PUSH Director: Paul McGuigan Scriptwriter: David Bourla
EDISON & LEO Director: Neil Burns Writers: George Toles and Daegan Fryklind
THE IMAGINARIUM OF DOCTOR PARNASSUS Director: Terry Gilliam Screenwriters: Terry Gilliam & Charles McKeown
(Feature Film) Synopsis: PUSH is a sci-fi thriller that takes us into the secret world of psychic espionage. Our hero is NICK GANT (Chris Evans), a young man whose father was genetically altered to be the perfect government assassin. After the brutal murder of his father, Nick swears revenge on the agency that created him. Hidden in the underworld of Hong Kong, Nick assembles a group of rogue psychics to defeat Division, the covert agency responsible for creating and experimenting with psychic drugs for decades. Nick teams up with CASSIE HOLMES (Dakota Fanning), a thirteen-year-old girl who can see the future, to track down a missing girl and a stolen suitcase that could potentionally bring the downfall of Division — the key to their mutual revenge. Combining their skills, they outwit assassins and learn about Division's latest secret weapon — a powerful and new experimental drug called R16, which could shift the tides of psychic warfare. Principal photography began August 2007 in Hong Kong. U.S. release via Summit. Screenwriter: David Bourla Director: Paul McGuigan Financing: ICON, Summit Cast: Chris Evans, Camilla Belle, Dakota Fanning and Djimon Hounsou
(Feature Film) Synopsis: Edison and Leo is one of Canada’s first stop motion animated features. This story takes us on a fantastic journey into the unique and magical world of invention where anything and everything is possible. Somewhere beyond the realm of ordinary imagination, this story is a wildly emotional roller coaster-ride of adventure and character driven conflict; an inventive and sumptuous fairytale-gone-wrong about George T. Edison, his son Leo, and the birth of electricity. Screenwriters: George Toles and Daegan Fryklind Director: Neil Burns Producing partners: Dean English and Karen Powell, And in association with Perfect Circle Productions
(Feature Film/International Treaty Co-Production) Synopsis: The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus is a fantastical morality tale that tells the story of Dr. Parnassus and his extraordinary ‘Imaginarium’, a traveling theatre show where members of the audience get an irresistible opportunity to choose between a fate of light and joy or darkness and gloom. Blessed with the extraordinary gift of guiding the imaginations of others, Dr. Parnassus is cursed with a dark secret that forces him to enlist in the help of a series of wild, comical and compelling characters as he embarks on a desperate journey to undo a deal he made with the Devil thousands of years ago in order to save his beloved daughter. Fantastically intriguing, rich with visual possibilities, and set amidst a landscape of surreally spectacular creation, this captivating, explosive and wonderfully imaginative story promises to take it’s audience on an unexpected adventure into the unique world of Dr Parnassus’ eccentricity, genius and insanity! Screenwriters: Terry Gilliam and Charles McKeown Director: Terry Gilliam Producing partners: Samuel Hadida Attachments: Heath Ledger, Christopher Plummer, Lily Cole, Tom Waits, Verne Troyer and Andrew Garfield