Projects announced, listed or last updated in 2011
Listed in order of development: awaiting release < post-production < filming < packaging < greenlit < in development priority / regular
ODA - Open Directing Assignment
OWA - Open Writing Assignment
POWA - Priority
In the Land of Blood and Honey
status - Completed, Awaiting Release (Dec. 23, 2011)
GK Films, FilmDistrict
Maleficent
status - (2013) ODA, pre-production (development 5/19/11, 5/26), last 6/16
The Walt Disney Studios
Director -
Writer - Linda Woolverton
Producers - Don Hahn, Richard D. Zanuck
- A spurt of recent activity hints that it is being fast-tracked by Disney and filming could conceivably start later this year.
Cleopatra
status - (2013) Packaging, POWA, pre-poroduction 10/21/10, 1/6/11, 3/17 last 3/24
Additional info on casting at source
Filming slated for 2011
Scott Rudin Prod., Sony Pictures Entertainment
Director - David Fincher
Writer -
previous - Patrick Marber
previous - Brian Helgeland
source - Stacy Schiff
Producer - Scott Rudin
- Production will likely start after Fincher finishes promoting TGWTDT in Dec.
Franklin and Winston (aka Churchill and Roosevelt)
status - (2014) In Dev't, Regular, pre-production 6/23/11
Follows the fascinating relationship between Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill as they piloted the free world to victory in WWII.
status - (2014) In Dev't, Regular, pre-production 6/23/11
Follows the fascinating relationship between Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill as they piloted the free world to victory in WWII.
Agency - Int'l Creative Mgnt. (ICM)
Media Talent Group, Palus Infigo
Media Talent Group, Palus Infigo
Director - [my pick - Paul Greengrass]
Writer - Mikko Alanne
source - Jon Meacham
Producers - Angelina Jolie, Eric Roth, Geyer Kosinski
West with the Night
status - In Dev't., Regular, pre-production 6/23/11
The story of Beryl Markham, from her wild childhood days in Colonial Africa, through her affairs with pilots Denys Finch-Hatton and Tom Campbell Black, to her history making westward solo flight over the Atlantic.
Atlas Entertainment, Kava Prod., Warner Bros.
Director - [my guess - Chris Nolan]
Writer - Mikko Alanne
source - Beryl Markham
Producers - Chuck Roven, Steve Alexander
Studio Exec - Courtenay Valenti
- As discussed in the West thoughts post, the studio seems intent on fast tracking this.
source - Jon Meacham
Producers - Angelina Jolie, Eric Roth, Geyer Kosinski
West with the Night
status - In Dev't., Regular, pre-production 6/23/11
The story of Beryl Markham, from her wild childhood days in Colonial Africa, through her affairs with pilots Denys Finch-Hatton and Tom Campbell Black, to her history making westward solo flight over the Atlantic.
Atlas Entertainment, Kava Prod., Warner Bros.
Director - [my guess - Chris Nolan]
Writer - Mikko Alanne
source - Beryl Markham
Producers - Chuck Roven, Steve Alexander
Studio Exec - Courtenay Valenti
- As discussed in the West thoughts post, the studio seems intent on fast tracking this.
Unforgiven
status - Greenlit, Priority, ODA, pre-production 9/2/10 last 3/31/11
Female thriller about a woman who has just been released from prison for killing a cop and reaches out to her estranged 16 year old sister who has been raised by foster parents. The cop's brother seeks revenge by kidnapping the sister but by mistake grabs her foster sister. Based on the UK miniseries.
Filming was originally scheduled to start in May 2011
GK Films, Columbia Pictures
Director - [my picks Darren Aronofsky, Martin Scorsese]
Writer - Christopher McQuarrie
Producer - Graham King
- In the absence of any recent updates, I am placing this lower in the list despite its "greenlit" status. Both Aronofsky and Scorsese seem to be still available and this could film and wrap relatively quickly.
Salt 2
status - (2014) In Development
Di Bonaventura Pictures, Sony Pictures Entertainment
Director - [my picks: Matthew Vaughn, Nicholas Winding Refn]
Writer - Kurt Wimmer
Producer - Lorenzo diBonaventura
- This could start filming late 2012 or early 2013 for a 2014 release.
Code Name Sasha
status - Regular, POWA, Rewrite, pre-production last 2/3/11
Based on a true story about a multi-lingual female drug runner-turned-FBI-agent born in Europe and raised in the Midwest. Tone is THE PROFESSIONAL.
EMJAG, Media Talent Group, Paramount Pictures
Director - [my picks Nicholas Winding Refn, Matthew Vaughn]
Writer -
previous - Bryan Bertino
Producers - Alexandra Milchan, Geyer Kosinski
status - Greenlit, Priority, ODA, pre-production 9/2/10 last 3/31/11
Female thriller about a woman who has just been released from prison for killing a cop and reaches out to her estranged 16 year old sister who has been raised by foster parents. The cop's brother seeks revenge by kidnapping the sister but by mistake grabs her foster sister. Based on the UK miniseries.
Filming was originally scheduled to start in May 2011
GK Films, Columbia Pictures
Director - [my picks Darren Aronofsky, Martin Scorsese]
Writer - Christopher McQuarrie
Producer - Graham King
- In the absence of any recent updates, I am placing this lower in the list despite its "greenlit" status. Both Aronofsky and Scorsese seem to be still available and this could film and wrap relatively quickly.
Salt 2
status - (2014) In Development
Di Bonaventura Pictures, Sony Pictures Entertainment
Director - [my picks: Matthew Vaughn, Nicholas Winding Refn]
Writer - Kurt Wimmer
Producer - Lorenzo diBonaventura
- This could start filming late 2012 or early 2013 for a 2014 release.
Code Name Sasha
status - Regular, POWA, Rewrite, pre-production last 2/3/11
Based on a true story about a multi-lingual female drug runner-turned-FBI-agent born in Europe and raised in the Midwest. Tone is THE PROFESSIONAL.
EMJAG, Media Talent Group, Paramount Pictures
Director - [my picks Nicholas Winding Refn, Matthew Vaughn]
Writer -
previous - Bryan Bertino
Producers - Alexandra Milchan, Geyer Kosinski
Studio Execs - Andrew Calof, Elizabeth Raposo
Prod Exec - Chris Davey
Other projects listed in 2010 but not updated in 2011: Scarpetta last 1/21/10, Gucci last 5/20/10, Serena last 4/22/10. The last 2 have been removed from Angelina's IMDb page so it seems she is no longer considering them and I've excluded them from the updates lists.
Sources: Its on The Grid, IMDb, Production Weekly
Other projects listed in 2010 but not updated in 2011: Scarpetta last 1/21/10, Gucci last 5/20/10, Serena last 4/22/10. The last 2 have been removed from Angelina's IMDb page so it seems she is no longer considering them and I've excluded them from the updates lists.
Sources: Its on The Grid, IMDb, Production Weekly
