Chronicles the true story of King who untied all of the islands of Hawaii
Richard Brener
Keep up with what’s happening in the industry with the inside information on who’s getting hired, promoted, and let go. There’s been a shakeup at Warner Bros. and New Line Cinema and Viacom has named Bob Bakish the permanent CEO.
Mike Binder has signed on to write and direct Keep Calm. The project is based on Binder’s first novel of the same name and is set up at New Line.
Follows an American man who gets caught up in an international incident and a female MI6 inspector is tasking with bringing him in.
New Line has emerged as the winner of a fierce battle between three studios for an untitled action-comedy vehicle for Dwayne Johnson, to be written by Dave Callaham and directed by Will Gluck.
Storyline being kept under wraps, but being described as a throwback buddy comedy in the vein of Lethal Weapon or Midnight Run.
Swanberg had been slated to make his studio directorial debut on the project since February of this year, though sources now indicate that the Drinking Buddies helmer has fallen off the project.
Pitched as a a female Ocean’s Eleven, in the vein of Pitch Perfect on a heist, follows two estranged sisters who unite and put together an all-girl team to pull off a heist at the world’s ultimate fashion event – The Met Gala.
New Line Cinema and the creator of Saw have signed on to produce Keith Donohue’s 2014 novel about an autistic boy who brings the monsters that he draws to life.
An autistic 10-year-old is locked away from most of the world due to his Asperger’s and agoraphobia. He does, however, have the gift of bringing anything he draws to life; unfortunately he only seems to draw monsters.
A crime writer wakes up in a hospital forty-eight hours after spending a weekend in an eerie glass house for her distant friend’s bachelor party, stricken with amnesia but armed with the bitter knowledge that someone is dead.
The Tracking Board exclusively reported on the hot novel last month, when several studios were making offers. We now can confirm that New Line won out, with Reese Witherspoon and Bruna Papandrea coming on to produce under their Pacific Standard banner.
Hendricks joins the schoolyard comedy, which already boasts Charlie Day, Ice Cube and the return of Tracy Morgan after being injured in a car accident over a year ago.
After over a year in recovery and a spectacular reception at the Emmys last night, Morgan has made significant progress and is ready to start taking on gigs again.
The critically acclaimed Vertigo comic, created by Brian Azzarello and Eduardo Risso, is the first adaptation to move forward at New Line after Warner Bros. transferred their DC Comics offshoot’s titles to the sibling studio.
Centers on Agent Graves, a man who gives people the opportunity to take action against a person who has ruined their lives by providing them with their aggressor’s identity, a gun, and a hundred rounds of untraceable ammunition.
Logline: A social worker investigating the mysterious disappearances of two children discovers that her own family might also be in jeopardy.
Kept under wraps, but serves as a contemporary reboot about the iconic private detective known as Shaft.
Kept under wraps, but centers on the famous bow-wearing cat that has become a beloved icon worldwide.
Pitched in the vein of The Goonies and Night At The Museum, with a time-travel twist.
Logline: After blowing their daughter’s college fund, and desperate for cash, a married couple team with their neighbors to open an illegal casino in the suburbs in an attempt to raise the money back.
Logline: Follows Sara and Ben, two thirty-something lawyers whose close friendship becomes strained after they hook up after hours in the office. Now the two must navigate their newfound feelings as they attempt to keep their relationship a secret for fear of getting canned.
Logline: Based on the real life of a man who is determined to write 826 notes to put in his daughter’s lunchbox through high school graduation after being diagnosed with kidney cancer.
Logline: Inspired by a true story, an unlikely bond forms when a cab driver takes an elderly woman on one last cab ride, visiting places that hold cherished memories for her.
Kept under wraps, but based on the work of real life paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren as they investigate the various claims of sinister poltergeist activity that occurred at a council house in Enfield, England during the late 1970s.
Logline: Kept under wraps but said to revolve around an epic fistfight between two high school teachers set against the backdrop of the broken-down school system.
Logline: Story revolves around two very different families, one a blue-state liberal, the other a red-state conservative, who discover that they have been raising the other’s son since they were switched by accident 17 years ago.
Logline: Things get dangerous for a group of guys who hold a weekly game night when their latest rendez-vous turns into a real-life murder mystery.
Logline: A CIA operative is framed and becomes an enemy of the US while at a friend’s wedding in Europe and must reveal his true identity to his friends to recruit them to help him fight back.
Logline: Follows the life of Chris Paciello, the man who turned South Beach into one of the world’s party hotspots before going to jail for his connections to a Long Island murder.
