Browsing: Aaron Kaplan
Story details are being kept under wraps but described as a psychological thriller spec for the Time’s Up era.
Narnia. Hogwarts. Neverland. All magical places that mortals can travel to and marvel at the strange creatures and wonders not seen in our world. But what if a door to a magical land was discovered and instead of pure hearted adventures, a man saw an opportunity to charge a fortune for an exclusive private game reserve where you can “bag” a magical creature.
Ten years after graduating from a school of magic, a down-on-her-luck witch is working at Dunkin’ Donuts and lamenting old romances when a high school reunion-gone-wrong makes her the last hope to stop a couple of witch supremacists from world domination.
A beloved Colorado lawman who lives by his own version of the truth is headed for prison. Before he gets there, he escapes custody. A young female sheriff who still believes in right and wrong must go it alone chasing him through the rugged Colorado wilderness.
Following the tragic and unexpected death of his wife on their wedding day, a young man finds himself devastated and unable to move on with his life. But when he discovers his beloved wife alive and well beside him on their four-year anniversary, he must come to grips with which reality he is in fact living.
A look at the criminal justice and private prison system, told from the perspectives of a new inmate, a correctional officer, and a Wall Street hotshot.
In 1824, wrongfully imprisoned ROBERT GREENHILL must partner with notorious murderer ALEXANDER PEARCE to escape a brutal penal colony and survive the treacherous Tasmanian wilds… but as their adventure takes increasingly darker turns, Greenhill begins to suspect he may become Pearce’s next victim. Based on a true story.
Two high school friends struggle to see eye-to-eye after pulling off an unbelievable heist – the theft of Guy Fieri’s Lamborghini.
A man wakes up on an airplane, with no idea how he got there, and find that all the passengers are unconscious and a terrorist attack is in progress.
The unknown true story of Gino Bartali, Tour de France champion, Italy’s greatest cyclist of the 1930 and ’40s, and a man who took a great secret to the grave. During World War II, with the Third Reich advancing on his country, he used his training as cover to save the lives of thousands of Jews by smuggling them out of fascist Italy and into Switzerland.
Three down-on-their-luck moms, whose daughters are having a playdate, come across a map that promises to lead them to millions of dollars worth of gold.
Inspired by true events, an older woman goes on vacation with her much-younger boyfriend and his family.
A disgraced father is determined to get his family to the place which, in four days, will be the only safe place left on Earth.
The African-American private investigator who inspired Raymond Chandler’s fictional character Philip Marlowe is getting his own series from the CW. The network is working with producer Aaron Kaplan to develop Marlowe, with Devon Greggory writing the script based on Launch Pad alum Louise Ransil’s feature script.
Logline: A CIA assassin out to avenge his family chases the mastermind behind their deaths to a secret underground town built for international criminals to live out their wildest fantasies.
Logline: Based on the novel of the same name by Jack Kerouac.
Logline: When two amateur criminals hide out in an isolated country home, they get more than they bargained for when they discover their seemingly innocent hosts have their own secret hidden in the basement.
CBS took the unusual step last week of renewing 11 returning series, without addressing the fate of any freshman series. What does that tell us? It might indicate they’re waiting to get a feel for this year’s crop of pilots. Get the complete breakdown in our CBS Comedy pilots preview.
With Paul Lee out at ABC, you’d expect their comedy lineup to be in shambles. That’s actually not the case though. See why in our ABC Comedy pilot season preview.
Logline: A police officer and former-soldier is forced to investigate when he recognizes familiar military tactics being used by a mysterious group of assailants committing large scale heists. American Sniper meets Training Day.
Logline: Billed as a thriller about the relationship between the cop investigating the Boston Strangler and the Hollywood Psychic that was called in to help.
Kept under wraps, but pitched as a comedic Misery meets Overboard.
The strange-yet-true story of the battle over the estate of Larry Lee Hillblom, billionaire founder of DHL.
When Ronald Reagan falls into dementia at the start of his second term, an ambitious intern is tasked with convincing the commander in chief that he is an actor playing the president in a movie.
Previously reported as a possible film rights bonanza, NBC has decided to take the terrifying true story of a New Jersey family and the “Watcher” who stalks their new home to television.
A round-up of this week’s pilot and series TV casting and sales!
Logline: A former soldier must save his family from a hijacked space elevator.
Logline: Kept under wraps, but being pitched as en edgy female-driven comedy.