New Line and producer Beau Flynn ("San Andreas") are developing a film adaptation of Jonathan Stokes' upcoming book series "The Thrifty Time Traveler's Guide".
The story follows a future time-travel agency which puts together affordable vacation packages to history's biggest events. The first books will span Ancient Egypt, the Roman Empire, the Middle Ages and WWII.
Meanwhile, Michael J. Roth and Steve Longi have acquired feature film and TV rights to the Off Broadway musical-comedy "Zombie Prom". Vince Marcello and Mark Landry will pen and Marcello will helm the feature film adaptation.
The musical-comedy homage to the musicals and films of the 1950s tells the story of a forbidden romance between the rebellious bad boy Jonny and the good girl Toffee. After falling into a nuclear reactor, Jonny returns to his love as a zombie.
Next up, Fuego Films is teaming with Emmy-winning journalist Giselle Fernandez and have hired...
The story follows a future time-travel agency which puts together affordable vacation packages to history's biggest events. The first books will span Ancient Egypt, the Roman Empire, the Middle Ages and WWII.
Meanwhile, Michael J. Roth and Steve Longi have acquired feature film and TV rights to the Off Broadway musical-comedy "Zombie Prom". Vince Marcello and Mark Landry will pen and Marcello will helm the feature film adaptation.
The musical-comedy homage to the musicals and films of the 1950s tells the story of a forbidden romance between the rebellious bad boy Jonny and the good girl Toffee. After falling into a nuclear reactor, Jonny returns to his love as a zombie.
Next up, Fuego Films is teaming with Emmy-winning journalist Giselle Fernandez and have hired...
- 6/9/2015
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Exclusive: Viktor Frankl’s groundbreaking Holocaust memoir Man’s Search For Meaning is finally heading for the big screen. Fuego Films, the feature partnership between Ben Silverman and Hands Of Stone producer Jay Weisleder, has teamed with Emmy-winning journalist Giselle Fernandez to secure the book. Fernandez landed the option through her F Squared production banner. They’ve set Adam Gibgot to write the script. Frankl, a psychotherapist and contemporary of Sigmund…...
- 6/8/2015
- Deadline
It looks like Warner Bros. are getting into the business of making films about geniuses. Just last week, news came that the studio had picked up The Imitation Game, revolving around real-life genius Alan Turing, with an eye for Leonardo DiCaprio to lead the cast and Ron Howard to helm the film.
Word now comes via Deadline that the studio has also picked up The Accidental Genius, from a pitch by Adam Gibgot, for Robert Downey, Jr. and wife Susan Downey to produce under their Team Downey shingle.
“In the drama, an ordinary man awakens from a coma with astonishing intelligence, and visions of a bizarre symbol recognized only by a burnt-out prodigy. Together, the two men set out to solve a hundred-year-old mystery that could change the world.”
Producing alongside Downey, Jr. and his wife will be Ben Silverman (the Us version of The Office), and Gibgot will executive produce along with David Gambino,...
Word now comes via Deadline that the studio has also picked up The Accidental Genius, from a pitch by Adam Gibgot, for Robert Downey, Jr. and wife Susan Downey to produce under their Team Downey shingle.
“In the drama, an ordinary man awakens from a coma with astonishing intelligence, and visions of a bizarre symbol recognized only by a burnt-out prodigy. Together, the two men set out to solve a hundred-year-old mystery that could change the world.”
Producing alongside Downey, Jr. and his wife will be Ben Silverman (the Us version of The Office), and Gibgot will executive produce along with David Gambino,...
- 10/17/2011
- by Kenji Lloyd
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Here are a few interesting and/or noteworthy projects that were recently added to IMDbPro's database of development titles:
Trouble with the Curve – A week after Clint Eastwood announced his return to acting with the baseball-themed, father-daughter drama for director Robert Lorenz, the pair have set their sights on Oscar winner Sandra Bullock for the role of Eastwood's daughter. Warner Bros. is producing.
Untitled Dr. Seuss Biopic – It's been hard to keep up with the number of development projects Johnny Depp's been attaching himself to lately. But, one of the more intriguing ones is the life story of popular children's book writer Theodor Geisel. Depp's eyeing the lead role and producing through his Infinitum Nihil company. Illumination Entertainment and Universal Pictures are also on board to produce.
Perry Mason – In addition to nabbing Adam Gibgot's Accidental Genius pitch for Warner Bros., Robert Downey Jr.'s Team Downey is looking to bring the iconic attorney to the big screen using the original 1930s-set novels written by Erle Stanley Gardner as the film's source material. The Iron Man himself is considering taking on the titular role.
The Liability – Tim Roth stars opposite Peter Mullan and Talulah Riley in this British thriller from director Craig Viveiros and writer John Wrathall. Corona Pictures' Richard Johns and Rupert Jermyn produce the film that Deadline describes as a "a darkly comic road trip."
The Poet in Exile – What if legendary rock star and former Doors front man, Jim Morrison, staged his death in 1971? That's the basis for this drama based on fellow Doors rocker Ray Manzarek's bestselling novel and produced by ClubHouse Entertainment. Tim and Liz Sullivan will write the project with Gavin Heffernan.
If you know of something in the works, you can submit it via our online submission form.
Trouble with the Curve – A week after Clint Eastwood announced his return to acting with the baseball-themed, father-daughter drama for director Robert Lorenz, the pair have set their sights on Oscar winner Sandra Bullock for the role of Eastwood's daughter. Warner Bros. is producing.
Untitled Dr. Seuss Biopic – It's been hard to keep up with the number of development projects Johnny Depp's been attaching himself to lately. But, one of the more intriguing ones is the life story of popular children's book writer Theodor Geisel. Depp's eyeing the lead role and producing through his Infinitum Nihil company. Illumination Entertainment and Universal Pictures are also on board to produce.
Perry Mason – In addition to nabbing Adam Gibgot's Accidental Genius pitch for Warner Bros., Robert Downey Jr.'s Team Downey is looking to bring the iconic attorney to the big screen using the original 1930s-set novels written by Erle Stanley Gardner as the film's source material. The Iron Man himself is considering taking on the titular role.
The Liability – Tim Roth stars opposite Peter Mullan and Talulah Riley in this British thriller from director Craig Viveiros and writer John Wrathall. Corona Pictures' Richard Johns and Rupert Jermyn produce the film that Deadline describes as a "a darkly comic road trip."
The Poet in Exile – What if legendary rock star and former Doors front man, Jim Morrison, staged his death in 1971? That's the basis for this drama based on fellow Doors rocker Ray Manzarek's bestselling novel and produced by ClubHouse Entertainment. Tim and Liz Sullivan will write the project with Gavin Heffernan.
If you know of something in the works, you can submit it via our online submission form.
- 10/15/2011
- by Eric Greene
- IMDbPro News
Robert Downey Jr has bought the rights to the mystery The Accidental Genius. The pitch by Darkhorse producer Adam Gibgot centres on a man who wakes up after a coma to find that his intelligence has vastly improved. Downey Jr will be producing the film with his Team Downey company, co-owned by his partner Susan, according to Deadline. Team Downey was set up by Warners (more)...
- 10/14/2011
- by By Zakia Uddin
- Digital Spy
Because he's clearly not satisfied having a hundred projects bobbing away in the waters of his development fish tank, Robert Downey Jr has hooked another possible film and stuck it in with the rest, scoring the option on Adam Gibgot's pitch The Accidental Genius.
No, it's got nothing to do with either of his other smart arse characters (Iron Man's Tony Stark or Sherlock Holmes) - it's the story of an ordinary man who falls into a coma and wakes up with vastly improved intelligence. Also loitering around his noggin are visions of a strange symbol that no one else seems to recognise. No one, that is except for a burnt-out prodigy, who spirits our hero off on a mission to solve an ancient mystery that could end up changing the world. Very Da Vinci Code!
In case you were wondering, yes, this really does happen to people occasionally,...
No, it's got nothing to do with either of his other smart arse characters (Iron Man's Tony Stark or Sherlock Holmes) - it's the story of an ordinary man who falls into a coma and wakes up with vastly improved intelligence. Also loitering around his noggin are visions of a strange symbol that no one else seems to recognise. No one, that is except for a burnt-out prodigy, who spirits our hero off on a mission to solve an ancient mystery that could end up changing the world. Very Da Vinci Code!
In case you were wondering, yes, this really does happen to people occasionally,...
- 10/14/2011
- icelebz.com
Imagine suffering some major trauma and regaining consciousness to discover you have heightened mental abilities. That.s the concept being explored in the drama film recently acquired by Warner Bros and set to be produced by Robert Downey Jr..s Team Downey. According to Deadline, Team Downey is set to produce the drama, titled Accidental Genius, with Ben Silverman.s Electus. The film follows a regular man who comes out of a coma to find he.s much smarter than he was before. He.s also having .visions of a bizarre symbol recognized only by a burnt-out prodigy.. The newly-brainy man and the burnt-out prodigy team up to try to solve the mystery of the symbol, which could end up changing the world. Set to executive-produce the film is Adam Gibgot, who has worked with Silverman previously on a number of pilots for NBC. It.s hard to judge by...
- 10/14/2011
- cinemablend.com
Because he’s clearly not satisfied having a hundred projects bobbing away in the waters of his development fish tank, Robert Downey Jr has hooked another possible film and stuck it in with the rest, scoring the option on Adam Gibgot’s pitch The Accidental Genius.No, it’s got nothing to do with either of his other smart arse characters (Iron Man’s Tony Stark or Sherlock Holmes) – it’s the story of an ordinary man who falls into a coma and wakes up with vastly improved intelligence. Also loitering around his noggin are visions of a strange symbol that no one else seems to recognise. No one, that is except for a burnt-out prodigy, who spirits our hero off on a mission to solve an ancient mystery that could end up changing the world. Very Da Vinci Code!In case you were wondering, yes, this really does happen to people occasionally,...
- 10/14/2011
- EmpireOnline
The studio has enjoyed the success of the Sherlock Holmes franchise with Robert Downey Jr. enough to let him set up the Team Downey production banner founded by the actor and his wife Susan Downey. Recently we learned the studio and Team Downey would collaborate on a big screen adaptation of the classic legal series Perry Mason, but not they've set up yet another project together. Deadline has word that Downey will not only produce but star in The Accidental Genius, an original pitch from newcomer Adam Gibgot about two men who set out to solve a hundred-year-old mystery that just might change the world. Apparently the title refers to a rare but true medical condition in which a person emerges from a physical trauma with heightened mental abilities. Sounds like a toned down, grounded superhero story. Part of me has this inkling that the titular character's newfound abilities may...
- 10/13/2011
- by Ethan Anderton
- firstshowing.net
Never doubt Robert Downey Jr.‘s stamina. While being one of the biggest movie stars in the world is enough for most of us regular folks, Tony Stark/Sherlock Holmes/Nick Penrose has begun to enter the producing game. Coming up is a Perry Mason reboot (that he’ll also star in), and Deadline now says that Downey and his wife, Susan, will produce The Accidental Genius through Team Downey for Warner Bros. Of course, this will also be another lead role for him.
Based on a pitch by Adam Gibgot, the story is centered on a man who “awakens from a coma with astonishing intelligence, and visions of a bizarre symbol recognized only by a burnt-out prodigy,” leading them to join forces to “solve a hundred-year-old mystery that could change the world.” When you know that Team Downey was established at Warner Bros. as a way of landing the actor main parts,...
Based on a pitch by Adam Gibgot, the story is centered on a man who “awakens from a coma with astonishing intelligence, and visions of a bizarre symbol recognized only by a burnt-out prodigy,” leading them to join forces to “solve a hundred-year-old mystery that could change the world.” When you know that Team Downey was established at Warner Bros. as a way of landing the actor main parts,...
- 10/13/2011
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
Robert Downey Jr. and his wife Susan Downey continue to use their production company, Team Downey, to acquire starring vehicles for the actor. The latest movie that they’ve got their hands on is a joint venture with Warner Bros. that comes from an Adam Gibgot pitch called The Accidental Genius. Downey will play a normal guy in a coma who, when he wakes up, finds that’s he’s now ridiculously smart. That’s not it though, there’s a twist; he’s also having visions of some crazy symbol. In researching the phenomenon, Downey’s character teams up with a “burnt out prodigy” who also recognizes the symbol, and the two men go on to solve a hundred year old mystery with world-changing consequences. So basically what we have here sounds like a mix between Flowers for Algernon and a mystical version of National Treasure. Hopefully, the Downeys can get Nic Cage to play the...
- 10/13/2011
- by Nathan Adams
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
So Robert Downey Jr does find himself attracted to original projects now and again!
Deadline reports that Warner Bros have acquired Adam Gibgot’s pitch The Accidental Genius for Robert Downey Jr and Susan Downey to produce alongside Ben Silverman’s Electus.
Downey Jr is eyeing the lead role where he would a play an average guy who;
“awakens from a coma with astonishing intelligence, and visions of a bizarre symbol recognized only by a burnt-out prodigy. Together, the two men set out to solve a hundred-year-old mystery that could change the world.”
Apparently there is some real life medical credence to this condition and ‘The Accidental Genius’ is a true life term for those who have suffered (or I guess gained?) from the physical trauma of heightened mental abilities. The concept sounds a lot like the Bradley Cooper starrer Limitless mixed with The Da Vinci Code.
Gibgot landed the...
Deadline reports that Warner Bros have acquired Adam Gibgot’s pitch The Accidental Genius for Robert Downey Jr and Susan Downey to produce alongside Ben Silverman’s Electus.
Downey Jr is eyeing the lead role where he would a play an average guy who;
“awakens from a coma with astonishing intelligence, and visions of a bizarre symbol recognized only by a burnt-out prodigy. Together, the two men set out to solve a hundred-year-old mystery that could change the world.”
Apparently there is some real life medical credence to this condition and ‘The Accidental Genius’ is a true life term for those who have suffered (or I guess gained?) from the physical trauma of heightened mental abilities. The concept sounds a lot like the Bradley Cooper starrer Limitless mixed with The Da Vinci Code.
Gibgot landed the...
- 10/13/2011
- by Matt Holmes
- Obsessed with Film
Warner Bros may have found it's next project for Robert Downey Jr. Deadline reports that the studio has bought a pitch from Adam Gibgot titled The Accidental Genius for Downey Jr and Susan Downey’s Team Downey to produce with Ben Silverman’s Electus.
The drama focuses on "an ordinary man awakens from a coma with astonishing intelligence, and visions of a bizarre symbol recognized only by a burnt out prodigy. Together, the two men set out to solve a hundred year old mystery which could change the world." This type of situation, while rare, is a true medical condition in which a person emerges from a physical trauma with heightened mental abilities.
This sounds really cool. I like the concept and can see Downey playing this role. What are your thoughts?...
The drama focuses on "an ordinary man awakens from a coma with astonishing intelligence, and visions of a bizarre symbol recognized only by a burnt out prodigy. Together, the two men set out to solve a hundred year old mystery which could change the world." This type of situation, while rare, is a true medical condition in which a person emerges from a physical trauma with heightened mental abilities.
This sounds really cool. I like the concept and can see Downey playing this role. What are your thoughts?...
- 10/13/2011
- by Tiberius
- GeekTyrant
Exclusive: Warner Bros has acquired the Adam Gibgot pitch The Accidental Genius for Robert Downey Jr and Susan Downey’s Team Downey to produce with Ben Silverman’s Electus. In the drama, an ordinary man awakens from a coma with astonishing intelligence, and visions of a bizarre symbol recognized only by a burnt-out prodigy. Together, the two men set out to solve a hundred-year-old mystery that could change the world. The title refers to a rare but true medical condition in which a person emerges from a physical trauma with heightened mental abilities. Gibgot will be executive producer with David Gambino. Gibgot developed several pilots with Silverman at NBC, and it was Silverman who hooked up a meeting with the writer and Susan Downey, who runs her husband’s production company that was set up at Warner Bros to develop star vehicles for Downey Jr. Gibgot most recently delivered the...
- 10/13/2011
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
Robert Downey Jr. is attached to star in The Accidental Genius for Warner Bros., Deadline reports. The film, from a pitch by relative newcomer Adam Gibgot, deals with a man whose intelligence increases dramatically after he awakens from a coma and who begins having visions that lead him to join forces with another man in the effort to solve a global mystery. Team Downey will produce the project alongside Ben Silverman's production company, Electus. Downey is next set to appear in Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows , and next summer's The Avengers . It was also just announced that he's planning to star as Perry Mason in a feature film franchise of original Erle Stanley Gardner books. (Photo Credit: Adriana M. Barraza / WENN.com)...
- 10/13/2011
- Comingsoon.net
FX has closed a deal for a drama series project executive produced and directed by Oliver Stone. It hails from Virgin Produced, the production arm of Richard Branson's Virgin Group, marking the first major scripted TV sale for the fledgling company. Adam Gibgot will write the project, which centers on a secret group known as Darkhorses who manufacture fake news stories on grand scale to service powerful clients' agendas. The project, whose research included interviewing a real Darkhorse, was developed internally at Virgin with Gibgot. Stone, well known for tackling conspiracy theories in his movies, Gibgot and Virgin pitched the drama to several cable networks before setting it up at FX in what the producers said was a competitive situation with Showtime. Fox TV Studios will produce. Stone is slated to direct the potential pilot and executive produce the series, which was packaged by CAA. Last year, he signed...
- 3/25/2011
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
New Line has acquired the spec script Stay at Home Tom, by Adam Gibgot. Benderspink is producing. 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. "It's very autobiographical," Gibgot said. "My wife is a producer, and I found myself as a writer sitting at home and dealing with things like our kids' sleep issues and the competitive nature of daycare." Gibgot's wife, Jennifer, has producing credits that include She's All That, The Wedding Planner and The Pacifier. New Line exec Richard Brener and Cale Boyter oversee. Gibgot will serve as exec producer. Gibgot, repped by Endeavor and attorney Stewart Brookman, 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 the Walt Disney Co.
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