MRC and Red Hour Films are partnering on LE MAC, a remake of the French comedy, set to be a vehicle for Ed Helms. The project is based on a pitch by Johnny Rosenthal, who’s repped by Paradigm and Apostle.
Pitch sale: UNTITLED MILEY CYRUS COMEDY
August 2, 2011
Paramount purchased a pitch from UTA/Anonymous Content-repped writers Jack Angelo and Sam Brown, as a vehicle for starlet Miley Cyrus. Cyrus’s Hope Town Entertainment and Panay Films will produce the comedy.
Pitch sale: Untitled Strauss-Schulson/Galletta Action Comedy
July 28, 2011
Just what we were craving - a new action comedy from Todd Strauss-Schulson, the director of the upcoming HAROLD AND KUMAR movie. New Line picked up the pitch, which was co-developed by Chris Galletta, who will write the script.
Pitch sale: NUTCRACKER
July 26, 2011
Chernin‘s Peter Chernin and Dylan Clark are attached to produce a NUTCRACKER pitch from Jon Gunn and John Mann. The project had been sitting at Chernin since the beginning of the year, and has now sold to Universal. WME and Mosaic rep Gunn and Mann.
Pitch sale: UNTITLED ROGEN EFRON COMEDY PROJECT
July 23, 2011
So what if Universal‘s latest pitch pickup sounds remarkably like an updated OLD SCHOOL? Zac Efron‘s attached, and he carried in the re-imagining of BIG, aka 17 AGAIN. Add Seth Rogen to the mix, and it’s sure to be a charmer. CAA-repped Andrew Cohen and Brendan O’Brien will write the script.
Pitch sale: THE VANGUARD
July 13, 2011
It’s a great day for Chris Boal. His Julius Caesar pitch sold to Warner Bros. earlier today, and now the studio picked up his viking pitch THE VANGUARD, for Atlas to produce. TRUE BLOOD’s Alexander Skarskgard is attached to star and produce. Kudos to friends of IOTG Andy Horwitz who brought the pitch into Atlas, and Madhouse Entertainment, who rep Boal.
Pitch sale: Untitled Spike Jonze/Charlie Kaufman Project
July 13, 2011
Warner Bros. and Annapurna are partnering on an untitled pitch from Spike Jonze and Charlie Kaufman, said to be a political satire. The pitch made the rounds last December.
Pitch sale: UNTITLED GAIUS JULIUS CAESAR PITCH
July 13, 2011
Warner Bros. acquired an untitled action epic chronicling Gaius Julius Caesar, from writer Chris Boal and director Jonathan Liebesman. Thunder Road will produce the project. CAA handled the sale.
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.
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.
