Friday, June 6, 2008
By: MrDisgusting
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Don't get me wrong, I love Adam Sandler and have always loved him, but lately he and his company have turned out nothing but disappointments. Hopefully ZOHAN (David's mini-review) will put my foot in my mouth, but until then call me skeptical. Shocking news this morning as Happy Madison, Sandler's production shingle, is prepping a thriller entitled Shortcut that sounds like it's right down our alley. Read on for details, what are your guys' thoughts?
Adam Sandler's production shingle Happy Madison is taking a turn down a new road.
The company known for comedies has signed on to produce a genre project, a thriller titled "Shortcut," as the inaugural picture of a nascent genre label it's calling Scary Madison.
The movie centers on two brothers who come upon a rarely used shortcut in their new town -- and soon discover the reasons why it's so rarely used. Andrew Seeley, Shannon Woodward and Dave Franco will star.
"Shortcut" will be financed by Ingo Volkhammer's hedge fund-backed Leomax Entertainment and co-produced by Leomax and Scary Madison. Volkhammer, Scary Madison's Scott Sandler and Brian Witten and Leomax's Scott Einbinder will produce; Adam Sandler and Scary Madison's Jack Giarraputo will serve as exec producers.
The Sandlers' shingle will rely on Happy Madison talent for various creative roles in "Shortcut" -- the script is co-written by Scott Sandler, while Nicholaus Goosen, who directed Happy Madison's intergenerational comedy "Grandma's Boy," will helm. Dan Hannon co-wrote the screenplay.
Indigomotion, the genre theatrical arm of Leomax, is planning to release "Shortcut" theatrically. Leomax does have a theatrical first-look deal with Overture, which could come aboard later to distribute the movie, as well as a TV first-look deal with Starz.
Production is scheduled to start next month in Sas¬katchewan, with a SAG waiver already granted. Endeavor helped package the project.
Leomax, a financier/producer based in Los Angeles and Berlin, has a number of movies in various stages of production; it recently completed production on the Mischa Barton thriller "Walled in" and the Jordan Ladd horror pic "Grace."
Happy Madison has had a litany of successful comedies with and without a toplining Sandler. Its "You Don't Mess With the Zohan" comes out from Columbia Friday.
Source: Hollywood Reporter
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