‘La La Land,’ ‘Moonlight,’ ‘Fences’ Nab Producers Guild Nominations
Arrival, Deadpool, Fences, Hacksaw Ridge, Hell or High Water, Hidden Figures, La La Land, Lion, Manchester by the Sea, and Moonlight have been nominated for the Producers Guild of America’s top movie award. (VAR)
VES Awards: ‘Kubo’ Leads Animation Pack With Six Nominations
Kubo and the Two Strings is the top animated film contender with six nominations, followed by four apiece for Moana and Finding Dory. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story received the most feature film nominations with seven. (CB)
Coen Bros Announce First TV Project, Old West Anthology ‘The Ballad of Buster Scruggs’
Veteran filmmakers Joel and Ethan Coen team up with Annapurna Television for the miniseries. (WRAP)
DreamWorks Animation Finds New Chief In Warner Bros. Veteran
Chris deFaria, who served as president of animation and technical innovation at Warner Bros. Pictures, has been named president of DreamWorks Feature Animation Group. (THR)
ICM Partners’ TV Lit Agents Lanny Noveck & Brandy Rivers Exit
Lanny Noveck and Brandy Rivers, agents in ICM Partners’ TV lit department, have left the agency. The duo were let go after the agency brass had completed the annual end-of-year evaluation of the company’s business. (DH)
Sundance 2017: HBO Acquires War Documentary ‘Cries From Syria’
Evgeny Afineevsky’s documentary about the Syrian civil war will premiere at Sundance before playing on HBO in March. (IW)
Universal Lands ‘The Pact’ Starring Leslie Mann, John Cena
The directorial debut of Pitch Perfect scribe Kay Cannon will hit theaters in April 2018. (THR)
Regina King Inks Production Deal With ABC Studios
Emmy-winning American Crime co-star Regina King has signed a two-year deal with the studio behind the acclaimed John Ridley limited series, ABC Studios, for her production company Royal Ties. (DH)
A Major Awards-Season Surprise Emerges
The Producers Guild swings big for a comic-book film, while Denzel Washington and Barry Jenkins are left curiously on the sidelines across the pond. (VF)