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Once again, there has been plenty of action over the last week, both with the announcing of new projects and the new attachments to previously established ones. Click on the link to get the full skinny as to who has gone where, and will be working with whom.
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TODAY’S HEADLINES
The actor will star in and produce the live-action film for New Regency, The Henson Co. and Lisa Henson. The bigscreen adaptation of the musical puppet series created by the late Jim Henson has been in the works for nearly a decade, but the attachment of Gordon-Levitt constitutes a major boost.
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Under the pact, Sher and Shiny Penny will develop projects for FX Networks. Sher is coming off her first TV pact — a two-year first-look deal at AMC for Double Feature Films, her company with Michael Shamberg. At AMC, Sher is executive producing the upcoming straight-to-series drama
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Shane Black’s period noir starring Russell Crowe and Ryan Gosling as a private eye (Gosling) and a hired leg-breaker (Crowe) who must work together to solve the case of a missing girl and the seemingly unrelated death of a porn star, is now coming out May 20th, 2016, while the Kevin Hart-Dwayne Johnson buddy comedy will now hit theaters a month later, on June 17th.
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Writer of the last three
Transformers films is on board for the studio, with the plan being for the series to follow the swashbuckling adventures of brothers Wilhelm and Jacob Grimm, who discover startling mythology and supernatural stakes behind the folklore sweeping 19th century Europe. Original film’s director, Terry Gilliam, is not involved.
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Based on Japanese author Juko Nishimura’s novel, novel was originally adapted into a film in 1976, and became the first foreign film released in China following the Cultural Revolution. It tracks a prosecutor who is framed for robbery and rape and must head out on a mission to clear his name while taking down those who are trying to ruin it. Woo might have cameras rolling later this year.
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Ruth Negga, late of the ABC series
Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., has been cast as former hitwoman Tulip O'Hare. This is the first cast announcement for the series, which is being developed for television by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg. Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon, who created the original comic series for DC's Vertigo imprint, are on-board as co-executive producers.
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At a time when most major publishers don’t accept unsolicited submissions, Oni Press is bucking convention. The Portland, Oregon-based publisher announced this morning that it will begin accepting electronic submissions and pitches in May, not only from artists but from writers and colorists as well. More details are promised that month.
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Twentieth Century Fox has released the first look at the upcoming reboot of the classic horror film, starring Sam Rockwell, Rosemarie DeWitt, Jared Harris and Jane Adams and directed by Gil Kenan. The film hits theaters on May 22nd.
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The first look at the latest cinematic adaptation of a John Green book (after last year’s smash tearjerker
The Fault in Our Stars), starring Nat Wolff and Cara Delvigne, and directed by Jake Schreier. The movie is scheduled for release on July 24th.
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