2013-14 Division A Waiver Wire

[Buscemi]

The wire:

1. W
2. Empire
3. Leestu
4. Banks
5. Buscemi
6. Chien
7. Monkey
8. Shryke

All spots locked in: Tranny, Geezer

Waiver Wire:

The list:
TBA The Angriest Man in Brooklyn (comedy - Robin Williams, Peter Dinklage, Mila Kunis) (Lionsgate)
TBA Birdman (comedy - Edward Norton, Emma Stone, Andrea Riseborough, director: Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu) (Fox Searchlight)
3/28 Breathe In (drama - Guy Pearce, Felicity Jones, Amy Ryan) (Cohen)
3/28 Cesar Chavez (drama - Michael Pena, John Malkovich, America Ferrera, director: Diego Luna) (Lionsgate)
TBA Foxfire (drama)
TBA Gambit (comedy - Colin Firth, Cameron Diaz, Alan Rickman, writers: The Coen Brothers) (CBS)
TBA Get a Job (comedy - Anna Kendrick, Allison Brie, Bryan Cranston) (CBS)
TBA Gods Behaving Badly (comedy - Christopher Walken, John Turturro, Sharon Stone, producer: Ben Stiller)
TBA The Homesman (drama - Tommy Lee Jones, Hilary Swank, Meryl Streep, writer/director: Tommy Lee Jones, producer: Luc Besson)
TBA Horns (horror - Daniel Radcliffe, director: Alexandre Aja) (Weinstein)
TBA The Immigrant (drama - Marion Cotillard, Joaquin Phoenix, Jeremy Renner, director: James Gray) (Weinstein)
TBA Knight of Cups (drama - Natalie Portman, Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, writer/director: Terrence Malick)
TBA Life of Crime (thriller - Isla Fisher, Jennifer Aniston, Tim Robbins) (Lionsgate)
4/25 Locke (drama - Tom Hardy) (A24)
TBA A Many Splintered Thing (comedy - Chris Evans, Anthony Mackie, Michelle Monaghan)
TBA Mister Pip (drama - Hugh Laurie, director: Andrew Adamson)
TBA A Most Wanted Man (drama - Philip Seymour Hoffman, Rachel McAdams, Robin Wright, director: Anton Corbijn) (Lionsgate)
TBA Nailed (comedy - Jake Gyllenhaal, Jessica Biel, Justin Timberlake, director: David O. Russell)
TBA Night Moves (drama - Dakota Fanning, Jesse Eisenberg, Alia Shawkat, writer/director: Kelly Reichardt) (Cinedigm)
TBA Nina (drama - Zoe Saldana, Alexa Davalos, David Oyewolo)
4/18 Nymphomaniac Part Two (drama - Charlotte Gainsbourg, Stellan Skarsgard, Shia LaBeouf, writer/director: Lars von Trier) (Magnolia)
TBA Penthouse North (thriller - Michael Keaton, Michelle Monaghan) (Dimension)
3/28 The Raid 2 (action) (Sony)
TBA The Railway Man (drama - Nicole Kidman, Stellan Skarsgard, Colin Firth) (Weinstein)
TBA Red Machine (thriller - James Marsden, Piper Perabo, Billy Bob Thornton) (FilmDistrict/Focus)
TBA The Rover (drama - Guy Pearce, Robert Pattinson, Scoot McNairy) (A24)
TBA 7500 (horror) (CBS)
TBA They Came Together (comedy - Michael Shannon, Cobie Smulders, Paul Rudd, director: David Wain)
TBA True Story (drama - James Franco, Jonah Hill, Felicity Jones) (Fox)
TBA Untitled Marc Lawrence/Hugh Grant Project (comedy - Hugh Grant, Marisa Tomei, J.K. Simmons)
TBA Venus in Fur (drama - Mathieu Amalric, Emmanuelle Seigner, director: Roman Polanski) (IFC)
TBA Yellow (drama - Ray Liotta, Sienna Miller, Gena Rowlands, director: Nick Cassavetes)
TBA The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet (drama - Helena Bonham Carter, Judy Davis, director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet) (Weinstein)
TBA You Are Here (comedy - Zach Galifianakis, Owen Wilson, Jenna Fischer, writer/director: Matthew Weiner)
TBA You're Not You (drama - Emmy Rossum, Josh Duhamel, Hilary Swank)
TBA Zulu (drama - Orlando Bloom, Forest Whitaker)

If you want further titles or want to add titles not on the list, just ask and I'll add them.

[empire13]

I really thought about drafting The Grand Budapest Hotel, but there's no way they're going to release it before May of 2014, is there?

[Buscemi]

I was considering it too. The film is in post-production but I think Fox will save it for Cannes. I threw it in anyway since it's almost complete.

[silversurfer19]

There's a few others you could possibly add, not sure on their potential to be released, mind:

A Many Splintered Thing
Child 44
Hunter Killer
The American Can

[Buscemi]

I can't see The American Can being ready by April (it's set during Katrina so there will a lot of visual effects on it) while I'd be surprised if Child 44 wasn't scheduled for the Summer (the director's last film grossed over $100 million and Easy Money did serviceable numbers in limited release). Hunter Killer won't be ready anytime soon but I will include the other one you mentioned.

[BanksIsDaFuture]

Some more that could be added:

Birdman
The Homesman
You're Not You
Night Moves
The Big Shoe
Get A Job
Miss You Already
Untitled Elmore Leonard Project
Can A Song Save Your Life?

[Buscemi]

I'll get those later. I'm going out to dinner in a little bit.

[empire13]

I've got a few that I don't think were drafted in Division A. And, I'll put the disclaimer on it that Surfer did, I have no idea if they will be released in time:

Nymphomaniac
Knight of Cups
Nailed
Red Machine
Reasonable Doubt
Khumba

[Buscemi]

Nailed will never be finished as long as David O. Russell whines about it (fucking jerk) but I'll include it anyway.

[Chienfantome]

I was strongly considering The Grand Budapest Hotel, because I'm not so sure they'll place it at Cannes, because when you look at it, Moonrise Kingdom is the only film of Anderson that went to Cannes, so it could, in fact be in a fall festival like Venice or Rome if it gets finished on time.

For the waiver list, I'd also put a few films I considered but didn't draft :

- Untitled Hugh Grant Marc Lawrence comedy
- Alex Aja's Horns
- The Rover
- True Story
- All is lost
- Under the skin
- The Young and prodigious Spivet
- Devil's knot
- Are we officially dating
- Locke
- Zulu
- Railway Man
- You are here

[BanksIsDaFuture]

It's been two days since Chien added it, so I should be able to pick up Horns without using my waiver place, right?

If so, I'll take that and drop All You Need Is Kill.

[Buscemi]

Yeah, sure. You can have Horns.

[W]

Putting in a claim for The Devils Due.

[Shrykespeare]

In place of what, W?

[W]

It won't matter until it goes through, but Vacation.