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Danny Strong to write 'Hunger Games' finale
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EXCLSUIVE: Fresh off winning two Emmys for writing and co-exec producing HBO's GAME CHANGE, Danny Strong has been tapped to write the two-part HUNGER GAMES finale MOCKINGJAY for Lionsgate, sources tell Variety, reports Jeff Sneider. Studio had no comment. First pic is skedded for release on Nov. 21, 2014, while... Continue reading
Posted Oct 2, 2012 at Showblitz
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Elijah Wood is a 'Late Bloomer'
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EXCLUSIVE: Director Randall Einhorn has tapped his WILFRED star Elijah Wood to topline Dignity Film Finance's indie comedy THE LATE BLOOMER, based on Ken Baker's 2001 memoir MAN MADE: A MEMOIR OF MY BODY, reports Variety's Jeff Sneider. Pic is based on the true story of a nearly 30 year-old... Continue reading
Posted Oct 2, 2012 at Showblitz
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Miles Teller is 'Officially Dating'
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EXCLUSIVE: With three movies in the can and another in pre-production, RABBIT HOLE star Miles Teller is one of the busiest young actors in Hollywood and there's no break in sight this year, as he's set to join Zac Efron in the indie ARE WE OFFICIALLY DATING, reports Variety's Jeff... Continue reading
Posted Oct 2, 2012 at Showblitz
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Timberlake drinking up 'The Last Drop'
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EXCLUSIVE: TROUBLE WITH THE CURVE star Justin Timberlake is having no trouble lining up his next job, as he’s in talks to topline Good Universe’s romantic dramedy THE LAST DROP, Variety's Jeff Sneider and Justin Kroll report. Peter Sollett, who previously worked with the Good Universe team on NICK AND... Continue reading
Posted Sep 26, 2012 at Showblitz
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Carano attaches to femme riff on 'Expendables'
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As HAYWIRE star Gina Carano continues to establish herself as an action heroine with an upcoming turn in THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS 6, the former MMA fighter has become attached to topline an all-female riff on THE EXPENDABLES, which is being set up by Adi Shankar’s banner 1984 Private... Continue reading
Posted Sep 26, 2012 at Showblitz
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GYLLENHAAL GETS TAKEN 'PRISONER'
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Looks like Jake Gyllenhaal isn’t quite ready to end his watch just yet. Gyllenhaal is in talks to play a detective investigating the kidnapping of a young girl in Alcon Entertainment’s PRISONERS. Discussions are ongoing, and if the deal closes, Gyllenhaal would join Hugh Jackman and Melissa Leo with Denis... Continue reading
Posted Sep 24, 2012 at Showblitz
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Jennifer Lawrence 'music video' isn't her vocal after all
EXCLUSIVE: Earlier this week, Relativity Media released this video clip (above) from HOUSE AT THE END OF THE STREET, showing Jennifer Lawrence in character as a young songstress doing her thing after moving into a new neighborhood. Horror ensues. "Jennifer Lawrence sings!" cried the Internet, with several sites praising the... Continue reading
Posted Sep 20, 2012 at Showblitz
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Paxton cruising toward 'All You Need is Kill'
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EXCLUSIVE: Tom Cruise and Bill Paxton -- together at last. Though their careers have spanned more than three decades, the thesps have never worked together. That should change as Paxton is in negotiations to star in Warner Bros. sci-fi action pic ALL YOU NEED IS KILL, joining Cruise and Emily... Continue reading
Posted Sep 20, 2012 at Showblitz
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Chan-wook park sets course for 'Corsica'
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EXCLUSIVE: 1984 Private Defense Contractors and Ruby Films have set South Korean helmer Chan-wook Park (OLDBOY) to direct crime drama CORSICA 72 from a Black List script by SKYFALL scribes Neal Purvis and Robert Wade. Based on a true story, period pic follows two best friends who live on the... Continue reading
Posted Sep 17, 2012 at Showblitz
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Philip Seymour Hoffman gathers 'Moss' for second directing gig
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EXCLUSIVE: Fresh off high praise and a record-breaking weekend for THE MASTER, Philip Seymour Hoffman is eyeing a move behind the camera, as the multihyphenate is on board to helm the Depression Era ghost story EZEKIEL MOSS for Mandalay Pictures, Variety's Jeff Sneider and Justin Kroll report. The 2011 Black... Continue reading
Posted Sep 17, 2012 at Showblitz
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Zellweger to helm, star in '4 1/2 Minutes'
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EXCLUSIVE: Renee Zellweger is set to make her directorial debut with 4 1/2 MINUTES, a comedy in which she'll star opposite Johnny Knoxville, reports Variety's Jeff Sneider. Written by Anthony Tambakis (WARRIOR) and based on the life and comedy of real-life stand-up Dov Davidoff, who shares story credit, 4 1/2... Continue reading
Posted Sep 6, 2012 at Showblitz
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'Entourage' star tees up 'Million Dollar Man'
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EXCLUSIVE: Emmanuelle Chriqui has landed her biggest post-“Entourage” feature role yet, as the thesp is in final talks to star opposite Luke Wilson in the indie sports comedy MILLION DOLLAR MAN, Variety's Dave McNary reports. Announced at Sundance, the project focuses on a down-on-his-luck route driver (Wilson) for a soda... Continue reading
Posted Sep 4, 2012 at Showblitz
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Fassbender, Gleeson want to be 'Frank' with you
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EXCLUSIVE: Michael Fassbender and Domhnall Gleeson are attached to star in Film4's comedy FRANK, Variety's Jeff Sneider reports. Gleeson will play an aspiring musician who finds himself in over his head when he joins an eccentric rock band led by Fassbender. Dubliner Lenny Abrahamson will direct; His latest film, WHAT... Continue reading
Posted Sep 4, 2012 at Showblitz
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Ben Foster turning on 'Red Light Winter'
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CONTRABAND thesp Ben Foster is attached to star in writer-director Adam Rapp's indie drama RED LIGHT WINTER, which Parts & Labor principals Jay Van Hoy and Lars Knudsen are producing with Scott Rudin, reports Variety's Jeff Sneider. Based on Rapp's bleak play of the same name, story follows two male... Continue reading
Posted Aug 29, 2012 at Showblitz
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'Oldboy' helmer Chan-wook Park in talks to direct Black List Western 'Brigands of Rattleborge'
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EXCLUSIVE: Having wrapped his English-language debut STOKER for Fox Searchlight, South Korean helmer Chan-wook Park (OLDBOY) is in talks to direct S. Craig Zahler’s Black List western THE BRIGANDS OF RATTLEBORGE, which Red Granite Pictures has come on to finance and co-produce with Mythology Entertainment. Ultra-violent pic follows a group... Continue reading
Posted Aug 29, 2012 at Showblitz
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NFL Feature Film being shopped around Hollywood
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EXCLUSIVE: Looking to parlay the popularity of football into a feature film, the NFL is teaming with Tony Krantz’s Flame Ventures to produce WEEK 14, a drama that Krantz (SPORTS NIGHT) will produce and direct from a script by Ron Shelton (BULL DURHAM). CAA is shopping the package, which studios... Continue reading
Posted Aug 28, 2012 at Showblitz
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Michael Polish, Evan Rachel Wood to join new indie road pic '18 Wheel Butterfly'
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EXCLUSIVE: Independent producer Aaron Magnani has attached director Michael Polish and is in talks with Evan Rachel Wood to topline 18 WHEEL BUTTERFLY, a road movie written by Christian Divine that is described as a cross between THELMA & LOUISE and SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT, reports Variety's Jeff Sneider. A... Continue reading
Posted Aug 28, 2012 at Showblitz
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'Adjustment Bureau' helmer to develop, direct social-media thriller 'XOXO'
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EXCLUSIVE: Lionsgate has inked a development deal with director George Nolfi (THE ADJUSTMENT BUREAU), attaching him to helm and oversee a rewrite of social media thriller XOXO, Variety's Rachel Abrams and Jeff Sneider report. Written by BLACK SWAN scribe Mark Heyman, project is an elevated genre tale set in the... Continue reading
Posted Aug 27, 2012 at Showblitz
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Cobie Smulders nabs female lead in 'Starbuck'
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EXCLUSIVE: HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER star Cobie Smulders, who recently played a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent in THE AVENGERS, is in negotiations for the female lead opposite Vince Vaughn in DreamWorks' untitled remake of the hit French-Canadian comedy STARBUCK, reports Variety's Jeff Sneider and Justin Kroll. Original helmer Ken Scott is... Continue reading
Posted Aug 27, 2012 at Showblitz
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Exhibs: No upcharge for 48fps 'THE HOBBIT'
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EXCLUSIVE: While moviegoers will have to shell out the usual 3D upcharge for Warner Bros.’ THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY, U.S. exhibitors have agreed not to charge more for the film’s 48 frames-per-second showtimes. It was widely assumed that auds would have to pay a premium for the doubled frame-rate... Continue reading
Posted Aug 22, 2012 at Showblitz
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'Thor' hammers Akinnuoye-Agbaje into villain role
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EXCLUSIVE: Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje has joined the cast of Marvel’s THOR: THE DARK WORLD as a lead villain, playing the dual roles of Algrim the Strong and Kurse, reports Variety's Dave McNary. With so much of the THOR cast reprising — Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Anthony Hopkins, Tom Hiddleston, Idris Elba... Continue reading
Posted Aug 22, 2012 at Showblitz
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All Charlotte Riley Needs is 'Kill'
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EXCLUSIVE: Charlotte Riley, fiancee of Tom Hardy who was at one point considered for the role of Catwoman in THE DARK KNIGHT RISES, is getting her major Hollywood debut role in a different Warner Bros. pic: Doug Liman's sci-fier ALL YOU NEED IS KILL, starring Tom Cruise. Riley has been... Continue reading
Posted Aug 22, 2012 at Showblitz
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Josh Brolin in talks to star in Sean Penn's 'Storm'
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EXCLUSIVE: Josh Brolin is in talks to star in the Sean Penn-helmed CRAZY FOR THE STORM at Warner Bros, reports Variety's Justin Kroll. Both Brolin and Penn's deals need to be worked out, but the plan is to shoot the pic in the first quarter of 2013. Will Fetters did... Continue reading
Posted Aug 22, 2012 at Showblitz
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New poster for Steven Spielberg's 'Lincoln'
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The latest look at Daniel-Day Lewis as the Great Emancipator comes via this poster, released earlier today by Disney/Dreamworks. The photograph evokes famed Civil War photographer Mathew Brady's last -- and certainly most intimate -- portraits of the president, fitting in that the film will focus on Lincoln's final months. Continue reading
Posted Aug 22, 2012 at Showblitz
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'Dark Tower' goes dark at Warner Bros
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EXCLUSIVE: The ambitious journey of Stephen King’s THE DARK TOWER book series to the bigscreen and TV has hit another setback, as Warner Bros., which had been in talks to take it on after Universal let it go, has also decided to not move forward. Ron Howard would direct and... Continue reading
Posted Aug 20, 2012 at Showblitz
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