Eugenio Derbez is set to produce a comedy feature called “Bad Dog” at Lionsgate about a dog owned by Satan, the studio announced on Tuesday.
Jeff Bushell sold his spec script “Bad Dog” to the studio, and Derbez will produce along with Ben Odell for 3Pas Entertainment and Point Grey.
“Bad Dog” tells the story about Satan’s favorite hound, Bub, that is booted out of hell by a jealous rival, only for the dog to be mistakenly adopted by a single dad and his two kids. Despite his bad ways, Bub soon begins to embrace his goodness and falls in love with the family. When Satan wants his dog back and Bub refuses, he must protect his new family from the fury of hell.
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Bree Bailey will oversee for Lionsgate, Carlos Aguirre will oversee...
Jeff Bushell sold his spec script “Bad Dog” to the studio, and Derbez will produce along with Ben Odell for 3Pas Entertainment and Point Grey.
“Bad Dog” tells the story about Satan’s favorite hound, Bub, that is booted out of hell by a jealous rival, only for the dog to be mistakenly adopted by a single dad and his two kids. Despite his bad ways, Bub soon begins to embrace his goodness and falls in love with the family. When Satan wants his dog back and Bub refuses, he must protect his new family from the fury of hell.
Also Read: Eugenio Derbez Approached by Sony Pictures to Star in 'The Three Tenors' Comedy
Bree Bailey will oversee for Lionsgate, Carlos Aguirre will oversee...
- 6/11/2019
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Lionsgate has purchased the spec script Bad Dog, a comedy feature written by Jeff Bushell, the screenwriter behind Disney’s Beverly Hills Chihuahua. Bushell is also known for his Black List script Ricky Stanicky, a comedy Peter Farrelly is attached to direct. Point Grey is on board to produce Bad Dog along with Eugenio Derbez and Ben Odell’s 3Pas Entertainment.
The plot follows Bub, Satan’s favorite hound, who is booted out of hell by a jealous rival and mistakenly adopted by a single dad and his two kids. Despite his bad ways, Bub soon begins to embrace his goodness and falls in love with the family. When Satan wants his dog back and Bub refuses, he must protect his new family from hell’s fury.
Bree Bailey will oversee for Lionsgate, while Carlos Aguirre and Josh Fagen will oversee the project for 3Pas and Point Grey, respectively.
Bushell...
The plot follows Bub, Satan’s favorite hound, who is booted out of hell by a jealous rival and mistakenly adopted by a single dad and his two kids. Despite his bad ways, Bub soon begins to embrace his goodness and falls in love with the family. When Satan wants his dog back and Bub refuses, he must protect his new family from hell’s fury.
Bree Bailey will oversee for Lionsgate, while Carlos Aguirre and Josh Fagen will oversee the project for 3Pas and Point Grey, respectively.
Bushell...
- 6/11/2019
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Lionsgate and Summit have tapped writer Annie Hendy to adapt Ya project Dork Diaries, the bestselling book series from Rachel Renée Russell. The studio picked up rights in March and is in talks with Twilight Saga producer Karen Rosenfelt to produce through her Sunswept Entertainment banner.
Dork Diaries centers on an eighth grade student navigating the mean girls, crushes, friends, and enemies at a new school; the series, published by Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing’s Aladdin imprint, has over 19 million copies in print in 34 languages worldwide. Lionsgate’s Erik Feig is overseeing for Lionsgate alongside John Sacchi, Bree Bailey and Jessica Switch.
Neophyte scribe Hendy wrote and starred in the award-winning play The Catholic Girl’s Guide to Losing Your Virginity before diving into screenwriting, and sold TV show The George Clooney Manifesto to 20th Century Fox with director-producer Mark Waters. She’s repped by CAA, Heroes and Villains Entertainment,...
Dork Diaries centers on an eighth grade student navigating the mean girls, crushes, friends, and enemies at a new school; the series, published by Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing’s Aladdin imprint, has over 19 million copies in print in 34 languages worldwide. Lionsgate’s Erik Feig is overseeing for Lionsgate alongside John Sacchi, Bree Bailey and Jessica Switch.
Neophyte scribe Hendy wrote and starred in the award-winning play The Catholic Girl’s Guide to Losing Your Virginity before diving into screenwriting, and sold TV show The George Clooney Manifesto to 20th Century Fox with director-producer Mark Waters. She’s repped by CAA, Heroes and Villains Entertainment,...
- 1/8/2015
- by Jen Yamato
- Deadline
Summit Entertainment has picked up all rights to Rachel Renée Russell’s bestseller series and is in negotiations to reunite with producer Karen Rosenfelt of Sunswept Entertainment.
Dork Diaries follows 14-year-old Nikki Maxwell as she navigates her way through new school, mean girls and first crushes.
The series has sold around 13m copies worldwide. The seventh book is due out this summer followed by the eighth in autumn.
“Summit Entertainment bringing Dork Diaries to life is a dream come true,” said Russell. “My book series could not be in more capable hands. My fans and I are super-excited to see Nikki Maxwell and her dorky world come to life.”
Rosenfelt produced all five instalments of The Twilight Saga franchise with Summit. Her credits include Marley & Me, Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief, Percy Jackson: Sea Of Monsters, Yogi Bear and The Book Thief.
Lionsgate Motion Picture Group co-president Erik Feig will oversee for the studio with evp...
Dork Diaries follows 14-year-old Nikki Maxwell as she navigates her way through new school, mean girls and first crushes.
The series has sold around 13m copies worldwide. The seventh book is due out this summer followed by the eighth in autumn.
“Summit Entertainment bringing Dork Diaries to life is a dream come true,” said Russell. “My book series could not be in more capable hands. My fans and I are super-excited to see Nikki Maxwell and her dorky world come to life.”
Rosenfelt produced all five instalments of The Twilight Saga franchise with Summit. Her credits include Marley & Me, Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief, Percy Jackson: Sea Of Monsters, Yogi Bear and The Book Thief.
Lionsgate Motion Picture Group co-president Erik Feig will oversee for the studio with evp...
- 3/25/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Forest Whitaker is in negotiations to helm The Shack, the adaptation of the bestselling William Paul Young novel that Summit Entertainment acquired in April 2013. Whitaker would also play a supporting role in the movie, which is being written by John Fusco and produced by Gill Netter and Brad Cummings. The logline: In the aftermath of a devastating personal tragedy, Mackenzie Allen Philips receives a mysterious note in his mailbox inviting him to The Shack. The letter is signed Papa, his wife’s nickname for God. Mack responds and finds himself in the presence of God, and a life-transforming journey of truth, forgiveness, and ultimately acceptance. The book was a global hit after it was self-published in 2007. Lionsgate Motion Picture president Michael Paseornek is overseeing the pic with Matthew Janzen and Bree Bailey. More...
- 1/30/2014
- by MIKE FLEMING JR
- Deadline
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