NEW ATTACHMENTS
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: 20
th 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 3
rd 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.