Some of this month's hard-boiled scripts from hard-boiled
books:
Title: Charles Willeford Book Series Centers on a gritty and
comically grotesque South Florida crime and a Miami police
detective, Hoke Moseley. Writer Curtis Hanson , who purchased
the film rights to a series of novels by cult crime writer
Charles Willeford. Hanson will produce with partner Carol
Fenelon. Story not yet set up at a studio.
Title: The Killer Inside Me Set in a small Texas town, a
local sheriff's deputy hides the fact that he has a
psychopathic streak. Writer: Andrew Dominik and Robert
Weinbach Agent: Endeavor (Dominik) Buyer: Muse Productions
Adaptation of the 1952 pulp fiction classic by Jim Thompson.
Dominic Sena will direct. Weinbach will produce along with
Chris Hanley, Bradford Schlei of Stone Canyon Entertainment
and Fernando Sulichin. Jean Labadie will Executive
Produce.
Title: The Ladykillers Log Line: In the South, an eccentric
matron unwittingly rents out rooms in her house to a gang of
professional thieves. They plan to use the innocent address
as a hideout while they plot a big-ticket heist, but they
ultimately discover they're no match for the shrewd woman.
Writer: Joel and Ethan Coen More: Remake of the 1955 British
film. Tom Jacobson and Barry Sonnenfeld to produce. Project
originally set up in 1995. Coens to also direct.
Title: Chaos A young grifter kidnaps the wife of a wealthy
businessman but when the grifter leaves to collect on his
ransom, the woman somehow dies. Remake of the 1999 Hideo
Nakata-directed Japanese film "Kaosu." Tribeca and Laura
Bickford Productions to produce. No writer or director is
attached as yet. Robert De Niro will produce, and possible
play a supporting role. Vertigo Entertainment's Roy Lee and
Doug Davison will Executive Produce.
Title: Untitled Matt Helm Series Log Line: Series that
centers on the life and spy missions of Helm, a former Army
lieutenant. Writer: Blake Masters Agent: Brant Rose Agency
Buyer: DreamWorks Pictures Team Todd is on board to produce.
Robert Luketic signed on to direct the first movie in the
series. The film will be based on the series of Matt Helm
action novels, written by Donald Hamilton, that the studio
optioned in January.
Also enroute: Hawaii Five-O, Ocean's Twelve (sequel to
"Ocean's Eleven" ), The Thomas Crown Affair sequel, American
Pie 3, Blade 3 , Analyze That
(sequel to "Analyze This"), Seriously Dude, Where's My Car?,
Alfie (a remake of the 1966 film), Miss Congeniality 2, and
Spiderman 2.
Oh my.
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