Guillermo del Toro announced today on the OneRing.net — the official Middle Earth sounding board — that he's stepped out of the directing assignment on the two film versions of JRR Tolkien's The Hobbit, though he will continue to collaborate as a writer.
via www.deadline.com
Click through to read the full Mike Fleming article. Peter Jackson's not taking over as director, apparently.
Who would you like to see direct this?
Family comedy, to be produced by 21 Laps, with Kaplan/Perrone (who rep the writer, whose credits include "Made of Honor" and "Due Date") executive producing. Charlie Ferraro at (UTA) made the deal.
Here's the IOTG page.
Here's the tracking-board.com post.
Still catching up from last week. Summit bought this on Wednesday last week from WME's Mike Esola and Smart Management's John Jacobs. It's a comedy, with James Franco attached to star.
Click here for the IOTG page.
Click here for the tracking-board.com post.
My family and I moved out of our house last week, which had a predictable effect on the number of posts I put up here and on www.lifeonthebubble.com. I cranked out my Spec Market Scorecard, and the team updated the database over at www.itsonthegrid.com with its usual aplomb, but I really fell behind otherwise. I'm going to do some catch up posts on LOTB, and this post is a wrap up of the spec activity I missed last week, in alphabetical order by project, and not including a spec sale that I'll post separately. There were a couple other specs that I captured in separate posts on Monday in addition to the below.
The Drake Incident, by Kristen Elms
Here's the IOTG page.
Here's the tracking-board.com post.
Notes: Psychological thriller. Hit the boards Tuesday the 18th.
The Forbidden City, by George Strayton
Here's the IOTG page.
Here's the tracking-board.com post.
Notes: Adventure comedy. Hit the boards Monday the 17th.
Funemployment, by Jay Arnold
Here's the IOTG page.
Here's the tracking-board.com post.
Notes: Comedy. Hit the boards Friday the 21st.
Leonardo, by Jonny Kurzman
Here's the IOTG page.
Here's the tracking-board.com post.
Notes: Action adventure in the vein of "Sherlock Holmes." Hit the boards Wednesday the 19th, and all territories had been assigned by Thursday the 20th.
Peter And The Wolf, by Paul Busenitz
Here's the IOTG page.
Here's the tracking-board.com post.
Notes: Thriller in the vein of "Disturbia." Hit the boards Monday the 17th. Went directly to buyers.
Represent, by Todd Serlin
Here's the IOTG page.
Here's the tracking-board.com post.
Notes: Drama. Hit the boards Wednesday the 19th.
I've been basically off the grid for the past several days so I'm not sure if this has been widely circulated, but Ed Fee got promoted last week from CE to Director of Development at di Bonaventura Pictures. Congratulations, Ed!
As of Tuesday this week (May 25), Karen Rosenfelt's Sunswept Entertainment will be based on the Fox lot. Here's their new details:
Sunswept Entertainment
10201 W. Pico Blvd.
Bldg. 45
Los Angeles, CA 90064
310.369.0878 t
310.969.0726 f
Horror thriller, hit the boards this morning.
Click here for the IOTG page.
Click here for the tracking-board.com post.
