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Film Development for 3/5/15: Diablo Cody to Write Barbie, Luke Evans Cast in...
NEW ATTACHMENTS Barbie Logline: Barbie uses the skills she has gained in her personal life and professional experience to help others Studio/ Distributor: Columbia Pictures Production Company: Mattel,...
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SSN Pilot Watch: Cable Shows, ‘Wolverine 3′ To Shoot In 2016, ‘Expendables’...
SSN ORIGINALS SSN Pilot Watch: The Six Hot Cable Pilots At HBO, SundanceTV, FX and More We’ve been looking at this year’s hot pilot scripts for the last few weeks here at SSN, and for our final round...
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Harrison Ford Injured But Okay After Plane Crash, NBC Picks Up TWC’s ‘The...
Harrison Ford Crashes Plane In Venice, Is Hospitalized In Stable Condition The actor, an avid pilot, was flying a vintage two-seater which had engine trouble. Ford crashed on the Penmar golf course in...
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Exec Shuffle 3/6/15: Republic Records & IM Global’s New Film Venture, Johnny...
Company Launches Republic Records and IM Global launched a multiple picture co-financing and co-production deal for music-driven feature films. The first movie will be comedy Rollin’ Thunder, directed...
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SSN Box Office Insight: Blomkamp’s Latest, Colin Trevorrow Lines Up His Next...
SSN ORIGINALS Box Office Insight: A Hit, a Miss, and Now ‘Chappie’ — Why Is Blomkamp’s Latest Running On a Low Battery? Today, Sony releases Chappie, about a robot imbued with artificial intelligence...
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‘Chappie’ Wins Light Box Office, ‘Homeland’ Season Five News, A24 Sets ‘End...
‘Chappie’ Takes Top Spot In the Second Weak Box Office Week In a Row Neill Blomkamp’s new film grossed a disappointing $13.3 million to finish number one for the weekend, while Focus came in second...
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On the Set for 3/9/15: Bono Producing ‘Waiting for the Miracle to Come’,...
STARTS 31 3/9/2015 Logline: Five carnival workers who are kidnapped the night before Halloween try to survive a terrifying game called "31" in which murderous maniacs dressed as clowns are hunting...
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Screenwriters Guide: How To Get a Lit Agent, Director Pleads Guilty In Sarah...
SSN ORIGINALS SSN Screenwriters Guide: How To Get a Literary Agent SSN contributor Stephanie Palmer checks in with a studied look at how a young writer can get him or herself proper representation....
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Sony Sets Another ‘Ghostbusters’ Film In Motion, Bruce Willis and Kristen...
Sony Sees Its Opportunity, Puts a Male ‘Ghostbusters’ Into Development Alongside Paul Feig’s Female Version Studio is broadening the franchise, and the first order of business will be an action-centric...
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TV Development for 3/10/15: Alec Baldwin & Anna Paquin Heading to HBO,...
Network I Can Do That Network: NBC Entertainment Studio: Universal Television Production Company: Armoza Formats Executive Producer(s): Marlon Wayans, Audrey Morrissey, Matilda Zoltowski, Avi Armoza...
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Screenwriters: The Best Contests To Enter In 2015, ‘Midnight Rider’ 1st AD...
SSN ORIGINALS Screenwriters Guide: The 10 Best Screenwriting Contests To Enter In 2015 SSN contributor Stephanie Palmer returns with some advice for young writers. One of the best ways to get noticed...
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‘Blurred Lines’ Decision Bad For Thicke and Pharrell, Fox 2000 Wins ‘Ashley’s...
‘Blurred Lines’ Decision Comes Down, Pharrell and Thicke Ordered To Pay $7.4 Million To Gaye’s Estate Following eight days of trial testimony examining whether Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams' tune,...
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Rep Moves 3/11/15: 42 West Nabs David O. Russell & J.C. Chandor, WME Signs...
Paradigm: Omari Hardwick, lead in Starz’s dramatic series Power, has signed with Paradigm. Hardwick’s other TV credits include Being Mary Jane and starring roles on Dark Blue and Saved. Paradigm:...
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The Accidental Turitz On Shared Universes, Focus Names Burke New President Of...
SSN ORIGINALS The Accidental Turitz: Why Can’t All the Studios Just Live In One Big Shared Universe? Senior editor Neil Turitz returns with his eponymous column, taking a look at the various properties...
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Paramount Lay Offs, Leo Joins CBS Pilot, Sony Wins Rights To ‘Axmann...
Paramount Lays Off a Few Dozen Workers as Part Of Viacom Restructuring The studio laid off between 30 and 40 employees across all its departments on Wednesday. During the past month, Viacom has made...
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Film Development for 3/12/15: Kristen Stewart Cast in Woody Allen Pic, Sony...
NEW ATTACHMENTS Arms and the Dudes Logline: Based on a Rolling Stone article about two stoners who became mega arms dealers. Studio/ Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures Production Company(s): Mark...
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SSN’s SXSW Preview, Big ‘Star Wars’ News, ‘Toy Story 4′ Gets Co-Director,...
SSN ORIGINALS 2015 SXSW Film Festival: SSN Picks the Eight Films To Put On Your Radar The Texas state capital will be jam packed with film lovers for the next ten days as the SXSW Film Festival and...
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Samberg To Host Emmys, New Line Nabs ‘Batkid’ Feature, HBO Wants More ‘GoT’,...
The 2015 Emmys Have Themselves a Host, and His Name Is Andy Samberg The actor-comedian, who has won a Golden Globe for Brooklyn Nine-Nine and an Emmy for writing the Dick-in-a-Box video sketch for...
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Exec Shuffle 3/13/15: Jim Burke’s Deal Finalized at Focus, Michael Rothstein...
Company Launches John Ferriter is exiting Octagon Entertainment to start a management and production company called The Alternative. Ferriter’s clients include Piers Morgan, Nancy O’Dell and Drew...
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SSN Box Office Insight: ‘Cinderella’, Development Finds, Bill and Ted Reunite...
SSN ORIGINALS Box Office Insight: ‘Cinderella’ and the ROI Of Turning a Pumpkin Into a Golden Carriage Today Disney releases the latest remake of the classic fairytale, Cinderella. The story dates back...
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