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SSN ORIGINALS
This past weekend, SALLOWEST hit Santa Monica. The event had 37 New York Times Bestselling authors and 36 local and acclaimed authors and artists among many others fielding questions at panels, book signings and workshops. To wrap-up the event SSN picked eight YA novels ripe for adaptation.
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Franco is working with Emma Roberts on the YA adaptation, while Elijah Wood starts
The Greasy Strangler. Meanwhile, a number of projects wrap principal photography, including
Oppenheimer Strategies with Richard Gere and Lauren Cohan in
The Boy.
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TODAY’S HEADLINES
Just about every major star in Hollywood will be stopping by to say goodbye to the cranky guy behind the desk, including Alec Baldwin, George Clooney, Julia Roberts, Billy Crystal, Robert Downey, Jr., Will Ferrell, Tina Fey, Michael J. Fox, Tom Hanks, Scarlett Johansson, Michael Keaton, Steve Martin, Bill Murray, Sarah Jessica Parker, Don Rickles, Ray Romano, Paul Rudd, Jerry Seinfeld, Martin Short, Howard Stern, John Travolta, Bruce Willis and Oprah Winfrey.
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New Line has bought upcoming the upcoming memoir by Dan Marshall, with
Warm Bodies helmer Jonathan Levine set to direct. In
Home Is Burning, which will hit shelves in October via Flatiron Books, Marshall recounts when he had to move home (into his parents' basement) to help out after his mother faced a cancer relapse and his father was diagnosed with ALS.
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The Walt Disney Studios has also joined the project to co-produce and co-finance, making
The BFG the very first time Spielberg is directing a Disney-branded movie. The adaptation of Roald Dahl’s novel will star Mark Rylance as the title character and Ruby Barnhill as Sophie, the young orphan who travels to Giant Country. The film will also feature Penelope Wilton, Rebecca Hall, Bill Hader and Jemaine Clement.
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The
Battlestar Galactica alumna is set to topline another drama set in the future, this one her own creation. Sackhoff has teamed with
Continuum producer Reunion Pictures for the project,
Rain, which she wrote and is executive producing though her Fly Free Productions. Show is described as an evolutionary parable that gives us a look into our possible future as a species viewed through the eyes of a soldier named Rain (Sackhoff).
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The actress will play Plumette the feather duster - maid of the castle prior to the Enchantress' spell, who is also Lumiere's girlfriend. She is transformed into a feather duster after the curse. The movie stars Emma Watson as Belle, Dan Stevens as the beast, and Luke Evans as Gaston. It hits theaters in March of 2017.
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Just a few days after
American Hotel Story alum Kathy Bates was confirmed to rejoin the series for the upcoming
Hotel, Paulson has checked in as well. In true Ryan Murphy style, the showrunner tweeted that “AHS” mainstay Paulson will be returning for the fifth season. Paulson has starred in all four of the previous installments. She joins the previously announced Lady Gaga, Matt Bomer, Cheyenne Jackson, Wes Bentley and Chloë Sevigny.
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The newest look at the upcoming reboot of the franchise, which reveals the movie’s villain, so, spoiler alert. The movie stars Arnold Schwarzenegger, Emilia Clarke, Jason Clarke and Jai Courtney, and hits theaters July 1st.
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Marvel’s latest look at the highly anticipated follow-up to next month’s
Avengers: Age Of Ultron, features Paul Rudd in the title role. The movie also stars Michael Douglas, Evangeline Lily, and Corey Stoll and hits theaters July 17th.
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