Film & TV Deals for 3/23/16: Huayi Bros Media Launches Wink Animation, Lantica Media & AMBI Group Sign Co-Financing Deal, Sky VR Studio Opens For Business
Other film and TV deals include, UK producer Damian Jones signing a first-look deal with Fox Searchlight and film and finance company Night Fox Entertainment opening an acquisitions arm. (SSN)
Rep Moves For 3/23/16: ‘Making A Murderer’ Writer-Director Duo Laura Ricciardi & Moira Demos Sign With CAA, ‘Roots’ Star Malachi Kirby Inks With WME
Other rep moves include, singer song-writer Ben Harper signing with WME and NFL star Trent Dilfer signing with CAA. (SSN)
Josh Greenstein’s Sony Marketing Makeover: 20 Layoffs, Danielle Misher, Damon Wolf To Co-Head Screen Gems & TriStar Marketing
Josh Greenstein has reorganized the Sony Marketing Department which will mean 20 layoffs and Sony execs Danielle Misher and Damon Wolf to become co-heads of marketing for Screen Gems, TriStar and Acquisitions. (DH)
‘Hunger Games’ Actress to Star In Black Lives Matter YA Novel Adaptation
Fox 2000 won a heated bidding war for Angela Thomas’ debut novel The Hate U Give with George Tillman Jr. attached to direct and Amandla Stenberg to star. (THR)
‘Roman Holiday’ Musical, With Cole Porter Songs, Aims For Broadway
Producers of of the Carole King musical Beautiful are targeting Broadway with a new musical adaptation of Audrey Hepburn film Roman Holiday, featuring Cole Porter songs and bowing in San Francisco in the spring of 2017 prior to a Broadway transfer in the fall. (VAR)
TNT Orders ‘Claws’ Nail Salon Dramedy Pilot From Rashida Jones & Will McCormack
TNT has given a pilot order to Claws, an hourlong dramedy set in a Southern Florida nail salon from Rashida Jones and Will McCormack’s Le Train Train in association with Warner Horizon Television and TNT Original Productions. (DH)
Forget Batman And Superman: See The Evolution Of That Film’s Secret Star, Wonder Woman
She doesn’t have her own movie yet, but before you get to know the new Wonder Woman, check out her 75-year evolution. (FCC)
TRAILER BUZZ: ‘Bridget Jones Baby’
Renee Zellweger made an appearance on Wednesday’s The Ellen DeGeneres Show, where she debuted the new trailer for Bridget Jones’s Baby. (EW)
TRAILER BUZZ: ‘Deepwater Horizon’