Maria Olsen, (attached to my fantasy screenplay Miss Clark as Susan, a fortune teller) in a cult scene from Percy Jackson and the Olympians! Great actress! Thank you Maria for your confidence in my skills!
Jordan.
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Saturday, January 28, 2012
SCREENPLAYS SUCCESS STORIES
Sylvester Stallone was living in utter poverty when he saw an unknown boxer last nearly 15 rounds with Muhammad Ali. The idea for Rocky was born. Stallone wrote the script in just three days and the rest, as they say, is Hollywood history as the movie became one of the most successful of all time and made Stallone an international superstar.
Kevin Williamson and a friend were reminiscing one night about popular 1980s horror movies. The conversation spawned the idea for what would become the opening scene in Scream with a stalker quizzing his victims on horror movies of the past. Williamson wrote Scream in just four days. The script created a hot bidding war and made Williamson one of the highest-paid screenwriters in Hollywood.
And then there’s Joe Eszterhas. He came up with the idea of a beautiful crime novelist becoming the suspect in the case of her boyfriend’s murder. Eszterhas sat down, with no clue how the story would end, and wrote Basic Instinct in just 10 days. When he was finished, he shipped the script to his agent and sold it three days later for $3 million. That means Eszterhas went from having a simple idea to having $3 million in the bank in just 13 days!
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Kevin Williamson and a friend were reminiscing one night about popular 1980s horror movies. The conversation spawned the idea for what would become the opening scene in Scream with a stalker quizzing his victims on horror movies of the past. Williamson wrote Scream in just four days. The script created a hot bidding war and made Williamson one of the highest-paid screenwriters in Hollywood.
And then there’s Joe Eszterhas. He came up with the idea of a beautiful crime novelist becoming the suspect in the case of her boyfriend’s murder. Eszterhas sat down, with no clue how the story would end, and wrote Basic Instinct in just 10 days. When he was finished, he shipped the script to his agent and sold it three days later for $3 million. That means Eszterhas went from having a simple idea to having $3 million in the bank in just 13 days!
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Thursday, January 26, 2012
MISS CLARK GETS A FACEBOOK PAGE
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| Tara Cardinal |
Actress Tara Cardinal is attached to star as the leading role and Maria Olsen (Percy Jackson, paranormal activity) attached as Susan, her mother and fortune teller...
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| Maria Olsen |
THE ADVENTURER's FACEBOOK PAGE
http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Adventurer/352283634783186?sk=info
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
DEMI MOORE...
My thoughts go out to you. Sad for this actress, I've been a great fan since I was a kid.
Jordan.
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
AT LAST A BEAUTIFUL FILM
KNOWING by Alex Proyas, starring Nicolas Cage and Rose Byrne.I saw this today during my break and loved it!
At last a beautiful movie with an excellent script and a very good suspense!
I'm an atheist but loved this movie...I'm not going to spoil anything for you so if you haven't seen this film, see it! It's beautiful!
Jordan.
MY BOOK SHUDDERS
ORDER YOUR COPY NOW!
The book begins with short story « INTO THE WOODS », don’t read it if you’re alone in the dark…
It features a young journalist venturing into a secluded village, where several murders were allegedly committed by a werewolf and uncovering a terrifying truth beyond his imagination and fear…
Follows « PRISON OF ETERNITY », a short story based upon Dracula’s legend in which Mina is a poor pickpocket stealing rich men on the streets. She’s seduced by a mysterious Transylvanian voyager, and a young professor Van Helsing who will later become the legendary vampire hunter.
MEETING BRAM STOKER tells the fictional account of a young journalist interviewing the famous Irish novelist behind Dracula and discovering that his most famous fiction is not as fictional as it seems.
THE PACT revolves around a poor and beautiful young woman who signs a pact with the Devil in order to become a famous Broadway actress, but a clause forbids her to fall in love, to remain the famous and admired actress she must belong to the Devil forever…Until a young comedian arrives to play opposite her in the stage play « Romeo and Juliet » and changes everything.
In « TOKAGE », a young female archeologist who is in love with a mysterious adventurer called John Tokage, is abducted by the natives of a zombie-peopled island who want to use her in order to reanimate their Evil God!
« BEAUTY OF THE HEART », tells the friendship story between John Merrick, alias the elephant man, and Emma a prostitute fleeing the pimps who want to kill her…In the course of a few days, John and Emma, are going to make some of their dearest wishes come true by staying together in an abandoned house.
« HIM » explores the mysterious circumstances surrounding the arrival of an amnesiac stranger who will turn out to be a new messiah.
Enjoy your reading journey with « SHUDDERS »!
Jordan.
Friday, January 20, 2012
The Lady from Shanghai (1947) Trailer
Watched « The lady from Shangai » yesterday, starring Rita Hayworth and Orson Welles. Loved it! Very beautiful femme fatale film noir!
I recommend it to all those who are fed up with soul less movies released by the studios at the moment. I know it's very ambitious but I Hope to bring back a soul in the film industry soon.
J.T
I recommend it to all those who are fed up with soul less movies released by the studios at the moment. I know it's very ambitious but I Hope to bring back a soul in the film industry soon.
J.T
Thursday, January 19, 2012
LUCAS TO RETIRE FROM BLOCKBUSTERS, MAKE “PERSONAL” FILMS
LUCAS TO RETIRE FROM BLOCKBUSTERS, MAKE “PERSONAL” FILMS
Apparently disgusted with his treatment by Hollywood studios when he approached them to finance Red Tails, his film about World War II’s famed Tuskegee Airmen featuring an all-black cast, George Lucas has told the New York Times that he will no longer make films for Hollywood (with the possible exception of another Indiana Jones movie). He is, he said, “retiring, in a way, from my past.” Instead, the Times reported, Lucas plans to devote the rest of his life to making small personal films for art-house audiences like the ones he was experimenting with when he was a student at USC. However, the Times observed, “Before he takes his digital camera with him into obscurity … he wants to prove that with Red Tails, he can still make the kind of movie everyone in the world will want to see.” He has a lot riding on that movie, which opens on Friday — $54 million of his own money, he says, which he put up after executives at every major studio rejected it. One studio’s executives didn’t even show up for a screening, Lucas said. “Isn’t this their job? … Isn’t their job at least to see movies? It’s not like some Sundance [Film Festival] kid coming in there and saying, ‘I’ve got this little movie — would you see it?’”
Apparently disgusted with his treatment by Hollywood studios when he approached them to finance Red Tails, his film about World War II’s famed Tuskegee Airmen featuring an all-black cast, George Lucas has told the New York Times that he will no longer make films for Hollywood (with the possible exception of another Indiana Jones movie). He is, he said, “retiring, in a way, from my past.” Instead, the Times reported, Lucas plans to devote the rest of his life to making small personal films for art-house audiences like the ones he was experimenting with when he was a student at USC. However, the Times observed, “Before he takes his digital camera with him into obscurity … he wants to prove that with Red Tails, he can still make the kind of movie everyone in the world will want to see.” He has a lot riding on that movie, which opens on Friday — $54 million of his own money, he says, which he put up after executives at every major studio rejected it. One studio’s executives didn’t even show up for a screening, Lucas said. “Isn’t this their job? … Isn’t their job at least to see movies? It’s not like some Sundance [Film Festival] kid coming in there and saying, ‘I’ve got this little movie — would you see it?’”
Monday, January 16, 2012
Quick note...
Still busy pitching my screenplays...More exhausting than writing believe me! Some good contacts last weeks.
J.T
J.T
JANUARY 2012 SCREENPLAYS SALES
Date: Friday, January 13, 2012
Logline: Alex the Lion, Marty the Zebra, Gloria the Hippo and Melman the Giraffe are still fighting to get home to their beloved Big Apple, and of course, King Julien, Maurice and the Penguins are all along for the comedic adventure. Their journey takes them through Europe, where they find the perfect cover: a traveling circus, which they reinvent.
Writer: Noah Baumbach
Genre: Action , Adventure , Family , Animation
Saletype: Sequel
Studio: Dreamworks Studios
More: Jessica Chastain, Bryan Cranston, Martin Short, Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer, Jada Pinkett Smith, Frances McDormand and Sacha Baron Cohen attached for voice work. Eric Darnell and Conrad Vernon attached to direct.
Title: Hack/Slash
Date: Friday, January 13, 2012
Logline: A woman, who symbolizes the cliche of the lone girl who survives at the end of every horror movie, becomes a killer of killers.
Writer: Tim Seeley, Stefano Caselli
Genre: Action , Horror
Saletype: Comic , Adaptation
Production Company: Relativity Media
Producer: Alexandra Milchan, Adrian Askarieh, Daniel Alter
More: Marcus Nispel attached to direct.
Title: The Man Who Laughs
Date: Friday, January 13, 2012
Logline: A young man, who works in a travelling caravan and is named Gwynplain, is revealed to be a son of a baron who was kidnapped at the age of two, sold and disfigured, and is now heir to a vast fortune.
Writer: Victor Hugo
Genre: Drama , Period
Saletype: Novel , Adaptation
Producer: Jean-Pierre Ameris
More: Marc-Andre Grondin, Gerard Depardieu, Christa Theret and Emmanuelle Seigner attached to star. Jean-Pierre Ameris attached to direct.
Title: Goosebumps
Date: Friday, January 13, 2012
Logline: No logline given
Writer: Darren Lemke, R.L. Stine
Genre: Horror , Comedy
Saletype: Novel , Adaptation
Studio: Sony Studios
Production Company: Original Films, Scholastic Entertainment
Producer: Neal Moritz, Deborah Forte
Agent: UTA and Loeb and Loeb (Lemke)
More: Darren Lemke will adapt R.L. Stine's book.
Title: That s What She Said
Date: Thursday, January 12, 2012
Logline: The story is about longtime best friends, one trying to move on from a broken relationship and the other just starting a new one. When they meet a distraught woman with her own romantic problems, the trio ends up stumbling through a series of New York City misadventures.
Writer: Kellie Overbey
Genre: Indie , Comedy
Saletype: Script
Producer: Lucy Barzun Donnelly, Joshua Astrachan, Mona Panchal, Carrie Preston
More: Anne Heche, Marcia DeBonis and Alia Shawkat star in the film. Carrie Preston directed film.
Title: Vigilandia
Date: Thursday, January 12, 2012
Logline: No logline given
Writer: James DeMonaco
Genre: Thriller , Sci-Fi
Saletype: Script
Studio: Universal Studios
Production Company: Blumhouse Productions, Platinum Dunes, Why Not Productions
Producer: Jason Blum, Michael Bay, Brad Fuller, Andrew Form, Sebastien Lemercier
Agent: UTA (DeMonaco)
More: James DeMonaco attached to direct. Ethan Hawke attached to star.
Title: Kiss Me
Date: Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Logline: The story centers on a teen named Zoe, who is forced to wear a back brace to deal with her scoliosis. The story tracks Zoe as she navigates relationships with her mother, her best friend and a married man whose kids she babysits.
Writer: Liz Sarnoff
Genre: Drama , Indie , Coming Of Age
Saletype: Script
Production Company: MysticArt Pictures
Producer: Jeff Probst, Katy Wallin, John J. Kelly
More: Jeff Probst attached to direct. Sarah Bolger and John Corbett attached to star.
Title: Hovercar
Date: Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Logline: Set in a near future, the story is about how humans travel in vehicles that float a few feet above the ground. In this society, racing the vehicles becomes a glamorous sport.
Writer: Matthew Riley, Dan Harris
Genre: Adventure , Sci-Fi
Saletype: Novel , Adaptation
Studio: Disney Studios
Producer: Miles Millar, Alfred Gough
Agent: CAA and Loeb and Loeb (Harris)
More: Dan Harris will adapt Matthew Riley's book.
Title: Pinocchio
Date: Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Logline: The tale is about a woodcarver named Geppetto who embarks on a quest to reunite with his missing marionette.
Writer: Carlo Collodi, Bryan Fuller
Genre: Family , Fantasy , Live Action/Animation
Saletype: Script , Novel , Adaptation
Studio: Warner Bros.
Producer: Tim Burton, Dan Jinks
More: Tim Burton attached to direct. Bryan Fuller adapted Carlo Collodi's book.
Title: A Discovery of Witches
Date: Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Logline: The story is centered on a scholarly woman who is a direct descendant of the first woman executed at the Salem Witch Trials that accidentally discovers a long-lost manuscript that may contain the secret of immortality. She is thrust into a position where she and a 1,500 year old vampire must stop an inter-species war between witches and vampires.
Writer: David Auburn, Deborah Harkness
Genre: Supernatural , Fantasy
Saletype: Novel , Adaptation
Studio: Warner Bros.
Producer: Denise Di Novi, Alison Greenspan
Agent: CAA, Code Entertainment and Hirsch Wallerstein (Auburn)
More: David Auburn will adapt Deborah Harkness' novel.
Title: The Incredible True Story of Jessica & Drew Who Accidentally Boned on the Way to the Wedding
Date: Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Logline: The story centers on two people who, while on the way to a destination wedding and with other partners on their minds, hook up and fall in love.
Writer: Erin Simon, Kimberly Karp
Genre: Comedy
Saletype: Pitch
Studio: Fox 2000
Producer: Karen Rosenfelt, Mason Novick
Agent: WME (Simon, Karp)
Title: Kiss and Tango
Date: Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Logline: The story of how Palmer, a high-flying ad exec, quit her job at the age of 30 and moved to Buenos Aires, rediscovering herself with the help of sexy tango dancing.
Writer: David Seltzer, Marina Palmer
Genre: Drama
Saletype: Novel , Adaptation
Studio: Fox 2000
Producer: Denise Di Novi, Alison Greenspan
Agent: ICM and Hansen Jacobson (Seltzer)
More: David Seltzer will adapt Marina Palmer's book.
Title: Untitled Sports Drama
Date: Wednesday, December 28, 2011
Logline: No logline given
Writer: Mark Wahlberg
Genre: Drama , Sports
Saletype: Pitch
Studio: Paramount Studios
Production Company: Plan B
Producer: Mark Wahlberg
More: Justin Bieber attached to star.
Title: Nero Fiddled
Date: Thursday, December 22, 2011
Logline: No logline given
Writer: Woody Allen
Genre: Comedy
Saletype: Pitch
Studio: Sony Pictures Classics
Production Company: Medusa Films, Gravier Productions
Producer: Letty Aronson, Steve Tenenbaum, Giampaulo Letta, Faruk Alatan
More: Alec Baldwin, Roberto Benigni, Penelope Cruz, Jesse Eisenberg, Greta Gerwig and Ellen Page attached to star. Woody Allen attached to direct.
Title: Bel Ami
Date: Thursday, December 22, 2011
Logline: An ex-soldier and journalist uses his charm and good looks to climb the social ladder in Paris.
Writer: Guy de Maupassant, Rachel Bennette
Genre: Drama , Romance , Period
Saletype: Script , Novel , Adaptation
Studio: Sony Studios
Production Company: 19 Entertainment, Protagonist Pictures, Rai Cinema, Redwave Films
More: Decian Donnellan and Nick Ormerod attached to direct. Robert Pattinson, Uma Thurman, Kristin Scott Thomas and Christina Ricci attached to star. Rachel Bennette adapted Guy de Maupassant's novel.
Title: Outrun
Date: Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Logline: The story of a former getaway driver, who goes AWOL from the Witness Protection Program to drive his girlfriend to L.A. for her dream job only to be pursued by federal agents and his former gang.
Writer: Dax Shepard
Genre: Comedy
Saletype: Script
Production Company: Open Road Films
Producer: Andrew Panay, Nate Tuck, Kim Waltrip, Jim Casey
More: Kristen Bell, Bradley Cooper, Tom Arnold, Beau Bridges, Kristin Chenoweth, David Koechner and Dax Shepard star in film. David Palmer directed film.
Title: Fast and Furious 6
Date: Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Logline: TBA
Writer: Chris Morgan
Genre: Thriller , Action , Adventure , Suspense
Saletype: Sequel
Studio: Universal Studios
Producer: Vin Diesel
More: Vin Diesel, Eva Mendes and Michelle Rodriguez attached to star. Justin Lin attached to direct.
Title: 300: Battle of Artemisia
Date: Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Logline: The tale is about the Persian king-turned-god Xerxes who leads an army against Greek forces, they have little training but are under the guidance of a general named Themistokles.
Writer: Kurt Johnstad, Zack Snyder, Frank Miller
Genre: Action , Period , Fantasy
Saletype: Script , Comic , Prequel , Adaptation
Studio: Warner Bros.
Production Company: Legendary Pictures
Producer: Mark Canton, Gianni Nunnari, Bernie Goldman, Zack Snyder, Deborah Snyder, Thomas Tull
More: Noam Murro attached to direct. Eva Green attached to star. Kurt Johnstad and Zack Snyder adapted Frank Miller's graphic novel.
Title: Maximum Conviction
Date: Monday, December 19, 2011
Logline: The story centers on two private security contractors decommissioning an old prison.
Genre: Action , Drama , Crime
Saletype: Pitch
Production Company: Anchor Bay, Voltage Pictures, Caliber Media
Producer: Steven Seagal, Steve Austin, Phillip B. Goldfine, Jack Heller
More: Steven Seagal and Steve Austin are attached to star. Keoni Waxman attached to direct.
Title: Ender s Game
Date: Monday, December 19, 2011
Logline: A young boy, who is a genius strategist, is drafted by the International Fleet to destroy the alien Formic race.
Writer: Orson Scott Card, Gavin Hood
Genre: Sci-Fi
Saletype: Script , Novel , Adaptation
Studio: Summit Entertainment
Production Company: OddLot Entertainment, Digital Domain
Producer: Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci, Gigi Pritzker, Linda McDonough, Lynn Hendee, Robert Chartoff, Orson Scott Card, Bill Lischak, Mandy Safavi, Cliff Plumer, Ed Ulbrich
More: Asa Butterfield, Brendan Meyer, Hailee Steinfeld and Ben Kingsley attached to star. Gavin Hood will direct and adapted Orson Scott Card's novel.
Title: Rites of Spring
Date: Thursday, December 15, 2011
Logline: The story of kidnappers whose hideout in an abandoned school is attacked by a mysterious creature.
Writer: Padraig Reynolds
Genre: Sci-Fi
Saletype: Script
Production Company: IFC Midnight, XYZ Films
Producer: Wes Benton, Eric Thompson, Bobby Benton, John Norris
More: Padraig Reynolds directed film. A.J. Bowen, Anessa Ramsey, Sonny Marinelli, Katherine Randolf, Marco St. John, Hannah Bryan, Sarah Pachelli, James Bartz, Shanna Forestall, Skylar Burke and Andrew Breland star in film.
Title: The Art of Racing in the Rain
Date: Thursday, December 15, 2011
Logline: The story is centered on a family dog named Enzo who evaluates his life through the lessons learned by his human owner, a race-car driver named Denny Swift.
Writer: Garth Stein, Mark Bomback
Genre: Drama
Saletype: Novel , Adaptation
Studio: Universal Studios
Production Company: Original Film
Producer: Patrick Dempsey, Neal Moritz, Tania Landau, Joannie Burstein
Agent: WME, Anonymous Content (Bomback), UTA, Folio Literary Management (Stein)
Attorney: David Colden (Bomback)
More: Patrick Dempsey is attached to star. Mark Bomback will adapt Garth Stein's novel.
Title: How I Live Now
Date: Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Logline: A self-centered Manhattan girl named Daisy is sent to live with her aunt and cousins on a remote farm in England. When the aunt gets stuck in Norway and England invaded by an unnamed force, Daisy and her cousins are left to live in an almost utopian setting, unencumbered by adults.
Writer: Meg Rosoff
Genre: Fantasy , Coming Of Age
Saletype: Novel , Adaptation
Production Company: Film4, Cowboy Films, Passion Pictures
More: Kevin Macdonald attached to direct. Saorise Ronan attached to star.
Title: Man of Tai Chi
Date: Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Logline: A young martial artist named Tiger Chen, whose fighting skills brings him to a realm of vast opportunities, and painful choices.
Genre: Action , Drama
Saletype: Pitch , Co-Production
Studio: Universal Studios
Executive Overseeing: David Kosse
Production Company: Village Roadshow Pictures Asia, China Film Group, Wanda Media
Producer: Keanu Reeves
More: Keanu Reeves attached to star and direct.
Title: Daughter of Smoke & Bone
Date: Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Logline: The tale of a 17-year old art student whose father occasionally sends her on errands around the world, collecting human teeth for a mysterious purpose. The young woman gradually becomes aware that she is part of ancient struggle between devils and angels and finds herself in a forbidden romance with a warrior angel.
Writer: Laini Taylor
Genre: Fantasy
Saletype: Novel , Adaptation
Studio: Universal Studios
Agent: Jane Putch of Eyebait Licensing & Management (Taylor)
Attorney: Peter Nelson (Taylor)
Title: The Selected Works Of T.S. Spivet
Date: Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Logline: A 12-year-old boy makes a cross-country trek from Montana to the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. and discovers a secret family history on the way.
Writer: Reif Larsen, Guillaume Laurant, Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Genre: Action , Adventure , Drama
Saletype: Script , Novel , Co-Production , Adaptation
Production Company: BBR-Filmarto, Epithete, Tapioca, Gaumont
Producer: Suzanne Girard, Frederic Brillion, Gilles Legrand, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Francis Boespflug
More: Jean-Pierre Jeunet attached to direct and adapted Reif Larsen's novel with Guillaume Laurant.
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
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
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