Studio Briefs & Project Development Briefs – Mar 18, 2015

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We will be providing briefs of what comes out of the studios or independent project development on a daily basis and summarizing them in daily posts.   These will be a quick way to attempt to keep everyone updated on movement of projects.   This post is updated throughout the day.  So check back for the latest updates.

 

NON-SPECIFIC (NOT SPECIFIC TO A GIVEN ENTITY

 

ABC/DISNEY/AMC FAMILY/LIFETIME

 

 

AMC NETWORKS/AMC ENTERTAINMENT/A&E

 

CBS/CW/CBSFILMS/SHOWTIME/Pop

DIGITAL DISTRIBUTION (AOL, AMAZON, HULU, NETFLIX, YAHOO)

  •  Amazon just gave the green light to Bosch for a second season of the drama series.   Bosch is based on Michael Connelly’s about LAPD Detective Harry Bosch, played by Titus Welliver.  Developed by Eric Overmyer for television, Bosch is executive produced by Overmyer, Connelly, Henrik Bastin and Pieter Jan Brugge.  Second season will include Welliver along with Jamie Hector, Amy Aquino, Lance Reddick and Sarah Clarke.”We’re delighted to see that Amazon customers have immediately embraced Bosch,” Amazon Studios Vice President Roy Price said in a statement. “Fans will soon be able to enjoy more of this inspired adaptation brought to life by a remarkably gifted cast.”

DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS (DISCOVERY CHANNEL)/TLC

 

DREAMWORKS /DREAMWORKS ANIMATION

 

FOX ENTERTAINMENT GROUP/FOX SEARCHLIGHT/NEW REGENCY

LIONSGATE

  •  Lionsgate CEO Jon Feltheimer talked about the investment into Hunan TV, explaining “They’re in film production, distribution, advertising, location-based entertainment business, they are in TV in a major way, they are in the cable business. They stepped up, and we stepped up, and at a certain point we said we were going exclusive.”  According to deal terms, Hunan TV, a wholly owned subsidiary of TIK Films will co-finance qualifying Lionsgate features for the next three years. “The minute this deal was signed, they were already investing in a whole bunch of movies and they will distribute those movies and co-finance the movies they mentioned. We’ve created a template [for] working together,” said Feltheimer.  Some upcoming projects that are seeing the benefit are Gods of Egypt, Now You See Me 2, The Last Witch Hunter, Sicario and Age of Adaline.  Based on the deal, Hunan TV has an annual cap at $125M a year for a total investment of $375Mil.  “China is for sure the number two film market, last month in was number one,” Feltheimer said. “In terms of core business growth, we’ve got to be here and figure it out. We have to be part of the scene in China for us to be successful over the next five years, and I’m hoping this deal will be a large part of this.”  Read More
  • Jane the Virgin star Gina Rodriguez is rumored to be in talks with Peter Berg, helmer for Deepwater Horizon to star opposite Mark Walhberg.  If cast, she will play the movie’s female lead, a communications officer on the BP’s oil rig in the Gulf that caught fire in 2010, which exploded killing 11 crew members and resulted in the largest offshore oil spill in US history.   Wahlberg would star as an electrician on the rig.   Deepwater Horizon is produced by Lorenzo di Bonaventura and Mark Vahradian from Di Bonaventura Pictures. Lionsgate Entertainment have distribution rights.
  • Deadline:  Insurgent Review:  Pete Hammond on Shailene Woodley’s Next Blockbuster

MGM, ORION, UNITED ARTISTS

NBC/UNIVERSAL STUDIOS/USA NETWORK/COMCAST/E!/SyFy

  • THR Exclusive:  Scarface Remake Moving Forward with Straight Outta Compton Writer
  • Variety:  NBC SEts 3-Hour ‘Red Nose Day’ Live Telethon for May 21
  • NBCUniversal Network has announced a July 22 premiere of SyFy’s Sharknado3:Oh Hell No! despite the labor action issues, that have led to a continued 3 week strike which began on March 3 against the project which continues to remain non-union as of this date.  Negotiations with IATSE are pretty much non-existent last reported.  This season will head to Florida and feature a cameo by Michele Bachmann as herself ,Jerry Springer as a tourist NFL player Tom Compton as a reporter, *NSYNC singer Chris Kirkpatrick as a pool lifeguard, and ex-wrestler Chris Jericho as a roller coaster ride operator, Sharknado 3 will also feature Shark Tank co-host Mark Cuban as the President of the United States and best-selling author Ann Coulter as the VP.
  • Andrew Fenady, Universal Pictures’ President of Physical Produciton will be exiting his post after 16 years and will be replaced by Jeff LaPlante who had been Executive Vice President of Physical Production since 2011. Read More
  • Deadline:  Is NBC Nightly News Trolling Wee-Hour Eyeballs to Goose Ratings?

 

SCRIPPS NETWORK

 

 

SONY/TRISTAR/COLUMBIA

 

 

TIME WARNER/WARNER BROS./HBO/ CNN/TURNER/TNT/TBS/NEWLINE

 

 

VIACOM/COMEDY CENTRAL/PARAMOUNT/MTV

INDIE

  •  THR Exclusive:  Joel Schumacher, Investigation Discovery Team for Hotel-Murders Series
  • SXSW Grand Jury Prize For Narrative Feature went to Krisha, helmed by first-time director, Trey Edward Shults, which starred his aunt, Krisha Fairchild and his mother Robyn Fairchild.  His grandmother also made an appearance in the film as “the grandmother”.   Based on a shot that won a prize at SXSW in 2014, Krisha was shot in nine days at his parents’ home and the film included family and friends that are not pro actors other than his aunt who plays a woman with a dark past.  The film is shot very much in a horror-thriller fashion, influenced by films like Rosemary’s Baby, Repulsion, and A Woman Under the Influence with the entire family watching The Shining again the night before the shoot began. Upon winning, Shults brought his entire group up to the stage for the acceptance and let his aunt and lead star have a few words,“I know you’re all sick of seeing me cry,” the real Krisha said. “What I’m going to say is the people working on this movie became a family. If you ever want to create a film with as much power, turn your team into your family.”
  • Deadline Exclusive:  Edgar Ramirez To Dig Into Gold With Matthew McConaughey
  • THR Exclusive:  Janis Joplin Biopic Producers Sue to Halt Development – Silver Reel and LKL claim writer-producer Ron Terry and an investor breached the companies’ exclusive option.
  • John Woo  will direct the action thriller Manhunt, an adaptation of “Kimi yo Funnu no Kawa o Watare” ( aka “Hot Pursuit”) written by Juko Nishimura which will be produced by Media Asia.   Manhunt is about a prosecutor framed for robbery rape and multiple murders who sets out to clear his name.   Filming will begin in 2015 and pre-sales of the film will start next week at FilMart convention in Hong Kong.
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