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19 items from 2012
Fox And Davis Entertainment Acquires ‘Cardiac’ Spec
24 April 2012 12:04 PM, PDT | Deadline New York | See recent Deadline New York news »
Exclusive: 20th Century Fox-based Davis Entertainment has acquired Cardiac, a spec script by Lars Jacobson. Script is a taut action thriller in the vein of Taken and Safe House, involving a father who has six hours to find the criminals that have stolen a heart intended for his daughter’s transplant surgery. John Davis and John Fox are producing for Davis Entertainment, which most recently produced the sleeper hit Chronicle. The scribe previously sold the spec C.O.D. to Paramount. He is represented by CAA and manager Brian Lutz. »
- MIKE FLEMING
'Smurfs' Writers Tackling 'Ringling Brothers' for Paramount (Exclusive)
23 April 2012 5:16 PM, PDT | The Hollywood Reporter | See recent The Hollywood Reporter news »
David Stem and David Weiss, the writing team behind last year's The Smurfs, have been tapped to write The Ringling Brothers for Paramount. John Davis and his Davis Entertainment are producing. Adam Kolbrenner of Madhouse Entertainment is also producing. Photos: 20 Top Grossing Movies of 2011 Plot details are being kept in the lion tamer’s cage but the studio says the project is being conceived as a family adventure in the spirit of Night at the Museum and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. The Ringling Bros. were seven brothers who ended up creating one of the most successful and largest
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- Borys Kit
Gazzam to Write Hawaiian Action Adventure for Disney
14 April 2012 | Comingsoon.net | See recent Comingsoon.net news »
Joe Gazzam has been hired to write a new action adventure for Disney that is set in Hawaii and is in the vein of "Indiana Jones." The story is said to include some supernatural elements and revolves around a gauntlet sent down from gods taken from Polynesian mythology. The project will be developed by Ahmet Zappa's Monsterfoot Productions and Scott Sanders Productions. Gazzam will also write It Takes a Thief for Universal. Based on the TV series, the project will be a globe trotting action film. Will Smith was attached to an older script, but we're hearing he's still very much interested. John Davis and Joe Singer will produce "Thief." Gazzam's credits also include 21 Jump Street , Barbarella and Step Up Revolution . »
Watch Films by Larry Jordan
27 March 2012 5:39 AM, PDT | MUBI | See recent MUBI news »
Larry Jordan, occasionally known in more formal circles as Lawrence Jordan, has been making experimental and animation films for half a century now. He grew up in Denver, won a scholarship to Harvard, then dropped out to start a theater back in Colorado with his high school friend, Stan Brakhage. "Stan was always the director," Jordan wrote in a remembrance in the Millennium Film Journal in 2003. "He seemed to have far-reaching radar for locating people and works in the art world. Five of our gang came out to San Francisco in about 1954. (Stan came first — always the avant-garde.) When I arrived, he was living in the basement of poet Robert Duncan and painter Jess Collins. We had one old car, a flatbed trailer for our gear, and about five films between us. So naturally we started out to tour California, showing our wares."
They eventually wound up in New York, »
'Hunger Games' Success Proves Dystopia Is the New Supernatural
26 March 2012 2:01 PM, PDT | NextMovie | See recent NextMovie news »
From "Nosferatu" to "Twilight," supernatural movies have never gone out of style. Vampires and their monster homies have enjoyed a constant stream of cinematic exposure since the turn of the last century, but they've never been more pervasive than in the last few years, breaking out of horror confines and sparkling their way into other genres.
We'd be naive to say supernaturals are on their way out — they'll never leave, and we wouldn't want them to. But we'd be blind not to notice the creepy new sheriff in town: Dystopia.
As themes go, it's nothing new ("Children of Men," "Blade Runner"... "Idiocracy") but amidst the insane success of "The Hunger Games," studios are snapping up the rights to similar books the moment they land on shelves — and in a few cases, before that.
So move over, monsters. In honor of "The Hunger Games'" record-breaking opening weekend, we're looking at »
- Brooke Tarnoff
Aaron Sims' Archetype Short Moves Forward as a Feature
1 March 2012 11:50 AM, PST | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »
Chronicle producer John Davis has acquired the sci-fi short film Archetype, with plans to expand it into a full-length feature film. Click on the video player below to watch director Aaron Sims' seven-minute short, and read on for more details regarding this project.
Archetype Short Film
Aaron Sims is primarily known as a visual effects and pre-vis artist. His Aaron Sims Company has worked on recent hits such as War Horse, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, and The Thing. Archetype centers on an eight-foot tall soldier robot who malfunctions on the battlefield, which causes him to develop unexplained human memories.
Aaron Sims will make his feature directorial debut with this expanded project, working from a screenplay by Guy Busick and Ryan Murphy, who is not the Glee creator. John Davis, who purchased the rights through his own discretionary fund, will produce with John Norris.
No production schedule was given for Archetype. »
- MovieWeb
Aaron Sims’ Sci-Fi Short Archetype is So Good They’re Making a Movie Version
1 March 2012 8:23 AM, PST | SciFiCool.com | See recent SciFiCool.com news »
Aaron Sims’ sci-fi short film “Archetype” is apparently so good, Hollywood took notice and now “Chronicle” producer John Davis will be blowing it up into a full-length feature film, with Sims directing. Curiously, he won’t be writing the script, that will be the job of Guy Busick and Ryan Murphy. Odd, that. You’d think he’d at least get first crack at the script. Anyways, here’s what it’s all about: RL7 is an eight-foot tall combat robot that goes on the run after malfunctioning with vivid memories of once being human. As its creators and the military close in, RL7 battles its way to uncovering the shocking truth behind its mysterious visions and past. The short stars Robert Joy and David Anders of “Heroes” and “Alias” fame. Well, the voice of Anders, anyway. It’s kinda like “Robocop” crossed with “Short Circuit”. Minus the jokes. The short is only 5 minutes long, »
- Nix
Sci-Fi Robot Short Film Archetype Expanding To Feature-Length
1 March 2012 7:57 AM, PST | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »
Aaron Sims. short film Archetype, a sci-fi thriller that made the rounds on YouTube a while back, has been picked up by Chronicle producer John Davis and will be developed into a feature-length film, THR reports. The seven-minute clip is constructed around combat robot RL7, who malfunctions during a mission and suddenly develops memories. But don.t take our word for it. Watch it yourself below and see what you think: The effects in Sims. short are outstanding. I.d love to know his budget. But the dude has skills, which he honed over the years working with several top design masters. THR notes that Sims studied under Rick Baker on movies like Batman Forever and Mighty Joe Young. He toiled away at Stan Winston Studio when they were contributing to Spielberg.s A.I. and the War of the Worlds remake. He currently operates his own visual effects house, »
Movie Based on Sci-Fi Short Archetype Coming
1 March 2012 | Comingsoon.net | See recent Comingsoon.net news »
Chronicle and I, Robot producer John Davis has picked up the film rights to Archetype , a sci-fi short directed by Aaron Sims that you can watch below. Davis has a first-look deal with Twentieth Century Fox. In the short, starring Robert Joy and David Anders, "RL7 is an eight-foot tall combat robot that goes on the run after malfunctioning with vivid memories of once being human. As its creators and the military close in, RL7 battles its way to uncovering the shocking truth behind its mysterious visions and past." Heat Vision says that Sims runs the Aaron Sims Co., a previs and visual effects company with credits including War Horse , Rise of the Planet of the Apes and The Thing . Sims would direct the feature from a script by Guy Busick and Ryan Murphy. John »
'Chronicle' producer John Davis develops 'Archetype'
1 March 2012 1:06 AM, PST | digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »
Chronicle producer John Davis has acquired the rights to Archetype. He is planning to develop a full-length feature from Aaron Sims's sci-fi short, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The original short centres around RL7, a war machine that malfunctions in the field. It is brought in and questioned as to why it shut down its fellow robots with an electromagnetic pulse in the midst of battle. Sims also runs a VFX and design company that has worked on movies including Clash Of The Titans, Big (more) »
- By Hugh Armitage
Aaron Sims Readies an Archetype for the Big Screen
29 February 2012 10:25 PM, PST | DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news »
Those of you who haven't seen the short film from F/X maven Aaron Sims called Archetype have been missing out big time. That's okay, though, because a feature film version is in the works!
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Chronicle producer John Davis is going back to the world of robots. The producer, who has a first-look deal at Fox and who produced 2004’s I, Robot, has picked up the rights to Archetype, a sci-fi short directed by Aaron Sims, with plans of developing it into a feature. David dipped into his discretionary fund in order to make the acquisition.
Sims runs the Aaron Sims Co., a firm that specializes in previs and visual effects with credits including War Horse, Rise of the Planet of the Apes and The Thing remake. He acted as a concept artist and did creature design work for Stan Winston Studio, working on A.I. and War of the Worlds, »
- Uncle Creepy
John Davis To Produce "Archetype" Feature
29 February 2012 9:40 PM, PST | Dark Horizons | See recent Dark Horizons news »
Producer John Davis ("Chronicle," "I, Robot") has picked up feature film remake rights to Aaron Sims' sci-fi short "Archetype" says Heat Vision.
The original short (which can be watched below) tells the story of an eight-foot tall combat robot named RL7 that malfunctions during a mission, developing unexplained memories, causing its creators to investigate its odd behaviour.
Sims is attached to make his feature directorial debut on the feature. Newcomers Guy Busick and Ryan Murphy (Not the "Glee" creator) are attached to pen the script.
Sims runs Aaron Sims Co., a firm which specializes in previs and visual effects with their work seen in the likes of "War Horse," "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" and "The Thing" remake.
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- Garth Franklin
Aaron Sims' Sci-Fi Short 'Archetype' Now Being Made Into a Feature
29 February 2012 7:14 PM, PST | firstshowing.net | See recent FirstShowing.net news »
Remember that impressive sci-fi short involving a massive sentient robot that we featured a few months ago called Archetype? (Watch it here.) As predicted, the project has been picked up by Hollywood. THR's Heat Vision is officially reporting that producer John Davis (I, Robot, Eragon, Gulliver's Travels, Predators), who is "riding high off of the surprise success" of Chronicle, has acquired rights to make Archetype into a feature-length movie with director Aaron Sims, a visual effects industry veteran just now making the leap into directing. He'll helm from a screenplay being written by Guy Busick & Ryan Murphy (not the Glee one). Archetype, a 7-minute sci-fi short by Aaron Sims, already racked up views on YouTube and started getting buzz surrounding it being the next District 9; partially because of that scene above where the robot is being interrogated. The film tells the story of an eight-foot tall combat robot named »
- Alex Billington
FX Guru To Make Directorial Debut On 'Archetype'
29 February 2012 6:07 PM, PST | bloody-disgusting.com | See recent Bloody-Disgusting.com news »
John Davis, riding high off of the surprise success of the super-powered found-footage movie Chronicle, is going back to the world of robots as the producer. THR reports that David, who has a first-look deal at Fox, has picked up the rights to Archetype, a sci-fi short (watch it after the break) directed by Aaron Sims, with plans on developing it into a feature. We first reported on this short film here on Bloody last June. "'The Archetype' short tells the story of an eight-foot tall combat robot named RL7 that malfunctions during a mission, developing unexplained memories, causing its creators to investigate its odd behavior. The short ends with concept paintings detailing the robot on the run while being chased by various metallic constructs." »
John Davis Nabs Archetype
29 February 2012 4:04 PM, PST | EmpireOnline | See recent EmpireOnline news »
Producer John Davis, who was one of the people that shepherded Josh Trank and Max Landis’ box office hit Chronicle to the big screen, has zeroed in on another filmmaker with a sci-fi flavoured short film background who he thinks might make the leap. He’s just picked up the rights to Aaron Sims’ Archetype, which you can watch below.Archetype follows what happens when a hulking war machine suddenly seems to malfunction in the field. It’s brought in for testing and questioning by Jones (Robert Joy) about why it shut down its fellow battle ‘bots with an Em pulse. Seems there might be a ghost in the machine, with RL7 getting a case of the Johnny Fives. Or, given what we learn later in the short, more likely it’s all gone a bit Robocop…Sims isn’t exactly a Hollywood newcomer: he runs a VFX and design »
Producer John Davis Picks Up Rights to Hot Sci-Fi Short 'Archetype'
29 February 2012 3:46 PM, PST | The Hollywood Reporter | See recent The Hollywood Reporter news »
John Davis, riding high off of the surprise success of the super-powered found-footage movie Chronicle, is going back to the world of robots. The producer, who has a first-look deal at Fox and who produced 2004’s I, Robot, has picked up the rights to Archetype, a sci-fi short directed by Aaron Sims, with plans on developing it into a feature. David dipped into his discretionary fund in order to make the acquisition. Sims runs the Aaron Sims Co., a firm that specializes in previs and visual effects with credits including War Horse, Rise of the Planet
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- Borys Kit
Josh Trank and Max Landis on 'unique vision' of Chronicle, plus new posters, clips and fans' video results
5 February 2012 4:00 PM, PST | The Geek Files | See recent The Geek Files news »
High School students Andrew, Matt, and Steve are just like any other teenagers: imperfect, awkward, and a little reckless.
And like so many of us, they're obsessed with chronicling their lives, however mundane - or in their case, however extraordinary. For the teen trio have stumbled upon something that gives them powerful telekinetic abilities.
They're now capable of almost anything. They can move objects just by thinking and crush cars through force of will, and they also learn to fly - the ultimate wish fulfilment. But then things get dark.
What would you do if it happened to you? What would you be capable of?
Those are the intriguing questions posed by Chronicle, now in UK cinemas as it heads into its debut weekend. It's a superhero movie that's not really a superhero movie. On the surface it belongs in the relatively new sub-genre of found footage or Pov (point of view) films, »
- David Bentley
Disney Picks Up Untitled Space Project
27 January 2012 12:28 AM, PST | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »
Walt Disney Pictures has acquired an untitled pitch from Chronicle screenwriter Max Landis, with Andrew Panay coming on board to produce.
The story centers on a brother and sister who embark on an amazing journey in outer space. No further details were given regarding the plot, and a director isn't attached to this untitled adventure as of yet.
Max Landis, son of director John Landis, makes his feature writing debut with Chronicle, which hits theaters February 3. He is also attached to write the Untitled Frankenstein Project for Fox, and Pied Piper for producer John Davis.
No production schedule was given for this untitled space adventure. »
- MovieWeb
Chronicle Preview Q&A with Josh Trank
6 January 2012 3:47 PM, PST | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »
When the first trailer arrived for Chronicle back in October, I was incredibly intrigued, and also surprised I had never heard of this movie before. Yesterday, I was invited down to the 20th Century Fox lot where director Josh Trank showed a select group of press members six never-before-seen clips from this movie that blends the found-footage and superhero genres in quite amazing ways.
Chronicle centers on Matt (Alex Russell), his awkward cousin Andrew (Dane DeHaan), and Steve (Michael B. Jordan). When Matt and Steve discover a bizarre hole in the Earth at a party, they get Andrew, who documents everything with his new camera, to help because his camera has a light. After exploring this hole/tunnel, the group realizes they have been bestowed with telekinetic abilities, i.e. they can move stuff with their minds. While some have gotten a Jackass meets X-Men vibe from the first trailer, »
- MovieWeb
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