In 1980’s West Berlin, a CIA operative discovers a classified military exercise that could cause a nuclear war.
The red hot pitch SACI from Pumpkinhead reboot writer Nate Atkins has the town abuzz going into the weekend, as multiple offers are reportedly already in, with more anticipated as the day continues.
Based on the Latin American/South American legend of SACi, the ghost of an Afro-Brazilian slave who ripped off his leg to free himself from his shackles, he is now the embodiment of rage of the oppressed.
The storyline is under wraps but will be a blend of horror and science fiction centered on a mother and daughter.
Young and Hungry star Jonathan Sadowski and The Flash actors Tom Cavanagh and Carlos Valdes are among the clients joining them at their new company.
Two science students travel to a remote part of Iceland to test a large-scale magnetic theory. But what they encounter is something larger than themselves, with ramifications that might go beyond the scope of the experiment.
Logline: A prisoner mining a remote asteroid creates a synthetic companion, but when an emergency wrecks their base, and an astronaut arrives to save them, he instead lays claim to everything the prisoner has.
The Southern food critic, television host, and award-winning author Morgan Murphy has signed with Daniel Pancotto and Jon Kanak of Magnet Management in all areas of representation.
Keep up with what’s happening in the industry with the inside information on who’s getting hired, promoted, and let go. DreamWorks Animation taps its new president and Chelsea Barnard steps up as President of Film for Annapurna.
Australian writer-director Lisa Robertson has signed with Daniel Pancotto and Jon Kanak of Magnet Management. Most recently, she completed her short film Commerce, which has the potential to become a feature-length film, with a draft already written.
French filmmaker Pierre Teulières has signed with Mike Esola at UTA and Jon Kanak at Magnet Management after a competitive signing process reached its conclusion.
The exciting new spec Hummingbird from John McClain has landed at Fundamental Films after heating up the film market and getting the attention of several major studios and production companies. Swedish directing team Marcus Kryler and Fredrik Akerstrom is attached to direct.
Logline: A high school girl must decide whether to help her best male friend who is terminally ill with assisted suicide even though it’s illegal. In the vein of Juno and Me and Earl and the Dying Girl.
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.
In what we’re hearing was an extremely competitive situation, Magnet Management and Condé Nast have secured the rights to an article published in The New Yorker this week, “We Live in the Pop-Culture World That Lou Pearlman Created” by John Seabrook with plans to develop the story into a limited series.
UPDATED: Rising French filmmaker Fabien Dubois has signed with Ramses Ishak, Mike Sheresky and Mike Esola at UTA shortly after signing with manager Jon Kanak of Magnet Management in an extremely competitive situation.
Serbian filmmaker Vuk Ršumovic has signed with Jon Kanak of Kanak Management. The talented writer-director’s breakout drama No One’s Child has received international critical acclaim.
Logline: An ex-Navy SEAL conducts off book missions while shielding his partner from her disapproving father – who just happens to be the Deputy Director of the CIA, and his boss. Homeland meets Romancing the Stone.
Logline: During the Civil War, a Confederate soldier is sent to a hellish Union prison camp and discovers that a former slave is now one of his guards. Based on a true story.
Details being kept under wraps, but pitched as Looper meets Armageddon.
Morales, who made waves after directing the Guillermo Del Toro-produced horror film Julia’s Eyes, is officially attached to direct Bull, Sam Armour’s contemporary take on Shakespeare’s Richard III.
Logline: High Noon in the Alaskan Winter with a strong female lead.
Logline: A young man awakens from a car accident to discover he is one of few survivors in the aftermath of a mysterious outbreak.
Director Eric Hannezo is set to direct A Watched Man, an original screenplay from up-and-comer Sam Armour. James Harris and Mark Lane will produce through their Tea Shop & Film Company.
Rising British filmmaker Stephen Reynolds has signed with Kanak Management. The experienced editor, writer, director and producer is considered one of the hottest up-and-coming talents in the UK.
Jon Kanak of Kanak Management has signed Launch Pad Quarter-Finalist Lauren Stenmoe! Stenmoe made the Launch Pad Pilot Competition’s Top 50 for her drama script The Fireflies, which tells the origin story of a rock band.
Two of Jon Kanak’s rising stars are being brought together for what looks to be a harmonious horror collaboration. Kanak is producing the horror/thriller with Noel Clarke, with the ABC’s of Death 2 segment director Juan Martinez Moreno directing from Richard Hobley’s script.
Kept under wraps, but in the vein of ’71.