Film Development For 1/30/14: ‘True Detective’ Creator Nic Pizzolatto’s ‘Galveston’ To Be Directed By Janus Metz

NEW ATTACHMENTS

Pitch Perfect 2 Logline: Storyline is under wraps. Studio/Distributor: Universal Pictures Production Companies:  Gold Circle Entertainment, Brownstone Productions Producers:  Elizabeth Banks, Paul Brooks, Max Handelman, Scott Niemeyer (Executive Producer), Kay Cannon (Co-Producer), Jeff Levine (Co-Producer) Cast: Elizabeth Banks Writer: Kay Cannon Director: Elizabeth Banks Details: Sequel to the film Pitch Perfect, (USA/2012) directed by Jason Moore and starring Rebel Wilson, Anna Kendrick, and Skylar Astin. SSN Insight: This will be Elizabeth Banks’ directorial debut. Galveston Logline: A man, narrowly escaping from the worst day of his life, rescues a young girl and they travel through seedy places to find a new life. Studio/Distributor: Embankment Films Production Company:  Jean Doumanian Productions Producers:  Jean Doumanian, Patrick Daly Cast: Matthias Schoenaerts Writer:  Nic Pizzolatto Director: Janus Metz Details: Based on the novel Galveston, by Nic Pizzolatto; published by Scribner June 14, 2011. SSN Insight: This is the debut novel for Nic Pizzolatto, the creator of HBO’s True Detective. Choose Your Own Adventure Logline: Storyline is under wraps. Studio/Distributor: 20th Century Fox Production Companies:  Davis Entertainment, Red Crown Productions Producers:  John Davis, John Fox, Shannon Gilligan (Executive Producer), Raymond Almiran Montgomery (Executive Producer), Damien Saccani (Executive Producer), Daniela Taplin (Executive Producer) Writers:  Thomas Lennnon, Robert Ben Garant Director: Rawson Marshall Thurber Details: Based on the book series Choose Your Own Adventure, created by Raymond Almiran Montgomery and published by Bantam Books between 1979 and 1998. SSN Insight: The Choose Your Own Adventure series was a popular book series in the 1980s where various different mysteries were written with multiple options for the readers to choose how they wanted to continue the story. There were almost 200 books in the series, so the writers have a lot of material to choose from.

NEW PROJECTS

Belle Epoque Logline: A young woman who is struggling to survive in 1880s Paris becomes a repoussoir, a companion whose plainness makes a debuting girl look more attractive in comparison. Producer:  Stefanie Huie Writer:  Elizabeth Ross Details: Based on the young adult novel Belle Epoque, written by Elizabeth Ross and published by Delacorte Books on June 11, 2013. SSN Insight: This is the debut from film editor-turned-novelist Elizabeth Ross with former Paramount executive-turned-Independent Producer Stefanie Huie acquiring the book rights. Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to Lead Logline: A story about the inequities between the treatment of women and men in the workplace. Studio/Distributor: Columbia Pictures Writer:  Nell Scovell Details: Based on the book Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead, written by Sheryl Sandberg and published by Knopf on March 11, 2013. SSN Insight: Columbia Pictures acquired the rights from Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg’s book. Red Ice Logline: A trucker who is taking emergency supplies across the frozen waterways of arctic Canada is attacked by a hoard of mysterious, man-eating creatures. Production Company:  Envision Media Arts Writer:  Keith Ray Putnam SSN Insight: This horror spec marks the debut sale for writer Keith Ray Putnam.