The inside story of the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund and its effort to compensate victims of the horrific event.
When a successful New York advertising executive experiences a deep personal tragedy and retreats from life entirely, his colleagues devise a drastic plan to force him to confront his grief in a surprising and profoundly human way.
The cast of the David Frankel-directed Collateral Beauty has just added Keira Knightley to its ever-growing cast of actors.
David Frankel is in early talks to direct Collateral Beauty from New Line. Alfonso Gomez-Rejon was previously attached to direct the drama.
Our sources confirm that Aniston has just become attached to the dramedy, which was to reunite her with her Marley & Me director David Frankel, though Frankel is now falling off the project.
After a NY advertising executive experiences a deep personal tragedy, his co-workers concoct a plan to snap him out of his grief – which works, but not in a way that anyone could have expected.
Logline: The story follows trio of suburban mothers who have been friends since their sons were in grade school. Twenty years later, the mothers — feeling marginalized and forgotten — decide impulsively to pay their sons an unannounced visit in New York City.
A round-up of the week’s TV News!
The “Devil Wears Prada” director takes the helm of Whitaker Entertainment’s sci-fi film, replacing writer Billy Ray.
The “Hope Springs” director is helming the adaptation of David Menasche’s uplifting memoir.
Logline: After being diagnosed with brain cancer and being told he only had a few months to live, Menasche, a Miami high school teacher managed to extend his life via several surgeries and years of chemo. Then in 2012 decided to embark on a cross-country journey to reconnect with former students from his 15-year teaching career, come to terms with his illness and learn to live fully in the present. (He is still alive.)
Follows the true story of cell phone salesman Paul Potts and his win on the gameshow “Britain’s Got Talent†in 2007.
A recap of the week’s TV news!
Logline: A brilliant FAA investigator is obsessed with learning how a 727 suddenly vanished into thin air and then reappeared in the exact same spot ten minutes later. As mysterious occurrences continue to occur with increasing frequency in the skies over Miami, the investigation becomes personal when the employee’s beloved wife is on one of the planes affected.
Follows a couple who attend an intense counseling session over a weekend in order to decide the fate of their marriage.
Logline: When a burned-out, former PGA legend mentors his 8-year-old daughter in golf in order to reconnect with her, his game and his life start improving.
Logline: Set in the mid 1990’s, the story centers on Miami’s most notorious smuggler, Michael Van Nostrand, and the Wildlife Service special agent who dedicated his career to putting Van Nostrand away.
Devil Wears Prada, Marley & Me director circling sensational true story opera tale!
Logline: Story centers on three men who try to outdo each other in a bird-watching competition to spot the rarest birds in North America.
Logline: Story follows a couple who attend an intense counseling session over a weekend in order to decide the fate of their marriage.
Logline: A young writer returning home due to a family emergency finds out that his ex-girlfriend who inspired his latest book is getting married.
Logline: The government creates a virus to increase everyone’s IQ, but it ends up having reverse effects, lowering the population’s Iq to 83- the border of mental retardation. The creator of the virus must find a cure as his own mental state crumbles away.
Logline: Follows the true story of cell phone salesman Paul Potts and his win on the gameshow “Britain’s Got Talent” in 2007.
Logline: An evil sorcerer tracks a lost princess whose blood fuels magic.
Logline: John and Jenny Grogan, a young couple, adopt an adorable Labrador pup who quickly turns his new home into a disaster area. But over the years, the Grogans come to realize that “the world’s worst dog” truly brings out the best in them.
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