Col Pix buys Franklin pitch for Murray, Cage
Once Upon a Time, Saturn to produce
Once Upon a Time Films veep Scott Anderson originally brought the idea to Cage and Jeff Levine's Saturn Films. Anderson, along with Saturn veep of creative affairs Norm Golightly, got the ball rolling at Columbia. Col exec veep of production Michael Costigan will oversee the project.
Saturn and Once Upon a Time Films will produce the project together, with Levine and Once Upon a Time's Stanley M. Brooks joining Cage to produce. Golightly and Anderson will serve as exec producers.
Story centers on a down-on-his luck gentleman who invests his time figuring out how to win on a popular gameshow.
Franklin penned "Antitrust," starring Ryan Phillippe and Rachael Leigh Cook. Pic's in production at MGM with Peter Howitt ("Sliding Doors") at the helm. Franklin also wrote and directed "Quick Change," starring Murray; penned the thriller "Someone to Watch Over Me"; and wrote and directed "The Public Eye," starring Joe Pesci.
Franklin is repped by David Saunders and Jewerl Ross at APA and managed by Rosalie Swedlin at Industry Entertainment. Murray and Cage are repped by CAA.
