Indie producer and distributor Gkids has revealed the English voice cast for Hayao Miyazaki’s anticipated hand-drawn animated feature The Boy and the Heron.
The cast includes Christian Bale (Shoichi Maki), Dave Bautista (the Parakeet King), Gemma Chan (Natsuko), Willem Dafoe (Noble Pelican), Karen Fukuhara (Lady Himi), Mark Hamill (Grand Uncle), Robert Pattinson (The Grey Heron) and Florence Pugh (Kiriko). Luca Padovan joins the cast as protagonist Mahito Maki, with Mamoudou Athie, Tony Revolori and Dan Stevens featured as the Parakeets.
Gkids handled casting and produced the English version in close consultation with Miyazaki’s Studio Ghibli. Slated for a North American release Dec. 8 in both the original Japanese and English-language versions, the film is an original semi-autobiographical story and Oscar winner Miyazaki’s first feature film in a decade.
The Boy and the Heron was a hit when it opened July 14 in Japan. It made its international premiere as...
The cast includes Christian Bale (Shoichi Maki), Dave Bautista (the Parakeet King), Gemma Chan (Natsuko), Willem Dafoe (Noble Pelican), Karen Fukuhara (Lady Himi), Mark Hamill (Grand Uncle), Robert Pattinson (The Grey Heron) and Florence Pugh (Kiriko). Luca Padovan joins the cast as protagonist Mahito Maki, with Mamoudou Athie, Tony Revolori and Dan Stevens featured as the Parakeets.
Gkids handled casting and produced the English version in close consultation with Miyazaki’s Studio Ghibli. Slated for a North American release Dec. 8 in both the original Japanese and English-language versions, the film is an original semi-autobiographical story and Oscar winner Miyazaki’s first feature film in a decade.
The Boy and the Heron was a hit when it opened July 14 in Japan. It made its international premiere as...
- 10/17/2023
- by Carolyn Giardina
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Elon Musk allegedly came to Amber Heard’s defense amid talks his former partner would be fired from “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom.”
Per a new Variety report, the Tesla and X (formerly known as Twitter) owner is reported to have strong-armed Warner Bros. into keeping Heard cast as Mera in DC’s long-delayed “Aquaman” follow-up.
According to Variety, Warner Bros. and “Aquaman” director James Wan sent a letter to Heard’s attorney Karl Austen after the film’s 2018 release to share the decision that Heard would be dropped from the sequel, citing a lack of chemistry with star Jason Momoa.
However, per Variety, Warner Bros. decided not to fire Heard after her former boyfriend Musk and his attorney sent a “scorched-earth letter to Warner Bros. threatening to burn the house down” if Heard was not back in the sequel.
DC Studios could not immediately be reached by IndieWire for comment.
Per a new Variety report, the Tesla and X (formerly known as Twitter) owner is reported to have strong-armed Warner Bros. into keeping Heard cast as Mera in DC’s long-delayed “Aquaman” follow-up.
According to Variety, Warner Bros. and “Aquaman” director James Wan sent a letter to Heard’s attorney Karl Austen after the film’s 2018 release to share the decision that Heard would be dropped from the sequel, citing a lack of chemistry with star Jason Momoa.
However, per Variety, Warner Bros. decided not to fire Heard after her former boyfriend Musk and his attorney sent a “scorched-earth letter to Warner Bros. threatening to burn the house down” if Heard was not back in the sequel.
DC Studios could not immediately be reached by IndieWire for comment.
- 10/10/2023
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
These waters are getting choppy.
On the same day in mid-September that Warner Bros. dropped the trailer for its $215 million “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom,” embarrassing documents from the Johnny Depp-Amber Heard defamation trial surfaced on Reddit, creating a new headache for the studio behind the film.
Depp fans paid the court fees for the release of documents from Heard’s therapist, Dr. Dawn Hughes. The raw notes, scribbled on a legal pad, were part of last year’s high-profile trial in which Depp largely prevailed. They describe a hostile “Aquaman” set where an allegedly intoxicated Jason Momoa dressed like Depp and pushed to have Heard booted from the role of aquatic superhero Mera.
“Jason said he wanted me fired,” the notes say. “Jason drunk — late on set. Dressing like Johnny. Has all the rings too.”
A rep for Momoa declined comment, but a DC spokesperson pushed back on Heard’s characterization,...
On the same day in mid-September that Warner Bros. dropped the trailer for its $215 million “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom,” embarrassing documents from the Johnny Depp-Amber Heard defamation trial surfaced on Reddit, creating a new headache for the studio behind the film.
Depp fans paid the court fees for the release of documents from Heard’s therapist, Dr. Dawn Hughes. The raw notes, scribbled on a legal pad, were part of last year’s high-profile trial in which Depp largely prevailed. They describe a hostile “Aquaman” set where an allegedly intoxicated Jason Momoa dressed like Depp and pushed to have Heard booted from the role of aquatic superhero Mera.
“Jason said he wanted me fired,” the notes say. “Jason drunk — late on set. Dressing like Johnny. Has all the rings too.”
A rep for Momoa declined comment, but a DC spokesperson pushed back on Heard’s characterization,...
- 10/10/2023
- by Tatiana Siegel
- Variety Film + TV
Emmy and Tony Award nominee Corey Hawkins has signed with CAA for representation.
Hawkins is best known for his recent performances in “The Tragedy of Macbeth,” “In the Heights,” “Topdog/Underdog” on Broadway, as well as his breakout role, portraying Dr. Dre in F. Gary Gray’s “Straight Outta Compton.”
He will next star as Harpo in “The Color Purple,” Warner Bros.’ upcoming musical adaptation of the famed Alice Walker novel. Directed by Blitz Bazawule and produced by Steven Spielberg, Quincy Jones and Oprah Winfrey, the film is slated for theatrical release on Dec. 25.
Hawkins also stars in Netflix’s upcoming feature adaptation of August Wilson’s “The Piano Lesson,” a revival of the award-winning Broadway play. The film’s all-star cast boasts Samuel L. Jackson, John David Washington, Ray Fisher, Danielle Deadwyler and Michael Potts.
This summer, Hawkins took on the lead role in “Last Voyage of the Demeter,...
Hawkins is best known for his recent performances in “The Tragedy of Macbeth,” “In the Heights,” “Topdog/Underdog” on Broadway, as well as his breakout role, portraying Dr. Dre in F. Gary Gray’s “Straight Outta Compton.”
He will next star as Harpo in “The Color Purple,” Warner Bros.’ upcoming musical adaptation of the famed Alice Walker novel. Directed by Blitz Bazawule and produced by Steven Spielberg, Quincy Jones and Oprah Winfrey, the film is slated for theatrical release on Dec. 25.
Hawkins also stars in Netflix’s upcoming feature adaptation of August Wilson’s “The Piano Lesson,” a revival of the award-winning Broadway play. The film’s all-star cast boasts Samuel L. Jackson, John David Washington, Ray Fisher, Danielle Deadwyler and Michael Potts.
This summer, Hawkins took on the lead role in “Last Voyage of the Demeter,...
- 9/20/2023
- by Angelique Jackson
- Variety Film + TV
Game of Thrones and The Hunger Games star Natalie Dormer is set to lead the cast of White Lies, a South African crime thriller from M-Net, Quizzical Pictures and Fremantle.
The Hollywood Reporter can reveal that the British actress — who became a fan favorite for playing Margaery Tyrell across 26 episodes of Game of Thrones — is now in Cape Town, where shooting is due to start on March 6. Dormer also had major roles in Picnic at Hanging Rock and The Tudors, and moved into producing and writer with 2018 thriller In Darkness.
Joining Dormer is award-winning South African actor Brendon Daniels, whose credits include the acclaimed film Four Corners, Skemerdans and Trackers, another M-Net international co-production.
Created by Sean Steinberg and written by award-winning scriptwriter Darrel Bristow-Bovey, White Lies is described as an “urgent exploration of race and privilege, inequality and identity.”
Set in the wealthy neighbourhood of Bishopscourt, Cape Town, the...
The Hollywood Reporter can reveal that the British actress — who became a fan favorite for playing Margaery Tyrell across 26 episodes of Game of Thrones — is now in Cape Town, where shooting is due to start on March 6. Dormer also had major roles in Picnic at Hanging Rock and The Tudors, and moved into producing and writer with 2018 thriller In Darkness.
Joining Dormer is award-winning South African actor Brendon Daniels, whose credits include the acclaimed film Four Corners, Skemerdans and Trackers, another M-Net international co-production.
Created by Sean Steinberg and written by award-winning scriptwriter Darrel Bristow-Bovey, White Lies is described as an “urgent exploration of race and privilege, inequality and identity.”
Set in the wealthy neighbourhood of Bishopscourt, Cape Town, the...
- 2/28/2023
- by Alex Ritman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: Peacock is developing St. Donatus, a supernatural mystery drama from Ringer creators Eric Charmelo and Nicole Snyder, Sean Hayes and Todd Milliner’s Hazy Mills and Universal TV, where Hazy Mills is based. Richard Shepard will direct in his latest collaboration with Charmelo and Snyder after Ringer and The Perfection.
Written by Charmelo and Snyder, St. Donatus is about a small town in Iowa with a dark secret. An unwitting family, relocating from Brooklyn, moved into a newly-renovated farmhouse on the outskirts of town. When the family starts experiencing unsettling occurrences, it brings them closer to the town’s secret… and the very thing trapped in their cellar.
Charmelo and Snyder executive produce with Hayes, Milliner and Shepard. Universal TV, a division of Universal Studio Group, is the studio.
Charmelo and Snyder created and executive produced drama series Ringer for CBS/The CW starring Sarah Michelle Gellar. Shepard also...
Written by Charmelo and Snyder, St. Donatus is about a small town in Iowa with a dark secret. An unwitting family, relocating from Brooklyn, moved into a newly-renovated farmhouse on the outskirts of town. When the family starts experiencing unsettling occurrences, it brings them closer to the town’s secret… and the very thing trapped in their cellar.
Charmelo and Snyder executive produce with Hayes, Milliner and Shepard. Universal TV, a division of Universal Studio Group, is the studio.
Charmelo and Snyder created and executive produced drama series Ringer for CBS/The CW starring Sarah Michelle Gellar. Shepard also...
- 10/11/2022
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Legally Blonde and The House Bunny screenwriters Karen McCullah and Kirsten “Kiwi” Smith are set to write the romantic comedy I Do… Not for Amazon Studios and Di Bonaventura Pictures.
The feature is centered around a woman who gets the chance to stop her own wedding.
Mark Vahradian and Lorenzo di Bonaventura will produce via Di Bonaventura Pictures.
The project reteams Vahradian, McCullah, and Smith who first worked together on the 1999 teen classic 10 Things I Hate About You.
McCullah and Smith recently completed a rewrite on K: Pop: Lost In America starring Rebel Wilson and a draft of Legally Blonde 3. The duo also penned the comedy She’s the Man, Ella Enchanted and The Ugly Truth. MGM is eager to reignite the Legally Blonde franchise, the first two movies raking in over 266M worldwide at the global box office.
Smith is represented by Verve, Kaplan/Perrone Entertainment, and attorney Karl Austen.
The feature is centered around a woman who gets the chance to stop her own wedding.
Mark Vahradian and Lorenzo di Bonaventura will produce via Di Bonaventura Pictures.
The project reteams Vahradian, McCullah, and Smith who first worked together on the 1999 teen classic 10 Things I Hate About You.
McCullah and Smith recently completed a rewrite on K: Pop: Lost In America starring Rebel Wilson and a draft of Legally Blonde 3. The duo also penned the comedy She’s the Man, Ella Enchanted and The Ugly Truth. MGM is eager to reignite the Legally Blonde franchise, the first two movies raking in over 266M worldwide at the global box office.
Smith is represented by Verve, Kaplan/Perrone Entertainment, and attorney Karl Austen.
- 9/28/2022
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: FilmNation Entertainment’s (Arrival) newly launched film production label Infrared has signed a first-look movie production deal with Dave Bautista’s (Guardians Of The Galaxy) recently formed Dogbone Entertainment.
Infrared, led by President of Production Drew Simon, and Dogbone Entertainment, run by Bautista, will focus on developing and producing features, many of which Bautista will act in and produce.
The deal was done by FilmNation Entertainment EVP of Business & Legal Affairs Alison Cohen and by CAA, manager Jonathan Meisner and Karl Austen on behalf of Dogbone Entertainment.
Simon and Bautista previously collaborated on My Spy while Simon was at STX, and FilmNation is handling international sales on Paul W.S. Anderson’s In The Lost Lands starring Bautista alongside Milla Jovovich, based on the short story by George R.R. Martin. Bautista most recently starred in Netflix’s Glass Onion: Knives Out 2. He is currently shooting the Dune sequel with Denis Villeneuve...
Infrared, led by President of Production Drew Simon, and Dogbone Entertainment, run by Bautista, will focus on developing and producing features, many of which Bautista will act in and produce.
The deal was done by FilmNation Entertainment EVP of Business & Legal Affairs Alison Cohen and by CAA, manager Jonathan Meisner and Karl Austen on behalf of Dogbone Entertainment.
Simon and Bautista previously collaborated on My Spy while Simon was at STX, and FilmNation is handling international sales on Paul W.S. Anderson’s In The Lost Lands starring Bautista alongside Milla Jovovich, based on the short story by George R.R. Martin. Bautista most recently starred in Netflix’s Glass Onion: Knives Out 2. He is currently shooting the Dune sequel with Denis Villeneuve...
- 9/16/2022
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
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Krista Vernoff is branching out to streaming.
The Grey’s Anatomy showrunner is teaming with Octavia Spencer to adapt Ashley Elston’s forthcoming novel First Lie Wins for Hulu. The drama, which landed at Hulu and ABC Signature following a bidding war, is currently in development at the streamer.
First Lie Wins is described as a twisty cat-and-mouse thriller. Elston sold the title preemptively to Pamela Dorman Books. It is slated for publication in early 2023.
Vernoff and Meghann Plunkett are both set to pen the script. First Lie Wins marks a reunion for Vernoff and Plunkett, with the latter currently writing on Grey’s Anatomy spinoff Station 19 and having been staffed on the former’s short-lived ABC drama Rebel.
Exec producers include Vernoff, Plunkett, Spencer and her Orit collaborators Brian Clisham and Stephanie Kluft. Author Elston will also exec produce alongside Vernoff’s husband...
Krista Vernoff is branching out to streaming.
The Grey’s Anatomy showrunner is teaming with Octavia Spencer to adapt Ashley Elston’s forthcoming novel First Lie Wins for Hulu. The drama, which landed at Hulu and ABC Signature following a bidding war, is currently in development at the streamer.
First Lie Wins is described as a twisty cat-and-mouse thriller. Elston sold the title preemptively to Pamela Dorman Books. It is slated for publication in early 2023.
Vernoff and Meghann Plunkett are both set to pen the script. First Lie Wins marks a reunion for Vernoff and Plunkett, with the latter currently writing on Grey’s Anatomy spinoff Station 19 and having been staffed on the former’s short-lived ABC drama Rebel.
Exec producers include Vernoff, Plunkett, Spencer and her Orit collaborators Brian Clisham and Stephanie Kluft. Author Elston will also exec produce alongside Vernoff’s husband...
- 9/7/2022
- by Lesley Goldberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Naomie Harris and Natalie Dormer are teaming up to star in “The Wasp,” a psychological thriller based on Morgan Lloyd Malcolm’s play of the same name.
“Moonlight” Oscar nominee Harris and “Game of Thrones” actor Dormer will play Heather and Carla, who meet up for tea after not having spoken in several years. Heather presents a shocking proposition that will change their lives forever.
Guillem Morales (“Inside No. 9”) will direct, with Malcolm writing the screenplay for producer XYZ Films.
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Nate Bolotin and Maxime Cottray will produce for XYZ Films. James Harris and Leonora Darby of Tea Shop Productions, Sean Sorensen of Royal Viking Entertainment, and Matthew B. Schmidt of Paradise City Films will also produce. XYZ is financing in association with Ipr.Vc, and will handle worldwide sales at the upcoming Toronto Film Festival.
“Moonlight” Oscar nominee Harris and “Game of Thrones” actor Dormer will play Heather and Carla, who meet up for tea after not having spoken in several years. Heather presents a shocking proposition that will change their lives forever.
Guillem Morales (“Inside No. 9”) will direct, with Malcolm writing the screenplay for producer XYZ Films.
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Nate Bolotin and Maxime Cottray will produce for XYZ Films. James Harris and Leonora Darby of Tea Shop Productions, Sean Sorensen of Royal Viking Entertainment, and Matthew B. Schmidt of Paradise City Films will also produce. XYZ is financing in association with Ipr.Vc, and will handle worldwide sales at the upcoming Toronto Film Festival.
- 9/1/2022
- by Harper Lambert
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Naomie Harris (Moonlight) and Natalie Dormer (Game of Thrones) have been tapped to lead the psychological thriller The Wasp, which BAFTA winner and two-time nominee Guillem Morales (Inside No. 9) is directing for XYZ Films.
The film based on Morgan Lloyd Malcolm’s play of the same name, which ran in 2015 at London’s Hampstead Theatre, follows Heather (Harris) and Carla (Dormer), who agree to meet after having not spoken in years. Over tea, Heather presents a very unexpected proposition that will change their lives forever.
Malcolm adapted the screenplay for the film, slated to enter production in Bath, UK in November. Nate Bolotin and Maxime Cottray will produce for XYZ Films, along with James Harris and Leonora Darby of Tea Shop Productions, Sean Sorensen of Royal Viking Entertainment, and Matthew B. Schmidt of Paradise City Films. XYZ is financing, in association with Ipr.Vc, and handling worldwide sales at the upcoming Toronto Film Festival.
The film based on Morgan Lloyd Malcolm’s play of the same name, which ran in 2015 at London’s Hampstead Theatre, follows Heather (Harris) and Carla (Dormer), who agree to meet after having not spoken in years. Over tea, Heather presents a very unexpected proposition that will change their lives forever.
Malcolm adapted the screenplay for the film, slated to enter production in Bath, UK in November. Nate Bolotin and Maxime Cottray will produce for XYZ Films, along with James Harris and Leonora Darby of Tea Shop Productions, Sean Sorensen of Royal Viking Entertainment, and Matthew B. Schmidt of Paradise City Films. XYZ is financing, in association with Ipr.Vc, and handling worldwide sales at the upcoming Toronto Film Festival.
- 9/1/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Mary Elizabeth Winstead has signed with Entertainment 360.
The actress and singer will next be seen in the Star Wars series Ahsoka, a live action spin-off from The Mandalorian, for Disney Plus. Her prior work in television includes starring in the third season of FX’s Emmy winning anthology series Fargo, opposite Ewan McGregor, Carrie Coon and Scoot McNairy.
In the feature space she recently played the titular character in the Netflix action film Kate, opposite Woody Harrelson, premiering #1 worldwide on the platform. Additional film credits include Birds of Prey, Gemini Man, 10 Cloverfield Lane, Smashed and Scott Pilgrim vs. The World.
She continues to be represented by WME and attorney Karl Austen.
The actress and singer will next be seen in the Star Wars series Ahsoka, a live action spin-off from The Mandalorian, for Disney Plus. Her prior work in television includes starring in the third season of FX’s Emmy winning anthology series Fargo, opposite Ewan McGregor, Carrie Coon and Scoot McNairy.
In the feature space she recently played the titular character in the Netflix action film Kate, opposite Woody Harrelson, premiering #1 worldwide on the platform. Additional film credits include Birds of Prey, Gemini Man, 10 Cloverfield Lane, Smashed and Scott Pilgrim vs. The World.
She continues to be represented by WME and attorney Karl Austen.
- 8/26/2022
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: The Walking Dead: World Beyond star Alexa Mansour has been cast as a lead opposite Neve Campbell in Avalon, ABC’s drama series based on Michael Connelly’s short story, from David E. Kelley, A+E Studios and 20th Television.
Avalon, which received a straight-to-series order from ABC, takes place in the city of Avalon on Catalina Island, where L.A. Sheriff’s Department Detective Nicole “Nic” Searcy (Campbell) heads up a small office. Catalina has a local population that serves more than 1 million tourists a year, and each day when the ferries arrive, hundreds of potential new stories enter the island. Detective Searcy is pulled into a career-defining mystery that will challenge everything she knows about herself and the island.
Mansour will play Deputy Carolyn Chavez. Her good cheer, optimism, and sense of humor is thoroughly unbridled. Carolyn loves her job, loves her boss, loves everything about living on the Island.
Avalon, which received a straight-to-series order from ABC, takes place in the city of Avalon on Catalina Island, where L.A. Sheriff’s Department Detective Nicole “Nic” Searcy (Campbell) heads up a small office. Catalina has a local population that serves more than 1 million tourists a year, and each day when the ferries arrive, hundreds of potential new stories enter the island. Detective Searcy is pulled into a career-defining mystery that will challenge everything she knows about herself and the island.
Mansour will play Deputy Carolyn Chavez. Her good cheer, optimism, and sense of humor is thoroughly unbridled. Carolyn loves her job, loves her boss, loves everything about living on the Island.
- 8/24/2022
- by Nellie Andreeva and Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Kurt Russell hasn’t been on TV for so long that one of his last roles was in the original Hawaii Five-0 in 1977.
The Escape From New York star is now returning to the small screen in Apple’s live-action Godzilla and Titans monster series.
He will be joined by his son Wyatt Russell in the series, which will air on Apple TV+ and is part of Legendary’s Monsterverse franchise. Wyatt Russell is currently starring in Under the Banner of Heaven alongside Andrew Garfield.
Their roles weren’t divulged, but the pair will star alongside Anna Sawai, Ren Watabe, Kiersey Clemons, Joe Tippett and Elisa Lasowski.
Following the battle between Godzilla and the Titans that leveled San Francisco and the new reality that monsters are real, the untitled series will explore one family’s journey to uncover its buried secrets and a legacy linking them to the secret organization known as Monarch.
The Escape From New York star is now returning to the small screen in Apple’s live-action Godzilla and Titans monster series.
He will be joined by his son Wyatt Russell in the series, which will air on Apple TV+ and is part of Legendary’s Monsterverse franchise. Wyatt Russell is currently starring in Under the Banner of Heaven alongside Andrew Garfield.
Their roles weren’t divulged, but the pair will star alongside Anna Sawai, Ren Watabe, Kiersey Clemons, Joe Tippett and Elisa Lasowski.
Following the battle between Godzilla and the Titans that leveled San Francisco and the new reality that monsters are real, the untitled series will explore one family’s journey to uncover its buried secrets and a legacy linking them to the secret organization known as Monarch.
- 7/20/2022
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Kurt Russell and Wyatt Russell have joined the cast of Apple TV+ and Legendary Television’s live-action monster series, based on the latter company’s MonsterVerse franchise. The father and son duo join previously announced stars Anna Sawai, Ren Watabe, Kiersey Clemons, Joe Tippett and Elisa Lasowski.
The as-yet untitled project will pick up following the epic battle between Godzilla and the Titans that leveled San Francisco. The spinoff series, revealed to be in the works back in January, will follow one family’s discovery of a legacy that links them to the Monarch, a secret organization featured in previous films.
While the Russells’ character information has yet to be revealed, Sawai will star as former school teacher Cate, Watabe as the curious and intellectual Kentaro, Clemons as a rogue-ish American ex-pat May, Tippett as an office drone with bigger dreams named Tim and Lasowski as skilled operative Duvall.
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The as-yet untitled project will pick up following the epic battle between Godzilla and the Titans that leveled San Francisco. The spinoff series, revealed to be in the works back in January, will follow one family’s discovery of a legacy that links them to the Monarch, a secret organization featured in previous films.
While the Russells’ character information has yet to be revealed, Sawai will star as former school teacher Cate, Watabe as the curious and intellectual Kentaro, Clemons as a rogue-ish American ex-pat May, Tippett as an office drone with bigger dreams named Tim and Lasowski as skilled operative Duvall.
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- 7/20/2022
- by Jolie Lash
- The Wrap
Ellen Rapoport, creator, executive producer, and showrunner of HBO Max’s breakout comedy series Minx, is expanding her relationship with Lionsgate Television, the studio behind the series, with an overall deal to produce scripted content.
Minx premiered on HBO Max in March and was recently renewed for a second season. It takes place in 1970s Los Angeles and follows the story of an earnest young feminist, played by Ophelia Lovibond, who joins forces with a low-rent publisher (Jake Johnson) to create the first erotic magazine for women. Executive produced by Paul Feig, the series became an instant hit for its clever writing, evocative imagery, and its championship of feminist ideals from the 70s era. Lennon Parham also stars, among others.
“Throughout the making of Minx I kept waiting for someone to save me from my more outrageous instincts. Obviously that never happened. So, it seems like I’ve found my people,...
Minx premiered on HBO Max in March and was recently renewed for a second season. It takes place in 1970s Los Angeles and follows the story of an earnest young feminist, played by Ophelia Lovibond, who joins forces with a low-rent publisher (Jake Johnson) to create the first erotic magazine for women. Executive produced by Paul Feig, the series became an instant hit for its clever writing, evocative imagery, and its championship of feminist ideals from the 70s era. Lennon Parham also stars, among others.
“Throughout the making of Minx I kept waiting for someone to save me from my more outrageous instincts. Obviously that never happened. So, it seems like I’ve found my people,...
- 7/13/2022
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
“Minx” creator Ellen Rapoport has signed an overall deal with Lionsgate to produce scripted content.
“Throughout the making of ‘Minx’ I kept waiting for someone to save me from my more outrageous instincts. Obviously that never happened,” Rapoport said in a statement. “So, it seems like I’ve found my people. Thrilled to be joining the Lionsgate family even if I have to cross the 405 to get to their offices!”
Rapoport is the creator, executive producer and showrunner of the HBO comedy series “Minx,” which dives into the fictional world of a 20-something feminist woman in the late 1970s who teams up with a low-rent magazine publisher to launch an erotic women’s mag that features nude male centerfolds.
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The series is produced by Lionsgate Television and has been renewed for a second season.
“Throughout the making of ‘Minx’ I kept waiting for someone to save me from my more outrageous instincts. Obviously that never happened,” Rapoport said in a statement. “So, it seems like I’ve found my people. Thrilled to be joining the Lionsgate family even if I have to cross the 405 to get to their offices!”
Rapoport is the creator, executive producer and showrunner of the HBO comedy series “Minx,” which dives into the fictional world of a 20-something feminist woman in the late 1970s who teams up with a low-rent magazine publisher to launch an erotic women’s mag that features nude male centerfolds.
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The series is produced by Lionsgate Television and has been renewed for a second season.
- 7/13/2022
- by Katie Campione
- The Wrap
Exclusive: It looks like Spy Kids creator Robert Rodriguez has found his new spy family for his family adventure franchise. Gina Rodriguez, Zachary Levi, Everly Carganilla and newcomer Connor Esterson are set to star in the upcoming film from Netflix, Skydance and Spyglass.
Rodriguez will write, direct and produce the next film, which will introduce the world to a new family of spies. Racer Max will co-write the pic. The film marks Rodriguez’s second family film with Netflix following the success of the 2020 family action film We Can Be Heroes.
This latest Spy Kids chapter is set after the children of the world’s greatest secret agents unwittingly help a powerful game developer unleash a computer virus that gives him control of all technology, leading them to become spies themselves to save their parents and the world.
David Ellison, Dana Goldberg and Don Granger will produce for Skydance, which will oversee development and production.
Rodriguez will write, direct and produce the next film, which will introduce the world to a new family of spies. Racer Max will co-write the pic. The film marks Rodriguez’s second family film with Netflix following the success of the 2020 family action film We Can Be Heroes.
This latest Spy Kids chapter is set after the children of the world’s greatest secret agents unwittingly help a powerful game developer unleash a computer virus that gives him control of all technology, leading them to become spies themselves to save their parents and the world.
David Ellison, Dana Goldberg and Don Granger will produce for Skydance, which will oversee development and production.
- 6/23/2022
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
Paramount+ has handed a series order to School Spirits (w/t), a YA drama based on Nate & Megan Trinrud and Maria Nguyen’s upcoming graphic novel, with Peyton List (Cobra Kai) attached to star. The series order is part of Paramount’s push to expand its YA content. School Spirits (w/t) will be produced by Awesomeness Studio.
School Spirits (w/t) focuses on a teen stuck in the afterlife who decides to investigate her mysterious disappearance alongside a group of other students who are also stuck in limbo at their high school. The book is planned for publication in fall 2023 by Clarion Books/HarperAlley, an imprint of HarperCollins Children’s Books.
2022 Paramount Network Pilots & Series Orders
Oliver Goldstick will serve as showrunner and executive producer, along with Nate and Megan Trinrud, who wrote the pilot. Max Winkler is directing the pilot. A premiere date is Tba.
School Spirits (w/t) focuses on a teen stuck in the afterlife who decides to investigate her mysterious disappearance alongside a group of other students who are also stuck in limbo at their high school. The book is planned for publication in fall 2023 by Clarion Books/HarperAlley, an imprint of HarperCollins Children’s Books.
2022 Paramount Network Pilots & Series Orders
Oliver Goldstick will serve as showrunner and executive producer, along with Nate and Megan Trinrud, who wrote the pilot. Max Winkler is directing the pilot. A premiere date is Tba.
- 6/15/2022
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline 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
Exclusive: The Oath‘s Cory Hardrict has been cast in a recurring role opposite Alex Russell in Season 3 of CBS’ hit police drama series S.W.A.T., starring Shemar Moore.
Hardrict will play Nate, foster brother to Jim Street (Russell). Nate is Jim’s estranged brother who reconnects with Street when a case brings them back together. His character will be introduced in Wednesday’s episode.
Inspired by the 1970s television series and 2003 feature film, S.W.A.T. stars Moore as the locally born-and-raised sergeant tasked with running a specialized tactical unit that is the last stop in law enforcement in Los Angeles.
Jay Harrington, Lina Esco, Kenny Johnson, David Lim and Patrick St. Esprit also star.
S.W.A.T. is produced by Sony Pictures Television in association with CBS Television Studios. Aaron Rahsaan Thomas, Shawn Ryan, Justin Lin, Neal Moritz, Marney Hochman, Pavun Shetty, Allison Cross, Craig Gore, Billy Gierhart and Andy Dettman executive produce.
Hardrict will play Nate, foster brother to Jim Street (Russell). Nate is Jim’s estranged brother who reconnects with Street when a case brings them back together. His character will be introduced in Wednesday’s episode.
Inspired by the 1970s television series and 2003 feature film, S.W.A.T. stars Moore as the locally born-and-raised sergeant tasked with running a specialized tactical unit that is the last stop in law enforcement in Los Angeles.
Jay Harrington, Lina Esco, Kenny Johnson, David Lim and Patrick St. Esprit also star.
S.W.A.T. is produced by Sony Pictures Television in association with CBS Television Studios. Aaron Rahsaan Thomas, Shawn Ryan, Justin Lin, Neal Moritz, Marney Hochman, Pavun Shetty, Allison Cross, Craig Gore, Billy Gierhart and Andy Dettman executive produce.
- 10/25/2019
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: The star of Paramount-mgm’s late summer release Ben-Hur is at the Cannes television market in a new role as producer with rights to a pair of prestige projects.
Cysa Productions has optioned television rights to BAFTA-winning writer Jennifer Majka’s The Architect, an original series that explores how and why we live.
The Architect is being conceived as an international co-production of ten one-hour episodes a season that kicks off in London in the 1950s and 1960s as architect Jack Tanner works on the reconstruction of postwar London.
The first season will chart how the ambitious era of modern architecture shaped lives following the ravages of WW2 and production will relocate to other cities around the world in subsequent seasons.
Huston will produce alongside his Cysa partner and former agent, Abi Harris, and Cysa will develop and produce the series with Majka.
The latter’s writing credits include The Bigger Picture, for which she...
Cysa Productions has optioned television rights to BAFTA-winning writer Jennifer Majka’s The Architect, an original series that explores how and why we live.
The Architect is being conceived as an international co-production of ten one-hour episodes a season that kicks off in London in the 1950s and 1960s as architect Jack Tanner works on the reconstruction of postwar London.
The first season will chart how the ambitious era of modern architecture shaped lives following the ravages of WW2 and production will relocate to other cities around the world in subsequent seasons.
Huston will produce alongside his Cysa partner and former agent, Abi Harris, and Cysa will develop and produce the series with Majka.
The latter’s writing credits include The Bigger Picture, for which she...
- 4/6/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Paradigm has signed Steve Carr, the helmer of hit comedies that include Paul Blart: Mall Cop, Are We Done Yet, Daddy Day Care, Dr. Dolittle 2 and Next Friday. Carr next is set to direct The Wedding Guests for CBS Films and The Boondoggle, a buddy comedy scripted by Rob Riggle & Tom Lennon. He’s also developing the AMC series Sherman’s March. Carr had been at ICM Partners.
He becomes the latest in a bunch of directors who’ve signed with Paradigm including Luke Greenfield, Rob Minkoff, Walt Becker, Malcolm Lee, Joe Johnston, Carl Franklin. Ole Bornedal and others. The signings come after a number of high-profile agents have joined the agency.
Carr remains managed by Peter Principato and lawyered by Karl Austen.
He becomes the latest in a bunch of directors who’ve signed with Paradigm including Luke Greenfield, Rob Minkoff, Walt Becker, Malcolm Lee, Joe Johnston, Carl Franklin. Ole Bornedal and others. The signings come after a number of high-profile agents have joined the agency.
Carr remains managed by Peter Principato and lawyered by Karl Austen.
- 2/11/2015
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline
Exclusive: Paradigm has inked actor Cory Hardrict just as the American Sniper actor is eyeing a busy 2015. Hardrict is currently in theaters in Clint Eastwood’s Oscar contender, starring as fellow soldier ‘D’ opposite Bradley Cooper as real life Navy Seal sniper Chris Kyle. He also stars with Emily Mortimer and James Badge Dale in the sci-fi thriller Spectral, which Legendary Pictures will release on August 12, 2016.
On the indie side Hardrict plays parallel roles in Destined, a Sliding Doors-esque tale of a young man who becomes a drug dealer and a successful architect in different destinies determined in one fateful instant. Hardrict is also executive producer on the drama helmed by writer-director Qasim Basir. He will also appear in Car Dogs with Octavia Spencer and in Brotherly Love, about a promising Philadelphia high school basketball player dealing with the pressures of hood fame.
Hardrict’s recent credits include Transcendence opposite Johnny Depp,...
On the indie side Hardrict plays parallel roles in Destined, a Sliding Doors-esque tale of a young man who becomes a drug dealer and a successful architect in different destinies determined in one fateful instant. Hardrict is also executive producer on the drama helmed by writer-director Qasim Basir. He will also appear in Car Dogs with Octavia Spencer and in Brotherly Love, about a promising Philadelphia high school basketball player dealing with the pressures of hood fame.
Hardrict’s recent credits include Transcendence opposite Johnny Depp,...
- 1/7/2015
- by Jen Yamato
- Deadline
Exclusive: Amber Heard is in talks to join Tom Hooper’s The Danish Girl for the strong supporting role of Oola opposite Eddie Redmayne (The Theory of Everything) and Alicia Vikander (Testament Of Youth). The film sees director and producer Hooper re-teaming with Working Title’s Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner. The trio previously worked together with much success on Les Miserables.
Inspired by the novel written by David Ebershoff, Danish Girl is a love story about Danish painters Einar Wegener and his wife Gerda. In 1930, Wegener was one of the first men ever to undergo operations to become a woman. Lucinda Coxon adapted the screenplay. Gail Mutrux developed the film and will produce through her Pretty Pictures banner alongside Anne Harrison and Linda Reisman.
Heard, who is coming off a starring role in the forthcoming Channing Tatum sequel Magic Mike Xxl, is repped by Wme and Karl Austen at Jackoway Tyerman.
Inspired by the novel written by David Ebershoff, Danish Girl is a love story about Danish painters Einar Wegener and his wife Gerda. In 1930, Wegener was one of the first men ever to undergo operations to become a woman. Lucinda Coxon adapted the screenplay. Gail Mutrux developed the film and will produce through her Pretty Pictures banner alongside Anne Harrison and Linda Reisman.
Heard, who is coming off a starring role in the forthcoming Channing Tatum sequel Magic Mike Xxl, is repped by Wme and Karl Austen at Jackoway Tyerman.
- 12/2/2014
- by Ali Jaafar
- Deadline
Viewers went back to the possessed woods in Fede Alvarez’s 2013 Evil Dead reboot that showcased a group of young adults tormented by the wicked Naturon Demonto. While many fans have been waiting for Alvarez and co-writer Rodo Sayagues to bring an Evil Dead sequel to the big screen, it’s now been revealed that their next project will deal with a different kind of horror.
A thriller written by Fede Alvarez and Rodo Sayagues, A Man in the Dark will be the next directorial effort for Alvarez. Like the Evil Dead reboot, A Man in the Dark comes from Sam Raimi and Robert Tapert’s Ghost House Pictures. Further details on the film, including its synopsis, can be found in the official press release (via Collider):
“Los Angeles, CA (October 30, 2014) – Ghost House Pictures announced today that Sam Raimi and Rob Tapert will re-team with Fede Alvarez and Rodo Sayagues...
A thriller written by Fede Alvarez and Rodo Sayagues, A Man in the Dark will be the next directorial effort for Alvarez. Like the Evil Dead reboot, A Man in the Dark comes from Sam Raimi and Robert Tapert’s Ghost House Pictures. Further details on the film, including its synopsis, can be found in the official press release (via Collider):
“Los Angeles, CA (October 30, 2014) – Ghost House Pictures announced today that Sam Raimi and Rob Tapert will re-team with Fede Alvarez and Rodo Sayagues...
- 10/30/2014
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Game Of Thrones and The Hunger Games: Mockingjay star Natalie Dormer will lead the David Goyer-produced supernatural thriller The Forest, about an American woman who ventures into Japan’s legendary Aokigahara forest in search of her missing twin sister. Jason Zada is directing from a script by Sarah Cornwell and Nick Antosca, based on a Goyer idea. Goyer is producing for Phantom Four alongside Lava Bear Films, whose Tory Metzger is overseeing for the company.
Focus has domestic rights and has set a January 8, 2016 release while Good Universe and Lava Bear sell international.
Dormer is repped by UTA, Untitled Entertainment, United Agents in the UK and attorney Karl Austen.
Focus has domestic rights and has set a January 8, 2016 release while Good Universe and Lava Bear sell international.
Dormer is repped by UTA, Untitled Entertainment, United Agents in the UK and attorney Karl Austen.
- 10/21/2014
- by Jen Yamato
- Deadline
Exclusive: Natalie Dormer has been set to star in Patient Zero, the Screen Gems action thriller that Stefan Ruzowitzky will direct from a script written by Mike Le. Vincent Newman is producing. Dormer has been building feature credits that include The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Parts 1 & 2, Rush and Captain America: The First Avenger. She is best known for playing Margaery Tyrell, whose short reign as queen on HBO’s Game Of Thrones was interrupted when the tyrant king Joffrey was poisoned during their wedding reception.
Patient Zero focuses on an unprecedented global pandemic that causes the evolution of a new species. An aggressive form of rabies turns the infected into predators, addicted to violence. An inexplicably gifted human survivor with the ability to speak the new mutant language leads a hunt for Patient Zero and hope for a cure.
Dormer is repped by UTA, Untitled Entertainment, attorney Karl Austen and United Agents in the UK.
Patient Zero focuses on an unprecedented global pandemic that causes the evolution of a new species. An aggressive form of rabies turns the infected into predators, addicted to violence. An inexplicably gifted human survivor with the ability to speak the new mutant language leads a hunt for Patient Zero and hope for a cure.
Dormer is repped by UTA, Untitled Entertainment, attorney Karl Austen and United Agents in the UK.
- 9/24/2014
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline
Peter Dinklage is set to star in period crime drama The Thicket, based on Joe Lansdale’s novel. He plays Shorty, a crafty bounty hunter enlisted to find a woman who has been kidnapped by a violent killer at the turn of the 20th century. He and his fellow trackers venture into the deadly no-man’s land known as the Big Thicket, a place where blood and chaos reign. Gianni Nunnari’s Hollywood Gang is producing with Dinklage and the actor’s manager David Ginsberg. Dinklage stars on HBO’s Game Of Thrones and next appears in the comedy features Taxi and Pixels. He is repped by CAA, attorney Karl Austen and Ginsberg.
John Magaro has been cast in Disney’s The Finest Hours. The Craig Gillespie-directed film chronicles the massive rescue mission that’s launched when a pair of oil tankers split in two off the coast of...
John Magaro has been cast in Disney’s The Finest Hours. The Craig Gillespie-directed film chronicles the massive rescue mission that’s launched when a pair of oil tankers split in two off the coast of...
- 9/23/2014
- by The Deadline Team
- Deadline
Warner Bros has tapped Amber Heard to co-star in Magic Mike Xxl, next year’s sequel to the hit 2012 movie based on star Channing Tatum’s early days in the male-stripper game. Deadline’s Mike Fleming Jr reported yesterday that Jada Pinkett Smith was in talks to join the cast and now comes word that Heard will join her in a lead role. Heard will next be seen in London Fields opposite Billy Bob Thornton, The Adderall Diaries opposite James Franco and When I Live My Life Over Again opposite Christopher Walken. Heard is with Wme and Karl Austen at Jackoway Tyerman.
- 9/19/2014
- by The Deadline Team
- Deadline
CAA has signed Cory Hardrict, who was chased by all the agencies after he landed a coveted role opposite James Badge Dale in Legendary Pictures’ Spectral. Hardrict, who had been repped by Sdb Partners, co-stars opposite Bradley Cooper in the Clint Eastwood-directed American Sniper, and his recent credits include Brotherly Love, Transcendence, Warm Bodies and Battle Los Angeles. He’s managed by Matt Luber and lawyered by Karl Austen.
- 6/23/2014
- Deadline
Exclusive: One of the most hotly pursued actresses this past pilot season, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, has been tapped as one of the leads in Carlton Cuse’s 10-episode A&E Network drama series The Returned. Also cast in the adaptation of the acclaimed French series are Sandrine Holt (House Of Cards, Hostages) and Agnes Bruckner (24). Returned, from A+E Studios and FremantleMedia, focuses on a small town that is turned upside down when several local people who have been long presumed dead suddenly reappear, bringing with them both positive and detrimental consequences. Winstead plays Rowan, the girlfriend of late musician Simon (Mat Vairo) who had a very difficult time getting past his death 10 years ago and now will have to adjust to his return. Holt, repped by D2 Management and Innovative, plays Julie, a competent compassionate doctor who is struggling in her personal life. Bruckner plays the sheriff’s chief deputy.
- 6/6/2014
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
1. Karl Austen, talent, Jackoway Tyerman Wertheimer Austen Mandelbaum Morris & Klein (Harvard Law School) 2. Lincoln Bandlow, litigator, Lathrop & Gage (Boston University) 3. Mark Baute, litigator, Baute Crochetiere & Gilford (UCLA Law School) 4. Daniel Black, corporate, Greenberg Traurig (George Washington University School of Law) 5. Jake Bloom, talent, Bloom Hergott Diemer Rosenthal Laviolette Feldman Schenkman & Goodman (Cornell Law School) 6. Skip Brittenham, talent, Ziffren Brittenham (UCLA School of Law) 7. Harold Brown, talent, Gang Tyre Ramer & Brown (Uc Berkeley School of Law) 8. John P. Burke, corporate, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld (Southwestern University
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- 4/30/2014
- by Matt Belloni, Benjamin Svetkey
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Comedy writers Kat Likkel and John Hoberg are staying at ABC Studios with a third consecutive two-year overall deal. Since joining the studio in 2010, the married writing team have written and supervised multiple pilot scripts and executive produced last year’s ABC/ABC Studios comedy pilot Bad Management. They also served as co-executive producers on the first season of the studio’s ABC comedy series The Neighbors. Likkel and Hoberg’s previous series credits include ABC’s Better With You and Better Off Ted and NBC’s My Name Is Earl. They are repped by UTA, Helena Heyman & Dianne Fraser at Industry and Karl Austen.
- 4/29/2014
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Exclusive: Appropriate considering today is the 50th anniversary of the creation of the It’s A Small World attraction that has been such a staple of the Disney theme parks, the movie studio has hired Jon Turteltaub to direct a feature based on the venerable family film ride with the catchy tune. Jared Stern pitched Small World and will write the script. He, Turteltaub and The Lego Movie‘s Dan Lin will be the producers. This one will take awhile to come together but it is envisioned as a potential franchise for the studio. Turteltaub is coming off the CBS Films hit comedy Last Vegas, a movie that has grossed $134 million worldwide. For Disney, Turteltaub directed the first two installments of National Treasure and is working on a third with producer Jerry Bruckheimer. Stern is repped by Wme, managers Marc Provissiero and Helena Heyman and attorney Karl Austen, while Turteltaub is repped by Wme,...
- 4/23/2014
- by MIKE FLEMING JR
- Deadline
Jeremy Davies (Justified) and Robert Knepper (Prison Break) have been cast in History’s miniseries Texas Rising (working title) from A+E Studios and ITV Studios America. Leslie Greif (Hatfields & McCoys) is exec producing the project, which will detail the Texas Revolution against Mexico and the rise of the legendary Texas Rangers. Davies, repped by Paradigm, Silver Lining Entertainment and attorney Karl Austen, will play Sgt. Ephraim Knowles, a shifty rogue whose only thought is for his own survival who reluctantly joins the Rangers to avoid being executed for desertion. Knepper, repped by Innovative Artists and Kramer Management, will play Empresario Buckley, an unshaven bombastic slob. He is the only law in the town of Victoria, and he abuses his position to further his own agenda and make himself rich in the process. Davies won an Outstanding Guest Actor Emmy for FX’s Justified. He recurs on NBC’s Hannibal...
- 4/22/2014
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
Amazon has put in development Kismet, a half-hour comedy project from writer Marc Klein (Serendipity, Mirror, Mirror) and Radius Entertainment’s Carol Bodie. Based on an original idea from Klein, Kismet is a Sliding Doors-style parallel-reality love story, which follows one couple who meet, date and marry. But what if they hadn’t met? Kismet chronicles their lives both as a married couple who’ve met and as two single people who’ve never met. As their lives separate and dovetail, we discover that there is no single version of a person’s life that is better than any other. Klein, repped by UTA, Tobin Babst and Karl Austen, is writing the script and will executive produce with Bodie.
- 3/17/2014
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Fox has acquired a pitch for an ensemble musical to be scripted by Yana Gorskaya and Maia Rossini. Paul Feig’s Feigco Entertainment will produce. Feig hatched the idea and will produce with Jessie Henderson. Gorskaya is best known for her work as a film editor, including the docu Spellbound and Celeste And Jessie Forever. Rossini is a novelist and short story writer. The two are best friends and have collaborated since they were kids. CAA reps them and Feig and the duo’s also repped by Mxn Entertainment and Karl Austen and Michael Auerbach. Feig’s directing Melissa McCarthy in the comedy Spy.
- 3/14/2014
- by MIKE FLEMING JR
- Deadline
A month after it made decisions on its previous pilot slate, handing out series orders to drama The Affair and comedy Happyish, the pay cable network is back at it, greenlighting its first pilot for 2014, drama Billions. It was written on spec by journalist/author Andrew Ross Sorkin, whose book about the 2008 financial crisis Too Big To Fail was adapted by HBO Films, and by the feature writing duo of Brian Koppelman and David Levien (Ocean’s Thirteen). Billions will stay in the world of finance/politics/power chronicled in Too Big to Fail. It focuses on the collision and, at times, collusion between an aggressive U.S. attorney in New York and some of the richest hedge fund billionaires in the country. Koppelman, Levien, and Sorkin executive produce. They are repped by CAA and Karl Austen. In TV, Koppelman and Levien recently served as showrunners on HBO’s Rock...
- 3/13/2014
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Bresha Webb, who was among the finalists for the new cast member spot on SNL, has landed the female lead opposite Romany Malco in ABC‘s multi-camera comedy pilot Keep It Together, from actor-comedian Kevin Hart. Written by Neil Goldman and Garrett Donovan based on Hart’s life and stand-up, the project takes a candid look at the post-divorce life of a couple, Derek (Malco) and Lorraine (Webb), who are trying to forge a friendship for the sake of their kids, despite their differences. Webb, repped by Greene & Assoc., Mosaic and Karl Austen, is recurring on Grey’s Anatomy and next will be seen in the feature Home. Related: 2014 ABC Pilots Brianna Brown (Devious Maids, Homeland) has been added to in ABC drama pilot The Visitors, from Amblin TV. Penned by Soo Hugh, it chronicles the race against the clock to defeat an unseen alien enemy out to destroy the world.
- 3/6/2014
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
After fielding some half dozen TV offers, former Awake star Jason Isaacs has signed on as the lead of USA Network’s six-episode event series Dig, an action adventure drama from Heroes creator Tim Kring and Gideon Raff, creator of the Israeli series on which Showtime’s Homeland was based. Kring and Raff co-created Dig, which centers on Peter (Isaacs), an FBI agent stationed in Jerusalem who, while investigating a murder of a woman archaeologist, uncovers a conspiracy 2000 years in the making that threatens to change the course of history. The series is a production of Keshet Media Group for Ucp in cooperation with the city of Jerusalem. It will start filming in Jerusalem and other oversees locations in May for a premiere on USA later this year. Kring and Raff are exec producing with Keshet Media Group CEO Avi Nir and Gail Berman, Lloyd Braun and Gene Stein. Isaacs,...
- 2/14/2014
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Exclusive: Copper executive producer Thomas Kelly has signed an overall deal with AMC. Under the two-year pact, he will work on existing AMC series and develop new projects. “Tom Kelly is a great writer, and a truly unique voice in multiple mediums,” AMC’s Evp of programming Joel Stillerman said. “His background as a novelist and screenwriter – as well as a television writer and showrunner – conspire to bring a perfect sensibility to rich, character-based, serialized storytelling.” Kelly, considered one of the top urban novelists of his generation, has authored three books. The first, Payback, was optioned by New Line for Ted Demme’s Spanky Pictures, with David Mamet adapting. Kelly’s third novel, Empire Rising, about the construction of the Empire State Building, was recently picked up by Warner Bros. as a potential directing vehicle for Guy Ritchie, with Kelly writing the script. His TV series credits include Blue Bloods,...
- 1/18/2014
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Childrens Hospital star Rob Huebel is set to topline American Storage, IFC’s comedy pilot based on the 2006 short film that starred Steve Carell and David Krumholtz. Andrew Jay Cohen and Brendan O’Brien (the upcoming Neighbors), who co-wrote the short, also co-penned the pilot, with the short’s director Cohen helming. American Storage follows the unlikely friendship between a straight-laced employee (newcomer John Karna) at a storage facility and Kurt (Huebel), the eccentric man he discovers living in one of the units like it was an apartment. Kurt steals Internet from next door, pays the lowest rent you could imagine, and basically thinks he’s got life figured out. He’s charming and interesting, and might be a genius or crazy. The pilot is produced by Troy Miller of Dakota Pictures. Huebel, repped by UTA, Principato-Young Entertainment and attorney Karl Austen., is shooting the independent feature Barely Lethal and...
- 12/13/2013
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Exclusive: CAA signed Peter Dinklage, who yesterday was nominated for a SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series for playing Tyrion Lannister on HBO’s Game Of Thrones. Dinklage won an Emmy and a Golden Globe for the series. Dinklage, who hadn’t been with an agency, has been busy during his series hiatus time. He’ll next be seen in the Bryan Singer-directed X-Men: Days Of Future Past, opposite John Hawkes and Glenn Close in Low Down, and opposite Mila Kunis in The Angriest Man In Brooklyn. His breakout turn came in the Tom McCarthy-directed 2003 pic The Station Agent. Dinklage is managed by David Ginsberg and lawyered by Karl Austen.
- 12/12/2013
- by MIKE FLEMING JR
- Deadline
Exclusive: CAA signed Peter Dinklage, who yesterday was nominated for a SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series for playing Tyrion Lannister on HBO’s Game Of Thrones. Dinklage won an Emmy and a Golden Globe for the series. Dinklage, who hadn’t been with an agency, has been busy during his series hiatus time. He’ll next be seen in the Bryan Singer-directed X-Men: Days Of Future Past, opposite John Hawkes and Glenn Close in Low Down, and opposite Mila Kunis in The Angriest Man In Brooklyn. His breakout turn came in the Tom McCarthy-directed 2003 pic The Station Agent. Dinklage is managed by David Ginsberg and lawyered by Karl Austen.
- 12/12/2013
- by MIKE FLEMING JR
- Deadline TV
Exclusive: NBC has put in development a multi-camera comedy produced by Bill Lawrence. Written by Dan Lagana, co-creator of the MTV series Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous, Stand-Up Guy centers on a young comedian who pursues his lifelong dream of being a working stand-up while juggling the growing responsibilities of being a husband and soon-to-be-father at home. Warner Bros TV and Lawrence’s studio-based Doozer are producing, with Lagana, Lawrence and Jeff Ingold executive producing. Lagana, repped by CAA and Karl Austen, also developed a dad comedy with Wbtv two seasons ago when the project sold to Fox. ICM-repped Doozer, which has four series on the air – Cougar Town on TBS and upcoming Ground Floor on TBS, Surviving Jack on Fox and Undateable on NBC — also has a Jeff Astrof multi-camera comedy project at CBS with a put pilot commitment.
- 11/14/2013
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Game of Thrones’ Kit Harington and Zero Dark Thirty actor Jennifer Ehle have joined the upcoming feature based on TV spy thriller Spooks.
Harington, best known for playing the heroic Jon Snow in HBO fantasy drama Game of Thrones, will star in the lead role as Will Crombie.
Ehle, whose recent credits also include The King’s Speech and Contagion, will play Dame Geraldine Maltby of intelligence service MI5.
The pair will join original Spooks star Peter Firth in the big screen outing of the BAFTA Award-winning BBC spy drama, which Altitude Film Sales is debuting here.
Spooks: The Greater Good will shoot in the first quarter of 2014, produced by Shine Pictures and Kudos.
Shine Pictures’ Stephen Garrett said: “We’ve set out to make a gripping, cinematic, contemporary spy thriller - one that builds on the history of the show and its legacy of questioning the world around us, but which also...
Harington, best known for playing the heroic Jon Snow in HBO fantasy drama Game of Thrones, will star in the lead role as Will Crombie.
Ehle, whose recent credits also include The King’s Speech and Contagion, will play Dame Geraldine Maltby of intelligence service MI5.
The pair will join original Spooks star Peter Firth in the big screen outing of the BAFTA Award-winning BBC spy drama, which Altitude Film Sales is debuting here.
Spooks: The Greater Good will shoot in the first quarter of 2014, produced by Shine Pictures and Kudos.
Shine Pictures’ Stephen Garrett said: “We’ve set out to make a gripping, cinematic, contemporary spy thriller - one that builds on the history of the show and its legacy of questioning the world around us, but which also...
- 11/7/2013
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Marc Klein has been set to write Fairy Tale Wedding, the Disney romantic pic that will be produced by David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman through their Mandeville Films banner. Pic’s in the vein of Enchanted, and is the story of a wedding planner in a fairy tale land who cannot find love. Klein scripted Mirror Mirror for Relativity, A Good Year for Fox 2000 and Serendipity for Miramax. He’s repped by UTA, Kaplan Perrone’s Tobin Babst and Karl Austen.
- 10/29/2013
- by MIKE FLEMING JR
- Deadline
Exclusive: Damian Lewis, who has won Golden Globes and Emmys for his work as Pow-turned-terrorist Nicolas Brody in Showtime’s Homeland, is near a deal to star opposite Nicole Kidman in director Werner Herzog’s Queen Of The Desert. The UK-born Lewis won’t have to hide his homegrown accent for the feature. He will play Lieutenant Colonel Charles Doughty-Wylie, an unhappily married English war hero who engages in a turbulent affair with Gertrude Bell (Kidman), with whom he exchanged love letters with from 1913-1915 until he was killed in active duty at Gallipoli. Production is scheduled to begin in December. Queen Of The Desert refers to Bell, the iconic explorer, writer, archeologist and attaché for the British Empire, who is credited with helping to catalyze the formation of the Middle East at the dawn of the 20th Century. Nick Raslan is producing through his Palmyra Films banner along with Cassian Elwes and Michael Benaroya.
- 10/21/2013
- by MIKE FLEMING JR
- Deadline
Exclusive: CAA just signed Norman Reedus, who plays everyone’s favorite zombie killer Daryl Dixon on AMC’s The Walking Dead. This comes just as the show’s fourth season premiere set a series record with 16.1 million viewers. Reedus had been repped by Don Buchwald and Associates. Before the series stint, Reedus was best known for being half of the Boondock Saints in two movies. He’ll next star with Naomi Watts and Matt Dillon in Sunlight Jr., which screened at Tribeca and will be released next month. Reedus is managed by Brillstein and lawyered by Karl Austen.
- 10/16/2013
- by MIKE FLEMING JR
- Deadline TV
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