Lincoln’s close friend Henry Rathbone, who was at the Ford Theatre on the night of the President’s murder, is haunted by the ghost of John Wilkes Booth afterwards.
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Written by Joey Poach, Dock hails from producers David Permut, Jeff Kwatinetz and Ice Cube, who are currently searching for a director. Meanwhile, Craig A. Williams wrote The Book of Luke for Temple Hill.
The true story of the rise and fall of Pennsylvania polka sensation Jan Lewan who unwittingly fleeced millions from his investors.
Simon Cowell will produce the biopic about the man who is credited with having discovered The Beatles, Brian Epstein. Cowell is partnering with IM Global on the project, which previously saw Nicholas Hoult and Jack O’Connell circling the leads.
Jack Black is set to take on the world of polka in The Man Who Would Be Polka King. Black will produce and star in the feature based on the documentary by Joshua Brown and John Mikulak.
Based on the true story of the rise and fall of polka star Jan Lewan.
O’Connell and Hoult are circling the roles John Lennon and Brian Epstein in a new biopic centered around their legendary relationship throughout the 1960s.
Story of Brian Epstein, who discovered and managed the Beatles in the 60s before dying of a drug overdose at 32.
The film is based on the true story of the friendship and collaboration between Roger Ebert and Russ Meyer.
The Australian actor has signed on for Mel Gibson’s WWII drama about the first conscientious objector.
Logline: When rural farm girl Ricki Jo transfers to a large public high school, she ditches her jeans for dresses and changes her name to “Ericka”–but soon, she finds herself forgetting who she really is.
Logline: Four overweight friends get fed up with dieting and decide to start a sumo wrestling team, which helps them learn to love themselves.
Logline: Story revolves around an ugly divorce from the vantage point of kids who fall victim to warring parents.
Logline: Follows Roger Ebert and friend/collaborator Russ Meyer as they try and ultimately succeed to get “Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls” made.
Logline: Chronicles the story of Steve Banerjee, an immigrant who went from pumping gas to running a high-end nightclub that eventually became Chippendales.
Logline: A normal man with the rarest blood type is suddenly forced to deliver his just-stolen kidney to a ruthless criminal needing a transplant.
Logline: Centers on a woman who realizes her houseguest isn’t who she believes he is, while her own agoraphobia threatens to turn her home into a psychological prison.
Logline: Kept under wraps but will center on a man who needs his ex-wife to remarry so he can stop paying alimony.
Logline: Based on the true story of Steve Warshak who marketed and sold an herbal male enhancement product (Enzyte) and made millions, only to end up in federal prison.
Logline: An outcast high school student hell-bent on becoming a journalist tries to get his school to care more about the literary magazine he’s started by blackmailing them into contributing.
Logline: Follows the true story of Sam Kinison’s rise as the son of a preacher to be one of the most cutting-edge and significant comedians of his era.
Logline: The official biopic of John DeLorean, the entrepreneur who launched his own auto company, only to watch it fall apart after a string of financial, personal, and legal difficulties.
Logline: Story centers on two “best friends forever” who decide to break up and go their separate ways.
Logline: Story centers on a young New Jersey cop who goes deep undercover into the world of international drug trafficking.
Logline: Centers on the true, and sometime controversial story of civil rights activist Bayard Rustin.
Logline: Pitched as being in the vein of “Old School,” the story centers on an insurance salesman who vows to run naked from Santa Monica to Studio City to prove himself to his wife and try to save their failing marriage.
Logline: Centers on Desmond T. Doss who won the Congressional Medal of Honor, despite refusing to bear arms during WWII on religious grounds. Doss was drafted and ostracized by fellow soldiers for his pacifist stance. But he was no coward. Doss saved 75 men in the Battle of Okinawa, without firing a shot.
Title: CHARLIE BARTLETT Logline: Charlie Bartlett becomes a school’s underground shrink, listening to outcast and popular students troubles while handing…
Logline: Story of 19th-century sideshow attraction Julia Pastrana, a woman whose body was covered with hair, and her romance with her manager. After giving birth to a hair-covered child, both she and the child died and were later mummified and put on display by the manager.
