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THE CIRCLE
Comedian and actor Patton Oswalt has agreed to join The Circle. James Ponsoldt’s adaptation of Dave Eggar’s best-seller also stars Tom Hanks, Emma Watson, John Boyega and Karen Gillan.
Watson will play a young woman who becomes employed at an Internet monopoly called the Circle, which links users’ personal emails, social media, banking and purchasing, and meets a mysterious older man (Hanks)
The film is based on the 2013 novel by Dave Eggers. The project is set to be directed by James Ponsoldt, who has also written the screenplay. Hanks is producing alongside of Gary Goetzman.
“The Spectacular Now” director set to direct Hanks in the upcoming cyber thriller.
A young woman is hired to work for an internet monopoly that specializes in controling a singular online identity for each person, rendering privacy obsolete.
Logline: A young woman is hired to work for an internet monopoly that specializes in controling a singular online identity for each person, rendering privacy obsolete
34th Street is developing a movie based on Brian Reed’s spy/action comic.
Centers on a group of teenage girls who discover that they’re witches and, together, must fight the otherworldly threat and save themselves and their town.