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It’s been another busy week here in Hollywoodland, with tons of movement in the executive ranks leading up to the holiday weekend. Among the bullet points are a new deal for Lee Daniels at 20th TV, a premium development deal for the creator of
The Killing and a shakeup at AMC Networks, which spun off its studio arm. Read all about it by clicking the link.
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Action flick sees a CIA field officer and an Indonesian cop thrown together while transporting a compromised informant from the centre of the city to an airfield 22 miles away. En route, they have to contend with corrupt police and heavily armed locals.
The Raid star Iko Uwais plays the Indonesian cop. No word yet on when filming starts, but Wahlberg and Berg are currently shooting
Deepwater Horizon in Louisiana.
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Japanese lifestyle company Sanrio is planning to finance and produce a feature based on the character and release it globally in 2019. The film will go through Sanrio’s recently established U.S. subsidiary. The project will have an expected budget of anywhere from $160 million-$240 million, including P&A, according to Sanrio execs.
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French media group Vivendi has ousted Belmer, replacing him with Saada, who was executive vp of CanalPlus Group and head of pay TV, and was promoted to replace Belmer after he was "relieved of his responsibilities" by the board. In addition, CanalPlus CFO Gregoire Castaing has joined the pay TV channel's management board.
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The writer-actor’s comedy pilot has added Brian Tyree Henry, Lakeith Lee Stanfield and Zazie Beetz, along with Glover himself, who created and wrote the pilot. Show revolves around two cousins on their way up through the Atlanta rap scene whose opposing views on art versus commerce, success and race will make their quest anything but easy, says the press release.
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Shepard and co-star Michael Peña will play Don Baker and Frank “Ponch” Poncherello respectively, with Shepard also writing and directing. Vincent D’Onofrio is also on board, and it’s possible Shepard’s wife Kristen Bell will also join the cast. No official word yet on filming dates.
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The two leading VFX companies have joined forces, giving the two entities a combined staff of over 525 VFX and animation staff at their studios in London, Vancouver and Montreal. Cinesite opened its doors in London in 1994 and has worked on films like
X-Men: Days of Future Past and the
Harry Potter series, while Image Engine, founded in Vancouver in 1995, has built a strong reputation for producing high-quality visual effects for film and high-end television.
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It's hard to believe that the year's half over. According to mathematics, half of the year's best projects have already been released. All of those items destined to hog up the top spots of end of the year list? Half of them are already in circulation. It doesn't seem possible, though. With all the cool movies, shows, albums books, and more on the way just in July, this year looks to be anything but front-loaded with essentials.
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Netflix has released the first trailer for the long-awaited followup to the 2000 cult hit, which stars Amy Poehler, Bradley Cooper, Paul Rudd, Marguerite Moreau, Elizabeth Banks, Jon Hamm, Christopher Meloni, Kristen Wiig, John Slattery, "Weird Al" Yankovic, Jordan Peele, Michael Cera, Josh Charles, Chris Pine, H. Jon Benjamin, David Wain and Lake Bell, and becomes available July 31st, at 3:01 AM EDT on the streaming giant.
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The 111-page screenplay by Nick Hornby, based on the memoir by Cheryl Strayed. Script is labeled multiple colors and dates, most recently, Yellow Pages dated October 21st, 2013.
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