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Christine Langan
Jon S. Baird’s Stan & Ollie has found its titular stars in Coogan and Reilly. Penned by Philomela‘s Jeff Pope, the pic will follow the highs and lows of the iconic Laurel & Hardy and their legendary 1953 tour.
Once the world’s favorite comedy double act but now diminished by age and their golden era a distant memory, Laurel & Hardy set out on a variety hall tour of Britain in 1953.
Logline: The story follows upstairs couple Kate and Justin, who are expecting their first baby, and Jon and Teresa who move in downstairs and are also expecting a child. In contrast to Kate, Teresa is full of joy at the prospect of imminent motherhood. Pregnancy brings the women together in shared confidence, until one night a joint dinner begins to reveal all is not as it seems with the ones below.
Logline: When a washed-up actor famous for his starring role on an 80s detective show gets involved in a murder case on his home island, he must face the life and people he has left behind.
Logline: Based on real-life events from 2006, when the quiet rural town of Ipswich was shattered by the discovery of the bodies of five women, leaving a community to deal with being at the center of tragedy.
Logline: Story of amateur archaeologist Edith Pretty and her excavation of a seventh century Saxon ship, the Sutton Hoo, one of Britain’s most famous archaeological finds.
Logline: Story follows a vacationing upper middle class couple who wander too far from the safety of their resort and encounter a Nigerian orphaned boy named “Little Bee”.
Logline: Centers on Daniel who, after his mother escapes from a mental hospital, must decide if she’s suffering from a psychotic breakdown or if she’s the victim of a vast conspiracy driven by her own husband.
Logline: Centers on a Jewish refugee who took on the Austrian government to reclaim paintings that were stolen from her by the Nazis during World War II.
Logline: Set in 1984 during the Margaret Thatcher era, story follows a group of gay and lesbian activists who decide to raise money to support the families of National Union of Mineworkers members who are on strike.
Logline: A superficial and incompetent former radio personality turned TV talk show host encounters ups and downs in his career.
Logline: Follows a neurotic fashion publicist and her best friend, an outrageous fashion editor as they wake up hungover in an empty drifting yacht of an oligarch in the middle of the ocean.
Logline: Set in 1914, on the eve of the first World War, the story follows a young woman who falls in love with a soldier and resolves to become active in the war effort by volunteering as a nurse.
Logline: When the 8th page of a highly classified government document falls into the wrong hands several intelligence agents find themselves in a desperate panic to get it back.
Logline: A woman unable to remember her life regains her memory and discovers that everything she thought was true is a lie.
Logline: Story examines sexual morals within and between social classes, using various pairs of characters who have sexual encounters in and outside of their social classes.
Logline: Set in New York, a smart, educated mother does her best to raise the child she never wanted in the first place. But her son turns out to be a naturally obnoxious boy who destroys her marriage and ends up killing several of his high-school classmates with a crossbow.
Logline: Story follows a behind the scenes look into the Royal family dealing with the aftermath of the sudden death of Princess Diana.