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The pair is in talks to star in the comedy Fist Fight for New Line Cinema. The script penned by Van Robichaux and Evan Susser is envisioned as a grown up version of the 80s cult hit
Three O’Clock High. Ice Cube plays a teacher who challenges his mild-mannered colleague (Day) to an after school fist fight when he suspects the timid English teacher is trying to get him fired.
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Jody Hill and Danny McBride, the duo behind the hit HBO series, will now be teaming with Josh Brolin for the new film. Brolin and McBride will star in the film, with Hill directing a script he wrote with McBride and John Carcieri. No plot details are being revealed, but what is know is that it is a comedy, Scott Rudin is producing, and it should be going before cameras this fall.
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Based in New York City and L.A, Sculptor is being funded by an unnamed New York City-based private equity firm, with which Sculptor has struck an exclusive arrangement for single picture film finance. The start-up will produce talent and genre-driven independent film and TV projects, starting with
Urge, starring Pierce Brosnan, Ashley Greene and Alex Knapp, which shot last fall.
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The actress is developing a big-screen take on the upcoming novel
Opening Belle, which also could be her next starring vehicle. She and her Pacific Standard partner Bruna Papandrea are set to produce the story about a mother of three trying to balance home life with her Wall Street career during the year before the financial meltdown. Maureen Sherry Kinsky’s book, due out this year, is based loosely on her experiences as a managing director at Bear Stearns.
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Universal has set June 3rd, 2016 as the Lonely Island movie release date. Andy Samberg leads the cast as Conner, a rapper whose latest career setback forces him to reunite with his old boy band. Jorma Taccone and Akiva Schaffer also star and are directing. The new date pits the Lonely Island boys against the
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles sequel and the romantic drama
Me Before You.
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The studio's TV arm is now teaming up with the Lifetime TV network, as well as Josh Safran (
Smash,
Gossip Girl) and Nigel Lythgoe (
American Idol and
So You Think You Can Dance executive producer), to launch a scripted series based on the original film, and previous TV series. The producers are calling it a re-imagining of the first film and TV series.
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Joe Carnahan is in talks to write and possibly direct the film for the studio, which is looking to capitalize on the buzz star Will Smith is getting from the currently filming
Suicide Squad. Carnahan will be picking up where the last screenwriter to work on the project — David Guggenheim — left off, and could be given the chance to take over for Michael Bay, who helmed the first two installments in the franchise.
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When a software developer and former teacher named Tom Snyder (not the late talk show host) met a talented stand-up comic named Jonathan Katz, they decided to develop an animated series together… an unlikely pairing, to say the least. The series became
Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist and, in 1995, it was one of the first original programs that Comedy Central would air. What follows is an amusing oral history from those involved. Enjoy.
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Smart is smart. That’s obvious. But how exactly do you become smart? And how do you turn yourself into a productivity ninja? Generally, smart people are productive. Question – how do you become smart and productive? There are many ways, but one of the best is education. Teach yourself techniques and strategies to become bright and productive. Here’s some help.
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The 114-page, Orange Revisions-labeled screenplay by William Ivory, dated October 8th, 2009.
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