Atlas Entertainment and Annapurna Pictures are set to begin shooting a major feature film in Boston, MA and New York City for Columbia Pictures. Casting directors in Los Angeles and New York are casting the film's supporting roles. Smaller speaking roles are being cast in Boston and New York, where shooting will take place from March 18, 2013 through May 19, 2013. The project is currently using the working title of "Untitled David O. Russell/Abscam Project". Extras will be cast throughout production. Experienced film crew and production staff in Boston can also email resumes to the production office. The film centers on nn FBI agent who enlists the aid of a conman to bring down financial scam artists and in the process uncovers a huge political corruption network now known as the Abscam Scandal.

Starring in "Untitled David O. Russell Project" is Academy Award nominee Bradley Cooper as FBI Agent Jimmy Boyle; two-time Academy Award nominee Jeremy Renner plays the role of Camden Mayor and eventual New Jersey State Senator Angelo Errichetti; Academy Award winner Christian Bale plays the con artist Melvin Weinberg, who was busted and then hired by the FBI; four-time...

CATCHING FIRE

Written by Simon Beaufoy

Based on the novel by Suzanne Collins

Second Draft, May 12th, 2012


FADE IN:
We focus onto what appears an abandoned battle field.

Streets are littered with broken glass shatters, turned over
dumpsters, trash and other debris of buildings. The aftermath
of a riot.

DISTRICT 8.


INT. DISTRICT 8 BUILDING- DAY

Even inside, the rioters have done their job. The destroyed
room is framed by smashed in windows, words and other
graffiti soak in on the walls. Small flames of fire arise
from different areas.

The beginnings of an Uprising.

CATCHING FIRE



FADE OUT.


EXT. DISTRICT 12 WOODS- MORNING
Hands stiffly trace out the cracks and crevices of a large
rock.

Preview:
In ''The Hunger Games,'' one of the toughest things for Katniss Everdeen to face doesn't come in the arena. It comes when she has to sit down for an interview with TV host Caesar Flickerman. And Jennifer Lawrence is going through a little bit of that now. The 21-year-old has been in the business since she was 16, once had a regular part on ''The Bill Engvall Show'' and has even been nominated for an Oscar, for 2010's ''Winter Bone.'' But she's never had this level of press attention-the kind of scrutiny (fashion layouts, magazine interviews, shopping-mall tours) that goes with what the studio hopes is the next young-adult movie franchise. It's left her a little worried, thinking of those pictures she sees of the harried ''Twilight'' cast. (''I look at Kristen Stewart now and think, I'd never want to be that famous, ' ''Lawrence told Glamour UK.) And it's left her, understandably, a little tired by the time-during a four day publicity blitz-she calls to talk. But like Katniss, she carries on. And is soon listing her acting heroes, (''Charlize Theron, Michael Keaton and Lucille Ball''), explaining why she once knocked out co-star Josh Hutcherson and sharing what she...