FEATURE Films
CATFISHING HARVARD
A high-rise, high-fall crime thriller about a young man raking in thousands in the billion-dollar black market of forging college applications--until the FBI comes calling.
Screenplay by Josh Schenkkan and Michael Mount.
PLUGGED
A neo-noir action comedy about an Irish bouncer who finds himself entangled in all kinds of trouble at a seedy New Jersey strip club.
Adapted by David Iserson.
Based on the novels by Artemis Fowl creator Eoin Colfer.
THE POET'S DOG
When a young brother and sister are lost in a blinding blizzard, they are saved by Fynn, a talking Irish wolfhound who leads them to the cabin he shares with his owner, a poet-professor who left just before the storm hit and has yet to return. With a wolf pack perched on their doorstep, Fynn and the two children find kinship and strength in one another as supplies run out and the blizzard rages on with no end in sight. [Animation]
Adapted by Diane Levin.
Produced with Diane Levin & Jonathan Levin.
In partnership with Sustainable Imagination.
Based on the novel by Newbery Medal winner Patricia MacLachlan.
SEARCHING FOR OBAMA
Based on the true story of Damon Weaver, a 10-year-old boy from an impoverished Florida town who relentlessly pursues an interview with then-President-elect Barack Obama.
Screenplay by Andy Callahan.
SPIES OF THE BALKANS
Detective Costa Zannis has a cushy job as a fixer for Thessaloniki’s police department. But when Emilia Krebs, a charismatic Jewish woman, approaches Costa to create a pipeline to spirit Jews from Nazi Germany through the Balkans to refuge in Turkey, he can’t say no. British intelligence takes notice and recruits them for a mission in France, but when something goes terribly wrong, they are trapped in Hitler’s Europe with Nazis hot on their heels.
In partnership with Playtone.
Based on the novel by Alan Furst.
STARS ABOVE US
Pauline has yet to overcome the grief of losing her child when her husband suffers a fatal heart attack. She agrees to follow her overbearing sister's advice to join a grief group at the local center. But when she serendipitously stumbles into an acting workshop instead, Pauline opens the door into a whole new world: an exuberant teacher, a motley group of fellow amateurs, and a heartwarming journey of emotional recovery and joy.
Screenplay by John Harrington Bland.
WELCOME TO VIENNA
Like Gene Hackman's Harry Caul in Francis Ford Coppola's The Conversation, traumatized spy Freddie Makin has turned to surveillance to retreat from his painful past. When the professor he's been surveilling disappears and he himself becomes the target of a hit, Freddie knows he must have seen something explosive, he just doesn't know what.
Screenplay by William Wheeler.
Based on the novel by Kevin Wignall.
THE WOMAN WHO MADE VAN GOGH FAMOUS
A story of passion, love, and art as it charts the journey of Van Gogh's sister-in-law, the young woman who strived to reveal his genius when his paintings were reviled.
Directed by Tran Anh Hung, winner of the 2023 Best Director award at Cannes.
Based on the biography by Hans Luijten.
In partnership with Amsterdam's renowned Van Gogh Museum.
A feature documentary is also in development.
Episodic Series
Double Nickel is partnered with Sky Studios in a deal that enables Double Nickel to option IP for series. In some cases, Sky Studios will finance production as well.
THE LAST NEGROES AT HARVARD
A coming-of-age-saga inspired by the true story of the 18 bright young Black men, far more than in any previous year, who entered Harvard in 1959. At the close of the decade, they were still called "Negroes," but it was a time of freedom rides and sit-ins, of Martin Luther King and Malcolm X. By the time they graduated four years later, they had become "Afro-Americans," changing Harvard forever.
Based on the memoir of Kent Garrett and Jeanne Ellsworth.
THE SUBSTITUTION ORDER
A twisty legal thriller about a high-flying attorney whose one serious misstep has her on probation, disbarred, and managing a knockoff sandwich shop called SUBstitution. When she refuses to take part in a scam, she loses what little she had left and must use every bit of her legal savvy to counter the people trying to destroy her.
Based on a novel by Martin Clark.
TRAILBLAZER
Based on the inspiring true story of Dorothy Butler Gilliam, the first Black woman journalist at the Washington Post during the 1960s when D.C. was still a segregated city. Undaunted by blatant discrimination, Dorothy covered some of the day’s most pressing stories and blazed the trail for countless journalists of color.
Based on the memoir of Dorothy Butler Gilliam.
In partnership with Surprise Inside.
Set up at NBCUniversal.
