The dog pack is getting bigger.
Lisa Kudrow has joined Emma Roberts and Don Cheadle in DreamWorks' live-action canine caper Hotel for Dogs. Johnny Simmons also is joining the film, which is being directed by Thor Freudenthal.
Dogs, based on Lois Duncan's 1971 children's book, revolves around two orphaned teenagers who secretly house nine stray canines in an abandoned hotel.
Kudrow will play a foster parent to two siblings, one of which is Roberts' character.
Simmons will play the love interest of Roberts' character.
Lauren Shuler Donner, Jack Leslie and Jon Gordon are producing the film, which is set to begin shooting early next month. Jeff Lowell penned the screenplay.
Kudrow's upcoming feature projects include the comedy drama P.S., I Love You and Kabluey. She also will star in and produce the black comedy Intense Girl Scouts for Sony.
Simmons, who recently joined Gabriel Macht, Samuel L. Jackson and Scarlett Johansson in Frank Miller's The Spirit for Lionsgate, next appears in Columbia's horror feature Boogieman 2. He also appeared in Universal's Evan Almighty.
Kudrow is repped by Endeavor and attorney Mark Gochman.
Lisa Kudrow has joined Emma Roberts and Don Cheadle in DreamWorks' live-action canine caper Hotel for Dogs. Johnny Simmons also is joining the film, which is being directed by Thor Freudenthal.
Dogs, based on Lois Duncan's 1971 children's book, revolves around two orphaned teenagers who secretly house nine stray canines in an abandoned hotel.
Kudrow will play a foster parent to two siblings, one of which is Roberts' character.
Simmons will play the love interest of Roberts' character.
Lauren Shuler Donner, Jack Leslie and Jon Gordon are producing the film, which is set to begin shooting early next month. Jeff Lowell penned the screenplay.
Kudrow's upcoming feature projects include the comedy drama P.S., I Love You and Kabluey. She also will star in and produce the black comedy Intense Girl Scouts for Sony.
Simmons, who recently joined Gabriel Macht, Samuel L. Jackson and Scarlett Johansson in Frank Miller's The Spirit for Lionsgate, next appears in Columbia's horror feature Boogieman 2. He also appeared in Universal's Evan Almighty.
Kudrow is repped by Endeavor and attorney Mark Gochman.
- 10/9/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
DreamWorks has tapped visual effects maven Thor Freudenthal to direct Hotel for Dogs.
Based on Lois Duncan's novel, the story revolves around two orphaned teenagers who hide dozens of stray dogs in an abandoned hotel. Jeff Lowell penned the screenplay.
Lauren Shuler Donner, a renowned dog lover who has more than a dozen pet canines, is producing alongside Jack Leslie.
DreamWorks' Marc Haimes and Chloe Dan are shepherding the project for the studio.
Freudenthal, a former CG artist who worked on the Stuart Little films, is attached to direct 20th Century Fox's They Came From Upstairs.
He is repped by the Gersh Agency, the Gotham Group and attorney Rob Szymanski.
Based on Lois Duncan's novel, the story revolves around two orphaned teenagers who hide dozens of stray dogs in an abandoned hotel. Jeff Lowell penned the screenplay.
Lauren Shuler Donner, a renowned dog lover who has more than a dozen pet canines, is producing alongside Jack Leslie.
DreamWorks' Marc Haimes and Chloe Dan are shepherding the project for the studio.
Freudenthal, a former CG artist who worked on the Stuart Little films, is attached to direct 20th Century Fox's They Came From Upstairs.
He is repped by the Gersh Agency, the Gotham Group and attorney Rob Szymanski.
- 6/21/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Universal Pictures has acquired the film rights to the best-selling children's series Cirque Du Freak by Irish author Darren Shan and has hired Brian Helgeland to adapt it. Lauren Shuler Donner will produce the project for Universal, with Jack Leslie, president of production at the Donners' Co., overseeing development alongside Shuler Donner. Helgeland will adapt the first three books of the series for the feature and also will executive produce. Helgeland won an Oscar for writing the screenplay to L.A. Confidential, and also was nominated for writing Mystic River. He also wrote and directed A Knight's Tale. Helgeland's long-standing relationship with the Donners' Co. led to the pairing on Freak.
- 1/14/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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