Film Development For 2/13/14: Bill Paxton To Direct Adaptation Of ‘The Bottoms’

NEW ATTACHMENTS

The ExpendaBelles Logline: A group of highly-skilled and very deadly female operatives must go under-cover as call girls to infiltrate a dictator's compound where he is hiding the world's premier captured nuclear scientists. Studio/Distributor: Nu Image/Millenium Films Production Companies:  Eclectic Pictures, Summerland Entertainment Producers:  Sylvester Stallone, Kevin King, Avi Lerner (Executive Producer), Mark Gill (Executive Producer), Heidi Jo Markel (Executive Producer), Julie Kroll (Executive Producer), Trevor Short (Executive Producer), Boaz Davidson (Executive Producer), John Thompson (Executive Producer) Writers: Karen McCullah Lutz, Kirsten “Kiwi” Smith Director: Robert Luketic Details: This project is the female version of  the Millennium Films franchise The Expendables. SSN Insight: This project re-teams the director Robert Luketic with the writing team from Legally Blonde.   October Gale Logline: When a man with a gunshot wound washes up at Helen’s island cottage, the widowed doctor saves him, but the island is cut off from the mainland and the killers are coming to finish their job. Studio/Distributor: Myriad Pictures Production Companies:  Killer Films, Blue Ice Entertainment, Samson Films, Pacific Northwest Pictures Producers:  Daniel Iron, David Collins, Christine Vachon (Executive Producer), Kirk D’Amico (Executive Producer), Emily Alden (Executive Producer) Cast: Patricia Clarkson Writer:  Ruba Nadda Director: Ruba Nadda SSN Insight: This project reunites writer/director Ruba Nadda, producer Daniel Iron & actress Patricia Clarkson for the first time since Cairo Time.  45 Years Logline: An elderly couple's lives are in tumult when the dead body of the husband's ex-girlfriend from 45 years prior surfaces. Production Company: The Bureau Producer: Tristan Golighter Cast: Charlotte Rampling, Tom Courtenay Writer:  Andrew Haigh Director: Andrew Haigh Details: Project is based on the short story "45 Years" by David Constantine. SSN Insight: The project reunites writer/director Andrew Haigh & producer Tristan Golighter for the first time since Weekend, which won the SXSW Emerging Visions Audience Award.

NEW PROJECTS

The Outpost: An Untold Story Of American Valor Logline: An account of one of America’s deadliest battles in Afghanistan, Combat Outpost Keating, when 53 U.S. troops were attacked by Taliban insurgents that outnumbered them 8 to 1. Writers: Paul Tamsay, Eric Johnson Details: Based on the novel "The Outpost: An Untold Story of American Valor" written by Jake Tapper and published by Little, Brown and Company on November 13, 2012. SSN Insight:  Writers Paul Tamsay and Eric Johnson used their own money to acquire the rights to the novel. The Bottoms Logline: A boy and his sister discover a body in the river in a racially charged 1930s Texas town and attempt to find the killer. Production Company:  Paradise City Producers:  Emilie Georges, Nicholas Kaiser, Naima Abed, Nicholas Shumaker, Brad Wyman (Executive Producer) Writer:  Brent Hanley Director: Bill Paxton Details: Based on the novel "The Bottoms" written by Joe Lansdale and published by Mysterious Press on May 1, 2000. SSN Insight:  Project reunites Bill Paxton with writer Brent Hanley for the first time since Frailty. Untitled (Sony/Rabbids Project) Logline: The irreverent Rabbids who became popular through video games and a TV series are followed through new adventures. Studio/Distributor: Columbia Pictures Production Company:  Ubisoft Motion Pictures Details: Project is based on the characters of the Rabbids from Ubisoft’s popular Rayman video games. SSN Insight: The characters the Rabbids from the popular Ubisoft video game already have a tv show, merchandise, comic books and a theme park attraction in France.