FREDDY VS. JASON 2 - Jeff Katz has done a 20-page internal treatment. It brings back the "Ash" (Bruce Campbell) character from the EVIL DEAD franchise. New Line is negotiating with CAA/Raimi to see if they can get him into this movie, with the then intent to do EVIL DEAD 4. Shannon & Swift won't be doing this.
IRON MAN - The Tom Cruise interest is very real. This will need a high-end polish once talent comes on board. Schedule depends on when MI3 goes. Spielberg passed, but still at that level, esp. with TC.
The Town That Forgot How to Breathe - "Producer Catherine Gourdier's Canada-based Ladyhawke Ventures has acquired the film rights to novel by Kenneth J. Harvey for Gourdier to adapt. Newfoundland-set ghost story concerns a burg where residents come down with a mysterious illness that has even the military alarmed..."
The Punisher II - "With its Marvel Enterprises property "The Punisher" ready to hit theaters in the spring, Lions Gate Entertainment said Thursday that it has further pacted with Marvel for a "Punisher II" sequel and also is developing two more Marvel films, based on the characters of Iron Fist and Black Widow..."
Bone Canyon - "New Line Cinema has pre-emptively picked up Harris Wilkinson's horror pitch "Bone Canyon" for low- against mid-six figures. "Canyon" revolves around a group of college students who find themselves being hunted by supernatural forces after their plane crashes in a desolate mountain town..."
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