TV Development for 9/29/15: Amazon Greenlights 6 Pilots, Jason Bateman to...
305 Network: Fox Broadcasting Company Studio: Endemol Shine Studios Production Company(s): Honey I’m Home Executive Producer(s): Sascha Penn, Jonathan Levine, Pitbull Writer(s): Sascha Penn Logline:...
View ArticleSSN Events Calendar: New York Comic-Con, MIPCOM, The Martian, Halloween &...
Welcome to the future! October 21, 2015 is the date Marty McFly traveled to the future and it’s right around the corner. While we may not have flying cars or Jaw 19 in 3D, we do have a countless number...
View ArticleNicki Minaj Series Order & More in TV Development, SSN Oct. Events Calendar,...
SSN ORIGINALS TV Development for 9/29/15: Amazon Greenlights 6 Pilots, Jason Bateman to Star/Produce/Direct Ozark, BBC One Orders 5 Series In addition Nicki Minaj gets a series order at ABC Family, ABC...
View ArticleRussia’s New Film Fest To Compete With Cannes, Amazon Nabs New ‘Jack Ryan’...
Look Out, Cannes! Russia Is Planning a Nice-Based Film Festival to Challenge It Russia’s National Film Foundation Gosfilmofond has announced that its Alternativa international film festival that will...
View ArticleRep Moves for 9/30/15: Ed Westwick Shifts to ICM, Eric McCormack Moves to...
Gersh: Actor Eric McCormack, best known for Will & Grace, has switched from ICM Partners to Gersh. Last pilot season he had a lead role in Fox’s dramedy, Studio City, which ultimately was not...
View ArticleFilm & TV Deals for 9/30/15: ComScore Acquires Rentrak, Blumhouse Partners...
Audience measurement firm ComScore is acquiring rival Rentrak through a stock swap. Rentrak, previous to the announcement, had a market value of $702 million. As part of the acquisition, ComScore’s CEO...
View ArticleRep Moves, Film & TV Deals, MTV President Departs, Michael Moore Doc Gets...
SSN ORIGINALS Rep Moves for 9/30/15: Ed Westwick Shifts to ICM, Eric McCormack Moves to Gersh, Actor/Writer Matt Lucas Signs with WME Other rep moves include two more big signs by WME, filmmaker Shane...
View ArticleFour Films Yanked From Relativity Auction, J.C. Chandor Joins ‘Triple...
Four Disputed Films Yanked From Relativity Media Auction Among the assets that will not be on the table in today’s auction will be four films whose ownership has been hotly contested since the studio...
View ArticleFilm Development for 10/1/15: Lionsgate Nabs Kingkiller Chronicle, Benedict...
NEW ATTACHMENTS Arrivals Logline: A hypochondriac baggage handler at Cape Town airport winds up on the bucket list of a British teenager which results in him facing up to his deepest fears. Production...
View ArticleAccidental Turitz on Oscar Hopefuls, Film Dev, Director Yann Demange Finds...
SSN ORIGINALS The Accidental Turitz: The ‘Total Surprises’ Headed to Theaters This Awards Season SSN contributor Neil Turitz weighs in on this season’s awards contenders…so far. (SSN) Film Development...
View ArticleRyan Kavanaugh To Get Relativity Back?, Daniel Craig Not Necessarily Done...
Today’s Relativity Bankruptcy news: Ryan Kavanaugh In Negotiations To Get Most Of the Company Back In a surprise twist, the Relativity Media CEO is in negotiations with the so-called stalking horse bid...
View ArticleOn the Set for 10/2/15: Renee Zellweger Starts on ‘Bridget Jones’ Baby’,...
STARTS Bridget Jones’ Baby 9/27/2015 Logline: Bridget Jones tries to have a baby. Studio/Distributor(s): Universal Pictures Production Company(s): Working Title Films, Monumental Television...
View ArticleSSN’s Industry Innovators 3AM, On the Set, James McAvoy to Star in M. Night’s...
SSN ORIGINALS Industry Innovators: 3AM Takes SSN Behind A New Way of Theatrical Marketing with ‘The Martian’ A new company, 3AM, is taking a different approach to the standard ways that involves...
View ArticleMarvel and Pixar Make Big Slate Announcements, Netflix Price Increase,...
SSN ORIGINALS Film Development For 10/8/15: Joseph Gordon-Levitt Starrer ‘In Sight’ Set at Universal, Thor 3 and the Flash Both Closing in on Directors, and More Among the big news items this week is...
View ArticleScott Rudin On Warner’s ‘Justice League Dark’, Paramount’s YouTube Channel,...
Not To Be Outdone By Marvel’s Announcement, Warner Bros. Taps Scott Rudin To Oversee ‘Justice League Dark’ Despite the departure of Guillermo Del Toro, it’s now apparent that the adaptation, otherwise...
View ArticleOn the Set for 10/9/15: Marc Webb & Chris Evans Start ‘Gifted’, Garry...
STARTS Bastards 10/5/15 Logline: Two brothers, raised to believe their biological father died, find out their mother slept with many powerful and famous men in the 1970s and the siblings hit the road...
View ArticleOn the Set, CAA Tell-All Book, WB’s In-World Marketing, Halle Berry’s New CBS...
SSN ORIGINALS On the Set for 10/9/15: Marc Webb & Chris Evans Start ‘Gifted’, Garry Marshall & Julia Roberts Wrap ‘Mother’s Day’ Along with Gifted and Mother’s Day, Kate Beckinsale and Theo...
View Article‘The Martian’ Wins Again, Don Cheadle’s Miles Davis Movie Bumped To 2016,...
‘The Martian’ Remains Out Of This World At the Box Office, Takes a Second Straight Weekend Ridley Scott’s adaptation of the best-selling book nabbed $37 million to finish first again, giving it $108.7...
View ArticleExec Shuffle for 10/12/15: Big Shake-Up at Relativity Sports,...
Company Launches & Partnerships Endemol Beyond USA has started Smasher, a new digital eSports network. The network is available on YouTube and other platforms. Smasher produces several original...
View ArticleExec Shuffle, Volkswagen Scandal Getting Film Treatment, Women Headed to...
SSN ORIGINALS Exec Shuffle for 10/12/15: Big Shake-Up at Relativity Sports, DCSuperHeroGirls.com Site Goes Live, Plus Moves at HBO Girl Power! DC Comics, Warner Bros. Consumer Products, Mattel and Lego...
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