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Walter Hamada
New Line has emerged as the winner of a fierce battle between three studios for an untitled action-comedy vehicle for Dwayne Johnson, to be written by Dave Callaham and directed by Will Gluck.
Storyline being kept under wraps, but being described as a throwback buddy comedy in the vein of Lethal Weapon or Midnight Run.
Kept under wraps, but serves as a sequel to 2014’s Annabelle.
Sources confirm that Annabelle 2 is actively in development, with Gary Dauberman returning for another sinister outing. The Conjuring helmer James Wan is once again producing, while Dave Neustadter and Walter Hamada oversee for New Line.
New Line Cinema and the creator of Saw have signed on to produce Keith Donohue’s 2014 novel about an autistic boy who brings the monsters that he draws to life.
An autistic 10-year-old is locked away from most of the world due to his Asperger’s and agoraphobia. He does, however, have the gift of bringing anything he draws to life; unfortunately he only seems to draw monsters.
A crime writer wakes up in a hospital forty-eight hours after spending a weekend in an eerie glass house for her distant friend’s bachelor party, stricken with amnesia but armed with the bitter knowledge that someone is dead.
The Tracking Board exclusively reported on the hot novel last month, when several studios were making offers. We now can confirm that New Line won out, with Reese Witherspoon and Bruna Papandrea coming on to produce under their Pacific Standard banner.
The young actress continues her streak of choice roles over the last few years by nabbing the part of Francis O’Connor’s daughter in the upcoming The Conjuring sequel that will follow the story of the Enfield Poltergeist.
Actor Simon McBurney has joined The Conjuring 2. The cast already includes Francis O’Connor, Vera Farmiga, and Patrick Wilson, with the latter two reprising their roles as Lorraine and Ed Warren.
The critically acclaimed Vertigo comic, created by Brian Azzarello and Eduardo Risso, is the first adaptation to move forward at New Line after Warner Bros. transferred their DC Comics offshoot’s titles to the sibling studio.
Centers on Agent Graves, a man who gives people the opportunity to take action against a person who has ruined their lives by providing them with their aggressor’s identity, a gun, and a hundred rounds of untraceable ammunition.
Kept under wraps, but serves as a reboot of the iconic franchise featuring Freddy Krueger.
Plans are to scrap the lackluster 2010 reboot and start with a fresh new take. There’s no producer on board yet, but Orphan scribe David Leslie Johnson has been tapped to script. The new film will serve as a remake of the 1984 classic.
Logline: A social worker investigating the mysterious disappearances of two children discovers that her own family might also be in jeopardy.
Logline: Kept under wraps, but pitched as a story focusing on Christmas and the power of music.
Logline kept under wraps but centers on a massive coastal hurricane.
Logline: Kept under wraps.
Logline: Follows a boy who can call on the powers of an ancient Egyptian wizard in order to become a superhero.
Kept under wraps, but based on the work of real life paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren as they investigate the various claims of sinister poltergeist activity that occurred at a council house in Enfield, England during the late 1970s.
Logline: Follows a dying father who makes his three estranged sons promise they will work together to stop their younger sister from marrying her obnoxious fiancee.
Logline: When a girl is in a nearly fatal accident, she awakes in an underground lab with a bionic heart in her chest. Navigating through her new life, she uncovers the sinister truth behind those she trusted most, and the chilling secret of her family lineage.
Logline: Follows a detective that finds incriminating evidence that may implicate his wife at a murder scene, and he must uncover the mystery before anyone else can.
Logline: Kept under wraps.
Logline: A sixteen-year-old from a family of psychics is told that she will cause her true love to die, causing her to avoid boys completely, a task that becomes harder as she becomes older and more attracted to them.
Logline: Follows the life of Chris Paciello, the man who turned South Beach into one of the world’s party hotspots before going to jail for his connections to a Long Island murder.