Movies in Development (Page #6)

Set in Canton, China in the 1940s, and centers on a hapless wannabe gangster.

20 years after the events of the first Major League, the pitcher, Wild Thing, comes out of retirement to mentor a young new player.

A happily married mother of two moves from small town America to the high class suburbs and is faced with confronting the cut throat world of competitive parenting.

An adaptation of Tove Jansson’s stories about the Moomin family and their friends.

Set in modern day, an orphan boy moves from a life as an exploited child laborer to being under the wings of Fagin, a leader of a gang. Hardship, murders and secrets waiting to be revealed follow the boy.

The logline is being kept under wraps, but Popeye's love interest Olive Oyl, nemesis Bluto and adopted child Swee'Pea will be part of the adventure. Producer Avi Arad says the new version will cover the themes of friendship, love, greed and life and focus on human strengths and human frailties.

A religious young woman who discovers the disquieting answer to the question, “What does God look like?”

A young woman tries to assist her single, overbearing mother-in-law in finding a romantic partner.

In 1941, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt defined the "Four Essential Freedoms," the basis for the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights. But there is a fifth: The Freedom to protect the other four by any means necessary. As an elite Splinter Cell agent, Sam Fisher (Tom Hardy) is given the Fifth Freedom to protect and safeguard freedom across the world.

A feature adaptation of the video game of the same name.

Set in the 1950s, a young book editor grows troubled by the social trappings of her time and slowly descends into mental illness.

A two-year-old baseball prodigy begins sharing vivid memories of a life he never lived: that of a baseball player in the 1920s and 1930s. Distraught by her son’s uncanny revelations, his mother embarks on a sacred journey of discovery that shakes her Christian faith to the core and changes their lives forever.

A runaway woman, trying to escape her past, pretends to be a girl abducted from a small town 10 years before. The girl's family takes her in until she slowly starts to uncover the mysterious circumstances and family secrets that actually lead to their daughter’s disappearance.

A remake of the NBC TV series in which a private investigator worked out of a mobile home near the beach in Malibu and used his charm and guile to talk his way out of trouble.

Dare Wright becomes well-known in the 1950s thanks to her best-selling children's book "The Lonely Doll." Wright lives a bizarre life of glamour and isolation, and she struggles to escape her painful childhood through her art. Wright passes away in 2001 at the age of 86.

The story revolves around a mute teenager who lives on a farm in Wisconsin with a family that’s raised a coveted breed of dog for generations. Edgar Sawtelle’s father dies mysteriously after his uncle comes to stay with the family, which sends the youth fleeing into the woods with three of his dogs.

A 10-year-old boy is bored with his ordinary life and ventures into a supernatural house in which all four seasons pass in one day.

A patriotic British stage magician volunteers his illusionist abilities to help battle the Nazis. After proving his potential value to skeptical commanders, he and a few cohorts are sent to North Africa, where British troops are being pounded by Gen. Rommel. He helps halt Rommel's charge through a campaign of deception. He camouflages a key British-occupied harbor by creating a bogus one that bears the brunt of nightly bombing raids; shields troops in the Suez Canal through a system of anti-aircraft searchlights and mirrors that blind Nazi pilots; and camouflages British weaponry and uses props to give the appearance of a stronger fighting force.

Instead of a theatrical sequel, James Cameron will produce a TV-series version based on the movie in which a computer salesman lives a double life as a government spy.

A spin-off or reboot film of the popular TV show, 24.