‘Captive State’ Goes to Participant, Oscars on ABC til 2028, Aasif Mandvi in...
Rupert Wyatt’s Sci-Fi Film ‘Captive State’ Lands At Participant Media After a heated bidding war, Participant Media has come away with the rights to Rupert Wyatt’s next film, Captive State. Wyatt will...
View ArticleTelluride Lineup, Judge Judy Series, ABC Buys Iranian-American Comedy,...
Telluride Film Festival Lineup: ‘Sully’, ‘La La Land’, ‘Arrival’, ‘Bleed For This’ & More Hot on the heels of the opening last night of the Venice Film Festival, the Telluride Film Festival...
View Article‘Logorama’ Short Film, FTC’s Snapchat Problem, Product Placement Video, Grace...
Branded Entertainment News Brandspeak: A Provocative Film That Brings Brands To Life Here’s a short film called Logorama that literally brings brands to life, albeit in unexpected and off-color ways....
View Article‘Lost City of Z’ to Amazon, Jon Favreau in New ‘Spider-Man,’ Greg Berlanti...
Charlie Hunnam Drama ‘Lost City of Z’ Lands At Amazon Studios The streaming giant has acquired North American rights to the film, which is set in the Brazilian rain forest. (THR) Jon Favreau To Reprise...
View Article‘Don’t Breathe’ Wins Box Office, Telluride Standouts, Toronto Hot List, Judd...
Horror Flick ‘Don’t Breathe’ Tops Quiet Labor Day Weekend Box Office The second weekend of horror-thriller “Don’t Breathe” is showing plenty of life at an otherwise quiet Labor Day box office with an...
View ArticleBrandwood Global, The Future of Digital, IBM Creates a Trailer for...
Branded Entertainment News How Brandwood Global Is Changing The Entertainment Brand Placement Model Brandwood Global, the world’s first global online marketplace for branded entertainment, is launching...
View ArticleRadcliffe and Quinto to Star in ‘We Do Not Forget,’ Berlanti Directing...
First Look Media, Fuqua Films Team Daniel Radcliffe & Zachary Quinto For ‘We Do Not Forget’ First Look Media is going to finance We Do Not Forget, a drama to star Daniel Radcliffe and Zachary...
View ArticleBluegrass Partners With Jamie Tarses at ABC, Witherspoon and Kaling in...
Jamie Tarses, Scott Stuber & Dylan Clark Launch Bluegrass FanFare With ABC Studios Overall Deal Veteran TV producer Jamie Tarses has teamed with Bluegrass Films partners Scott Stuber and Dylan...
View ArticleMeryl Streep and JJ Abrams in ‘The Nix,’ PTA and DDL Film to Focus, Julian...
Meryl Streep, JJ Abrams Team For WBTV Limited Series Based On ‘The Nix’ Warner Bros Television is closing a deal for the fall literary sensation novel The Nix. Meryl Streep is going to star and produce...
View ArticleVerizon’s Struggle with GO90, Sling TV and ‘Star Wars,’ Cheddar Startup Gets...
Branded Entertainment News Inside Verizon’s Struggle To Build A Digital Entertainment Business The phone company wants very much to be a media company with Go90, its mobile video streaming app. (DD)...
View ArticleJeff Nichols Directing ‘Alien Nation,’ LeBron James Doing TV Drama, Alfonso...
‘Loving’ Helmer Jeff Nichols To Direct ‘Alien Nation’ Remake Nichols is making a deal at 20th Century Fox to write and direct a new version of Alien Nation, the 1988 science fiction thriller that took...
View ArticleWeekend Box Office, Creative Arts Emmy Winners, Venice Film Fest Awards, Tom...
Weekend Box Office: ‘Sully’ Soars With $35.5 Million Sully, the Clint Eastwood film starring Tom Hanks as Capt. Chelsey “Sully” Sullenberger, accrued $35.5 million this weekend, flying to the top spot...
View ArticleBenicio del Toro in ‘Predator,’ Sony Developing American Astronaut Movie, Ben...
Benicio del Toro To Star In ‘Predator’ Sequel/Reboot ‘The Predator’ Benicio del Toro is in talks to star in filmmaker Shane Black‘s Predator reboot/sequel The Predator. (SF) Sony Developing Astronaut...
View ArticleSearchlight Acquires ‘Jackie,’ Gwen Stefani’s Animated Series, ‘Crooked...
Fox Searchlight Acquires Jackie, Starring Natalie Portman Fox Searchlight Pictures announced that the company has acquired US rights to Jackie, directed by Pablo Larraín and written by Noah Oppenheim,...
View ArticleAdam Sandler Product Placement Video, 10 Things to Learn From Apple,...
Branded Entertainment News Adam Sandler Is The Undisputed King Of Product Placement In This Fascinating Supercut Laser Time has crafted an oddly mesmerizing supercut of the Sandman’s groundbreaking...
View ArticleTurner’s ‘Star Wars’ Deal, ‘Wrinkle in Time’ Finds Lead, ‘Colossal’ Sells to...
Turner Scores Major ‘Star Wars’ Deal To Air All 11 Movies Turner television networks have claimed the rights to run the iconic film franchise on cable channels TNT and TBS. (LAT) Rising Actress Storm...
View Article‘Zita the Spacegirl’ to Fox Animation, Hulu Ordering ‘The Looming...
Fox Animation Picks Up ‘Zita The Spacegirl’ Book Trilogy For Chernin Entertainment Fox Animation has acquired the Zita The Spacegirl trilogy of books from award-winning author Ben Hatke for Chernin...
View Article‘Message From the King’ to Netflix, Magnolia Nabs James Baldwin Doc, Spike...
‘Message From The King’ Headed Toward Exclusive Netflix Negotiation Netflix has moved toward an exclusive negotiation to acquire Message From the King, the Fabrice Du Weiz-directed drama that stars...
View ArticleBenefits of Branding, Budweiser and Discovery, Fox Teaming with Samsung and...
Branded Entertainment News Silver Screen Stardom: 6 Benefits Of Branding And Product Placement In Films Brands work with movie production houses to include their products or mentions of their products...
View ArticleTed Harbert Leaves, SPC Lands ‘Leisure Seeker,’‘Rogue One’ Replaces Composer,...
NBC Broadcasting Chairman Ted Harbert Is Leaving Mark Lazarus to take over some of Mr. Harbert’s responsibilities, becoming chairman of NBC Broadcasting and Sports. (WSJ) SPC Close To Landing ‘The...
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