STXfilms will release the Oscar-winning screenwriter’s first foray behind the camera as director on November 22. Adapted from Molly Bloom’s own memoir, the movie follows the story of the Olympic class skier who started up a high-stakes poker game that ran for a decade before her arrest.
Aaron Sorkin
Authorized and co-produced by Lucie and Desi Arnaz, Jr., the project is still negotiating with Oscar-winning actress Cate Blanchett to play the role of Ball during her years married to Desi Arnaz.
The first big sale out of Cannes is currently in the works with the Aaron Sorkin-penned drama Molly’s Game. STX Entertainment is closing in on a $9 million deal for the poker drama starring Idris Elba and Jessica Chastain.
The prolific Oscar-winning scribe will write and direct the screen adaptation of Molly Bloom’s memoir. Steve Jobs producer Mark Gordon and Amy Pascal are producing.
Through a bizarre set of circumstances, former world-class skier Molly Bloom made millions running the most exclusive high-stakes poker game in the world. Her life came crashing down when 17 FBI agents armed with automatic weapons rang her doorbell.
Follows the life of visionary Steve Jobs through three iconic product launches, beginning with the Mac in 1984, moving through the NeXT in 1997 and ending with the unveiling of the iPod.
Blanchett will play the comedienne and Sorkin will write the script.
This biopic follows the life of one of television’s greatest comedians.
Follows the life of visionary Steve Jobs through three iconic product launches, beginning with the Mac in 1984, moving through the NeXT in 1997 and ending with the unveiling of the iPod.
Follows the life of visionary Steve Jobs through three iconic product launches, beginning with the Mac in 1984, moving through the NeXT in 1997 and ending with the unveiling of the iPod.
A behind-the-scenes look at the people who make a nightly cable-news program. Focusing on a network anchor, his new executive producer, the newsroom staff and their boss, the series tracks their quixotic mission to do the news well in the face of corporate and commercial obstacles-not to mention their own personal entanglements.
Logline: Tells the true story of world-class skier Molly Bloom, who made millions of dollars off of the world’s most exclusive (and illegal) high-stakes poker game.
A behind-the-scenes look at the people who make a nightly cable-news program. Focusing on a network anchor, his new executive producer, the newsroom staff and their boss, the series tracks their quixotic mission to do the news well in the face of corporate and commercial obstacles-not to mention their own personal entanglements.
A behind-the-scenes look at the people who make a nightly cable-news program. Focusing on a network anchor, his new executive producer, the newsroom staff and their boss, the series tracks their quixotic mission to do the news well in the face of corporate and commercial obstacles-not to mention their own personal entanglements.
A behind-the-scenes look at the people who make a nightly cable-news program. Focusing on a network anchor, his new executive producer, the newsroom staff and their boss, the series tracks their quixotic mission to do the news well in the face of corporate and commercial obstacles-not to mention their own personal entanglements.
The scribe is in talks to pen the Michael Lewis adaptation.
Logline: Centers on a group of Wall Street traders who walked away from their high paying jobs and banded together to reform the finance industry after becoming frustrated with a loophole giving traders an unfair financial advantage.
A cable news anchor, his staff and his network attempt to report the news honestly and fairly in a complicated professional and personal climate.
Academy Award winner to scribe highly anticipated biopic!
Logline: Story will follow the life and career of iconic visionary Steve Jobs.
ABC adds two big leads, and a reprisal, Fox snags leads for him and her, and NBC adds a Smashing lead, and an Aaron Sorkin cameo.
ABC adds two family comedy greenlights, CBS adds two sports-themed pilots, and a comedy spec, CW adds a zombie spec, HBO brings cable news to life with some Sorkin, LOGO adds a cross-dressing comedy, and NBC dives into the fairytale world of cop dramas. Meanwhile, 7 directors sign on for pilot duty!
The National Board of Review Announces their top picks for 2010 — including the Top Ten Films, Top Five Foreign Films, Top Five Documentaries and the Top Ten Independent Films of 2010!
Logline: An insider’s account of Senator John Edwards’s pursuit of the Presidency and the following scandal that brought him down.
Logline: Chronicles the origins of the social networking website Facebook.com through the Harvard students that helped found it.
Logline: The true story of how The general manager of the Oakland Athletics baseball team used a sophisticated computer analysis system to piece together a team that regularly contends for the World Series despite possessing a dramatically lower other teams.
Logline: Story of the 1969 federal conspiracy trail arising from the violent rioting at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago that transfixed the nation because of its counter-culture intended to undermine the U.S. government.
Logline: A trio of powerful Americans travel the world befriending unlikely people in the Middle East, helping Afghanistan with their war against the Russians.
