoff Moore, David Posamentier, BenDavid Grabinski (Revisions); Brian Gatewood, Alex Tanaka; Jay Longino; Jackie Chan (From an original idea by)
SSN Insight: Seann William Scott was previously attached to co-star in the role played by Johnny Knoxville.
Wraps
Untitled (Relativity/Armored Car Project)
08/29/2014
Logline: The true story of a group of guards at an armored car company in Charlotte, North Carolina, who undertake one of the largest cash heists in American history.
Studio: Relativity Media
Production Companies: Broadway Video Film, Rough House Pictures
Director: Jared Hess
Executive Producers: Danny McBride, Jody Hill, Michael Aguilar, Kevin J. Messick, Ryan Kavanaugh, Tucker Tooley, Erin David
Producers: John Goldwyn, Lorne Michaels
Cast: Owen Wilson, Zach Galifianakis, Kristen Wiig, Jason Sudeikis, Kate McKinnon, Ken Marino
Screenwriters: Chris Bowman, Hubbel Palmer (current draft); Danny McBride, Jody Hill (previous draft); Emily Spivey (original draft)
Details: Based on the book
Heist! The 17 Million Loomis Fargo Theft, by Jeff Diamant, published September 1, 2002 by John F. Blair.
SSN Insight: Jim Carrey was previously attached to star.
Into the Forest
08/30/2014
Logline: Two sisters, living in a remote area in the near future, struggle as the world seems to collapse around them and must reexamine their lives and relationship.
Production Companies: DAS Films, Vie Entertainment
Director: Patricia Rozema
Executive Producers: Kelly Bush Novak, Haroon "Boon" Saleem, Sriram Das
Producer: Ellen Page
Cast: Ellen Page, Evan Rachel Wood, Max Minghella, Michael Eklund
Screenwriter: Patricia Rozema
Details: Based on the novel
Into the Forest, written by Jean Hegland and published by Bantam on September 2, 1997.
SSN Insight: Director Patricia Rozema, born to Dutch immigrants in a small town in Ontario, Canada, was raised as a strict Calvinist and did not see her first film until she was a teenager.