Exec Shuffle For 11/22/13: Asylum Entertainment, Endemol Beyond, APA, Tribune...
Company Launches Blue Chalk Media: Greg Moyer has launched this Brooklyn-based production company, which will focus on documentaries and digital content for news outlets and nonprofits. Moyer will...
View ArticleSSN Spotlights: Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Chris Lilley, The Next ‘Hunger Games’:...
AWARDS ORIGINALS BEST ACTRESS Spotlight: Julia Louis-Dreyfus on ‘Enough Said’, Improv & Working With James Gandolfini SSN spoke to Louis-Dreyfus about what drew her to the role of Eva in Enough...
View ArticleIn Case You Missed It For The Week Of 11/18 -11/22/13: SSN’s Top Original...
SSN Awards Season Overview: Oscar Potential Contenders 2013 has been a fantastic year in film – which makes awards season all the more exciting. Starting today SSN will be bringing you exclusive awards...
View ArticleOn The Set for 11/25/13: Director Jean-Marc Vallée’s ‘Wild’ Wraps
STARTS Home Invasion 11/25 Logline: A dysfunctional family must fight for their lives against home invaders. Production Company: Zinc Entertainment Director: Sean Carter Executive Producers: Steve...
View ArticleSSN Spotlights: Bruce Dern, Matthew McConaughey, Idris Elba, Oscar Analysis:...
AWARDS ORIGINALS BEST ACTOR Spotlight: Nebraska’s Bruce Dern “There’s No Bigger Win Than Getting the Role.” Bruce Dern’s career has spanned across five decades and more than 100 movies. Now, 35 years...
View ArticleTV Development For 11/26/13: Laurence Fishburne To Star, Exec Produce ‘The...
Three the Hard Way Network: Fox Studio: Sony Pictures Television Production Company: Tollin Productions, Perfect Storm Entertainment, Mandalay Sports Media Executive Producer: Benjamin Watkins, Dwayne...
View ArticleTrapped In Ice –‘Frozen’s 70 Year Journey to the Screen, Oscar Analysis Part...
AWARDS ORIGINALS BEST ANIMATED FEATURE Trapped in Ice: Inside the 70-Year Journey 'Frozen' Took to Get to the Big Screen From an animated section of a live-action film overseen by Walt himself...
View ArticleSSN Animation Awards Spotlights: Dan Scanlon (‘Monsters University’), Chris...
AWARDS SPOTLIGHT: ‘MONSTER’S UNIVERSITY’ DIRECTOR DAN SCANLON BY ZORIANNA KIT When the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences introduced the Best Animated Feature Oscar category in 2001,...
View ArticleTV Castings For 11/127/13: Rachel Blanchard Set To Recur On ‘Fargo’ For FX
Pilots Elizabeth Rohm and J.R. Ramirez have joined Starz’s Power, the story of a New York night club owner who walks the line between legal and illegal activity. Marley Shelton has been set as the...
View ArticleSSN Awards Spotlights: Diane Warren, Pharrell Williams, Robert Lopez &...
AWARDS ORIGINALS BEST SONG & ORIGINAL SCORE Awards Spotlight: “Bleed For Love” & “Unfinished Song” Could End Diane Warren’s Runner-Up Streak Diane Warren has won two Grammys and a Golden...
View ArticleIn Case You Missed It For The Week Of 11/25 -11/29/13: SSN’s Top Original...
Spotlight: Dallas Buyers Club’s Matthew McConaughey on Being an “Egotistical Utilitarian” At a recent luncheon for the film, the 44-year-old McConaughey talked to SSN about playing Ron Woodruff and why...
View ArticleOn The Set For 12/2/13: ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ Starts, ‘Into The Woods’ Wraps
STARTS The Prince 12/01/2013 Logline: A retired mob enforcer must return to Las Vegas, his former base of operations, to find his missing daughter. Production Companies: Emmett/Furla/Oasis Films,...
View ArticleGolden Globes Spotlights: Ethan Hawke, Greta Gerwig, Michael B. Jordan, Margo...
AWARDS ORIGINALS GOLDEN GLOBES: LEAD/SUPPORTING ACTOR/ACTRESS Globes Spotlight: Ethan Hawke on ‘Before Midnight’ & the Geometry of Acting Hawke’s performance, and his writing, are on our awards...
View ArticleTV Development For 12/3/13: Halle Berry To Executive Producer ‘Hannibal’...
The WolfMan Network: NBC Studio: Universal Television Production Company: Scott Stuber Productions Executive Producer: Daniel Knauf, Quan Phung, Scott Stuber Writer: Daniel Knauf Logline: Centers on a...
View ArticleGolden Globes Spotlights: Jim Rash, Nat Faxon, Nicole Holofcener, Exec...
AWARDS ORIGINALS GOLDEN GLOBES: BEST WRITER, BEST DIRECTOR Globes Spotlight: ‘The Way, Way Back’ Writers/Directors Jim Rash & Nat Faxon on Getting Past Writer’s Block & their Next Project...
View ArticleTV Castings For 12/4/13: Barbara Hershey Set For ‘Once Upon A Time In...
Pilots Kevin Ryan will recur on NBC’s Crossbones, about a diabolical pirate who reigns over a rogue nation of thieves, outlaws and miscreant sailors. Pablo Schreiber, Maribeth Monroe and Geoffrey...
View ArticleGolden Globes Spotlights: T-Bone Burnett, Trevor Morris, Henry Jackman, Mark...
AWARDS ORIGINALS GOLDEN GLOBES: BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM, BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM, BEST ORIGINAL SCORE – MOTION PICTURE Globes Spotlight: Actor/Filmmaker Eugenio Derbez & Composer Carlo...
View ArticleFilm Development For 12/5/13: Aaron Paul Joins ‘Fathers & Daughters’ Cast
NEW ATTACHMENTS Stealing Cars Logline: A rebellious teenager, guilt-ridden over the accidental death of his father, spirals into delinquency that lands him at the tough and corrupt Arizona Juvenile...
View ArticleGolden Globes Spotlights: Beau Willimon, Natasha Lyonne, Taylor Schilling,...
AWARDS ORIGINALS GOLDEN GLOBES: TELEVISION Globes Spotlight: Exec. Producer/Writer Beau Willimon on the International Appeal of ‘House of Cards’, Binge Viewing & Power As the Golden Globe...
View ArticleExec Shuffle For 12/6/13: Legendary Entertainment, Electus, APA, Vice Media
Company Launches Outpost Entertainment: Jodi Flynn has been named President of this new joint venture with Leftfield Entertainment. She will be based in Leftfield’s Los Angeles offices. Warehouse 51...
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