Benderspink‘s JC Spink and CAA‘s Martin Spencer and Adam Kanter are out with MONEY PLANE, a pitch from Douglas Cook and David Weisberg.
New spec: THE SAMURAI
September 27, 2011
Gavin O’Connor and Michael J. Wilson‘s action spec THE SAMURAI is out from Spencer Baumgarten and Jack Whigham at CAA.
New spec: WORST BEST MAN
September 27, 2011
Owen Egerton, Chris Mass, and Russell Sharman‘s spec WORST BEST MAN is out from Jason Burns at UTA and Emily Rose and Dawn Saltzman at Mosaic.
Exec Moves
September 27, 2011
There’s been quite a bit of exec movement in the last week or so. Get your Rolodexes (aka Google contacts) out, and be prepared to do some editing.
Couper Samuelson, previously at Weston Pictures, is now EVP, Production at Blumhouse. His former colleage Ryan Horrigan is the new Director of Development at New Regency.
Brooke Breton is now a senior production exec at Illumination Entertainment. Kit Giordano, previously VP at Red Hour, is the new DoD at Illumination, and Kristin Wong-Ward has been promoted to CE.
Elishia Holmes, previously of GK Films, is now at Scott Free.
Heather Hutt has left Gunn Films, where she was CE.
WANTED 2 Wanted Some Writers…and It Got Them.
September 27, 2011
Derek Haas and Michael Brandt have been hired to write WANTED 2, the sequel to the 2008 Angelina Jolie action flick. They wrote the original, and are back for round two.
Lionsgate Acquires DEAD ISLAND Rights
September 27, 2011
Back in February, we reported that The Sean Daniel Company is attached to produce the adaptation of the zombie video game DEAD ISLAND. Now, Lionsgate has acquired the rights to project (no confusion this time, either). Friends of IOTG Sarah Perlman and Jason Brown will co-produce and exec produce, respectively.
New spec: TAKE YOUR KID TO WORK DAY
September 27, 2011
Sarah Self at WME and Noah Rosen at Circle of Confusion are out with TAKE YOUR KID TO WORK DAY by Robbie Chafitz and Joe Gazzam.
Film rights: THE GRIFF
September 27, 2011
Caren Bohrman at The Bohrman Agency is into studios with THE GRIFF, a graphic novel by Christopher Moore and Ian Corson. Hearing a director is circling the project.
Exec Move: Elishia Holmes
September 27, 2011
Former Warner Bros. and GK Films exec Elishia Holmes is now at Scott Free.
Zach Galifianakis to join Steve Carell in BURT WONDERSTONE?
September 27, 2011
Sources tell us that Zach Galifianakis has been offered the role of Anton, Burt Wonderstone’s “longtime friend and partner” in New Line’s BURT WONDERSTONE. Don Scardino is directing; Steve Carell is playing Burt.
