Archive for May, 2007

WITT HAS THE WIT.

Thursday, May 31st, 2007

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.   

OH BROTHER.

Thursday, May 31st, 2007

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 NEXT STAND BY ME?

Wednesday, May 30th, 2007

THE BODY
Representation: Doug Maclaren & Ava Lonstcharitsch (ICM)
Written by: Steve Antin
Murder mystery thriller in the vein of DISTURBIA.

APA IS HOPPING.

Wednesday, May 30th, 2007

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.

THE SPEC ACTION RESUMES…

Wednesday, May 30th, 2007

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 [...]

SPEC CONCEPT OF THE WEEK.

Tuesday, May 29th, 2007

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 [...]

LEAVING THE OFFICE.

Sunday, May 27th, 2007

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. 

HEARTBREAK KID.

Thursday, May 24th, 2007

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.

GUY WALKS INTO MGM.

Thursday, May 24th, 2007

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.  

NEW… LEONARDO.

Thursday, May 24th, 2007

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 [...]

LONG WEEKEND.

Wednesday, May 23rd, 2007

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 [...]

NEW BETHANY STIRDIVANT SPEC.

Tuesday, May 22nd, 2007

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.