Screenwriting News (October 28-November 3, 2013)
Dan Algrant writing and directing “Little Rootie Tootie” for River Bend Pictures with Christopher Walken and Lenny Kravitz to star.
Alejandro Amenábar writing suspense thriller “Regression” for FilmNation Entertainment.
Travis Baker and Richard Tanne writing historical drama “The Roman” for Closest to the Hole Productions.
Frank Baldwin writing true life drama “The Run” for First Born Films.
Katrin Benedikt and Creighton Rothenberger writing sequel “London Has Fallen” for Millennium Films.
Mark Bomback polishing “Fifty Shades of Grey” for Universal Pictures and Focus Features.
David Chase sells drama spec script “Little Black Dress” to Paramount with Chase to direct.
Jeff Cox and Liz Flahive drama comedy “Brother’s Keeper” for Burn Later Productions and Duplass Brothers Productions.
Amy B. Harris adapting “Popular: One Geek’s Quest for the Impossible” for DreamWorks.
Sarah Heyward writing “Sister-In-Law” for Good Universe.
Anders Holm writing untitled Mail Order Comedy troupe project for producers Scott Rudin and Eli Bush.
Joe Johnson sells thriller spec script “Don’t Hang Up” to Romaine Phillipe Equity and Altitude Entertainment.
Doug Jung writing untitled science fiction thriller for Warner Bros.
Marc Klein writing “Fairy Tale Wedding” for Disney.
Alistair Legrand and Luke Harvis writing horror “The Diabolical” for Preferred Content and ContentFilm.
Dennis Lehane writing remake of French movie “A Prophet” for Sony.
Jonathan Levine writing drama comedy “Bad Romance” for MGM with Levine to direct and Channing Tatum to star.
Chris Parker writing sports drama “Unleash the Mules” for Columbia Pictures.
Pamela Pettler writing animated remake of “The Addams Family” for MGM.
Nick Pizzolatto rewriting “Rockford Files” for Universal Pictures.
Raphael Rogers options science fiction short “Beyond” to Syfy Films for him to write and direct.
Sascha Rothchild rewriting untitled Diplo EMF project for Twentieth Century Fox.
Greg Russo adapting remake of It Takes a Thief for Universal.
Kristen Vincent and Tim Moran sell comedy spec script “Fetch” to Paramount Insurge.