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Word is that Rothman’s tendency towards frugal budgets may have contributed to landing the job over other candidates such as Columbia Pictures president Doug Belgrad and Steve Mosko, president of Sony Pictures Television. Since 2013, Rothman has been heading up TriStar Productions, which produced Robert Zemeckis’ film
The Walk, as a joint venture with Sony.
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Sutter, wife Katey Sagal, Stephen Moyer, Matthew Rhys, Sam, Spruell, Lee Jones and more are on board the project, a period drama which centers on a former warrior knight in King Edward I's charge who is broken by the ravages of war and vows to lay down his sword. But when the violence finds him again, he's forced to pick up the bloodiest sword of all.
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Ron Howard and Brian Grazer's Imagine Entertainment and other producers are alleged to have breached an agreement to provide compensation to 54 survivors of genocide who shared traumatic personal stories. According to the complaint, the story of what happened to these refugees in America dates back to 2002, when six of them were hired to work on the movie
Tears of the Sun, starring Bruce Willis.
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Plenty of action across all the spheres this week, with cable, network and digital all getting in on the action, as well as a beloved comic book series, moving forward with its original creator involved in the adaptation.
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Just days after signing a producing deal with the cable net, Marisa Tomei has announced her first project with the premium cable network: a biopic miniseries of Gloria Steinem, focusing on the 1971 founding of
Ms. Magazine. Kathy Najimy will co-star as former Congresswoman Bella Abzug, Steinem's close friend during those heady days of the second wave of feminism.
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Something new is premiering just about every day, but the highlights include complete series runs of
3rd Rock From the Sun and
A Different World, a new concert film by Aziz Ansari, and the arrival of two new Netflix Original Series,
The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, from Tina Fey and Robert Carlock and starring Ellie Kemper, and
Bloodline, starring Kyle Chandler.
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The
Guardians of the Galaxy director took to Facebook to counter charges by Dan Gilroy at the WGA awards and Jack Black (in song) at the Oscars to defend his film and those of Joss Whedon and the Russo Brothers.
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After watching
Birdman, Michael Keaton’s portrayal of a washed-up former cinematic superhero chasing glory with pretentious vanity projects seemed to hit close to home. Because of that, he decided he wants to play his iconic, signature character “until I die.”
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After seven seasons and 125 episodes, Leslie Knope and the lovable, bizarre and often crazy residents of the fictional town of Pawnee, Ind. are saying goodbye with a two-part finale on NBC. If you look back at the debut episode that aired on April 9, 2009, you might not even recognize Leslie, Ron Swanson, Tom Haverford and April Ludgate, as these characters have changed so much since the first season.
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The red band trailer of the new action comedy, starring Simon Pegg, Teresa Palmer, Alice Braga, Sullivan Stapleton and Luke Hemsworth, directed by Kriv Stenders. Film hits VOD on March 26th and theaters April 10th.
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