Well, it’s October, and that means the purported D-DAY for a WGA strike is approaching. There seem to be two very distinct camps in regards to the possibility of a writer’s strike. Some say the writers will walk out on either October 31st or November 1st. T-shirts have been sent out, writers have been prepped [...]
SHINING CITY
Representation: Silvie Rabineau (Rabineau Wachter Agency)
Written by: Seth Greenland
Book. A satire of contemporary life.
Hearing that MAN DATE is getting some heat… Premise tracked well, and is now going into several studios… Rudin taking Disney…
DUMA KEY
Representation: CAA
Written by: Stephen King
King’s latest opus. A construction worker is involved in a serious accident and almost dies, losing an arm. He moves to Duma Key, a strange little place in Florida, where the paintings he does to help with his depression, mysteriously affect the real world around him.
We are hearing that star Natalie Portman has signed a new producing deal with Participant Productions… Former Todd Phillip’s exec Annette Savitch will be her producing partner in the venture.
New Regency VP Alexa Amin, who was supervising numerous projects, will be leaving the company to go and work for Sony Feature Animation. And we are hearing that there will be more moves to come at New Regency.
SEVEN’s screenwriter Andrew Kevin Walker has a new one… Let the calls begin. And to see how versatile this writer is, check out his older original script OLD MAN JOHNSON.
PSYCHO KILLER
Representation: Chris Donnelly (Endeavor)
Written by: Andrew Kevin Walker.
Gavin Palone attached to produce. Into buyers.
Remember when we told you that NBC’s Ben Silverman was looking for the next Knight Rider (see Protected: JUST FOR SAL.)
Well, he’s just decided to actually do Knight Rider. Why imitate when you can dig into the vault and remake. We always loved KITT.
Does Benderspink sell every spec they take out? Sure seems like it sometimes. Call it whatever you want: great taste, good instincts, amazing connections — they just make it happen…period.
SENSEI, a hilarious concept first reported here earlier in the week, has sold to Summit Entertainment. See (Protected: PAINT THE FENCE.) for all of the info.
ANGER
Representation: David Saunders (APA)
Written by: Jack Bernstein
FALLING DOWN meets THE BRAVE. An angry man accidentally becomes a vigilante when he is diagnosed with a fatal disease.
PANDORA
Representation: Ken Freimann & Mike Eisner (WMA)
Written by: Karl Gajdusek
A bank robbery leaves seven dead in a small town, which is further decimated when the criminals are broken out of jail before they can be brought to justice.
THE NARROWS
Representation: Jim Strader (Quattro Media)
Written by: David Benullo & Jessica Doyle
In the vein of JAWS. Four college buddies spending their Spring Break on a houseboat at a Lake Havasu-like hotspot meet a trio of irresistably sexy women who they discover are actually Sirens from ancient myth, there to lure men to their watery deaths.