Doug Belgrad Exits As President Of Sony Pictures’ Motion Picture Group
Doug Belgrad, the president of Sony Pictures’ motion picture group, is stepping down this summer. Belgrad, who has been with the studio for 27 years, is expected to transition to a producer role. (LAT)
Warner Bros, Safehouse Team On Contemporized ‘Count Of Monte Cristo’ With William Eubank, Joe Pokaski
Warner Bros and Safehouse Pictures have set The Signal helmer William Eubank to direct, and Underground’s Joe Pokaski to write Count. (DH)
James Franco Starring In Stephen King’s ‘Drunken Fireworks’
James Franco will star in a movie adaptation of the Stephen King short story Drunken Fireworks with the actor’s Rabbit Bandini Productions and Rubicon Entertainment producing. (VAR)
Ryan Case To Helm Fox Feature Comedy ‘Fire Me’
Ryan Case, the Emmy-winning editor and director, has been set to make her feature directorial debut on the 20th Century Fox comedy, Fire Me. Red Hour Films and Erica Steinberg are producing, and Jeremy Kramer overseeing for Twentieth. (DH)
Anthony Hopkins Officially Joins ‘Transformers: The Last Knight’
Sir Anthony Hopkins has been cast in Transformers: The Last Knight. Next entry in hit franchise opens June 23, 2017. (WRAP)
Ex-Paramount President Adam Goodman Negotiating China Backing For Film Venture
Le Vision is negotiating to back Goodman could expand his relationship with Le Vision’s Los Angeles outpost down the road. (THR)
Gillian Anderson Joins American Gods, Reuniting With Hannibal‘s Bryan Fuller
The Emmy-winning actress will re-team with Hannibal showrunner Bryan Fuller on his upcoming Starz adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s fantasy novel American Gods. (TVL)
Jennifer Connelly Joins Josh Brolin, Miles Teller In ‘No Exit’
Joseph Kosinski is directing the firefighter movie that also will star Taylor Kitsch and Jeff Bridges. (THR)
Screenwriters: ‘Ordinary People’
The September 21, 1979 second draft by Alvin Sargent. (DS)