LATEST SCREENPLAYS SALES IN HOLLYWOD-MAY 2012

Title: Feeding Ground
Date: Friday, May 11, 2012
Logline: The story of an illegal immigrant trafficker in cross-border parlance, who is forced to smuggle his own family into America after his young brother runs afoul of a local gangster.
Writer: Carlos Coto, Swifty Lang, Michael Lapinski, Chris Mangun
Genre: Thriller , Horror
Saletype: Comic , Adaptation
Production Company: Archaia Entertainment, Pressman Film
Producer: Edward R. Pressman, Jon Katz, Stephen Christy, PJ Bickett, Jason Carpenter, Stephen Cavaliero
More: Alfonso Gomez-Rejon attached to direct. Carlos Coto will adapt Swifty Lang's, Michael Lapinski's and Chris Mangun's graphic novel.

Title: The Last Voyage of the Demeter
Date: Friday, May 11, 2012
Logline: The tale of a journey on a ship named Demeter, which the crew is slaughtered one-by-one by a mysterious passenger.
Writer: Bragi Schut
Genre: Supernatural , Horror , Fantasy
Saletype: Novel , Adaptation
Production Company: Millennium Films
Producer: Mike Medavoy, Arnold Messer, Bradley Fischer
More: Neil Marshall is attached to direct.

Title: All Is By My Side
Date: Thursday, May 10, 2012
Logline: The biopic is about musician Jimi Hendrix.
Writer: John Ridley
Genre: Musical , Biography
Saletype: Script
Production Company: Darko Entertainment, Subotica Entertaiment, Matador Pictures
Producer: Sean McKittrick, Jeff Culotta, Danny Bramson, Tristan Orphen Lynch, Nigel Thomas, John Ridley, Tedd Hamm
Agent: CAA (Ridley)
More: John Ridley attached to direct. Andre Benjamin, Haley Atwell and Imogen Poots attached to star.


Title: Starbuck
Date: Thursday, May 10, 2012
Logline: The story centers on a middle-aged man whose life is turned upside down, when he learns he has fathered 533 children through sperm donation.
Writer: Ken Scott
Genre: Comedy
Saletype: Pitch
Studio: Dreamworks Studios
Producer: Andre Rouleau, Scott Mednick
More: Ken Scott attached to direct. Vince Vaughn is attached to star.


Title: Agent: Century 21
Date: Thursday, May 10, 2012
Logline: A recent divorcee, who is desperate to protect her real estate job and her kids, agrees to take on an unpleasant task for her boss that gets her kidnapped and tossed into the center of a Mexican drug war.
Writer: Greg Brooker
Genre: Action , Comedy
Saletype: Script
Production Company: Exclusive Media
Producer: Shane Black, Andrew Lazar, David Greenblatt
More: Cameron Diaz and Benicio Del Toro are attached to star. Adam Hashemi attached to direct.


Title: The Devil s Violinist
Date: Thursday, May 10, 2012
Logline: The true-life story of Niccolo Paganini who was a 19th century violinist and composer.
Writer: Bernard Rose
Genre: Drama , Period , Biography , History
Saletype: Pitch
Production Company: Summerstorm Entertainment, Bavaria Media Italia, Dor Film
Producer: Gabriela Bacher, Rosilyn Heller, Christian Angermayer, David Garrett, Danny Krausz, Philipp Kreuzer
More: Bernard Rose attached to direct. David Garrett and Joely Richardson attached to star.


Title: Untitled Action
Date: Tuesday, May 08, 2012
Logline: The story is set in the 1970s South and involves an outlaw duo.
Writer: Jody Hill
Genre: Action
Saletype: Pitch
Studio: Warner Bros.
Producer: Billy Gerber, Jody Hill
Agent: CAA and Bloom Hergott (Hill)
More: Jody Hill attached to direct.


Title: Kid Cannabis
Date: Tuesday, May 08, 2012
Logline: The true tale of suburban teens from Idaho who built a multimillion-dollar marijuana empire.
Genre: Drama , Comedy
Saletype: Article , Adaptation
Producer: Gordon Bijelonic, Mia Chang, Bic Tran, Datari Turner
More: John Stockwell is attached to direct. Kellan Lutz, Nina Dobrev, Jonathan Daniel Brown, Chris Marquette and Cam Gigandet attached to star.


Title: Kick-Ass 2
Date: Tuesday, May 08, 2012
Logline: The story about comic book fans who one day decide to become a super-heros, even though they have no powers, training or meaningful reason to do so.
Writer: Matthew Vaughn, Mark Millar-John Romita Jr.
Genre: Action , Fantasy
Saletype: Script , Comic , Sequel , Adaptation
Studio: Universal Studios
Producer: Matthew Vaughn
More: Jeff Wadlow attached to direct. Aaron Johnson, Chloe Moretz and Christopher Mintz-Plasse attached to star. Matthew Vaughn adapted Mark Millar-John Romita Jr's comic.


Title: Mission: Black List
Date: Friday, May 04, 2012
Logline: The true story of the Army interrogator who spearheaded the capture of Saddam Hussein.
Writer: Erik Jendresen, Eric Maddox, Davin Seay
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Saletype: Script , Novel , Adaptation
Production Company: Preferred Content
Producer: Ross M. Dinerstein, Erik Jendresen, Kevin Waller


More: Rob Pattinson is attached to star. Erik Jendresen adapted Eric Maddox's and Davin Seay's book. Jean-Stephane Sauvaire is attached to direct.
Title: Tarzan
Date: Friday, May 04, 2012
Logline: The story about a boy, who is the soul survivor of a plane crash, grows up in the jungle.
Writer: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Reinhard Klooss, Yoni Brenner, Jessica Postigo
Genre: Action , Adventure , Drama
Saletype: Script , Novel , Adaptation
Production Company: Constantin Film
Producer: Reinhard Klooss, Robert Kulzer
More: Reinhard Klooss attached to direct and adapted Edgar Rice Burroughs' novel with Yoni Brenner and Jessica Postigo. Kellan Lutz and Spencer Locke attached to star.


Title: The Canyons
Date: Friday, May 04, 2012
Logline: The story is about five twenty-something's quest for power, love, sex and success in 2012 Hollywood.
Writer: Bret Easton Ellis
Genre: Thriller
Saletype: Script
Production Company: Sodium Fox
Producer: Braxton Pope
More: Paul Schrader attached as director. James Deen attached to star.


Title: Little Shop of Horrors
Date: Thursday, May 03, 2012
Logline: A nerdy florist discovers a human-eating plant and is forced to feed the beast in order to keep his fame.
Writer: Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa
Genre: Horror , Dark Comedy
Saletype: Remake
Studio: Warner Bros.
Producer: Marc Platt
More: Joseph Gordon-Levitt attached to star.


Title: 1952
Date: Thursday, May 03, 2012
Logline: No logline given.
Writer: Damon Lindelof, Jeff Jensen
Genre: Action , Fantasy
Saletype: Pitch
Studio: Disney Studios
Producer: Damon Lindelof
More: Brad Bird is attached to direct.


Title: Cuban Fury
Date: Thursday, May 03, 2012
Logline: The story of a man who reignites his love of salsa in order to impress his good-looking American boss.
Writer: Jon Brown
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Saletype: Script
Production Company: Big Talk Pictures, Studiocanal, Film4
More: Nick Frost, Rashida Jones, Chris O'Dowd and Olivia Colman attached to star. James Griffiths attached to direct.


Title: Dark Horse
Date: Wednesday, May 02, 2012
Logline: Romance blooms between two thirty-somethings in arrested development: an avid toy collector and a woman who is the dark horse of her family.
Writer: Todd Solondz
Genre: Drama , Romance
Saletype: Script
Production Company: Brainstorm Media, Double Hope Films
Producer: Meyer Shwarzstein, Ted Hope, Derrick Tseng, Nick Quested
More: Selma Blair, Justin Bartha, Jordan Gelber, Mia Farrow, Donna Murphy, Christopher Walken, Zachary Booth and Aasif Mandvi star in film. Todd Solondz directed film.


Title: Rascal Raccoon s Raging Revenge
Date: Wednesday, May 02, 2012
Logline: Set in a place called Toonie Terrace, the story is about Rascal Raccoon who finally and unexpectedly kills his longtime nemesis, Jumpin Jackalope.
Writer: Matt Fogel, Brendan Hay, Justin Wagner
Genre: Fantasy , Live Action/Animation
Saletype: Comic , Adaptation
Studio: Warner Bros.
Production Company: Closed on Mondays Prods., Ulterior Productions
Producer: Eric Gitter, Ken Franchi, Joe Nozemack, Noah Greenshner
Agent: UTA (Fogel)
More: Todd Strauss-Schulson attached to direct. Matt Fogel will adapt Brendan Hay's and Justin Wagner's comic.


Title: Houdini
Date: Wednesday, May 02, 2012
Logline: The true-life story about Houdini, a master magician and premier escape artist, who acted as a spy for Britain, helped the Secret Service and was in cahoots with police organizations.
Writer: William Kalush, Larry Sloman, Noah Oppenheim
Genre: Biography
Saletype: Script , Novel , Adaptation
Studio: Summit Entertainment
More: Noah Oppenheim adapted William Kalush's and Larry Sloman's novel. Gary Ross attached to direct.


Title: Grand Piano
Date: Tuesday, May 01, 2012
Logline: The story concerns a once-great concert pianist who suffers from stage fright and comes back to perform after a five-year hiatus.
Writer: Damien Chazelle
Genre: Thriller , Indie
Saletype: Script
Studio: Ciudad de la Luz Studios
Producer: Adrian Guerra, Rodrigo Cortes
More: Elijah Wood is attached to star. Eugenio Mira attached to direct.


Title: Anomaly
Date: Tuesday, May 01, 2012
Logline: Set in 2717, the story is about humans who have colonized the galaxy and one corporation plunders the resources of alien planets. A group of explorers arrive on a planet for a diplomatic mission but are drawn into a larger conflict.
Writer: Skip Brittenham, Brian Haberlin
Genre: Action , Adventure , Sci-Fi
Saletype: Comic , Adaptation
Production Company: Anomaly Productions
Producer: Joe Roth


Title: Kilimanjaro
Date: Tuesday, May 01, 2012
Logline: The story centers on a man who is determined to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro after a recent breakup.
Writer: Walter Strafford
Genre: Drama , Romance
Saletype: Script
More: Walter Strafford attached to direct. Brian Geraghty and Abigail Spencer are attached to star.


Title: Despicable Me 2
Date: Tuesday, May 01, 2012
Logline: No logline given.
Writer: Cinco Paul, Ken Daurio
Genre: Family , Comedy , Animation , Fantasy
Saletype: Sequel
Studio: Universal Studios
Production Company: Illumination Entertainment
Producer: Chris Meledandri, Janet Healy
More: Chris Renaud and Pierre Coffin are attached to direct. Al Pacino, Steve Coogan, Steve Carell, Kristen Wiig, Russell Brand and Miranda Cosgrove attached to do voice work.


Title: Dark Skies
Date: Monday, April 30, 2012
Logline: No Logline given.
Writer: Scott Stewart
Genre: Thriller , Supernatural
Saletype: Pitch
Studio: The Weinstein Company
Production Company: Dimension Films, Blumhouse Productions, Alliance Films
Producer: Jason Blum, Brian Kavanaugh-Jones, Charles Layton,
Agent: WME and Anonymous Content (Stewart)
More: Scott Stewart attached to direct.


Title: The Hero s Guide to Saving Your Kingdom
Date: Monday, April 30, 2012
Logline: The story of the four princes from the classic fairy tales who saved Cinderella, Snow White, Rapunzel and Sleeping Beauty. But the four young men, who have been cast out of their respective castles, get a shot at redemption and glory when they uncover a plot that could destroy the kingdoms.
Writer: Christopher Healy
Genre: Action , Adventure , Family , Animation , Fantasy
Saletype: Novel , Adaptation
Studio: Fox Animation
Production Company: Chernin Entertainment
Agent: Hotchkiss and Associates (Healy)
Manager: Jill Grinberg Literary Management (Healy)


Title: End of the World
Date: Monday, April 30, 2012
Logline: The story about a group of friends holed up in an apartment as they deal with an apocalyptic end of the world.
Writer: Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg
Genre: Comedy
Saletype: Script
Studio: Sony Studios
Producer: Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg
More: Seth Rogen, Jay Baruchel, Emma Watson, Jason Segel, David Krumholtz, James Franco, Jonah Hill, Danny McBride and Craig Robinsonare attached to star. Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg are attached to direct.


Title: Poltergeist
Date: Friday, April 27, 2012
Logline: The story focuses on a family whose house was built on a holy Indian site and whose daughter is taken by ghosts.
Writer: David Lindsay-Abaire
Genre: Supernatural , Horror
Saletype: Remake
Studio: MGM
Producer: Sam Raimi, Nathan Kahane, Roy Lee


Title: The Tiger s Curse
Date: Friday, April 27, 2012
Logline: A 17-year-old girl takes a temp job caring for a white tiger at the local circus. When she discovers that the tiger is a cursed Indian prince who turns into a man for only 24 minutes per day, she sets off on an epic adventure.
Writer: Colleen Houck, Julie Plec
Genre: Action , Adventure , Fantasy
Saletype: Novel , Adaptation
Studio: Paramount Studios
Production Company: Disruption Entertainment
Producer: Mary Parent
Agent: WME (Plec)
More: Julie Plec will adapt Colleen Houck's novel.


Title: The Graveyard Book
Date: Friday, April 27, 2012
Logline: A boy named Nobody Owens is raised by ghosts in a cemetery after his family is murdered. When he is a teen, he is pursued again by his family s killer, a being named the man Jack.
Writer: Neil Gaiman
Genre: Supernatural
Saletype: Novel , Adaptation
Studio: Disney Studios
Producer: Gil Netter, Ben Browning
Agent: CAA (Gaiman)


Title: The Smurfs
Date: Thursday, April 26, 2012
Logline: The tale is about little blue creatures that live in mushroom houses in a forest inhabited mainly by their own kind.
Genre: Family , Fantasy , Live Action/Animation
Saletype: Sequel
Studio: Sony Studios
Producer: Jordan Kerner, Ezra Swerdlow
More: Brendan Gleeson, J.B. Smoove, Neil Patrick Harris, Jayma Mays, Sofia Vergara, Hank Azaria, Katy Perry, Jonathan Winters, Alan Cumming, Fred Armisen, George Lopez, Anton Yelchin and John Oliver attached to star. Raja Gosnell attached to direct.


Title: Cut Bank
Date: Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Logline: The story is about a young auto mechanic desperate to escape his hometown of Cut Bank, Montana.
Writer: Roberto Patino
Genre: Thriller , Crime
Saletype: Script
Production Company: Untitled Entertainment
Producer: Edward Zwick, Mickey Barold, Dan Cohen, Laura Rister
More: Armie Hammer, Ben Kingsley and John Malkovich attached to star. Matt Shakman attached to direct.

Jordan's note: Nothing really interesting or original this month...J.T