White House Down

[Hunter Rider]

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118052084

In what amounts to the biggest spec deal of the year, Sony Pictures has closed a $3 million deal to acquire "White House Down," an action spec from "Amazing Spider-Man" scribe James Vanderbilt that has had studios buzzing this week.

Heated bidding came down to Sony and Paramount.

"White House Down," which is described as "Die Hard" meets "Air Force One," will mark the second time this month an action spec set at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. has sold for impressive coin, following Millennium Films' acquisition of Creighton Rothenberger and Katrin Benedikt's "Olympus Has Fallen," which quickly attached Gerard Butler to star.

It's no surprise that Sony would outbid the competition for a spec from Vanderbilt, who has become one of the studio's go-to scribes. Not only did he write Sony's "Amazing Spider-Man" and "Total Recall" reboots and work on its "Red Riding" adaptation, but he has already been hired to write a treatment for an "Amazing Spider-Man" sequel.

I like the potential here.

 

[Thundercrack85]

You can sell a script for 3 million dollars?

 

[Octoberist]

Is it that good, or did you think Hollywood execs (God forbid) are jumping the gun thinking this could be the next big thing?

 

[kvz5]

I swear I already heard of a movie in development like this before.

 

[Hunter Rider]

I swear I already heard of a movie in development like this before.

The 28th Amendment? The actual premise I think is going to be closer to the book 'Transfer of Power'.

 

[tzarinna]

Maybe it will help with the 24 withdrawal I'm still suffering through.

 

[kvz5]

The 28th Amendment? The actual premise I think is going to be closer to the book 'Transfer of Power'.

Yes, I think that's the one!

 

[Wolfwood]

Wasn't there a rumored sequel to Air Force One where the White House was taken over?

 

[Ultimatehero]

The 28th Amendment would have been bad ass! I read the script and it was amazing... for those wondering, don't think that script leaked.

 

[DoomsdayApex]

The 28th Amendment would have been bad ass! I read the script and it was amazing... for those wondering, don't think that script leaked.

What was it about?

 

[Ultimatehero]

I read it two years ago lol. But it was mainly about like a secret organization and the president being used as a puppet. I think. All I remember is that it was one of the most interesting scripts that I read. Really conspiracy founded, I remember that for sure.

 

[DoomsdayApex]

I read it two years ago lol. But it was mainly about like a secret organization and the president being used as a puppet. I think. All I remember is that it was one of the most interesting scripts that I read. Really conspiracy founded, I remember that for sure.

Damn, that sounds incredibly cool. Hopefully it'll see the light day in the near future.

 

[Ultimatehero]

I'm over at one of the top five film film studios. I'm unsure why they wanted me to do coverage for it. But it's been passed around studios for years now. Chances are if one of these white house films do well, it may be resurrected.

 

[DoomsdayApex]

I'm over at one of the top five film film studios. I'm unsure why they wanted me to do coverage for it. But it's been passed around studios for years now. Chances are if one of these white house films do well, it may be resurrected.

I hope so! t:

What is your current job title over there?

 

[Ultimatehero]

I used to be an intern. Now I'm a screenwriter with the vice president as my mentor. He wanted to buy one of the sample scripts I wrote a couple years ago on a toy/cartoon property but couldn't due to something similar already being in the works. I didn't expect it to get that far, just a pat on the back really. Now he's interested in three of my scripts. He's always on top of me for updates lol. It's cool, especially since I've only just turned 24 - industry wise I'm still really young. So, I'd say master / apprentice? Lol. It's odd but that's kind of what it is.

 

[DoomsdayApex]

I used to be an intern. Now I'm a screenwriter with the vice president as my mentor. He wanted to buy one of the sample scripts I wrote a couple years ago on a toy/cartoon property but couldn't due to something similar already being in the works. I didn't expect it to get that far, just a pat on the back really. Now he's interested in three of my scripts. He's always on top of me for updates lol. It's cool, especially since I've only just turned 24 - industry wise I'm still really young. So, I'd say master / apprentice? Lol. It's odd but that's kind of what it is.

That's outstanding man.

I'm 24 and I got nothing going on now after my company and funding for my invention folded. It's always great to hear when people our age find success or a career this early in life.

Keep up the good work.

 

[DACrowe]

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118052084



I like the potential here.

Wasn't "Air Force One" already Die Hard? Just in a plane and starring Jack Ryan....err Jim something (I actually remember people thought it was a sequel to Patriot Games and the other Jack Ryan movies when it came out) as president?

So it's Air Force One in the White House? Meh. It'll probably be cheesy and silly but make a lot of money with a title like that.

 

[Ultimatehero]

Thanks man, but I think at our age everything is split down the line. I'm a work-a-holic, always have been, and need to work on the personal side of my life since that got sacrificed in the process. A lot of 24 year olds, in that area of life, are further ahead than I am. Basically saying, I think our 20s is the time where everyone plays catch-up. Hope the next invention goes over with smooth sailing.

 

[Project862006]

well that potential is gone LOL

Roland Emmerich in Talks to Helm $3 Million Sony Spec ‘White House Down’

EXCLUSIVE: Roland Emmerich is in talks to next direct White House Down, the James Vanderbilt-scripted action drama that Sony Pictures paid $3 million to purchase as a spec script last week. The film focuses on a paramilitary takeover of the White House and was compared to Die Hard when it fetched the highest sum for a spec script so far this year for Vanderbilt, who scripted The Amazing Spider-Man for Sony and is working on the sequel to the Marc Webb-scripted 3D film that stars Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone. Emmerich and his producing partner Harald Kloser will join Mythology Entertainment partners Bradley Fischer, Vanderbilt, and Laeta Kalogridis to produce the film. It will be his next project as director, and production is slated to begin in the fall. Emmerich will follow White House Down with Singularity, which remains a priority project at Columbia Pictures. Kloser is also a producer of Singularity. Vanderbilt’s script work includes Zodiac, he’s adapting Red Riding for Steve Zaillian’s Film Rites and Ridley Scott, and is doing a production rewrite on Robocop. Emmerich is repped by CAA.

 

[Hunter Rider]

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=90216

Channing Tatum is in talks to lead Roland Emmerich's White House Down, Deadline reports.

The film, written by James Vanderbilt (The Amazing Spider-Man) is set up at Sony Pictures and is said to feature a para-military takeover of the White House.

Tatum has already had a prolific year, starring in The Vow, 21 Jump Street and Haywire with roles in Magic Mike and G.I. Joe: Retaliation still to come.

Mythology Entertainment partners Bradley Fischer, Vanderbilt and Laeta Kalogridis will produce White House Down, planning for a release on November 1, 2013.

 

[Sawyer]

There goes the likelihood of this being enjoyable.

 

[Hunter Rider]

There goes the likelihood of this being enjoyable.

That went with Emmerich.

 

[Project862006]

would of thought the director was the likelihood of this being enjoyable lol

 

[dude stannis]

Here's hoping Gerard Butler and Antoine Fuqua get off their asses and make their White House film happen first.

 

[Sawyer]

Oh, Emmerich is behind this? Had no idea.... I blacked out after reading the words Channing and Tatum. That's like a double-whammy of misery surrounding this film.