| Title: |
The Matarese Circle |
| Date: |
February 12, 2009 |
| Logline: |
Story of two bitter enemy spies who, after spending two decades trying to kill each other, grudgingly team up against the Matarese, a powerful group at the root of a conspiracy.
|
| Writer: |
Robert Ludlum, Michael Brandt, Derek Haas |
| Genre: |
Thriller
|
| Saletype: |
Script
, Novel
, Adaptation
|
| Studio: |
MGM |
| Production Company: |
Captivate Entertainment |
| Producer: |
Lorenzo Di Bonaventura, Nick Wechsler, Jeffrey Weiner, Ben Smith, Henry Morrison |
| Price: |
$3 million (novel) |
| More: |
Brandt and Haas adapted Ludlum's novel. David Cronenberg attached to direct. Denzel Washington, Tom Cruise attached to star. |
| Title: |
Jonah Hex |
| Date: |
February 12, 2009 |
| Logline: |
Story of Hex, a former confederate soldier-turned-hardened bounty hunter and gunslinger. |
| Writer: |
Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor |
| Genre: |
Action
, Period
|
| Saletype: |
Script
, Comic
, Adaptation
|
| Studio: |
Warner Bros. |
| Production Company: |
Legendary Pictures, Mad Chance, Weed Road |
| Producer: |
Andrew Lazar, Akiva Goldsman |
| More: |
John Malkovich, Josh Brolin attached to star. Jimmy Hayward attached to direct. Project is an adaptation of the DC Comics property. |
| Title: |
Project Rebirth |
| Date: |
February 12, 2009 |
| Logline: |
Documentary focuses on the healing process that took place after the World Trade Center attacks of 2001. |
| Writer: |
Jim Whitaker |
| Genre: |
Documentary
|
| Saletype: |
Script
|
| Producer: |
Jim Whitaker |
| More: |
Jim Whitaker to direct. |
| Title: |
Untitled |
| Date: |
February 12, 2009 |
| Logline: |
Story involves a teen social networking site. |
| Writer: |
Agatha Christie, T. S. Faull |
| Genre: |
Thriller
|
| Saletype: |
Novel
, Adaptation
|
| Studio: |
Dimension Films |
| Production Company: |
Industry Entertainment |
| Producer: |
Sara Rue, Robert Green, Adam Goldworm |
| More: |
Project is based on Christie's novel "Ten Little Indians." Faull to adapt Christie's novel. |
| Title: |
Akula |
| Date: |
February 12, 2009 |
| Logline: |
Project is a heist film set on a submarine. |
| Writer: |
Mark Distefano, Alex Litvak |
| Genre: |
Thriller
, Crime
|
| Saletype: |
Script
, Rewrite
|
| Production Company: |
Constantin Film |
| Producer: |
Jeremy Bolt, Paul W.S. Anderson |
| More: |
Darren Bousman attached to direct. Litvak to rewrite Distefano's original screenplay. |
| Title: |
Los Capos del norte |
| Date: |
February 12, 2009 |
| Logline: |
Story is based on the life of drug cartel executive Alex Hodoyan, who disappeared in 1996 after being questioned by both the Mexican military police and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency.
|
| Writer: |
Vicente Len |
| Genre: |
Drama
|
| Saletype: |
Script
|
| Production Company: |
Laberinto Films |
| Producer: |
Francisco Ramos, Alejandro Ripstein |
| More: |
Gerardo Tort attached to direct. |
| Title: |
Cefalopodo |
| Date: |
February 12, 2009 |
| Logline: |
Story of a young Basque-Mexican, who travels to the limits of the Sonoran desert to attempt to overcome the sudden death of the girl he loved.
|
| Genre: |
Drama
|
| Saletype: |
Script
|
| Production Company: |
Canana, Irusoin |
| Producer: |
Pablo Cruz, Gael Garcia Bernal, Diego Luna |
| More: |
Ruben Imaz attached to direct. Unax Ugalde, Alejandra Ambrosi attached to star. |
| Title: |
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea: Captain Nemo |
| Date: |
February 12, 2009 |
| Logline: |
A ship sent to investigate a wave of mysterious sinkings encounters the advanced submarine, the Nautilus, commanded by Captain Nemo. |
| Writer: |
Bill Marsilii, Justin Marks |
| Genre: |
Action
, Adventure
, Fantasy
|
| Saletype: |
Script
, Remake
, Rewrite
|
| Studio: |
Walt Disney Pictures |
| Production Company: |
Idealogy Inc. |
| Producer: |
Sean Bailey, McG, Jeanne Allgood |
| Agent: |
William Morris Agency (WMA) |
| Manager: |
Madhouse Entertainment |
| More: |
McG attached to direct. Marks to rewrite Marsilii's draft. |
| Title: |
The Ghouly Boys |
| Date: |
February 12, 2009 |
| Logline: |
Story of a young boy looking to contact his dead father and a young zombie seeking a way to come back to life -- who set off on an adventure. |
| Writer: |
Christopher Higginson, Sam Esmail |
| Genre: |
Adventure
, Supernatural
, Fantasy
|
| Saletype: |
Comic
, Adaptation
|
| Executive Overseeing: |
Mary Lee (Mandate) |
| Production Company: |
Mandate Pictures, Three Strange Angels |
| Producer: |
Lindsay Doran, JC Spink, Chris Bender, Jake Weiner, Nathan Kahane |
| Agent: |
William Morris Agency (WMA) |
| Manager: |
Energy Entertainment |
| More: |
Esmail to adapt Higginson's comic. |
| Title: |
Inception |
| Date: |
February 12, 2009 |
| Logline: |
Project is described as a contemporary sci-fi actioner set within the architecture of the mind. |
| Writer: |
Christopher Nolan |
| Genre: |
Action
, Sci-Fi
|
| Saletype: |
Script
|
| Studio: |
Warner Bros. |
| Producer: |
Christopher Nolan |
| Agent: |
Creative Artists Agency (CAA) |
| More: |
Christopher Nolan attached to direct. |
| Title: |
Untitled |
| Date: |
Wednesday, February 11, 2009 |
| Logline: |
Story about five best friends from high school who reunite 30 years later on a Fourth of July weekend.
|
| Writer: |
Adam Sandler, Fred Wolf |
| Genre: |
Comedy
|
| Saletype: |
Script
|
| Production Company: |
Happy Madison |
| Producer: |
Adam Sandler |
| More: |
James, Chris Rock, Adam Sandler, Rob Schneider and David Spade attached to star. Dennis Dugan attachd to direct. |
