STX Entertainment is furthering its expansion into the horror genre, picking up the possession thriller Salem Village. The pic will still see Marc Schmuger staying on to produce under his Global Produce banner.
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Follows three moms who embark on a quest to liberate themselves from their mundane, everyday chores, accidentally landing themselves on a collision course with their children’s school’s PTA president and her blindly devoted clique of “perfect” moms.
A young woman starts to show signs of possession. Desperate for the truth, the town’s elders put their faith into a man of science to uncover what is truly happening in Salem and put an end to the terrifying events plaguing the town.
Kept under wraps, but pitched as Wall Street meets Cocktail in tone.
Zac Efron is headed to Sin City. The actor is set to star in a Vegas-based drama, tentatively titled The Velocity of Money. While plot details are being kept tightly under wraps, it is being described as Wall Street meets Cocktail in tone.
Hailee Steinfeld is in talks to star in a coming-of-age drama for STX Entertainment. Previously titled Besties, the script made the 2011 Hit List and will be directed by writer Kelly Fremon Craig and produced by Academy Award-winner James L. Brooks.
Follows the first child born on Mars, who begins an online romance with a girl living in Colorado. Living in a secret, experimental colony, he begins a plan to find his way to Earth in order to meet her.
Martin Campbell is in negotiations to direct Jackie Chan in STX Entertainment’s action-thriller, formerly known as The Foreigner.
Kept under wraps, based on the characters in the Uglydoll toy line that debuted in 2001.
Logline: Sequel to the 2014 film based on the popular video game following a high stakes cross-country automobile race.
Logline: Based on the true story of Newton Knight, the leader of one of the greatest rebellions in Civil War history when he defected from the Confederate Army and banded together with a group of soldiers to form a state known as the Free State of Jones.
Logline: An American nanny is shocked that her new English family’s boy is actually a life-sized doll. After violating a list of strict rules, disturbing events make her believe that the doll is really alive.
Logline: Follows Roger Ebert and friend/collaborator Russ Meyer as they try and ultimately succeed to get “Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls” made.
Logline: While planning a bank heist, a thief gets trapped between two sets of criminals.
A legendary CIA spy and counterterrorism expert tells the spellbinding story of his high-risk, action-packed career, chronicling his role—in the battlefield and in the Oval Office—in transforming the way America wages war and sheds light on issues of domestic espionage.
Logline: The musical tale centers on an ambitious and unrelenting stage mother driven to turn her two daughters into Vaudeville stage stars, but only succeeds in pushing them out of her life.
Logline: The true story of Frank “The Irishman” Sheeran, assassin for the mob who is thought to have carried out more than 25 murders including that of Teamster boss Jimmy Hoffa.
Logline: In a world where humans and puppets coexist, with the puppets viewed as second-class citizens, someone is killing off the former puppet case of an 80’s TV series, and it’s up to one disgraced LAPD detective-turned-private eye puppet, to kick his drinking habit, and reteam with his former human partner, to solve the case.
Logline: A brother goes to great lengths to protect his younger sister from guys just like him.
