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“Deadpool” Co-creator Rob Liefeld Developing Extreme Universe Titles With Graham King & Akiva Goldsman
The comic book characters from Rob Liefeld’s Extreme Universe are making their way to the big screen. The Deadpool co-creator recently struck a deal with Graham King and Fundamental Films to build movies from the comics created by Liefeld. Weed Road’s Akiva Goldsman has also signed on to produce alongside King.
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AVENGELYNE (SALES)
Based on the comic, it centers on an angel who fights the forces of evil and often finds herself face-to-face with demons and monsters. Described as John Wick with a fallen angel.
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Skydance Lands Hot Manuscript “A God In The Shed” from J.F. Dubeau with Akiva Goldsman Set To Produce (EXCLUSIVE)
As the first round of finalists in the 2016 Launch Pad Manuscript Competition were announced just 24 hours ago, two of the competition partners – Inkshares and Brooklyn Weaver – have set up the book partial with the producers behind the upcoming Jack Ryan and The Dark Tower series.
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SNAPSHOT 1988 (SALES)
In 1988, a teenage boy takes care of his elderly former housekeeper who he thinks suffers from dementia, but is unaware that her memories are being stolen by a camera belonging to an evil figure known as The Phoenician.
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CONTINGENCY PROTOCOL (SALES)
In the near future where global video surveillance has rendered the witness protection program obsolete, time travel is used to hide high profile witnesses.
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Updated: Red Hot Action Thriller “Contingency Protocol” From Bellevue Adds New Territories Heading Into Holiday Weekend (EXCLUSIVE)
Updated 09.02.16: Mark Townend’s high-concept sci-fi action thriller, pitched as Looper meets Safe House, continues to burn up the market ahead of the holiday weekend, with Screen Gems, Legendary Pictures, and AG Capital being the latest to take a closer look at what has become one of the summer’s hottest specs.
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CONTINGENCY PROTOCOL (Spec)
Logline: In the near future where global video surveillance has rendered the witness protection program obsolete, time travel is used to hide high profile witnesses.
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A GOD IN THE SHED (Film Rights)
So you’ve inadvertently trapped an ancient trans-dimensional god in your backyard shed – what do you do? That’s what Venus McKenzy and her friends would like to know.
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UNT. LORI EVANS TAYLOR THRILLER (SALES)
Centers on a couple who rents out their home to a woman who soon begins to invade their lives.
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BUMBLEBEE (SALES)
Storyline is being kept underwraps but will exist in the Transformer’s universe.
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Jackie Earle Haley Joins The Cast Of “The Dark Tower”
Jackie Earle Haley will sink his teeth into the role of the evil vampire, Sayre in the upcoming adaptation of Stephen King’s The Dark Tower.
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Warner Bros. Taps “Wonder Woman” Scribe Jason Fuchs To Pen “Lobo”
Wonder Woman screenwriter Jason Fuchs has been tapped to write yet another DC adaptation, which suggests that Warner Bros. has confidence in the work he’s done on the Gal Gadot solo feature.
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“The Dark Tower” Taps Newcomer Tom Taylor For Key Role
The highly anticipated adaptation of Stephen King’s The Dark Tower has added young up and comer Tom Taylor to the cast.
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Abbey Lee Courted For Stephen King’s “The Dark Tower”
Model-turned-actor Abbey Lee is the latest name to be thrown into the ring for the highly-anticipated movie adaptation of The Dark Tower. Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey are also slated to star
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INVARIANT (SALES)
Two students investigating the nature of time discover a way to send messages to the past and soon find themselves fighting desperately to change the future they’ve been shown.
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INVARIANT (SPEC)
Logline: Two students investigating the nature of time discover a way to send messages to the past and soon find themselves fighting desperately to change the future they’ve been shown.
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DANTE’S INFERNO (WORRELL) (SALES)
Pitched as an epic love story centering on Dante as he descends through the nine circles of hell in order to save the woman he loves.
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{HEAT METER} Red Hot Spec “Medusa And Athena” Tearing Up The Town!
The YA fantasy spec is pitched as Maleficent meets Wicked with insane franchise potential, presenting a new twist on an iconic villain. Sources relate that the project is being viewed as a possible tentpole, with everyone in town aching to read.
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{HEAT METER} Paradigm/Benderspink Spec “Medusa And Athena” Heats Up Into More Territories!
The YA tentpole spins a new origin story for Medusa the gorgon, the iconic figure from Greek literature whose hair was made of deadly vipers and gaze turned men to stone.
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{HEAT METER} Hot Paradigm/Benderspink Spec “Medusa And Athena” Blazes Into First Round Of Territories
Plot details are kept mum, but the spec tells a new origin story for Medusa the gorgon, the iconic figure from Greek literature whose hair was made of deadly vipers and gaze turned men to stone.
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WHAT’S GOING ON IN STEVE CARELL’S “MAGIC KINGDOM”?
Take a look inside as we discuss the possibilities for “Magic Kingdom for Sale – Sold” and how Steve Carell’s attachment may help push it through development!
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I AM LEGEND 2 (SALES)
Logline: Centers on a reclusive engineer who, amidst his attempt to save our dying planet by growing trees in what is now a post apocalyptic wasteland, must also protect an abused girl from the highway men who are hunting her.
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NEMESIS (WHEELER) (SALES)
Logline: Kept under wraps but pitched as “Jaws” with dragons.
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THE LOST CITY (SALES)
Logline: Epic fantasy about a young man who must make his return to the legendary city of Atlantis and, against all odds, free his people and the woman he loves.
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CHILDREN OF PARANOIA (SALES)
Logline: A young assassin gets caught up in a global clandestine war that’s been raging for centuries. Everything changes when he falls in love with a woman who calls into question the world as he knows it. As he desperately fights to uncover the elusive truth behind the conflict, he begins to wonder which side he’s really on — good or evil.
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ATLANTIS (SALES)
Logline: A man must travel to the mythical city of Atlantis to save his people and the woman he loves.