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Ken Nolan and Geneva Robertson-Dworet have been set to join the group of writers who, starting Monday, will gather in an office on the Paramount lot to hatch the next iterations of the franchise. Those scribes join Christina Hodson and Lindsey Beer, Andrew Barrer & Gabriel billion-dollar Ferrari, and original members Robert Kirkman, Art Marcum & Matt Holloway, Zak Penn and
Jeff Pinkner. So what exactly is this brain trust going to do? Goldsman explains.
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The online network and content creator is exploring theatrical distribution avenues as it builds an ambitious film business following the stunning social success last year of
Expelled. Kelly Day, chief digital officer at the company owned 75 percent by DreamWorks and 25 percent by Hearst, broke the news yesterday to attendees at the two-day Stream Market conference in Santa Monica.
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Bay and DiCaprio are in talks to set up the untitled project at Paramount, with the duo on board to produce via their respective shingles, Appian Way and Bay Films. The new Rwandan project, which is still in early development and does not have a script, centers on Jacques “Jock” Boyer, the first American cyclist to race in the Tour de France. He later took a disparate group of Rwandans, and forged them into Team Rwanda, taking them to races around the globe.
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The
Edge Of Tomorrow and
Into the Woods star is circling the lead role in Taylor’s adaptation of Paula Hawkins’ runaway bestseller. The novel follows Rachel, a woman who recently became divorced and who spends her daily train commute fantasizing about the perfect couple in a house she passes only to one day see something shocking that gets her caught up in a mystery.
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Cable network’s new channel, MTV News, will include celebrity interviews as well as fashion, music, movie, and current events-related content alongside YouTube comedian Franchesca Ramsey’s new show,
Decoded, which “decodes” racial stereotypes in a frank but humorous manner. Future episodes of the show will include interactive content, letting viewers join the discussions Ramsey sparks each week.
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When Josh Trank announced May 1st that he was dropping out of the project less than a year after being brought on to direct, it didn’t take a Jedi master to intuit that the news would cause a major disturbance in the Force. But speaking publicly about his departure from the project for the first time, Trank — the director of 2012's sci-fi sleeper hit
Chronicle and the upcoming
Fantastic Four reboot — says he wasn’t prepared for just how nasty things would get.
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Warner Bros. has released the new red band trailer for its reboot of the Chevy Chase franchise. Now, with Ed Helms in the lead role, and joined in the cast by Christina Applegate, Leslie Mann, Chris Hemsworth, Keegan-Michael Key, Nick Kroll and Charlie Day, it hits theaters on July 31st.
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Roadside Attractions has released the first trailer for the apocalyptic drama, which premiered to favorable reviews at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year and stars Margot Robbie, Chiwetel Ejiofor and Chris Pine. It is set for release on August 21st.
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Focus Features has released the latest look at the new drama detailing the fight for women’s rights to vote in early 20th century Britain. Mulligan, Helena Bonham Carter, Brendan Gleeson, Anne-Marie Duff, Ben Whishaw, Romola Garai, Natalie Press and Meryl Streep star in the film, which hits theaters October 23rd.
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The 79-page screenplay for the independent film, by Destin Daniel Cretton and dated August 31st, 2012.
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