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TV Development for 2/24/15: Amazon Orders 5 Shows to Series, The CW Picks Up...
Network A Wicked Offer Network: The CW Production Company: T Group Prods. Executive Producer(s): Jenny Daly Logline: One-hour reality show where couples complete a series of controversial tasks...
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Tom Rothman Named as Amy Pascal’s Replacement, Sutter and FX Set Cast For...
Tom Rothman Earns the Expected Promotion, Will Replace Amy Pascal as the Head of Sony Motion Picture Group Word is that Rothman’s tendency towards frugal budgets may have contributed to landing the job...
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Chastain Joins ‘The Huntsman’, Schwarzenegger Would Return For Another...
Jessica Chastain Is Taking Her First Turn In a Franchise Film, Joins ‘The Huntsman’ Cast The Oscar-nominated actress is joining Chris Hemsworth, Charlize Theron, and Emily Blunt in the film. Cedric...
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Rep Moves 2/25/15: Jamie Dornan Signs with Relevant PR, Danielle Steel to...
ICM: Alex Karpovsky, who plays Ray on HBO’s Girls, has signed with ICM Partners. His credits also include the Coen brothers’ Inside Llewyn Davis and Lena Dunham’s Tiny Furniture. He also directed the...
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Sony Makes Big First Look Deal With Immersive Pictures, SSN Pilot Watch: NBC,...
SSN ORIGINALS The Accidental Turitz: Okay, So Sony Has a New Boss With Tom Rothman. Now What? With the big change over at Sony Pictures Entertainment, SSN Senior Editor Neil Turitz brings back his...
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Film Development for 2/26/15: Richard Linklater to Direct Film for Annapurna,...
NEW ATTACHMENTS Where’d You Go Bernadette Logline: A mother goes missing and her teen daughter tries to put the pieces together to find her. Production Company: Annapurna Pictures, Color Force...
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FCC Approves Net Neutrality, More Info On Paramount Situation, Sarah Jones...
SSN ORIGINALS Film Development For 2/26/15: Richard Linklater To Direct Film For Annapurna, ‘X-Men: Apocalypse’ Casting News, and More A whole host of action this week, with various writers, directors...
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Sony Ax Swings Again, Ford Confirmed For ‘Blade Runner 2′, CW Developing New...
The First Swing Of the Axe Has Fallen, as Sony Shakeup Continues Bob Osher, the head of Sony Pictures Digital, has been let go. The move was apparently months in the making and likely not a surprise to...
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Exec Shuffle 2/27/15: New Hires at Sony, Gail Berman’s Jackal Group, Endemol...
Company Launches Eros International has set up an in-house production company. Called Trinity Pictures, the unit will invest in and develop the company’s own intellectual property, with a focus on...
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‘Lazarus Effect’ Director On Going From Docs To Scripted, Exec Shuffle For...
SSN ORIGINALS How ‘The Lazarus Effect’ Director David Gelb Shifted From Docs To Scripted, and Others Who Crossed Over With the horror film The Lazarus Effect opening today, the film arrives bearing the...
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‘Focus’ Wins Weak Week At Box Office, TWC Nabs Keaton’s ‘Founder’, Leo Enters...
It’s a Weak Week At the Box Office, but the Winner Has ‘Focus’ The new Will Smith film was top at the box office, but came in with a lackluster $19.1 million. Kingsman: The Secret Service was second...
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On the Set for 3/2/15: Matthew McConaughey & Gugu Mbatha-Raw Start ‘Free...
STARTS Ali & Nino 2/23/2015 Logline: The novel is set in WWI on the eve of the Bolshevik Revolution and the beginnings of the Soviet Union. It’s the love story between Ali Khan Shirvanshir, the...
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Netflix Announces Next Round Of Premieres, Sony-Marvel Sets Goddard For New...
SSN ORIGINALS On the Set For 3/2/15: Matthew McConaughey and Gugu Mbatha-Raw Start ‘Free States Of Jones’, ‘Kickboxer’ Wraps, and More A half dozen other projects also begin shooting, including Jodie...
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Lawrence and Spielberg On ‘It’s What I Do’, IM Global and Republic Records...
Jennifer Lawrence and Steven Spielberg Working Together? But Of Course They Are Warner Bros. has nabbed the rights to photojournalist Lynsey Addario’s recently released memoir It’s What I Do: A...
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TV Development for 3/3/15: Greg Berlanti Planning Another DC Spin-Off, Jodie...
Charlie Studio: Sony Pictures Television Executive Producer(s): Darlene Hunt, Jodie Foster Writer(s): Darlene Hunt Logline: A self-destructive, emotionally-stunted alcoholic vows to get her life on...
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SSN Life: Invigorating Your Week, Chinese BO Overtakes US For First Time,...
SSN ORIGINALS SSN Life: The Convenient Cleanse and Alternative Workouts To Invigorate Your Week Awards season can take a physical toll on anyone involved. While some nominees are busy fasting, others...
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Theaters To Boycott Netflix Film, Tribeca Announces Initial Slate, Academy...
Netflix’s Big Purchase, ‘Beasts Of No Nation’, Facing Theatrical Boycott Major theater chains are refusing to show the film, bought by the online streaming service this week for $12 million, because...
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Rep Moves 3/4/15: John Cusack Joins UTA Roster, Tim McGraw Signs with PMK*BNC...
UTA: John Cusack has signed with UTA. The actor plays musician Brian Wilson in Love & Mercy, River Road’s biopic about the Beach Boys frontman. Cusack also stars opposite Julianne Moore, Mia...
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Ang Lee Adds Steve Martin To ‘Billy Lynn’, MTV Movie Noms Announced, NBC...
SSN ORIGINALS Rep Moves 3/4/15: John Cusack Joins UTA Roster, Tim McGraw Signs With PMK*BNC and More A busy week on the representative front, with each of the major agencies and several publicists...
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Bruce On Broadway!, HBO Sets Up Streaming Service, Marvel Schedules Marathon,...
Bruce Willis On Broadway? Yes, and He’s In For Some ‘Misery’ In a new stage version of Stephen King’s novel, for which Kathy Bates won an Oscar in 1991, the Die Hard star will take over the James Caan...
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