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Brother’s Keeper
1/13/2014
Logline: When a self-centered entrepreneur’s new company fails, he moves in with his estranged, pregnant sister and his brother-in-law and winds up as their nanny.
Production Companies: Burn Later Productions, Through Films
Director: Ross Katz
Executive Producers: Mark Duplass, Jay Duplass
Producers: Nick Kroll, Sam Slater, Paul Bernon, Marcus Kox, Karrie Cox
Cast: Nick Kroll, Rose Byrne, Bobby Cannavale, Caitlin Fitzgerald
Screenwriters: Jeff Cox, Liz Flahive
SSN Insight: This will be Liz Flahive’s first venture in to feature film writing; Flahive is also a well-known for TV writing.
Everest (Universal)
1/13/2014
Logline: Based on the disastrous climb to the top of Mount Everest in May of 1996, when three expeditions were hit by a ferocious storm that left eight people dead.
Studio: Universal Pictures
Production Company: Working Title Films
Director: Baltasar Kormakur
Executive Producers: Evan Hayes, Liza Chasin
Producers: Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Evan Hayes, Brian Oliver
Cast: Josh Brolin, John Hawkes, Jake Gyllenhaal, Jason Clarke
Screenwriters: Justin Isbell (rewrite), William Nicholson (previous draft), Lem Dobbs (previous draft), Mark Medoff (adaptation)
SSN Insight: David Fincher and Cary Fukunaga were both previously mentioned to direct.
Glassland
1/08/2014
Logline: A young, Dublin taxi driver gets involved in the world of human trafficking while he’s trying to save his mother from her addiction.
Production Companies: Element Pictures, Nine Entertainment
Director: Gerard Barrett
Executive Producer: Andrew Lowe
Producers: Ed Guiney, Juliette Bonass
Cast: Toni Collette, Jack Reynor, Will Poulter, Michael Smiley
Screenwriter: Gerard Barrett
SSN Insight: 26-year old writer-director Barrett won the 2013 Irish Film and Television Awards Rising Star Award for debut feature
Pilgrim Hill, which he also produced and edited.
Queen of the Desert
1/13/2014
Logline: An exploration of the life and loves of Gertrude Bell - explorer, writer and political attaché for the British Empire in the early 20th century who played a key role in the formation of modern-day Iraq.
Production Companies: Werner Herzog Filmproduktion, Palmyra Films, Benaroya Pictures
Director: Werner Herzog
Producers: Cassian Elwes, Werner Herzog, Nick Raslan, Michael Benaroya
Cast: Nicole Kidman, Robert Pattinson, James Franco, Damian Lewis
Screenwriter: Werner Herzog
SSN Insight: Naomi Watts was previously attached to star as Gertrude Bell.
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The Prince
1/10/2014
Logline: A retired mob enforcer must return to Las Vegas, his former base of operations, to find his missing daughter.
Production Companies: Emmett/Furla/Oasis Films, Aperture Films
Director: Brian A. Miller
Executive Producer: Brandon Grimes
Producers: Randall Emmett, George Furla, Adam Goldworm, Barry Brooker, Stan Wertieb, Tim Sullivan, Ho-Sung Pak, Fred Song
Cast: Bruce Willis, John Cusack, 50 Cent, Gia Mantegna, Rain
Screenwriters: Jeremy Passmore, Andre Fabrizio
SSN Insight: Project was previously set up at Worldview Entertainment with Christopher Woodrow attached to produce.
