Greg Silverman has been named to the newly created position of Executive Vice President, Creative Development and Production, Warner Bros. Pictures, it was announced today by Jeff Robinov, President, Warner Bros. Pictures Group.
via www.deadline.com
Congratulations to Greg Silverman. If you're an IOTG subscriber, you can click through to see the projects Greg's shepherding at Warner Bros.
Genre: Action
Premise: A Colombian Drug Cartel declares war on Los Angeles when Zack Callahan, a disgraced cop who now works as a forensics technician for the LAPD, singlehandedly discovers the Cartel’s 2.4 billion dollar “Cash Mountain”. Zack reclaims his badge and his gun as he struggles to save Los Angeles from the mercenaries sent to destroy the city and reclaim the money.
About: I would venture to guess this was written in 1989 or 1990. I am not certain. But this is what I do know: Jonathan Lemkin has written for “Hill Street Blues”, “21 Jump Street”, and “Beverly Hills 90210”. He wrote the screenplays for “The Devil’s Advocate”, “Lethal Weapon 4”, and “Red Planet”. He also adapted the Stephen Hunter novel “Point of Impact”, released as the Mark Wahlberg vehicle, “Shooter”. Interestingly, he wrote a modern-day time-travelling werewolf Western called “Howl” that he was going to direct for Warner Brothers. To which Roger asks, what happened to this project and can I read the script, please?
Writer: Jonathan Lemkin
I'd watch this movie. You?
UPDATE 11/30/2009: Per TrackingB.com (see links below): Sold to Summit and Participant for low to mid six figures. Click through either of the below links for additional updated info (agents, genre, logline, managers, etc.).
Not a lot of details yet, but it's on the grid, and trackingb.com is on the case as well with a couple of tidbits.
Genre: Sorror (sorta horror)
Premise: When a group of people get holed up in a remote lodge during a blizzard, they must figure out a way to survive after they begin spontaneously bursting.
About: Neil Marshall, the director of sharp horror gem, “The Descent” is going back to his roots after his disappointing post-apocalyptic reimagining of Mad Max, “Doomsday.” Sam Raimi’s Ghost House Pictures will produce. And if there was any doubt at all, “Burst” will be shot in 3-D.
Writer: Gary Dauberman
via scriptshadow.blogspot.com
I'd be interested to hear your thoughts on this script. The link is still up as I write this (click through to Carson's site, scroll down). I like the writer's voice, the script is definitely not badly written, but…well, you'll see what I mean. Let's discuss in the comments.
For those of you wondering what’s happening with the next iteration of Superman, which has been stalled for years now since the Bryan Singer 2006 revamp Superman Returns was deemed not entirely worthy, I have the answer.
via blogs.indiewire.com
Nice wrap-up by Anne Thompson - click through for the full story. If you don't already subscribe to her RSS or Twitter feeds (she tweets often throughout every day), you should.
I found the link to download an early, developers' version of Chrome for Mac from Google.
via www.lifeonthebubble.com
This browser rocks.
Got a notice from Amazon this morning that a new Kindle 2 operating system was available, which includes native support for PDFs. Now, I've loved my Kindle since getting it as a birthday present this year, but was disappointed by how badly the software messed up the industry standard screenplay format.
Problem solved. Files that get saved directly as PDFs out of the screenplay or word processing software seem to work best — they are very readable in portrait mode and look even better in landscape mode. Scans of scripts aren't big enough in portrait mode for comfortable reading, but in landscape mode they work fine.
I had to go to Amazon's Kindle site and download the software manually to get it this morning. Amazon says Kindles will update themselves automatically over the next couple of weeks. If you're flying somewhere tonight for the weekend, take a minute to manually download the software and install it before you bounce. Then email all those scripts you don't really want to lug on the plane to your Kindle account and you're good to go.
The new software couldn't have been more perfectly timed: I've got a very full script bag with my name on it this holiday weekend.
Since you've got nothing else to do today, check out the Turkey List, by The Hollywood Roaster. I have to admit, I would totally see "Stacked."
Genre: Independent Drama
Premise: Recently released from the nuthouse, Roger Greenberg moves into his vacationing brother’s home, where he befriends the nanny, who’s 15 years younger than him.
About: From the writer/director of The Squid And The Whale and Margot at The Wedding comes "Greenberg," Noah Baumbach’s latest film.
Writer: Noah Baumbach
Genre: Contained Thriller
Premise: A group of nuclear holocaust survivors get caught in a bomb shelter and quickly begin to turn on each other.
About: Mandate Pictures won a bidding war for Karl Mueller’s spec script "Shelter" back in 2007. While the project seems stuck in development hell, this is a great reminder how to spin work from your sales/almost sales. Producers Ross Dinerstein, Darryn Welch, and Tony Krantz needed a scribe for their similarly-themed “The Fallout,” to be directed by Hitman helmer Xavier Gens. So they went to the man who proved he understood the territory.
Writer: Karl Mueller
via scriptshadow.blogspot.com
