As we bring September to a close, we also bring an end to the third quarter of 2020. We’re about to enter the final stretch of the year.
Anthony McCarten
Alas, we reach the end of August and with Labor Day just around the corner, we’re returning to cooler weather and pumpkin spice lattes invading our life yet again.
TriStar picked up I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY by Anthony McCarten. Centers on the life and career of singer Whitney Houston.
The project stars Benedict Cumberbatch who is also executive producing through his SunnyMarch Productions with Canongate CEO Jamie Byng.
Chronicles the love story between John Lennon and Yoko Ono and their peaceful activism.
Soon we’ll be releasing the 2016 Hit List, our compilation of the best year’s best spec scripts as voted on by industry professionals. In preparation for its release, we’re taking a look back at the writers who made the Hit List in 2015 — where they were, and how far they’ve come in just one short year.
Gary Oldman is in talks to step into the role of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in Darkest Hour, the upcoming World War II drama directed by Joe Wright.
Joe Wright is currently being eyed to direct the Winston Churchill film Darkest Hour. Set in 1940, the story will follow Churchill as he takes the position of Prime Minister during one of Britain’s most critical moments during World War II.
Anthony McCarten has been hired to rewrite the long-awaited Freddie Mercury biopic from Sony. Spectre’s Ben Whishaw is considered the favorite for the role of the operatic frontman.
Justin Kurzel is making plans with StudioCanal to adapt Adrian Levy and Cathy Scott-Clark’s book The Siege: 68 Hours Inside The Taj Hotel. Anthony McCarten is adapting the book.
Based on the book recounts in terrifying detail the terrorist attack in 2008 on the iconic Taj Mahal Palace Hotel in India by a group of heavily armed Pakistani militants.
Logline: In 1940, Winston Churchill faces his greatest decision — make a deal with Hitler to end the war and surrender, or to fight on against all odds.
Logline: In 1940, Winston Churchill faces his greatest decision — make a deal with Hitler to end the war and surrender, or to fight on against all odds.
McCarten is in talks to pen the drama for Sony.
Chronicles the life of renowned theoretical physicist and cosmologist Stephen Hawking.
Logline: Focuses on the British phone hacking scandal that brought down News of the World.
Chronicles the life of renowned theoretical physicist and cosmologist Stephen Hawking.
Logline: Chronicles the life of renowned theoretical physicist and cosmologist Stephen Hawking.
Logline: A 14-year-old dying of cancer escapes the harsh realities of life through his illustrated adventures
