Movie News: Script

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New Line buys 'Warden'

variety.com – New Line is going to prison, buying action spec "Warden" from siblings John and Thomas Sonntag, and setting it up with Mosaic to produce. 8 weeks 7 hours ago via jetli
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Fox Acquires Sci-Fi Pitch 'Theory Of Everything'

Fox
deadline.com – EXCLUSIVE: 20th Century Fox is closing a deal for Theory Of Everything, a pitch for a sci-fi action thriller that follows a disgraced scientist as he seeks to rescue his wife from a parallel dimension, a woman who was previously assumed dead. The film will be produced by Oscar-winning American Beauty producer Dan Jinks.

8 weeks 1 day ago via brucelee
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'Predators' Co-Writer Tapped for 'Hellified' at Paramount (Exclusive)

feedproxy.google.com – Lorenzo di Bonaventura is producing the supernatural action movie. 8 weeks 3 days ago via jackiechan
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New Regency Picks Up Action Project 'Empire' from 'Source Code' Writer, Producer (Exclusive)

New Regency
feedproxy.google.com – Ben Ripley wrote the spec and Mark Gordon is attached to produce. 9 weeks 1 day ago via jetli
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Fox Eyes Roman-Era German Hero 'Arminius'

Fox
deadline.com – EXCLUSIVE: Are the Germans getting their own version of the Scottish Braveheart? 20th Century Fox has acquired Arminius, a feature script by Frank Moll. Script tells the fact-based story of Arminius, a German who was trained as a Roman warrior, but who switched allegiance when the Romans tried to take over Germania. 9 weeks 6 days ago via jackiechan
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Paramount's Insurge Acquires 'Family Vacation'

deadline.com – BREAKING: Daniel Dubiecki’s Allegiance Theatre has just sold Family Vacation, a script by Eric Reese, to Paramount’s Insurge label. The film is a thriller but they are keeping specifics close to the vest. Dubiecki is producing. Reese is repped by CAA and Gotham. 10 weeks 6 hours ago via theothersenhman
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Silver Pictures Picks Up Action Spec from 'XXX' Writer (Exclusive)

Silver Pictures
feedproxy.google.com – The script by Rich Wilkes is said to harken back to Joel Silver's early action hits such as "48 Hours" and "Lethal Weapon." 11 weeks 2 days ago via jetli
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Mike Myers has finished his first draft of Wayne's World 3

joblo.com – There's nothing I'd like to see more than a third WAYNE'S WORLD film. When the guys reunited for SNL last year, they sparked heavy rumors that a third film was on the way. We waited, and waited, and waited...nothing happened. Talk of WAYNE'S WORLD 3 originally began back in 2008 when the guys returned for SNL, but Mike Myers was quick to dismiss the idea. 12 weeks 3 days ago via theothersenhman
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Millenium Buys Action-Heavy Somali Pirate Script, Hopes for New 'Expendables' (Exclusive)

Millenium Films
thewrap.com – Millenium Films has acquired "High Value Target," a high-concept action project written by Spenser Cohen, a person familiar with the project has told TheWrap. The film, which will also mark Cohen's directorial debut, chronicles Mantis, a lethal special-operations unit that attacks a boat operated by Somali pirates. In an effort to ramp up the realism, much of the story will be told with point of view cameras attached to members of the unit. 12 weeks 3 days ago via brucelee
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Danny Strong to write 'Hunger Games' finale

variety.com – Fresh off winning two Emmys for writing and co-exec producing HBO's "Game Change," Danny Strong has been tapped to write the two-part "Hunger Games" finale "Mockingjay" for Lionsgate, sources tell Variety. 19 weeks 3 days ago via jetli
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'SNL' Vet Jorma Taccone to Direct 'Spy Guys' for New Line (Exclusive)

feedproxy.google.com – Adam Sztykiel will write the action comedy, which is being produced by New Line-based John Rickard and the Lonely Island comedy team. 21 weeks 7 hours ago via donnieyen
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Rewrite for Legendary's 'Spectral'

Legendary Pictures
variety.com – Looking to breathe some new life into a project it's high on, Legendary Pictures has brought Jayson Rothwell to rewrite the supernatural thriller "Spectral." 21 weeks 8 hours ago via jackiechan
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Lionsgate options 'Vanish Man' thriller

variety.com – Denison Hatch built his first big break a little bit a time. Lionsgate has bought international thriller spec "Vanish Man" from the scribe, who most recently worked as an assistant at Original Film. Before that, he tapped away on screenplays in his spare time while working as a writer's assistant to "American Bullshit" scribe Eric Singer. 21 weeks 1 day ago via jackiechan
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Universal Back In Biz With 'Safe House' Scribe David Guggenheim's 'Black Box'

Universal
deadline.com – BREAKING: Universal Pictures paid seven-figures for Black Box, a script by Safe House scribe David Guggenheim that attracted several serious bids including DreamWorks and Warner Bros, the latter of which I’d heard was bidding for Bradley Cooper. The studio has put back together some of its Safe House creative team, with Scott Stuber coming aboard to produce along with Madhouse Entertainment. 22 weeks 1 day ago via jackiechan
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McCullah, Smith Option "Panic Zone"

darkhorizons.com – "Legally Blonde" and "She's The Man" scribes Karen McCullah and Kirsten 'Kiwi' Smith have penned a new original comedy script entitled "Panic Zone" for Ealing Studios reports Variety. The story deals with a woman over thirty-five trying to find love and is described as fitting with Ealing's ideal of "sophisticated screwball comedies built around iconic stars".

28 weeks 5 days ago via jetli
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