Oscar-winner Leonardo DiCaprio is set to star in and produce The Black Hand, a new film set up at Paramount Pictures based on the book of the same name by Stephan Talty. DiCaprio’s Appian Way banner will co-produce alongside The Gotham Group.
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Chronicles the true story of Bontinck, a former Belgian soldier, whose then 18-year-old son Jejoen became a radical Islamic and fled to Syria to join ISIS.
As the galaxy’s most fierce warrior, a humanoid teen masquerades as a senator’s daughter and a hostage of the galactic court.
TriStar Pictures has optioned the upcoming book by Albert Chen which details the scandal associated with the online sports betting industry. Leonardo DiCaprio’s Appian Way is set to produce with The Gotham Group.
Follows the scandal involving DraftKings and FanDuel, the daily fantasy sports sites that quickly amassed hundreds of millions of dollars before prosecutors from several states began coming down on them, saying the outfits should be defined as online gambling operations.
Best-selling author Stephan Talty is back on the rights market with a new work of historical non-fiction, The Black Hand. Set in turn-of-the-century New York, the book recounts the career of NYPD detective Joseph Petrosino, who helped take down the precursor to the Italian Mafia.
Set in turn-of-the-century New York and follows NYPD detective Joseph Petrosino. He was known as the “Italian Sherlock Holmes” for his clever sleuthing abilities and love of disguises.
Follows a behavioral psychologist writing what he means to be the definitive guide to women, dating, and sex.
The adaptation will follow a behavioral psychologist writing what he intends to be the definitive guide to women, dating, and sex.
Written by Victoria Schwab, the fantasy adventure takes place in a universe with multiple parallel London cities designated by color, some with magic, but all vastly different. A traveler-magician who covets the ability to hop between dimensions is forced to team up with an unlikely street thief to save all of the worlds from a growing threat.
Follows the true story of a man suspected of being a terrorist who has been incarcerated at a detention camp since 2002, without ever being charged with a crime or having the opportunity to defend himself in court.
Logline: Agent Garbo tells the story of a self made secret agent who matched wits with the best minds of the Third Reich… and won.
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