Here is a list of some of the feature-length film mandates for 2022.
The divers and survivors of summer’s Tham Luang cave rescue in Thailand when 12 boys aged 11-16 and their coach of the Wild Boar soccer team were trapped 1,000 meters below the surface.
The storyline is currently under wraps, but is described as a high-concept love story.
The storyline is being kept under wraps, but is said to be a sci-fi-based psychological thriller centered on a married couple.
In Ohio in the 1970s, a Chinese American family is shocked when the body of their teenaged daughter, Lydia, is found in the local lake. The investigation into Lydia’s death rips the family apart as long-kept secrets finally emerge.
A woman adjusts her lifestyle as she transitions from working in the world of publishing to the tech bubble that is Silicon Valley.
Jason Reynolds’ finalist for the National Book Award had a small bidding war for the movie rights, which Universal won, getting De Luca and Legend as part of the package.
Shawn is dead and Will knows the rules. No crying. No snitching. Revenge. With his brother’s gun in his waistband, Will steps into the elevator, but as each floor descends Will’s mission becomes more and more muddled as the elevator stops on each floor, and at each stop, someone connected to his brother gets on.
In 1824, wrongfully imprisoned ROBERT GREENHILL must partner with notorious murderer ALEXANDER PEARCE to escape a brutal penal colony and survive the treacherous Tasmanian wilds… but as their adventure takes increasingly darker turns, Greenhill begins to suspect he may become Pearce’s next victim. Based on a true story.
The Logan Lucky star will play Scott Lawson, a rookie FBI agent assigned to a sleepy Texas border town where he writes reports about the drug war… until he’s presented with an opportunity to infiltrate the cartels themselves.
A rookie FBI agent named Scott Lawson is assigned to the border town of Laredo, Texas, where he writes reports about the drug war but doesn’t get to do much else. Until he’s asked to check out an anonymous tip that a horse sold for a record price at an Oklahoma auction house.
When her parents are murdered, a girl is sent to the Faerie Court where she must confront the evil prince and fight for her survival.
A man takes his family on a camping trip and his in-laws crash the vacation.
Black Hawk Down author Mark Bowden has spent the past five years working on the book, which will be published June 6. It examines the Tet Offensive, which was the turning point of American involvement in the Vietnam War, and features characters on all sides of the conflict.
The decision should come as music to Hollywood’s ears, as Paramount had not been making as many movies as usual under outgoing CEO Brad Grey. By hiring the tag-team of Gianopulos and De Luca, it’s a signal that Paramount is ready to start making movies again.
He’ll have his work cut out for him on the Melrose lot, but if anyone can turn the studio around, it’s the producer of The Social Network, Moneyball and Captain Phillips.
*UPDATED February 27th* As the project now goes into all buyers, more talent circles and offers start to come in! Gearing up for a star-studded Oscar weekend, one spec script has taken the town by storm as A-list talent and Producers fight for a piece of the pie.
Chronicles the love story between John Lennon and Yoko Ono and their peaceful activism.
Grunhilda, a cold-hearted woman who inherits her famous ancestors’ recipes and cauldron in a world where no one believes in magic anymore. When she takes on a job as a school lunch lady, she delights in scaring students — until she meets a timid girl who needs help at school and home and becomes an unlikely friend.
The search for next year’s Oscars producers has finally been completed. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced Friday that Michael De Luca and Jennifer Todd will produce the 89th Academy Awards, which is set to air on Sunday, February 26 on ABC.
Logline: An estranged brother and sister decide to put aside their grievances to pose as a happily married couple on the Amalfi Coast in an attempt to win a cash prize.
Logline: An estranged brother and sister decide to put aside their grievances to pose as a happily married couple on the Amalfi Coast in an attempt to win a cash prize.
A coming-of-age drama based on the life of Olympic gold medalist Claressa “T-Rex” Shields.
Based on the true story of Madonna in 1980s New York as she struggles to get her first album released while navigating fame, romance, and a music industry that views women as disposable.
As if the current campaign trail wasn’t entertainment enough, a new scripted series about a presidential campaign is in development with Fox’s Megyn Kelly attached to produce alongside Michael De Luca.
Story details being kept under wraps, but based on the life of the legendary artist.
Logline: Based on the true story of Madonna in 1980s New York as she struggles to get her first album released while navigating fame, romance, and a music industry that views women as disposable.
A young girl dies for 13 minutes under suspicious circumstances before being revived. Her best friend investigates what happened.
Dakota Johnson is set to join Andrew Garfield in the Los Angeles set noir crime thriller, Under the Silver Lake directed and written by David Robert Mitchell.
Under The Silver Lake has set up its domestic rights with A24. Just last week it was announced that Andrew Garfield was attached to star in the David Robert Mitchell pic.
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