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Damien Chazelle
The major studios flocked to Las Vegas last week to show off the most promising projects within their upcoming slates at the annual convention known as CinemaCon. We’ve put together a few of the highlights from each studio’s presentation.
While some may watch the Super Bowl for the football, we were too distracted by all of the great trailers that dropped during the commercial breaks. Click here to see every trailer that aired during this year’s big game!
Whiplash star and director come together for a new musical project, La La Land — a modern take on the Hollywood musical.
Logline: Adapted from the book “First Man: A Life of Neil A. Armstrong” by James Hansen, the biopic follows the the life of Neil Armstrong, the first man to set foot on the moon.
A young jazz drummer yearns for musical perfection, but his dreams are constantly impeded by his tough as nails band conductor.
A young jazz drummer yearns for musical perfection, but his dreams are constantly impeded by his tough as nails band conductor.
Logline: Kept under wraps, but pitched as a high-concept, character-driven thriller.
Logline: Kept under wraps, but pitched as a high-concept, character-driven thriller.
Logline: A jazz musician and and actress fall in love, but see their relationship put to the test as they both pursue their dreams.
The top mentions for the 2013 Viewfinder Frames list!
A wunderkind pianist, riddled with debilitating stage fright, is forced by an unknown gunman to play without a single mistake at his first performance in five years, or both he and his wife will be killed.
Logline: A young jazz drummer yearns for musical perfection, but his dreams are constantly impeded by his tough as nails band conductor.
After the events of the first film, Nell tries to get her life back together in a New Orleans half-way house, but the demon that haunted her has not left yet.
After the events of the first film, Nell tries to get her life back together in a New Orleans half-way house, but the demon that haunted her has not left yet.
Hollywood’s “most liked†screenplays of 2012!
Logline: Based on the proof of concept teaser film written and directed by Chazelle. Under the director of a prestigious but borderline abusive instructor, a young college student begins to lose his humanity in his quest to become the core drummer of the top jazz orchestra in the country.
Logline: A wunderkind pianist, riddled with debilitating stage fright, is forced by an unknown gunman to play without a single mistake at his first performance in five years, or both he and his wife will be killed.
Logline: After the events of the first film, Nell tries to get her life back together in a New Orleans half-way house, but the demon that haunted her has not left yet.
Logline: A wunderkind pianist, riddled with debilitating stage fright, is forced by an unknown gunman to play without a single mistake at his first performance in five years, or both he and his wife will be killed.