Sony Pictures is planning a remake of Blake Edwards' 1962 thriller "Experiment in Terror." Screenwriter Robert Pucci ("The Corruptor") has been hired to pen the script with Edwards serving as executive producer. The original "Experiment," was set in San Francisco and based on the novel "Operation Terror" by Gordon Gordon and Mildred Gordon, who adapted it for the screen. It told the story of a woman (Lee Remick) who is terrorized by a criminal using her to help him steal money from the bank where she works, threatening to kill her teenage sister (Stefanie Powers) if she doesn't comply. She enlists the aid of an FBI agent (Glenn Ford) to thwart the criminal..." (full details)
Touchstone U.K. has set John Brownlow ("Sylvia") to write "The Hero," an original pitch, which will be produced by Sean Bailey & LivePlanet. Story concerns a British army officer who returns home for Christmas in 1916 only to find his holiday interrupted by a vengeful deserter out to kill him. LivePlanet has a three-year deal at Disney & is prepping both "Gone, Baby, Gone" and "Solace"..." (full details)
New Line Cinema has tapped the scripting team of Toni Kotite and Marty Scott ("Briggs' Ballet") to write college comedy "Soccer Mom" for Karz Entertainment and Underground Films to produce. Story, based on Cindy McCreery's spec script, revolves around a mother of two who was a soccer star 15 years earlier and goes back to college to play on the team after her husband leaves her..." (full details)
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