Morgan Creek big focus on big-budget films

Sunday morning, Morgan Creek met with press and international buyers over brunch at Moulin des Mougins. Here, Morgan Creek founder, James Robinson, shared the company's new initiatives to "focus on bigger-budget projects that have global appeal" reported "The Hollywood Reporter: The Cannes Daily." Robinson explained, "We are like a small studio and there are few people doing films in this sort of budget range outside of the studios." Included in these big-budget projects is "Passengers," directed by Italy's Gabriele Muccino. The sci-fi romance, starring Keanu Reeves, will have a budget of $90 million. Currently being reworked, the original script was written by Jon Spaihts, and is currently in presales in Cannes, with deals already made with Italy's Medusa and Germany's TeleMünchen. Shooting will begin next January, though a location still has not been selected. In addition to "Passengers," Morgan Creek is working on Jim Sheridan's "Dreamhouse" and has plans to make a film about the life of the former Tupac. 

-Rebecca Sokoloff