| Title: |
Johan Hex |
| Date: |
Tuesday, January 06, 2009 |
| Logline: |
Story of Jonah Hex, a rough-and-tumble gunslinger and part-time bounty hunter whose adventures always end in blood. |
| Writer: |
Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor |
| Genre: |
Supernatural
, Period
, Western
|
| Saletype: |
Script
, Comic
, Adaptation
|
| Studio: |
Warner Bros. |
| Production Company: |
Mad Chance, Weed Road |
| Producer: |
Andrew Lazar, Akiva Goldsman |
| More: |
Jimmy Hayward attached to direct. Josh Brolin attached to star. |
| Title: |
Bye Bye Birdie |
| Date: |
Tuesday, January 06, 2009 |
| Logline: |
Story centers on Conrad Birdie, a popular singer whose character is based loosely on Elvis Presley. He's about to be shipped off to the army, but as part of a publicity stunt, he agrees to one last encounter with a fan before he goes to war. |
| Genre: |
Musical
|
| Saletype: |
Remake
|
| Studio: |
Columbia Pictures |
| Production Company: |
Red Wagon, Offspring Entertainment |
| Producer: |
Adam Shankman, Doug Wick, Lucy Fisher, Jennifer Gibgot |
| Title: |
The Beautiful and the Damned |
| Date: |
Monday, January 05, 2009 |
| Logline: |
Story of the turbulent marriage of alcoholic writer F. Scott Fitzgerald and his mercurial wife Zelda Sayre, who was schizophrenic. The tempestuous relationship, which unfolded in the high society of the Roaring '20s, inspired some of the novelist's works.
|
| Writer: |
Hanna Weig |
| Genre: |
Drama
, Period
|
| Saletype: |
Script
|
| Production Company: |
Film Dept. |
| Producer: |
Lance Sloan, Devin Sloane, Mark Gill, Robert Katz, Neil Sacker, Michael Goguen |
| More: |
John Curran attached to direct. Keira Knightley attached to star. |
| Title: |
Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame |
| Date: |
Monday, January 05, 2009 |
| Logline: |
When the mysterious deaths of a series of loyal subjects threaten to delay the 690 A.D. inauguration of Empress Wu, China's only female leader, she calls the infamous Detective Dee back from an exile into which she cast him eight years earlier. |
| Writer: |
Chen Kuofu |
| Genre: |
Thriller
, Action
, Period
, Suspense
|
| Saletype: |
Script
|
| Production Company: |
Huayi Brothers |
| Producer: |
Chen Kuofu, Nansun Shi, Tsui Hark, Peggy Lee |
| More: |
Tsui Hark attached to direct. Andy Lau attached to star. |
| Title: |
The Night Projectionist |
| Date: |
Friday, January 02, 2009 |
| Logline: |
Story takes place on Halloween Eve in a small-town movie theater, where an all-night Draculathon draws throngs of moviegoers who suddenly find themselves locked inside the theater, which is slowly filling with vampires.
|
| Genre: |
Horror
|
| Saletype: |
Comic
|
| Production Company: |
Myriad Pictures, Studio 407 |
| Title: |
The Rescuers, Heroes of the Holocaust |
| Date: |
Wednesday, December 31, 2008 |
| Logline: |
Project focuses on non-Jewish diplomats who worked to save Jews during the Holocaust. |
| Writer: |
Michael King |
| Genre: |
Documentary
|
| Saletype: |
Pitch
|
| More: |
Michael King attached to direct. |
| Title: |
Otouto |
| Date: |
Monday, December 29, 2008 |
| Logline: |
Story of the unreasonable, yet loving, and sometimes sad relationship of a family and siblings. |
| Writer: |
Yoji Yamada, Emiko Hiramatsu |
| Genre: |
Family
, Drama
|
| Saletype: |
Script
|
| Production Company: |
Shochiku |
| Producer: |
Hiroshi Fukasawa, Kenichi Tamura |
| More: |
Yoji Yamada attached to direct. Tsurube Shofukutei and Sayuri Yoshinaga attached to star. |
| Title: |
The Brest Fortress |
| Date: |
Wednesday, December 24, 2008 |
| Logline: |
Story about the heroic defense of the Brest Fortress, a key border stronghold that held out for nine days, longer than expected, after the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941. |
| Genre: |
Drama
, Period
, War
|
| Saletype: |
Pitch
|
| Production Company: |
Central Partnership, Belarusfilm |
| Producer: |
Igor Ugolnikov, Ruben Dishdishian, Vladimir Zametalin |
| Title: |
Cartagena |
| Date: |
Tuesday, December 23, 2008 |
| Logline: |
Story of an undercover agent who gets caught in a complex plot and must elude drug dealers and international agents if he hopes to survive. |
| Writer: |
Michael Ross |
| Genre: |
Thriller
|
| Saletype: |
Pitch
|
| Production Company: |
2929 Productions, Management 360 |
| Producer: |
Mark Cuban, Marc Butan, Nick Wechsler |
| Agent: |
Gersh Agency |
| More: |
Clive Owen attached to star. |
| Title: |
Paradox |
| Date: |
Monday, December 22, 2008 |
| Logline: |
Story of a homicide cop on a parallel Earth ruled by magic who investigates a series of murders committed by a previously unseen means: the power of science. |
| Writer: |
Christos Gage, Ruth Fletcher Gage |
| Genre: |
Thriller
, Sci-Fi
|
| Saletype: |
Script
, Comic
, Adaptation
|
| Production Company: |
Legacy Filmworks, Bron Management, Arcana Studios, Myriad Pictures |
| Producer: |
Deboragh Gabler, Aaron Gilbert, Sean O'Reilly |
| More: |
Ruth Fletcher Gage and Christos Gage adapted the comic by Christos Gage. Brenton Spencer attached to direct. Kevin Sorbo attached to star. |
| Title: |
Great Gatsby |
| Date: |
Friday, December 19, 2008 |
| Logline: |
Story of the roaring twenties. |
| Writer: |
F. Scott Fitzgerald |
| Genre: |
Drama
, Period
|
| Saletype: |
Novel
|
| Producer: |
Baz Lurhmann |
| Title: |
Untitled Jack Ryan Picture |
| Date: |
Friday, December 19, 2008 |
| Logline: |
Story of CIA Analyst Jack Ryan. |
| Writer: |
Tom Clancy, Hossein Amini |
| Genre: |
Thriller
, Action
, Drama
|
| Saletype: |
Pitch
, Sequel
|
| Studio: |
Paramount Pictures |
| Producer: |
Mace Neufeld, Lorenzo Di Bonaventura |
| Agent: |
Endeavor |
| More: |
Amini to write an original story featuring the character created by Tom Clancy. |
| Title: |
Buck Rogers |
| Date: |
Friday, December 19, 2008 |
| Logline: |
Story covers the space exploration exploits of Buck Rogers. |
| Writer: |
Frank Miller |
| Genre: |
Sci-Fi
|
| Saletype: |
Pitch
, Rights Option
|
| Production Company: |
Odd Lot Entertainment |
| Producer: |
Gigi Pritzker, Deborah Del Prete |
| More: |
Frank Miller attached to direct. |
| Title: |
The How-To Guide for Saving the World |
| Date: |
Thursday, December 18, 2008 |
| Logline: |
Story of a loser who discovers a book on how to prevent an alien invasion and then has to put that knowledge to use when one actually occurs. |
| Writer: |
BenDavid Grabinski |
| Genre: |
Action
, Comedy
|
| Saletype: |
Script
|
| Studio: |
MGM |
| Executive Overseeing: |
Cale Boyter (MGM), Luke Ryan (MGM) |
| Producer: |
Barry Sonnenfeld |
| Agent: |
William Morris Agency (WMA) |
| Manager: |
Kaplan/Perrone |
| More: |
Barry Sonnenfeld attached to direct. |
| Title: |
The Futurological Congress |
| Date: |
Thursday, December 18, 2008 |
| Logline: |
Story is set in a futuristic world in which everything appears to glisten -- there is an abundance of money and good feeling -- but which turns out to have a dark, drug-infused underbelly.
|
| Writer: |
Stanislaw Lem, Ari Folman |
| Genre: |
Sci-Fi
, Drama
|
| Saletype: |
Pitch
, Short Story
, Adaptation
|
| Production Company: |
Bridgit Folman Film Gang |
| More: |
Folman to adapt Lem's short story. |
| Title: |
Conjure Wife |
| Date: |
Thursday, December 18, 2008 |
| Logline: |
Story of a New England college professor who discovers that his good fortune is the result of his wife's secret, magical interference. When he pressures her to stop, dark forces descend on the couple without her protection.
|
| Writer: |
Fritz Leiber Jr., Billy Ray |
| Genre: |
Supernatural
, Drama
|
| Saletype: |
Pitch
, Novel
, Adaptation
|
| Studio: |
United Artists |
| Executive Overseeing: |
Don Granger (UA) |
| Agent: |
International Creative Management (ICM) |
| Manager: |
Management 360 |
| More: |
Billy Ray attached to direct. Billy Ray to adapt Leiber Jr.'s novel. |
| Title: |
Morning Glory |
| Date: |
Wednesday, December 17, 2008 |
| Logline: |
Story about a grizzled old-school anchor in the Ted Koppel mold who quits in disgust with the gossip-heavy direction of the evening newscast. He is then recruited by a hot up-and-coming producer to help revive a morning talk show only to be paired with his rival. |
| Writer: |
Aline Brosh McKenna |
| Genre: |
Comedy
|
| Saletype: |
Script
|
| Studio: |
Paramount Pictures |
| Production Company: |
Bad Robot |
| Producer: |
J.J. Abrams, Bryan Burk, Sherryl Clark, Guy Riedel |
| More: |
Harrison Ford, Rachel McAdams attahced to star. Roger Michell attached to direct. |
| Title: |
Priest |
| Date: |
Wednesday, December 17, 2008 |
| Logline: |
Story is set in a world ravaged by centuries of war between man and vampire and follows a warrior priest who turns against the church to track down a murderous band of vampires who have kidnapped his niece. |
| Writer: |
Cory Goodman |
| Genre: |
Horror
, Western
|
| Saletype: |
Script
, Comic
, Adaptation
|
| Studio: |
Screen Gems |
| Production Company: |
De Luca Productions, Stars Road Entertainment |
| Producer: |
Michael De Luca, Josh Donen, Mitchell Peck |
| More: |
Scott Charles Stewart attached to direct. Goodman's screenplay based on an original comic book. |
| Title: |
The Wedding |
| Date: |
Wednesday, December 17, 2008 |
| Logline: |
Story of a young man who crashes the wedding of a 30-ish woman he is infatuated with. |
| Writer: |
Max Winkler |
| Genre: |
Romantic Comedy
|
| Saletype: |
Script
|
| Production Company: |
Hard C |
| Producer: |
Jason Reitman, Daniel Dubiecki |
| Agent: |
United Talent Agency (UTA) |
| More: |
Jesse Eisenberg, Anna Friel attached to star. |
| Title: |
How Do You Know |
| Date: |
Tuesday, December 16, 2008 |
| Logline: |
No logline given. |
| Writer: |
James L. Brooks |
| Genre: |
Comedy
|
| Saletype: |
Script
|
| Studio: |
Columbia Pictures |
| More: |
James L. Brooks attached to direct. Reese Witherspoon attached to star. |
| Title: |
Bakugan Battle Brawlers |
| Date: |
Tuesday, December 16, 2008 |
| Logline: |
Story revolves around creatures called Bakugan and the young human battle brawlers who wield them. The creatures have such names as Pyrus Drago, Haos Tigrerra, Ventus Skyress, Subterra Gorem and Darkus Hydranoid that inform their character and power; they are involved in a battle in a parallel dimension called Vestroia that spills into ours.
|
| Genre: |
Action
, Adventure
, Fantasy
|
| Saletype: |
Rights Option
|
| Studio: |
Universal Pictures |
| Executive Overseeing: |
Donna Langley (Universal), Jeff Kirschenbaum (Universal) |
| Production Company: |
Stuber Productions, Spin Master |
| Producer: |
Scott Stuber, Ronnen Harary, Jon Mone |
| Title: |
Terminator 5 |
| Date: |
Monday, December 15, 2008 |
| Logline: |
Story of a cyborg sent back in time to change the future. |
| Genre: |
Thriller
, Action
, Sci-Fi
|
| Saletype: |
Sequel
|
| Production Company: |
Halcyon Co. |
| Producer: |
Derek Anderson, Victor Kubicek |
| Title: |
Untitled |
| Date: |
Monday, December 15, 2008 |
| Logline: |
Project tells the true story of the investigation into the disappearance of a 9-year-old boy from the streets of Jerusalem in the early 1960s. The case, known as the Yossele Case, took on major importance in Israel -- still in its nascent stages as a country -- which was making its mission to be seen as a country that would provide a safe haven for Jews throughout the world. The police proved to be ineffectual, and the prime minister called on the Mossad to step in.
|
| Writer: |
Guy Nattiv, Erez Tadmor |
| Genre: |
Drama
, History
|
| Saletype: |
Pitch
|
| Producer: |
Alain Goldman |
| Manager: |
Principato Young |
| Title: |
POD |
| Date: |
Monday, December 15, 2008 |
| Logline: |
Story is described as an intergalactic tale of discovery, love and adventure and epic in scope. |
| Writer: |
Luis Berdejo |
| Genre: |
Thriller
, Sci-Fi
|
| Saletype: |
Pitch
|
| Executive Overseeing: |
Guy Danella (Gold Circle) |
| Production Company: |
Gold Circle Films |
| Producer: |
Paul Brooks, Scott Niemeyer, Norm Waitt |
| Agent: |
Creative Artists Agency (CAA) |
| Manager: |
Safran Co. |
| More: |
Luis Berdejo attached to direct. |
| Title: |
New Moon |
| Date: |
Saturday, December 13, 2008 |
| Logline: |
Story centers on an ordinary teenager Bella and a vampire named Edward. |
| Writer: |
Stephenie Meyer, Melissa Rosenberg |
| Genre: |
Supernatural
, Romance
, Teen
|
| Saletype: |
Pitch
, Novel
, Adaptation
|
| Production Company: |
Summit Entertainment |
| More: |
Chris Weitz attached to direct. Robert Pattinson and Kristen Bell attached to star. Rosenberg to adapt Meyer's novel. |
| Title: |
Babylon |
| Date: |
Friday, December 12, 2008 |
| Logline: |
Story of a Rasta from the isolated hills of Jamaica and a British minister, both of whom accompany a 12-year-old Jamaican boy from the Kingston ghetto as they try to outrun gangsters. |
| Writer: |
Ian Stone |
| Genre: |
Thriller
, Drama
|
| Saletype: |
Script
|
| Production Company: |
Stick N Stone |
| Producer: |
Stone Douglass, Mickey Barold |
| More: |
Andres Biaz attached to direct. Paul Giamatti and Anthony Mackie attached to star. |
| Title: |
Atlantis Rising |
| Date: |
Thursday, December 11, 2008 |
| Logline: |
Story in which an underworld civilization is discovered after seismic rumbles announce its presence. Hostilities with Earth's land-dwellers ensue. |
| Writer: |
Scott Mitchell Rosenberg, Joby Harold |
| Genre: |
Sci-Fi
|
| Saletype: |
Pitch
, Comic
, Adaptation
|
| Studio: |
DreamWorks |
| Production Company: |
Platinum Studios |
| Producer: |
Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci, Scott Mitchell, Randy Greenberg |
| Agent: |
Creative Artists Agency (CAA) |
| More: |
Len Wiseman attached to direct. Harold to adapt Rosenberg's comic. |
| Title: |
Diary of a Wimpy Kid |
| Date: |
Thursday, December 11, 2008 |
| Logline: |
Story about the life of pre-adolescent Greg Heffley, a smart aleck who frequently gets caught up in escapades at school and with his family.
|
| Writer: |
Jeff Kinney |
| Genre: |
Comedy
, Teen
|
| Saletype: |
Script
, Comic
|
| Studio: |
Fox 2000 |
| Production Company: |
Color Force |
| Producer: |
Nina Jacobson |
| More: |
Thor Freudenthal attached to direct. |
| Title: |
Oranges |
| Date: |
Wednesday, December 10, 2008 |
| Logline: |
Story focuses on a man who has a romantic relationship with the daughter of a family friend, turning his life and everyone else's in the family upside down.
|
| Writer: |
Jay Reiss, Ian Helfer |
| Genre: |
Comedy
, Romantic Comedy
|
| Saletype: |
Script
|
| Production Company: |
MRC |
| Producer: |
Anthony Bregman |
| More: |
Julian Farino attached to direct. |
| Title: |
How to Talk to Girls |
| Date: |
Wednesday, December 10, 2008 |
| Logline: |
Project tells youngsters how to talk to girls. |
| Writer: |
Alex Greven |
| Genre: |
Comedy
|
| Saletype: |
Short Story
|
| Studio: |
20th Century Fox |
| Executive Overseeing: |
Alex Young (Fox) |
| Manager: |
Gotham Group |