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Crimson Peak
02/10/2014
Logline: In the aftermath of a family tragedy, an aspiring author is torn between love for her childhood friend and the temptation of a mysterious outsider. Trying to escape the ghosts of her past, she is swept away to a house that breathes, bleeds…and remembers.
Studio: Universal Pictures
Production Companies: Del Toro Productions, Legendary Entertainment, Exile Entertainment
Director: Guillermo Del Toro
Executive Producer: Jillian Share
Producers: Gary Ungar, Callum Greene, Guillermo Del Toro, Jon Jashni, Thomas Tull
Cast: Mia Wasikowska, Charlie Hunnam, Jessica Chastain, Tom Hiddleston
Screenwriters: Lucinda Coxon (current draft), Guillermo Del Toro (previous draft), Matthew Robbins (previous draft)
SSN Insight: Benedict Cumberbatch was previously attached to co-star. Tom Hiddleston replaced him in September 2013.
The Last Days in the Desert
02/03/2014
Logline: The Biblical story of Joshua in the desert.
Production Companies: Mockingbird Pictures, Zoetrope Films
Director: Rodrigo Garcia
Producers: Julie Lynn, Bonnie Curtis, Wicks Walker
Cast: Ewan McGregor, Tye Sheridan, Ayelet Zurer
Screenwriter: Rodrigo Garcia
SSN Insight: Garcia and Lubezki are reteaming , they worked together on Garcia’s
Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her, which was at 2000 Cannes film festival.
Macbeth
02/06/2014
Logline: In 11th century Scotland, a lord takes power of the throne with the help of three witches and his ruthless wife.
Studio
Production Company: See-Saw Films, Film4
Director: Justin Kurzel
Producers: Iain Canning, Emile Sherman
Cast: Michael Fassbender, Marion Cottillard, Elizabeth Debicki
Screenwriters: Todd Louiso (adaptation), Jacob Kostoff (adaptation)
Details: Based on the play written by William Shakespeare.
SSN Insight: Todd Louiso was previously attached to direct with Philip Seymour Hoffman and Jennifer Connelly starring.
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Gone Girl
02/10/2014
Logline: A woman mysteriously disappears on her wedding anniversary, her husband is the prime suspect but not all is what it seems.
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Production Companies: Pacific Standard, New Regency
Director: David Fincher
Producers: Céan Chaffin , Josh Donen, Reese Witherspoon, Bruna Pandrea, Leslie Dixon
Cast: Ben Affleck, Rosamund Pike, Neil Patrick Harris, Carrie Coon, Kim Dickens, Emily Ratajkowski, Patrick Fugit, Tyler Pery
Screenwriter: Gillian Flynn
SSN Insight: This is David Fincher’s second thriller to be adapted from a bestselling novel; his first being
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.
