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The agency’s response begins with the statement, "Despite what CAA would like to believe, its front doors are not a one-way turnstile.” In dual demurrers and motions to strike filed yesterday in Los Angeles Superior Court, UTA came out swinging against its cross-town rival, accusing it of manufacturing a bogus lawsuit.
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The actress and musician stars on Fox’s
New Girl, although her titular character will be absent for four episodes when the comedy returns for its fifth season, as Deschanel is pregnant. She will, however, appear in theaters this fall in Barry Levinson’s
Rock the Kasbah, which stars Bill Murray as a washed-up music manager who shepherds a young singer through an Afghan reality singing competition.
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With the studio wanting to build a series of spinoffs, and with Goldsman hired to oversee said building, deals have been made with Robert Kirkman, Zak Penn, Jeff Pinkner and the writing team of Art Marcum & Matt Holloway. There is no word on whether they will all work together or on four different projects. Notable by his absence is Ehren Kruger, who wrote three of the first four
Transformers films.
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Cable net has handed out its first orders to a comedy starring Nick Nolte, called
Graves, and the 10-part espionage thriller
Berlin Station. Both projects come from Epix’s parent companies Lionsgate and Paramount. A third series is in the works from MGM, the other parent in Epix’s trio of studio partners. Both have 10-episode straight-to-series orders.
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Andrea Riseborough looks set to join Jack Huston, who has been cast as the lead role originated by the late Brandon Lee. Riseborough would play Top Dollar, who in the novel and the original movie was the baddest of the bad guys — yes, a guy — in the story of Draven, who comes back from the dead to avenge his girlfriend’s death after both were killed in a deadly attack. Michael Wincott played Top Dollar in the first film, which came out in 1994.
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Luhrman’s
The Get Down tells the saga of how New York at the brink of bankruptcy gave birth to hip-hop, punk and disco — told through the lives and music of the South Bronx kids who did it. Now, the father of hip-hop will serve as an associate producer and adviser on the drama series, with young actor Mamoudou Athie portraying Flash on-screen.
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The actor has confirmed that he is signed up for several more Marvel movies, including two more in the
Guardians of the Galaxy series, as well as at least two others. Speculation has him, and his fellow Guardians, appearing in the two-part
Avengers: Infinity War, which will be directed by Anthony and Joe Russo and will hit theaters in 2018 and 2019.
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Twelve-time Oscar nominee Roger Deakins has joined the project, which won’t even start shooting until the summer of 2016. Harrison Ford has been confirmed for a return as Rick Deckard, and Ryan Gosling has been heavily rumored for the lead role. The new film is written by
Blade Runner co-writer Hampton Fancher and Michael Green, from an idea by Fancher and Ridley Scott.
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Fox Searchlight and Indian Paintbrush have released a new international trailer for the film, directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon. The film was this year’s big winner at the Sundance Film Festival, taking home both the Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Award. It opens June 12th.
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A mentor (sometimes referred to as the guardian) serves the purpose of providing physical training and/or wisdom to the protagonist in his or her efforts to achieve the outer journey of the story (the physical mission). Some brilliant script gurus lump the mentor in with other types of reflection characters, but it’s important to break this character off as separate and independent.
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