Exclusive: Stephen Root (Barry) and Tim Blake Nelson (Old Henry) have signed on to star alongside Oscar and Emmy winner Kathy Bates, two-time Oscar nominee and Emmy winner John Malkovich and Lewis Pullman in Thelma, an upcoming indie to be directed by two-time Emmy nominee Ken Kwapis. The Exchange will be introducing the title to international buyers at the 2022 Cannes Film Market, with ICM Partners and UTA Independent Film Group handling domestic.
Thelma recounts the true story of the mother of John Kennedy Toole (Pullman), the Pulitzer Prize winning author of A Confederacy of Dunces. Toole died by suicide before finding a home for his masterpiece, and his mother Thelma (Bates) made it her life’s mission, through outrageous gamesmanship, to see the book published. She eventually succeeded in getting the manuscript into the hands of writer Walker Percy (Malkovich), who became the novel’s champion. It...
Thelma recounts the true story of the mother of John Kennedy Toole (Pullman), the Pulitzer Prize winning author of A Confederacy of Dunces. Toole died by suicide before finding a home for his masterpiece, and his mother Thelma (Bates) made it her life’s mission, through outrageous gamesmanship, to see the book published. She eventually succeeded in getting the manuscript into the hands of writer Walker Percy (Malkovich), who became the novel’s champion. It...
- 5/11/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Neil Burger Emmy-winner Dirk Wittenborn and Johnny Lin’s new production arm, Clandestine Laureate, are teaming on a new untitled film that tells the story of unlikely math genius Christopher Havens. Burger is set to direct, reteaming with his The Lucky Ones screenwriter, Wittenborn, who recently finished the script.
The story follows Havens, a high school drop-out, who is incarcerated and while in solitary confinement, developed an unlikely passion for number theory. Against all odds, he pioneered a new branch of mathematics that stunned the world. Havens still has 15 years left of his 25-year murder sentence.
“Through candid storytelling, we will share untold details of Christopher’s tumultuous journey and his accomplishments,” Lin said. “Who better to capture this idiosyncratic mind of a genius than Dirk and Neil, who both have worked on mad scientist-type projects. Adding in the elements of a gruesome prison experience, this reunion of Wittenborn...
The story follows Havens, a high school drop-out, who is incarcerated and while in solitary confinement, developed an unlikely passion for number theory. Against all odds, he pioneered a new branch of mathematics that stunned the world. Havens still has 15 years left of his 25-year murder sentence.
“Through candid storytelling, we will share untold details of Christopher’s tumultuous journey and his accomplishments,” Lin said. “Who better to capture this idiosyncratic mind of a genius than Dirk and Neil, who both have worked on mad scientist-type projects. Adding in the elements of a gruesome prison experience, this reunion of Wittenborn...
- 2/22/2022
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
Though it has died a very quick death at the box-office, Universal's low-budget relationship drama and vanity project "By the Sea" may have been part of a strategy to lure that film's star and director Angelina Jolie to one of its tentpoles.
THR reports that the distributor apparently greenlit 'Sea' as they are seeking Jolie to headline their remake of 1935's "The Bride of Frankenstein". Elsa Lanchester starred s the famous bride in the original film.
First announced six years ago, Brian Grazer remains onboard as producer but there's no word if "Divergent" and "Limitless" director Neil Burger still intends to helm from a script he co-wrote with Dirk Wittenborn ("The Lucky Ones") .
Also not clear, but likely, is that 'Bride' is a part of Universal's intention to integrate reboots of its classic monster movies into a shared cinematic universe under the control of writers Alex Kurtzman and Chris Morgan.
THR reports that the distributor apparently greenlit 'Sea' as they are seeking Jolie to headline their remake of 1935's "The Bride of Frankenstein". Elsa Lanchester starred s the famous bride in the original film.
First announced six years ago, Brian Grazer remains onboard as producer but there's no word if "Divergent" and "Limitless" director Neil Burger still intends to helm from a script he co-wrote with Dirk Wittenborn ("The Lucky Ones") .
Also not clear, but likely, is that 'Bride' is a part of Universal's intention to integrate reboots of its classic monster movies into a shared cinematic universe under the control of writers Alex Kurtzman and Chris Morgan.
- 11/23/2015
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Universal and Imagine are breathing new life into "Bride Of Frankenstein". The companies are in talks with Neil Burger to write and direct their long-stirring remake of the 1935 monster movie. Burger, who would pen the script with writing partner Dirk Wittenborn, most prominently wrote and helmed "The Illusionist", the Edward Norton magician mystery that earned nearly $40 million for Yari Film Group in 2006. James Whale's "Bride Of Frankenstein", which starred Boris Karloff as the monster and Elsa Lanchester as the titular bride, continued the story that began with 1931's "Frankenstein". A monster, on the run from an angry mob, has a series of adventures, and also persuades Dr. Frankenstein to create a mate. The doctor is successful, but the bride (who is not a central character)...
- 6/21/2009
- www.ohmygore.com/
A Classic from the early days of horror is to get a fresh charge of electricity to bring it back to the big screen.
Universal and Imagine have approached The Illusionist director Neil Burger to write and direct a remake of the 1935 monster movie Bride of Frankenstein.
Burger would pen the screenplay with writing partner Dirk Wittenborn, says The Hollywood Reporter's Risky Biz Blog.
The original film, a follow-up to 1931's Frankenstein, saw the monster persuading his creator to give him a mate.
There was a previous remake called The Bride, starring Sting and Jennifer Beals, in 1985 and there have been several recent attempts to develop another version, with one script setting the story in modern New York.
Universal wants to revamp its library of horror classics and is planning a remake of Creature from the Black Lagoon, while it will later this year release a new version of The Wolf Man,...
Universal and Imagine have approached The Illusionist director Neil Burger to write and direct a remake of the 1935 monster movie Bride of Frankenstein.
Burger would pen the screenplay with writing partner Dirk Wittenborn, says The Hollywood Reporter's Risky Biz Blog.
The original film, a follow-up to 1931's Frankenstein, saw the monster persuading his creator to give him a mate.
There was a previous remake called The Bride, starring Sting and Jennifer Beals, in 1985 and there have been several recent attempts to develop another version, with one script setting the story in modern New York.
Universal wants to revamp its library of horror classics and is planning a remake of Creature from the Black Lagoon, while it will later this year release a new version of The Wolf Man,...
- 6/20/2009
- by David Bentley
- The Geek Files
Universal and Imagine are once again trying to get a remake of the 1935 monster movie .Bride of Frankenstein. off the ground. The companies are in talks with Neil Burger to write and direct.The original film, which starred Boris Karloff as the monster and Elsa Lanchester as his bride, continued the story that began with 1931.s "Frankenstein." A monster, on the run from an angry mob, persuades Dr. Frankenstein to create a mate. The doctor is successful, but the bride winds up rejecting the monster.According to The Moving Picture, Burger will write the update with writing partner Dirk Wittenborn. Burger.s previous directing credits include the Edward Norton and Paul Giamatti magician drama .The Illusionist,. .The Lucky Ones. and .Interview with...
- 6/18/2009
- by Adnan Tezer
- Monsters and Critics
I felt bad for The Illusionist when it came out. You can have two movies about the same subject come out at the same time, and usually, they both stand a decent chance to make some okay dough independently. Movies about marriage, movies with big explosions, movies about a sport. But when writer/director Neil Burger.s The Illusionist was released right around the same time as The Prestige, it was obvious that The Illusionist would forever live in The Prestige.s shadow. People can only handle so much magic. Neil Burger has another chance to impress an audience though, as he is currently in talks to zap some life into the Bride of Frankenstein franchise. According to the Risky Business Blog, Burger is in talks to direct the reboot, as well as write with his writing partner Dirk Wittenborn. Ron Howard.s homeboys over at Imagine, Brian Grazer and...
- 6/18/2009
- cinemablend.com
While Guillermo Del Toro is preparing to move forward with a new "Frankenstein" movie, Universal Pictures is already setting up "Bride of Frankenstein." According to THR, the studio is in talks with Neil Burger to write and direct the remake of the 1935 monster movie. Burger, who would pen the script with writing partner Dirk Wittenborn, last directed "The Lucky Ones" and "The Illusionist." James Whale's "Bride of Frankenstein," which starred Boris Karloff as the monster and Elsa Lanchester as the titular bride, continued the story that began with 1931's "Frankenstein." A monster, on the run from an angry mob, has a series of adventures, and also persuades Dr. Frankenstein to create a mate. The doctor is successful, but the bride (who is not a central character) winds up rejecting the monster at the end of the movie.
- 6/17/2009
- WorstPreviews.com
Seems like Universal has been angling for a remake of The Bride of Frankenstein for years. Now, according to the Risky Biz blog, it is rising again, this time with director Neil Burger (The Illusionist) slated to make the film a reality. Burger would write the film as well, with Illusionist co-writer Dirk Wittenborn. But when the only previous remake of the James Whale original is The Bride, with Sting and Jennifer Beals, what makes Universal think this one will fare better than previous attempts? The studio is actively mining the old monster properties. The Wolf Man will finally see release this year after significant delay, while a Creature From the Black Lagoon re-do is in development. American Splendor writer/directors Shari Springer Bergman and Robert Pulcini once wrote a draft of Bride that skewed the film as a modern story, with the title character being brought back to life...
- 6/17/2009
- by Russ Fischer
- Slash Film
Established 1974! Our news column smiles in delight.
They call him Sir Christopher Lee. That peerless acting legend is getting a well-deserved accolade from Great Britain. And Starlog is delighted!
Sci Fi People
What pleasure these three words bring: Sir Christopher Lee! Yes, the venerable, 87-year-old actor (and Starlog favorite) is at long last to be knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for his astonishing career. It’s a much-deserved honor and Starlog (and Fangoria) congratulate him.
Speaking of honors, genre vet Michael Douglas (Romancing The Stone, Jewel Of The Nile, Coma) has received the American Film Institute Life Achievement Award. Those ceremonies were taped and are scheduled to air on TVLand July 19.
Screenwriter Peter Morgan (Frost/Nixon, The Last King Of Scotland and an Oscar winner for The Queen) has joined the James Bond movie mission. He’ll help script the next one with regular 007 scribes Neal Purvis & Robert Wade.
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They call him Sir Christopher Lee. That peerless acting legend is getting a well-deserved accolade from Great Britain. And Starlog is delighted!
Sci Fi People
What pleasure these three words bring: Sir Christopher Lee! Yes, the venerable, 87-year-old actor (and Starlog favorite) is at long last to be knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for his astonishing career. It’s a much-deserved honor and Starlog (and Fangoria) congratulate him.
Speaking of honors, genre vet Michael Douglas (Romancing The Stone, Jewel Of The Nile, Coma) has received the American Film Institute Life Achievement Award. Those ceremonies were taped and are scheduled to air on TVLand July 19.
Screenwriter Peter Morgan (Frost/Nixon, The Last King Of Scotland and an Oscar winner for The Queen) has joined the James Bond movie mission. He’ll help script the next one with regular 007 scribes Neal Purvis & Robert Wade.
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- 6/17/2009
- by no-reply@starlog.com (DAVID McDONNELL)
- Starlog
Ah, the Bride of Frankenstein, with that hair brightened by the white lightning streak and those ever-wide eyes. I always thought she was so much cooler than the old and boring Frank she was created for, mainly due to the fact that Elsa Lanchester emoted more in stills than many actors ever do in their whole careers in moving pictures. And now the time might have finally come for her to hand over the reigns.
The Hollywood Reporter's Risky Biz Blog reports that Universal is teaming with Imagine to re-do Bride of Frankenstein. Should talks work out, Neil Burger (The Illusionist and The Lucky Ones) will write the remake with writing partner Dirk Wittenborn, and then helm the monster fest. This isn't a new idea for Hollywood; Tinseltown has been trying for years to get a remake off the ground. Most recently, the Bride was going to be transplanted to...
The Hollywood Reporter's Risky Biz Blog reports that Universal is teaming with Imagine to re-do Bride of Frankenstein. Should talks work out, Neil Burger (The Illusionist and The Lucky Ones) will write the remake with writing partner Dirk Wittenborn, and then helm the monster fest. This isn't a new idea for Hollywood; Tinseltown has been trying for years to get a remake off the ground. Most recently, the Bride was going to be transplanted to...
- 6/17/2009
- by Monika Bartyzel
- Cinematical
You'd think that Universal was either (a) in some financial trouble that required safe brand decisions or (b) completely out of good ideas, but I have a feeling that they just see a market for bringing back all of their iconic monsters from back in the day, just because. The latest notch on their belt will come later this year when Joe Johnston's The Wolf Man, starring Benicio Del Toro and Anthony Hopkins, morphs into theaters on November 6th. By then, it is likely that they will already be in active production on another remake, a retelling of James Whale's 1935 classic Bride of Frankenstein. THR's Risky Biz Blog is reporting today that Universal and Brian Grazer's Imagine Entertainment are developing the remake and are in talks with The Illusionist director Neil Burger. Burger and writing partner Dirk Wittenborn would pen the script. Universal also has in development a remake of Creature from the Black...
- 6/17/2009
- by Neil Miller
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Though she's got the iconic hair and the million-yard stare, the Bride of Frankenstein has never really been given her due in the annals of movie monsters. Now Universal is finally willing to give her a shot, but don't think it's out of some late-breaking sense of feminist duty. The studio that gave us dozens of B-movie monsters in yesteryear seems hellbent on reviving all of them for a new generation, and the Bride will be the next up to the plate. THR's Risky Biz Blog is reporting that The Lucky One writer-director Neil Burger has been picked to write the screenplay, along with Dirk Wittenborn. Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini had previously been onboard, and planned to set the story in modern-day New York; apparently Burger won't really be working with that concept. In the original 1935 Bride movie the titular character, played by Elsa Lanchester, wasn't so much...
- 6/17/2009
- cinemablend.com
Bride of Frankenstein is one remake that Universal has been kicking around since the '90s with various names attached wielding (often wild) varied approaches. The Risky Biz Blog is reporting this morning that The Illusionist 's Neil Burger is the latest creative force to attach himself to the project for Universal and Imagine. He will co-write the film with Dirk Wittenborn ( Fierce People ). Brian Grazer and Sean Daniel are producing. We have heard the future of Universal's classic monster remakes are riding on the success of November's The Wolfman , like Creature from the Black Lagoon . Time will tell if this Bride is finally resurrected.
- 6/17/2009
- shocktillyoudrop.com
The Risky Biz Blog reports that Universal and Imagine are developing a Bride of Frankenstein remake, to be co-written and directed by Neil Burger. Burger, who would pen the script with writing partner Dirk Wittenborn, most prominently wrote and helmed The Illusionist . James Whale's Bride of Frankenstein (1935), which starred Boris Karloff as the monster and Elsa Lanchester as the titular bride, continued the story that began with 1931's Frankenstein . Brian Grazer and Sean Daniel will produce the film.
- 6/17/2009
- Comingsoon.net
The Hollywood Reporter is saying on its Risky Biz Blog that Universal and Imagine Studios have plans to remake the 1935 classic Bride of Frankenstein, which starred Boris Karloff as "The Monster" and Elsa Lanchester as "The Monster's Bride."
The studios are apparently in talks with Neil Burger to direct the movie and write the screenplay with Dirk Wittenborn. Burger and Wittenborn collaborated on the script for The Lucky Ones, which Burger directed. Burger also wrote and directed The Illusionist and Interview with the Assassin.
The Bride of Frankenstein project represents just one in a series of Universal monster-movie remakes. Benicio Del Toro is starring in a remake of The Wolf Man coming out later this year and the studio also has plans for a new version of the 1954 classic Creature from the Black Lagoon.
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The studios are apparently in talks with Neil Burger to direct the movie and write the screenplay with Dirk Wittenborn. Burger and Wittenborn collaborated on the script for The Lucky Ones, which Burger directed. Burger also wrote and directed The Illusionist and Interview with the Assassin.
The Bride of Frankenstein project represents just one in a series of Universal monster-movie remakes. Benicio Del Toro is starring in a remake of The Wolf Man coming out later this year and the studio also has plans for a new version of the 1954 classic Creature from the Black Lagoon.
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- 6/17/2009
- by Rich Z Zwelling
- Reelzchannel.com
According to the Risky Biz Blog, Universal and Imagine are once again trying to get a remake of the 1935 monster movie Bride of Frankenstein off the ground. The companies are reportedly in talks with Neil Burger to write and direct. The original film, which starred Boris Karloff as the monster and Elsa Lanchester as the titular bride, continued the story that began with 1931’s Frankenstein. A monster, on the run from an angry mob, has a series of adventures, and also persuades Dr. Frankenstein to create a mate. The doctor is successful, but the bride (who is not a central character) winds up rejecting the monster at the end of the movie. Burger will pen the update with writing partner Dirk Wittenborn. Bruger’s previous directing credits include the Edward Norton and Paul Giamatti magician drama The Illusionist, The Lucky Ones and Interview with the Assassin. The project was set...
- 6/17/2009
- by James Cook
- TheMovingPicture.net
Elsa Lanchester and Boris Karloff in Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
Photo: Universal Pictures I was excited about Universal's remake The Wolf Man when Mark Romanek was aboard the project, but Romanek bailed and is now directing Keira Knightley in Never Let Me Go leaving The Wolf Man in the hands of Joe Johnston (Jurassic Park III), which doesn't move me one way or the other. It merely seems like a missed opportunity. Now, Risky Biz Blog reports Universal is looking at another one of their classic monster movies and set their sights on Bride of Frankenstein. Steven Zeitchik reports Universal and Imagine are in talks with Neil Burger (The Illusionist) to write and direct their long-stirring remake of the 1935 monster movie. Burger is expected to co-write the feature with Dirk Wittenborn bringing new life to the story that originally followed 1931's Frankenstein with the story of Frankenstein's monster on the...
Photo: Universal Pictures I was excited about Universal's remake The Wolf Man when Mark Romanek was aboard the project, but Romanek bailed and is now directing Keira Knightley in Never Let Me Go leaving The Wolf Man in the hands of Joe Johnston (Jurassic Park III), which doesn't move me one way or the other. It merely seems like a missed opportunity. Now, Risky Biz Blog reports Universal is looking at another one of their classic monster movies and set their sights on Bride of Frankenstein. Steven Zeitchik reports Universal and Imagine are in talks with Neil Burger (The Illusionist) to write and direct their long-stirring remake of the 1935 monster movie. Burger is expected to co-write the feature with Dirk Wittenborn bringing new life to the story that originally followed 1931's Frankenstein with the story of Frankenstein's monster on the...
- 6/17/2009
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Universal is dipping into the vaults once more with a planned remake of the 1935 classic, The Bride Of Frankenstein.
The Risky Business Blog reports that Uni is in talks with Neil Burger to write and direct their long-stirring remake of the 1935 monster movie. Burger, who would pen the script with writing partner Dirk Wittenborn, most prominently wrote and helmed “The Illusionist,” the Edward Norton magician mystery that earned nearly $40 million for Yari Film Group in 2006.
The Universal Monsters are set to return in a big way, with The Wolfman due later this year, followed by planned updates on Frankenstein and The Creature From The Black Lagoon currently in-development.
The Risky Business Blog reports that Uni is in talks with Neil Burger to write and direct their long-stirring remake of the 1935 monster movie. Burger, who would pen the script with writing partner Dirk Wittenborn, most prominently wrote and helmed “The Illusionist,” the Edward Norton magician mystery that earned nearly $40 million for Yari Film Group in 2006.
The Universal Monsters are set to return in a big way, with The Wolfman due later this year, followed by planned updates on Frankenstein and The Creature From The Black Lagoon currently in-development.
- 6/17/2009
- by no-reply@fangoria.com (James Zahn)
- Fangoria
Well, here's something we all should have seen coming: Universal and Imagine are getting ready to reinvent The Bride of Frankenstein. And they're in talks with Neil (The Illusionist) Burger to direct and co-write the script with Dirk Wittenborn.
As the Risky Biz Blog on THR.com explains it, "Burger is attached to direct 'Dark Fields,' a thriller about a slacker who discovers a drug that makes him sharper, at Universal, but progress has been slowed since star Shia Labeouf was forced to pull out last year with a hand injury.
'Frankenstein' has been remade numerous times — Mary Shelley’s book sits in the public domain — but 'Bride' has had only one other go-round on the big screen: a 1985 version at Columbia starring Sting and Jennifer Beals. In 1999 Bill Condon’s 'Gods and Monsters,' a biopic of James Whale, showed clips from the film and re-created the bride herself.
As the Risky Biz Blog on THR.com explains it, "Burger is attached to direct 'Dark Fields,' a thriller about a slacker who discovers a drug that makes him sharper, at Universal, but progress has been slowed since star Shia Labeouf was forced to pull out last year with a hand injury.
'Frankenstein' has been remade numerous times — Mary Shelley’s book sits in the public domain — but 'Bride' has had only one other go-round on the big screen: a 1985 version at Columbia starring Sting and Jennifer Beals. In 1999 Bill Condon’s 'Gods and Monsters,' a biopic of James Whale, showed clips from the film and re-created the bride herself.
- 6/17/2009
- by The Woman In Black
- DreadCentral.com
1. Candace Bushnell and Jay McInerney. 2. Alexis Bledel and Christian Siriano. 3. Dave and James Franco. From PatrickMcMullan.com. Vf Daily’s picks for the top three parties around the globe last night. Party Like It’s 1984 What: Party for Jay McInerney’s new book, How It Ended. Where: Cru restaurant, New York City. Who: Jay McInerney, with children Maise and Barrett McInerney, wife Anne Hearst McInerney, and stepdaughter Amanda Hearst. Also, Carmen Dell’Orefice, Rudy Giuliani, Judith Giuliani, J. T. Theodoracopulos, A. M. Homes, Brad Gooch, Andrew Saffir, Bettina Zilkha, Candace Bushnell, Charles Askegard, Morgan Entrekin, Dirk Wittenborn, Gillian Hearst-Simonds, Helen Lee Schifter, James Lipton, Bobby Zarem, Michael Gross, Nicole Miller, Terry McDonell, André Balazs, Sharon Bush, Richard Johnson, Binky Urban, and Ken Auletta. Why: Because it’s been 25 years since Bright Lights, Big City was published and we were eagerly waiting for McInerney’s latest. Talking Point: The equal measures of literarti and glitterati present.
- 4/7/2009
- Vanity Fair
<p>The press day for THE LUCKY ONES was held in Beverly Hills this week. IESB's Robert Sanchez attended and spoke exclusively with the stars from the film. <br /> </p><p>{sidebar id=1}When three very different U.S. soldiers find themselves on an unplanned road trip across America, they form a deep bond that may be the closest thing any of them has to real family. A humorous and timely drama about coming home, The Lucky Ones stars Rachel McAdams (The Notebook, Wedding Crashers), Tim Robbins (Mystic River, The Shawshank Redemption) and Michael Peña (Crash, World Trade Center), and is directed by Neil Burger (The Illusionist) from a screenplay by Burger and Dirk Wittenborn. </p> <p>T.K. Poole (Michael Peña), Colee Dunn (Rachel McAdams) and Fred Cheever (Tim Robbins) arrive in New York from Germany only to find their connecting flights canceled due to a power outage. Anxious to get to their respective destinations,...
- 9/26/2008
- by IESB Staff <alyson@iesb.net>
- IESB.net
There's a schizophrenia at the heart of Dirk Wittenborn's new novel. Perhaps that's by design; Pharmakon's deeply troubled cast of characters all have some relationship to mental illness, whether as patients, doctors, or the beneficiaries of pharmaceutical profiteering. But it takes a genius, or at least a steady, fearless hand, to pull a personality switcheroo after involving readers deeply in a particular story and narrative style. Wittenborn is good enough to pull it off once, but not twice. His promising novel collapses badly in its final 50 pages, betraying the fine writing and sharp character work that comes before. Pharmakon begins with the story of William Friedrich, a Yale psychologist mired in the middle of the tenure track and oppressed by his contempt for middle-class family and professional mores. When an alluring colleague mentions a fermented plant extract that remote tribespeople take to relieve grief and restore happiness, he...
- 8/14/2008
- by Donna Bowman
- avclub.com
Shia LaBeouf is making a trip to The Dark Fields, a thriller Neil Burger is directing for Universal. Leslie Dixon and Intermedia's Scott Kroopf are producing.
The story, by Burger and Dirk Wittenborn, follows a loser (LaBeouf) who gets his hands on a top-secret pharmaceutical drug that makes you smarter. He experiences sudden financial and social success but soon discovers that the drug has lethal and lasting side effects, including "trip-switching," a phenomenon in which time moves with a stop-motion quality. The thriller is said to be in the vein of Fight Club and The Game.
The script is based on the book by Alan Glynn.
Peter Cramer is overseeing for Universal.
LaBeouf next stars in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull and Eagle Eye. He is currently shooting the Anthony Minghella-scripted segment of the anthology film New York, I Love You.
LaBeouf is repped by Endeavor, John Crosby Management and lawyer Matt Saver.
The story, by Burger and Dirk Wittenborn, follows a loser (LaBeouf) who gets his hands on a top-secret pharmaceutical drug that makes you smarter. He experiences sudden financial and social success but soon discovers that the drug has lethal and lasting side effects, including "trip-switching," a phenomenon in which time moves with a stop-motion quality. The thriller is said to be in the vein of Fight Club and The Game.
The script is based on the book by Alan Glynn.
Peter Cramer is overseeing for Universal.
LaBeouf next stars in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull and Eagle Eye. He is currently shooting the Anthony Minghella-scripted segment of the anthology film New York, I Love You.
LaBeouf is repped by Endeavor, John Crosby Management and lawyer Matt Saver.
- 4/13/2008
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
- Best Original Screenplay Peter Buchman for "The Argentine" (Tbd) Luhrmann, Ronald Harwood, Stuart Beattie, Richard Flanagan for "Australia" (20th Century Fox) J. Michael Straczynski for "Changeling" (Universal) Dustin Lance Black for "Milk" (Focus Features) Charlie Kaufman for "Synecdoche, New York" (Kimmel) Comments: Apart from the quartet of screenwriters that helped flesh out the 130 million dollar project known as Australia and what should be a shoe-in nom by the magnificent imagination of Charlie Kaufman, the three leading candidates I'm suggesting for Best Original are relatively new to the big project business. Peter Buchman split the Che biopic into two parts, so I'm thinking that we will see the first serving this year and have to wait for the conclusion in 09;. His previous credits only include Jurassic Park III, and more recently, Eragon. This would be his first nomination. Veteran sci-fi and television writer J. Michael Straczynski might get on the
- 4/2/2008
- IONCINEMA.com
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