Congratulations to friend of IOTG Christopher Cosmos on his promotion to Creative Executive at Benderspink.
Spec sale: BORROWING GIRLS
June 30, 2011
David Schickler‘s psychosexual thriller BORROWING GIRLS sold to Sidney Kimmel Entertainment. Shari Smiley at CAA and Jim Garavente at The Gotham Group repped the sale.
Spec sale: INTO DARKNESS
June 30, 2011
INTO DARKNESS, Tony Giglio & Branden Morgan‘s sci-fi adaptation of Joseph Conrad‘s Heart of Darkness, sold to Radar Pictures. New Wave‘s Josh Adler & Mike Goldberg repped the sale with Principato Young and Paradigm. Peter Cornwell is attached to direct.
Spec sale: CRISTO, by Ian Shorr
June 30, 2011
Ian Shorr‘s CRISTO, “a futuristic take on The Count of Monte Cristo” according to Variety, sold to Warner Bros. for Kevin McCormick’s Langley Park to produce. Friend of IOTG John Zaozirny is exec producing with partner Bobby Sabelhaus. UTA and Benderspink‘s Langley Perer repped the sale.
KING OF THE ELVES Gets a Scribe
June 30, 2011
In super magical news, Michael Markowitz has been hired to write Disney‘s adaptation of the Philip K. Dick story KING OF THE ELVES. And nothing says magic like the holidays, so expect a holiday 2013 release.
Pitch sale: SHADOW RUNNER
June 30, 2011
Sony acquired SHADOW RUNNER, a Hossein Amini pitch that will be a vehicle for Chris Hemsworth. Contrafilm will produce.
Spec sale: SINGULARITY
June 29, 2011
UPDATE: It’s official - the project sold to Sony. CAA-repped the project, which was co-written by Emmerich and Harald Kloser. The studio set a release date for 5/17/2013.
11:30am:
Columbia is thisclose to acquiring SINGULARITY, Roland Emmerich‘s latest sci-fi script.
DEVIL Rumors A-Swirling
June 29, 2011
Rumors are swirling that Johnny Depp tops Warner Bros.’ list for Michael Gillo‘s adaptation of CARTER BEATS THE DEVIL. The studio is also out to directors.
Pitch sale: SWEAR TO GOD
June 29, 2011
Alan Cohen and Alan Freedland‘s comedy pitch SWEAR TO GOD sold to Warner Bros. Will Ferrell is attached to star.
