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TV Development for 9/8/15: Teddy Roosevelt Limited Series Planned, Greg Berlanti Giving New Blood to Dracula’s Brides, Gloria Allred Drama in the Works
Other TV Development news includes, feature writers Goldstein and Daley setting up a comedy project at Fox with Chernin producing, Amazon giving a series order to the David Shore, Bryan Cranston, Seth Gordon produced show Sneaky Pete and NBC ordering Alexander Cary’s project The Watcher. (SSN)
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Aretha Franklin Documentary ‘Amazing Grace’ Pulled From Toronto Film Festival
The Toronto Film Festival has pulled Amazing Grace after the Aretha Franklin documentary became the subject of a legal dispute. (VAR)
TIFF’s Hot List: 10 Films in Demand
Michael Moore, Shia LaBeouf and a Jason Bateman comedy could generate bidding wars as rich new buyers (Amazon, Broad Green) make up for Relativity’s implosion. (THR)
New Line To Acquire ‘Collateral Beauty’ Film
New Line Cinema is nearing a deal for worldwide rights to the Will Smith-led Collateral Beauty. Alfonso Gomez-Rejon (Me and Earl and the Dying Girl) directs and Allan Loeb pens. (DAH)
Aron Eli Coleite Inks Overall Deal With Warner Bros. TV
Drama writer Aron Eli Coleite has signed a multi-year overall deal with Warner Bros. TV. The pact comes on the heels of TNT giving a pilot order to Home, written and executive produced by Coleite for Warner Horizon Television and Warner Bros TV-based Jerry Bruckheimer TV. (DH)
Amy Poehler, Jimmy Kimmel Among This Year’s Emmy Presenters
Maggie Gyllenhaal, late-night host Jimmy Kimmel, Amy Poehler, LL Cool J and Empire stars Taraji P. Henson and Terrence Howard will be handing out statuettes. (FOX)
Robbie Brenner Leaving Relativity To Run The Firm’s Film Division
Relativity president of production Robbie Brenner is finalizing a deal to join Jeff Kwatinetz’s reconstituted management/production company The Firm. She will become a partner in the venture and president of its film division. (DH)
Building a Mashup: DreamWorks’ ‘Dinotrux’
Ron Burch and David Kidd, the executive producers of Dinotrux, a new DreamWorks Animation Television series debuting Aug. 14 on Netflix, discuss how to create the perfect mashup for kids. (AM)
‘The Diary Of A Teenage Girl’ And The Necessary Audacity Of Creative Confidence
First-time writer/director Marielle Heller opens up about learning to have total faith in her creative vision despite what anyone may think. (FC)