Paramount Auction, Julia Roberts in ‘Train Man,’ Matthew Perry as Ted...
Paramount Stake Auction: DMG Entertainment Emerges As Surprise Suitor Dan Mintz’s Beijing- and Los Angeles-based DMG Entertainment is one of the entities seeking to buy a piece of Paramount Pictures....
View ArticleTV Development for 3/15/16: Amazon Orders ‘The Tick’ Pilot, Christina...
After Network: Freeform Production Company(s): Brillstein Entertainment Partners, Tom Lynch Company Executive Producer(s): Tom Lynch, Robin Schwartz Writer(s): Tom Lynch, Adam Lash, Cori Uchida...
View Article‘Indiana Jones 5′ On Its Way, Asian Filmmakers Protest Academy Double...
TV Development for 3/15/16: Amazon Orders ‘The Tick’ Pilot, Christina Aguilera’s ‘Tracks’ Given the Greenlight, James Corden Shopping ‘Carpool Karaoke’ Series Among the other projects with updates this...
View ArticleAcademy Makes Changes, Art House Convergence Opposes ‘Screening Room’, Feds...
Academy, Under Fire Over Diversity (and After Apologizing For the Asian Jokes), Backtracks on Voting Eligibility As promised, the Academy Board of Governors voted — again — to put through changes...
View ArticleRep Moves for 3/16/16: WME Scoops up SXSW Filmmaker Anne Hamilton, Gina...
Abrams: Actress Gina Gershon has signed with Abrams Artists Agency in all areas. She was last seen on Amazon’s comedy Red Oaks and on Netflix’s Staten Island Summer. Next up she’ll appear in the...
View ArticleFilm & TV Deals for 3/16/16: eOne Signs Deals with Sony & Reality Producer...
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment and Entertainment One have signed a deal for SPHE to distribute films from eOne’s specialty label, Momentum Pictures, across physical and digital home entertainment...
View ArticleFilm & TV Deals, Rep Moves, Relativity Secures $400M from Maple Leaf, TV Land...
SSN ORIGINALS Film & TV Deals for 3/16/16: eOne Signs Deals with Sony & Reality Producer Chris Deaux, Smithsonian Earth Launches Camp Zambia In other news TV producer Rick Eid has signed a...
View Article‘Lobo’ Gets ‘Wonder Woman’ Writer, Michael Mann Launches Book Imprint,...
‘Wonder Woman’ Writer Jason Fuchs Boards Comic Book Adaptation ‘Lobo’ Warner Bros. and DC Entertainment have hired Wonder Woman writer Jason Fuchs to adapt their long-in-development action-fantasy film...
View ArticleFilm Development for 3/17/16: Spielberg & Ford to Team Up Again on ‘Indiana...
New Attachments A Life in the Day Logline: When Brian Epstein, who sold records from his father’s appliance store in Liverpool, heard the Beatles on his lunch break at the Cavern Club, he became...
View ArticleABC & WBTV Make Stacking Rights Deal, ‘Manchester’ To Get Awards Season...
Film Development for 3/17/16: Spielberg & Ford to Team Up Again on ‘Indiana Jones’ Sequel, Imperative Ent. Wins ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Among the other projects with updates this week are film...
View ArticleBuyers Circling Tarantino Doc, Netflix Buys ‘Little Prince,’ Simon Pegg Joins...
Buyers Circling Quentin Tarantino Doc ‘21 Years’ A number of distributors are circling Tara Wood’s feature-length Quentin Tarantino documentary 21 Years, with the Weinstein Co, Netflix and Amazon...
View ArticleOn the Set for 3/18/16: Taraji P. Henson & Octavia Spencer Start ‘Hidden...
STARTS Goodbye, Felix Chester 03/15/2016 Logline: After finding out he has a month left to live, high school junior Felix Chester focuses all of his time and energy on one goal: losing his virginity to...
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SSN Box Office Trending Report for 3/18/16: ‘Zootopia’ Nabs Lion’s Share of...
-In our latest weekly series, SSN Insider will take a deep dive into the film ticket sales of the week leveraging data from the powerhouse ticketing website, MovieTickets.com. Not only will the...
View ArticleDylan O’Brien Injury Shuts Down ‘Maze Runner’, Relativity Escapes Chapter 11,...
SSN ORIGINALS SSN Box Office Trending Report for 3/18/16: ‘Zootopia’ Nabs Lion’s Share of Tickets, While ‘Divergent: Allegiant’ a Close Second In our ongoing weekly series, SSN Insider will take a deep...
View Article‘Zootopia’ Remains On Top, Dylan O’Brien Injury Update, Stone and Hill To...
Box Office: ‘Zootopia’ Wins Again, as ‘Allegiant’ Suffers From a Weak, Franchise-Low Opening Disney’s animated juggernaut took in an estimated $38.04 million this weekend to lead the weekend box office...
View ArticleExec Shuffle for 3/21/16: Bravo and Mashable Teaming Up, Tom Rothman...
Company Launches & Partnerships Bravo Media and Mashable Studios will team up to co-produce four new short-form originals, rolling them out this year via Bravo Media’s and Mashable’s digital...
View ArticleExec Shuffle, Ava DuVernay to Direct ‘Battle of Versailles,’ Dreamworks Ani...
Exec Shuffle for 3/21/16: Bravo and Mashable Teaming Up, Tom Rothman Appointed to National Council on the Arts, Viacom Signs Pact with comScore Other exec shuffles include, MCN Fullscreen buying...
View ArticleTerror Attacks Hit Brussels, Margot Robbie Takes On Tonya Harding, Lionsgate...
Brussels Hit With Pair of Terror Attacks, Networks Break In With Wall-To-Wall Coverage Bombs struck the Brussels airport and one of the city’s metro stations today, killing at least 31 people and...
View ArticleTV Development for 3/22/16: Hulu Lands Rights to ‘Curious George’, TV Land...
Calendar Girl Studio: ABC Studios Production Company(s): Fake Empire Executive Producer(s): Josh Schwartz, Stephanie Savage Logline: Mia Saunders becomes a high-priced adult escort in order to pay off...
View ArticleTV Development, Gugu Mbatha-Raw Starring and Gina Prince-Bythewood Directing...
TV Development for 3/22/16: Hulu Lands Rights to ‘Curious George’, TV Land Rebooting ‘Heathers’, E! Greenlights ‘Mariah’s World’ Other TV development news includes, ABC Studios nabs Calendar Girl novel...
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