Here are a few interesting and/or noteworthy projects that were recently added to IMDbPro's database of development titles:
Under the Banner of Heaven – Ron Howard teams up with Milk scribe Dustin Lance Black to adapt Jon Krakauer's (Into the Wild) investigation of a brutal murder of a mother and her baby girl whose killers claimed they were doing God's work.
Arms and the Dudes – Hangover dude Todd Phillips has optioned the rights to the unbelievably true story of two young guys who land a $300 million contract with the U.S. military to funnel weapons into Afghanistan. Phillips will produce via his Green Hat Films production company.
Untitled Dorothea Lange Project –David Fincher will executive produce Angela Workman's script chronicling the life story of Depression-era photojournalist Dorothea Lange, whose photography inspired John Steinbeck's "The Grapes of Wrath".
Rockabye Baby – Ivan Reitman's Montecito Picture Company is producing this family comedy written by Christopher Baldi. The plot outline's being kept under wraps, but Variety describes it as an "Uncle Buck"-inspired project.
The French Concession – British actor Tom Payne, who stars opposite Dustin Hoffman in the HBO pilot Luck, is starring in this indie comedy from Jaime Wolf playing an American in Shanghai looking for love with a fellow ex-pat.
Under the Banner of Heaven – Ron Howard teams up with Milk scribe Dustin Lance Black to adapt Jon Krakauer's (Into the Wild) investigation of a brutal murder of a mother and her baby girl whose killers claimed they were doing God's work.
Arms and the Dudes – Hangover dude Todd Phillips has optioned the rights to the unbelievably true story of two young guys who land a $300 million contract with the U.S. military to funnel weapons into Afghanistan. Phillips will produce via his Green Hat Films production company.
Untitled Dorothea Lange Project –David Fincher will executive produce Angela Workman's script chronicling the life story of Depression-era photojournalist Dorothea Lange, whose photography inspired John Steinbeck's "The Grapes of Wrath".
Rockabye Baby – Ivan Reitman's Montecito Picture Company is producing this family comedy written by Christopher Baldi. The plot outline's being kept under wraps, but Variety describes it as an "Uncle Buck"-inspired project.
The French Concession – British actor Tom Payne, who stars opposite Dustin Hoffman in the HBO pilot Luck, is starring in this indie comedy from Jaime Wolf playing an American in Shanghai looking for love with a fellow ex-pat.
- 7/29/2011
- by Eric Greene
- IMDbPro News
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