Sundance: Nick Jonas Fraternity Drama ‘Goat’ Nabbed By Paramount’s MTV Films
Paramount/MTV Films has acquired worldwide rights to Sundance darling Goat. The purchase price is just south of $3 million. (THR)
Amazon And Open Road Team Up For Acclaimed Sundance Doc ‘Gleason’
Amazon Studios has secured all U.S. rights to Clay Tweel’s acclaimed documentary Gleason. The company has bought all theatrical, On Demand and streaming rights and will partner with Open Road Films to co-release it in theaters this summer. (IW)
Harrison Ford, Natalie Dormer, And Paul Bettany Join Spy Thriller ‘Official Secrets’
Harrison Ford will be joining director Justin Chadwick’s Official Secrets. Also joining Ford are Paul Bettany, Natalie Dormer, Martin Freeman, and Sir Anthony Hopkins. They’re all on board the thriller slated to begin principal photography in May 2016 in the U.K. (COLL)
Slamdance Names ‘Million Dollar Duck,’ ‘Honey Buddies’ 2016 Festival Winners
The 22nd Slamdance Film Festival named The Million Dollar Duck the winner of both the Jury Award and Audience Award for Documentary Feature. Honey Buddies, by director Alex Simmons, won the Audience Award for Narrative Feature. (WRAP)
ABC Pilot Orders: Drama ‘Notorious’, 4 Comedies, Including Shondaland’s ‘Toast’
ABC picks up drama Notorious from Josh Berman and The Firm; and four comedies: Shondaland’s Toast, Hail Mary from Brian Gallivan and Seth Gordon; a lesbian-straight duo comedy, from writers Ed Weeks & Hannah Mackay; and The Fluffy Shop, co-written by and starring Gabriel Iglesias. (DH)
ABC Picks Up Comedy Pilot ‘The Second Fattest Housewife In Westport’
ABC has picked up a comedy pilot for The Second Fattest Housewife in Westport from writer Sarah Dunn and exec producer Aaron Kaplan. (VAR)
CBS Orders Football Comedy Pilot ‘The Kicker’ Produced By Tina Fey
CBS has given a pilot order to a multi-cam comedy called The Kicker, which Tina Fey, Jack Burditt, and Robert Carlock began developing for the network last year. (SS)
This Short Film Suggests That After You Die You Can Google Anything About Your Life
In The Answers, which has just debuted online after appearing at several film festivals, it’s not your pets or lost loves that you want to see immediately after dying—it’s the cold, hard, objective facts about the life you just left behind. (FC)
Screenwriters: ‘Dark Star’
An undated, unspecified draft of Dark Star by John Carpenter and Dan O’Bannon. (DS)