Amazon Prime Takes Fellowes’ Latest, Universal’s Third Monster Movie, Hulu’s...
‘Downton Abbey’ Creator’s New Series ‘Doctor Thorne’ Heads to Amazon Prime Julian Fellowes‘ adaptation of the 1858 Anthony Trollope novel is set to debut on the streaming giant in the U.S. in late May,...
View ArticleRep Moves for 5/4/16: ‘Ratchet & Clank’s’ Bella Thorne Shifts to CAA, Oscar...
CAA: Actress Bella Thorne has shifted from WME to CAA. She made her mark on Disney Channel’s Shake It Up! She recently provided a voice for the animated video game adaptation Ratchet & Clank....
View ArticleRussell Crowe Joining ‘The Mummy,’ OWN Shakeup, John Chu to Direct ‘Crazy...
Russell Crowe Joining Tom Cruise In ‘The Mummy’ Russell Crowe is poised to join the Universal Pictures’ classic monsters universe. Crowe is in early talks to play a Jekyll-like role opposite Tom Cruise...
View ArticleFilm & TV Deals for 5/4/16: Warner Bros. & RatPac Launching Chinese Film...
Warner Bros. and RatPac Entertainment have launched a new film fund to finance Chinese-language movies. Brett Ratner and James Packer’s RatPac has a standing deal with Warner Bros. to co-finance the...
View ArticleRep Moves, Film & TV Deals, Ava DuVernay Exits ‘Intelligent Life,’ New Seth...
SSN ORIGINALS Rep Moves for 5/4/16: ‘Ratchet & Clank’s’ Bella Thorne Shifts to CAA, Oscar Winning DP Robert Richardson Signs with WME & More Other rep moves include, writer Ricky Blitt signing...
View ArticleFilm Development for 5/5/16: Harriet Tubman Getting Feature Treatment, Alicia...
New Attachments Above Suspicion Logline: Based the true story of a newly married FBI poster-boy assigned to an Appalachian mountain town in Kentucky. There he is drawn into an illicit affair with an...
View ArticleAdam McKay’s ‘Big Short’ Followup, Ryan Murphy’s ‘Feud’, Timbaland’s Hip Hop...
Film Development For 5/5/16: Harriet Tubman Getting Feature Treatment, Bruce Dern & Sean Astin in for ‘The Lears’ Among the other moves happening this week, Jack Huston and Emilia Clarke sign on to...
View ArticleAlden Ehrenreich as Hans Solo, Carlos Bardem in ‘The Son,’‘Guardian Brothers’...
Young Han Solo Found With Alden Ehrenreich Rumored before and now confirmed, Alden Ehrenreich is in final negotiations to don the vest and pick up the blaster for the Star Wars standalone, which...
View ArticleOn the Set for 5/6/16: Taron Egerton Starts ‘Kingsman’ Sequel, Hugh Jackman...
STARTS Boundaries 05/02/2016 Logline: Laura is a well-meaning single mother who is forced to drive her criminal father Jack from Texas to California, with her troubled son Henry along for the ride....
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SSN Box Office Trending Report for 5/6/16: ‘Captain America: Civil War’ to...
In this trending report, SSN Insider takes a deep dive into the film ticket sales of the week leveraging data from the powerhouse ticketing website, MovieTickets.com. The infographic below pinpoints...
View Article‘Angry Birds’ Helmer Fergal Reilly, FCC Approves Charter Buy Of TWC, Sumner...
SSN ORIGINALS ‘Angry Birds’ Director Fergal Reilly on Breaking the Story, Working at Lightening Speed and Answering the Question, ‘Why are These Birds Angry?’ There are many movies that have originated...
View Article‘Civil War’ Box Office, Jesse Eisenberg Creating TV Series, ‘Good Wife’...
Box Office: ‘Captain America: Civil War’ Clocks $178M for Fifth-Best Opening Ever Sunday’s business turned out to be more female and family driven than expected, shaving some muscle off the opening of...
View ArticleExec Shuffle for 5/9/16: Ellen DeGeneres Launches Digital Network, Cinetic...
Company Launches & Partnerships New York-based film and media company Cinetic has launched an international sales division in a pre-Cannes Film Festival announcement. Cinetic previously focused on...
View ArticleSumner Redstone Case Dismissed but Another Is Filed, Syfy Heads To ‘Krypton’,...
Exec Shuffle for 5/9/16: Ellen DeGeneres Launches Digital Network, Cinetic Opens Int’l Sales Division Ahead of Cannes, Kim Dong-ho Named Chairman of Busan Film Festival Meanwhile, in other news,...
View ArticleGael García Bernal is Zorro, Inside the Cannes Jury, Comedy Central Shake-Up,...
Gael García Bernal To Don the Black Mask & Become Zorro in Jonás Cuarón’s Reboot Gael García Bernal and Jonás Cuarón are coming together again — this time for the reboot of Zorro in a film entitled...
View ArticleTV Development for 5/10/16: ‘Civil War’ Directors Joe & Anthony Russo...
#Cartel Network: History Studio: A+E Networks, ABC Studios Executive Producer(s): Chris Brancato Writer(s): Chris Brancato Logline: The series chronicles the rise of kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman...
View ArticleRidley Scott’s New Western, ‘Civil War’s Big BO, Bryan Cranston’s New TV...
TV Development For 5/10/16: ‘Civil War’ Directors Joe & Anthony Russo Developing Pot Comedy, Netflix Orders ‘Dear White People’ Series Meanwhile, in other news, ABC has a new series in development...
View ArticleChina’s Wanda Invests in TMNT, Will Ferrell Boards ‘Captain Dad’, Amazon &...
Will Ferrell, Catherine Keener & Michael Cera Board Comedy ‘Captain Dad’ Will Ferrell is set to star in Captain Dad alongside Catherine Keener and Michael Cera. The dark twist on the family...
View ArticleFilm & TV Deals for 5/11/16: ‘Tomb Raider’s’ Alicia Vikander Launches...
Charles Murray has inked an overall deal with 20th Century Fox TV. He acted in the series Sons of Anarchy, which Fox 21 TV Studios produced for FX. Under the deal, Murray will be the executive producer...
View ArticleRep Moves for 5/11/16: Bradley Whitford Signs with ICM, Bungalow-SMG to Rep...
ICM: Emmy winning actor Bradley Whitford has signed with ICM Partners for representation. He most recently was seen in Amazon’s Transparent. On the film side, he was in Sony Pictures Classics’ Hank...
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