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SSN ORIGINALS
Launched in 2000, the site has grown from two exhibitors to 240, making it the market leader in advance movie ticketing. Not only that, but the company represents 28,000 screens, 2,000 ahead of its nearest competitor, Fandango. The site’s continued growth in the industry offers some key lessons to executives. SSN sat down with the CEO, Joel Cohen to hear why the company’s products have been successful and what the future holds.
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It’s been a very busy week in Hollywoodland with all the attachments and new projects announced. Among them, villains for the
Magnificent Seven and
Crow remakes, a male lead for
Wonder Woman, directors for Tom Cruise’s next Jack Reacher film and
The Girl on the Train adaptation, and a star for
Tom’s Dad, while a host of new projects come up, and you should click the link to get all the info.
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TODAY’S HEADLINES
The Imitation Game writer teams with director Marc Forster for an untitled outbreak drama, which the network has picked up straight to a 10-episode series. The untitled drama is said to offer a candid look at an outbreak that pushes its characters to extremes, revealing the best and worst humanity has to offer. Moore created the show and will write the first episode, with Forster directing and Nora Grossman, Ido Ostrowsky and Jillian Kugler executive producing.
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Alfre Woodard and Talitha Bateman have joined the cast of Sarah Weeks’ young adult novel,
So B. It, with Stephen Gyllenhaal directing. Story chronicles the journey of a 12-year-old girl who decides to take a solo cross-country trip with her mentally challenged mother and agoraphobic neighbor. Outside The Box Productions’ Adam Tenenbaum and Orien Richman and Branded Pictures Entertainment’s J. Todd Harris are producing.
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Word has come down from Comedy Central that the South African comedian will take over for Jon Stewart on September 28th. Stewart announced his departure from the show in February. The exiting host also stood up for his successor after Noah received backlash for his past controversial tweets and encouraged viewers to give Noah a chance.
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Woody Harrelson and Laura Dern are in talks to star in
Wilson, with Clowes writing the screenplay and Craig Johnson directing. The 2010 graphic novel revolves around the titular misanthrope: an opinionated loner who loves his dog but finds people harder to get along with. But when his father dies, he sets out to find his junkie ex-wife, learns he has a teenage daughter he never knew about, and tries for a last haphazard stab at family life.
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The network has commissioned a script from Craig Brewer, who would also direct the pilot if it advances to that stage. It would basically mirror the movie that starred John Travolta and Debra Winger as a cowboy and his love interest looking for love in a Houston bar. If the project manages to go the distance, the reboot would serve as a companion series to the net’s breakout hit
Empire. (EW)
The Emmy-winning
True Detective director dropped out of the project last weekend because of differences with New Line, who was producing the film at the time. Most notably, major cuts to the budget. Now, with Warner back running the show, the studio is expected to hire a new director and continue developing the project.
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Anne Hathaway will star in the adaptation of Charlotte Rogan’s 2012 book,
The Lifeboat, with Wright on board to direct. Story takes place in the summer of 1914 when newlywed Grace Winters (Hathaway) survives the sinking of transatlantic ocean liner Empress. Now aboard an over-capacity lifeboat, the remaining passengers must choose factions to decide who stays and who goes. Focus Features and Working Title are producing. Wright's next film,
Pan, hits theaters October 9th.
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Television 360’s Guymon Casady, and
Good People’s producer Benjamin Forkner are behind the project, which would adapt all five of Patricia Highsmith’s novels about the character, including
The Talented Mr. Ripley. Deal was made in conjunction with Philipp Keel who works with Highsmith’s publishing company Diogenes. No word yet on a writer or a network.
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