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Genre: Action Thriller
Concept: The true story of the 1910 terrorist bombing of the Los Angeles Times building that killed 20 people and was part of a homegrown assault on 100 American cities. Its aftermath included a nationwide manhunt by William J. Burns, considered America's greatest detective, who would stop at nothing to uncover the violent truth behind the bombings.
Writer: Mark Frost (FANTASTIC FOUR, GREATEST GAME EVER PLAYED), Howard Blum (source material from book: "American Lightning")
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Genre: Dramedy
Director: Max Mayer (ADAM)
Cast: Sarah Bolger, Claire Danes, James Marsden, Thomas Mann, Jeremy Sisto, Mario Batali, Alanis Morissette
Concept: A sarcastic and intelligent teenage girl comes of age in a small Montana town with her most absent and very young parents, and deals with the pains of adolescence with her equally wry boyfriend Kenny.
Writers: Virginia Korus Spragg (AN UNFINISHED LIFE), Pete Fromm
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Genre: Romantic Comedy
Director: Charles Shyer (FATHER OF THE BRIDE)
Concept: Long lost best friends are reunited by fate in Venice Italy the week one of them is to be wed. When the engagement begins to crumble, only her BFF can help remind her who she is and who she truly loves.
Writer: Hallie Meyers-Shyer & Ellen Greenberg
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Genre: Drama / True Story
Concept: The true story of Jacki Lyden, senior correspondent for National Public Radio, whose early life was troubled as the daughter of a mother suffering from manic depression. In her manic states, Dolores Lyden had delusions of power and acted on them. She was the “Queen of Sheba,” a hostess of bizarre dinner parties, a promoter of outrageous business ventures.
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Genre: Comedy
Director: Fred Wolf
Concept: Story follows a group of recently divorced guys who go on a road trip to figure out why their marriages failed and stumble into a series of comic mishaps – TOMMY BOY meets WILD HOGS.
Story By: Fred Wolf, David Spade & Kevin Farley
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Genre: Family Comedy
Concept: When a family unknowingly builds their new home over the site where a Goblin lives, he moves in with them, causing mischief and turning their lives upside down for the better, ultimately becoming a part of the family
Writer: Geoff Rodkey (DADDY DAY CARE, RV)
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Genre: Family Comedy
Concept: 14-year-old Samantha wishes she were in a different family, until her wish comes true and she wakes up every morning in a different family.
Writer: Kim Beyer-Johnson, David McFadzean (re-write)
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Genre: Family
Director: Mike Tollin (RADIO, SUMMER CATCH)
Concept: A 12- year-old talented soccer player has one big dream: to make it on the national youth soccer team. His father, Erik, coaches him but when Erik dies suddenly, our hero loses hope, only to find help from his father who returns as a ghost to help him fulfill his dream. Based on the award-winning Dutch film, “In Oranje” (2004).
Writer: David Aaron Cohen (FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS)
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Genre: Dance
Director: Duane Adler (STEP UP, SAVE THE LAST DANCE)
Concept: A gymnastics prodigy is forced to leave the academy and live with her grandparents in the city. A fish-out-of-water at public school, she finds her way with a mixture of friends from all walks of life who have a love for the competitive world of freestyle jump roping - Film is very much in the vein of STEP UP and SAVE THE LAST DANCE.
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Genre: Family Drama
Concept: A jaded new doctor on staff at a nursing home meets Oscar, a spirited tabby cat living among the elderly with a special gift for knowing when someone is about to pass away, and is challenged to believe in Oscar and himself.
Writers: Stephen Lindsey (HACHI: A DOG'S TALE) & Luis Ugaz, David Dosa M.D. (Source material from book: "Making Rounds With Oscar: The Extraordinary Gift of an Ordinary Cat")
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Genre: Comedy
Director: Andy Fickman (THE GAME PLAN)
Concept: Based on the German high concept comedy about a womanizer who is given a second chance to right the wronged women in his life. In the vein of HEAVEN CAN WAIT and A CHRISTMAS CAROL.
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Genre: Romantic Comedy
Cast: Cameron Diaz
Concept: A work-driven female architect working in a man's world gains the ability to read men's minds, giving her the advantage she never had, but at what cost?
Studio: Paramount
Writers: Pete Chiarelli (THE PROPOSAL), Liz Meriwether (NO STRINGS ATTACHED)(rewrite)