WITT HAS THE WIT.
Thursday, May 31st, 2007Former Laura Ziskin Productions VP, Renee Witt, has join The Weinstein Company as a VP and will be using her great development chops to oversee and develop numerous projects. Congrats Renee.
Former Laura Ziskin Productions VP, Renee Witt, has join The Weinstein Company as a VP and will be using her great development chops to oversee and develop numerous projects. Congrats Renee.
CAIN
Representation: Dean Schramm (The Jim Preminger Agency)
Written by: David Benullo
Supernatural horror/thriller. Unleashed after thousands of years of banishment from earth for slaying his brother Abel, the biblical murderer Cain returns with a vengeance.
THE BODY
Representation: Doug Maclaren & Ava Lonstcharitsch (ICM)
Written by: Steve Antin
Murder mystery thriller in the vein of DISTURBIA.
Sounds like an intriguing package…
THE LAKE
Representation: Sheryl Petersen (APA)
Written by: John Raffo & Robert Harmon
Robert Harmon also attached to direct. DEAD CALM in the snow.
This one has a great lead role for a Seth Rogen type.
THE CHAPERONE
Representation: David Boxerbaum (APA)
Written by: Dan Stoller
A nerdy older brother is a chaperone to his sister for a party when their parents are out, but when he loses her, he must find her before the folks return. ADVENTURES IN BABYSITTING meets UNCLE [...]
Hearing this is going in everywhere (Marc Platt into Universal, Mayhem into Disney) and building some heat… fun concept.
WITH THIS RING
Written by: Ty King
Rom-com. A guy discovers that whenever he takes off his wedding ring, he enters a world where he never married or even met his wife… But when he loses the ring and is [...]
NBC’s President of Entertainment Kevin Reilly will be exiting the network in a shake-up that will see Reveille’s Ben Silverman take the reins — At least Reilly leaves with millions in severance and a great track record… THE OFFICE and HEROES have really distinguished themselves.
XBOY
Representation: Mickey Freiberg (Acme Talent & Lit Agency)
Written by: Patricia Meyer
A guy falls hard for a woman but struggles to overcome her kid who has broken up all of her past relationships.
Ross Siegel, the go-to comedy exec at GUY WALKS INTO THE BAR for the last three years, will be moving on and joining the great team being assembled at MGM’s direct to dvd unit headed up by Jason Weiss. We wish him well.
We are hearing that New Line is the frontrunner for the period picture written by John Logan that Michael Mann will direct, and that is set to star Leonardo Dicaprio. Word has it they have ponied up the money for this large budget picture (over 100 mil). Story is a 1930’s noir drama centered around a Hollywood private eye [...]
It’s been a little slow leading up to Memorial Day Weekend… I guess some people took off a little early… The official closings list has the top agencies and studios taking an official or unofficial half day (off at 1PM) this Friday, and an official full day off on Monday… So, be well until then, and enjoy [...]
This one sounds like it has a great lead role for one of many leading comedy men.
THE VAULT
Representation: Bethany Stirdivant
Written by: Aaron Pfeffer & Paul Feinstein
The world’s most irresponsible man must pose as THE VAULT, a genius with a photographic memory who is used to store secret government information.