SCREENPLAYS SALES-MAY 2013

Title:     Pippin
Date:     Tuesday, May 07, 2013
Logline:     At the goading of the ominous and omnipresent Leading Player, Pippin, the eldest son of King Charlemagne, samples life's pleasures to discover his place in the world and the meaning of his life.
Writer:     James Ponsoldt, Roger O. Hirson
Genre:     Musical
Saletype:     Novel , Play , Adaptation
Studio:     The Weinstein Company
Executive Overseeing:     Harvey Weinstein
Agent:     UTA (Ponsoldt)
More:     James Ponsoldt will adapt Roger O. Hirson's novel.


Title:     Doc Savage
Date:     Tuesday, May 07, 2013
Logline:     The story is about a doctor with limitless skills and possesses super-strength.
Writer:     Shane Black, Anthony Bagarozzi, Charles Mondry
Genre:     Action , Supernatural , Fantasy
Saletype:     Script , Comic , Adaptation
Studio:     Sony Studios
Executive Overseeing:     Hannah Minghella
Production Company:     Original Film
Producer:     Ori Marmur, Michael Usland
More:     Shane Black is attached to direct and adapted comic with Anthony Bagarozzi and Charles Mondry.


Title:     Three Little Words
Date:     Monday, May 06, 2013
Logline:     The true-life story centers on the relationship between a girl in the welfare system and the unpaid volunteer who discovers her nine years later. The volunteer must search for and convince the biological mother to surrender her parental rights so the teen can begin a new life.
Writer:     Lewis Colick, Michael Petroni, Ashley Rhodes-Courter
Genre:     Drama , Biography
Saletype:     Script , Novel , Adaptation
Production Company:     Tree Line Films, Lime Orchard Production, Red Crown
Producer:     James Mangold, Cathy Konrad, Jami Gertz, Daniela Taplin Lundberg, Riva Marker, Daniel Crown
More:     Lewis Colick and Michael Petroni adapted Ashley Rhodes-Courter's memoir. James Mangold attached to direct. Reese Witherspoon, Amanda Seyfried


Title:     Untitled animal comedy
Date:     Monday, May 06, 2013
Logline:     No logline given.
Genre:     Action , Family , Comedy , Animation
Saletype:     Pitch
Studio:     Disney Studios
Production Company:     Pixar
More:     Byron Howard attached to direct. Jason Bateman attached to do voice work.


Title:     Ice Station Zebra
Date:     Monday, May 06, 2013
Logline:     The story is centered on an American Naval submarine team that races the Russians to retrieve sensitive photographic material in the Arctic.
Writer:     Alistair McLean, Christopher McQuarrie
Genre:     Thriller , Action , Suspense
Saletype:     Remake , Novel , Adaptation
Studio:     Warner Bros.
Producer:     CAA, Key Creatives and Myman Greenspan (McQuarrie)
More:     Christopher McQuarrie will adapt Alistair McLean's novel and direct.



Title:     Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Date:     Friday, May 03, 2013
Logline:     Set in Regency-era England, the story follows the lives of Elizabeth Bennett and her four sisters, who also live in an alternative universe where zombies roam the English countryside.
Writer:     Seth Grahame-Smith
Genre:     Action , Period , Fantasy
Saletype:     Script , Novel , Adaptation
Production Company:     Panorama, Darko Entertainment, Handsomecharlie Films
Producer:     Natalie Portman, Annette Savitch, Richard Kelly, Sean McKittrick, Allison Shearmur
More:     Lily Collins attached to star. Burr Steers attached to direct.



Title:     Macbeth
Date:     Friday, May 03, 2013
Logline:     The story is about an 11th-century Scottish nobleman Macbeth, who is led by an evil prophecy and his ruthless yet desirable wife to the treasonous act that makes him king.
Writer:     Shakespeare, Todd Louiso, Jacob Koskoff
Genre:     Drama , Period
Saletype:     Script , Novel , Adaptation
More:     Todd Louiso and Jacob Koskoff adapted Shakespeare's novel. Michael Fassbender and Natalie Portman attached to star. Justin Kurzel attached to direct.



Title:     Amar Akbar & Tony
Date:     Friday, May 03, 2013
Logline:     The story of three people struggling through life in multicultural London.
Writer:     Atul Malhotra
Genre:     Dark Comedy
Saletype:     Script
Production Company:     Sash Media Productions
Producer:     Victoria Wood
More:     Martin Delaney, Rez Kempton, Laura Aikman, Meera Syal, Karen David, Ace Bhatti, Nina Wadia, Amrita Acharia, Goldy Nota and Sam Vincenti attached to star. Atul Malhotra attached to direct.



Title:     Devils in Exile
Date:     Wednesday, May 01, 2013
Logline:     The story centers on Iraq War vet Neal Maven, who is facing dead-end jobs and a small future in Boston. He and some other soldiers team up in a scheme to rip off local drug dealers, destroying the product and grabbing their money.
Writer:     Chuck Hogan
Genre:     Drama , Crime
Saletype:     Script , Novel , Adaptation
Studio:     Universal Studios
Production Company:     Global Produce
Producer:     Marc Shmuger, Tom McNulty, Richard Abate
More:     Joe Carnahan is attached to direct. Chuck Hogan adapted his own novel.


Title:     The Town That Dreaded Sundown
Date:     Wednesday, May 01, 2013
Logline:     The story centers on a rural Texarkana town that was stalked by a serial killer in 1946. The maniac was never caught and in 2013, he comes back.
Writer:     Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa
Genre:     Thriller , Horror
Saletype:     Script , Remake
Studio:     MGM
Producer:     Ryan Murphy, Jason Blum
More:     Addison Timlin and Travis Tope attached to star. Alfonso Gomez-Rejon attached to direct.



Title:     Capsule
Date:     Wednesday, May 01, 2013
Logline:     The story centers on a young man whose life is turned upside down, when he mysteriously begins to receive metallic capsules containing messages from his future self.((
Writer:     Ian Shorr
Genre:     Sci-Fi , Fantasy
Saletype:     Pitch
Studio:     Fox Studios
Executive Overseeing:     Steve Asbell
Production Company:     Hutch Parker Entertainment
Producer:     Hutch Parker, John Zaozirny
Agent:     UTA, Mosaic, Morris Yorn (Shorr)
More:     Matthias Hoene attached to direct.



Title:     Tomorrowland
Date:     Monday, April 22, 2013
Logline:     No logline given.
Writer:     Damon Lindelof, Jeff Jensen
Genre:     Action , Sci-Fi , Fantasy
Saletype:     Pitch
Studio:     Disney Studios
More:     George Clooney, Raffey Cassidy and Hugh Laurie attached to star. Brad Bird attached to direct.



Title:     Spy s Kid
Date:     Monday, April 22, 2013
Logline:     The true-life story is about a traitorous spy who enlists his son to continue his work.
Writer:     Bryan Denson
Genre:     Drama , Crime , Biography
Saletype:     Article , Adaptation
Studio:     Paramount Studios
Production Company:     IAM Entertainment
Producer:     Raymond Brothers, Scott Glassgold
More:     Shia LaBeouf and Robert De Niro attached to star. D.J. Caruso attached to direct.



Title:     Guardians of the Galaxy
Date:     Monday, April 22, 2013
Logline:     A futuristic team of superheroes protect the galaxy from danger.
Writer:     Dan Abnett, Gene Colan, James Gunn, Chris McCoy, Nicole Perlman
Genre:     Action , Sci-Fi , Fantasy
Saletype:     Script , Comic , Adaptation
Studio:     Disney Studios
Production Company:     Marvel
More:     Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Michael Rooker and Ophelia Lovibond attached to star. James Gunn attached to direct. Nicole Perlman, James Gunn and Chris McCoy adapted Dan Abnett's and Gene Colan's comic.


Title:     Hercules 3D
Date:     Monday, April 22, 2013
Logline:     The story is about Hercules and his most trusted battlefield companion, who is an Army captain. After an evil king deceives them, Hercules and the captain are sold into slavery and must fight side by side to earn their freedom.
Writer:     Sean Hood, Renny Harlin, Steve Giulio
Genre:     Action , Supernatural , Fantasy
Saletype:     Script
Production Company:     Nu Image/Millennium
Producer:     Les Welden, Danny Lerner, Avi Lerner, Trevor Short, John Thompson, Boaz Davidson
More:     Liam McIntyre and Kellan Lutz are attached to star. Renny Harlin attached to direct.



Title:     Dodgeball
Date:     Monday, April 22, 2013
Logline:     The story is about two rivals, who are forced to team up to fight an even bigger threat.
Writer:     Clay Tarver
Genre:     Comedy
Saletype:     Pitch , Sequel
Studio:     Fox Studios
Production Company:     Red Hour Films
Producer:     Ben Stiller, Stuart Cornfeld
Agent:     WME and Wetdog Entertainment (Tarver)
More:     Ben Stiller and Vince Vaughn are attached to star.



Title:     The Last Word
Date:     Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Logline:     The true-life story is about the strange and tragic aftermath endured by the participants in the trial of a young man in Texas, who was wrongly convicted and executed for the rape and murder of a nun.
Writer:     Ben Ketai
Genre:     Supernatural , Horror
Saletype:     Script
Production Company:     FilmDistrict, A7SLE Films, Boss Media
Producer:     Eric Gores, Peter Facinelli, Rob DeFranco, Frank Mancuso Jr., Peter Schlessel, Lia Buman
Agent:     APA (Ketai)



Title:     Wayward Sons: Legends
Date:     Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Logline:     The story centers on two groups of diverse warring aliens, who crash-landed on earth thousands of years ago. With their unending fight, the groups end up inspiring humanity s every myth, legend and fairy tale, from Greeks gods to dragons to vampires to superheroes.
Genre:     Action , Family , Sci-Fi
Saletype:     Comic , Adaptation
Studio:     Warner Bros.
Production Company:     Lin Pictures, Red Giant Entertainment
Producer:     Dan Lin, Jon Silk, Isen Robbins, Aimee Schoof


Title:     The Brotherhood
Date:     Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Logline:     The true-life story revolves around two corrupt detectives, one working surreptitiously for the Luchese crime family and the other for the Gambino family. For years the men threw cases, scrapped evidence and even killed.
Writer:     Guy Lawson, William Oldham, Bill Dubuque
Genre:     Drama , Crime , Biography
Saletype:     Script , Novel , Adaptation
Studio:     Warner Bros.
Producer:     Dan Lin
More:     Bill Dubuque adapted Guy Lawson's and William Oldham's book. Jose Padilha attached to direct.



Title:     Ricky Stanicky
Date:     Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Logline:     Story begins when three teens pull a prank and burn down a house in their neighborhood. They create a fake person to take the blame: Ricky Stanicky. Twenty years later, it turns out the three guys have been using this alibi to get out of every uncomfortable situation in life. When their girlfriends and wives force them to set up a meeting with Stanicky, they hire an out-of-work actor to play the part.
Writer:     Jeff Bushell, Steve Oedekerk
Genre:     Comedy
Saletype:     Script , Rewrite
Studio:     Lionsgate
Executive Overseeing:     Erik Feig (LG), Jim Miller (LG)
Production Company:     Summit Entertainment, Smart Entertainment
Producer:     Michael De Luca, John Jacobs, Jeff Bushell, Michael Aguilar, Zac Unterman
More:     Steve Oedekerk attached to direct. Jim Carrey attached to star. Oedekerk to rewrite Bushell's screenplay.



Title:     Interstellar
Date:     Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Logline:     Story involves time travel and alternate dimensions and sees a group of explorers travel through a wormhole.
Writer:     Christopher Nolan, Jonathan Nolan
Genre:     Sci-Fi
Saletype:     Script
Studio:     Warner Bros., Paramount Pictures
Producer:     Christopher Nolan
More:     Anne Hathaway, Matthew McConaughey attached to star. Christopher Nolan attached to direct.



Title:     Pompeii
Date:     Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Logline:     Story of an enslaved Celtic gladiator who falls in love with a noblewoman on the eve of a massive volcanic eruption that destroys Pompeii, an event that also brings him face-to-face with the man who slaughtered his family years earlier.
Writer:     Lee Batchler, Janet Scott Batchler, Michael Robert Johnson, Julian Fellowes
Genre:     Action , Period , History
Saletype:     Script
Production Company:     FilmDistrict, Constantin Film, Impact
Producer:     Jeremy Bolt, Anderson, Robert Kulzer, Don Carmody, Peter Schlessel, Martin Moszkowicz, Jon Brown
More:     Kit Harington, Emily Browning, Kiefer Sutherland, Jared Harris and Carrie-Anne Moss attached to star. Paul W. S. Anderson attached to direct.



Title:     My Cross to Bear
Date:     Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Logline:     Story of legendary rock singer Gregg Allman.
Writer:     Gregg Allman, Alan Light, Randall Miller, Jody Savin
Genre:     Biography
Saletype:     Novel , Adaptation
Production Company:     Unclaimed Freight
Producer:     Randall Miller, Jody Savin, Brad Rosenberger
More:     Randall Miller attached to direct. Savin and Miller to adapt Allman and Light's novel.


Title:     Untitled
Date:     Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Logline:     Story of American and Chinese agents teaming up to pursue a common adversary hailing from the Balkans.
Genre:     Thriller , Action , Sci-Fi
Saletype:     Script
Production Company:     Legendary Pictures
More:     Michael Mann attached to direct. Chris Hemsworth attached to star.



Title:     Eden
Date:     Friday, March 29, 2013
Logline:     The story follows a family on the run, risking their lives to get to a free city via something called the Rail.
Writer:     Olatunde Osunsanmi
Genre:     Action , Sci-Fi
Saletype:     Script
Production Company:     Gold Circle
Producer:     Paul Brooks, Scott Niemeyer, Guy Danella
Agent:     CAA, Caliber Media (Osunsanmi)
Attorney:     Stuart Rosenthal (Osunsanmi)
More:     Olatunde Osunsanmi attached to direct.



Title:     Transcendence
Date:     Friday, March 29, 2013
Logline:     A man creates a computer program that develops an awareness.
Writer:     Jack Paglen
Genre:     Sci-Fi
Saletype:     Script
Production Company:     Alcon
Producer:     Johnny Depp, Christopher Nolan, Emma Thomas, Aaron Ryder, Marisa Polvino, Annie Marter, Kate Cohen, David Valdes, Broderick Johnson, Andrew Kosove
More:     Wally Pfister attached to direct. Johnny Depp, Kate Mara and Rebecca Hall attached to star.



Title:     Tomb Raider
Date:     Friday, March 29, 2013
Logline:     The story follows a daredevil archeologist on a series of global missions.
Genre:     Action , Adventure , Fantasy
Saletype:     Video Game , Adaptation
Studio:     MGM
Executive Overseeing:     Gary Barber
Production Company:     GK Films
Producer:     Graham King




Title:     Personal Demons
Date:     Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Logline:     The story centers on a teen girl with a special ability and caught in the midst of a love triangle between an angel and a demon.
Writer:     Lisa Desrochers
Genre:     Supernatural , Romance , Fantasy
Saletype:     Novel , Adaptation
Production Company:     Ineffable Pictures
Producer:     Raphael Kryszek, Jesse Israel



Title:     Bird Box
Date:     Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Logline:     The story centers on a blindfolded threesome comprised of a woman and two children who make their way down a river in a seemingly postapocalyptic setting.
Writer:     Josh Malerman
Genre:     Supernatural , Sci-Fi
Saletype:     Novel , Adaptation
Studio:     Universal Studios
Executive Overseeing:     Jon Mone
Production Company:     Bluegrass Films
Producer:     Scott Stuber, Chris Morgan, Barbara Muschietti, Ryan Lewis
Agent:     Ryan Lewis of Stone Canyon Media, Kristin Nelson of Nelson Literary Agency (Malerman)
Attorney:     Wayne Alexander of Alexander Lawrence Frumes & Labowitz, LLP (Malerman)
Price:     six figures
More:     Andy Muschietti attached to direct.




Title:     Nevermore
Date:     Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Logline:     The story centers on a couple who experience paranormal activity involving dead children when they move to an estate in Massachusetts.
Writer:     Dean C. Jones
Genre:     Thriller , Supernatural , Horror
Saletype:     Script
Production Company:     Café Oscure Films, Atlantic & Pacific Pictures
Producer:     Albert Dickerson, Michele Weisler, Starr Jones, Liliana Kligman
More:     Dean C. Jones attached to direct. Lance Henriksen, Jason Cook and Valerie Azlynn attached to star.
   

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