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Toronto Film Festival 2015: The 5 Attention-Grabbing & 5 Under-the-Radar Films at this Year’s Fest
SSN brings you five attention-grabbing films that are making headlines along with five other films that are flying under-the-radar and still have available rights just waiting to be snagged. (SSN)
Film & TV Deals for 9/9/15: Alibaba Continues Growth with NBCUni Agreement, AMBI Snaps up Exclusive Media Library, Fox to Close on NatGeo Deal
Other film and TV deals include, former Atlas Entertainment VP launching a new company Trimax Media and Media General acquiring media and marketing company Meredith and renaming to Meredith Media General. (SSN)
OTHER HEADLINES
Tom Cruise and Doug Liman Developing Sci-Fi Pic ‘Luna Park’ for Paramount
Cruise is joining director Doug Liman to develop long-gestating sci-fi action pic Luna Park with an eye to star in the film for Paramount. (VAR)
‘Preacher': First Poster, Release Date Revealed for Seth Rogen-Penned AMC Series
Today we got our first hit of news from the much anticipated Seth Rogen/ Evan Goldberg adaptation of Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon’s comic series, Preacher. Rogen tweeted out the first poster art for the AMC series and a release date of May 2016. (COLL)
Ronda Rousey Attached To ‘Road House’ Remake
Road House’s bouncer role, famously played by Patrick Swayze, could be passed to Ronda Rousey, the UFC fighter. MGM has been developing a new version of the cult 1989 drama since 2013. (EMP)
Paramount Acquires NY Times Bestseller ‘Little Brother’ For Angry Films As Possible YA Franchise
Paramount Pictures has acquired the feature rights to Little Brother, the New York Times bestselling novel by Cory Doctorow, for Angry Film producers Don Murphy and Susan Montford. (DH)
Russia Box Office: ‘Hitman: Agent 47′ Debuts On Top
Hitman: Agent 47 debuted on top in Russia on September’s first weekend. The crime thriller grossed 126 million rubles ($1.9 million). (THR)
For Your Consideration: 7 Films That Jumped Into the Oscar Race This Past Week
The awards conversation can change considerably in the six days between the Venice Film Festival kicking off and the Telluride Film Festival shutting down. Indiewire has a look at the ever-changing awards landscape. (IW)
Patrick Dempsey Joining ‘Bridget Jones’s Baby’ For Working Title
Patrick Dempsey is in final negotiations to join the cast of Bridget Jones’s Baby for Working Title’s Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner. The third installment sees Renee Zellweger reprising her role as the British publishing executive as she enters her 40s. (DH)