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Broad Green Lets Go of 50 Projects, Lays Off 15 People as Indie Distributor Revamps Following Flops

August 2, 2017 0

The Hammond brothers have made mistakes, but unlike Relativity, those mistakes are only coming back to haunt them, rather than outside investors, since they built Broad Green with their own money and will keep it going as long as their blockbuster bank accounts can sustain the strain.

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BAD INFLUENCE (Sales)

April 13, 2017 0

A single mother comes to blow with her son’s ex-girlfriend after a romance turns to obsession.

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Red Hot Spec “Canary Black” Moves Into New Territories with Interested Producers (EXCLUSIVE)

October 24, 2016 0

The thrilling spec Canary Black from writer Matthew Kennedy is moving into several new territories to start development on the project. It has swiftly captured the attention of numerous producers, now interested in becoming attached.

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CANARY BLACK (SPEC)

October 14, 2016 0

Logline: After her husband is kidnapped in Prague, an elite CIA agent is forced to commit treason in order to pay the ransom.

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Broken Road Moves Hot Spec “Hummingbird” Into New Territories with A-List Star Circling (EXCLUSIVE)

September 29, 2016 1

The hot spec Hummingbird from writer John McClain is hitting the market with production company Broken Road leading the way. The project already has Marcus Kryler and Frederick Akerstrom attached to direct and actor Shailene Woodley interested in starring.

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HUMMINGBIRD (SPEC)

September 29, 2016 0

Under wraps, but said to be an elevated action/sci-fi in the vein of Lucy.

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CONTINGENCY PROTOCOL (SALES)

September 8, 2016 0

In the near future where global video surveillance has rendered the witness protection program obsolete, time travel is used to hide high profile witnesses.

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Updated: Red Hot Action Thriller “Contingency Protocol” From Bellevue Adds New Territories Heading Into Holiday Weekend (EXCLUSIVE)

September 2, 2016 0

Updated 09.02.16: Mark Townend’s high-concept sci-fi action thriller, pitched as Looper meets Safe House, continues to burn up the market ahead of the holiday weekend, with Screen Gems, Legendary Pictures, and AG Capital being the latest to take a closer look at what has become one of the summer’s hottest specs.

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CONTINGENCY PROTOCOL (Spec)

August 30, 2016 0

Logline: In the near future where global video surveillance has rendered the witness protection program obsolete, time travel is used to hide high profile witnesses.

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VILLA CAPRI (SALES)

June 9, 2016 0

Centers on an ex-FBI agent and an attorney who is in the witness protection program who have to put aside their petty differences to fend off a mob hit.

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Sorority Comedy “Ain’t No Half Steppin'” Gets A New Name And Cast

May 26, 2016 0

Broad Green Pictures announced today a title change for their sorority comedy Ain’t No Half Steppin’ and revealed its cast. Now called Step Sisters will star Megalyn Echikunwoke.

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Michael Fassbender In Talks To Star In True Crime Thriller “Entering Hades”

May 3, 2016 0

Michael Fassbender is circling the lead role in Broad Green Pictures’ adaptation of John Leake’s true crime novel, Entering Hades.

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WE MONSTERS (SALES)

February 10, 2016 0

A husband and wife struggle with their consciences after they try to conceal a terrible crime committed by their teenage daughter.

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{Exclusive} Broad Green Hits The Road With David Arnold’s Best-Seller “Mosquitoland”

February 10, 2016 0

Hailed as a breath of fresh air, David Arnold’s debut novel Mosquitoland captured readers last year. Now, Broad Green Pictures has picked up the popular young adult road trip novel for a feature adaptation.

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MOSQUITOLAND (SALES)

February 10, 2016 0

A teenage girl is dragged from her home in northern Ohio to the “wastelands” of Mississippi to live with her dad and new stepmom. Before the dust has a chance to settle, she learns her mother is sick in Cleveland, so she hops aboard a Greyhound bus to her real home.

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Broad Green Pictures Developing Biopic About Playwright Tennessee Williams

November 12, 2015 0

Broad Green Pictures is continuing their push into developing in-house projects, picking up John Lahr’s Tennessee Williams: Mad Pilgrimage Of The Flesh with sights to adapt. The biopic will center on the life of the famed playwright, who wrote iconic works such as A Streetcar Named Desire.

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UNTITLED TENNESSEE WILLIAMS BIOPIC (SALES)

November 12, 2015 0

Centers on the life and death of famed playwright Tennessee Williams, who wrote iconic works such as A Streetcar Named Desire, Cat On A Hot Tin Roof, The Glass Menagerie, and countless others.

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“Mean Girls” Director Mark Waters Gets Into The Holiday Spirit With “Bad Santa 2”

November 3, 2015 0

Fresh off the reports that Billy Bob Thornton had officially signed on for Bad Santa 2, sources now can confirm that Mean Girls helmer Mark Waters is also coming along for the sleigh ride.

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AIN’T NO HALF STEPPIN’ (SALES)

November 2, 2015 0

When a young woman desperate for her dream job at Berkeley must coach a disgraced all-white sorority to victory in the traditionally black world of collegiate Greek step shows.

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Billy Bob Thornton To Wear Santa Suit Again in “Bad Santa 2”

October 30, 2015 0

Christmas has arrived early this year with Miramax and Broad Green Pictures announcing that Billy Bob Thornton is returning for Bad Santa 2, the sequel to the 2003 movie that also starred Tony Cox, Lauren Graham, and the late Bernie Mac and John Ritter.

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ORPHAN TRAIN (SALES)

October 15, 2015 0

A 91-year-old Irish immigrant who as a child was shipped from New York City to Minnesota on an orphan train, and a 17-year-old who is on the verge of aging out of the foster care system form an unlikely friendship.

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“LA Riots” Taps Writer John Ridley To Direct

October 12, 2015 0

Brian Grazer appears to finally be getting his LA Riots film into production next spring as the Oscar-winning writer of the script, John Ridley, has been tapped to take over directing duties.

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ELI (SALES)

July 31, 2015 0

Pitched in the vein of Insidious, Let The Right One In, and The Others. Having moved into a “clean house” to treat his auto-immune disorder, 11-year-old Eli begins to believe that the house is haunted. Unable to leave, Eli soon realizes that the house, and the doctor who runs it, are more sinister than they appear.

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Chloë Grace Moretz To Lead Charlize Theron-Produced Drama “Brain On Fire”

July 7, 2015 0

The pic follows author and New York Post journalist Susannah Cahalan, who starts to hear voices and experience seizures, sending her down a path of insanity and a desperate search for help.

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WISH UPON (SALES)

May 14, 2015 0

When Claire, a sixteen year old misfit, finds a magic box that promises a chance at the life she has always wanted, she never could have guessed that each wish would demand a deadly payment.

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WISH UPON (SPEC)

May 12, 2015 0

When Claire, a sixteen year old misfit, finds a magic box that promises a chance at the life she has always wanted, she never could have guessed that each wish would demand a deadly payment.

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Adam Keen Becomes EVP of Corporate Communications, Publicity at Broad Green Pictures

March 26, 2015 0

The former head of publicity for Relativity Media has joined Broad Green Pictures.

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Director Terrence Malick Strikes Deal With Broad Green Pictures

February 13, 2015 0

Terrence Malick partners with Broad Green Pictures for upcoming projects.

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GREEN ROOM (SALES)

May 22, 2014 0

Logline: After a punk rock band accidentally witnesses an act of violence, they end up trapped in a secluded location, hunted by a gang of skinheads.

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BRAIN ON FIRE (SALES)

May 1, 2014 0

Logline: Story of a young woman’s terrifying descent into madness as a result of an undiagnosed case of encephalitis.