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After the top executive spent 15 years in the studio's top creative role, Hollywood is abuzz with speculation about who might get the vacant job. The two most obvious candidates are Jeff Robinov and Tom Rothman, both former studio heads at Warner Bros. and 20th Century Fox, respectively, but there is scuttlebutt that neither was tipped off about Pascal’s move. There are also others from inside the company who could be elevated.
(THR)
The peacock network has handed out early renewals to
The Black List,
Chicago P.D.,
Chicago Fire,
Law & Order: SVU and
Grimm. By the numbers, that’s season three for
Blacklist, season four for
Chicago Fire, season three for
P.D., a whopping 17th season for
SVU and season five for
Grimm. No other renewal or cancelation decisions have yet been made.
(EW)
The online streaming service has just given a 13-episode order to Baz Luhrmann's first television series, "The Get Down," a period drama set in New York City when hip-hop, punk and other innovative music exploded onto the scene. Simultaneously, a surge in crime, violence and urban decay plagued the Big Apple, making for a perfect thematic pairing for the Oscar-nominated director's new, extended venture.
(IW)
Courtney B. Vance has been cast as the firebrand attorney who coined the phrase “If the glove doesn’t fit, you must acquit.” He joins Cuba Gooding Jr., Sarah Paulson, David Schwimmer and John Travolta in the cast. Mini-series will be written by Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski. Ryan is executive producing with fellow
American Horror Story co-creator Brad Falchuk, Nina Jacobson & Brad Simpson, Alexander, Karaszewski and Dante Di Loreto.
(DH)
McCarten is developing
The Darkest Hour with his
The Theory Of Everything production company Working Title. Film is set in 1940, when Churchill was in his first days as Prime Minister. With Britain under serious threat from Germany and the tide looking likely to turn even further against us, Churchill was under pressure to strike a deal with Hitler that would see Britain effectively become a Third Reich puppet stake.
(EMP)
Two weeks after its successful Sundance premiere, the Allison Brie-Jason Sudeikis flick went for above seven figures to the company behind
Boyhood, with a commitment for a seven figure P&A. Leslye Headland directed from her own script, with Sudeikis portraying a womanizer and Brie a serial cheater. The characters first meet in college, then rekindle their relationship when they run into each other more than a decade later at a sex addicts meeting.
(VAR)
As of yesterday’s launch, the site will host over 2,500 hours of classic television and movies, including
Mystery Science Theater 3000,
Father Knows Best, and
The Twilight Zone. It also has a variety of comedy specials, 16 films and documentaries from the Werner Herzog collection, and Roger Corman‘s cult classics.
(COL)
Keanu Reeves will become part of a cast that includes Christina Hendricks, Jena Malone and Bella Heathcote, and which will star Elle Fanning. The film is a horror movie about “vicious beauty,” in the words of Refn himself. Shooting is scheduled to begin in Los Angeles later this year.
(SF)
The first look at the remake of the classic 80s horror flick, starring Sam Rockwell, Rosemarie DeWitt and Jared Harris. The film is scheduled for release on July 24th.
(MF)
The 97-page, unspecified draft of the screenplay by Adolph Green and Betty Comden, dated May 23rd, 1951.
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