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SSN AWARDS ORIGINALS
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Oscar nominee Dern earned her second nod (her first was for 1992’s
Rambling Rose), for her performance in
Wild as Reese Witherspoon’s wounded but ever-hopeful mother, Bobbi. She’s previously won Golden Globes for her small-screen work in
Recount, Afterburn, and
Enlightened, a show whose fans took to social media to express their outrage upon its cancellation in 2013.
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TODAY’S HEADLINES
The new film from the director of
Compliance stars Oscar nominee Chiwetel Ejiofor, Margot Robbie, and Chris Pine, and the script, by Nissar Modi, was on the Black List in 2009. Earlier this month, Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions announced that they will be partnering to release the film.
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The Huntsman gets itself a new director, Bruce Willis signs on to
Extraction,
Blackwater gets a new writer, the latest
Pirates movie might have its female lead, and plenty more interesting tidbits as well.
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Melissa Benoist, best known for playing Marley on
Glee and Miles Teller’s love interest in
Whiplash, has landed the coveted role, having beaten out several other contenders, including
The Vampire Diaries actress Claire Holt.
Supergirl already has a series commitment from CBS and is expected to premiere sometime during the 2015-2016 season.
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While the company is in the midst of laying off between 150 and 400 of its employees, word comes that the release slate will be reduced to two films per year. As part of the restructuring marketing chief Dawn Taubin, vice chair Lew Coleman and COO Mark Zoradi are exiting the company, with Coleman retiring.
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The legendary Oscar-winner’s adaptation of the Shusaku Endo novel has landed Fábrica de Cine and SharpSword Films to co-produce and fully finance the picture that will star Liam Neeson, Andrew Garfield, Adam Driver and Tadanobu Asano. The film, which follows 17th century Portuguese Jesuits who face intense persecution during their mission to spread their faith in isolated Japan, will begin production January 30 in Taiwan.
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The
Neighbors star has signed on for
Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates, which will be directed by Jake Szymanski from a script by Andrew J. Cohen and Brendan O’Brien. Story follows two brothers who place an online ad to find dates for a wedding and the ad goes viral.
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Joel Edgerton and Jon Bernthal are the latest names in the running for the prime
Suicide Squad role originally filled by Tom Hardy. Hardy dropped out of the project earlier this month due to scheduling conflicts, and the part was then offered to Gyllenhaal. David Ayers is directing the film, which will start shooting this spring for an August 5th, 2016 release.
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Simon West, who directed
The Expendables 2, is on board to helm the project, which does not have a writer or cast currently attached. Goldcrest is behind the film, which is being produced by Richard Saperstein and Brian Witten, and which they hope will go into production this summer.
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Magnolia Pictures has picked up world rights to writer-director Andrew Bujalski's
Results, which will premiere at the festival next week. The comedy stars Guy Pearce, Cobie Smulders, Kevin Corrigan, Giovani Ribisi, Anthony Michael Hall, Brooklyn Decker and Constance Zimmer and is set in the fitness world of Austin, TX.
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