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EXCLUSIVE: WWE Studios and Troika Pictures are teaming to co-produce and co-finance The Hive, starring Halle Berry and Abigail Breslin. The thriller, to be directed by Brad Anderson (The Machinist, Transsiberian), was written by Rich D’Ovidio (Exit Wounds, Thir13en Ghosts) and based on a story by Rich D’Ovidio, Nicole D’Ovidio and Jon Bokencamp. In the film, an emergency call center operator (Berry) takes a call from a teenage girl (Breslin) who has been abducted and carried away in the trunk of a car. The kidnapping plays out in real time as Jordan and Casey work together to track down the killer. The Hive is being produced by Troika’s Michael Helfant, Robert Stein and Bradley Gallo, WWE Studios’ Michael Luisi and Jeff Graup. William Gallo, Philip M. Cohen and Chip Rosenbloom are executive producers. Principal photography is scheduled to begin July 6 in and around Los Angeles.
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The Marine was the best movie WWE STUDIOS ever made. Still enjoy that it’s something my whole family can watch when it’s on TV. Brad is a capable director. Will be keeping an eye on this.
Will there be a role for a humongous wrestler dude?
WWE and Films are two words that have had such a rocky relationship not even the great Johnnie Mae Young would hold their hand. The biggest problem with the film coming from the WWE banner is the application of their successful scripted format used for live events has a personal connection with the audience that is built upon months, if not years of familiarity. Unfortunately that personal connection does not come across to the public film going audience who are not within the WWE matrix, but a powerhouse at the box office. John Cena arguably has the best crowd reaction especially once the film passed to DVD, and TV premier dates.
The cast of WWE Raw and Smackdown are excellent in what they do live, and the Academy should have honored their scripted RAW program as the powerhouse it is, years ago. Scripted live sports are the most difficult presentations to nail once nonetheless over 1,000 episodes.
Dwayne “The Rock, ” Johnson open the doors to Hollywood and put the stop in place for others to follow. The WWE has yet to figure out how to walk into the room without tripping over their own two feet.
The Films are entertaining and for the most part PG safe. Yet if that is their audience then Disney, and Dreamworks have nothing to worry about. If however, the R were established along with the happy parents menu, the WWE banner would be a contender for true audience gains.
Then again Halle Berry draws the eyes. I wish them luck.
Looks like WWE studios is turning things around with this, Dead Man Down, and I heard they are doing a non-wrestler comedy with Ben Stiller’s company called, Wedding of Warcraft. The logline from that seemed fresh.