Producers select story and/or acquire rights to underlying intellectual property (e.g. adaptation, remake, video game, etc.) and work with screenwriter(s) to craft a story outline into a workable script in an effort to garner a “greenlight” for the film from the financing studio and/or production company. An agreement for a major star or director to join the film can boost a project's prospects of securing financing, but those arrangements can reverse if scheduling and other details do not work. Films in this stage can languish for months, years, or fall apart completely.
Known as "development hell"-industry jargon for a film, screenplay, idea, etc. that remains in development for years, often bouncing between different studios and cycling through different scripts, writers, and directors, without actually 2 making it to production.
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A man who, upon learning he is about to die in 92 minutes, must decide whether to spend his limited time rushing to get things done or slow down and enjoy his final moments.
Carol Blevins, a heroin addict, helped the FBI investigate the Aryan Brotherhood Of Texas for six years. She lived with the gang, remembered details, and stopped crimes, helping convict 13 members. But now, she faces ongoing threats from the gang.
The movie will center around a new Jurassic era.
Said to take place decades before the events of 2009’s Star Trek.
A new Super Mario animated film. Described as expanding Mario's world further with a bright and fun story.
The film will follow Baby (Grey) as she returns to Kellerman's resort.
An out-of-the-ordinary heroine goes from living a lonely life to realizing the only way to survive is to open your heart.
A biopic of country, rock ‘n’ roll and Latin music legend, Linda Ronstadt.
cowabunga! The Turtle brothers set out to win the hearts of New Yorkers and be accepted as normal teenagers.
A new take on the vampire classic.
Two children are hunted by Australia’s most infamous killer.
Set in a futuristic world in which everything appears to glisten and good feeling, but which turns out to have a dark, drug-infused underbelly.
A woman wakes up after a head injury with no memory of the last 15 years. She discovers her once-happy life is gone – she's now a divorced single mother who must decide whether to start over or fix her relationships.
No plot details have been announced yet.
A musical biopic about the Grateful Dead.
The 11th Saw film in Lionsgate's franchise. Jigsaw returns once again.
A strong-willed teenaged daughter of first-generation Mexican immigrants must help hold her family together after a tragic accident.
Don Tillman, a professor of genetics who may suffer from Aspergers, has never been on a second date until he embarks upon The Wife Project, designing a questionnaire to help him find the perfect partner: a punctual, non-drinking, non-smoking female who will fit in with his regimented lifestyle. When the unorthodox and free-spirited Rosie appears on the scene, it is clear that she fits none of his selection criteria, but she still may just be the perfect match to help turn his life around.
A new adventure in Zootopia.
A third film in the PAW Patrol franchise. No plot details have been announced yet.
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