FEBRUARY 2012 SCREENPLAYS SALES
Enjoy! J.T
Title: Beyond the Hills
Date: Thursday, February 23, 2012
Logline: Two childhood friends reunite in the isolated Romanian convent where one of them now lives. A new conflict arises between them that results in an exorcism.
Writer: Cristian Mungiu
Genre: Supernatural , Drama
Saletype: Script
Production Company: Sundance Selects
Producer: Cristian Mungiu, Pascal Cauchteaux, Jean-Pierre Dardenne.
More: Cosmina Stratan, Cristina Flutur, Dana Tapalaga and Catalina Harabagiu star in film. Cristian Mungiu directed film.
Title: The Night Stalker
Date: Thursday, February 23, 2012
Logline: The story follows newspaper reporter Carl Kolchak who investigates supernatural occurrences.
Writer: Jeff Rice
Genre: Supernatural
Saletype: Novel , Adaptation
Studio: Disney Studios
Production Company: Infinitum Nihil
Producer: Johnny Depp, Christi Dembrowski
More: Johnny Depp is attached to star. Edgar Wright is attached to direct.
Title: A Good Day to Die Hard
Date: Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Logline: The story lands permanently-besieged cop John McClane in Moscow, where he is reunited with his estranged son Jack.
Writer: Roderick Thorp, Skip Woods
Genre: Thriller , Action , Suspense
Saletype: Sequel
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Production Company: Dune Entertainment, Media Magik Entertainment
More: Bruce Willis, Patrick Stewart and Jai Courtney attached to star. John Moore attached to direct.
Title: Two Little Boys
Date: Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Logline: The story of two close friends who end up on the road trip of their lives.
Writer: Duncan and Robert Sarkies
Genre: Dark Comedy
Saletype: Script
Production Company: Tent Pole Films
Producer: Vicky Pope, Tim White
More: Robert Sarkies directed film. Bret McKenzie, Hamish Blake and Maaka Pohatu star in film.
Title: Untitled Action Adventure
Date: Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Logline: The story centers on five young adventure seekers who venture into the Alps for mysterious reasons and face Yetis that guard a secret.
Writer: Ehren Kruger
Genre: Action , Adventure
Saletype: Pitch
Studio: Disney Studios
Production Company: Brain Farm Cinema
Agent: Sloane Offer (Kruger)
More: Brian Beletic is attached to direct.
Title: I Am Legend 2
Date: Monday, February 20, 2012
Logline: The story is about one of the last surviving humans in a New York cityscape overrun by monsters that survived the plague that killed most of humanity.
Writer: Arash Amel
Genre: Sci-Fi
Saletype: Sequel
Studio: Warner Bros.
Production Company: Overbrook Entertainment
Producer: Will Smith, Akiva Goldsman
Title: Red 2
Date: Monday, February 20, 2012
Logline: The story is about over-the-hill special ops agents forced out of retirement.
Writer: Erich and Jon Hoeber
Genre: Action , Comedy
Saletype: Sequel
Studio: Lionsgate
Production Company: Summit Entertainment
More: Dean Parisot attached to direct. Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman, Helen Mirren and John Malkovich attached to star.
Title: The Parade
Date: Monday, February 20, 2012
Logline: A raunchy comedy about a gay pride parade in Belgrade and a homophobic gangster charged with protecting it.
Writer: Srdjan Dragojevic
Genre: Comedy
Saletype: Script
Production Company: Mainframe, Sektor Film, Forum Film Ljubljana, Film & Music Entertainment
Producer: Biljana Prvanovic, Srdjan Dragojevic, Dejan Jocic, Igor Nola, Vladimir Anastasov, Eva Rohrman, Nikola Kojo, Mike Downey
More: Srdjan Dragojevic directed film. Nikola Kojo, Milos Samolov, Hristina Popovic, Goran Jevtic, Goran Navojec, Toni Mihailovski, Dejan Acimovic and Matasa Marcovic star in film.
Title: The Way Out
Date: Monday, February 20, 2012
Logline: The drama is about a 10-year-old boy who learns to stand up to bullies.
Writer: Deborah and Daryl Wakeham
Genre: Drama , Coming Of Age
Saletype: Script
Production Company: Lucid Dreams, Julijette Inc, D Films
More: Norma Bailey attached to direct.
Title: Night Wings
Date: Monday, February 20, 2012
Logline: The story is about a 12 year-old boy on a red eye flight over the Atlantic trying to convince the flight crew that vampires are on board the flight from Romania.
Writer: Paul Birkett, Deborah Wakeham
Genre: Thriller , Action , Supernatural , Teen
Saletype: Script
Production Company: Ember Entertainment, Lucid Dreams, Julijette Inc.
Producer: Michael Long
More: Dusan Strugar attached to direct.
Title: War Witch
Date: Friday, February 17, 2012
Logline: A grave 12-year-old African girl, abducted from her village by vicious armed rebels, is forced to wage war as a child soldier.
Writer: Kim Nguyen
Genre: Drama , War
Saletype: Script
Production Company: Item 7, Studio Shen
Producer: Pierre Even, Marie-Claude Poulin
More: Rachel Mwanza, Alain Bastien, Serge Kanyinda, Ralph Prosper and Mizinga Mwinga star in film. Kim Nguyen directed film.
Title: Perry Mason
Date: Friday, February 17, 2012
Logline: TBA
Writer: Marc Guggenheim, Erle Stanley Gardner
Genre: Drama , Crime
Saletype: Novel , Adaptation
Studio: Warner Bros.
Executive Overseeing: Jon Berg
Production Company: Team Downey
Producer: Robert Downey Jr., Susan Downey, Robert Cort, David Gambino, Eric Hetzel, Joe Horacek , Susan Feiles, Chris Darling
Agent: WME and Ziffren Brittenham (Guggenheim)
More: Marc Guggenheim will adapt Erle Stanley Gardner's book.
Title: I Killed Adolf Hitler
Date: Thursday, February 16, 2012
Logline: The story follows the adventures of a hitman who encounters complications after traveling back in time to 1938 to assassinate Hitler.
Writer: D.C. Walker, John Arne Sæterøy
Genre: Sci-Fi
Saletype: Comic , Adaptation
Production Company: Studio Eight, Up Country Productions
Producer: Jamie and Alex Brown
More: D.C. Walker will adapt John Arne Sæterøy's graphic novel.
Title: Just the Wind
Date: Thursday, February 16, 2012
Logline: A day-in-the-life of a Romany family menaced by a series of racist attacks.
Writer: Bence Fliegauf
Genre: Drama
Saletype: Script
Production Company: Inforg-M&M Film, The Post Republic Halle, Paprika Films
Producer: Monika Mecs, Andras Muhi, Erno Mesterhazy
More: Bence Fliegauf directed film. Katalin Toldi, Gyongyi Lendvai, Lajos Sarkany and Gyorgy Toldi star in film.
Title: A Royal Affair
Date: Thursday, February 16, 2012
Logline: Set in the 18th century royal Danish court, the story centers on a freethinking German doctor who starts an affair with the Danish queen.
Writer: Nikolaj Arcel
Genre: Drama , Period
Saletype: Script
Production Company: Zentropa Entertainment
Producer: Louise Vesth, Sisse Graum Jorgensen, Meta Louise Foldager, Lars von Trier, Peter Aalbaek Jensen, Peter Garde
More: Nikolaj Arcel directed film. Mads Mikkelsen, Alicia Vikander and Mikkel Folsgaard star in film.
Title: The Paranormalists
Date: Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Logline: The story involves a haunted house which is entered by a group of men and women intent on debunking the presence of spirits. As they say, things don t go as planned.
Writer: Rob Letterman
Genre: Supernatural
Saletype: Pitch
Studio: Universal Studios
Executive Overseeing: Gregory Noveck
Production Company: Syfy Films, Imagine Entertainment
Producer: Brian Grazer, Kim Roth, Sarah Bowen
Agent: WME (Letterman)
More: Rob Letterman attached to direct.
Title: The Colony
Date: Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Logline: The story is about a group of underground survivors after the next Ice Age fending off an invasion of feral cannibals.
Writer: Patrick Tarr, Pascal Trottier, Svet Rouskov, Jeff Renfroe
Genre: Thriller , Sci-Fi
Saletype: Script
Production Company: Alcina Pictures, Item 7, Mad Samurai Productions
Producer: Paul Barkin, Colin Brunton, Matthew Cervi, Pierre Even, Marie-Claude Poulin
More: Jeff Renfroe attached to direct. Laurence Fishburne and Kevin Zegers attached to star.
Title: 30 Beats
Date: Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Logline: The story is centered on New Yorkers whose lives intersect through sexual encounters during a summer heat wave.
Writer: Alexis Lloyd
Genre: Drama
Saletype: Script
Studio: Lionsgate
Production Company: Roadside Attractions
Producer: Molly Conners, Carl Ford, Alexis Lloyd, Susan Batson, Ronald Guttman, Pierre Lagrange
More: Alexis Lloyd directed film. Paz de la Huerta, Justin Kirk, Lee Pace, Thomas Sadoski, Jennifer Tilly, Ingeborga Dapkunaite, Jason Day, Vahina Giocante, Ben Levin and Condola Rashad star in film.
Title: Tabu
Date: Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Logline: The story is about a self-centered woman named Aurora.
Writer: Miguel Gomes, Mariana Ricardo
Genre: Drama , Indie
Saletype: Script
Production Company: O Som e a Fúria, Komplizen Film, Gullane Entretenimento, Shellac Sud
Producer: Luís Urbano, Sandro Aguilar, Janine Jackowski, Jonas Dornbach, Maren Ade, Fabiano Gullane, Caio Gullane, Thomas Ordonneau
More: Teresa Madruga, Laura Soveral, Ana Moreira, Carloto Cotta, Manuel Mesquita, Isabel Cardoso and Ivo Muller star in film. Miguel Gomes directed film.
Title: Wilaya
Date: Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Logline: The story centers on a family of Spanish-speaking Sahrawi, a stateless, mixed ethnic population inhabiting the deserts of Southwest Algeria.
Writer: Pedro Perez Rosado
Genre: Drama
Saletype: Script
Production Company: Wanda Vision
Producer: Jose Maria Morales
More: Nadhira Mohamed, Memona Mohamed, Aziza Brahim, Ainina Sidagmet, Mohamed Moulud and Jatra Malainin Mami star in film. Pedro Perez Rosado directed film.
Title: Home for the Weekend
Date: Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Logline: The story about a son who comes over for a long awaited weekend visit and his parents announce big changes.
Writer: Bernd Lange
Genre: Drama
Saletype: Script
Production Company: 23/5 Filmproduktion
Producer: Britta Knoller, Hans-Christian Schmid
More: Hans-Christian Schmid directed film. Lars Eidinger, Corinna Harfouch, Sebastian Zinnler, Ernst Stotzner, Picco von Groote, Egon Merten, Birge Schade and Tom Zulbeck star in film.
Title: Beauty
Date: Monday, February 13, 2012
Logline: No Logline given.
Writer: Andrew Davies
Genre: Fantasy
Saletype: Pitch
Studio: Warner Bros.
Producer: Guillermo del Toro, Denise De Novi, Alison Greenspan
More: Emma Watson is attached to star. Guillermo del Toro is attached to direct.
Title: Lovely Molly
Date: Monday, February 13, 2012
Logline: The story is about a disturbing haunted house possession story.
Writer: Eduardo Sanchez, Jamie Nash
Genre: Thriller , Horror
Saletype: Script
Production Company: Content Film, Image Entertainment
Producer: Robin Cowie, Jane Fleming, Gregg Hale, Mark Ordesky
More: Gretchen Lodge stars in film. Eduardo Sanchez directed film.
Title: Jitters
Date: Monday, February 13, 2012
Logline: No logline given.
Writer: Marc Haimes
Genre: Adventure , Family , Fantasy
Saletype: Script
Studio: Paramount Studios
Production Company: Benderspink
Producer: Chris Bender, JC Spink
More: Mike Mitchell attached to direct.
Title: Tonight You re Mine
Date: Friday, February 10, 2012
Logline: The story is about an indie music star and a feisty punk-rock girl band leader who are handcuffed together as part of a backstage altercation. When the two feuding musicians can t be unhitched from each other, even to perform their separate gigs, it leads them down a comedic, frustrating, and ultimately romantic path.
Genre: Drama , Comedy , Romance
Saletype: Script
Studio: Sony Studios
Production Company: Roadside Attractions
More: Luke Treadaway and Natalia Tena star in film. David Mackenzie directed film.
Title: The Water Rat of Wanchai
Date: Friday, February 10, 2012
Logline: A Chinese-Canadian forensic accountant who is a globe-trotter and uses unorthodox methods to recover multi-million debts for her clients.
Writer: Karen Walton, Ian Hamilton
Genre: Drama , Crime
Saletype: Novel , Adaptation
Production Company: Strada Films
Producer: Sandra Cunningham, Robin Cass
More: Karen Walton will adapt Ian Hamilton's novel.
Title: The Aggression Scale
Date: Friday, February 10, 2012
Logline: The story is about a group of teen heroes who take on four hitmen who stole $500,000 in cash.
Writer: Ben Powell
Genre: Action , Crime
Saletype: Script
Production Company: Anchor Bay, Snowfort Pictures, Film Harvest
More: Steven C. Miller directed film. Fabianne Therese, Ryan Hartwig, Dana Ashbrook, Derek Mears, Jacob Reynolds, Joseph McKelheer and Ray Wise star in film.
Title: Cherry
Date: Thursday, February 09, 2012
Logline: A troubled woman gets involved with a coke-addled lawyer and San Francisco s pornography scene, in particular with a performer turned adult film director.
Writer: Stephen Elliot, Lorelei Lee
Genre: Drama
Saletype: Script
Production Company: Enderby Entertainment, Datari Turner Films
Producer: Gordon Bijelonic
More: Stephen Elliot directed film. Heather Graham, Ashley Hinshaw, Lili Taylor, Dev Patel and James Franco star in film.
Title: Only Loves Left Alive
Date: Thursday, February 09, 2012
Logline: An unusual love story between two vampires who have been in love for centuries.
Writer: Jim Jarmusch
Genre: Supernatural , Romance
Saletype: Script
Production Company: Pandora Films, Filmstifftung NRW
Producer: Jim Jarmusch
More: Jim Jarmusch attached to direct. Tilda Swindon, John Hurt, Tom Hiddleston and Mia Wasikowska attached to star.
Title: Lucky Dog
Date: Thursday, February 09, 2012
Logline: The story revolves around Guy and Rene, who are two French-Canadian con men.
Writer: Melissa James Gibson
Genre: Dark Comedy
Saletype: Script
Production Company: Touchy Feely Films, HanWay Film, Sidney Kimmel Entertainment, GreeneStreet Films
Producer: Dan Carey, Elizabeth Giamatti, Sidney Kimmel, John Penotti, Michael Hogan, Jim Tauber
More: Paul Giamatti, Paul Rudd and Sally Hawkins attached to star. Phil Morrison attached to direct.
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