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Script Sales: February 13, 2009

Title: The Adventurer's Handbook
Date: February 13, 2009
Logline: Story in which a quartet of pals go on a global adventure, inspired by the hardcore stories of explorers in a book.
Writer: Mick Conefrey, Jonah Hill, Matt Spicer, Max Winkler
Genre: Adventure , Comedy
Saletype: Script , Novel , Adaptation
Studio: Universal Pictures
Producer: Jonah Hill, Matt Spicer, Max Winkler
Price: Seven Figures
More: Akiva Schaffer attached to direct. Hill, Spicer and Winkler adapted Conefrey's novel. Jonah Hill, Jason Schwartzman attached to star.
Title: Gemini Man
Date: February 13, 2009
Logline: An NSA agent tries to retire and is targeted for death. He discovers that his assassin is a younger cloned version of himself.
Writer: David Benioff
Genre: Thriller
Saletype: Script
Studio: Walt Disney Pictures
Production Company: Jerry Bruckheimer Films
Producer: Jerry Bruckheimer, Don Murphy, Mike Stenson, Chad Oman
More: Curtis Hanson attached to direct.
Title: Lost In Austen
Date: February 13, 2009
Logline: Story centers on Amanda, an ardent Jane Austen fan, who lives in present day New York with her boyfriend, until she finds she's swapped places with Jane Austen's fictional creation Elizabeth Bennett.
Writer: Jane Austen, Guy Andrews
Genre: Romance , Fantasy
Saletype: Rights Option , Adaptation
Studio: Columbia Pictures
Production Company: Neal Street Productions, Mammoth Screen
Producer: Sam Mendes, Guy Andrews, Damien Timmer, Michele Buck, Pippa Harris
More: Andrews adapting the popular British Miniseries of the same name.
Title: Stretch Armstrong
Date: February 13, 2009
Logline: Project is a superhero comedy based on the Hasbro-owned toy.
Writer: Steve Oedekerk
Genre: Action , Comedy , Fantasy
Saletype: Pitch , Rights Option
Studio: Universal Pictures
Production Company: Hasbro
Producer: Brian Goldner, Bennett Schneir
Agent: William Morris Agency (WMA)
Title: Deep Sea Cowboys
Date: February 13, 2009
Logline: Story chronicles a salvage crew that tries to save a capsized Japanese cargo ship transporting cars into the U.S.
Writer: David Ayer
Genre: Thriller
Saletype: Article , Adaptation
Studio: Dreamworks
Producer: Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci
More: Ayer to adapt an article which appeared in Wired magazine.
Title: La Prima Linea (Front Line)
Date: February 13, 2009
Logline: Story of a Red Brigades-affiliated terrorist cell.
Writer: Sandro Petraglia, Ivan Cotroneo, Fidel Signorile
Genre: Drama
Saletype: Script
Production Company: Lucky Red, Les Films du Fleuve
More: Riccardo Scamarcio attached to star. Renato De Maria attached to direct.
Title: The Leisure Seeker
Date: February 13, 2009
Logline: Story of an elderly couple who, against the advice of their family, take a road trip down Route 66 to spend their remaining time on their own terms.
Writer: Michael Zadoorian, Jens Jonsson
Genre: Drama
Saletype: Novel , Adaptation
Production Company: Sharp Independent
Producer: Jeffrey Sharp
More: Jens Jonsson attached to direct. Jonsson to adapt Zadoorian's novel.
Title: The Parsifal Mosaic
Date: February 13, 2009
Logline: Story focuses on jockeying between U.S. and Soviet intelligence agents, with American spies Michael Havelock and Jenna Karas, who are partners as well as lovers, at the center of a series of crosses and double crosses. A flashback to a Nazi attack during World War II serves as a linchpin of the story.
Writer: Robert Ludlum
Genre: Drama
Saletype: Novel
Studio: Universal Pictures
Title: The Hardy Men
Date: February 13, 2009
Logline: Project is a comic riff on the classic young-adult mystery novels about two brothers who solve crimes.
Writer: Simon Kinberg, Ed Solomon
Genre: Comedy
Saletype: Script , Rewrite
Production Company: Red Hour Films, 21 Laps
Producer: Ben Stiller, Stuart Cornfield, Bob Kosberg, Shawn Levy
Agent: Creative Artists Agency (CAA)
More: Ben Stiller, Tom Cruise attached to star. Shawn Levy attached to direct. Solomon to rewrite Kinberg's draft of the film.
Title: Meant to Be
Date: February 13, 2009
Logline: Story of a guardian angle who falls in love with the woman he's protecting and then tries to woo her on a trip to Puerto Rico.
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Saletype: Script
Production Company: Corsan
More: Paul Breuls attached to direct. Kelly Reilly, Julian Rhindt-Tutt attached to star.

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