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De Luca had been serving as president of production at Sony, and at Universal, he will oversee the remaining two installments in the
Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy. The financial rewards for his involvement could be upwards of $20 million, making that a difficult opportunity to pass up. De Luca is expected to shortly announce an overall production deal at Universal.
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Suit alleges "a desperate attempt to steal clients and employees" in response to the industry-shaking defection of 10 agents on Tuesday and Wednesday. In the suit filed yesterday in Los Angeles Superior Court, CAA alleges seven causes of action, including claims of breach of fiduciary duty and breach of the duty of loyalty against agents Gregory Cavic and Gregory McKnight, both of whom worked for CAA for a decade before abruptly jumping ship to UTA.
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Bridesmaids and
The Heat director Paul Feig is in negotiations to direct the project, which will have a script by Jason Micallef. Hasbro, Chernin Entertainment and Feig’s Feigco shingle will produce. It’s the latest example of studios embracing branded products for tentpole entertainment, and Hasbro has about as much momentum in the branded film realm as anybody.
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The online streaming service announced via the show’s Twitter page that the show would be coming back in 2016. Netflix closely guards its viewership numbers, so there is no word on how the third season compared to that of the first two, but it was clearly good enough for the network to bring the show back for at least one more go around.
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A day after news broke that the duo was making the farcical “thriller”
A Deadly Adoption for the TV network, Ferrell and Wiig walked away from it, lamenting in a statement, “We are deeply disappointed that our planned top secret project was made public.” Was it just an elaborate April Fool’s Joke? Or did the internet just show us all why we can’t have nice things?
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The author of the
A Song Of Ice and Fire series that spawned the HBO series
Game Of Thrones has released a chapter of his upcoming and long awaited novel,
The Winds Of Winter on his personal website. The chapter focuses on Sansa Stark, aka Alayne, and is probably a must read for any fan of the books.
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It appears the series will be a multi-cam show starring Candace Cameron Bure as DJ Tanner and Andrea Barber as Kimmy Gibler. Original series stars John Stamos, Bob Saget and Dave Coulier could make guest appearances, and Stamos may produce. Netflix is looking at a 13-episode series order.
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Get ready to say goodbye to
Mad Men, welcome back Toni Morrison, and get
Furious again, as your Creative Calendar for April ushers in spring. Among the items on the list is the book
Brokenomics: 50 Ways to Live the Dream on a Dime, by SSN’s own Senior Staff Writer Dina Gachman.
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A first image has emerged from the new Melissa McCarthy comedy, which she co-wrote with her husband, Ben Falcone, and Steve Mallory. Falcone is directing the film, also starring Kristen Bell, and it hits theaters in 2016.
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The 154-page script by Stanley Kubrick, widely considered to be one of the greatest movies never made. The script is dated September 29th, 1969.
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