Browsing: Fox Searchlight
Holliday Grainger is set to join Rachel Weisz and Sam Claflin in the Fox Searchlight picture My Cousin Rachel. The film is based on the novel by Daphne Du Maurier.
Pablo Trapero has officially been tapped to take the reins of The Man in the Rockefeller Suit for Fox Searchlight Pictures. The Argentinian filmmaker recently received the Goya Award for best Ibero-American Film for El Clan.
Stone was initially attached, but originally had to bow out due to scheduling conflicts. Brie Larson was approached to fill the role, but now Stone has come back into the fold. Stone will star as tennis pro Billie Jean King in the sports drama, opposite Steve Carell as Bobby Riggs.
Eileen Dunlop divides her days between caring for her alcoholic father and dealing with juvenile delinquents as a secretary at a boy’s prison, but things get interesting when a new co-worker, Rebecca Saint John, starts to get her out of her rut.
Fox Searchlight has teamed with Scott Rudin to pick up one of the summer’s hottest mystery reads. The taut, suspenseful Eileen has been favorably compared to Gone Girl and has been pitched as The Girl on the Train meets To Die For.
A feature film adaptation of Ravi Patel’s documentary about his family pressuring him to get married and start a family.
Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson are set to star in The Homeless World Cup from Fox Searchlight Pictures, based on the incredible true story of the annual tournament which helps itinerant people worldwide change their lives through the game of soccer.
Taking over the part originally played by Richard Burton in the first film adaptation of this novel, Sam Claflin is planning to take care of Rachel Weisz in this new remake from Roger Michell.
The film, a remake of the 1952 classic, follows an orphan who plots to to enact vengeance against a beautiful woman who he believes murdered his guardian, but finds his plans complicated when he falls for her.
Based on the true story of Alfred Dellentash Jr, a pilot and music producer who flew acts like the Rolling Stones and the Grateful Dead in lavish private jets, all while serving as one of the key drug smuggler’s in Pablo Escobar’s empire and partner to crime boss Salvatore Ruggiero.
Lucas Ochoa and Thomas Benski are producing the crime/drama for Pulse Films, while David Greenbaum will oversee for Fox Searchlight. Based on a true story, the pic follows the life of pilot, music producer, and drug smuggler Alfred Dellentash Jr.
Co-starring Steve Carell, the upcoming biopic, BATTLE OF THE SEXES, was set to star Emma Stone as Billie Jean King, the 1973 female tennis pro who defeated a male former Wimbledon champion.
Kept under wraps, but pitched as Wall-E meets Splash.
Horror maestro and visionary genius Guillermo Del Toro has another surprising project cooking in the pipeline. Fox Searchlight is producing the untitled original story, which is being kept very tightly under wraps.
Pitched as Argo meets Hotel Rwanda, centering on the 1981 rescue of Ethiopian Jews and their relocation to Israel.
Based on Barry Martin’s memoir and the true story of a elderly homeowner who resisted a developer’s offers, and had a mall built around her house.
An all-American success of a woman – astronaut and all – comes home from space to her perfect family and American dream life only to go completely crazy.
Logline: When a respected biographer falls on hard times, she turns to counterfeiting the letters of deceased writers and celebrities in order to pay her rent.
Logline: Follows a blind French girl and a German boy whose paths collide in Nazi-occupied France as they both try to survive the devastation of World War II.
While on a ski trip in the Alps, a family has a close call with a dangerous avalanche, which changes their family dynamic and relationships forever.
An otherworldly love story set against the backdrop of Cold War era America circa 1963.
Logline: An all-American success of a woman – astronaut and all – comes home from space to her perfect family and American dream life only to go completely crazy.
A round-up of today’s distribution sales, deals, and awards at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival.
A round-up of today’s distribution sales at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival.
The “Amazing Spider-Man 2” director tackles less super fare.
Logline: A man fights for custody of his brilliant niece against his mother, who believes the girl is not living up to her potential.
Logline: Revolves around a seemingly ordinary Texas family who pulled off two bold heists before they were caught attempting a third.
Logline: Kept under wraps but based on the experiences of freed POW Bowe Bergdahl.
A group of men and women find love and friendship when they join a hiking club for seniors.