Jerry Bruckheimer Television Parts Ways With Warner Bros. TV
With the prolific producer’s 15-year, exclusive pact with Warner Bros. Television ending this year, Jerry Bruckheimer Television will become an independently financed outfit. (THR)
Jennifer Lawrence Will Star In A Movie About Theranos
Jennifer Lawrence is joining an upcoming Adam McKay drama about Theranos, the blood-testing startup. Lawrence would play Elizabeth Holmes, the company’s founder, and McKay would direct. (VER)
Angelina Jolie May Board ‘Murder On the Orient Express’
Spider-Man: Homecoming Adds Kenneth Choi As New Character
Kenneth Choi has just joined the cast of Homecoming as the principal of Peter Parker’s high school. (SR)
Helena Bonham Carter Reteaming With Producer Faye Ward For ‘Saint Mazie’; Scott LaStaiti’s Palantir Co-Producing
Helena Bonham Carter is reuniting with Suffragate producer Faye Ward to develop Saint Mazie, the fictional novel by Jami Attenberg based on a real-life character. Scott LaStaiti’s Palantir Group is partnering with Ward’s Fable Pictures on the prospective mini-series, which Clara Brennan (Janis) is adapting. (DH)
HBO Names Francesca Orsi, David Levine Co-Heads Of Drama
Both senior vice presidents report directly to Programming President Casey Bloys. (WRAP)
‘Descendants 2’ Gets Greenlight At Disney Channel
Disney Channel has given the greenlight to Descendants 2, a sequel to the network’s hit original movie, Kenny Ortega will once again direct, executive produce and choreograph the film, which follows the teenage sons and daughters of Disney’s most infamous villains. (VAR)
Universal Is Not Having The Greatest Year – Can The Studio Still Turn Things Around? (Studio Series)
Universal, broke just about every box office record there was in 2015 but is struggling through the first five-plus months of this year. (TB)
Screenwriters: ‘High Noon’
An undated shooting draft by Carl Foreman (based on a story by John M. Cunningham). (DS)