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Greengrass & Legendary Doing Hendrix Biopic, Russo Bros. Shooting ‘Infinity...
Forget Bourne, Paul Greengrass Is Making a Jimi Hendrix Movie With Legendary Entertainment The production company has reached agreement with Hendrix’s estate, Experience Hendrix, for the rights to his...
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Exec Shuffle for 5/8/15: Fortress Talent Management Launches, Al Jazeera...
Company Launches, Partnerships & Deals Three of First Artists Management have left to form Fortress Talent Management. Robert Messinger, the owner and partner of First Artists is a principal at...
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True Innovators In Storytelling, HBO Lands ‘Big Little Lies’, Nichols Sets Up...
SSN ORIGINALS Deconstructing the Master Filmmakers — The True Innovators In Storytelling Steve Jobs was more than a great visionary whose Apple products have certainly made a “dent in our universe.” He...
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ICYMI: The Bobette Buster Series
For the first-time ever, Hollywood story guru, Bobette Buster, will be making her storytelling secrets available to the SSN audience in an exclusive speaker series. “Deconstructing the Masters” will...
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‘Age Of Ultron’ Wins Again, All the New and Returning Shows Listed, ‘Idol’s...
‘Age Of Ultron’ Wins a Second Straight Week, Clears $300 Million In Just 10 Days Only the first Avengers film and The Dark Knight were faster to the mark. The sequel did over $77 million in its second...
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On the Set for 5/11/15: Cameras Roll on ‘Barbershop 3’, Jason Blum’s Film...
STARTS Barbershop 3 5/11/2015 Logline: In this sequel, with the neighborhood changing, Calvin considers shuttering the barbershop and moving uptown. Studio: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (MGM), New...
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How To Quit Your Day Job To Write, ‘X-Files’ Premiere Announced, Liam...
SSN ORIGINALS How To Quit Your Day Job To Write: Next Steps To Becoming a Full-Time TV & Film Writer Leaving a paycheck to write and head off into the unknown is not for everyone. There are lots of...
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Verizon Buying AOL, Katic Returning To ‘Castle’, Hathaway Makes ‘Colossal’...
Let’s Make a Deal! Verizon To Spend $4.4 Billion In Cash For AOL Purchase The telecom giant is buying the one-time Internet powerhouse for its mobile video advertising technologies as the telco looks...
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TV Development for 5/12/15: Upfronts Special Edition – Trends, Insights & All...
ABC - New Series Orders SSN Insight: Shondaland to the rescue! Thanks to Shonda Rhimes’ How to Get Away with Murder, along with her stalwart Grey’s Anatomy and Scandal, ABC is alive and well. Upping...
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Screenwriting 101: That First Assignment Gig, Luc Besson’s New Sci-Fi Flick,...
SSN ORIGINALS Screenwriting 101: The Priceless Opportunity Of Your First Screenplay Assignment Job Specs are necessary to gain experience writing and to showcase your ability, but the reality is that...
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Marvel Courts Ava DuVernay, Natalie Portman Lands Another Role, Luke...
Marvel Wants Ava DuVernay For One Of Its Movies, but Which One? The studio behind Avengers: Age of Ultron is courting the Selma director for one of its upcoming installments in the Marcel Cinematic...
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Rep Moves for 5/13/15: TV Comedy Powerhouse Chuck Lorre Signs with UTA,...
UTA: TV comedy showrunner Chuck Lorre has inked with UTA. Previously he was repped by Bob Broder at ICM Partners, but has been without official representation since Broder left to head Lorre’s...
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Screenwriting 101: Karen McCullah’s Advice, ACLU Files Gender Bias Inquiry...
SSN ORIGINALS Screenwriting 101: ‘Legally Blonde’ Screenwriter Karen McCullah Gives Advice On Getting Your Spec Circulated, Talks ‘Expendabelles’ Here at SSN, we like to cover all genres when it comes...
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Natalie Portman To Play Jackie Kennedy, Reese Witherspoon Sees a ‘Pale Blue...
Natalie Portman Signs On For Yet Another Big Role, Will Play Jackie Kennedy In New Biopic Just days after she signed up to play Ruth Bader Ginsburg in The Basis Of Sex and also one of the leads in the...
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Film Development for 5/14/15: Diego Luna Signs on for Star Wars: Rogue One,...
NEW ATTACHMENTS Star Wars: Rogue One Logline: A band of resistance fighters unite for a daring mission to steal the plans for the Death Star. Studio/ Distributor: Walt Disney Studios Production...
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Cannes 2015: The 10 Most Bankable (and Available) Films, Sam Jackson Takes On...
SSN ORIGINALS Cannes 2015: Cutting Through the Buzz To Pick the 10 Most Bankable and (Still) Available Films For U.S. Ads There’s a lot buzzing at this year’s Cannes Film Festival that’s running from...
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Is Asa Butterfield Your New Spider-Man? Armando Iannucci’s Post-‘Veep’ Gig,...
Nothing Is Set Yet, but It Appears That Asa Butterfield Might Be Your New Spider-Man Marvel Studios and Sony Pictures Entertainment have apparently found their new webslinger, and have entered into...
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Exec Shuffle for 5/15/15: IM Global Launches Valor Ent. Group, New VR Studio...
Company Launches, Partnerships & Deals Producer Sam Laybourne has inked a two-year overall deal with ABC Studios and will oversee and develop new projects for the studio. He previously served as EP...
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The Accidental Turitz On Upfront Folly, Wilson and Chan Re-Team For New...
SSN ORIGINALS The Accidental Turitz: Upfronts and the Traditional TV Season — We Need These Why, Exactly? SSN Senior Editor Neil Turitz is back with his semi-weekly column, and this time he’s taking...
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‘Pitch Perfect 2′ Clubs ‘Mad Max’, David Lynch Returns To ‘Twin Peaks’, Focus...
‘Pitch Perfect 2’ Belts Out a Winning Tune, Surpasses $70 Million For Opening Weekend Win The a capella sequel scored more in its opening weekend than the first film did in its entire 2012 domestic...
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