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Film Development For 9/18/14: ‘Darkest Minds’ Adaptation Set For 20th Century Fox

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I Saw the Devil (Remake) Logline: After his fiancé is murdered by a madman, a man’s quest for revenge turns him from good guy to bad guy. Production Companies:  Snoot Entertainment, 1984 Private Defense Contractors Producers:  Keith Calder, Jessica Calder, Spencer Silna, Adi Shankar Writer:  Simon Barrett Director: Adam Wingard Details: Based on the film I Saw the Devil (2010/South Korea), directed by Kim Jee-woon.  SSN Insight: Project marks the third collaboration of writer Simon Barrett, director Adam Wingard teaming with Snoot Entertainment (The Guest and You’re Next) Darkest Minds Logline: A 16-year-old with telekinetic powers joins a group of teens on the run from the government. Studio/Distributor: 20th Century Fox Production Company:  21 Laps Entertainment Producer: Shawn Levy Writer:  Chad Hodge Details: Based on the novel Darkest Minds, written by Alexandra Bracken and published by Disney Hyperion December 11, 2012. Novel is the first in a trilogy.  SSN Insight: Project marks first studio film writing gig for TV veteran Chad Hodge.

NEW PROJECTS

Mourning Glory Logline: When a single mother loses her job, she looks for a rich husband by going to funerals of wealthy widowers and pretending to be a friend of the departed. Studio/Distributor: Lionsgate Production Companies: Grey Eagle Films, Mandeville Films/TV Producers:  David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman, Jonathan Adler, Stephen Greenwald Writer: Karen Leigh Hopkins Details: Based on the novel Mourning Glory, written by Warren Adler and published by Kensington Books in 2001.  SSN Insight: Project marks Grey Eagle Film’s 3rd acquisition of a Warren Adler novel (The War of the Roses: The Children and Target Churchill). Uncle Sam Logline: A teenager who is going to go into the military investigates his father’s disappearance. Production Company:  Madbrook Films Producers:  Boyd Holbrook, Madeline Sackler Writer: Boyd Holbrook Director: Boyd Holbrook  SSN Insight: Project marks actor Boyd Holbrook’s feature writing and directorial debut. The Death and Life of John F. Donovan Logline: An American movie star has a secret correspondence with an 11-year-old Londoner. Director: Xavier Dolan  SSN Insight: Project marks director Xavier Dolan’s English-language debut. All We Had Logline: A woman and her 13-year-old daughter live on the edge of poverty. Production Company:  Tribeca Films Producers:  Jane Rosenthal, Katie Holmes, Berry Welsh Cast: Katie Holmes Writer:  Josh Boone Director: Katie Holmes Details: Based on the novel All We Had: A Novel by Annie Weatherwax; published by Scribner August 5, 2014.   SSN Insight: Project marks the directorial debut of Katie Holmes Ziggy Logline: A British hunchback moves to New York City and falls in love with the wife of a wealthy aristocrat, which ultimately makes him go insane. Production Company:  Electric City Entertainment Producers:  Jamie Patricof, Lynette Howell Cast: Dane DeHaan, Rooney Mara Writer:  Diesel Schwarze Director: Diesel Schwarze  SSN Insight: Project marks the feature directorial debut of Baz Luhrmann’s protégé, Australian writer/director Diesel Schwarze.

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