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Despite the fact that Ferrell said that the project had been cancelled because of how some outlets reported it, billboards started appearing yesterday to advertise on a billboard on Hollywood Boulevard. The female-skewing cable network confirmed the upcoming broadcast for Saturday night, June 20th.
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The two companies have struck a multiyear financing pact that will pay for a slate of films produced by Open Road, beginning with Jamie Foxx and Michelle Monaghan's
Sleepless Night. The idea is to finance two to four films a year that will get a wide release in the U.S. Riverstone is a Reliance Entertainment company founded by Deepak Nayar and Nik Bower and backed by Ingenious Media.
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Cable network is teaming up with screenwriter Kurt Wimmer to develop
When The Levee Breaks, which follows events that take place when an illegal strike by the LAPD threatens chaos in Los Angeles. An African American cop, said to be the series' central character, investigates the murders of two racist cops whose deaths provoked the illegal LAPD strike - and to whose murders he himself may be linked.
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During an interview with Adam Carolla on the comedian’s podcast, the show’s executive producer confirmed that the band is being put back together for a fifth season of the show. The plan, apparently, is to start shooting in January and then have the shows premiere at some point during next summer on Netflix.
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Fresh off shooting Quentin Tarantino’s
Hateful Eight, Roth joins Melanie Lynsky, Graham Rodgers, Billy Crudup, Liana Liberato, Peter Coyote, Stephanie Scott, Yul Vazquez, Elizabeth Canavan and Tom Cocquerel in the adaptation of Marc Novak’s novel. Story follows what happens when a teenager loses his best friends in an accident. He starts running, and discovers that the exercise allows him to remember them perfectly, all while bringing him notoriety.
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The studio is in negotiations to produce a film version of
Turn Of Mind with Gail Berman and her Jackal Group producing. Gideon Raff is attached to direct and produce the story, which centers on a retired surgeon whose best friend has been murdered, with four fingers surgically removed. Because the surgeon suffers from Alzheimers, she’s uncertain whether she has committed the murder — and finds herself considered the prime suspect.
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Jehane Noujaim and Karim Amer’s Egyptian Revolution documentary was seen on Netflix and won three Emmys and scored an Oscar nomination. The new film won’t exclusively be the story of Sony’s travails, but early information suggests that the story of Sony’s breach will be used as a prime example of the dangers of sophisticated and well-targeted cyber-crime.
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The entertainment industry will air more than 400 original TV shows this year, lavishing hundreds of millions of dollars on top talent and exotic locations in the hopes of creating the next
Mad Men or
Game of Thrones. The gusher of quality programs has prompted TV critics to proclaim a Golden Age of TV. But as any viewer knows, keeping up with all the shows is impossible.
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Universal Pictures has released the latest red band trailer for the upcoming comedy sequel from Seth McFarlane and starring Mark Wahlberg, Amanda Seyfried, Morgan Freeman, Giovanni Ribisi, and John Slattery. It hits theaters June 26th.
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The unspecified, 105-page, Oscar-nominated screenplay by Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola, dated May 1st, 2011.
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