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Comic Book CROSSHAIR lands at Summit

March 9, 2011

Summit Entertainment is in talks with Mandeville Films and Top Cow Productions to develop CROSSHAIR, the comic book by Marc Silvestri, Jeff Katz and Allan Jefferson.

Morgan Davis Foehl is adapting the comic book into a screenplay, which has been billed in town as 'BOURNE meets TAKEN'. 

The thriller is about a former CIA agent - now a suburban father - who learns that he has 48 hours until a program in his brain turns him into a killing machine bent on assassinating the president.  

CAA repped Top Cow, and WME's Mike Esola and Wirehouse's Jessica Jordan repped Foehl.  Mandeville's David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman will produce.  CROSSHAIR was originally announced as a Mandeville project in July 2010; the package with Foehl attached began making the rounds in January 2011.  

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IOTG Round-up - 9/28/10

September 28, 2010

Here's a roundup of the changes made to itsonthegrid.com over the past few days.  Links take you through to the IOTG page (subscription required).

New Projects

Specs

Hell's Pass, by David Parkin

Snow White and the Huntsmen by Evan Daugherty

Expulsion, by Gregg Hurwitz.  Sold to Warner Bros.

The Organ Tourist, by Yvette Bou

Resurrection Man, by John Heffernan and Jorge Saralegui

The Illuminati, by Mark Sevi

Unlocked, by Peter O'Brien.  Sold to Warner Bros.

OWA/ODA

Treasure Hunt (Independent)

Travis Steel (Universal)

Throttle (Independent)

Tetris (Independent)

The Super Always Rings Twice (Independent)

Other Projects

Brave (Pixar)

The Dark Divine (Independent)

The Lords of Salem (Independent)

Project Updates

Underworld 4:  cast and writer added.

Emily the Strange: cast added.

Family Getaway: spec sold to Warner Bros.

People/Company Updates

Writer Stephen Shiff is no longer repped by CAA, instead, he's repped by ICM.

Mark Roybal is now the President of Production at Indian Paintbrush.

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IOTG Round-up 9/8/10

September 8, 2010

Here's a round-up of the changes we made to the grid over the past few days.  Links take you through to the IOTG project page (subscription required).

New Projects

OWA/ODA

Tomorrowland (Disney)

Victorian Girl in London (Disney)

Vikings Pitch (Disney)

Wouldn't It Be Nice (Disney)

King of the Elves (Disney)

Of All the Things (Warner Bros.)

Psi-Ops (Warner Bros.)

Revenge of the Jocks (Warner Bros.)

Revolver (Warner Bros.)

Facebook Romance (CBS Films)

WWKD (Columbia)

Other Projects

We're the Millers (New Line)

Mulan (Independent)

Project Updates

Unique: writers added.

The Secret Lives of Road Crews: now POWA, executives added.

Judge Dredd: cast added.

People/Company Updates

Brian Lynch signed an overall deal with Illumination Entertainment.

Lisa Gutberlet was promoted to VP of Distribution at Myriad Pictures.

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IOTG Round-up 9/1/10

September 1, 2010

Here's a list of the changes we've made to the grid over the past few days.  Links take you through to the IOTG project page (subscription required).

New Projects

Specs

The Game, by Christine Brighton

OWA/ODA

Why Men Love Bitches (Independent)

New Cool (Miramax)

Cold Rush (Participant)

Untitled Nuclear College Project (Participant)

Undergods (Sony Pictures Animation)

Untitled Bruce Lee Project (Spyglass)

Other Projects

Unforgiven (GK Films)

A Boyfriend for My Wife (Warner Bros.)

I Love You Phllip Morris (Independent)

Untitled Sheldon Turner and Andrew Panay Project (Independent)

Project Updates

Mission Impossible 4: cast added.

Agent ZigZag: development priority changed.

The Legend of Santa Claus: director added.

Safe Haven: now OWA

Kashmir: now OWA

The Intruder: status updated.

Final Destination 5: producers and cast added.

People/Company Updates

Management company Authentic expanded.

Stefan Sonnenfeld has a new company at Paramount.

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IOTG Round-up - 8/19/10

August 19, 2010

Here's a list of changes we've made to the grid over the past few days.  Links take you through to the IOTG project pages (subscription required).

 

New Projects

 

OWA/ODA

7 Minutes in Heaven (Paramount)

 

 

Other Projects

 

Wednesday (DreamWorks)

Tower Heist (Universal)

Drive (Independent)

Safe (Independent)

Triple Nine (Warner Bros.)

ISOPOD (Independent)

Lola Versus (Fox Searchlight)

 

Project Updates

The Kid Table: writer added.

Will: status updated.

My Mother's Curse: director and cast added, status updated.

World War Z: cast added, status updated.

The Vow: cast added.

The Courier: producer and production companies added.

Slide: cast, director, producer and production company added.

Tomorrow: cast added.

Young Adult: production company added.

Incarceron: writers added, production company changed.

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: producers added.

Gravity: producer and production company added.

The Hangover 2: production companies added.

I'm.mortal: cast and producer added.

The Lucky One: writer and cast added.

Man on a Ledge: writers added.

Mr. Popper's Penguins: writer and director added, no longer ODA.

 

People/Company Updates

Alexandra Loewy moved from Unique Films to Red Wagon..

Jessie Henderson is now CE at Chernin.

Hugh Jackman and John Palermo dissolved Seed Productions.  Palermo started Palermo Productions and is bringing former Seed exec Allan Mandelbaum along.

 

 

 

 

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IOTG Round-up - 8/18/10

August 18, 2010

Here's a list of changes we made to the grid over the past few days.  Links take you through to the IOTG project pages (subscription required).

New Projects

New Specs

Wedding Season, by Bob Castrone, Brian Levin, and Jason Zumwalt

Other Projects

The Courier (Independent)

Freedom (Scott Rudin)

Gates of Eden (Independent)

The Big Valley (Twentieth Century Fox)

Daddy's Home (Paramount)

Untitled Jon Lucas/Scott Moore Project (DreamWorks)

License to Steal (Paramount)

Project Updates

The Girl withe the Dragon Tattoo: cast added.

Justin Bieber Biopic: director added.

The Garden of Betrayal: writer added.

Batman 3: producer and production company added.

CN9: logline, producer, production company, and directors added.

Max Steel: status updated.

Baywatch: status updated.

I Want to ______ Your Sister: logline changed, status updated.

Safari: writer added.

Star Trek 2: status updated.

Release: The Jack Ryan Story: director and cast added, status updated.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: status updated.

What Men Want: now OWA

When Corruption Was King: status updated.

People/Company Updates

Jay Polidoro is now CE at Universal, formerly Pam Abdy's assistant at Stuber Productions.

Daria Cercek is now CE at Twentieth Century Fox, formerly CE at Stuber Productions.

Jeremy Kramer, formerly partner at Red Hour Films, is now EVP of Production at Twentieth Century Fox.

Dana Goldberg is overseeing development and production at Skydance Productions, which now has a co-financing deal with Paramount.

Jon Cohen, formerly at The Donners Company, is now VP, Development & Production at 1821 Pictures.

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It’s On the Grid Round-up — 6/25/2010

June 25, 2010

Here's
a roundup of the additions and changes we made to the IOTG database over the
past couple of days. Links take you through to specific IOTG pages (subscription required).

New
Projects Added to the Grid: 

Specs


Hell To Pay, by the Parlapanides brothers (Sold to
Mandate by WME)

Ion, by Will Dunn (Sold to Fox 2000 by WME;
originally went out in May 2009)

Step Dawg, by Jeff Tetreault (Sold to Morgan Creek
Productions by WME)

Cool Moons, by Allan Pell and John Fisher

Ness/Capone, by Grant Pierce Myers

[Note:  Sold specs are in bold]



Open
Writing and Directing Assignments

 Priceless (GK Films)

 The Martian Chronicles (Davis Entertainment Company)



Other
Projects in Development

Twelve
Strangers (Universal Pictures)

Untitled M.
Night Shyamalan Mystery Project (not set-up)


Elliot
Allagash (Independent)

Fly Me to the Moon (Fox
2000)

Fifty-Nine in '84 (Film
rights sale)

The Down Home Zombie Blues (Film
rights sale)

Tenn  (Infinity Films)

We Bought a Zoo (Twentieth Century Fox)

Great Hope Springs (Mandate Pictures)

Broken City (Mandate Pictures)

A Dolphin's Tale (Warner Bros. Pictures)



Project
Updates:

As She Climbed Across the Table: Director added.

Avon Man: Project status updated: Packaging.

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules: Project status updated: Packaging.

Judge Dredd: Project status updated: Packaging.

Dream On: Project status updated: Packaging.

Horrible Bosses: Project status updated: Packaging.

Arthur: Project status updated: Packaging.

The Lucky One: Project status updated: Packaging.

A Star is Born: Project status updated: Packing.

Sherlock Holmes 2: Project status updated: Packaging.

Motor City: Project status updated: Packaging.



People/Company
Updates/Additions:

Ashwin Rajan promoted to
President of Production at Night Chronicles.

Ben Shiffrin, formerly at Ozla, in transition.

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Horn: Paramount to launch micro-budget movie division

December 10, 2009

Fresh off its stunning "Paranormal Activity" success — a $15,000 thriller that has grossed more than $107 million in its domestic release with little paid advertising — Paramount Pictures is set to launch a new production business for movies budgeted at less than $100,000.

The as-yet-unnamed division plans to finance as many as 20 "micro-budget" movies annually starting in 2010, according to people familiar with the studio's plans who spoke on condition of anonymity because the formal announcement has not been made. A current Paramount executive will run the business, but the selection has not yet been revealed  publicly. Funds for the movies — no more than $2 million total annually — will be part of Paramount's existing production budget. The division does not plan to acquire completed movies at film festivals and markets.

via latimesblogs.latimes.com

Rumors of this new "micro-budget" division at Paramount went around a couple of weeks ago, but I still don't understand how under-$100k movies get made at a studio.  Hopefully John Horn will elaborate next time he appears on "The Business" with Kim Masters (the KCRW radio show that you should be downloading from KCRW.com or iTunes if you're not already).

Thoughts?

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New Project: Seven figure deal for Sacha Baron Cohen pitch

November 6, 2009

After making movies out of all three characters he created for "Da Ali G Show," Sacha Baron Cohen has created a production company to generate scripted comic vehicles for himself.

Baron Cohen has formed Four By Two Films, and has gotten his production shingle off to a rousing start with a spec pitch auction that saw Columbia Pictures spend seven-figures to beat out two other studios for an untitled vehicle for him. 

Baron Cohen will write the script with Ant Hines, Peter Baynham and Dan Mazer., the quartet scripted both “Borat” and “Bruno,” getting an Oscar nom for the former.

via weblogs.variety.com

Click through to the Variety.com article — lots of good details on a number of topics. We'll get it all into the grid tomorrow, too.

P.S.  Interesting term, "spec pitch auction."  I get it, but it took me a second to realize the above guys hadn't written the script already.

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