| Title: |
The Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader |
| Date: |
Thursday, January 29, 2009 |
| Logline: |
Lucy and Edmund Pevensie return to Narnia with their cousin Eustace where they meet up with Prince Caspian for a trip across the sea aboard the royal ship The Dawn Treader. Along the way they encounter dragons, dwarves, merfolk, and a band of lost warriors before reaching the edge of the world. |
| Writer: |
C.S. Lewis, Richard LaGravanese |
| Genre: |
Action
, Adventure
, Fantasy
|
| Saletype: |
Novel
, Adaptation
|
| Studio: |
20th Century Fox |
| Production Company: |
Walden Media |
| Producer: |
Mark Johnson, Andrew Adamson |
| More: |
Ben Barnes, Skandar Keynes and Georgie Henley attached to star. LaGravanese adapted Lewis' novel. Michael Apted attached to direct. |
| Title: |
The Thing |
| Date: |
Thursday, January 29, 2009 |
| Logline: |
Project is set in a Norwegian camp and chronicles a shape-shifting alien was first discovered and overcame the inhabitants of that camp. |
| Writer: |
Ron Moore |
| Genre: |
Horror
|
| Saletype: |
Remake
|
| Studio: |
Universal Pictures |
| Production Company: |
Strike Entertainment |
| Producer: |
Eric Newman, Marc Abraham, David Foster |
| More: |
Matthijs Van Heijningen attached to direct. Project is a remake of the 1982 John Carpenter film. |
| Title: |
A Woman of No Importance |
| Date: |
Thursday, January 29, 2009 |
| Logline: |
Story in which an upper class British man discovers that the young man he has employed as a secretary is in fact his illegitimate son |
| Writer: |
Oscar Wilde, Howard Himelstein |
| Genre: |
Comedy
|
| Saletype: |
Play
, Adaptation
|
| Production Company: |
Myriad Pictures |
| Producer: |
Donald Zuckerman |
| More: |
Himelstein adapted Wilde's play. Amanda Seyfried, Annette Bening, Sean Bean attached to star. Bruce Beresford attached to direct. |
| Title: |
The Graveyard Book |
| Date: |
Thursday, January 29, 2009 |
| Logline: |
Story of an orphan raised by ghosts in a cemetery. |
| Writer: |
Neil Gaiman, Neil Jordan |
| Genre: |
Supernatural
|
| Saletype: |
Novel
, Adaptation
|
| Producer: |
Neil Gaiman |
| More: |
Jordan to adapt Gaiman's novel. Neil Jordan attached to direct. |
| Title: |
Astro Boy |
| Date: |
Thursday, January 29, 2009 |
| Logline: |
Story about a robot boy and his scientist "father." |
| Genre: |
Sci-Fi
, Animation
|
| Saletype: |
Rights Option
, Adaptation
|
| Production Company: |
Imagi Entertainment, Tezuka Productions |
| Producer: |
Erin Corbett, Osamu Tezuka |
| More: |
David Bowers attached to direct. Nicolas Cage, Bill Nighy, Freddie Highmore, Eugene Levy, Donald Sutherland and Kristen Bell attached as voice talent. Project is an adaptation of the 60's Japanese cartoon. |
| Title: |
1066 |
| Date: |
Thursday, January 29, 2009 |
| Logline: |
Story about the confrontation between England.s King Harold and William, Duke of Normandy, for control of the English throne. |
| Writer: |
William Nicholson |
| Genre: |
Action
, Drama
, Period
, War
|
| Saletype: |
Pitch
|
| Studio: |
20th Century Fox |
| Executive Overseeing: |
Bob Harper (New Regency), Hutch Parker (New Regency), Elisabeth Murdoch (Shine) |
| Production Company: |
Shine Pictures, Kudos Pictures, New Regency |
| Producer: |
Paul Webster, Stephen Garrett |
| Title: |
Fleming |
| Date: |
Thursday, January 29, 2009 |
| Logline: |
Story about Ian Fleming, the creator of James Bond.
|
| Writer: |
John Orloff |
| Genre: |
Biography
|
| Saletype: |
Pitch
|
| Studio: |
Warner Bros. |
| Production Company: |
Appian Way, Mad Chance |
| Producer: |
Leonardo DiCaprio, Andrew Lazar |
| Agent: |
Creative Artists Agency (CAA) |
| Title: |
Tougher Than Leather: The Rise of Run-DMC -- The Authorized Biography |
| Date: |
Thursday, January 29, 2009 |
| Logline: |
Project will explore the history of hip-hop's first superstars: Joseph "Run" Simmons, Darryl "DMC" McDaniels and Jason "Jam Master Jay" Mizell, who was shot to death in his Queens studio in 2002. |
| Writer: |
Bill Adler, Cheo Hodari Coker |
| Genre: |
Drama
, Biography
|
| Saletype: |
Novel
, Adaptation
|
| Production Company: |
DJ Classicz |
| Producer: |
John Davis, Dallas Jackson, Bill Adler |
| Agent: |
Creative Artists Agency (CAA) |
| Manager: |
Caliber Media |
| More: |
Coker to adapt Adler's novel. |
| Title: |
Leap Year |
| Date: |
Thursday, January 29, 2009 |
| Logline: |
Story of an uptight woman who travels to Dublin to propose to her boyfriend on leap day, Feb. 29, following an Irish tradition in which women propose to men on that day and the man must say yes. When weather derails her trip, she enlists the help of a surly Irish innkeeper to make an unexpected cross-country trek to pull off the perfect proposal in time. |
| Writer: |
Harry Elfont, Deb Kaplan, Simon Beaufoy |
| Genre: |
Romantic Comedy
|
| Saletype: |
Script
, Rewrite
|
| Production Company: |
Spyglass Entertainment, Benderspink |
| Producer: |
Roger Birnbaum, Gary Barber, Jonathan Glickman, JC Spink, Chris Bender |
| Manager: |
Thompson Street Entertainment |
| More: |
Amy Adams attached to star. Anand Tucker attached to direct. Beaufoy to rewrite Elfont and Kaplan's original screenplay. |
| Title: |
Afterburn |
| Date: |
Thursday, January 29, 2009 |
| Logline: |
Story is set against the backdrop of a postapocalyptic Earth whose Eastern Hemisphere was destroyed by a massive solar flare, leaving what life remains mutated from radiation and fallout. The story revolves around a group of treasure hunters who extract such objects as the Mona Lisa, the Rosetta Stone and the Crown Jewels while facing rival hunters, mutants and pirates. |
| Writer: |
Matt Johnson |
| Genre: |
Adventure
, Sci-Fi
|
| Saletype: |
Comic
, Adaptation
|
| Production Company: |
Original Film, Relativity Media, Maguire Entertainment |
| Producer: |
Neal Moritz, Toby Maguire, Toby Jaffe |
| More: |
Johnson to adapt the comic book. |
