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Newcomers Score Writing Assignment
Newcomers Brian McGreevy and Lee Shipman, whose spec Of Every Wickedness scored significant industry buzz, have won an assignment to write a remake of Brian DePalma's 1978 supernatural thriller The Fury. The project, about a young man with heightened kinetic powers who is abducted by the government, was based originally on a novel by John Farris. McGeevy and Shipman are repped by Paradigm and manager Michael Connolly. For more information about this sale and dozens of others by first-time writers, subscribe to MovieBytes' Who's Buying What.
Above The Line's Rima Greer: When Somebody Says They Like It, Shut Up and Leave the Room
Hollywood agent and author Rima Greer must be magnetic, because many of her clients have stuck with her for over 20 years. Representing feature writers and directors and in a few special cases, actors, she has negotiated thousands of deals.
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When a California mudslide unearths a mass grave of headless, spineless corpses, an FBI psychologist becomes obsessed with finding a logical explanation. But as she risks everything to uncover the bizarre, sanity-shattering secret behind the crime, she must confront her greatest fear that some truths may be beyond her understanding. (Posted: 05/07/2008)
- Strung
A newly released ex-con is blackmailed and ambushed into the San Francisco drug world to save his old girlfriend and newfound daughter from a psycho meth dealer strung out on his own product. Love, murder, sacrifice... Who said chivalry is dead?
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- Driftwood
Noah tags along with a group of small time criminals on their way to knock off an antique store. But Noah doesn't want the money - He wants his '59 Mantle back. (Posted: 01/31/2008)
- Armada Project
The cutting-edge project of a brilliant scientific team creates a harrowing future dominated by a Frankenstein's monster of sentient technology.
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- REBIRTH
A little boy loses his faith in humanity when he witnesses the beheading of innocents. Now, as a young man, this womanizing pacifist finds love and a fight for civil liberty that alters the fate of a nation. Based on a true story. http://rebirthonline.net (http://www.tllewis.rynoceris.com/) (Posted: 01/08/2008)
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Growing up in the shadow of his revolutionary grandfather (Ben Franklin), a rebellious young man emerges to forge a revolution of his own--and in the process founds the Democratic Party. Based on
a true story. Placed in over 20 contests.
Thaddeus calm, smiles. "Mirian, Sweetheart will you please sit and calm down. I'm sure you misunderstood my mother, start over." Dr. Mirian points her finger at him, "Thaddeus stop trying to control me, I'll not have it. I'm not going to calm down, I'm not going to start over. I said what I had to say..." she leans over the desk "...You sir should have been paying attention." The Chalet Den in the mountains of Silbiss, West Virginia
A teenager must come to terms with the possession of her brother by a revengeful spirit of a woman that her father entombed alive.
A teenager's life becomes deadly when she receives a cursed pendant from a Chinese sorcerer seeking her blood to keep himself immortal.
A detective from L.A. goes to New York City to hunt for his adducted daughter, and finds cannibalistic creatures beneath the city.
When a skull from the past bedevils a political dynasty, two lawmen must contend with corruption, murder and personal tragedy before facing off against an adversary with unlimited power and resources.
High Noon on Main Street.
An ex-con/DEA Agent pursues a drug kingpin because he thinks he has killed his wife and daughter.
During the pursuit he finds hope in a flawed politician, forgiveness from a scorned girlfriend, and revenge against the real killer.
Eighteen year old Ethan Hutchinson, his Uncle Polk and a seasoned trapper struggle to survive in an old cabin during a blizzard in the Canadian wilderness. Inside, they face certain starvation; outside waits the wrath of an Inuit demon. Which terror will the desperate men choose? A 'short' supernatural horror inspired by a true historical tragedy.
Bloodthirsty, saber-fanged beasts randomly hunt Native Americans at night on the Southwestern desert. Semi-finalist in the 2007 Screenplay Festival competition. Based on award winning novel.
Six hikers on a remote desert trail pray for rain when an old 1849 curse enables the sun breathe life into sinister beings, giving new meaning to the saying 'Everyone has an evil twin'. Be afraid of your own shadow!
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