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Bill Mechanic’s Pandemonium Options Adaptation of Award-Winning Play, ‘Damascus,’ From Bennett Fisher
8 hours ago
Exclusive: Former Fox Studios head Bill Mechanic's Pandemonium Entertainment has optioned Bennett Fisher’s screenplay adaptation for Damascus. His award-winning play was the second prize winner in the Samuel Goldwyn screenplay contest, a finalist in the O’Neill Conference, and has won numerous other honors. Mechanic (Hacksaw Ridge) will produce with Jib Polhemus (The Mechanic, Night of the Living Dead: Darkest Dawn) of Source Artist Management, which negotiated and sold… »
Don’t Blame Hurricane Harvey & Showtime Fight For Weekend’s Lousy Box Office: Distribs Served Up Lackluster Titles
10 hours ago
4th Writethru, Saturday 7:55 Am: Distributors can whine and blame Hurricane Harvey, Saturday night’s Mayweather-McGregor fight or the fact that it’s the dead of August, but truth be told, the reason why the box office is atrocious this weekend is simply because none of the studios served up any solid openings that would win the 18-34 demo over. Why head to the multiplex and shell out $15 or more when the marquee looks like a Netflix menu with low budget fare? We could… »
Steven Spielberg’s Pentagon Papers Movie Gets Title
23 hours ago
Steven Spielberg’s Pentagon Papers movie finally has a title. Fox said today that the pic about the Washington Post's role in exposing the Pentagon Papers in 1971 will be called The Post. It officially was known as Untitled Steven Spielberg after earlier being titled The Papers. Tom Hanks and Meryl Streep star as Post editor Ben Bradlee and publisher Kay Graham alongside Alison Brie, Carrie Coon, David Cross, Bruce Greenwood, Pat Healy, Tracy Letts, Bob Odenkirk, Sarah… »
Rob Corddry, ‘24’s Mary Lynn Rajskub & More Join Bob Saget In ‘Benjamin’; James Madio Cast In ‘Stano’
25 August 2017 3:10 PM, PDT
Emmy winner Rob Corddry, Mary Lynn Rajskub and Parenthood alum Max Burkholder are set to appear in Benjamin, the dark comedy directed by and starring Bob Saget. Kevin Pollak, Dave Foley, Jonny Weston, Peri Gilpin, Cheri Oteri, Clara Mamet, and David Hull round out the cast of the film, which previously was titled Jake. Written by Joshua Turek, the film centers on Ed (Saget), who reluctantly calls together an oddball assortment of friends and family to intervene on the… »
Nikohl Boosheri, Sam Abbas Star In ‘The Wedding’; Lance Lim, Elizabeth Sung Topline ‘Crossing’ Indie
25 August 2017 12:32 PM, PDT
Nikohl Boosheri, who currently appears in Freeform’s new series The Bold Type, will star in The Wedding, along with Sam Abbas, who wrote and is directing the film, in his feature debut. The indie follows Rami (Abbas), an individual who goes against the taboos within Muslim culture to explore his own sexuality. James Penfold (North of South, West of East), Harry Aspinwall (Turn: Washington’s Spies), and Ruba Blal (Elite Zexer’s Sand Storm) round out the cast. Casey… »
Belgium Picks ‘Racer And The Jailbird’ For Oscar Race
25 August 2017 12:30 PM, PDT
Belgium has submitted Michaël R Roskam’s Racer And The Jailbird as the country’s entry into this year’s Foreign Language Oscar race. The dark romantic thriller stars Matthias Schoenaerts and Adèle Exarchopoulos and is having its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival before heading to Toronto next month. It’s the second submission for Roskam, whose feature debut Bullhead was nominated in the category in 2012. The pic (original title: Le Fidèle) is a love story set at… »
Guillermo Del Toro’s ‘Fantastic Voyage’ Pauses Until After Awards Season
25 August 2017 11:42 AM, PDT
Exclusive: Fox and Lightstorm are pumping the brakes on the sci-fi remake Fantastic Voyage. That is so that director Guillermo del Toro can focus on the launch of The Shape of Water, the fable he co-wrote and directs, with Fox Searchlight rolling out the pic beginning December 8. The film is playing the Venice and Toronto Film Festivals and is expected to be an awards season contender. Sources said that the decision was made to wait until the meticulous del Toro can put… »
3D ‘Terminator 2’ Invades AMC Theaters; Jack Lowden Is Morrissey In ‘England Is Mine’ – Specialty Box Office Preview
25 August 2017 10:24 AM, PDT
A James Cameron film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger isn't typically the kind of title that ends up at the Specialty box office, but a restored 3D version going out in several hundred theaters via a distributor that typically handles French titles in the U.S. makes for interesting bedfellows. Distrib Films Us will open the 3D conversion of Terminator 2: Judgement Day in several hundred AMC theaters today. Meanwhile, Dunkirk star Jack Lowden plays The Smiths frontman… »
Tony Gilroy Writing To Direct Warner Bros Thriller
25 August 2017 9:16 AM, PDT
Exclusive: In what will be his first big film for Warner Bros since 2008 Best Picture nominee Michael Clayton, Tony Gilroy is in final talks to write with an eye to direct an untitled thriller that David Heyman will produce, with Heyday’s Jeffrey Clifford also producing. Gilroy has worked out his own take on a project that has been at Warner Bros 15 years under Methuselah, a thriller originated by James Watkins that most recently had Tom Cruise attached to star and Pirates… »
Noomi Rapace Thriller ‘Close’ Rounds Out Cast
25 August 2017 9:12 AM, PDT
Sophie Nélisse, Eoin Macken and Game Of Thrones‘ Indira Varma have been added to the cast of Close, the action thriller that stars Noomi Rapace. Vicky Jewson co-wrote and is directing the pic, which kicked off principal photography today and will shoot in the UK and Morocco. Loosely based on the experiences of Jacqui Davis, one of the world's leading female bodyguards, the pic centers on Sam (Rapace) a close protection officer used to battlefield conditions who is hired… »
The Prime Of Geena Davis And Lois Smith Leads To Awards Buzz For New Indie Film
25 August 2017 9:02 AM, PDT
Some actors are just blessed. That is certainly the case with Geena Davis and Lois Smith, award-winning veterans of different generations who find a way to keep working consistently in a business that often throws talent away. They currently are co-starring as daughter and mother in the film adaptation of Marjorie Prime, the sci-fi-tinged play that Smith first performed in Los Angeles at the Mark Taper Forum in 2014, followed by a New York run. She then got the rare… »
Fibonacci Films: New Indie Financier-Producer Comes On Scene From Symantec CEO Greg Clark
25 August 2017 8:52 AM, PDT
Exclusive: Greg Clark, CEO of the American software company Symantec, is launching Fibonacci Films, a company to produce and finance indie films “predicated on character-driven stories of originality across genres that push boundaries, create discussion and have strong theatrical potential.” Fibonacci Films, which Clark chairs, will develop as a vertically integrated company capable of developing, financing and producing films in-house, which it says will give it the… »
Patty Jenkins Responds To James Cameron’s ‘Wonder Woman’ Criticism: “Strong Women Are Great”
24 August 2017 11:04 PM, PDT
Following a day of social media backlash against James Cameron’s critical comments about the blockbuster hit Wonder Woman, director Patty Jenkins took to Twitter tonight to weigh in – strongly. While philosophical of sorts about Cameron’s inability to appreciate Wonder Woman, Jenkins poignantly noted that, “though he is a great filmmaker, he is not a woman.” Jenkins went on to write on the social media platform that Cameron’s praise for her previous feature, 2003’s Monste… »
Gabrielle Carteris Easily Re-Elected SAG-aftra President; Jane Austin Wins L.A. Race
24 August 2017 7:23 PM, PDT
Gabrielle Carteris has been re-elected president of SAG-aftra in a contentious race to lead the 140,000-member performers union. Her slate of Unite for Strength running mates also made narrow gains but further solidified their control of the national board and the union's Los Angeles local, of which Jane Austin was elected president today. Carteris received 14,674 votes to Morales’ 8,145, Pete Antico’s 4,114, Robert B. Martin Jr.’s 1,207 and Marilyn Monrovia’s 715… »
Mike Hodge Re-Elected President Of NY SAG-aftra Local As His Slate Sweeps To Victory
24 August 2017 7:10 PM, PDT
Mike Hodge has been reelected president of the SAG-aftra New York local and his running mates on the ruling party's Usan slate swept the vice presidential contests and eight of nine national board seats. For the full NY local results, click here. Hodge received 3,924 votes – nearly two-thirds of all the ballots cast – handily defeating runner-up Charles Gemmill (1,225 votes) and Kevin Cannon (786). In the vp races, Rebecca Damon, the union's executive vice president… »
Augustus Prew Joins Netflix Comedy ‘Ibiza’
24 August 2017 5:43 PM, PDT
Exclusive: Actor Augustus Prew has been cast in the Alex Richanbach-helmed comedy film Ibiza, from Gary Sanchez Productions for Netflix. The pic stars Gillian Jacobs, Vanessa Bayer, and Phoebe Robinson as three ambitious women whose work trip to Ibiza quickly degenerates into a wild vacation of nightclubbing and romance. Prew will play Miles, a handsome, wealthy, club-goer who shares an immediate spark with Leah (Robinson) when they meet on a flight to Ibiza. Lauryn Kahn… »
James Cameron’s Comments About ‘Wonder Woman’ Raising Social Media Ire
24 August 2017 4:18 PM, PDT
“All of the self-congratulatory back-patting Hollywood's been doing over Wonder Woman has been so misguided,” filmmaker James Cameron said in an interview with The Guardian on a promotional tour for Terminator 2: Judgment Day in 3D. “She's an objectified icon, and it's just male Hollywood doing the same old thing,” the Avatar and Titanic filmmaker added. “I'm not saying I didn't like the movie, but to me, it's a step backwards. Sarah Connor was not a beauty icon. She was… »
Disney & Weinstein Company Sued Over ‘Children Of The Corn’ Spinoff Rights
24 August 2017 4:15 PM, PDT
A producer on the 1984 big-screen adaptation of Stephen King's Children Of The Corn novella claims in a lawsuit filed that the spinoff rights to the property are now his. But with others begging to differ, Donald P. Borchers is going after Disney and The Weinstein Company to get a judicial declaration so he can make a new movie. "A dispute has arisen between and among Borchers and Defendants regarding the ownership of the rights to produce remakes, sequels and spin-offs… »
‘Moonlight’s Ashton Sanders Lands A Lead In ‘Equalizer 2’
24 August 2017 1:50 PM, PDT
Exclusive: Ashton Sanders, the middle of the three actors who played the lead character in Barry Jenkins’ Best Picture Oscar winner Moonlight, has just landed another major gig. He has been set for a lead role in Sony’s The Equalizer 2, which reteams star Denzel Washington and director Antoine Fuqua. Washington’s Robert McCall will be a father figure to Sanders’ character in the sequel, which begins production next month in Boston and has a September 14, 2018, release… »
Natalie Farrey To Oversee Development, Production At Vice Films
24 August 2017 1:35 PM, PDT
Natalie Farrey has joined Vice Films as head of film to oversee development and production of all projects coming from the company. She was one of the exec producers on Spike Jonze’s Her and one of the associate producers on Where the Wild Things Are. Vice Films operates under Vice's newly formed production banner, Vice Studios. Vice recently announced a minority investment of $450 million from Tpg, part of which is being used to build out the brand's content portfolio… »
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