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New Line Gets Medieval With Untitled Knights Pitch Deal

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Friday February 8, 2013 @ 4:42pm PSTTags: Big Deals Film, Joe Ballarini, New Line
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: New Line has spent mid six figures for an untitled pitch by Joe Ballarini. The pitch, in a deal closed tonight, is a high concept action fantasy set in medieval times, and it was bought preemptively. Offspring Entertainment’s Adam Shankman, Jennifer Gibgot and Matt Smith will produce.

Ballarini sold the spec Lockdown At Franklin High to Sony, and has been a steady writer at Fox Animation on such films as Ice Age 4, Leafmen and others. He also scripted The Resident for producer Jerry Bruckheimer and Disney and Turbo at DreamWorks and He’s writing Atalantis 7 for Walden media

Paradigm and Apostle’s George Heller rep Ballarini. UTA reps Offspring

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Walden Media Sets Joe Ballarini To Script ‘Atlantis 7′ For Dean Parisot

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday May 23, 2012 @ 12:52pm PDTTags: Big Deals Film, Dean Parisot, Joe Ballarini, Walden Media
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Joe Ballarini has been set by Walden Media to rewrite Atlantis 7, a thriller in which an elite military Navy SEAL force attempts to find the mythical city of Atlantis. A military code breaker seeks out his absentee father, … Read More »

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Sony Pictures Preempts Spec ‘Lockdown At Franklin High’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Friday March 9, 2012 @ 6:30pm PSTTags: Joe Ballarini, Sony Pictures
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Sony Pictures ended the week by closing  preemptive deal for Lockdown At Franklin High, a spec script by Dance of the Dead team of Greg Bishop and Joe Ballarini. The bidding was competitive and Sony’s plan is to move … Read More »

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