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Studio has given the thumbs up to the movie that will star Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt and be directed by
The Imitation Game helmer Morten Tyldum. And those salaries that were causing a problem? No more. Lawrence will get a staggering $20 million, against 30% of the film's profit if it breaks even, which puts her in the upper echelon of A-list stars. Meanwhile, Pratt will bag $12 million for the sci-fi two-hander, which starts shooting next month.
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Eli Roth is in talks to direct the film which is based on a 1997 book written by Steve Allen. The project had been thought dormant for a good long while, but now a script by Dean Georgaris reportedly has Warner Bros. excited by the monster movie, leading to talks with Roth.
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The filmmaker is in negotiations with 20th Century Fox to helm the project, which has Michael Green at work on a new adaptation of the murder mystery. The book was first published in 1934, and sees Hercule Poirot investigating the murder of an American tycoon on a journey from Istanbul (Constantinople at the time) to Paris. Ridley Scott, Simon Kinberg and Mark Gordon are all aboard as producers.
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Cable network wants workaholic multi-taskers Mark and Jay Duplass to deliver more series for them, following the renewal of their inexpensive comedy series
Togetherness, whose second season will start in 2016, as well as the two-season pickup of Phil Matarese and Mike Luciano's New York-set animated series
Animal, which debuted at Sundance.
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Jason Momoa, Thomas Middleditch and Famke Janssen are in negotiations to join Bruce Willis in an untitled action comedy being produced and directed by Mark and Robb Cullen, who wrote Willis’
Cop Out. Nicolas Chartier, Zev Foreman and Lauren Ford will be producing, with the movie eyeing a late-June start in Los Angeles. Willis is set to star as a private eye in Los Angeles whose professional and personal worlds collide when his dog is stolen by a gang.
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Newcomer Taylor John Smith will star as an 18-year-old basketball star who is being recruited by Cornell. He seems to have it all figured out: captain of his team, a good student, has a longtime girlfriend and some good friends. But at home he's struggling with his troubled father (Shannon) who has a gambling addiction. His mother (Gugino) tries to keep the family afloat but has done so only with great emotional and financial sacrifice. Shooting begins this week.
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The Sinner and the Saint, based on the upcoming book by Kevin Birmingham,
The Sinner and The Saint: Dostoevsky and the Gentleman Murderer Who Inspired a Masterpiece, which tells the story of the true crime that inspired Dostoevsky’s classic and the intense process of writing the book. Film Rites principal Steve Zaillian will produce the drama, with partner Garrett Basch executive producing. Mark Roybal will oversee for Fox.
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She joins fellow returning stars Felicity Huffman and Timothy Hutton, who will all play new roles in season two of the anthology drama. Creator and executive producer John Ridley will return as will executive producer Michael McDonald. ABC Studios will produce the drama, which is slated to come back midseason.
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Paramount Pictures has released the first trailer for the film, based on an inspiring true story and starring David Oyelowo and Kate Mara. Film was directed by Jerry Jameson and produced by Terry Botwick, Jerry Jameson, David Oyelowo and Ken Wales in addition to BN Films’ Alex Garcia, Lucas Akoskin and Katrina Wolfe. It hits theaters September 18th.
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The 110-page screenplay by Rashida Jones and Will McCormack, labeled White Script and dated May 1st, 2011.
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