Film
In 2004, he directed and co-wrote the comedy feature Communication Breakdown, a film co-produced by John Edmonds Kozma (producer of the Nick Cassavetes' film Kentucky Rhapsody).
In November 2009, it was reported by such media outlets as ABC News, IMDb.com and PopCrunch.com that Lindsay Lohan was in talks to play the lead in the O'Sullivan-scripted "One Night With You." Lohan later told GossipCop.com that she hadn't yet been offered the role. After almost two years of attempting to launch the project as a vehicle for the troubled Lohan, O'Sullivan announced that he was attaching newcomer Castille Landon in the role.
In 2011, it was announced that Dale Alexander Carnegie (executive producer of 2010's "Clash of the Titans" remake, which grossed some $500 million worldwide) would produce a dark comedy/horror film written and directed by O'Sullivan called "Hallows," as well as a crime drama developed by O'Sullivan called "Crossface" about Chris Benoit, the wrestler who killed his wife and young son before hanging himself in 2007. "Crossface," which O'Sullivan serves on as a producer, is based on the book "Ring of Hell" by Matthew Randazzo V (creator of the Fox TV series "Breakshot," produced by Oscar winner Robert Moresco, of "Million Dollar Baby" and "Crash" fame). On January 17, 2012, actor Liam Neeson denied that he was in talks to play wrestling promoter Vincent Kennedy McMahon in "Crossface."
Also in 2011, O'Sullivan optioned the Random House novel The Wizard of Seattle, written by New York Times best-selling author Kay Hooper, and the acclaimed novel She-Rain by 27-time Emmy winner and national Edward R. Murrow recipient Michael Cogdill (whose work has appeared on NBC's Today Show, MSNBC, CNBC, and CNN).
In 2012, O'Sullivan went into production on "The Genesis of Lincoln," a film based very loosely on the book of the same name by James Harrison Cathey, which claims that Abraham Lincoln wasn't born in a Kentucky log cabin, but was, in fact, the illegitimate son of a North Carolina cattle rancher. The film made headlines when controversial actor Doug Hutchison ("The Green Mile," "Lost," "24," "The X-Files") dropped out of the film over concerns that people would confuse his character (a filmmaker who has sexual relations with a 16-year-old pop star) with his real-life persona (he married 16-year-old pop singer Courtney Stodden that same year).
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