American Idol alum Simon Cowell and Academy Award-winning screenwriter Diablo Cody are partnering with Glee co-creator Ian Brennan to make some waves with a comedy centered on the world of synchronized swimming.
Simon Cowell
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.
Simon Cowell is set to return to the judge’s table, replacing Howard Stern on the America’s Got Talent panel. Cowell came to mainstream attention for his stern voice on Fox’s American Idol.
Story of Brian Epstein, who discovered and managed the Beatles in the 60s before dying of a drug overdose at 32.
High School Musical’s Kenny Ortega and American Idol’s Simon Cowell are teaming up to make music-driven drama Delinquents. Set up at Sony Pictures, it is the story of a group of teenage boys who meet in detention, form a band, and enter a battle of the bands competition.
Logline: Follows a group of teenage boys who meet in detention, form a band, and enter a battle of the bands competition.
Based on the life of Beatles’ manager Brian Epstein, who was always considered by the band to be the fifth member.
Based on the life of Beatles’ manager Brian Epstein, who was always considered by the band to be the fifth member.
Logline: Kept under wraps but follows the classic animated character Betty Boop.
Logline: Kept under wraps.
Logline: Follows the true story of cell phone salesman Paul Potts and his win on the gameshow “Britain’s Got Talent” in 2007.
