Todd Phillips is known for his Hangover films, and it's made WB quite a bit of money, so they gave him a new deal that will keep him until the end of 2013. He also has four projects to work on.
Deadline reports that Green Hat Film has four films at the studio that could be potential directing vehicles for Phillips. He's currently working on Project X with Green Hat and Silver Pictures. The micro-budget project has a cast of complete newcomers.
The Hangover was Phillips first film at the studio and was a hit that led to a sequel and a third film that now in development. Now Phillips is considered “a cherished member of the Warner family for a long time, and the comedic genius he’s brought to the big screen has made for an extraordinarily successful partnership.”
Phillips is also happy with the new deal saying: “I am so grateful that they will continue to provide me with a platform to satisfy my endless hunger for revenge and schadenfreude…you know who you are.”
Here are the projects that he could be working on soon:
* An adaptation of the Tony D’Souza novel Mule, about a young couple that turns to drug trafficking to scratch a living during the recession. Green Hat’s Phillips and Scott Budnick are producing with Jamie Patricof and Lynette Howell’s Electric City Entertainment. They are out to writers.
*Arms and the Dudes, based on a Guy Lawson Rolling Stone article that chronicled the unlikely rise of two stoners in Miami Beach who became big-time arms dealers, and suddenly had it all taken away by the Pentagon. Phillips and Budnick produce with Mark Gordon and Bryan Zuriff. Stephen Chin (I Rock Iraq) is in talks to write it.
* The Island, a project scripted by Due Date‘s Adam Sztykiel from a story by Travis Fickett and Terry Matalas; the logline’s being kept under wraps and Phillips will produce and Budnick exec producing.
* Million Dollar Strong, a comedy based on the YouTube and FunnyOrDie web shorts by Mike O’Connell and The Hangover‘s Ken Jeong. Phillips is producing with Budnick and Management 360 is exec producing. O’Connell and Peter Kline (The Living Wake) are writing the script.
