Projects in genres: Drama and with status: Pre-production

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Based on the memoir of 45 year-old Mohamedou Ould Slahi, a man who was a suspected terrorist and has been incarcerated at Guantanamo bay for 14 years without ever being charged with a crime or having the opportunity to defend himself in court. Slahi is the son of a nomadic herder who has been subjected to “enhanced interrogation” techniques that include everything but waterboarding. His memoir claims he was subjected to being kept awake for days, having his ribs broken, being blindfolded and taken out to sea where he was told he would be executed.

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A fake Californian hip hop duo find success, but at what cost? Fiction feature inspired by Jeanie Finlay's Silibil N' Brains documentary 'The Great Hip Hop Hoax'

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Based on her autobiography, telling the sometimes comic, and always larger-than-life story of the rise and fall of uber fashion world player Tamara Mellon.

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The story of musician Janis Joplin's life when at the height of her success.

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Biopic of author J.R.R. Tolkien and the events that inspired him to write 'The Hobbit' and 'The Lord of the Rings Trilogy'.

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A robot quarantined on a space station starts to suspect he’s actually human.

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Two two couples and a child head for vacation in the sun-drenched coast of the Ionian Sea in Italy. Based on Delia Ephron's novel 'Siracusa'.

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British master-spy George Smiley is called out of retirement to investigate the death of one of his old agents: a former Soviet general, the head of an Estonian émigré organisation based in London. Smiley learns the general had discovered information that will lead to a final confrontation with Smiley's nemesis, the Soviet spymaster Karla.

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New studio chief Bobby Gould is in the market for a hit to shore up his tenuous position. His colleague Charlie Fox comes to him with a project that he guarantees will snare a star who usually only works for a rival studio. But the pair then get distracted by a bet over which of them can sleep with Fox's secretary Karen, who they've involved in their creative process and has her own industry agenda. Screen adaptation of David Mamet's iconic play and Hollywood satire.

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Film adaptation of Enid Blyton’s classic tales of derring-do from 'The Famous Five' series. The series, with over 20 novels, follows the adventures of a group of four young children and their dog Timmy. The first novel was published in 1942 under the title Five On A Treasure Island.

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A young newlywed-turned-widow stands trial in 1914 for murder. The story recounts how, with the help of her new husband, she survived the sinking of the Empress, a transatlantic ocean liner. She finds herself on a lifeboat, only to discover there are too many people on board, leading to a moral crisis as to who stays and who has to go.

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A young mermaid gives up her life in the sea to love a human prince. Based on Hans Chriatian Andersen's beloved fairytale.