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Post by The Ultimate Nullifier on Dec 1, 2014 22:44:31 GMT -6
variety.com/2014/film/news/sony-wins-film-rights-to-nypd-corruption-documentary-the-seven-five-1201367884/Sony Wins Film Rights to NYPD Corruption Documentary ‘The Seven Five’ Following a heated auction that went through the holiday weekend Sony has come out victorious, landing the rights to the NYPD corruption documentary “The Seven Five.” No other producers are attached at this time as “The Seven Five” producer and rights holder Eli Holzman wanted to wait for the rights to sell before meeting with producers. Sources say the winning bid came in around the seven-figure range and that Annapurna was also in hot pursuit of the property. The doc follows Michael Dowd, an officer in 75th precinct of the NYPD who seized the opportunity to turn a profit while arresting criminals in the late 80s and early 90s. Dowd stole money from drug dealers, eventually recruiting his partner into an expanding criminal ring. Their 1992 arrest exposed widespread corruption in the NYPD. In the last several months, Sony has been aggressive in pursuing rights to several properties, coming out on the winning end in many of those cases. Some of those properties include Max Brooks’ “Harlem Hellfighters” that Overbrook is producing, the David Ignatius book “The Director” for Scott Rudin and the hot spec “In the Deep.”
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Post by The Ultimate Nullifier on Mar 13, 2015 18:24:24 GMT -6
deadline.com/2015/03/scott-frank-seven-five-screenwriter-sony-1201392440/Sony’s ‘The Seven Five’ Looking To Call Scribe Scott Frank’s Number Sony Pictures is eyeing Scott Frank to write The Seven Five, the feature film adaptation of the hard-hitting ’80s NYPD corrupt-cop documentary that the studio grabbed in a big auction in December amidst the hacking scandal. If the deal makes, it will be a whopper and will pair Frank with already attached helmer Yann Demange. That would be some tie-up: Frank is one of the best writers in Hollywood — his credits range from Get Shorty to Minority Report to The Wolverine to his most recent effort A Walk Among The Tombstones — and Demange was on most Best British Film lists with his feature debut, last year’s gritty crime drama ’71. Sony has been lining up big names for this since production president Michael De Luca landed remake rights to the docu, which premiered in November at DOC NYC. In early February, Le Grisbi Productions’s John Lesher (Oscar Best Picture winner Birdman) and Annapurna’s Megan Ellison (Foxcatcher) came aboard to produce, and Demange followed them a couple weeks later. The Tiller Russell-directed and Eli Holzman produced docu, the cop version of Goodfellas, centered on one of the most corrupt police forces in 1980s New York. It’s main subject was Michael Dowd, who was arrested in 1992 for leading a ring of dirty cops for the best part of eight years. Their crimes included theft, abuse and drug dealing. Dowd’s case exposed widespread corruption in the force and sent him to prison for 14 years. Holzman is also producing the feature. This is a major package, and though Frank’s deal hasn’t commenced this is how it will play out. Demange is hot stuff and screenwriter par excellence Frank doesn’t do a lot of these assignments. Stay tuned.
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