January 2011
2 posts
Title: For Sale: Baby Shoes, Never Worn
Logline: Based on Ernest Hemingway’s classic six-word story.
Genre: Footwear Drama
Price: Low against high six figures
Notes: Planned as a trilogy with Jake Gyllenhaal and Emily Blunt attached to star. Upon the insistence of Hemingway’s estate, the project will adhere closely to the source material, though the baby is rumored to survive.
Title: Solitaire
Logline: Based on the popular single-player card game.
Genre: Epic
Price: Low against high six figures
Notes: Jude Law, Susan Sarandon, Morgan Freeman, Elle Fanning, Stanley Tucci, Giovanni Ribisi, Mary Louise Parker, Venus Williams, John Goodman, Garrison Keillor, Dame Judy Dench, Serena Williams, Sir Ben Kingsley, Duke Hugh Grant, Henry Kissinger, Isaiah Mustafa, Tommy Lee...
November 2010
1 post
Title: JK Livin’
Logline: A man embarks on a journey of self-discovery after the sudden and tragic loss of his shirt.
Genre: Easygoing Chillventure
Price: Low against high six figures
Notes: Matthew McConaughey attached to star, produce and direct based on his own script.
October 2010
16 posts
Title: His Holiness, Pope Steve I
Logline: After a papal conclave clerical error, a 32-year-old Midwestern party-animal living in his parents’ basement becomes the new Pope and proceeds to turn the Catholic church upside-down. Pitched as Legally Blond meets Doubt.
Genre: Vaticomedy
Price: Low against high six figures
Notes: James Franco attached to star.
Title: That Time of the Month
Logline: After an uncaring businessman threatens to put a local mom and pop tampon company out of business, he’s cursed to experience a menstrual period for a week.
Genre: Hygienic Comedy
Price: Low against high six figures
Notes: Ryan Reynolds attached to star along with Betty White as the mystical Aunt Flo.
Title: Tic-Tac-Toe
Logline: At long last, the classic two-player game finally comes to life on the big screen.
Genre: Pencil-and-Paper-centric Cat-and-Mouse Suspense Actioner
Price: Low against high six figures
Notes: Will Smith and Christian Bale attached to play X and O, respectively.
Title: I Dreamed a Dream
Logline: The true life story of Susan Boyle, the homely middle-aged woman who became an unlikely overnight singing sensation after her appearance on Britain’s Got Talent.
Genre: Musical Biopic
Price: Low against high six figures
Notes: Natalie Portman, January Jones and Jessica Biel all currently vying for the lead.
Title: Join My Network
Logline: Tells the story of the founding of the LinkedIn social network, centering primarily on conference calls with venture capital firms and the preparation of LLC paperwork.
Genre: Cyber-Docudrama
Price: Low against high six figures
Notes: Producers currently auditioning actors to play the company’s founder, whoever that is.
Title: South Paw
Logline: A slick ad executive must struggle to keep his cool and land the biggest account of his career after he breaks an ancient cursed artifact and wakes up the next morning left-handed. Along the way he learns to value what’s truly important in life.
Genre: Slapstick Fantasy Comedy
Price: Low against high six figures
Notes: Jason Segel attached to star. The...
Title: Tooth & Nail
Logline: Tough homicide detective Jimmy Nail finds his world turned upside down when he’s partnered with rookie cop Tooth, a sass-talking incisor.
Genre: Buddy Cop Dental Comedy Actioner
Price: Low against high six figures
Notes: Mark Wahlberg attached to play Nail opposite Chris Rock as the voice of Tooth who will be a mixture of CGI, animatronics, hand-puppetry...
Title: Baby Bride
Logline: When his work visa expires, a British man marries a three-month-old baby in order to stay in the US. But what begins as a zany marriage of convenience soon begins to blossom into true love.
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Price: Low against high six figures
Notes: Gerard Butler attached to star. Producers are currently holding ultrasound auditions for the female lead.
Title: Arbor Day
Logline: A greedy logging magnate wakes up one morning to find himself transformed into a tree and must band together with nearby flora to stop his own company from cutting them all down.
Genre: Fish Out of Water Enviromedy
Price: Low against high six figures
Notes: Robert Downey Jr. attached to star. Based on the popular Mexican telenovela Aventuras del Hombre Bosque.
Title: Mrs. President
Logline: Details the madcap hi-jinks that occur when, after a bizarre electoral mix-up, a woman is elected president.
Genre: Absurd Political Farce
Price: Low against high six figures
Notes: Eddie Murphy, John Travolta and Robin Williams all currently vying for the title role.
Title: Movie Movie
Logline: Parody of the string of parody films that have hit theaters over the past decade.
Genre: Parodic Parody
Price: Low against high six figures
Notes: Scary Movie, Epic Movie, Superhero Movie, Date Movie and Disaster Movie finally get the Scary Movie, Epic Movie, Superhero Movie, Date Movie and Disaster Movie treatment. Deal also includes an option for Movie Movie...
Title: The Hangover
Logline: Remake of the classic 2009 film about three men who awake the morning after a wild bachelor party to discover the groom is missing.
Genre: Comedy/Remake/Reboot/Reimagineering
Price: Low against high six figures
Notes: Joel McHale, Rob Corddry and Patton Oswalt attached to star. Producers reportedly plan to be very loyal to the original, with the exception of a...
Title: Cap’n Crunch
Logline: Live-action adaption of the beloved children’s cereal finds the titular Cap’n on a high-seas adventure in search of The Soggies, a band of nefarious little creatures who brutally murdered his wife and children.
Genre: Nautical Family Revenge Thriller
Price: Low against high six figures
Notes: Paul Giamatti close to signing on for the lead...
Title: Führer In-Law
Logline: A young man begins to suspect his new fiancée’s father is the 121-year-old Adolf Hitler.
Genre: Madcap Genocidemedy
Price: Low against high six figures
Notes: Paul Rudd attached to star. Al Pacino in talks to play Hitler.
Title: Zombie Sharks
Logline: An unmarried workaholic woman is forced to reexamine her life when she’s diagnosed with a terminal illness.
Genre: Romanspirational Melodramedy
Price: Low against high six figures
Notes: Naomi Watts attached to star. Gerard Butler will voice the lead zombie shark.
Title: Skee’s the Limit
Logline: A single father attempts to pull his family out of financial ruin the only way he knows how: in a winner-take-all skee-ball tournament.
Genre: Sports Docudramedy
Price: Low against high six figures
Notes: Tobey Maguire attached to star with Kristen Bell as his love interest and David Duchovny as the ghost of Ernest Hemingway.
