The untitled project’s plot is being kept under wraps, but Chazelle is expected to write and direct every episode. He will also executive produce along with Jordan Horowitz and Fred Berger.
Damien Chazelle
Following his Oscar win as the director of La La Land, the acclaimed filmmaker continues his love of musicals with the series set around a French night club and songs written by Grammy winner Glenn Ballard.
Hot off winning Best Director at the Oscars for La La Land, Damien Chazelle is attached to direct The Eddy, a new TV musical drama set in modern-day Paris. Jack Thorne will write the project.
La La Land writer-director Damien Chazelle has optioned the movie rights to his mystery thriller The Claim to Oceanside Media. Oceanside’s Scott Clayton will produce with Route One Entertainment’s Russell Levin and Motion Picture Capital’s Leon Clarance.
Which two Oscar nominees are working with Guillermo del Toro on The Shape of Water? The same duo who have their eye on high-profile TV projects in 2017.
In early December, we’re releasing the 2016 Hit List, our compilation of the best year’s best spec scripts as voted on by industry professionals. In preparation for its release, we’re taking a look back at the 2010 Hit List writers — where they’ve been, and where they are now.
In the heart of Los Angeles, aspiring actress Mia serves lattes to movie stars in between auditions while dedicated jazz musician Sebastian plays in dingy bars in order to scrape by. The two meet and fall in love, but, as success mounts, the dreams they worked so hard to maintain threaten to rip them apart.
A jazz pianist falls for an aspiring actress in Los Angeles.
A jazz pianist falls for an aspiring actress in Los Angeles.
Damien Chazelle wrote and directed the film which will also star John Legend and J.K. Simmons, who earned an Oscar for his role in Chazelle’s other musically-oriented pic Whiplash.
The major studios flocked to Las Vegas last week to show off the most promising projects within their upcoming slates at the annual convention known as CinemaCon. We’ve put together a few of the highlights from each studio’s presentation.
While some may watch the Super Bowl for the football, we were too distracted by all of the great trailers that dropped during the commercial breaks. Click here to see every trailer that aired during this year’s big game!
Whiplash star and director come together for a new musical project, La La Land — a modern take on the Hollywood musical.
Logline: Adapted from the book “First Man: A Life of Neil A. Armstrong” by James Hansen, the biopic follows the the life of Neil Armstrong, the first man to set foot on the moon.
A young jazz drummer yearns for musical perfection, but his dreams are constantly impeded by his tough as nails band conductor.
A young jazz drummer yearns for musical perfection, but his dreams are constantly impeded by his tough as nails band conductor.
Logline: Kept under wraps, but pitched as a high-concept, character-driven thriller.
Logline: Kept under wraps, but pitched as a high-concept, character-driven thriller.
Logline: A jazz musician and and actress fall in love, but see their relationship put to the test as they both pursue their dreams.
The top mentions for the 2013 Viewfinder Frames list!
A wunderkind pianist, riddled with debilitating stage fright, is forced by an unknown gunman to play without a single mistake at his first performance in five years, or both he and his wife will be killed.
Logline: A young jazz drummer yearns for musical perfection, but his dreams are constantly impeded by his tough as nails band conductor.
After the events of the first film, Nell tries to get her life back together in a New Orleans half-way house, but the demon that haunted her has not left yet.
After the events of the first film, Nell tries to get her life back together in a New Orleans half-way house, but the demon that haunted her has not left yet.
Hollywood’s “most liked†screenplays of 2012!
Logline: Based on the proof of concept teaser film written and directed by Chazelle. Under the director of a prestigious but borderline abusive instructor, a young college student begins to lose his humanity in his quest to become the core drummer of the top jazz orchestra in the country.
THE VOTES ARE IN!
Logline: A wunderkind pianist, riddled with debilitating stage fright, is forced by an unknown gunman to play without a single mistake at his first performance in five years, or both he and his wife will be killed.
Logline: After the events of the first film, Nell tries to get her life back together in a New Orleans half-way house, but the demon that haunted her has not left yet.
Logline: A wunderkind pianist, riddled with debilitating stage fright, is forced by an unknown gunman to play without a single mistake at his first performance in five years, or both he and his wife will be killed.
