THE FORCE
IN PRODUCTION
The Force is currently in production a. Directed by James Mangold (Logan, Cop Land, Walk the Line) and with Pulitzer Prize-winning David Mamet as the screenwriter.
The Force is produced by Ridley Scott, Shane Salerno and Kevin Walsh, and Steve Asbell is overseeing the project for Fox.
THE CARTEL
PRE-PRODUCTION
SAVAGES
Release date: 2012
Director: Oliver Stone
Written by: Shane Salerno (screenplay) and Don Winslow (screenplay and novel) and Oliver Stone (screenplay)
Starring: Aaron Johnson, Taylor Kitsch, Blake Lively, Emile Hirsch, John Travolta, Salma Hayek, Benicio Del Toro
The future is looking good for Laguna Beach, Calif., marijuana growers Ben and Chon, until they receive an ominous e-mail from the Baja Cartel. Attached is a photograph showing the decapitated bodies of other independent drug dealers. The message is clear: sell your product through us or else. Ben and Chon try to resist, but matters escalate after cartel thugs abduct Ophelia, the guys’ beautiful young playmate and accomplice, and hold her for a cool million ransom. Meanwhile, Elena “La Reina” Sanchez Lauter, the leader of the Baja Cartel, must deal with rival drug gangs and potential overthrow from within. Ben and Chon propose a trade that Elena can’t refuse, setting the stage for the violent and utterly satisfying ending.
THE POWER OF THE DOG
CURRENTLY IN DEVELOPMENT
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CALIFORNIA FIRE AND LIFE
IN DEVELOPMENT
THE DEATH AND THE LIFE OF BOBBY Z
Release date: 2007
Director: John Herzfeld
Written by: Bob Krakower (screenplay), Larry Schapiro (screenplay) and Don Winslow (novel)
Starring: Paul Walker, Laurence Fishburne, Olivia Wilde
A DEA agent provides former Marine Tim Kearney with a way out of his prison sentence: impersonate Bobby Z, a recently deceased drug dealer, in a hostage switch with a crime lord. When the negotiations go awry, Kearney flees, with Z’s son in tow.