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SSN AWARDS ORIGINALS
PRODUCTION DESIGN
From the instant
Into the Woods debuted on stage, it was collectively hoped that it would one day become a film. After 27 years, Disney greenlit the film adaptation of the long-awaited classic and the film has since been nominated for numerous awards throughout the season.
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TODAY’S HEADLINES
It’s been a tough year for DreamWorks Animation. The former animation powerhouse, which even gave Disney a run for its money, has suffered through an embarrassing slate of costly flops, failed merger attempts, high-profile creative restructuring, an ever-shifting release schedule, and several rounds of devastating lay-offs. Now, two questions remain—what went wrong, and can the company be saved?
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A huge amount of info about upcoming films, including many more attachments and developments for movies across the spectrum, both studio-driven and independent.
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Company has picked up
Burden, a racial drama from newcomer Andrew Heckler, and will use it to launch Relativity Squared, aka R2. Run by Robbie Brenner, Relativity president of production and producer of
Dallas Buyers Club, the division's mandate is to acquire and produce lower-budget, story-driven films with a unique point of view.
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The Oscar-winner will play
Oliver! composer and lyricist Lionel Bart in director Vadim Jean’s biopic,
Consider Yourself. He’ll be joined in the cast by Stephen Fry, Olivia Colman, Eddie Marsan, Matt Lucas and Michelle Dockery. Al Weaver will play Bart / Rush as a younger man.
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Based on a novel by
Six Days of the Condor author James Grady — which was, of course, turned into
Three Days of the Condor, starring Robert Redford — action comedy centers on five deranged CIA killers who are forced to break out of an asylum after someone murders their psychiatrist and frames them for the deed.
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AT&T has announced that it will launch the first original, scripted series on the social networking platform, the one that's popular because messages sent using it, disappear soon afterward. To be titled
SnapperHero, it'll be the first scripted Snapchat series where "real-time, immediate engagement meets a fun superhero universe.” The series will roll out with 12 episodes over a 4 week period, beginning soon, with all content living primarily on Snapchat.
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After lending his voice to Tony Stark’s droll A.I. Jarvis from the first
Iron Man onwards, this year’s
Avengers: Age Of Ultron will find Bettany in a live-action role, suited up as Avenger android, The Vision. The actor has said he has more such appearances in the future. No specific film was mentioned, but The Vision will likely show up in
Captain America: Civil War.
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Though he will not star in the show, of course, the Oscar nominee will be an executive producer on the pilot, along with Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci. Neil Berger, who directed the film, will also direct the pilot for CBS.
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The first look at the comedic sequel to the monster 2012 hit. Starring Mark Wahlberg, Amanda Seyfried and the vocal talents of co-writer-director Seth McFarlane, the movie will hit theaters June 26th.
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