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Martin Casella penned the screenplay for this '60s set tale that follows a struggling nightclub performer hoping to make it big with his stage act involving circus animals. He is forced to reconnect with his estranged 12-year old son, Tom, when his ex-wife departs on a three week trip, leaving the pair to rekindle their father-son relationship. Lasse Hallström is directing.
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Based on a 2014 Black List script, the story follows a hospital caregiver with ulterior motives (to be played by Foxx) who is assigned to look after the mysterious victim of a bank robbery. Hernany Perla wrote the script and Noam Murro will direct. Production is expected to begin this fall with William Green and Aaron Ginsburg of Atlas Entertainment producing.
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Stephen Root has joined the cast of the comedy, which also stars Adam Devine, Aubrey Plaza and Anna Kendrick in a film about two hard-partying brothers who place an ad online to find dates for a wedding and find a pair of women who can out-party them. Jake Szymanski will direct, with Chernin Entertainment producing along with Jonathan Levine. Andrew J. Cohen and Brendan O’Brien wrote the script.
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T.R. Knight, best known for his work on the first few seasons of
Grey’s Anatomy, has signed on to play Johnny Clayton, a "charismatic but controlling" salesman who can't break up with his estranged wife Sadie Dunill, who is in love with main character Jake Epping. James Franco is playing Epping, while Sarah Gadon will play Sadie in the adaptation of the Stephen King novel.
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Rubén Blades has landed a role in the AMC horror drama, which is currently filming. He is set to play Daniel, the father of Ofelia, a similarly under-described character to be portrayed by Mercedes Mason. Cliff Curtis and Kim Dickens will lead the
Walking Dead spinoff. The show is set to premiere some time later this year, probably in the summer, but no set date has been announced.
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In a tweet to fans, Miller thanked people for “all the kind words written and said about the film,” and promised there is more to come. Star Tom Hardy is contracted for more films, and Miller has previously said he has ideas for two more stories to tell. He also revealed that the next chapter in the tale of Max Rockatansky will be called
Mad Max: The Wasteland.
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Tina Fey’s
The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt co-creator has inked a new two-year overall deal with the studio, where he previously had an exclusive deal. Carlock, who most recently produced ABC's Universal TV
Family Fortune pilot starring Fortune Feimster, will continue to serve as an EP on Netflix/UTV's
Schmidt.
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In the cover story for this month’s issue of
GQ, the
Guardians of the Galaxy and
Jurassic World star was asked if he and Channing Tatum were being courted for one of the “shared universe” films, as has been previously reported. He said, in no uncertain terms, that he hadn’t. Read the story for all the info.
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Warner Bros. has unveiled a new trailer for the Joe Wright-directed re-imagining of the Peter Pan story, which stars Hugh Jackman, Garrett Hedlund, Rooney Mara, Cara Delivigne and Amanda Seyfried, as well as newcomer Levi Miller. It hits theaters October 9th.
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In this exclusive video, the multiple Emmy Award-winning writer-director-producer talks about how to tell a story that will keep people engaged, and reveals at least one secret about great writers: he listens, he observes, he’s curious about people.
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