Just took a look at some production notes I was given over a month ago, and found these...thought they might be of interest...these are just the *good* ones... [img]wink.gif[/img]
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I didn't realize they were so far along on this project!...
BATMAN: INTIMIDATION GAME *Feature*
STATUS - Late February 2004
LOCATION - London, Shepperton Studios - Iceland
DIRECTOR: Christopher Nolan
CAST: Christian Bale - Katie Holmes - Michael Caine - Cillian Murphy - Morgan Freeman - Liam Neeson
Synopsis: Follows the character's early years as he embarks on his crime-fighting career. Shooting is expected to hit the windy city of Chicago sometime in July/August
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ELEKTRA *Feature*
STATUS - Summer 2004
Synopsis: The beautiful killing machine known as Elektra has returned from her
supposed death and is on a mission to kill Presidential candidate Ken Wind. She's wanted by S.H.E.I.L.D. operatives after she assassinated South American Presidente Carlos Huevos. She dispatches, in rich, bloody detail, many an agent. One of those unfortunates is agent John Garrett, who she shreds nearly to pieces, only to leave him alive for her own amusement. Garrett is revived with a special electronic and pneumatic body. Elektra uses some sort of bizarre Ninja mind control over him to make him do her bidding. Meanwhile, S.H.E.I.L.D. is busy rebuilding Perry, Garrett's partner who also was badly mutilated by Elektra. What they don't know is that Perry has a history of violence and rage, and it's up to Elektra and Garrett to stop him before he gets fully rebuilt. But Garrett's betrayal of S.H.I.E.L.D. due to Elektra's mind control has agent Chastity and Colonel Nick Fury on his trail. 2005 Release
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FIREFLY *Feature*
Director: Joss Whedon
STATUS - May 2004
CAST: Nathan Fillion - Gina Torres - Alan Tudyk - Sean Maher - Adam Baldwin - Jewel Staite - Summer Glau - Ron Glass - Morena Baccarin
Synopsis: Set 800 years in the future, in the wake of a universal civil war, the
storyline centers on the crew of Serenity, a small transport spaceship. The crew members will take any job -- legal or not -- to stay afloat and put bread on their table. Thrust together by necessity, these disparate men and women are cowboys of the future. They're seeking adventure and the good life, but facing constant challenges on the new frontier, which test and reveal their true identities. Plans are to go into production in first-quarter 2004.
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THE GREEN HORNET *Feature*
STATUS - Late-Summer 2004
DIRECTOR: Kevin Smith
Pursued by police as a wanted criminal, the masked vigilante Green Hornet is actually Britt Reid, owner and publisher of muckraking journal the Daily Sentinel. Reid's dual identity is known only to his secretary and the city district attorney. The Hornet spends his off hours thwarting criminals with his Black Beauty, a souped-up crime-fighting vehicle and guns that fire non-lethal knockout gas and steel-piercing stingers. So far as police are concerned, the Hornet is himself a criminal; this misunderstanding enables Reid to operate "outside the law" to battle criminals and racketeers with his faithful valet Kato, the only living person who knows the true identity of the Hornet.
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oops! I better add Gretchen back to my list!...
THE BALLAD OF BETTIE PAGE *Feature*
STATUS - April 5 LOCATION - New York
CAST: Gretchen Mol
The ultimate girl-next-door, and one of the most popular Playboy centerfolds, Bettie Page challenged the conservative 1950s, posing as a fierce dominatrix, and earning both a cult underground following and a Senate Committee investigation on juvenile delinquency, essentially a witch-hunt orchestrated by a senator from her home state of Tennessee bent on exploiting her as a steppingstone to the White House. Page retired shortly after the photographer who discovered her was ruined as a result of the probe. She has shunned most public. At the height of her popularity, Bettie disappeared--some feared she had been killed by the mob, while others said she became a born-again Christian and was ashamed of her infamous bondage modeling. In 1979 and 1982, Page (a diagnosed schizophrenic) tried to stab several people to death and was institutionalized.
what? Is that true???!
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Ya just gotta wonder...
THE KING *Feature*
STATUS - March 15 LOCATION - Austin - Corpus Christi, Texas
CAST: Gael Garcia Bernal - Sam Shepard - Paul Dano - Daryl Hannah
A stranger named Elvis shows up in a small Texas town and begins bothering the family of Pastor David Sandow, a preacher and local celebrity. It is soon discovered that Elvis is the pastor's illegitimate child, and he seems intent on forcing himself into the Sandow family unit. He seduces the pastor's daughter, Mallory, and develops a litigious relationship with her brother, Paul, whose position Elvis intends to take over, through a combination of charm and threats. March 15, 2004 - April 16, 2004
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BATTLESTAR GALACTICA *Series*
STATUS - March 2004
same cast and synopsis as the pilot
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I DREAM OF JEANNIE *Feature*
STATUS - Active Development
CAST: Keira Knightley
The film opens 2,000 years ago in Persia, where a young woman's quest to become a soldier earns her the punishment of being stuck in a bottle and sentenced to serve the first person who finds her.
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DEATH ANGEL'S SHADOW aka "REFLECTIONS FOR THE WINTER OF MY SOUL" *Feature*
STATUS - Development
Synopsis: A twist on the Biblical story of Cain and Able, about Kane, an immortal
swordsman doomed to wander the earth sowing destruction wherever he lingers. Kane's adventurers are set in the days of Elder Earth when fantastic monsters from beyond the stars wandered the world. Kane, who has played many roles in his endless wandering (mercenary, king, wizard, poet, etc.) fights beside these creatures as often as he battles against them. "Death Angel's Shadow" tells of Kane's early journey's through the hostile dawn of our race.
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Yet another show about Vegas???!!!
DR. VEGAS *Pilot*
STATUS - Mid-March 2004 LOCATION - Los Angeles - Las Vegas
Synopsis: An hour-long Vegas-set drama about an young, unconventional doctor who
lives and works in an old-school, Palms-like hotel-casino.
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EDISON *Feature*
CAST: Morgan Freeman - Kevin Spacey - LL Cool J - Justin Timberlake
Synopsis: A young journalist uncovers an elite unit of corrupt cops. Realizing
that he's over his head, he makes an uneasy alliance with a burnt-out
reporter *Freeman* and the DA's ace investigator *Spacey*.
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FOSTER HALL *Feature*
PRODUCER: Conan O'Brien
WRITER: Christopher Moynihan
CAST: Macaulay Culkin
Synopsis: Centers on a brother and a sister who reunite after years of being bumped from foster home to foster home and the sister's brief stint in jail.
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GILGAMESH *Feature*
CAST: Michael Madsen - Omar Sharif - Billy Zane - Robert Davi - Dennis Hopper - Peter O'Toole
Synopsis: Epic action-adventure follows the story of the warrior king *Madsen* on
his quest to find the answers to happiness and immortality.
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HOOLIGANS *Feature*
STATUS - Late-March 2004 LOCATION - London
CAST: Elijah Wood - Charlie Hunnam
The story centers on a Harvard undergraduate *Wood* who moves to London after he is wrongfully expelled from the Ivy League school. Once there, he meets up with a young man named Pete *Hunnam*, who introduces him to the violent underworld of soccer hooliganism.
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They're not planning on doing this like Smallville, I hope!...
JACK AND BOBBY Pilot / WB
STATUS - Mid-March 2004
CAST: Christine Lahti
An hour-long drama about a pair of brothers destined to become political leaders. The show will focus on the teenage years of a future president, interspersed with flash-forward interview segments with members of his White House staff.
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Nope, we sure haven't had enough of this character yet...
JOEY *Pilot*
STATUS - Spring 2004 LOCATION - Los Angeles
CAST: Matt LeBlanc
A "Friends" spinoff revolving around Matt LeBlanc's Joey Tribbiani
character moving cross-country to Los Angeles to pursue his acting
career.
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THE KILLER INSIDE ME *Feature*
STATUS - Development
CAST: Sean Penn
Deputy Sheriff Lou Ford is a pillar of the community in his small Texas town, patient and apparently thoughtful. Some people think he's a little slow and maybe boring, but that's the worst they say about him. But then nobody knows about what Lou calls his 'sickness'. It nearly got him put away when he was younger, but his adopted brother took the rap for that. But now the sickness that has been lying dormant for a while is about to surface again and the consequences are brutal and devastating.
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LASSIE *Feature*
STATUS - Spring 2004 LOCATION - Yorkshire - Scottish Highlands
The story tells of this hard-up family who are forced to sell their dog to a mine-owning family and the dog's subsequent attempts to escape and return home.
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THE LAST FIRST KISS *Feature*
STATUS - March 15 LOCATION - New York
CAST: Will Smith - Eva Mendes
About a New York man who has a secret identity moonlighting as a dating doctor who specializes in priming and planning dates for lovesick men. Despite his talent for handling other people's relationships, he is adrift when it comes to his own love life. When he meets and falls for a New York tabloid journalist, his jaded romantic outlook is challenged, while his secret identity is threatened to be uncovered.
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I wonder if they can get Ginger to come back for this one...
LOST Pilot / ABC
STATUS - Mid-March 2004
Follows a group of people stuck on a Pacific island and forced to build a new society after surviving a plane crash
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I swear, I saw this, it was a 7 Days episode!
MAN WITH A FOOTBALL *Feature*
STATUS - Active Development
A U.S. Special Weapons Unit officer along with his new female partner must stop a terminally ill nuclear scientist who is obsessed with illustrating the horrors of nuclear war by launching a strike at Washington, D.C. The madman steals the president's attache case which contains a device - code name "the football" - that controls all the nuclear weapons around the world.
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MEDIUM Pilot / NBC
STATUS - Late-February 2004 LOCATION - Los Angeles
PRODUCER: Kelsey Grammer
CAST: Patricia Arquette
An hour-long drama about a woman with psychic abilities. Based on the story of Allison DuBois, a self-described "research medium and criminal profiler" based in Arizona, the series will explore how an ordinary woman comes to balance her "gift" with being a wife and mother.
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MONSTER-IN-LAW *Feature*
STATUS - May 2004 LOCATION - Los Angeles
CAST: Jennifer Lopez - Jane Fonda
Lopez stars as Charlie, a young woman who thinks she has found the perfect man, until she comes face-to-face with his ruthless mother. Fonda stars as the hellacious mother-in-law who believes that no woman -- especially not Charlie -- is good enough for her son. Release 2005
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MR. ED Pilot / FOX
STATUS - February 23 LOCATION - Los Angeles
CAST: David Alan Basche - Sherilyn Fenn - Sherman Hemsley - Sara Paxton
An updated take on the classic sitcom about Wilbur Post and his talking horse.
I wonder how they're going to "update" it? Make it more "gritty" and "real"? Solve inner city crimes together? bwahahaha!
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THE PINK PANTHER *Feature*
STATUS - April 19 LOCATION - New York - Paris
CAST: Steve Martin
The prequel has the bumbling French detective, Inspector Jacques Clouseau, assigned to solve the murder of the nation's soccer team coach while investigating the disappearance of the legendary Pink Panther diamond the national treasure of the Eastern state of Lugash.
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THE MASK OF THE PINK PANTHER *Feature*
STATUS - April 19 LOCATION - New York - Paris
CAST: Steve Martin - Howard Stern - Jackie Chan - Robert Wagner
Inspector Clouseau is a brilliant detective. He's also arrogant, disastrously clumsy, and very lucky that the mayhem he creates never harms himself. His late father's claim to fame was having recovered the treasured Pink Panther diamond several times during his career but,
thus far, the current Inspector Clouseau has never been able to distinguish himself in a similar fashion. At the same time, the Middle East is aflame over the recovery of a long- forgotten treasure: The Mask of The Pink Panther. The priceless mask is recovered in the
deserts of the mythical kingdom of Lugash and the current Sultan is eager to use the ancestral treasure to pacify his troubled nation.
Are they filming 2 films at the same time or did they choose a new script? Shooting dates are identical.
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ROMANCE AND CIGARETTES *Feature*
STATUS - March 22 LOCATION - New York
PRODUCER: Joel Coen - Ethan Coen
DIRECTOR: John Turturro
CAST: James Gandolfini - Susan Sarandon - Kate Winslet - Mandy Moore - Christopher Walken - Julia Stiles - Adam Sandler
A dark comic musical set in the Bensonhurst area of New York City, in which a man journey's from infidelity to redemption.
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SUDBURY aka "PRACTICAL MAGIC" Pilot / CBS
STATUS - Late March 2004 LOCATION - Los Angeles - Vancouver
PRODUCER: Sandra Bullock
An hourlong drama that will revolve around two sisters who struggle with the blessing/curse of magical abilities. Focusing on the two sisters as well as two other generations of Owens women.
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ELIZABETHTOWN *Feature*
STATUS - July 2004 LOCATION - Oregon - Kentucky - Los Angeles
PRODUCER: Paula Wagner - Tom Cruise
DIRECTOR: Cameron Crowe
CAST: Kirsten Dunst - Orlando Bloom
A rich ensemble comedy with two central leads Drew Baylor and Claire Colburn. The project is intended to be a love letter to the resilience of the life force and is a story of an unexpected romance that develops against the backdrop of a Southern patriarch's hilariously elaborate
memorial.
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TIMOTHY LEARY *Feature*
STATUS - Development
CAST: Leonardo DiCaprio
One of the most influential and controversial people of the 20th century, Timothy Leary inspired profound feelings--both pro and con; from everyone with whom he came into contact. He was extravagant, grandiose, enthusiastic, erratic, and an unrelenting proponent of expanding consciousness and challenging authority. His experiments with psilocybin and LSD at Harvard University and Millbrook, New York, were instrumental in propelling the nation into the psychedelic era of the 1960s. From the 1980s until his death in 1996 he fully embraced the possibilities of freedom offered by the developments in computer technology and the instant communication made possible by the Internet.
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UNTITLED BOUNTY HUNTERS PROJECT Pilot / CBS
STATUS - Spring 2004 LOCATION - Los Angeles
PRODUCER: Aaron Spelling
CAST: Robert Forster
The drama revolves around a father and his two sons in the bounty-hunting business. Father Jerry is, like his car, classic. Physically imposing and gruff, he can go from being a hothead to a teddy bear in an instant. He's an expert at dealing with people on the job but he gets easily frustrated and defensive in personal relationships including his girlfriend, Beth, and his sons. One son, Colin, is cool and quick-thinking; the other, Matt, is goofy and happy-go-lucky.
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Jennifer Love Hewitt is pitching a new series, A comedy about a sports reporter and single mom.
Jackie Chan - Chris Tucker are filming RUSH HOUR 3
Jennifer Tilly - Brad Dourif are filming Child's Play 5
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UNTITLED TED GRIFFIN PROJECT *Feature*
STATUS - April 2004
CAST: Jennifer Aniston
A comedy about a woman who believes her family inspired the characters in "The Graduate." Aniston will play a young woman who returns home to Pasadena, determined to unravel a family secret before she gets married. She learns "The Graduate" might have been based on her kin, and that her grandmother was the inspiration for Mrs. Robinson.
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INFERNAL AFFAIRS *Feature*
STATUS - Active Development
PRODUCER: Brad Grey - Jennifer Aniston
DIRECTOR: Martin Scorsese
CAST: Brad Pitt
The story is about Yan, who is a police undercover in the Triads while Ming, is in the reversal of a triad undercover in the police department. Leading parallel but opposite lives, both feel the tremendous pressure as well as stressfully trapped in their false and increasing dangerous surroundings. Both have been walking on the thin fatal line until on one fateful evening they finally meet each other. On the other hand, both the police and the Triads have knowledge that there's an undercover amongst them and the chase is on as they compete
who would 'dig' out their `mole' first.
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THE CINDERELLA MAN *Feature*
STATUS - April 5 LOCATION - Toronto
PRODUCER: Penny Marshall
DIRECTOR: Ron Howard
CAST: Russell Crowe - Renee Zellweger - Craig Bierko
The Depression-era true story of boxer Jim Braddock, who became a national hero. About a regular guy who enters the ring out of desperation to feed his family. He becomes a hero of the commonfolk as he battles his way up the ranks in an effort to become World
Heavyweight Champion.
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CLANCY OF THE OVERFLOW *Feature*
STATUS - Early 2005 LOCATION - Australia
CAST: Hugh Jackman
"Clancy of the Overflow," takes the quintessential Australian character, backdrops him with the majestic landscapes of the Australian outback and creates a legend. Clancy is the kind of hero that epitomizes all things good in the Australian ethos. He is; courageous, honest, and charming. He lives by the principles of loyalty and 'mateship'. As Australians, he is, what we aspire to be.
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THE CONTENDER Pilot
STATUS - Development
PRODUCER: Sylvester Stallone
The series will focus on a nationwide search for a new boxing superstar who could breathe life back into the troubled sport.
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DARK SHADOWS Pilot / WB
STATUS - March 22
A Gothic soap that follows the strange happenings to the Collins family and their friends.
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HERBIE THE LOVE BUG Feature Film / Disney
STATUS - Development
The story follows a very "human" Volkswagen Beetle named Herbie, in the world of NASCAR.
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THE LONGEST YARD Feature
STATUS - June 2004
CAST: Adam Sandler - Chris Rock - Snoop Dogg
About a retired pro football quarterback Paul Crewe, who is sent to prison and forced by a sadistic warden to lead a team of inmates against a team of guards.
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THE AMITYVILLE HORROR Feature Film
STATUS - May 2004
PRODUCER: Michael Bay
About a large house on the coast of Long Island where newly weds George and Kathy Lutz and their three children move into the house that they hope will be their dream house but it ends up in terror. Not aware that a murder took place in the house several years back, George and Kathy turn to their family priest Father Delaney who believes the house is haunted and performs an exorcism on the house. But the evil spirit in the house causes him to become blind and makes him very ill. George and Kathy with the help of another priest Father Bolen and a police detective they face the fears of the house, but not knowing the spirit
is planning to possess George and then the children... The remake is expecting to be in production by May or June.
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THE HILLS HAVE EYES *Feature*
STATUS - Development
PRODUCER: Wes Craven
Synopsis: A family going to California accidentally goes through an Air Testing range closed to the public. They crash and are stranded in a desert. They are being stalked by a group of people, which have not emerged into modern times.
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MY 11:30 Pilot / NBC
PRODUCER: Paul Reiser
CAST: Jeff Goldblum
Each episode will begin with lead character Jeff Sharpe sitting down for another therapy session. As he ducks, dodges, and massages the truth, we see the dark-comic roller-coaster ride of Jeff's past week -- and the various arenas of his life: his office, his business
partner/best friend, his ex-wife who knows him better than anyone and young son, his sweet but needy female neighbor, and the parade of lovely and usually tooyoung women Jeff somehow can't stop getting involved with. Jeff and his female shrink; who he is attracted to; view each other as the ultimate challenge. Each is determined to
"break" the other.
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NATIONAL LAMPOON'S THE TROUBLE WITH FRANK *Feature*
STATUS - March 2004 LOCATION - Greensboro, North Carolina
CAST: Jon Bon Jovi
Long-time loser and chronic dreamer, Frank Hopper, is convinced he's hit the jackpot when he receives a credit card in the mail. Soon he's on his way to financing his dream of creating an all women ice hockey team, and also in debt to the tune of over three hundred thousand
dollars.
I think they meant to cast Ron Duguay!!!
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NICE GUYS Pilot / CBS
STATUS - Mid-March 2004 LOCATION - Los Angeles
PRODUCER: Shaun Cassidy
Synopsis: A buddy detective drama.
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THE ONE HUNDRED YEAR WINTER" aka "THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE
WARDROBE" *Feature*
STATUS - July 2004 LOCATION - Hobsonville, New Zealand Narnia, the land beyond the wardrobe, the secret country known only to Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy; the place where the adventure begins. Lucy is the first to find the secret of the wardrobe in the professor's mysterious old house. At first, no one believes her when she tells of her adventures in the land of Narnia. But soon Edmund and then Peter and Susan discover the Magic a meet Aslan, the Great Lion, for themselves. In the blink of an eye, their lives are changed forever.
PreProd: Feb 2004 Shoot: July - Dec 2004
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THE ROBINSONS: LOST IN SPACE Pilot / WB
STATUS - March 2 LOCATION - Vancouver
DIRECTOR: John Woo
CAST: Adrianne Palicki - Jayne Brook - Mike Erwin
The project will be set about 100 years in the future and will feature a relatable, contemporary family at its core.
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SKIPPING CHRISTMAS Feature Film
PRODUCER: Chris Columbus - Michael Barnathan - Mark Radcliffe **as in Daniel's DAD!**
DIRECTOR: Joe Roth
CAST: Tim Allen - Jamie Lee Curtis - Dan Aykroyd
Accountant Luther Krank is a Scrooge for the new millennium. He calculates that he and his wife, Nora, can take a Caribbean cruise during Christmas for much less money than they spent during the previous year's Christmas season. But Luther doesn't just want to take a vacation during Christmas; he wants to take a vacation from Christmas and skip it altogether. This means that the Kranks will not buy a Christmas tree or calendar, put up any decorations, send any Christmas cards, give any gifts, or attend or host any parties much to the chagrin of their hyperfestive neighbors. However, an unexpected phone call at the last minute leads to a change in plans. Hilarity ensues, but the poignant conclusion is unforgettable.
-----and another from the production team of Chris Columbus & Daniel Radcliffe's dad-------
WILL SEBASTIAN Feature Film / Warner Bros.
STATUS - Development
A magical romance that tells the story of a guy who lives his life out of sequence and the woman with whom he's destined to fall in love.
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SKY HIGH Feature Film / Disney
STATUS - June 2004
The comedy revolves around a high school for the kids of superheroes.
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SWEENEY TODD Feature Film / DreamWorks
STATUS - Development
DIRECTOR: Sam Mendes
A Fleet Street barber recounts the story of Sweeney Todd, a notorious barber who in the last century murdered many customers for their money.
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ugh, THAT's what they're going to call it?!...
TELL ME *Feature*
STATUS - Casting
CAST: Ethan Hawke - Adam Goldberg - Michael Rapaport
A modern fairy tale about a woman trapped with a man who could potentially kill her. To save her life, she tells the man stories.
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UNTITLED 3-D SCI-FI PROJECT Feature Film / 20th Century Fox
STATUS - Late 2004
DIRECTOR: James Cameron
Expected to shoot later this year or early next year.
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UNTITLED JESSICA SIMPSON PROJECT Pilot / ABC
STATUS - Late March 2004
CAST: Jessica Simpson
An office ensemble centering on a hard-working female producer of a primetime newsmagazine show whose world turns upside down when Jessica Sampson signs on to do part-time work as an on-air reporter.
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UNTITLED JOHN STAMOS PROJECT Pilot / ABC
STATUS - Late March 2004 LOCATION - Los Angeles
CAST: John Stamos
A romantic comedy in which the entire season takes place over the course of a couple's first date.
