NEW ATTACHMENTS
The Magnificent Seven (Remake) Logline: A group of seven tough gunslingers are hired by a village to put a stop to the vicious bandit and his gang who have been pillaging it for years. Studio/ Distributor: MGM Pictures Production Company: Roger Birnbaum Productions Producers: Roger Birnbaum Writer: John Lee Hancock, Nic Pizzolatto Director: Antoine Fuqua Cast: Jason Momoa, Wagner Moura, Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, Haley Bennett, Ethan Hawke, Vincent D’Onofrio SSN Insight: Momoa is also signed on to star as the DC character Aquaman in a series of tentpole films for Warner Bros.
Captain America: Civil War Logline: Tony Stark and Steve Rogers go head to head in battle over the Superhero Registration Act, which governs that those with superhuman abilities must reveal themselves as such to the United States government and pledge to enforce law in conjunction with government agencies Studio/ Distributor: Walt Disney Pictures Production Company: Marvel Entertainment Producers: Kevin Feige, Nate Moore Writer: Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely Director: Joe Russo, Anthony Russo Cast: Martin Freeman, Emily VanCamp, Chris Evans, Sebastian Stan, Robert Downey Jr, Chadwick A. Boseman, Daniel Bruhl, Anthony Mackie, Elizabeth Olsen, Jeremy Renner, SSN Insight: Both Freeman and VanCamp signed on to the in production sequel which started shooting April 29. VanCamp reprises her role as Agent 13 while Freeman’s character details are under wraps. Mean Moms Logline: A happily married mother of two is confronted by the cutthroat world of competitive parenting when she moves to the high class suburbs. Studio/ Distributor: New Line Cinema, Warner Bros. Studios Production Company: Offspring Entertainment Producers: Adam Shankman, Jennifer Gibgot, Jill Messick Writer: Sean Anders, John Morris Director: Sean Anders Cast: Jennifer Aniston Notes: Based on the book "Queen Bee Moms & Kingpin Dads: Dealing with the Parents, Teachers, Coaches, and Counselors Who Can Make--or Break--Your Child's Future" written by Rosalind Wiseman with Elizabeth Rapoport and published by Crown on March 7, 2006. SSN Insight: Veteran TV director Beth McCarthy-Miller was previously attached to direct.
Zootopia Logline: Animals live and work in a world where human beings never existed. Studio: Walt Disney Studios, Walt Disney Animation Writer: Jared Bush Director: Byron Howard, Rich Moore, Jared Bush Voice Cast: Ginnifer Goodwin, Jason Bateman SSN Insight: Goodwin’s character is a bunny named Judy Hopps a meter maid with dreams of becoming a police officer.
IT Logline: A group of friends reunite in a small town in Maine to once again face off against the evil entity, known as "It," whose preferred form is a menacing clown, which they previously battled in their childhood. Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures, New Line Cinema Production Companies: Lin Pictures, KatzSmith Productions, Vertigo Entertainment Producers: Dan Lin, Roy Lee, Doug Davison, Seth Grahame-Smith, David Katzenberg Writer: Cary Fukunaga, Chase Palmer Director: Cary Fukunaga Cast: Will Poulter Notes: Based on the novel "It" written by Stephen King and published by Viking on September 15, 1986 SSN Insight: Project was initially conceived as one film, but was then divided into two parts, one focusing on the characters as kids and the other with them as adults.
NEW PROJECTS
A Babysitter’s Guide to Monters Logline: After an apathetic babysitter finds that her charge has been stolen by monsters, she must work with a secret society of baby sitters to save this child and the rest of the world. Production Companies: Walden Media/ The Montecito Picture Company Writer: Joe Ballarini Notes: Based on the children’s book "A Babysitter’s Guide to Monsters" written by Joe Ballarini and to be published by HarperCollins imprint Katherine Tegen Books in late 2016 or early 2017. SSN Insight: A screenwriter by trade, scripting My Little Pony and the Fox animation film, Cardboard, Ballarini decided to take charge of his own IPO by conceiving the idea for a trilogy of children’s books and then selling the screenplay rights for him to adapt his own work.
A Head Full of Ghosts Logline: After thinking that their teenage daughter is schizophrenic, a family comes to believe she is possessed and allows her exorcism to be films for a reality show which becomes a huge hit. Studio/ Distributor: Focus Features Production Companies: The Allegiance Theater, Team Downey Producers: Daniel Dubiecki, Robert Downey Jr., Susan Downey Writer: Ben Collins, Luke Piotrowski Notes: Based on the novel "A Head Full of Ghosts" written by Paul Tremblay published by William Morrow in June, 2015. SSN Insight: Focus won the auction for the film rights in a tight competition with Tristar.
The Infinite Horizon Logline: In the near future, a soldier faces obstacles like those in "The Odyssey" as he leads a group of abandoned soldiers on a 10-year journey back home. Studio/ Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures Production Companies: Berlanti Productions Producers: Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter, Lawrence Grey Writers: Ryan Condal Notes: Based on the six-issue graphic novel series "Infinite Horizon" written by Gerry Duggan, illustrated by Phil Noto and published by Image Comics from 2007 through 2012. The series was inspired by Homer's epic poem "The Odyssey." The Forever War Logline: In the future, a group of soldiers return from war on another planet to find Earth changed beyond recognition. Studio/ Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures Production Companies: Free Association, Vertigo Entertainment, Richard Edlund Films, Management 360 Producers: Channing Tatum, Reid Carolin, Roy Lee, Richard Edlund, Louis Tedesco, Guymon Casady Writer: Jon Spaihts SSN Insight: Project was previously set up at Fox 2000 with Ridley Scott attached to produce and direct via his Ridley Scott Films. When the rights lapsed, a new package with Spaihts, Roy Lee and Channing Tatum came together and sparked a bidding war between Columbia Pictures and Warner Bros.
Master Thieves Logline: The unsolved case of the daring 1990 robbery of $500 million in art from Boston’s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum is dramatized. Studio/ Distributor: Tristar Productions Production Companies: Matt Tolmach Productions Producers: Matt Tolmach Notes: Based on the book "Master Thieves: The Boston Gangsters Who Pulled Off The World’s Greatest Art Heist" written by Stephen Kurkjian and published by PublicAffairs on March 10, 2015 SSN Insight: Novelist is a Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist who was a Boston Globe reporter following this case for the last two decades.
Second Life Logline: Second Life centers on a woman who creates an online persona to find the truth behind her sister’s violent murder — and starts to lose herself in the lies she creates. Studio/ Distributor: Warner Bros Studios Production Companies: Pacific Standard Producers: Reese Witherspoon, Bruna Papandrea Notes: Based on the novel "Second Life" written by S.J. Watson and published by Harper in 2015 SSN Insight: An adaptation of Watson’s mystery novel “Before I Go to Sleep” was released last year with Nicole Kidman, Mark Strong, Colin Firth and Anne-Marie Duff starring.