TV Castings For 4/2/14: Michael Chiklis Set For ‘American Horror Story: Freak...
Pilots Tiya Sircar has landed the final series regular role on CBS’ How I Met Your Dad, that follows a group of New York friends and chronicles a female member of the group’s quest to meet her future...
View ArticleFilm Development For 4/3/14: Tobey Maguire, Alexandra Milchan & Matthew...
NEW ATTACHMENTS Splinter Cell Logline: Sam Fisher, a spy for a secret government organization called Third Echelon, is the primary Splinter Cell operative. Using whatever means are necessary, Sam is...
View ArticleRep Moves For 4/4/14: CAA, WME Entertainment, Gersh, UTA
Agencies CAA: Screenwriter and novelist Ernest Cline is now repped by Trevor Astbury, Grant Kessman and Peter Micelli. Cline recently got a seven-figure worldwide rights deal from Random House for his...
View ArticleExec Shuffle For 4/4/14: Sony Pictures Networks, DGA, Pilgrim Studios,...
Company Launches EveryWhere Studios: Dan Angel, Glen Mazza, and Larrikin Entertainment have formed this venture to generate family friendly content across multiple platforms. Lori Nelson has joined as...
View ArticleICYMI: SSN’S Top Original Stories For 3/31 – 4/4/14
What Are The Most Shocking Deaths in TV History? Such permanent alterations often change the trajectory of the stories, as well as how the shows are received. (SSN) How Two Jimmys Are Changing Late...
View ArticleOn The Set For 4/7/14: Vince Vaughn-Starrer ‘Term Life’ Wraps, ‘Girls Night...
STARTS Girls Night Out 04/07/2014 Logline: Princess Margaret and her sister Elizabeth are allowed out from Buckingham Palace to have an adventurous night on the town in 1945. Production Company: Ecosse...
View ArticleBaseline and ProductionBeast Join Forces
ProductionBeast, the relationship-driven platform for production companies and freelancers, has teamed up with Baseline and launched the most comprehensive database of entertainment industry...
View ArticleTV Development For 4/8/14: Jay Roach & Kristin Gore’s ‘Women In Space’ At HBO
Yellowstone Network: HBO Production Company: Linson Entertainment Executive Producers: Art Linson, John Linson, Taylor Sheridan Writer: Taylor Sheridan Logline: One family’s violent struggle against...
View ArticleTV Castings For 4/9/14: Mandy Moore Cast As Female Lead In CBS’‘Good Sessions’
Pilots Enrique Murciano, Katie Finneran, Mia Kirschner and Waleed Zuaiter will recur on Netflix’s Untitled Kessler/Zelman Project, about a family of adult siblings whose secrets and scars are revealed...
View ArticleFilm Development For 4/10/14: Amy Adams Set For ‘Story of Your Life’
NEW ATTACHMENTS Terrestrial Logline: Storyline is under wraps. Studio/Distributor: Lionsgate/Summit Producers: Tripp Vinson, Adam Rodin (Executive Producer), Lisa Zambri (Executive Producer) Writer:...
View ArticleWhat Other Films in Turnaround Are Poised to Follow Draft Day into Theaters?
When a project goes into turnaround, it’s never a happy moment. Development execs, producers, and writers spend years laboring on a project only to see their hard work put on a shelf. There are many...
View ArticleRep Moves For 4/11/14: APA, Gersh, ICM, Paradigm
Agencies Abrams Artists Agency: Actress, singer and dancer Cassie Scerbo is now repped by Domina Holbeck and Pamela Fisher. She also recently signed with Adam Griffin at KLWGN for management. Scerbo is...
View ArticleExec Shuffle For 4/11/14: Fox Searchlight, Paramount Television, Cineflix,...
Company Launches Banijay Studios North America: David Goldberg has been named Chief Executive Officer of this new arm of Banijay Group, with a focus on developing and producing original content for the...
View ArticleICYMI: SSN’s Top Original Stories For 4/7 – 4/11/14
SSN Studio Analysis Part One: Ice Princesses, Pirates & Superheroes – A Look Inside Disney’s Past In this, the sixth and final installment in SSN’s studio analysis series, we look at how the Mouse...
View ArticleOn The Set For 4/14/14: Kristen Stewart & Jesse Eisenberg’s ‘American Ultra’...
Starts American Ultra 04/14/2014 Logline: The lives of stoner Mike and his girlfriend Phoebe take a unpredicted turn when he becomes the target of a government operation to kill him. Production...
View ArticleDavid Fincher Out of Steve Jobs Movie, David Hill Named Chairman of National...
David Fincher Out of Steve Jobs Movie in Fee Fight The director was negotiating with Sony to reteam with "The Social Network" writer Aaron Sorkin and producer Scott Rudin. (THR) David Hill Named...
View ArticleWhy Billy Bob Thornton Is Excited About FX’s Fargo, Mindy Kaling Talks About...
SSN ORIGINALS Why Billy Bob Thornton Is Excited About FX's Fargo Thornton on his new role, why he decided to return to television, and how both the film and television industries have changed since he...
View ArticleTV Castings For 4/16/14: Parker Young Joins CBS’‘Cuz-Bros’ In Second Position...
Pilots Parker Young has joined CBS’ Cuz-Bros, in second position to Fox’s Enlisted, that centers on a successful, suave ladies’ man whose perfect life gets turned upside down when a mess of a guy saves...
View ArticleFilm Development For 4/17/14: Paramount Set To Reboot Legacy Shocker ‘Friday...
NEW ATTACHMENTS Friday the 13th (Reboot) Logline: Jason Voorhees, armed with his razor-sharp machete, continues to haunt Crystal Lake. Studio: Paramount Pictures Production Companies: Platinum Dunes...
View ArticleExec Shuffle For 4/18/14: Roadside Attractions, Pivot, Nickelodeon, Evolve...
Company Launches Antila Ventures: Bollywood star Anil Kapoor has partnered with MAS Clearsight, a Dubai-based investment banking advisory firm, to launch this media and entertainment company, which...
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