Sandra Bullock's Fortis Films optioned a film

[SandraFan2]

Sandra Bullock's Fortis Films optioned "Till Human Vocies Wake Us" is starting production in May 2000 in Australia. There is no mention in this article that Sandy will be in this movie.

http://www.tomorrowfilms.com/news/newstxt15.htm

Petroni 'Voices' calling Pearce, Bonham Carter

Mar. 22, 2000 - By Lawrie Zion

Guy Pearce and Helena Bonham Carter have signed on to star in the indie metaphysical love story "Till Human Voices Wake Us," which will mark the feature directorial debut of screenwriter Michael Petroni.

Production is slated to begin in May in Australia.

"Voices," which Petroni also wrote, is the story of a man (Pearce) who is haunted by the presence of a dead childhood sweetheart (Bonham Carter) when he returns to his rural hometown after a long absence.

Thomas Augsberger and Matthias Emcke's Los Angeles-based Key Entertainment and Sydney-based DND Prods. will produce the film. Film Victoria, the Australian Film Finance Corp., Globe Film Company and Key are financing the project.

Petroni's script has been in development for two years, and won the best new script award from the Writers Guild of America/Scenario Magazine before being optioned by Sandra Bullock's Fortis Films. The project underwent a series of false starts before Key came on board.

Beau Flynn, Yoram Pelman, Stefan Simchowitz and Petroni's manager Gold/Miller's Andrew Deane will executive produce "Voices." Globe holds Australian and New Zealand rights to the film while Key will handle the rest of the world through sales agency Tomorrow Films.

Petroni, an Australian native, wrote Warner Bros.' "Queen of the Damned," based on Anne Rice's novel of the same name that is slated to go into production later this spring with Wes Bentley starring. The scribe also co-wrote Egg Pictures' "The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys," which Peter Care is prepping to direct in May, as well as Warner Bros.' Vatican-set thriller "Revelations" for Danny DeVito to direct with Mark Canton and Village Roadshow producing. Petroni is repped by UTA.

Pearce, who starred in "L. A. Confidential," is next up in the William Friedkin-directed "Rules of Engagement." He is repped by ICM's Chris Andrews.

Bonham Carter is due to shoot Artisan Entertainment's "Novocaine" next month and recently starred in "Fight Club" (HR 2/28). She is repped by UTA.

[Dancing Lady]

thats like 2000? 5 yrs ago, i dont think its still happening right, and im not to keen on the actors in that movie, but id love to have some more fortis movies being made tho. im still waiting on sleep toward heaven plzzzzzz make it sandy!

[kbam87]

yeah me too! please make that movie! Im not familiar with those actors either! GOT TO GO EAT!

[SandraFan2]

This movie was released in 2002. See IMDb. No mention of Fortis Films was under its company's production credits. However, the above article only said this movie was optioned by Fortis Films.

[Dancing Lady]

oh, it was already made? lol mkay...confusing. hmmm never heard or seen of this movie ever before.

[Cori]

yeah i've never heard of it either.. thanks for the article tho.. so wait im confused did fortis end up being involved with this movie?

[SandraFan2]

I found out when this movie was distributed 2002 by Tomorrow Film Corp. The production company information is can be found at IMDb. Other companies distributed it in 2003. This movie was made in Australia. Six out of the total of seven production companies were Australian.

Does anyone know anything about a movie being "optioned" means? Probably, it was just a business dealing of Fortis Films.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0240980/companycredits

[Cori]

no idea what they mean by optioned... http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=optioned LOL.. ugh why do they use such general terms lol they should be more specific and clear

[Dancing Lady]

when a script is "optioned" it means a company any company here being fortis films reserves the exclusive rights for this movie for a set period usually being a few months, this means no other company can touch this movie, the company that options a film they usually put money into, optioned films rarey make it to the big screen. this means within that time frame this company ie fortis films will try and find the stars to be casted within the time they have while its optioned after there time is up and the movie is not a go, the writer of the movie can option it off to other companys and the process will start over again.

when a movie is optioned it doesnt mean the company has bought the script.

[SandraFan2]

Thanks for both of your help with "optioned".
It looks like it was distributed in 2003.

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