PRODUCTION SLATE  2008/09

CO-PRODUCTION WITH FEAR FACTORY, WITH DEVELOPMENT FUNDING FROM SUREFIRE/THE WORKS MEDIA GROUP

Developed with the assistance of the New Cinema Fund of the UK Film Council

An original horror screenplay by acclaimed novelist Jay Basu (SONG OF SONGS) to be directed by Josh Appignanesi (SONG OF SONGS as featured at Edinburgh, London and Rotterdam Film Festivals)

THE OTHERS fused with THE SHINING… A disturbing psychological chiller about the power of memory : a care home inspector is sent to a retirement home to investigate the death of a resident under odd circumstances.  She soon discovers that memories, both her own and that of her patients, can literally have a life of their own …..

FINANCING NOW, OUT TO CAST IN APRIL 2008, TO SHOOT SEPT/OCT 2008 IN UK

THE SYCAMORES

EXEC PRODUCER: David Parfitt  (Oscar winning producer of SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE)

STARRING: NATALIE  PRESS, KELLY REILLY and MICHAEL FASSBENDER (SUBJECT TO AVAILABILITY)

A King Lear-esque murder mystery about an ill-fated family reunion set under the swirling skies of 1970s Northumberland

Written and to be directed by Natalie Sirett and Neil Hunter, one of the award-winning writer/directors of one of the most highly regarded UK films of 2002, LAWLESS HEART

"LAWLESS HEART  is one of the best new British films I have seen in the past few years... funny, touching, cleverly constructed and beautifully acted" The Guardian

BUDGET: $US 6M

US $2.7M RAISED

To be directed by Joe Dante  (GREMLINS 1 & 2,  MATINEE, THE BURBS)

An original screenplay by Tim Lucas  and Charlie Largent

PRODUCERS:  Joe Dante, Elizabeth Stanley, & Mia Bays (as UK co-producer)

Lead - Tim Robbins is attached to play Roger Corman

A fiction feature about Roger Corman as he makes THE TRIP, an idea from Peter Fonda written by a struggling screenwriter called  Jack Nicholson: tune in, drop out, this is 70s Hollywood at it’s best….

IN DEVELOPMENT :

GBH

From the novel by Ted Lewis (GET CARTER)

Producing with Cedric Behrel

Screenplay in development now, adapted by Jay Basu (our regular screenwriting partner)

Based on the novel by Meridel LeSueur

An epic sweeping  and yet wholly personal American novel set in 1930s Depression era St Paul, Missouri about love, loss, solidarity and survival against many odds

TREATMENT AVAILABLE SOON

An original screenplay by Josh Appignanesi

Adam (13) is introverted, intellectual, and English.  When mum falls into a coma, his estranged father shows up for the first time in eight years, with disastrous results.  Vulgar, brash and overwhelmingly American, Dad somehow reaches a friendship with his son in this eccentric culture clash comedy of manners.

2ND DRAFT SCREENPLAY AVAILABLE

EXPECTING SOMEONE TALLER

From the novel by successful fantasy writer TOM HOLT

Written by Marge Piane (JOURNEY OF A PRINCESS)

U.S PRODUCER: Elizabeth Stanley

STRONG INTEREST FROM JOE DANTE TO DEVELOP FURTHER, WITH A VIEW TO DIRECTING

A hilarious and inventive modern reworking of Wagner’s Ring Cycle – witty, breezy, fantastical and ambitious, in the unlikely setting of Somerset, England!

FIRST DRAFT SCREENPLAY AND NOVEL AVAILABLE