Awards 2015 Spotlights: Christopher Nolan and James Marsh, Film Development For 12/11/14, 20th and Vice Media Launch New Film Venture

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Awards 2015 Spotlight: Director Christopher Nolan Journeys Across Space For ‘Interstellar’

“It’s going to happen someday,” says the director, who is still looking for his first Academy Award nomination for Best Director. Now, he’s hoping to get it with the hugely successful and very personal Interstellar. (SSN)

Awards 2015 Spotlight: Director James Marsh Talks Hawking and ‘The Theory Of Everything’ 

The director, who won an Oscar for helming the documentary Man On Wire, talks about wanting to “embrace light as much as possible,” in his romantic tale of the world’s most famous physicist and his first wife. (SSN)

TODAY’S HEADLINES

Film Development For 12/11/14: ‘Divergent’ Sequel Gets a Director, Disney Targets Arrows At ‘Nottingham and Hood’

John Wells gets a new directing gig, Susan Sarandon and Kathy Bates get new jobs, a long-gestating space opera finds a new home, and plenty more. (SSN)

Twentieth Century Fox and Vice Media See the Future Of Cinema, and It Is Millennials

The two companies have launched Vice Films, focused producing two films per year for around $2 million each, with both companies collaborating on development, Fox handling production and theatrical distribution while Vice manages marketing outreach and digital distribution. (IW)

Les Moonves Will Be Sticking Around At CBS For a While Longer

The network extends the CEO’s contract for two years, through 2019, at which point the 65-year-old exec will serve as “executive advisor” for five years, the company says, with an option to create a production company “under CBS’s auspices.” (DH)

A Day After Promoting Ed Romano To Vice Chairman, Warner Bros. Finds His Replacement For CFO

Former CFO of CORE Media Group Kim Williams takes over for Romano, and will now have responsibility for the company’s financial activities, including financial reporting, budgeting and planning for future growth. (THR)

If You Were Looking Forward To Seeing ‘Kung Fu Panda 3,’ You’ll Have To Wait Longer Than Expected

DreamWorks Animation moves the third movie in the popular franchise out of its December 23rd, 2015 slot to make way for the anticipated dominance of Star Wars: The Force Awakens. The new release date is March 18th, 2016. (VAR)

George Clooney and Bennett Miller Want To Bring You a TV Show About the ‘90s Movie Business

Rescue Me co-creator Peter Tolan is also involved in developing the series, which is a dark comedy looking at the movie business through the eyes of the studio executives running it. (VUL)

‘True Detective’ Show Runner Nic Pizzollato Is Clearly a Fan Of ‘Hard To Hold,’ Casts Rick Springfield In Season Two

The actor and singer, perhaps better known for singing hits like “Jessie’s Girl,” has joined the last of the Emmy-winning series, currently shooting its second season with stars Vince Vaughn, Rachel McAdams and Colin Farrell. (MF)

Trailer Buzz: ‘The Gunman’

The first official trailer from Sean Penn’s very first action movie, also starring Javier Bardem, Idris Elba, Ray Winstone and Mark Rylance, and directed by Pierre Morel. Film hits theaters March 20th, 2015. (YM)