DECEMBER 2011 SCREENPLAYS SALES

   




Title:     Untitled R-rated comedy
Date:     Monday, December 12, 2011
Logline:     TBA
Writer:     Benji Cosgrove, Cory Palmer
Genre:     Comedy
Saletype:     Pitch
Production Company:     Escape Artists
Producer:     Todd Black, Steve Tisch, Jason Blumenthal
Agent:     UTA and Energy Entertainment (Cosgrove, Palmer)

Title:     Untitled action thriller
Date:     Monday, December 12, 2011
Logline:     tba
Writer:     Luc Besson
Genre:     Thriller , Action , Drama
Saletype:     Pitch
Studio:     Universal Studios
Producer:     Luc Besson
More:     Angelina Jolie attached to star. Luc Besson attached to direct.

Title:     Rosa
Date:     Friday, December 09, 2011
Logline:     The tale takes place in a post-apocalyptic world where all natural life has disappeared. From the destruction awakes Rosa, a cyborg deployed from the Kernel project, mankind s last attempt to restore the earth s ecosystem.
Writer:     Jesus Orellana
Genre:     Sci-Fi
Saletype:     Comic , Adaptation
Studio:     20th Century Fox
Production Company:     Genre Films, I Am Entertainment
Producer:     Simon Kinberg, Scott Glassgold, Raymond Brothers

Title:     Untitled Biopic
Date:     Thursday, December 08, 2011
Logline:     The life story of the late singer, dancer and actor Sammy Davis Jr.
Writer:     Tracey Davis
Genre:     Biography
Saletype:     Life Rights
Production Company:     Entertainment Studios
Producer:     Byron Allen

Title:     Inescapable
Date:     Thursday, December 08, 2011
Logline:     The story centers on a Syrian expatriate whose journalist daughter goes missing in Damascus. He must return to his homeland to find her despite the risks, and calls on a former love to help him.
Writer:     Ruba Nadda
Genre:     Thriller
Saletype:     Script
Production Company:     Myriad Pictures, Killer Films, Alliance Films
Producer:     Daniel Iron, Lance Samuels, Christine Vachon, Kirk D Amico, Mark Slone
More:     Marisa Tomei, Alexander Siddig and Joshua Jackson attached to star. Ruba Nadda attached to direct.

Title:     Horns
Date:     Thursday, December 08, 2011
Logline:     The story about a 26-year-old man who wakes up with a massive hangover and discovers horns sprouting from his head.
Writer:     Joe Hill, Scott Bunin
Genre:     Horror
Saletype:     Script , Novel , Adaptation
Production Company:     Mandalay Pictures
Producer:     Cathy Schulman, Peter Guber
More:     Alexandre Aja attached to direct. Scott Bunin adapted Joe Hill's novel.

Title:     Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho
Date:     Wednesday, December 07, 2011
Logline:     At the height of his game as a director, Alfred Hitchcock decided to make a "lowly" horror movie. No studio wanted to touch it initially, so Hitchcock scrounged for financing by himself. The movie, of course, became one of his biggest hits and one of the most influential of all time.
Writer:     Stephen Rebello, John McLaughlin
Genre:     Drama , Biography
Saletype:     Novel , Adaptation
Studio:     Fox Searchlight
Production Company:     Montecito Picture Co
More:     Anthony Hopkins and Helen Mirren attached to star. Sasha Gervasi attached to direct. John McLaughlin adapted Stephen Rebello's novel.

Title:     Peace, Love & Misunderstanding
Date:     Tuesday, December 06, 2011
Logline:     The story of a divorced woman who impulsively takes her two children to Woodstock, NY, to reconnect with their estranged, eccentric grandmother.
Writer:     Christina Mengert, Joseph Muszynski
Genre:     Drama
Saletype:     Script
Production Company:     IFC Films, BCDF Pictures
Producer:     Brice Dal Farra, Claude Dal Farra, Lauren Munsch, Jonathan Burkhart , Christina Mengert, Joseph Muszynski
More:     Bruce Beresford directed film. Jane Fonda, Catherine Keener, Elizabeth Olsen, Rosanna Arquette, Kyle MacLachlan, Nat Wolff, Chace Crawford and Jeffrey Dean Morgan star in film.

Title:     The Snowman
Date:     Tuesday, December 06, 2011
Logline:     A Norwegian detective Harry Hole, who is an anti-authoritarian, anti-sobriety cop, investigates particularly gruesome killings.
Writer:     Jo Nesbo, Matthew Michael Carnahan
Genre:     Thriller , Crime
Saletype:     Novel , Adaptation
Production Company:     Working Title Films
Producer:     Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Jo Nesbo, Niclas Salomonsson
Agent:     Niclas Salomonsson (Nesbo)
More:     Martin Scorsese attached to direct. Matthew Michael Carnahan will adapt Jo Nesbo's novel.

Title:     Wild Bill
Date:     Monday, December 05, 2011
Logline:     The story of an ex-con who returns home to have a stab at being a better father for his sons.
Writer:     Dexter Fletcher, Danny King
Genre:     Drama
Saletype:     Script
Studio:     Universal Studios
Production Company:     Indi VISION, The Works
Producer:     Tim Cole, Sam Tromans
More:     Dexter Fletcher attached to direct. Charlie Creed-Miles, Liz White, Andy Serkis and Jaime Winstone attached to star.

Title:     The Grandmothers
Date:     Monday, December 05, 2011
Logline:     The story of two lifelong friends who fall in love with each other s teenage sons.
Writer:     Doris Lessing, Christopher Hampton
Genre:     Drama , Romance
Saletype:     Script , Novel , Co-Production , Adaptation
Production Company:     Screen Australia, Hopscotch Features, Ciné-@, Mon Voisin Productions, Gaumont, France 2 Cinéma
Producer:     Andrew Mason, Philippe Carcassonne, Michel Feller, Dominique Besnehard, Francis Boespflug
More:     Naomi Watts, Robin Wright, Xavier Samuel and James Frecheville attached to star. Anne Fontaine attached to direct. Christopher Hampton adapted Doris Lessing s novel.

Title:     Untitled sci-fi crime thriller
Date:     Monday, December 05, 2011
Logline:     TBA
Writer:     Daniel Casey
Genre:     Thriller , Sci-Fi , Crime
Saletype:     Pitch
Studio:     Universal Studios
Executive Overseeing:     Jay Polidoro
Production Company:     Stuber Pictures
Producer:     Justin Lin, Scott Stuber
Agent:     WME and Circle of Confusion (Casey)
More:     Bobby Glickert attached to direct.

Title:     In the Garden of Beasts
Date:     Friday, December 02, 2011
Logline:     The true tale of William Dodd, the United States' reluctant and mild-mannered ambassador to Berlin in 1933, and his daughter Martha, a vivacious socialite who had romantic affairs with a Gestapo official and a Soviet spy. Dodd and his family at first naively navigated life in Nazi Germany (Dodd s daughter was excited when Hitler kissed her hand) but they slowly gained awareness of the mounting brutality around them.
Writer:     Erik Larson
Genre:     Drama , Period , History , War
Saletype:     Novel , Adaptation
Studio:     Universal Studios
Executive Overseeing:     Peter Cramer
Production Company:     Playtone
Producer:     Tom Hanks, Gary Goetzman
Agent:     Paradigm and Black Inc. (Larson)
More:     Tom Hanks attached to star.

Title:     Joy
Date:     Friday, December 02, 2011
Logline:     A librarian in New York, who has the disease Cataplexy, isolates himself to protect himself from the humiliation of passing out in public. But the man then meets a woman for whom he is ready to risk everything.
Writer:     Max Werner
Genre:     Drama , Romance
Saletype:     Pitch
Studio:     Sony Studios
Production Company:     Mosaic
Producer:     Ira Glass, Alissa Shipp, Joshuah Bearman
Agent:     WME, Anonymous and McKuin Frankel (Werner)
More:     Jason Winer attached to direct.

Title:     Second Act
Date:     Friday, December 02, 2011
Logline:     The story centers on a woman who has never worked and is forced to take a job.
Genre:     Comedy
Saletype:     Pitch
Production Company:     New Regency, Red Om Films, Maven Pictures
Producer:     Julia Roberts, Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas, Trudie Styler, Celine Rattray
More:     Julia Roberts attached to star.

Title:     How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe
Date:     Friday, December 02, 2011
Logline:     The story centers on a time travel machine repairman who has spent the past 10 years traveling back and forth in time in search of his missing father.
Writer:     Charles Yu
Genre:     Sci-Fi
Saletype:     Novel , Adaptation
Production Company:     1492 Pictures
Producer:     Chris Columbus, Michael Barnathan, Mark Radcliffe
Agent:     UTA and publishing agent Gary Heidt of Signature Literary Agency (Yu)
More:     Brendan Bellomo attached to direct.

Title:     We Mortals Are
Date:     Thursday, December 01, 2011
Logline:     A soldier is killed in battle defending Earth from attacking aliens. He is then stuck in a time loop that causes him to relive that day over and over while gaining strength and skill each time as he tries to change his fate.
Writer:     Hiroshi Sakurazaka, Yoshitoshi Abe, Dante Harper, Joby Harold
Genre:     Action , Sci-Fi
Saletype:     Comic , Adaptation
Studio:     Warner Bros.
More:     Doug Liman attached to direct. Tom Cruise attached to star. Dante Harper and Joby Harold adapted Hiroshi Sakurazaka's and Yoshitoshi Abe's graphic novel.

Title:     Pawn
Date:     Thursday, December 01, 2011
Logline:     The story of a botched hostage situation that involves the mob.
Writer:     Jay Anthony White
Genre:     Thriller , Crime , Indie
Saletype:     Script
Production Company:     Extravaganza Films, Imprint Entertainment, Most Films
Producer:     Michael Chiklis, Michael Becker, Jeff Most, Brad Luff
More:     Michael Chiklis, Forest Whitaker, Ray Liotta, Common, Nikki Reed, Sean Faris, Stephen Lang, Marton Csokas, Jessica Szohr and Jonathan Bennett attached to star. David A. Armstrong attached to direct.

Title:     The Flowers of War
Date:     Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Logline:     The true-life story about the 1937 Japanese invasion of Nanjing (then called Nanking) and the atrocities that ensued.
Writer:     Geling Yan, Heng Liu
Genre:     Action , Drama , Period , War
Saletype:     Script
Production Company:     New Films International, FilmNation
Producer:     Zhang Yimou, Zhang Weiping, David Linde, Bill Kong
More:     Christian Bale, Shigeo Kobayashi, Paul Schneider and Zhang Xinyi star in film. Zhang Yimou directed film.

Title:     The Evil Dead
Date:     Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Logline:     The tale follows what happens when five friends in a remote cabin discover a Book of the Dead and unleash a demonic force.
Writer:     Sam Raimi, Rodo Sayagues, Diablo Cody, Fede Alvarez
Genre:     Horror , Comedy
Saletype:     Remake
Studio:     Sony Studios
Production Company:     Ghost House Pictures, FilmDistrict
Producer:     Rob Tapert, Bruce Campbell, Sam Raimi, Joe Drake, Nathan Kahane
More:     Fede Alvarez attached to direct.

Title:     Where's Waldo?
Date:     Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Logline:     The story about a man named Waldo, who is always dressed in a red-and-white shirt and carrying a walking stick, hidden in plain sight amid crowded scenes.
Writer:     Martin Handford, Todd Berger
Genre:     Adventure , Family
Saletype:     Novel , Adaptation
Studio:     MGM
Agent:     Kohner, Kaplan/Peronne, Eclipse Law Group (Berger)
More:     Todd Berger will adapt Martin Handford's book.

Title:     Dust and Glory
Date:     Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Logline:     Set during the 1950s Redex trials, which covered more than 10,000 miles of some of the toughest racing terrain in Australia, the story follows the rivalry between an American hotshot and an Australian legend.
Writer:     Evan Green, Robert Lewis Galinsky
Genre:     Adventure , Romance , Period
Saletype:     Script , Novel , Adaptation
Production Company:     Top Cat Media, Blue Star Entertainment, Simon West Productions
Producer:     Robert Lewis Galinsky, Elizabeth Howatt-Jackman, David Parker, Jason Shuman, William Sherak, Jib Polhemus, Geoffrey Edelsten
More:     Simon West attached to direct. Robert Lewis Galinsky adapted Evan Green's novel.

Title:     Ouija
Date:     Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Logline:     The story centers on a family who has to deal with otherwordly chaos that is unleashed by the Ouija board.
Writer:     Marti Noxon
Genre:     Adventure , Supernatural , Family
Saletype:     Rights Option , Adaptation
Production Company:     Hasbro, Platinum Dunes
Agent:     WME and Hansen Jacobson (Noxon)
More:     Marti Noxon will adapt board game.

Title:     The Bitter Pill
Date:     Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Logline:     A thriller set in the world of psychopharmacology.
Writer:     Scott Z. Burns
Genre:     Thriller
Saletype:     Pitch
Producer:     Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Gregory Jacobs, Scott Z. Burns
More:     Steven Soderbergh attached to direct.

Title:     Guys' Night
Date:     Monday, November 28, 2011
Logline:     The story follows four middle-aged guys trapped in mediocre relationships, jobs and lives who hear about an island off the coast of New Jersey where they can indulge their desperate desires for women and booze. When they head off in search of it, everything goes very wrong.
Writer:     Chris Baldi
Genre:     Comedy
Saletype:     Script
Production Company:     Millennium Films
Producer:     Jim Valdez, Matt Bass, Avi Lerner, Danny Dimbort, Trevor Short, Mike Goldberg, Josh Adler
Agent:     CAA and New Wave Entertainment (Baldi)

Title:     London Fields
Date:     Monday, November 28, 2011
Logline:     The story is narrated by an American writer living in London who has had writer's block for 20 years and is now terminally ill. Also, a psychic woman, who meets two men in a bar, senses that one of them will murder her on her 35th birthday.
Writer:     Martin Amis
Genre:     Drama
Saletype:     Novel , Adaptation
Production Company:     Muse Films, Tartan Films
Producer:     Chris Hanley, Jordan Gertner, Mary Vernieu
More:     Shekhar Kapur attached to direct.

Title:     The Longest Week
Date:     Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Logline:     The comedy tells the story of a bratty man-child who still lives with his parents in a chic Manhattan hotel but suddenly finds himself evicted, disinherited and hopelessly in love with his best friend s heartthrob.
Writer:     Peter Glanz
Genre:     Romantic Comedy
Saletype:     Script
Production Company:     YRF Entertainment
Producer:     Uday Chopra, Neda Armian, Jonathan Reiman, Chris Marsh, Stone Douglass, Taylor Materne
More:     Jason Bateman, Olivia Wilde and Billy Crudup attached to star. Peter Glanz attached to direct.

Title:     Wish List
Date:     Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Logline:     The story centers on a career-oriented adult whose perfectly tailored life is thrown for a loop when all the wishes she made as a child are suddenly granted.
Writer:     Jonathan Aibel, Glenn Berger
Genre:     Comedy , Fantasy
Saletype:     Pitch
Studio:     Disney Studios
Production Company:     Mayhem Pictures
Producer:     Mark Ciardi, Gordon Gray
Agent:     WME (Aibel and Berger)
Attorney:     Ken Richman (Aibel and Berger)
More:     Reese Witherspoon attached to star.

Title:     Decoding Annie Parker
Date:     Monday, November 21, 2011
Logline:     The biopic is about Annie Parker, who believed that her breast cancer was genetically linked; a belief that led scientists to learn about the existence of the breast cancer gene.
Writer:     Steven Bernstein, Michael Moss, Adam Bernstein
Genre:     Drama , Biography
Saletype:     Script
Producer:     Clark Peterson, Tatiana Kelly, Jim Young
More:     Helen Hunt, Rashida Jones, Samantha Morton, Alice Eve, James Tupper, Maggie Grace, Aaron Paul and Benjamin McKenzie attached to star. Steve Bernstein attached to direct.

Title:     The Corridor
Date:     Monday, November 21, 2011
Logline:     The story of a man still reeling a year after his mother's death when his friends arrange for a weekend getaway to scatter her ashes at her old country house. When they discover something otherworldly in the woods, things get very bizarre and increasingly violent.
Writer:     Josh MacDonald
Genre:     Thriller , Sci-Fi
Saletype:     Script
Production Company:     IFC Midnight, Telefilm Canada, Nova Scotia Film
Producer:     Mike Masters, Craig Cameron
More:     Stephen Chambers, James Gilbert and David Patrick Flemming star in the film. Evan Kelly directed film.