Exclusive: Netflix’s The Lincoln Lawyer is bulking up its Season 3 cast with 4 new actors joining the fold: Merrin Dungey, Allyn Moriyon, John Pirruccello and Philip Anthony-Rodriguez.
They join returning stars Manuel Garcia-Rulfo as Mickey Haller, Becki Newton as Lorna, Jazz Raycole as Izzy, Angus Sampson as Cisco and Yaya DaCosta as Andrea Freemann. The recurring cast also includes Neve Campbell, Elliott Gould, Krista Warner, Fiona Rene and Devon Graye.
Dungey will portray Judge Regina Turner, a former public defender who is younger and more progressive than most judges in the district, but whether that’s a benefit to Mickey or not remains to be seen. Moriyon plays Eddie Rojas, a fitness buff who needs a very good lawyer. Luckily, Mickey can help him and then offers him the opportunity of a lifetime. Pirruccello plays William Forsythe, a seemingly non-threatening prosecutor that...
They join returning stars Manuel Garcia-Rulfo as Mickey Haller, Becki Newton as Lorna, Jazz Raycole as Izzy, Angus Sampson as Cisco and Yaya DaCosta as Andrea Freemann. The recurring cast also includes Neve Campbell, Elliott Gould, Krista Warner, Fiona Rene and Devon Graye.
Dungey will portray Judge Regina Turner, a former public defender who is younger and more progressive than most judges in the district, but whether that’s a benefit to Mickey or not remains to be seen. Moriyon plays Eddie Rojas, a fitness buff who needs a very good lawyer. Luckily, Mickey can help him and then offers him the opportunity of a lifetime. Pirruccello plays William Forsythe, a seemingly non-threatening prosecutor that...
- 2/29/2024
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
Jackoway Austen, one of the most prominent Hollywood entertainment law firms that represents such bold-faced names as J.J. Abrams and Margot Robbie, has promoted five partners to the door.
Effective immediately, Michael Auerbach, Jeff Hynick, Kimberly Jaime, Ryan LeVine and Peter Sample are named partners in the 47-year-old firm. The quintet joining existing partners Jim Jackoway, Karl Austen, Barry Tyerman, Alan Wertheimer, Jamie Mandelbaum, Marcy Morris, Jeff Bernstein, Darren Trattner and Debby Klein.
Austen and Mandelbaum, the firm’s managing partners, made the announcement Thursday.
“We are incredibly excited about the next chapter for our firm,” said Austen and Mandelbaum in a joint statement. “With these promotions, we are strategically positioned for the future. In addition to being outstanding lawyers and formidable champions of our clients’ interests, Michael, Jeff, Kim, Ryan and Peter have an uncanny ability to identify game-changing talent, and a true dedication to collaboration and teamwork. Our...
Effective immediately, Michael Auerbach, Jeff Hynick, Kimberly Jaime, Ryan LeVine and Peter Sample are named partners in the 47-year-old firm. The quintet joining existing partners Jim Jackoway, Karl Austen, Barry Tyerman, Alan Wertheimer, Jamie Mandelbaum, Marcy Morris, Jeff Bernstein, Darren Trattner and Debby Klein.
Austen and Mandelbaum, the firm’s managing partners, made the announcement Thursday.
“We are incredibly excited about the next chapter for our firm,” said Austen and Mandelbaum in a joint statement. “With these promotions, we are strategically positioned for the future. In addition to being outstanding lawyers and formidable champions of our clients’ interests, Michael, Jeff, Kim, Ryan and Peter have an uncanny ability to identify game-changing talent, and a true dedication to collaboration and teamwork. Our...
- 2/1/2024
- by Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: Sony’s 3000 Pictures has acquired Delia Ephron’s New York Times best-selling memoir Left On Tenth. Ephron will adapt, with Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter, and Laurence Mark producing the feature. Daryl Roth is executive producing. Ephron will simultaneously write and develop the memoir as a play for Roth to produce and Susan Stroman to direct, marking the first time both a feature and play adaptation will be developed at the same time
The memoir has Ephron at the center as she struggles through several years of heartbreak. She’d lost her sister, Nora, and then her husband, Jerry, both to cancer. She channeled her grief the best way she knew: by writing a New York Times op-ed. The piece caught the attention of Peter, a Bay Area psychiatrist, who emailed her to commiserate and reminded her that they had shared a few dates fifty-four years before. After several...
The memoir has Ephron at the center as she struggles through several years of heartbreak. She’d lost her sister, Nora, and then her husband, Jerry, both to cancer. She channeled her grief the best way she knew: by writing a New York Times op-ed. The piece caught the attention of Peter, a Bay Area psychiatrist, who emailed her to commiserate and reminded her that they had shared a few dates fifty-four years before. After several...
- 4/28/2023
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Amazon’s Prime Video has set The Big Sick and The Eyes of Tammy Faye director Michael Showalter to helm and Anne Hathaway to star in The Idea of You, based on the Robinne Lee novel.
Cathy Schulman will produce the film via her Welle Entertainment label alongside I’ll Have Another’s Gabrielle Union and Kian Gass; Hathaway via her Somewhere Pictures label; the author; Eric Hayes; Showalter; and Jordana Mollick. Jennifer Westfeldt, who wrote the script, will be executive producer. Schulman optioned the book and attached Hathaway, and Amazon won the film in an auction.
Production will begin in October.
The Idea of You centers on Sophie, a 40-year-old divorced mother. Sophie’s husband Dan left her for a younger woman, and now he has canceled his Coachella trip with their 15-year-old daughter. Sophie picks up the pieces, braving the crowds and desert heat. There, she meets 24-year-old Hayes Campbell,...
Cathy Schulman will produce the film via her Welle Entertainment label alongside I’ll Have Another’s Gabrielle Union and Kian Gass; Hathaway via her Somewhere Pictures label; the author; Eric Hayes; Showalter; and Jordana Mollick. Jennifer Westfeldt, who wrote the script, will be executive producer. Schulman optioned the book and attached Hathaway, and Amazon won the film in an auction.
Production will begin in October.
The Idea of You centers on Sophie, a 40-year-old divorced mother. Sophie’s husband Dan left her for a younger woman, and now he has canceled his Coachella trip with their 15-year-old daughter. Sophie picks up the pieces, braving the crowds and desert heat. There, she meets 24-year-old Hayes Campbell,...
- 8/25/2022
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Netflix has taken in for development Confessions (working title), a drama series starring and executive produced by The Vampire Diaries alum Paul Wesley, I have learned. Written and executive produced by Tvd co-developer, executive and showrunner Julie Plec and Bradley Paul (Better Call Saul), the project, which is in early stages, is based on Jason Smith’s non-fiction 2015 article The Confessions Of a Drug-Addicted High School Teacher.
Confessions, produced by Universal Television, stems from the production partnership Aaron Kaplan’s Kapital Entertainment forged Wesley and his company Citizen Media in 2019, following Wesley’s starring turn on Kapital’s CBS All Access series Tell Me a Story.
This has been a passion project for Wesley for years. A Confessions Of a Drug-Addicted High School Teacher adaptation was one of the first pieces of development he took on when he launched Citizen...
Confessions, produced by Universal Television, stems from the production partnership Aaron Kaplan’s Kapital Entertainment forged Wesley and his company Citizen Media in 2019, following Wesley’s starring turn on Kapital’s CBS All Access series Tell Me a Story.
This has been a passion project for Wesley for years. A Confessions Of a Drug-Addicted High School Teacher adaptation was one of the first pieces of development he took on when he launched Citizen...
- 4/29/2022
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Brooklyn Nine-Nine and In The Heights star Stephanie Beatriz has been set to star with The Vampire Diaries actor Paul Wesley in horror-thriller movie History Of Evil.
AMC’s genre streamer Shudder has boarded the film for North America, the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand and will release it as a Shudder Original.
Written and directed by Iranian-American filmmaker Bo Mirhosseni, the film is being produced by genre specialists XYZ Films, Under The Shadow outfit Two & Two Pictures and Jake Siegel. Beatriz and Wesley will serve as executive producers.
In the film, a family on the run from a corrupt state takes refuge in a safe house with an evil past – a terrifying last stop on a near-future Underground Railroad. Filming is being lined up for spring 2022.
The movie is the first project under a pact between XYZ Films and Two & Two Pictures to make films from...
AMC’s genre streamer Shudder has boarded the film for North America, the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand and will release it as a Shudder Original.
Written and directed by Iranian-American filmmaker Bo Mirhosseni, the film is being produced by genre specialists XYZ Films, Under The Shadow outfit Two & Two Pictures and Jake Siegel. Beatriz and Wesley will serve as executive producers.
In the film, a family on the run from a corrupt state takes refuge in a safe house with an evil past – a terrifying last stop on a near-future Underground Railroad. Filming is being lined up for spring 2022.
The movie is the first project under a pact between XYZ Films and Two & Two Pictures to make films from...
- 2/17/2022
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Lucy Alibar, the playwright and screenwriter who broke out with Sundance Grand Jury Prize winner Beasts of the Southern Wild in 2012, has signed with CAA for representation.
The acclaimed film, based on Alibar’s one-act play Juicy and Delicious, told the story of Hushpuppy (Quvenzhané Wallis), a six-year-old learning the ways of courage and love while grappling with both her hot-tempered father’s fading health and the melting icecaps that have flooded her ramshackle bayou community. Alibar adapted the screenplay with the film’s director Benh Zeitlin and was recognized for her work with an Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay, among other accolades.
Alibar most recently adapted Delia Owens’ New York Times bestselling novel Where the Crawdads Sing for Hello Sunshine. The film, which watches as a woman who raised herself in the marshes of the deep South becomes a suspect in the murder of a man she was once involved with,...
The acclaimed film, based on Alibar’s one-act play Juicy and Delicious, told the story of Hushpuppy (Quvenzhané Wallis), a six-year-old learning the ways of courage and love while grappling with both her hot-tempered father’s fading health and the melting icecaps that have flooded her ramshackle bayou community. Alibar adapted the screenplay with the film’s director Benh Zeitlin and was recognized for her work with an Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay, among other accolades.
Alibar most recently adapted Delia Owens’ New York Times bestselling novel Where the Crawdads Sing for Hello Sunshine. The film, which watches as a woman who raised herself in the marshes of the deep South becomes a suspect in the murder of a man she was once involved with,...
- 2/16/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Upload and Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City actor Robbie Amell and El Cid star Alicia Sanz have joined Sam Worthington and Jordana Brewster in the thriller Hello Stranger, which began filming in Canada this week.
Myriad Pictures is handling international sales and will be shopping the project at the virtual European Film Market beginning next week. CAA Media Finance and Verve Ventures are handling U.S. sales. Mongrel will distribute in Canada.
In Hello Stranger, Faye (Brewster) attempts to replace her newly deceased husband, Evan, with an android simulant (Sim). Although Sim Evan appears like human Evan in every way, Faye does not feel the same love for Sim Evan as it does for her. Sim Evan tries to win Faye back while at the same time being on-the-run from a government agent (Worthington) chasing down SIMs who have become “conscious” and could potentially be a threat to humankind.
Myriad Pictures is handling international sales and will be shopping the project at the virtual European Film Market beginning next week. CAA Media Finance and Verve Ventures are handling U.S. sales. Mongrel will distribute in Canada.
In Hello Stranger, Faye (Brewster) attempts to replace her newly deceased husband, Evan, with an android simulant (Sim). Although Sim Evan appears like human Evan in every way, Faye does not feel the same love for Sim Evan as it does for her. Sim Evan tries to win Faye back while at the same time being on-the-run from a government agent (Worthington) chasing down SIMs who have become “conscious” and could potentially be a threat to humankind.
- 2/2/2022
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Principal photography has begun on “Unspoken,” toplining Chinese star Zhang Hanyu and written and directed by Chen Daming. Filming is taking place in China and Canada for a 2022 release.
“Unspoken” is being produced by Huanxi Media and Cmc Pictures of Cmc Inc., with an international production team led by Court Five’s Mark Ordesky and Jane Fleming, Chinese producer Han Sanping and Cmc’s Ming Beaver Kwei. Former Columbia/TriStar president of production Chris Lee is an executive producer.
Zhang is the first actor to win the “Grand Slam” of top acting honors in China, which is now the world’s largest film market.
“Unspoken” also stars Michael Cudlitz (“The Walking Dead”), Jake Abel and Vivienne Tien.
The film centers on Xu (Zhang), an ex-cop who’s estranged from his deaf daughter in the midst of her studies at an American university. Her sudden death raises grief and guilt in...
“Unspoken” is being produced by Huanxi Media and Cmc Pictures of Cmc Inc., with an international production team led by Court Five’s Mark Ordesky and Jane Fleming, Chinese producer Han Sanping and Cmc’s Ming Beaver Kwei. Former Columbia/TriStar president of production Chris Lee is an executive producer.
Zhang is the first actor to win the “Grand Slam” of top acting honors in China, which is now the world’s largest film market.
“Unspoken” also stars Michael Cudlitz (“The Walking Dead”), Jake Abel and Vivienne Tien.
The film centers on Xu (Zhang), an ex-cop who’s estranged from his deaf daughter in the midst of her studies at an American university. Her sudden death raises grief and guilt in...
- 1/16/2022
- by Tim Gray
- Variety Film + TV
Michael Cudlitz and Jake Abel and have signed on to star alongside Zhang Hanyu and Vivienne Tien (Be Yourself) in Unspoken, a dramatic feature from writer-director Daming Chen that is now in production.
Unspoken tells the story of Xu (Zhang), an estranged father separated from his deaf daughter and her new life at an American university, whose murder reunites them in a way neither could have foreseen. The tragedy pierces Xu with grief and guilt that he couldn’t be present to protect his child. An ex-cop himself, he becomes convinced the local authorities are pursuing the wrong suspect – and that racism is compromising the investigation.
With a young Chinese translator in tow (Tien), who is navigating her own challenging path as a young immigrant, Xu sets out to learn what really happened to his daughter.
Unspoken tells the story of Xu (Zhang), an estranged father separated from his deaf daughter and her new life at an American university, whose murder reunites them in a way neither could have foreseen. The tragedy pierces Xu with grief and guilt that he couldn’t be present to protect his child. An ex-cop himself, he becomes convinced the local authorities are pursuing the wrong suspect – and that racism is compromising the investigation.
With a young Chinese translator in tow (Tien), who is navigating her own challenging path as a young immigrant, Xu sets out to learn what really happened to his daughter.
- 1/5/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: White Horse Pictures and Homegrown Pictures have teamed on an untitled documentary feature about the legendary musician and genius keyboardist Billy Preston. He was called the Fifth Beatle, because he the only non-member ever to be credited on a Beatles recording. He had plenty of his own hits and co-wrote the song Joe Cocker made famous, You Are So Beautiful. Fifteen years after his death in 2006, Billy Preston was inducted this past weekend into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
Paris Barclay, the multi-Emmy-winning director, producer, and writer will direct. Cheo Hodari Coker is writing the film alongside Barclay.
The film is produced by Homegrown’s Stephanie Allain, White Horse’s Jeanne Elfant Festa, (Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart) and Nigel Sinclair. The exec producers are Barclay, Daniel Shaw, G. Marq Roswell, Olivia Harrison, Jonathan Clyde, and White Horse Pictures’ Nicholas Ferrall and Cassidy Hartmann. Coker is co-producing and Erikka Yancy serves as the film’s supervising producer. Pic is presented by Concord Originals alongside Impact Partners, Chicago Media Project, and Play/Action Pictures, Polygram Entertainment, Dave Knott, and Sobey Road Entertainment.
Said Allain: “A singular figure in music history, Billy Preston lent his genius to elevate the most celebrated artists of the 20th Century. Grateful to work with this team, using this soundtrack to explore his personal journey and finally place him front and center.” Barclay said “the Billy Preston we know was an incomparable musician,” but the Billy we’ll see in this documentary was a mass of contradictions. I’m thrilled to dig deeper into the complex man under the Afro, and behind the famous smile.”
A self taught prodigy keyboard player, Preston was just 16 when he met the not-yet-famous Beatles while playing for Little Richard while they toured Hamburg in 1962. He befriended the young, impoverished band by sneaking them food and drinks. Later in the ’60s, this led to Preston playing on The Beatles’ Let It Be and Abbey Road albums as a credited musician, and performing with the Beatles in their last live performance as a group – the famous Roof Top concert. The Grammy Award-winning artist had solo career that included number one hits, and working with The Rolling Stones, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Nat King Cole, Sly Stone, Barbra Streisand, Ray Charles, Sam Cooke, Aretha Franklin and Mahalia Jackson, among others. Preston is featured in the upcoming Peter Jackson-directed documentary The Beatles: Get Back.
Despite an enviable career in music, Preston had a challenging personal story that involved sexual abuse he endured as a child. He struggled with his sexuality and had substance abuse problems he used to make his pain. Only later in life did he come to terms with his truth and so find his peace.
Barclay and Hodari Coker asked to make a shout out to those who knew Preston or worked with him, who and may have recordings, photographs, or personal memories to make contact through http://www.billyprestondoc.com.
UTA Independent Film Group with White Horse Pictures helped raise the funding and they will broker sales of the film.
Allain’s Homegrown is repped by UTA, First Artists and Marcy Morris; Barclay is ICM and Lovett Management.
Paris Barclay, the multi-Emmy-winning director, producer, and writer will direct. Cheo Hodari Coker is writing the film alongside Barclay.
The film is produced by Homegrown’s Stephanie Allain, White Horse’s Jeanne Elfant Festa, (Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart) and Nigel Sinclair. The exec producers are Barclay, Daniel Shaw, G. Marq Roswell, Olivia Harrison, Jonathan Clyde, and White Horse Pictures’ Nicholas Ferrall and Cassidy Hartmann. Coker is co-producing and Erikka Yancy serves as the film’s supervising producer. Pic is presented by Concord Originals alongside Impact Partners, Chicago Media Project, and Play/Action Pictures, Polygram Entertainment, Dave Knott, and Sobey Road Entertainment.
Said Allain: “A singular figure in music history, Billy Preston lent his genius to elevate the most celebrated artists of the 20th Century. Grateful to work with this team, using this soundtrack to explore his personal journey and finally place him front and center.” Barclay said “the Billy Preston we know was an incomparable musician,” but the Billy we’ll see in this documentary was a mass of contradictions. I’m thrilled to dig deeper into the complex man under the Afro, and behind the famous smile.”
A self taught prodigy keyboard player, Preston was just 16 when he met the not-yet-famous Beatles while playing for Little Richard while they toured Hamburg in 1962. He befriended the young, impoverished band by sneaking them food and drinks. Later in the ’60s, this led to Preston playing on The Beatles’ Let It Be and Abbey Road albums as a credited musician, and performing with the Beatles in their last live performance as a group – the famous Roof Top concert. The Grammy Award-winning artist had solo career that included number one hits, and working with The Rolling Stones, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Nat King Cole, Sly Stone, Barbra Streisand, Ray Charles, Sam Cooke, Aretha Franklin and Mahalia Jackson, among others. Preston is featured in the upcoming Peter Jackson-directed documentary The Beatles: Get Back.
Despite an enviable career in music, Preston had a challenging personal story that involved sexual abuse he endured as a child. He struggled with his sexuality and had substance abuse problems he used to make his pain. Only later in life did he come to terms with his truth and so find his peace.
Barclay and Hodari Coker asked to make a shout out to those who knew Preston or worked with him, who and may have recordings, photographs, or personal memories to make contact through http://www.billyprestondoc.com.
UTA Independent Film Group with White Horse Pictures helped raise the funding and they will broker sales of the film.
Allain’s Homegrown is repped by UTA, First Artists and Marcy Morris; Barclay is ICM and Lovett Management.
- 11/4/2021
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: CAA has signed The Summer I Turned Pretty star Lola Tung for representation in all areas.
Tung will make her television debut in the lead role of Belly in Jenny Han’s anticipated Amazon YA drama series The Summer I Turned Pretty, based on The New York Times bestselling trilogy of the same name.
The multigenerational drama hinges on a love triangle between one girl and two brothers, the ever-evolving relationship between mothers and their children, and the enduring power of strong female friendship.
Tung’s Belly used to be gawky and awkward, but this summer she turns 16. She’s starting to turn heads, and it’s taking some getting used to. Conrad Fisher, the boy she’s loved forever, the boy who never even looked in her direction, is paying attention to her. It’s exhilarating to her to suddenly be an object of desire, but it’s also scary.
Tung will make her television debut in the lead role of Belly in Jenny Han’s anticipated Amazon YA drama series The Summer I Turned Pretty, based on The New York Times bestselling trilogy of the same name.
The multigenerational drama hinges on a love triangle between one girl and two brothers, the ever-evolving relationship between mothers and their children, and the enduring power of strong female friendship.
Tung’s Belly used to be gawky and awkward, but this summer she turns 16. She’s starting to turn heads, and it’s taking some getting used to. Conrad Fisher, the boy she’s loved forever, the boy who never even looked in her direction, is paying attention to her. It’s exhilarating to her to suddenly be an object of desire, but it’s also scary.
- 9/28/2021
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Amazon Studios and Welle Entertainment have made a deal to develop the Robinne Lee novel The Idea Of You as a star vehicle for Anne Hathaway. Tony-nominated actress and filmmaker Jennifer Westfeldt is adapting the screenplay based on the bestseller. Cathy Schulman is producing through her Welle Entertainment shingle along with Gabrielle Union and her production shingle I’ll Have Another.
The Idea of You centers on Sophie, a 40-year-old divorced mother. Sophie’s husband Dan left her for a younger woman, and now he has cancelled his Coachella trip with their 15-year old daughter. Sophie picks up the pieces and braves the crowds and desert heat. There, she meets 24 year-old Hayes Campbell, the lead singer of the hottest boy band on the planet, August Moon.
The novel caught a second wind as a popular escapist read during the pandemic, and it was published in 2017 by St. Martin’s Griffin.
The Idea of You centers on Sophie, a 40-year-old divorced mother. Sophie’s husband Dan left her for a younger woman, and now he has cancelled his Coachella trip with their 15-year old daughter. Sophie picks up the pieces and braves the crowds and desert heat. There, she meets 24 year-old Hayes Campbell, the lead singer of the hottest boy band on the planet, August Moon.
The novel caught a second wind as a popular escapist read during the pandemic, and it was published in 2017 by St. Martin’s Griffin.
- 6/21/2021
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Hulu has found its Mike Tyson. Moonlight star Trevante Rhodes will play the controversial heavyweight champion boxer in eight-part series Iron Mike. He will pull the gloves on and get in the ring when production starts later this year.
Rhodes, who played adult Chiron in the Best Picture Oscar-winning film, also has starred in Netflix’s Birdbox and Hulu’s The United States vs. Billie Holiday.
Iron Mike is set to explore the wild, tragic and controversial life and career of former worl champion Tyson – one of the most polarizing figures in sports culture.
The streamer ordered the series from I, Tonya screenwriter Steven Rogers and director Craig Gillespie with Margot Robbie exec producing and Mixed-ish’s Karin Gist set as showrunner and exec producer.
It comes from 20th Television with Rogers, Gist, Rhodes, Gillespie and Robbie exec producing alongside The Gist of It’s Claire Brown, Clubhouse Pictures’ Bryan Unkeless and Scott Morgan,...
Rhodes, who played adult Chiron in the Best Picture Oscar-winning film, also has starred in Netflix’s Birdbox and Hulu’s The United States vs. Billie Holiday.
Iron Mike is set to explore the wild, tragic and controversial life and career of former worl champion Tyson – one of the most polarizing figures in sports culture.
The streamer ordered the series from I, Tonya screenwriter Steven Rogers and director Craig Gillespie with Margot Robbie exec producing and Mixed-ish’s Karin Gist set as showrunner and exec producer.
It comes from 20th Television with Rogers, Gist, Rhodes, Gillespie and Robbie exec producing alongside The Gist of It’s Claire Brown, Clubhouse Pictures’ Bryan Unkeless and Scott Morgan,...
- 5/27/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Here’s a hot one. Oscar-winner Jamie Foxx (Ray), Emmy-nominee Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Game Of Thrones), Golden Globe-nominee January Jones (Mad Men), Maika Monroe (It Follows) and Andrew Dice Clay (Entourage) are set to star in action-thriller God Is A Bullet, we can reveal.
Written and to be directed by Nick Cassavetes (The Notebook), based on the novel of the same name by Boston Teran, the film will follow vice detective Bob Hightower (Coster-Waldau) who finds his ex-wife murdered and daughter kidnapped by a satanic cult. Frustrated by the botched official investigations, he quits the force, gets tattoos, and infiltrates the cult to hunt down the cult leader with the help of the cult’s only female victim escapee, Case Hardin (Monroe). We understand Foxx will play the pivotal supporting role of ‘The Ferryman’.
The film will be produced by Michael Mendelsohn from Patriot Pictures and Don Allen. Kim H. Winther...
Written and to be directed by Nick Cassavetes (The Notebook), based on the novel of the same name by Boston Teran, the film will follow vice detective Bob Hightower (Coster-Waldau) who finds his ex-wife murdered and daughter kidnapped by a satanic cult. Frustrated by the botched official investigations, he quits the force, gets tattoos, and infiltrates the cult to hunt down the cult leader with the help of the cult’s only female victim escapee, Case Hardin (Monroe). We understand Foxx will play the pivotal supporting role of ‘The Ferryman’.
The film will be produced by Michael Mendelsohn from Patriot Pictures and Don Allen. Kim H. Winther...
- 3/18/2021
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Clayne Crawford and filmmaker Robert Machoian will re-team on “The Integrity of Joseph Chambers,” a drama about a family man who must learn to hunt in order to provide for his family. The film is Crawford and Machoian’s second collaboration, following “The Killing of Two Lovers,” a marital drama that premiered to smashing reviews at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. Neon bought “The Killing of Two Lovers,” and is planning a February release, which will allow it to qualify for awards. Production on “The Integrity of Joseph Chambers” has begun in Alabama.
Jordana Brewster, Michael Raymond-James and Jeffrey Dean Morgan will also appear in the film.
Machoian wrote the screenplay with Crawford in mind to play the lead role. Set in the midst of our current economic crisis, the story focuses on a husband and father, Joe (Crawford) who finds that it’s more difficult than he expected to kill his own food.
Jordana Brewster, Michael Raymond-James and Jeffrey Dean Morgan will also appear in the film.
Machoian wrote the screenplay with Crawford in mind to play the lead role. Set in the midst of our current economic crisis, the story focuses on a husband and father, Joe (Crawford) who finds that it’s more difficult than he expected to kill his own food.
- 12/16/2020
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
HBO is heading to Hawaii with its latest limited series, The White Lotus, from Enlightened creator Mike White.
The premium cable network has ordered six episodes of the series, which will begin production this month on location in Hawaii under Covid-19 guidelines.
Created, executive produced, written and directed by White, the series is set at an exclusive tropical resort and follows the exploits of various guests and employees over the span of a week.
Murray Bartlett (Looking), Connie Britton (Nashville), Jennifer Coolidge (2 Broke Girls), Alexandra Daddario (True Detective), Fred Hechinger (Eighth Grade), Jake Lacy (Girls), Brittany O’Grady (Little Voice), Natasha Rothwell (Insecure), Sydney Sweeney (Euphoria) and Steve Zahn (Treme) star with more cast set to be revealed later.
David Bernad and Nick Hall exec produce alongside White with Mark Kamine as co-exec producer.
“Mike is an unparalleled talent whose groundbreaking work has transformed both the film and TV space,...
The premium cable network has ordered six episodes of the series, which will begin production this month on location in Hawaii under Covid-19 guidelines.
Created, executive produced, written and directed by White, the series is set at an exclusive tropical resort and follows the exploits of various guests and employees over the span of a week.
Murray Bartlett (Looking), Connie Britton (Nashville), Jennifer Coolidge (2 Broke Girls), Alexandra Daddario (True Detective), Fred Hechinger (Eighth Grade), Jake Lacy (Girls), Brittany O’Grady (Little Voice), Natasha Rothwell (Insecure), Sydney Sweeney (Euphoria) and Steve Zahn (Treme) star with more cast set to be revealed later.
David Bernad and Nick Hall exec produce alongside White with Mark Kamine as co-exec producer.
“Mike is an unparalleled talent whose groundbreaking work has transformed both the film and TV space,...
- 10/19/2020
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Paramount Pictures has landed Daniel H. Wilson’s spec script “The Blue Afternoon That Lasted Forever” from “A Quiet Place” producers Andrew Form and Brad Fuller.
Form and Fuller will produce under their Fully Formed Entertainment banner, which signed a first-look deal at Paramount last summer.
Wilson adapted from his own short story, which follows a single dad and Nasa physicist who discovers a black hole that will strike earth in a matter of days. The problem is that no one, including his colleagues at Nasa, believes him. The one person that trusts him is his 10-year-old daughter, but that bond is now being threatened by a different force. Eric finds himself trying to save both his relationship with Marie and a populace unwilling to heed his warnings of the impending disaster.
Several bidders were chasing the spec, including Amblin, J.J. Abrams, Sony and MGM, before Paramount eventually landed it.
Form and Fuller will produce under their Fully Formed Entertainment banner, which signed a first-look deal at Paramount last summer.
Wilson adapted from his own short story, which follows a single dad and Nasa physicist who discovers a black hole that will strike earth in a matter of days. The problem is that no one, including his colleagues at Nasa, believes him. The one person that trusts him is his 10-year-old daughter, but that bond is now being threatened by a different force. Eric finds himself trying to save both his relationship with Marie and a populace unwilling to heed his warnings of the impending disaster.
Several bidders were chasing the spec, including Amblin, J.J. Abrams, Sony and MGM, before Paramount eventually landed it.
- 5/28/2020
- by Justin Kroll
- Variety Film + TV
Pete Buttigieg Hangs With Leonardo DiCaprio, Paris Hilton; Back In L.A. This Weekend For Fundraising
Pete Buttigieg will be back in L.A. fundraising again this weekend, just days after another swing through Hollywood circles, including an event that drew guests including Leonardo DiCaprio and Paris Hilton.
Buttigieg raised a healthy $19.1 million in the third quarter, which ended on Monday.
To kick-off the next fundraising period, Buttigieg was back on Tuesday in Los Angeles. He’s been able to draw a significant chunk of support from prominent showbiz figures.
On Tuesday evening, he headlined a fundraiser at the home of Michael Kives, founder of the investment advisory firm K5 Global, and his wife Lydia, a civil rights lawyer. DiCaprio and Hilton were among the guests, and a source said that other attendees included Glenn Close and Ashton Kutcher. Co-hosts included MGM’s Jonathan Glickman and writer Christy Callahan; CAA’s Richard Lovett; and Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom.
Other co-hosts included Snap’s Ben Schwerin...
Buttigieg raised a healthy $19.1 million in the third quarter, which ended on Monday.
To kick-off the next fundraising period, Buttigieg was back on Tuesday in Los Angeles. He’s been able to draw a significant chunk of support from prominent showbiz figures.
On Tuesday evening, he headlined a fundraiser at the home of Michael Kives, founder of the investment advisory firm K5 Global, and his wife Lydia, a civil rights lawyer. DiCaprio and Hilton were among the guests, and a source said that other attendees included Glenn Close and Ashton Kutcher. Co-hosts included MGM’s Jonathan Glickman and writer Christy Callahan; CAA’s Richard Lovett; and Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom.
Other co-hosts included Snap’s Ben Schwerin...
- 10/4/2019
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: ABC has put into development Possessed, a supernatural crime drama based on a Korean format. The project hails from The Conjuring writers Carey and Chad Hayes, The Vampire Diaries alum Paul Wesley, The Masked Singer executive producer Craig Plestis and Aaron Kaplan’s Kapital Entertainment, where Wesley and his company Citizen Media is under a producing deal.
Written by the Hayes brothers, Possessed centers around a young woman, who after a near death experience, becomes a vessel for the dead to avenge their wrongful deaths.
Carey and Chad Hayes executive produce with Kapital Entertainment’s Kaplan and Dana Honor, Wesley, Plestis and Mbc (Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation), the South Korean network which aired the original series and also originated the format for the hit Fox series The Masked Singer.
The original Possessed aired a 10-episode first season on Mbc in 2009. Starring Lim Ju-eun and Lee Seo-jin, the series centered on...
Written by the Hayes brothers, Possessed centers around a young woman, who after a near death experience, becomes a vessel for the dead to avenge their wrongful deaths.
Carey and Chad Hayes executive produce with Kapital Entertainment’s Kaplan and Dana Honor, Wesley, Plestis and Mbc (Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation), the South Korean network which aired the original series and also originated the format for the hit Fox series The Masked Singer.
The original Possessed aired a 10-episode first season on Mbc in 2009. Starring Lim Ju-eun and Lee Seo-jin, the series centered on...
- 9/27/2019
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Love & Mercy actor Jake Abel has been cast in James Wan’s untitled Atomic Monster feature aka Silvercup.
Abel joins Annabelle Wallis and George Young in a pic which brings Wan back to his indie horror/thriller roots. The film is being kept under wraps, but will shoot in Los Angeles toward the end of September, a recipient of the Independent California Film Rebate. The project is being independently financed by Starlight Media and Midas Innovation, who distribute in China. New Line, which has a long history with Wan on his Conjuring franchise and upcoming Mortal Kombat (which Wan is producing), will distribute in the rest of the world. Wan is producing with Michael Clear with a story by Wan and Ingrid Bisu.
Abel is repped by Apa, Untitled Entertainment and Marcy Morris at Jackoway Austen. Abel’s credits include the Netflix sci-fi series Another Life, the Bravo limited series Dirty John,...
Abel joins Annabelle Wallis and George Young in a pic which brings Wan back to his indie horror/thriller roots. The film is being kept under wraps, but will shoot in Los Angeles toward the end of September, a recipient of the Independent California Film Rebate. The project is being independently financed by Starlight Media and Midas Innovation, who distribute in China. New Line, which has a long history with Wan on his Conjuring franchise and upcoming Mortal Kombat (which Wan is producing), will distribute in the rest of the world. Wan is producing with Michael Clear with a story by Wan and Ingrid Bisu.
Abel is repped by Apa, Untitled Entertainment and Marcy Morris at Jackoway Austen. Abel’s credits include the Netflix sci-fi series Another Life, the Bravo limited series Dirty John,...
- 8/26/2019
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Paul Wesley, who co-starred in the first season of Tell Me a Story, will be back as a star in the upcoming second season of CBS All Access’ anthology series. Wesley will play a new character in the drama, from creator Kevin Williamson and Aaron Kapaln’s Kapital Entertainment.
Tell Me a Story, based on a Spanish format, takes the world’s most beloved fairy tales and reimagines them as a dark and twisted psychological thriller. We can reveal that Season 2 will feature the tales of three iconic princesses – Beauty and the Beast, Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella.
Wesley will play Tucker. A struggling novelist, Tucker spends his sleepless nights toiling away in a secluded cabin in the woods and his days trying to prove he’s good enough for his beautiful fiancée.
Tell Me a Story, based on a Spanish format, takes the world’s most beloved fairy tales and reimagines them as a dark and twisted psychological thriller. We can reveal that Season 2 will feature the tales of three iconic princesses – Beauty and the Beast, Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella.
Wesley will play Tucker. A struggling novelist, Tucker spends his sleepless nights toiling away in a secluded cabin in the woods and his days trying to prove he’s good enough for his beautiful fiancée.
- 6/12/2019
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Aaron Kaplan’s Kapital Entertainment has forged a production partnership with The Vampire Diaries alum Paul Wesley and his company Citizen Media.
The first two series projects Kapital and Citizen are rolling out together are a drama based on Jason Smith’s non-fiction article Confessions Of a Drug-Addicted High School Teacher, with Wesley attached to star and David Slade (Black Mirror) to direct, and supernatural crime drama Possessed, based on a Korean format.
Under the pact, Kapital will work with Wesley to build his company and its footprint in the market. The Kapital team and Wesley will jointly develop content for Wesley to produce. It will be aimed at broadcast, cable and streaming. Some — but not all — of the projects will be intended as starring vehicles for Wesley who recently co-starred on Kapital’s CBS All Access series Tell Me a Story.
“Paul and I found ourselves aligned in...
The first two series projects Kapital and Citizen are rolling out together are a drama based on Jason Smith’s non-fiction article Confessions Of a Drug-Addicted High School Teacher, with Wesley attached to star and David Slade (Black Mirror) to direct, and supernatural crime drama Possessed, based on a Korean format.
Under the pact, Kapital will work with Wesley to build his company and its footprint in the market. The Kapital team and Wesley will jointly develop content for Wesley to produce. It will be aimed at broadcast, cable and streaming. Some — but not all — of the projects will be intended as starring vehicles for Wesley who recently co-starred on Kapital’s CBS All Access series Tell Me a Story.
“Paul and I found ourselves aligned in...
- 2/13/2019
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
In a competitive situation, ITV Studios America has acquired the rights to Nina Sadowsky’s novel The Burial Society to develop as a television series with Scream producer Cathy Konrad and Epidemic Pictures and Management’s Darryl Taja (The Perfect Guy).
The Burial Society, published by Ballantine/Random House in January, is the first in a series of books about a mysterious, damaged, but highly-skilled woman, Catherine (with no last name), who rescues people from intolerable, abusive and dangerous situations. Her dark-net based “witness protection program”, The Burial Society, is the last hope for people who desperately need to disappear.
Konrad, who brought the project to the studio, and Taja will executive produce the project alongside Sadowsky.
Sadowsky, who has a multi-book deal with Ballantine/Random House Publishing, most recently developed a TV adaptation of her debut thriller novel, Just Fall, with Starz, which acquired the rights to the book preemptively,...
The Burial Society, published by Ballantine/Random House in January, is the first in a series of books about a mysterious, damaged, but highly-skilled woman, Catherine (with no last name), who rescues people from intolerable, abusive and dangerous situations. Her dark-net based “witness protection program”, The Burial Society, is the last hope for people who desperately need to disappear.
Konrad, who brought the project to the studio, and Taja will executive produce the project alongside Sadowsky.
Sadowsky, who has a multi-book deal with Ballantine/Random House Publishing, most recently developed a TV adaptation of her debut thriller novel, Just Fall, with Starz, which acquired the rights to the book preemptively,...
- 8/23/2018
- by Nellie Andreeva and Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: The Vampire Diaries co-creator/executive producer Kevin Williamson has recruited one of the stars of the long-running CW drama, Paul Wesley, for his new series, psychological thriller Tell Me a Story on CBS All Access.
Wesley has been tapped for a lead role opposite The Originals alumna Danielle Campbell, Billy Magnussen and Kim Catrall in the straight-to-series drama, from Williamson and Aaron Kaplan’s Kapital Entertainment.
Written by Williamson, Tell Me a Story takes the world’s most beloved fairy tales and reimagines them as a dark and twisted psychological thriller. Set in modern day New York City, the first season of this serialized drama interweaves “The Three Little Pigs,” “Little Red Riding Hood,” and “Hansel and Gretel” into an epic and subversive tale of love, loss, greed, revenge and murder.
Wesley plays Eddie, a derelict and troubled individual whose petulance is fueled even more by his problems with drugs and alcohol.
Wesley has been tapped for a lead role opposite The Originals alumna Danielle Campbell, Billy Magnussen and Kim Catrall in the straight-to-series drama, from Williamson and Aaron Kaplan’s Kapital Entertainment.
Written by Williamson, Tell Me a Story takes the world’s most beloved fairy tales and reimagines them as a dark and twisted psychological thriller. Set in modern day New York City, the first season of this serialized drama interweaves “The Three Little Pigs,” “Little Red Riding Hood,” and “Hansel and Gretel” into an epic and subversive tale of love, loss, greed, revenge and murder.
Wesley plays Eddie, a derelict and troubled individual whose petulance is fueled even more by his problems with drugs and alcohol.
- 6/11/2018
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
HBO has set the cast for its “Euphoria” pilot, with Zendaya in the lead role of Rue, the network said Tuesday.
In addition to “The Greatest Showman” star, “Euphoria” will include Maude Apatow as Lexi, Eric Dane as Cal, and “Wrinkle in Time” star Storm Reid as Gia. Rounding out the cast is Brian “Astro” Bradley as McKay and Angus Cloud as Fezco, Alexa Demie as Maddy, Jacob Elordi as Nate, Barbie Ferreira as Kat, Nika King as Leslie, Hunter Schafer as Jules, and Sydney Sweeney as Cassie.
The drama is an adaptation of the Israeli series of the same name, and tells the story of Rue, a lying and drug-addicted 17-year-old girl, as she tackles drugs, sex, identity, trauma, social media, love and friendship.
Also Read: HBO Hits Provincetown for Summer-Long Lgbtq Pop-Up 'The Studio'
HBO ordered the pilot back in March. Sam Levinson will write and executive produce,...
In addition to “The Greatest Showman” star, “Euphoria” will include Maude Apatow as Lexi, Eric Dane as Cal, and “Wrinkle in Time” star Storm Reid as Gia. Rounding out the cast is Brian “Astro” Bradley as McKay and Angus Cloud as Fezco, Alexa Demie as Maddy, Jacob Elordi as Nate, Barbie Ferreira as Kat, Nika King as Leslie, Hunter Schafer as Jules, and Sydney Sweeney as Cassie.
The drama is an adaptation of the Israeli series of the same name, and tells the story of Rue, a lying and drug-addicted 17-year-old girl, as she tackles drugs, sex, identity, trauma, social media, love and friendship.
Also Read: HBO Hits Provincetown for Summer-Long Lgbtq Pop-Up 'The Studio'
HBO ordered the pilot back in March. Sam Levinson will write and executive produce,...
- 6/5/2018
- by Ashley Boucher
- The Wrap
Zendaya To Topline HBO’s Drama Pilot ‘Euphoria’; Storm Reid, Maude Apatow, Astro & Eric Dane Co-Star
Zendaya is set to lead the cast of the HBO drama pilot Euphoria. Also cast in the project, written by The Wizard of Lies scribe Sam Levinson based on the Israeli series, are A Wrinkle in Time star Storm Reid, Maude Apatow, Brian “Astro” Bradley, The Last Ship and Grey’s Anatomy alum Eric Dane, Angus Cloud, Alexa Demie, Jacob Elordi, Barbie Ferreira, Nika King, Hunter Schafer and Sydney Sweeney (The Handmaid’s Tale). Augustine Frizzell will be the director/co-executive producer.
Euphoria revolves around the story of drugs, sex, identity, trauma, social media, love and friendship as told by a lying, drug-addicted 17-year-old girl named Rue, to be played by Zendaya.
Levinson also will executive produce alongside Ron Leshem, Daphna Levin and Tmira Yardeni (the trio who created the original Israeli series), Ravi Nandan, Kevin Turen, Hadas Mozes Lichtenstein, Mirit Toovi, Yoram Mokadi and Gary Lennon. A24 Television is producing.
Euphoria revolves around the story of drugs, sex, identity, trauma, social media, love and friendship as told by a lying, drug-addicted 17-year-old girl named Rue, to be played by Zendaya.
Levinson also will executive produce alongside Ron Leshem, Daphna Levin and Tmira Yardeni (the trio who created the original Israeli series), Ravi Nandan, Kevin Turen, Hadas Mozes Lichtenstein, Mirit Toovi, Yoram Mokadi and Gary Lennon. A24 Television is producing.
- 6/5/2018
- by Nellie Andreeva and Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Camilla Belle, one of the stars of the international hit 10,000 BC, is returning to her Brazilian roots to shoot the Portuguese-language drama Adrift, which Heitor Dhalia is directing for Fernando Meirelles' O2 Films. Universal International is financing and distributing.
Set in the 1980s, the movie, written by Dhalia, centers on a 14-year-old girl who struggles with her life when she learns of the infidelities of her father (Vincent Cassel) while undergoing her own sexual awakening.
Belle will play a young woman having an affair with the father.
The movie will be released in Brazil in 2009.
Belle, who speaks Portuguese and Spanish, was born in the U.S. Her mother is from Brazil.
Although 10,000 BC has made $85 million domestically, the prehistoric epic has grossed close to $145 million internationally.
Belle is repped by Endeavor, Deborah Gould and attorney Marcy Morris.
Set in the 1980s, the movie, written by Dhalia, centers on a 14-year-old girl who struggles with her life when she learns of the infidelities of her father (Vincent Cassel) while undergoing her own sexual awakening.
Belle will play a young woman having an affair with the father.
The movie will be released in Brazil in 2009.
Belle, who speaks Portuguese and Spanish, was born in the U.S. Her mother is from Brazil.
Although 10,000 BC has made $85 million domestically, the prehistoric epic has grossed close to $145 million internationally.
Belle is repped by Endeavor, Deborah Gould and attorney Marcy Morris.
NEW YORK -- Gina Gershon, Bryan Cranston and Scout Taylor-Compton are joining Helen Mirren and Joe Pesci on the Love Ranch, Taylor Hackford's drama of passion and betrayal in a Nevada brothel.
Gershon and Taylor-Compton play a veteran and a newcomer working on the ranch, where husband-and-wife owners Mirren and Pesci fall into a dangerous love triangle with a South American boxer (Sergio Peris-Mencheta). Cranston plays a state senator who becomes entangled in their sordid affairs.
The ensemble cast also includes Taryn Manning and Elise Neal, M.C. Gainey, Raoul Trujillo, Gil Birmingham and Rick Gomez.
Capitol Films is financing the indie project. Ranch is now shooting on location in New Mexico and Nevada.
Gershon is repped by Fortitude, Evan Hainey at Untitled and attorney Jeff Bernstein. Cranston is repped by UTA. Taylor-Compton is repped by Gersh and attorney Marcy Morris.
Gershon and Taylor-Compton play a veteran and a newcomer working on the ranch, where husband-and-wife owners Mirren and Pesci fall into a dangerous love triangle with a South American boxer (Sergio Peris-Mencheta). Cranston plays a state senator who becomes entangled in their sordid affairs.
The ensemble cast also includes Taryn Manning and Elise Neal, M.C. Gainey, Raoul Trujillo, Gil Birmingham and Rick Gomez.
Capitol Films is financing the indie project. Ranch is now shooting on location in New Mexico and Nevada.
Gershon is repped by Fortitude, Evan Hainey at Untitled and attorney Jeff Bernstein. Cranston is repped by UTA. Taylor-Compton is repped by Gersh and attorney Marcy Morris.
- 2/12/2008
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
NEW YORK -- Kelly Bowe is on board to adapt Jill Smolinski's sophomore novel The Next Thing on My List for Wendy Finerman Prods. and New Line.
The book follows June Parker, a 34-year-old woman whose life changes forever when her new acquaintance from a Weight Watchers meeting dies next to her in a car crash. After finding a list of 20 things her passenger wanted to do before she turned 25, from running a marathon to kissing a stranger, the guilt-ridden June finds new adventures while living out the wishes.
Bowe's writing credits include Before You Go and Parental Guidance.
Finerman recently found chick-lit success producing the adaptation of Aline Brosh McKenna's novel The Devil Wears Prada. Other female-centric films on her resume include Stepmom and the upcoming P.S., I Love You. Smolinski's previous novel was the Hawaii-based romance Flip-Flopped.
New Line's Kathy Busby and Merideth Finn are overseeing the project for the studio. Bowe is repped by CAA and attorney Marcy Morris.
The book follows June Parker, a 34-year-old woman whose life changes forever when her new acquaintance from a Weight Watchers meeting dies next to her in a car crash. After finding a list of 20 things her passenger wanted to do before she turned 25, from running a marathon to kissing a stranger, the guilt-ridden June finds new adventures while living out the wishes.
Bowe's writing credits include Before You Go and Parental Guidance.
Finerman recently found chick-lit success producing the adaptation of Aline Brosh McKenna's novel The Devil Wears Prada. Other female-centric films on her resume include Stepmom and the upcoming P.S., I Love You. Smolinski's previous novel was the Hawaii-based romance Flip-Flopped.
New Line's Kathy Busby and Merideth Finn are overseeing the project for the studio. Bowe is repped by CAA and attorney Marcy Morris.
- 10/10/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Graham Greene, Chris Kattan and Heather Matarazzo have signed with APA.
Greene, an Oscar nominee for Dances With Wolves, recently wrapped the indie film Pushing Up Daisies and has a voice role in the upcoming animated film The Legend of Secret Pass.
He also can be seen in the indie Breakfast With Scot, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival. His credits include Transamerica and the TNT miniseries Into the West.
Graham continues to be repped by manager Susan Smith and the Gary Goddard Agency in Canada.
Kattan, best known for his eight seasons on NBC's Saturday Night Live, next appears in Christmas in Wonderland and has a voice role in the upcoming animated "Foodfight!"
His credits include the films Corky Romano and A Night at the Roxbury, the latter of which he co-wrote. He continues to be repped by 3 Arts Entertainment and attorney Karl Austen.
Matarazzo -- who earned an Independent Spirit Award for her film debut, Welcome to the Dollhouse -- next appears in the Logo series Exes & Ohs, which premieres Monday. She most recently appeared in the film Hostel: Part II. Her credits include the Princess Diaries films and Showtime's The L Word.
She continues to be managed by Jamie Freed at the Collective and attorney Marcy Morris.
Greene, an Oscar nominee for Dances With Wolves, recently wrapped the indie film Pushing Up Daisies and has a voice role in the upcoming animated film The Legend of Secret Pass.
He also can be seen in the indie Breakfast With Scot, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival. His credits include Transamerica and the TNT miniseries Into the West.
Graham continues to be repped by manager Susan Smith and the Gary Goddard Agency in Canada.
Kattan, best known for his eight seasons on NBC's Saturday Night Live, next appears in Christmas in Wonderland and has a voice role in the upcoming animated "Foodfight!"
His credits include the films Corky Romano and A Night at the Roxbury, the latter of which he co-wrote. He continues to be repped by 3 Arts Entertainment and attorney Karl Austen.
Matarazzo -- who earned an Independent Spirit Award for her film debut, Welcome to the Dollhouse -- next appears in the Logo series Exes & Ohs, which premieres Monday. She most recently appeared in the film Hostel: Part II. Her credits include the Princess Diaries films and Showtime's The L Word.
She continues to be managed by Jamie Freed at the Collective and attorney Marcy Morris.
- 10/4/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Universal has pre-emptively acquired the action spec script Fury by Leonard Hartman for Scott Stuber and Mary Parent to produce via their Stuber/Parent shingle.
The project is known to be a contemporary action thriller with supernatural overtones about a group of special forces. Jon Moan brought it into Stuber/Parent and will oversee. Jeff Kirschenbaum is overseeing for Universal.
The deal was in the mid-six figures.
The sale marks the third project that Hartman -- a former starting center on the Ohio State football team -- has set up at Universal. He sold a spec that is being turned into a Goosebumps movie and set up a period pitch with Gary Ross attached to produce.
Hartman, who lives in Ohio, broke into the business with a period spec centered on the Homestead Strike that sold to late director Alan Pakula.
Hartman is repped by ICM, Flashpoint Entertainment and attorney Marcy Morris.
The project is known to be a contemporary action thriller with supernatural overtones about a group of special forces. Jon Moan brought it into Stuber/Parent and will oversee. Jeff Kirschenbaum is overseeing for Universal.
The deal was in the mid-six figures.
The sale marks the third project that Hartman -- a former starting center on the Ohio State football team -- has set up at Universal. He sold a spec that is being turned into a Goosebumps movie and set up a period pitch with Gary Ross attached to produce.
Hartman, who lives in Ohio, broke into the business with a period spec centered on the Homestead Strike that sold to late director Alan Pakula.
Hartman is repped by ICM, Flashpoint Entertainment and attorney Marcy Morris.
- 9/27/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Jordana Brewster has signed on as the female lead in ABC's drama pilot Mr. and Mrs. Smith for director Doug Liman.
The project, from Regency TV and Dutch Oven, is based on the hit 2005 feature written by Simon Kinberg and directed by Liman. It revolves around John and Jane Smith, a married couple who are spies.
Brewster will play Jane, who is as cool, tough and smart as she is gorgeous and can disarm a horde of thugs without breaking a sweat.
Kinberg penned the script and is executive producing with Liman and Dave Bartis.
Brewster was in high demand this pilot season with five projects vying for her, including NBC's The Bionic Woman.
Her recent credits include the features The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning, Annapolis and Nearing Grace.
Brewster is repped by CAA, Suzan Bymel of Management 360 and attorneys Marcy Morris and Jamie Mandelbaum.
The project, from Regency TV and Dutch Oven, is based on the hit 2005 feature written by Simon Kinberg and directed by Liman. It revolves around John and Jane Smith, a married couple who are spies.
Brewster will play Jane, who is as cool, tough and smart as she is gorgeous and can disarm a horde of thugs without breaking a sweat.
Kinberg penned the script and is executive producing with Liman and Dave Bartis.
Brewster was in high demand this pilot season with five projects vying for her, including NBC's The Bionic Woman.
Her recent credits include the features The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning, Annapolis and Nearing Grace.
Brewster is repped by CAA, Suzan Bymel of Management 360 and attorneys Marcy Morris and Jamie Mandelbaum.
Invasion co-star Lisa Sheridan has been tapped as the lead in the Lifetime drama pilot Conspiracy, lifting the contingency on the project.
Conspiracy, from Fox TV Studios, centers on a young Washington lawyer (Sheridan) who, after winning a highly publicized case for a large pharmaceutical company, realizes she was given falsified documents and that her client was guilty. As she seeks the truth and puts her life in danger, she learns that her prestigious law firm is the enemy and the conspiracy is much bigger than the initial case.
Fox TV Studios-based producer Gary Randall is executive producing the pilot with the project's writer, Tim Bogart.
Sheridan played local television reporter Larkin Groves on ABC's critically praised Invasion. Her series credits also include Fox's FreakyLinks.
She is repped by TalentWorks, the Burstein Co. and attorneys James Mandelbaum and Marcy Morris.
Conspiracy, from Fox TV Studios, centers on a young Washington lawyer (Sheridan) who, after winning a highly publicized case for a large pharmaceutical company, realizes she was given falsified documents and that her client was guilty. As she seeks the truth and puts her life in danger, she learns that her prestigious law firm is the enemy and the conspiracy is much bigger than the initial case.
Fox TV Studios-based producer Gary Randall is executive producing the pilot with the project's writer, Tim Bogart.
Sheridan played local television reporter Larkin Groves on ABC's critically praised Invasion. Her series credits also include Fox's FreakyLinks.
She is repped by TalentWorks, the Burstein Co. and attorneys James Mandelbaum and Marcy Morris.
- 11/28/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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