Blood Moon Productions, a publishing company based in New York City, has reached an agreement with a Dutch based consortium to finance a $35-million film based on the 2004 biography "Howard Hughes: Hell's Angel," by Darwin Porter. Producer Gene Corman ("Golda," "F.I.S.T.") is seeking a screenwriter, and is aming for a spring 2006 shoot. Publisher Danforth Prince will serve as executive producer..." (full details)
The Montecito Picture Co. has pre-emptively picked up two projects, one a spec script, the other a pitch. Spec "Disturbia" is written by Christopher Landon and is described as a teen thriller homage to "Rear Window." "Grand Theft Otto," picked up by Montecito as a pitch, is being written by Greg Schaffer and Steve Joe. "Otto" is a buddy action comedy that has child rapper-actor Bobb'e J. Thompson attached to star..." (full details)
New Line has acquired the spec script "Stay at Home Tom," by Adam Gibgot. The story centers on a man with a successful, career-minded wife who finds himself forced to stay at home to take care of their kids. Gibgot's wife, Jennifer, has producing credits that include "She's All That," "The Wedding Planner" and "The Pacifier". Adam Gigbot just signed a blind two-script development deal with Sony Television. Gibgot has sold the spec "Untraceable" to Castle Rock and has "Flawless" set up at Disney..." (full details)
DreamWorks has bought screen rights to the Thomas Mullen novel "The Last Town on Earth" for low against high six figures. Book, which is concurrently being shopped to publishers, takes place in 1918, as the doctor in a small mill town declares that he'll quarantine the burg to avoid an outbreak of the Spanish influenza that's ravaging the nearby population and indeed the entire world..." (full details)
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