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« Reply #50 on: Mon, March 14, 2005, 10:44:44 » |
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...but I sort of think this one will work.
Title: Forget About It
Log Line: A woman fakes amnesia in order to avoid her life's responsibilities and discovers it's the most empowering thing she's ever done.
Writer: Elizabeth Kruger and Craig Shapiro
Agent: Jason Spitz of Endeavor
Buyer: New Line Cinema
Price: n/a
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Logged: 2/25/05
More: To be adapted from Caprice Crane’s unpublished manuscript. Kustom Entertainment's Tom Lassally, Cherry Road Films’ Kendall Morgan, and Melanie Johansson will produce. Kustom’s Robyn Meisinger and Cherry Road's Bo Hyde will executive produce. Scarlett Johansson will star. First set up in November 2003.
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« Reply #51 on: Mon, March 21, 2005, 13:59:08 » |
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This one probably ought to be in the Bad catagory... because it sounds like one of those movies with good titles that end up being awful...
Title: The Cheese Monkeys: A Novel in Two Semesters
Log Line: A group of students go through their first two semesters majoring in art.
Writer: Chip Kidd (author)
Agent: ICM
Buyer: 3Geez Prods.
Price: n/a
Genre: Satire
Logged: 2/25/05
More: Novel. 3Geez Prods.' Amy Green and Sarah Gibson will produce. Chris Grismer will direct.
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« Reply #52 on: Mon, March 21, 2005, 14:01:08 » |
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It's Mel...
Title: Sam and George
Log Line: Two lifelong friends renew their connection after one of them spends 20 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit.
Writer: Ned Zeman and Daniel Barnz
Agent: Jon Huddle and Brian Sher of ICM
Buyer: Paramount Pictures
Price: n/a
Genre: Drama
Logged: 2/22/05
More: Based on a pitch by Dean Georgaris. Icon Productions' Mel Gibson and Bruce Davey and The Donners Co.'s Lauren Shuler Donner will produce. Mel Gibson will also star. First set up in October 2001.
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« Reply #53 on: Mon, March 21, 2005, 14:02:13 » |
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I think it sounds good 'cause it's Buffy...
Title: Carpe Demon: Adventures of a Demon-Hunting Soccer Mom
Log Line: A stay-at-home mom with a demon-hunting past is called back into action to rid her small California town of monsters.
Writer: Kevin and Dan Hageman
Agent: Jay Baker of CAA, mngr. Nick Osborne of Underground Management, and atty. Adam Kaller
Buyer: Warner Bros. Pictures
Price: n/a
Genre: Action-Adventure
Logged: 2/22/05
More: To be adapted from Julie Kenner’s upcoming novel. 1492 Pictures’ Chris Columbus, Michael Barnathan and Mark Radcliffe will produce.
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« Reply #54 on: Mon, March 21, 2005, 14:04:31 » |
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Title: The Fall
Log Line: An unlucky clerk gets caught up in an unsolved murder case when he finds a mislaid credit card.
Writer: Ed Brubaker
Agent: Mngr. David Engel of Circle of Confusion and atty. Peter Grossman of Lichter Grossman Nichols Adler & Goodman
Buyer: Phantom Four
Price: n/a
Genre: Thriller
Logged: 2/18/05
More: Graphic novel by Ed Brubaker and illustrated by Jason Lutes. Bently Tittle, Pascale Faubert, and Phantom Four’s David Goyer will produce.
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« Reply #55 on: Sat, May 14, 2005, 05:34:41 » |
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Don't like the title... it sounds like something designed on purpose to turn off middle America... but the story concept is cool.
Title: Skinwalkers
Log Line: A 12-year-old boy is at the center of a battle between two warring groups of werewolves -- one sworn to protect him, the other trying to kill him.
Writer: Todd Harthan and James Roday
Agent: Larry Taube of The Gersh Agency (Roday)
Buyer: Lions Gate Films & Constantin Films
Price: n/a
Genre: Horror
Logged: 5/13/05
More: Robert Kulzer, Stan Winston, Brian Gilbert and Red Moon Films’ Don Carmody & Dennis Berardi will produce.
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« Reply #56 on: Sat, May 14, 2005, 05:35:18 » |
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Could be cute.
Title: Pavlov's Dog
Log Line: A flea named Pavlov tries to clean up the neighborhood on a dog where he has inherited property.
Writer: Nicholas Night and Pat Hazell
Agent: n/a
Buyer: Exodus Film Group and Melwood Films
Price: n/a
Genre: Comedy
Logged: 5/13/05
More: To be based on the treatment Night and Hazell wrote. Leon Joosen will direct. The film will be CG and live-action.
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« Reply #57 on: Sat, May 14, 2005, 05:35:48 » |
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Could be good... sounds good... but will probably be PC
Title: Triple Crossing
Log Line: A young, volatile American border patrol agent goes undercover inside Mexico's most dangerous drug family.
Writer: Sebastian Rotella
Agent: n/a
Buyer: Mr. Mudd
Price: n/a
Genre: Crime Thriller
Logged: 5/13/05
More: Rotella will adapt from his own novel. Mr. Mudd’s John Malkovich, Lianne Halfon and Russell Smith will produce.
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« Reply #58 on: Sat, May 14, 2005, 05:37:56 » |
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Title: Norbit
Log Line: A meek guy is pressed into marrying a monstrous woman When he subsequently meets the woman of his dreams, he has to figure out a way to be
with her.
Writer: Jay Scherick and David Ronn
Agent: Ted Chervin of Broder Webb Chervin Silbermann Agency
Buyer: DreamWorks
Price: n/a
Genre: Comedy
Logged: 5/13/05
More: Rewrite of the script originally entitled "Death Do Us Part" by Eddie and Charlie Murphy. John Davis will produce. Rawson Marshall Thurber will direct. Eddie Murphy will star.
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« Reply #59 on: Sat, May 14, 2005, 05:38:26 » |
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Title: Ugly Americans
Log Line: In the mid-1990s, John Malcolm, a Princeton graduate, took a job offer to be an arbitrage trader for a couple of expatriates in Japan. There, he and his co-workers went from rags to riches and created the American Dream half a world away until run-ins with the Yakuza and governmental agents sent him on the run for his life.
Writer: Robert Schenkkan
Agent: William Morris Agency
Buyer: DreamWorks
Price: n/a
Genre: Drama
Logged: 5/13/05
More: To be adapted from Ben Mezrich's "Ugly Americans: The True Story of the Ivy League Cowboys Who Raided the Asian Markets for Millions." Option. Kevin Spacey's Trigger Street Productions will produce.
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Title: Crood Awakening
Log Line: Centers on the culture clash among cavemen, which is apparently the inspiration for the clash that lies with the differences between the French and the British.
Writer: John Cleese
Agent: CAA
Buyer: DreamWorks Animation
Price: n/a
Genre: Comedy
Logged: 5/12/05
More: Aardman Studio will produce. This will be an animate feature. The is looks to be released in 2007.
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« Reply #61 on: Sat, May 14, 2005, 05:39:26 » |
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Title: Freedom Writers
Log Line: A high school teacher takes a group of troubled teens and, through creative writing, turns them around and makes them successful students and happier kids.
Writer: Richard LaGravenese
Agent: Kevin Huvane at CAA
Buyer: Paramount Pictures
Price: n/a
Genre: Drama
Logged: 5/12/05
More: Adapted from the book “The Freedom Writer's Diaries: How a Teacher and 150 Teens Used Writing to Change Themselves and the World Around Them," written by high school teacher Erin Gruwell and her students. Double Feature's Michael Shamberg and Stacey Sher and Jersey Films’ Danny DeVito will produce. Hilary Swank and Tracy Durning will executive produce. Richard LaGravenese will direct. Swank will also star.
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« Reply #62 on: Sat, May 14, 2005, 05:45:02 » |
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Title: Then She Found Me
Log Line: A Philadelphia schoolteacher hits a mid-life crisis. In quick succession, her husband leaves, her adoptive mother dies and her real one, an eccentric talkshow host, materializes and turns her life upside down as she begins a courtship with the father of one of her students.
Writer: Helen Hunt
Agent: Bryan Lourd of CAA
Buyer: Killer Films
Price: n/a
Genre: Drama
Logged: 5/9/05
More: Adapted from Elinor Lipman’s novel. Hunt/Tavel Productions’ Helen Hunt & Connie Tavel and Killer's Christine Vachon, Pamela Koffler & Katie Roumel will produce. Odyssey Entertainment's Ralph Kamp & Louise Goodsill will executive produce. Hunt will also direct and star. Diane Keaton and Woody Harrelson are in negotiations to star.
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Title: MasterMinds
Log Line: Five freakish felons have only one thing standing between them and global domination: each other. The group, led by the Maniacal Monocle, includes mad scientist Doktor Pimento, giant robot CPU-571, mobster Vinnie DiThug and the mutant monkey Gorilla King. Ultimately, their dream of being able to call the shots for one day is marred by overly complicated plans and infighting.
Writer: Aaron Sowd, James Denning and Lance Karutz (co-creators)
Agent: David Alpert of Circle of Confusion
Buyer: DG Spot and Morph
Price: n/a
Genre: Sci-fi Action
Logged: 5/5/05
More: Graphic novel. Option. This will be animated feature film. Stan Lee will voice a role in the movie.
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Title: Skyport
Log Line: Centers on a scientist's quest to build an orbiting space city.
Writer: Gary Goldman
Agent: David Saunders at APA
Buyer: Warner Bros. Pictures
Price: High-six against low-seven figures
Genre: Science fiction
Logged: 5/5/05
More: Pitch. Based on Curt Siodmak's 1959 novel. Jon Shestack and Intellectual Properties Worldwide' J. Todd Harris will produce.
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Title: CEO
Log Line: The chief executive of a company is demoted to the mailroom and has to work his way back up.
Writer: Ian Roberts and Jay Martel
Agent: n/a
Buyer: DreamWorks
Price: n/a
Genre: Comedy
Logged: 5/4/05
More: Pitch. Shauna Robertson and Adam McKay will produce. Adam McKay will direct.
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Title: Around the World in 80 Dates
Log Line: A travel journalist, gets friends from around the world to act as matchmaker for an 80-date spree.
Writer: Jeff Rake
Agent: William Morris Agency
Buyer: Universal Pictures
Price: n/a
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Logged: 5/3/05
More: To be based on the novel by Jennifer Cox. Option. Type A Film's Reese Witherspoon & Jennifer Simpson and Michael De Luca will produce.
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Title: Compositions in Black and White
Log Line: True story of Philippa Schuyler, a woman who grew up a child prodigy -- the first child of color to become a nationally prominent musician. Schuyler was composing music by the age of five, but racial and gender bias prevalent in the 1930s proved a crushing burden for her.
Writer: Jose Rivera
Agent: Shana Eddy of UTA and mngr. Rick Berg of Code Entertainment
Buyer: Sony Pictures Entertainment
Price: n/a
Genre: Drama
Logged: 3/22/05
More: To be adapted from Kathryn Talalay's book. Marc Platt, Halle Berry and Vincent Cirrincione will produce. Alicia Keys will star.
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Title: Killraven
Log Line: Set in a future where mankind has been enslaved by an alien race, a man born in captivity rises through gladiatorial battles to become the leader of a group of revolutionaries. Called the Freemen, his warrior-slaves unite in an attempt to drive the invaders off the Earth.
Writer: Robert Schenkkan
Agent: William Morris Agency
Buyer: Sony Pictures
Price: n/a
Genre: Sci-fi
Logged: 3/21/05
More: To be adapted from Marvel Comics' comicbook. Marvel's Avi Arad and Angry Films' Don Murphy will produce. Marvel 's Kevin Feige will executive produce.
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