Eighty script deals have been recorded since the strike deadline. Book deals and rewrite assignments comprised most of the volume. Spec deals and pitches were obviously nil, so there will be no monthly sales breakdown.
Notable deals included Sidney Lumet's original screenplay "Getting Out." Lumet, now 83, signed a two-picture deal with the production company Funky Buddha Group. The children's classic ALICE IN WONDERLAND will be adapted by Linda Woolverton and shot on 3-D by Tim Burton. Zanuck Company is producing.
Darren Aronofsky and Richard Siegel are set to write THE WRESTLER, a story of a down and out wrestler attempting to get back in the ring one last time. Mickey Rourke is set to play the title role.
Joe Stillman sold PLANET 51 to Handmade Films International. This story is set on a Planet whose inhabitants live in fear of an alien invasion. Their paranoia is realized when astronaut Capt. Charles "Chuck" Baker arrives from Earth. Befriended by a young resident, the astronaut has to avoid capture in order to recover his spaceship and return home.
Roman Polanski will direct a film adaptation of "The Ghost," the best-selling political thriller by Robert Harris. Random House Group, the book's publisher, said Polanski and Harris are collaborating on a screenplay. Filming is due to begin in northern Europe next year.
Finally, Eric Bress' FINAL DESTINATION 4, to be directed by David R. Ellis with New Line Cinema.
From Script Pimp December Newsletter.
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