Exclusive: Warner Bros. Pictures Animation is heading to the Discovery vault to adapt their Animal Planet series, Meerkat Manor, into a feature animated movie. Think Happy Feet. That George Miller hatched franchise which centered around tap-dancing penguins raked in over a half billion at the global box office.
Warner Bros. Discovery’s Animal Planet first aired Meerkat Manor in 2005, with the series becoming the network’s highest rated show over its four seasons. The Emmy-nominated series reached 204 million households in more than 160 countries on the Animal Planet platform alone.
The Animal Planet docuseries followed the Whiskers, a family of meerkats, as they struggled to survive in South Africa’s Kalahari Desert. Similar to Happy Feet, Warner Bros. Pictures Animation will use photoreal animation to capture the Whiskers for their feature film debut.
The Meerkat Manor movie will be produced by Seth Green and Tracy Falco of The Green Room. Pic...
Warner Bros. Discovery’s Animal Planet first aired Meerkat Manor in 2005, with the series becoming the network’s highest rated show over its four seasons. The Emmy-nominated series reached 204 million households in more than 160 countries on the Animal Planet platform alone.
The Animal Planet docuseries followed the Whiskers, a family of meerkats, as they struggled to survive in South Africa’s Kalahari Desert. Similar to Happy Feet, Warner Bros. Pictures Animation will use photoreal animation to capture the Whiskers for their feature film debut.
The Meerkat Manor movie will be produced by Seth Green and Tracy Falco of The Green Room. Pic...
- 4/16/2024
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Korean multi-hyphenate powerhouse Don Lee (aka Ma Dong-seok) is set to star in and produce an English-language feature adaptation of New York Times bestselling author Nicholas Sansbury Smith’s dystopian sci-fi novel series Hell Divers. The film will draw from the first three books in the series whose first installment was published by Blackstone in 2016; there are 10 books in total.
Avi Arad, Ari Arad and Emmy Yu of Arad Productions are producing alongside Oscar nominated VFX supervisor and animation director Jerome Chen. Lee and Chris S Lee of B&c Content are producing under their U.S. banner, Gorilla 8 Productions. The adaptation will be penned by J.P. Davis. There is currently no director attached.
Lee, who is known for his performances in such Korean hits as Train to Busan; The Gangster, The Cop, The Devil; and The Roundup movies, including recent smash The Roundup: No Way Out,...
Avi Arad, Ari Arad and Emmy Yu of Arad Productions are producing alongside Oscar nominated VFX supervisor and animation director Jerome Chen. Lee and Chris S Lee of B&c Content are producing under their U.S. banner, Gorilla 8 Productions. The adaptation will be penned by J.P. Davis. There is currently no director attached.
Lee, who is known for his performances in such Korean hits as Train to Busan; The Gangster, The Cop, The Devil; and The Roundup movies, including recent smash The Roundup: No Way Out,...
- 6/22/2023
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
It’s official: Keanu Reeves will star in the long-gestating adaptation of Erik Larson’s Devil in the White City for Hulu.
The streamer today announced a series order for the drama, which tells the story of Daniel H. Burnham, a demanding but visionary architect who races to make his mark on history with the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair, and Dr. H. H. Holmes, America’s first modern serial killer and the man behind the notorious “Murder Castle” built in the Fair’s shadow. This marks Reeves’ first major U.S. TV role.
Deadline first broke in January that Reeves was in talks for the project. It’s from ABC Signature in Association with Paramount Television Studios. Executive Producers are Martin Scorsese, Rick Yorn, Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Davisson (Appian Way), Stacey Sher, Sam Shaw, Todd Field, Mark Lafferty. Shaw is writing and will serve as showrunner. Field will direct.
The streamer today announced a series order for the drama, which tells the story of Daniel H. Burnham, a demanding but visionary architect who races to make his mark on history with the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair, and Dr. H. H. Holmes, America’s first modern serial killer and the man behind the notorious “Murder Castle” built in the Fair’s shadow. This marks Reeves’ first major U.S. TV role.
Deadline first broke in January that Reeves was in talks for the project. It’s from ABC Signature in Association with Paramount Television Studios. Executive Producers are Martin Scorsese, Rick Yorn, Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Davisson (Appian Way), Stacey Sher, Sam Shaw, Todd Field, Mark Lafferty. Shaw is writing and will serve as showrunner. Field will direct.
- 8/4/2022
- by Lynette Rice
- Deadline Film + TV
The long-gestating adaptation of “Devil in the White City” is officially ordered to series at Hulu with Keanu Reeves set to star in one of the lead roles, Variety has learned.
The series is based on the book of the same name by Erik Larson. It tells the true story of Daniel H. Burnham (Reeves), a demanding but visionary architect who races to make his mark on history with the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair, and Dr. H. H. Holmes, America’s first modern serial killer and the man behind the notorious “Murder Castle” built in the Fair’s shadow. News comes as Hulu meets reporters virtually on Thursday for its portion of the TV Critics Association press tour.
Martin Scorsese, Rick Yorn, Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Davisson of Appian Way, Stacey Sher, Sam Shaw, and Mark Lafferty serve as executive producers on the series. Reeves will executive produce in addition to starring.
The series is based on the book of the same name by Erik Larson. It tells the true story of Daniel H. Burnham (Reeves), a demanding but visionary architect who races to make his mark on history with the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair, and Dr. H. H. Holmes, America’s first modern serial killer and the man behind the notorious “Murder Castle” built in the Fair’s shadow. News comes as Hulu meets reporters virtually on Thursday for its portion of the TV Critics Association press tour.
Martin Scorsese, Rick Yorn, Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Davisson of Appian Way, Stacey Sher, Sam Shaw, and Mark Lafferty serve as executive producers on the series. Reeves will executive produce in addition to starring.
- 8/4/2022
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Paramount has landed the rights to remake the Korean action and crime film “The Gangster, The Cop, The Devil” that Sylvester Stallone’s Balboa Productions is producing as an English-language version.
Don Lee, a.k.a. Ma Dong-seok, who starred in the original 2019 film, will reprise his role in the English-language remake as a mob boss who teams up with a cop in order to track a serial killer.
Lee is also producing the remake alongside Sylvester Stallone’s Balboa Productions, Billy Acumen of B.A. Entertainment, and Chris Lee. The film is in the early stages of development.
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The remake of “The Gangster, The Cop, The Devil” was first unveiled with Stallone producing way back in 2019, shortly after the film made its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival out of competition. Won-Tae Lee directed and wrote the original film.
Don Lee, a.k.a. Ma Dong-seok, who starred in the original 2019 film, will reprise his role in the English-language remake as a mob boss who teams up with a cop in order to track a serial killer.
Lee is also producing the remake alongside Sylvester Stallone’s Balboa Productions, Billy Acumen of B.A. Entertainment, and Chris Lee. The film is in the early stages of development.
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The remake of “The Gangster, The Cop, The Devil” was first unveiled with Stallone producing way back in 2019, shortly after the film made its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival out of competition. Won-Tae Lee directed and wrote the original film.
- 6/28/2022
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Paramount Pictures is set to remake acclaimed South Korean crime thriller The Gangster, The Cop, The Devil with original star Don Lee (aka Ma Dong-seok) reprising his lead role as a gang boss looking for redemption in the studio’s U.S. version.
Lee, whose acting credits also include Disney/Marvel’s Eternals and Korean blockbusters Train to Busan and The Roundup, is also producing under his U.S banner Gorilla 8 Productions; and alongside Chris S. Lee, CEO of B&c Content; Billy Acumen, CEO of BA Entertainment; and Sylvester Stallone and Braden Aftergood under their production banner, Balboa Productions. The U.S. remake is in the early stages of development.
The original film centered on fierce and feared gang boss Jang Dong-su (Lee), who barely survives a violent attack by an elusive serial killer. With his reputation damaged, the only way for Jang to restore his image is...
Lee, whose acting credits also include Disney/Marvel’s Eternals and Korean blockbusters Train to Busan and The Roundup, is also producing under his U.S banner Gorilla 8 Productions; and alongside Chris S. Lee, CEO of B&c Content; Billy Acumen, CEO of BA Entertainment; and Sylvester Stallone and Braden Aftergood under their production banner, Balboa Productions. The U.S. remake is in the early stages of development.
The original film centered on fierce and feared gang boss Jang Dong-su (Lee), who barely survives a violent attack by an elusive serial killer. With his reputation damaged, the only way for Jang to restore his image is...
- 6/28/2022
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
Principal photography scheduled for spring start in Winnipeg, Canada.
In a high-profile package that has dropped in the run-up to Cannes Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Benjamin Evan Ainsworth will star in the horror thriller Felix for producer Joe Carnahan, with Highland Film Group boarding world sales.
John Kissack, whose credits include horror thriller Everfall, will direct from a screenplay by Casey Giltner with principal photography scheduled for a spring start in Winnipeg, Canada.
Highland has commenced pre-sales on Felix, which centres on Charlie and his best friend Jimmy who are making a film and dream of becoming big-time Hollywood directors.
In a high-profile package that has dropped in the run-up to Cannes Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Benjamin Evan Ainsworth will star in the horror thriller Felix for producer Joe Carnahan, with Highland Film Group boarding world sales.
John Kissack, whose credits include horror thriller Everfall, will direct from a screenplay by Casey Giltner with principal photography scheduled for a spring start in Winnipeg, Canada.
Highland has commenced pre-sales on Felix, which centres on Charlie and his best friend Jimmy who are making a film and dream of becoming big-time Hollywood directors.
- 4/6/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Neal McDonough (Red Stone) has signed on to produce and star opposite Dermot Mulroney in The Warrant: Breaker’s Law, a sequel to his 2020 film The Warrant, which will see him reprise his role as Civil War hero and Sheriff John Breaker.
The original film, which is currently available for streaming on Amazon Prime, sees Breaker and his son reunite to arrest Union Army friend “The Saint”—now a fierce gang leader, whose raids threaten to bring the country back into conflict.
In the new film set in the 1870s, Breaker is now a Federal Marshal, setting out with his loyal best friend, Deputy Marshall Bugle Bearclaw, on a mission to deliver a warrant for Henry Bronson, aka Dead-Eye. After capturing the life-long criminal, delivering him to the local Marshal in Absolem’s Hill should be pretty straightforward. But Dead-Eye just happens to be the one-eyed, estranged twin brother...
The original film, which is currently available for streaming on Amazon Prime, sees Breaker and his son reunite to arrest Union Army friend “The Saint”—now a fierce gang leader, whose raids threaten to bring the country back into conflict.
In the new film set in the 1870s, Breaker is now a Federal Marshal, setting out with his loyal best friend, Deputy Marshall Bugle Bearclaw, on a mission to deliver a warrant for Henry Bronson, aka Dead-Eye. After capturing the life-long criminal, delivering him to the local Marshal in Absolem’s Hill should be pretty straightforward. But Dead-Eye just happens to be the one-eyed, estranged twin brother...
- 3/9/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
While AMC's The Walking Dead may be in its final season, The Walking Dead Universe is far from over.
In addition to the anthology series Tales of the Walking Dead and a spinoff series featuring Daryl and Carol, AMC has just announced another Walking Dead series titled Isle of the Dead, which will feature Maggie (Lauren Cohan) and Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) exploring a post-apocalyptic Manhattan.
Comprised of six episodes, Isle of the Dead's first season is slated to premiere on AMC and AMC+ in 2023, with Cohan and Morgan both executive producing the new series.
We'll keep Daily Dead readers updated on further details, and we also have the official teaser image and press release with additional details:
Press Release: New York – March 7, 2022 – AMC Networks today announced that it has greenlit a new series set in The Walking Dead Universe, starring Lauren Cohan and Jeffrey Dean Morgan. Isle of the Dead...
In addition to the anthology series Tales of the Walking Dead and a spinoff series featuring Daryl and Carol, AMC has just announced another Walking Dead series titled Isle of the Dead, which will feature Maggie (Lauren Cohan) and Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) exploring a post-apocalyptic Manhattan.
Comprised of six episodes, Isle of the Dead's first season is slated to premiere on AMC and AMC+ in 2023, with Cohan and Morgan both executive producing the new series.
We'll keep Daily Dead readers updated on further details, and we also have the official teaser image and press release with additional details:
Press Release: New York – March 7, 2022 – AMC Networks today announced that it has greenlit a new series set in The Walking Dead Universe, starring Lauren Cohan and Jeffrey Dean Morgan. Isle of the Dead...
- 3/7/2022
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
The Walking Dead universe is getting even bigger.
Lauren Cohan, who plays Maggie, and Jeffrey Dean Morgan, who plays Negan, are starring in a New York City-set spinoff series that will air on AMC next year.
The six-episode Isle of the Dead will be showrun by Eli Jorné, who has been a writer and co-executive producer on The Walking Dead for multiple seasons and has an overall deal with AMC Studios.
2022 AMC Pilots & Series Orders
It comes as The Walking Dead is wrapping up its 11th and final season and is the latest spinoff series for the zombie franchise.
The move marks quite the turnaround for Cohan, who first appeared in The Walking Dead as a recurring character in Season 2. Tense contract negotiations at the end of Season 8 led her to only appearing in a handful of episodes of Season 9 and leaving the series in 2018. She returned for the Season 10 finale and subsequent final season.
Lauren Cohan, who plays Maggie, and Jeffrey Dean Morgan, who plays Negan, are starring in a New York City-set spinoff series that will air on AMC next year.
The six-episode Isle of the Dead will be showrun by Eli Jorné, who has been a writer and co-executive producer on The Walking Dead for multiple seasons and has an overall deal with AMC Studios.
2022 AMC Pilots & Series Orders
It comes as The Walking Dead is wrapping up its 11th and final season and is the latest spinoff series for the zombie franchise.
The move marks quite the turnaround for Cohan, who first appeared in The Walking Dead as a recurring character in Season 2. Tense contract negotiations at the end of Season 8 led her to only appearing in a handful of episodes of Season 9 and leaving the series in 2018. She returned for the Season 10 finale and subsequent final season.
- 3/7/2022
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
The upcoming FX limited mystery series “The Retreat” has added 10 new cast members, Variety has learned.
Clive Owen, Harris Dickinson, Alice Braga, Jermaine Fowler, Joan Chen, Edoardo Ballerini, Raul Esparza, Pegah Ferydoni, Ryan J. Haddad and Javed Khan have all joined the series. They join previously announced cast members Emma Corrin and Brit Marling, with Marling having co-created the series with Zal Batmanglij.
The series follows a gen Z amateur sleuth named Darby Hart (Corrin). Darby and 11 other guests are invited by a reclusive billionaire to participate in a retreat at a remote and dazzling location. When one of the other guests is found dead, Darby must fight to prove it was murder against a tide of competing interests and before the killer takes another life.
Owen will appear as Andy. He is known for his Oscar-nominated and Golden Globe-winning role in the Mike Nichols film “Closer” as well as...
Clive Owen, Harris Dickinson, Alice Braga, Jermaine Fowler, Joan Chen, Edoardo Ballerini, Raul Esparza, Pegah Ferydoni, Ryan J. Haddad and Javed Khan have all joined the series. They join previously announced cast members Emma Corrin and Brit Marling, with Marling having co-created the series with Zal Batmanglij.
The series follows a gen Z amateur sleuth named Darby Hart (Corrin). Darby and 11 other guests are invited by a reclusive billionaire to participate in a retreat at a remote and dazzling location. When one of the other guests is found dead, Darby must fight to prove it was murder against a tide of competing interests and before the killer takes another life.
Owen will appear as Andy. He is known for his Oscar-nominated and Golden Globe-winning role in the Mike Nichols film “Closer” as well as...
- 2/11/2022
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
FX has set its cast for Retreat, a limited series from The Oa creators Brit Marling and Zal Batmanglij, starring Emma Corrin. Oscar nominee Clive Owen (Closer), Harris Dickinson (The King’s Man), Alice Braga (Queen of the South), Jermaine Fowler (Judas and the Black Messiah), Joan Chen (Marco Polo), Raul Esparza (Law & Order: Svu), Edoardo Ballerini (Dinner Rush), Pegah Ferydoni (Turkish for Beginners), Ryan J. Haddad (The Politician) and Javed Khan (The Bay) join Corrin in the series, along with previously announced Marling.
Retreat is a radical conceptualization of the whodunit with a new kind of detective at the helm — a gen Z amateur sleuth named Darby Hart (Corrin). Darby and 11 other guests are invited by a reclusive billionaire to participate in a Retreat at a remote and dazzling location. When one of the other guests is found dead, Darby must fight to prove it was murder against a...
Retreat is a radical conceptualization of the whodunit with a new kind of detective at the helm — a gen Z amateur sleuth named Darby Hart (Corrin). Darby and 11 other guests are invited by a reclusive billionaire to participate in a Retreat at a remote and dazzling location. When one of the other guests is found dead, Darby must fight to prove it was murder against a...
- 2/11/2022
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Rebecca Eskreis has signed on to direct ClearMind, a thriller about the dark side of Virtual Reality therapy and the slippery slope of using simulated life to avenge the real.
The film scheduled to enter production in Northern California next spring is the second from Eskreis, whose feature directorial debut, What Breaks the Ice, was recently released in theaters, on demand and on digital platforms via Cinedigm. 30 Miles from Nowhere’s Seana Kofoed penned the screenplay and will produce with River Place Production’s Kristin Tegtmeier Higgins (The Boy’s Gone). Miriam Hoffman is handling casting.
Eskreis is represented by Sara Alexander of Alexander Creatives and Stuart Rosenthal at Goodman, Genow, Schenkman.
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Exclusive: Freestyle Digital Media has acquired North American VOD rights to The Xrossing, an Australian coming-of-age thriller from director Steven J. Mihaljevich. The digital film distribution division of Byron Allen’s Allen Media Group/Entertainment Studios...
The film scheduled to enter production in Northern California next spring is the second from Eskreis, whose feature directorial debut, What Breaks the Ice, was recently released in theaters, on demand and on digital platforms via Cinedigm. 30 Miles from Nowhere’s Seana Kofoed penned the screenplay and will produce with River Place Production’s Kristin Tegtmeier Higgins (The Boy’s Gone). Miriam Hoffman is handling casting.
Eskreis is represented by Sara Alexander of Alexander Creatives and Stuart Rosenthal at Goodman, Genow, Schenkman.
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Exclusive: Freestyle Digital Media has acquired North American VOD rights to The Xrossing, an Australian coming-of-age thriller from director Steven J. Mihaljevich. The digital film distribution division of Byron Allen’s Allen Media Group/Entertainment Studios...
- 12/17/2021
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: One of the top books of 2020, Homeland Elegies by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Ayad Akhtar, is headed to television with a high-profile limited series adaptation in development at FX. It is executive produced by Kumail Nanjiani (The Big Sick) who is set to star.
Akhtar (Disgraced) will pen the adaptation with Oren Moverman (The Messenger), who is slated to direct the eight-episode limited series, produced by FX Productions. The project hails from Sight Unseen (Bad Eduction) and Nimitt Mankad (Captain Fantastic) and his Inimitable Pictures.
Raucous and searing, Homeland Elegies blends fact and fiction to tell an epic story of identity and belonging in post-Trump America. Part family drama, part social essay, part picaresque novel, at its heart it is the story of a father, a son, and the country they both call home.
Akhtar, Nanjiani, Moverman and Sight Unseen’s Julia Lebedev and Eddie Vaisman will executive produce, along...
Akhtar (Disgraced) will pen the adaptation with Oren Moverman (The Messenger), who is slated to direct the eight-episode limited series, produced by FX Productions. The project hails from Sight Unseen (Bad Eduction) and Nimitt Mankad (Captain Fantastic) and his Inimitable Pictures.
Raucous and searing, Homeland Elegies blends fact and fiction to tell an epic story of identity and belonging in post-Trump America. Part family drama, part social essay, part picaresque novel, at its heart it is the story of a father, a son, and the country they both call home.
Akhtar, Nanjiani, Moverman and Sight Unseen’s Julia Lebedev and Eddie Vaisman will executive produce, along...
- 7/9/2021
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Sources tell us that Yellowstone alum Neal McDonough is set to play the series regular role of Dwight “Ike” Eisenhower in Season 10 of Ryan Murphy’s FX series American Horror Story: Double Feature.
We’re hearing that it’s not the 34th U.S. President that McDonough is playing, but rather a character with the same name.
McDonough joins an ensemble of fresh and also familiar faces in Season 10 including Macaulay Culkin, Frances Conroy, Leslie Grossman, Billie Lourd, Sarah Paulson, Evan Peters, Adina Porter, Lily Rabe, Angelica Ross and Finn Wittrock. AHS: Double Feature will consist of two stories: one by the sea, one by the sand. The series premieres Wednesday, August 25 on FX and will be available to stream the next day on FX on Hulu.
Back in March, Murphy shared a photo of cast members Culkin and Grossman on the set in Provincetown, Ma, which continues...
We’re hearing that it’s not the 34th U.S. President that McDonough is playing, but rather a character with the same name.
McDonough joins an ensemble of fresh and also familiar faces in Season 10 including Macaulay Culkin, Frances Conroy, Leslie Grossman, Billie Lourd, Sarah Paulson, Evan Peters, Adina Porter, Lily Rabe, Angelica Ross and Finn Wittrock. AHS: Double Feature will consist of two stories: one by the sea, one by the sand. The series premieres Wednesday, August 25 on FX and will be available to stream the next day on FX on Hulu.
Back in March, Murphy shared a photo of cast members Culkin and Grossman on the set in Provincetown, Ma, which continues...
- 6/15/2021
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Warren Kole (Shades of Blue) is set as a series regular and Peter Gadiot (Queen of the South), Keeya King (Van Helsing) and Alex Wyndham (Rome) have been tapped for recurring roles in Showtime’s drama series Yellowjackets. Melanie Lynskey, Juliette Lewis, Christina Ricci and Tawny Cypress star in the drama series from writers Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson, Entertainment One and studio-based producer Drew Comins. Production has begun in Vancouver, Canada for a 2021 debut on the network.
Equal parts survival epic, psychological horror story and coming-of-age drama, Yellowjackets is the saga of a team of wildly talented high school girls soccer players who become the (un)lucky survivors of a plane crash deep in the remote northern wilderness. The series chronicles their descent from a complicated but thriving team to savage clans, while also tracking the lives they’ve attempted to piece back together nearly 25 years later, proving...
Equal parts survival epic, psychological horror story and coming-of-age drama, Yellowjackets is the saga of a team of wildly talented high school girls soccer players who become the (un)lucky survivors of a plane crash deep in the remote northern wilderness. The series chronicles their descent from a complicated but thriving team to savage clans, while also tracking the lives they’ve attempted to piece back together nearly 25 years later, proving...
- 6/3/2021
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
The film adaptation of Taylor Jenkins Reid’s bestseller “One True Loves” has set a trio of buzzy actors at the lead.
Phillipa Soo (original “Hamilton” cast), Simu Liu (lead of Marvel’s “Shang-Chi”), and Luke Bracey (Netflix’s top-rated holiday romp “Holidate”) are all on board.
The film will be directed by Andy Fickman, and follows the moving love story of a woman unexpectedly forced to choose between the husband she has long thought dead and the fiancé who has finally brought her back to life.
Though not yet attached to a distributor, production is set to begin after summer in Massachusetts. Willie Kutner, Fickman, Betsy Sullenger, Michael Jefferson and Sarah Finn are producing the project with the author’s husband, Alex Jenkins Reid. Adam Beasley is executive producing. Finn is also casting. CAA Media Finance is handling North American sales.
Jenkins Reid is best known for the NY...
Phillipa Soo (original “Hamilton” cast), Simu Liu (lead of Marvel’s “Shang-Chi”), and Luke Bracey (Netflix’s top-rated holiday romp “Holidate”) are all on board.
The film will be directed by Andy Fickman, and follows the moving love story of a woman unexpectedly forced to choose between the husband she has long thought dead and the fiancé who has finally brought her back to life.
Though not yet attached to a distributor, production is set to begin after summer in Massachusetts. Willie Kutner, Fickman, Betsy Sullenger, Michael Jefferson and Sarah Finn are producing the project with the author’s husband, Alex Jenkins Reid. Adam Beasley is executive producing. Finn is also casting. CAA Media Finance is handling North American sales.
Jenkins Reid is best known for the NY...
- 6/2/2021
- by Matt Donnelly
- Variety Film + TV
Phillipa Soo, Simu Liu & Luke Bracey To Star In Adaptation Of Taylor Jenkins Reid’s ‘One True Loves’
Tony Award winner Phllipa Soo, Simu Liu and Luke Bracey are set to star in the adaptation of the Taylor Jenkins Reid’s One True Love, with Andy Fickman on board to direct. Taylor Jenkins Reid and Alex Jenkins Reid will adapt the script.
The film tells a moving love story about a woman unexpectedly forced to choose between the husband she has long thought dead and the fiancé who finally has brought her back to life.
Willie Kutner, Andy Fickman, Betsy Sullenger, Michael Jefferson and Sarah Finn are producing with Taylor Jenkins Reid, Alex Jenkins Reid and Adam Beasley executive producing. CAA Media Finance is representing the film’s North American distribution rights.
Production is set to begin in the fall in Massachusetts.
Soo is best known for originating the role of Eliza Schuyler Hamilton in Broadway’s Hamilton, garnering her numerous industry awards and a Tony Award nomination.
The film tells a moving love story about a woman unexpectedly forced to choose between the husband she has long thought dead and the fiancé who finally has brought her back to life.
Willie Kutner, Andy Fickman, Betsy Sullenger, Michael Jefferson and Sarah Finn are producing with Taylor Jenkins Reid, Alex Jenkins Reid and Adam Beasley executive producing. CAA Media Finance is representing the film’s North American distribution rights.
Production is set to begin in the fall in Massachusetts.
Soo is best known for originating the role of Eliza Schuyler Hamilton in Broadway’s Hamilton, garnering her numerous industry awards and a Tony Award nomination.
- 6/2/2021
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: UTA has signed actress Jun Jong-seo (aka Rachel Jun) in all areas.
Most recently, Jun he was cast as one of the leads in the Korean remake of Money Heist for Netflix. Originating in Spain, the acclaimed series quickly became one of the biggest titles for the streamer and one of the most popular non-English series on the platform. Up next, she is set as the lead in Ana Lily Amirpour’s Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon opposite Kate Hudson and Craig Robinson, with John Lesher producing.
Previously, Jun found global acclaim after her leading performance in director Lee Chang-dong’s feature Burning, opposite Steven Yeun. The film premiered at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival, where it received the Fipresci prize. It also was selected as South Korea’s submission for the 91st Oscars.
Jun will continue to be repped by My Company in Korea and attorney Stuart Rosenthal at Goodman,...
Most recently, Jun he was cast as one of the leads in the Korean remake of Money Heist for Netflix. Originating in Spain, the acclaimed series quickly became one of the biggest titles for the streamer and one of the most popular non-English series on the platform. Up next, she is set as the lead in Ana Lily Amirpour’s Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon opposite Kate Hudson and Craig Robinson, with John Lesher producing.
Previously, Jun found global acclaim after her leading performance in director Lee Chang-dong’s feature Burning, opposite Steven Yeun. The film premiered at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival, where it received the Fipresci prize. It also was selected as South Korea’s submission for the 91st Oscars.
Jun will continue to be repped by My Company in Korea and attorney Stuart Rosenthal at Goodman,...
- 5/3/2021
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
Neon will release the film in the U.S. that will start filming in Greece in August
David Cronenberg has set his first directorial feature since 2014, “Crimes of the Future,” with a cast that includes Viggo Mortensen, Léa Seydoux and Kristen Stewart.
“Crimes of the Future” comes from Neon and Serendipity Point Films, with Neon set to release the sci-fi movie in the U.S. Production aims to kick off this August in Athens, Greece.
“Crimes of the Future” is Cronenberg’s first original screenplay since 1999’s “eXistenZ.” The movie is a deep dive into the not-so-distant future where humankind is learning to adapt to its synthetic surroundings and the fast-spreading “Accelerated Evolution Syndrome.” This evolution moves humans beyond their natural state and into a metamorphosis, altering their biological makeup. While some embrace the limitless potential of transhumanism, others attempt to police it.
The film stars Mortensen as Saul Tenser,...
David Cronenberg has set his first directorial feature since 2014, “Crimes of the Future,” with a cast that includes Viggo Mortensen, Léa Seydoux and Kristen Stewart.
“Crimes of the Future” comes from Neon and Serendipity Point Films, with Neon set to release the sci-fi movie in the U.S. Production aims to kick off this August in Athens, Greece.
“Crimes of the Future” is Cronenberg’s first original screenplay since 1999’s “eXistenZ.” The movie is a deep dive into the not-so-distant future where humankind is learning to adapt to its synthetic surroundings and the fast-spreading “Accelerated Evolution Syndrome.” This evolution moves humans beyond their natural state and into a metamorphosis, altering their biological makeup. While some embrace the limitless potential of transhumanism, others attempt to police it.
The film stars Mortensen as Saul Tenser,...
- 4/29/2021
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Korean-American action star Don Lee and producing partner Chris S. Lee are teaming with Starlings Television to develop The Club, a drama series based on the popular Korean format Trap. Writer Jack LoGiudice has been tapped as writer-showrunner.
The Train to Busan actor, who will next be seen in Marvel’s Eternals, is set to star in The Club, a rare American adaptation of a Korean format to feature a Korean lead.
Known in Asia by his Korean name Ma Dong-Seok, Lee will play a veteran detective investigating a mysterious group of hunters who have attacked a famous news anchor and his family on a camping trip. The detective, who lost his own son, finds himself mired in a twisted mystery orchestrated by an elite and powerful group with disturbing appetites. He will slowly learn that nothing is as it seems and that there are killers hiding in plain sight.
The Train to Busan actor, who will next be seen in Marvel’s Eternals, is set to star in The Club, a rare American adaptation of a Korean format to feature a Korean lead.
Known in Asia by his Korean name Ma Dong-Seok, Lee will play a veteran detective investigating a mysterious group of hunters who have attacked a famous news anchor and his family on a camping trip. The detective, who lost his own son, finds himself mired in a twisted mystery orchestrated by an elite and powerful group with disturbing appetites. He will slowly learn that nothing is as it seems and that there are killers hiding in plain sight.
- 4/20/2021
- by Brandon Choe
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: It took a village to rescue those 12 boys and their soccer coach from a flooded Thailand cave in 2018. MGM and Thirteen Lives director Ron Howard have firmed a big international cast to play the heroic rescuers who took part in a dangerous operation that cost one rescue diver — Thai Navy Seal Saman Gunan — his life. All of the boys, and the coach, were saved before floodwaters completely filled the caves.
Viggo Mortensen, Colin Farrell, and Joel Edgerton will star with Weir Sukollawat (Malila), Thiraphat Sajakul (The Serpent), Sahajak Boonthanakit (The Serpent), Vithaya Pansringarm (The Prey), Teeradon “James” Supapunpinyo (Bad Genius), Nophand Boonyai (Only God Forgives), Tom Bateman (Death on the Nile), Paul Gleeson (The Thin Red Line), and Lewis Fitz-Gerald (Pitch Black).
The film will shoot in Australia — with the support of the Australian and Queensland Governments — and also Thailand. Production begins this month. Thirteen Lives will be released theatrically in the U.
Viggo Mortensen, Colin Farrell, and Joel Edgerton will star with Weir Sukollawat (Malila), Thiraphat Sajakul (The Serpent), Sahajak Boonthanakit (The Serpent), Vithaya Pansringarm (The Prey), Teeradon “James” Supapunpinyo (Bad Genius), Nophand Boonyai (Only God Forgives), Tom Bateman (Death on the Nile), Paul Gleeson (The Thin Red Line), and Lewis Fitz-Gerald (Pitch Black).
The film will shoot in Australia — with the support of the Australian and Queensland Governments — and also Thailand. Production begins this month. Thirteen Lives will be released theatrically in the U.
- 3/11/2021
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Director Scott Waugh is set to helm the action thriller film Eye In the Sky.
The film follows a arms dealer, who after escaping his prison transport and hijacks a fully weaponized Blackhawk over downtown Los Angeles, it’s up to a top LAPD helicopter pilot to take him down before the entire city is destroyed. Millennium Films is financing. Cindy Cowan is producing.
Waugh’s feature credits include the film Act of Valor, which gained notoriety for the use of real Navy-seals to accomplish the complex action sequences. He most recently directed Snafu, an upcoming action adventure feature starring John Cena and Jackie Chan. The film is a Chinese co-production slated for release in 2022.
Waugh is repped by Artists First and Stuart Rosenthal at Goodman Genow.
The film follows a arms dealer, who after escaping his prison transport and hijacks a fully weaponized Blackhawk over downtown Los Angeles, it’s up to a top LAPD helicopter pilot to take him down before the entire city is destroyed. Millennium Films is financing. Cindy Cowan is producing.
Waugh’s feature credits include the film Act of Valor, which gained notoriety for the use of real Navy-seals to accomplish the complex action sequences. He most recently directed Snafu, an upcoming action adventure feature starring John Cena and Jackie Chan. The film is a Chinese co-production slated for release in 2022.
Waugh is repped by Artists First and Stuart Rosenthal at Goodman Genow.
- 2/19/2021
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Neal McDonough has signed on to star in, produce and co-write Boon, the sequel to the actor’s movie Red Stone.
In Red Stone, McDonough plays Boon, a henchman for Southern crime lord Jed Haywood (Michael Cudlitz). Boon is assigned to track Motley (Dash Melrose), who is on the run from Jed. However, Boon has just lost his brother, and only has 10 hours to bring Motley in and get to the cemetery. Over the course of one day, both Motley and Boon go on a spiritual journey as their fate brings them together for a climatic showdown.
Red Stone director Derek Presley is returning to helm Boon and will co-write with McDonough. Red Stone producer Jason Starne is also returning for Boon.
McDonough is shooting Resident Evil for Sony/Screen Gems. His features include Monsters of Man, Sonic the Hedgehog, The Warrant, Captain America, Minority Report and Game Over,...
In Red Stone, McDonough plays Boon, a henchman for Southern crime lord Jed Haywood (Michael Cudlitz). Boon is assigned to track Motley (Dash Melrose), who is on the run from Jed. However, Boon has just lost his brother, and only has 10 hours to bring Motley in and get to the cemetery. Over the course of one day, both Motley and Boon go on a spiritual journey as their fate brings them together for a climatic showdown.
Red Stone director Derek Presley is returning to helm Boon and will co-write with McDonough. Red Stone producer Jason Starne is also returning for Boon.
McDonough is shooting Resident Evil for Sony/Screen Gems. His features include Monsters of Man, Sonic the Hedgehog, The Warrant, Captain America, Minority Report and Game Over,...
- 12/16/2020
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Apex and American Siege writer-director Edward Drake has signed with Buchwald.
Drake directed and co-wrote, alongside Corey Large, the recently wrapped Bruce Willis and Neal McDonough feature Apex which follows a group of elite hunters who pay to hunt a man on a deserted island, only to find themselves becoming the prey.
Drake is reteaming with Willis on the action thriller American Siege. Also co-written with Large, the pic follows Willis as an NYPD detective-turned-Sheriff of a small town in Oregon who must take down a gang of thieves after they take a wealthy doctor hostage.
Drake wrote and directed Broil for Well Go USA starring Jonathan Lipnicki and Timothy Murphy. He also wrote and executive produced Breach starring Willis, Kassandra Clementi and Rachel Nichols, which was acquired by Saban Films for distribution.
This year he wrote and directed Cosmic Sin, another Willis feature, which was also picked up by Saban Films.
Drake directed and co-wrote, alongside Corey Large, the recently wrapped Bruce Willis and Neal McDonough feature Apex which follows a group of elite hunters who pay to hunt a man on a deserted island, only to find themselves becoming the prey.
Drake is reteaming with Willis on the action thriller American Siege. Also co-written with Large, the pic follows Willis as an NYPD detective-turned-Sheriff of a small town in Oregon who must take down a gang of thieves after they take a wealthy doctor hostage.
Drake wrote and directed Broil for Well Go USA starring Jonathan Lipnicki and Timothy Murphy. He also wrote and executive produced Breach starring Willis, Kassandra Clementi and Rachel Nichols, which was acquired by Saban Films for distribution.
This year he wrote and directed Cosmic Sin, another Willis feature, which was also picked up by Saban Films.
- 12/9/2020
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Constantin Film has set in motion a new adaptation to add to the ever-expanding Resident Evil movie franchise. Constantin and writer-director Johannes Roberts said Tuesday that have conceived an official origin story adaptation with faithful ties to Capcom’s classic survival horror games. This story is set in 1998 on a fateful night in Raccoon City.
Starring in the roles of the iconic game characters will be Maze Runner‘s Kaya Scodelario as Claire Redfield alongside Hannah John-Kamen (Ant-Man and the Wasp) as Jill Valentine, Robbie Amell (Upload) as Chris Redfield, Tom Hopper (The Umbrella Academy) as Albert Wesker, Avan Jogia (Zombieland: Double Tap) as Leon S. Kennedy, and Neal McDonough (Yellowstone) as William Birkin.
“With this movie, I really wanted to go back to the original first two games and re-create the terrifying visceral experience I had when I first played them whilst at the same time telling a grounded...
Starring in the roles of the iconic game characters will be Maze Runner‘s Kaya Scodelario as Claire Redfield alongside Hannah John-Kamen (Ant-Man and the Wasp) as Jill Valentine, Robbie Amell (Upload) as Chris Redfield, Tom Hopper (The Umbrella Academy) as Albert Wesker, Avan Jogia (Zombieland: Double Tap) as Leon S. Kennedy, and Neal McDonough (Yellowstone) as William Birkin.
“With this movie, I really wanted to go back to the original first two games and re-create the terrifying visceral experience I had when I first played them whilst at the same time telling a grounded...
- 10/6/2020
- by Amanda N'Duka and Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
AMC has tapped “Walking Dead” star Jeffrey Dean Morgan to host a weekly talk show with his wife, actor Hilarie Burton Morgan, that will originate from the couple’s farm in upstate New York.
Set to bow at 10 p.m. Et on April 17, “Friday Night In With the Morgans” will originate from the couple’s 100-acre spread in Dutchess County, about two hours north of New York City. The half-hour show will feature the two connecting via video streaming sessions with famous friends and other guests for conversations about life in the time of social distancing. There will be a strong focus on feel-good stories and efforts to find joy and humor in unprecedented times. The homey atmosphere will be quite the contrast to the heavy character of Negan that Morgan has played on “Walking Dead” since 2016.
“We have been a part of the AMC family for a long time...
Set to bow at 10 p.m. Et on April 17, “Friday Night In With the Morgans” will originate from the couple’s 100-acre spread in Dutchess County, about two hours north of New York City. The half-hour show will feature the two connecting via video streaming sessions with famous friends and other guests for conversations about life in the time of social distancing. There will be a strong focus on feel-good stories and efforts to find joy and humor in unprecedented times. The homey atmosphere will be quite the contrast to the heavy character of Negan that Morgan has played on “Walking Dead” since 2016.
“We have been a part of the AMC family for a long time...
- 4/10/2020
- by Cynthia Littleton
- Variety Film + TV
The Walking Dead’s Jeffrey Dean Morgan, who knows a thing or two about dealing with the zombie apocalypse, is now turning his attention to Covid-19 with a new AMC chat show.
Morgan and his wife, Hilarie Burton Morgan, who starred on One Tree Hill, are hosting Friday Night In with The Morgans, a weekly half-hour video-chat-based series, for the Breaking Bad broadcaster.
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Filmed from their farm in upstate New York, the show will launch on Friday April 17 at 10pm.
Guests include such fellow stars of The Walking Dead as Christian Serratos and Sarah Wayne Callies as well as...
Morgan and his wife, Hilarie Burton Morgan, who starred on One Tree Hill, are hosting Friday Night In with The Morgans, a weekly half-hour video-chat-based series, for the Breaking Bad broadcaster.
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Filmed from their farm in upstate New York, the show will launch on Friday April 17 at 10pm.
Guests include such fellow stars of The Walking Dead as Christian Serratos and Sarah Wayne Callies as well as...
- 4/10/2020
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Multi-hyphenate actor-writer-producer Neal McDonough has signed with Buchwald. He was previously with Paradigm.
Currently, McDonough stars in Robert Zemeckis’ UFO drama series Project Blue Book for History and had a major arc on season 2 of Yellowstone for Paramount. Additionally, he’s recently recurred on Netflix’s Altered Carbon, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow as uber villain Damien Darhk, along with Syfy’s Van Helsing, and USA’s Suits.
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On the film side, McDonough is presently starring in The Warrant which is streaming on Amazon and most recently appeared in Paramount’s hit feature Sonic the Hedgehog and in Game Over, Man! for Netflix.
McDonough continues to be repped by attorney Stuart Rosenthal at Goodman, Genow, Schenkman, Smelkinson, and Christopher.
Currently, McDonough stars in Robert Zemeckis’ UFO drama series Project Blue Book for History and had a major arc on season 2 of Yellowstone for Paramount. Additionally, he’s recently recurred on Netflix’s Altered Carbon, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow as uber villain Damien Darhk, along with Syfy’s Van Helsing, and USA’s Suits.
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On the film side, McDonough is presently starring in The Warrant which is streaming on Amazon and most recently appeared in Paramount’s hit feature Sonic the Hedgehog and in Game Over, Man! for Netflix.
McDonough continues to be repped by attorney Stuart Rosenthal at Goodman, Genow, Schenkman, Smelkinson, and Christopher.
- 4/2/2020
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Breaking: The early year courtship between some of Hollywood’s top dealmakers continues. The principals behind the law firms Goodman, Schenkman are in final talks to merge with Stone, Genow, Smelkinson, Binder & Christopher. They will christen the new firm Goodman, Genow, Schenkman, Smelkinson & Christopher and the transaction should closed by month’s end.
The new firm reps some of the top talent in Hollywood, who collectively earned eight Oscar nominations this week after seven Golden Globes wins and 14 Globe noms. Those clients are Christian Bale, Russell Crowe, Daniel Craig, Anthony Hopkins, Quentin Tarantino, producers Jason Blum, David Heyman, and John Davis, and showrunner Craig Mazin. The firm reps many others.
Goodman and Schenkman previously peeled off last year from Bloom Hergott, this after Jake Bloom retired and Alan Hergott stepped down. Their third partner, Leigh Brecheen, yesterday teamed with other Bloom Hergott colleagues to form the firm Brecheen, Feldman, Breimer,...
The new firm reps some of the top talent in Hollywood, who collectively earned eight Oscar nominations this week after seven Golden Globes wins and 14 Globe noms. Those clients are Christian Bale, Russell Crowe, Daniel Craig, Anthony Hopkins, Quentin Tarantino, producers Jason Blum, David Heyman, and John Davis, and showrunner Craig Mazin. The firm reps many others.
Goodman and Schenkman previously peeled off last year from Bloom Hergott, this after Jake Bloom retired and Alan Hergott stepped down. Their third partner, Leigh Brecheen, yesterday teamed with other Bloom Hergott colleagues to form the firm Brecheen, Feldman, Breimer,...
- 1/15/2020
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Jeffrey Dean Morgan has landed the lead role in Screen Gems’ feature take on James Herbert’s horror novel Shrine, which Evan Spiliotopoulos is adapting and directing.
Shrine focuses on a disgraced journalist who discovers a series of seemingly divine miracles in a small New England town and uses them to resurrect his career, but the ‘miracles’ may have a much darker source.
Deadline exclusively broke the news about the project landing at Screen Gems last December with Spiliotopoulos and Ghost House’s Sam Raimi and Rob Tapert producing. Production will begin on Shrine in February. Ghost House previously worked with Morgan on 2012’s The Possession which made over $85M WW off a $14M budget. Romel Adam will oversee for Ghost House. Scott Strauss and Michael Bitar will oversee for Screen Gems.
Morgan’s TV credits include The Walking Dead, Grey’s Anatomy and Supernatural. On the big screen...
Shrine focuses on a disgraced journalist who discovers a series of seemingly divine miracles in a small New England town and uses them to resurrect his career, but the ‘miracles’ may have a much darker source.
Deadline exclusively broke the news about the project landing at Screen Gems last December with Spiliotopoulos and Ghost House’s Sam Raimi and Rob Tapert producing. Production will begin on Shrine in February. Ghost House previously worked with Morgan on 2012’s The Possession which made over $85M WW off a $14M budget. Romel Adam will oversee for Ghost House. Scott Strauss and Michael Bitar will oversee for Screen Gems.
Morgan’s TV credits include The Walking Dead, Grey’s Anatomy and Supernatural. On the big screen...
- 9/18/2019
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: As lawyers for Johnny Depp and his former law firm spar over a new trial date for the now $50 million malpractice lawsuit the Pirates of the Caribbean star brought against Bloom Hergott Diemer Rosenthal Laviolette Feldman Schenkman & Goodman Llp in 2017, there looks to be at least two fewer Hollywood heavyweights in the ring as of today.
Fifty-one years after he started practicing law, Jacob Bloom is retiring from the firm that already doesn’t carry his name, I’ve learned. His fellow founding partner Alan Hergott is also stepping down after years representing clients including Brad Pitt, Star Wars overlord Kathleen Kennedy, her husband producer Frank Marshall, and Neil Patrick Harris.
Hergott and Bloom, who represented Depp for two decades, have been sending emails to clients, current and past, informing them of their decision to move on to a new phase of their lives. As well as working for...
Fifty-one years after he started practicing law, Jacob Bloom is retiring from the firm that already doesn’t carry his name, I’ve learned. His fellow founding partner Alan Hergott is also stepping down after years representing clients including Brad Pitt, Star Wars overlord Kathleen Kennedy, her husband producer Frank Marshall, and Neil Patrick Harris.
Hergott and Bloom, who represented Depp for two decades, have been sending emails to clients, current and past, informing them of their decision to move on to a new phase of their lives. As well as working for...
- 5/15/2019
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
The Practice alum Steve Harris is returning to the legal beat. He and Melia Kreiling (Tyrant) are set to co-star opposite Kim Cattrall in Filthy Rich, Fox’s soapy drama pilot from The Help writer-director Tate Taylor, Imagine Television and 20th Century Fox TV.
Written and to be directed by Taylor based on the New Zealand series, Filthy Rich is described as a larger-than-life Southern gothic dramedy that revolves around two strong, sharp women — Margaret (Cattrall) and Ginger (Kreiling) — who will go to any length to protect their loved ones and get their due. When the wealthy CEO of the world’s largest Christian network dies in a plane crash, his wife and adult children are stunned to discover he has grown, illegitimate kids who are also in his will. When the steel azalea matriarch of the family tries to pay them to go away, these newly legitimized heirs have...
Written and to be directed by Taylor based on the New Zealand series, Filthy Rich is described as a larger-than-life Southern gothic dramedy that revolves around two strong, sharp women — Margaret (Cattrall) and Ginger (Kreiling) — who will go to any length to protect their loved ones and get their due. When the wealthy CEO of the world’s largest Christian network dies in a plane crash, his wife and adult children are stunned to discover he has grown, illegitimate kids who are also in his will. When the steel azalea matriarch of the family tries to pay them to go away, these newly legitimized heirs have...
- 3/7/2019
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Your prayers to Chuck have been answered, “Supernatural” family: Jeffrey Dean Morgan will be reprising his role as John Winchester for The CW series’ 300th episode.
No word on exactly how Sam (Jared Padalecki) and Dean’s (Jensen Ackles) dad will return for the landmark installment, titled “Lebanon,” which airs Feb. 7.
Fans have been waiting for this Winchester family reunion for over 11 years, as John last appeared on “Supernatural’s” Season 2 finale, “All Hell Breaks Loose: Part 2.” The boys father escaped through the open gate to Hell to help Sam and Dean kill old Yellow Eyes.
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If you aren’t a “Supernatural” superfan, now is the time to remind you John is dead. Yeah, he sacrificed himself at the beginning of Season 2 to save Dean. So how they get back to Morgan’s character will certainly be interesting. (Though...
No word on exactly how Sam (Jared Padalecki) and Dean’s (Jensen Ackles) dad will return for the landmark installment, titled “Lebanon,” which airs Feb. 7.
Fans have been waiting for this Winchester family reunion for over 11 years, as John last appeared on “Supernatural’s” Season 2 finale, “All Hell Breaks Loose: Part 2.” The boys father escaped through the open gate to Hell to help Sam and Dean kill old Yellow Eyes.
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If you aren’t a “Supernatural” superfan, now is the time to remind you John is dead. Yeah, he sacrificed himself at the beginning of Season 2 to save Dean. So how they get back to Morgan’s character will certainly be interesting. (Though...
- 12/12/2018
- by Jennifer Maas
- The Wrap
The Walking Dead star Jeffrey Dean Morgan is returning to the CW’s Supernatural to reprise his role as John Winchester for the series’ 300th episode.
Morgan will appear in the episode titled “Lebanon” that will air Thursday, February 7 at 8 Pm.
“We’re incredibly excited to have Jeffrey back for this milestone episode, and think fans will love what we have planned for his character… and a few other surprise guest stars,” said executive producer Andrew Dabb.
Morgan appeared as the character in a total of 12 episodes beginning with the first season in 2005 through 2008.
The series, starring Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles, follows the two brothers as they hunt demons, ghosts, monsters, and other supernatural beings.
Morgan currently stars as the infamous antagonist Negan on The Walking Dead. He’ll next be seen starring in family drama Walkaway Joe alongside David Strathairn and directed by Tom Wright. His other notable...
Morgan will appear in the episode titled “Lebanon” that will air Thursday, February 7 at 8 Pm.
“We’re incredibly excited to have Jeffrey back for this milestone episode, and think fans will love what we have planned for his character… and a few other surprise guest stars,” said executive producer Andrew Dabb.
Morgan appeared as the character in a total of 12 episodes beginning with the first season in 2005 through 2008.
The series, starring Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles, follows the two brothers as they hunt demons, ghosts, monsters, and other supernatural beings.
Morgan currently stars as the infamous antagonist Negan on The Walking Dead. He’ll next be seen starring in family drama Walkaway Joe alongside David Strathairn and directed by Tom Wright. His other notable...
- 12/12/2018
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
“Eve,” an upcoming crime drama starring Jessica Chastain, has added Joan Chen and Academy Award-winner Geena Davis to its cast.
The plot for the film is being kept under wraps, but the production companies on the project, Voltage Pictures and Freckle Films, describe it as a character-driven action-drama.
Along with Oscar-nominee Chastain, Davis and Chen join a cast that boasts Colin Farrell, Common and Oscar-nominee John Malkovich.
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“Eve” is being directed by “The Help” and “Winter’s Bone” director Tate Taylor, who took over the project in August after Matthew Newton exited the project after fans resurfaced accusations of domestic abuse made against him in the past.
Principal photography on “Eve” began in Boston on Sept. 24.
Davis’ credits include “The Fly,” “Beetlejuice,” “Thelma & Louise,” “A League of Their Own” and “The Accidental Tourist,” for...
The plot for the film is being kept under wraps, but the production companies on the project, Voltage Pictures and Freckle Films, describe it as a character-driven action-drama.
Along with Oscar-nominee Chastain, Davis and Chen join a cast that boasts Colin Farrell, Common and Oscar-nominee John Malkovich.
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“Eve” is being directed by “The Help” and “Winter’s Bone” director Tate Taylor, who took over the project in August after Matthew Newton exited the project after fans resurfaced accusations of domestic abuse made against him in the past.
Principal photography on “Eve” began in Boston on Sept. 24.
Davis’ credits include “The Fly,” “Beetlejuice,” “Thelma & Louise,” “A League of Their Own” and “The Accidental Tourist,” for...
- 10/19/2018
- by Trey Williams
- The Wrap
Academy Award winner Geena Davis and Joan Chen have joined Jessica Chastain’s action-drama “Eve” from Voltage Pictures and Freckle Films.
Tate Taylor is directing with production underway in Boston. Colin Farrell, Common, John Malkovich, and Diana Silvers are also starring.
Voltage will fully finance “Eve” and handle worldwide sales at the American Film Market, which opens on Oct. 31 in Santa Monica, Calif. Nicolas Chartier and Dominic Rustam are producing for Voltage, alongside Chastain and Kelly Carmichael, who are producing for Freckle Films. Jonathan Deckter, John Norris, Erika Hampson, and William Earon are executive producers.
Chastain is portraying the title character, who works for a black ops organization led by Farrell’s character. Common will portray her ex-fiance.
Davis won the Academy Award for best supporting actress for her role in “The Accidental Tourist” and was nominated for best actress for “Thelma & Louise.” Davis won the Golden Globe Award...
Tate Taylor is directing with production underway in Boston. Colin Farrell, Common, John Malkovich, and Diana Silvers are also starring.
Voltage will fully finance “Eve” and handle worldwide sales at the American Film Market, which opens on Oct. 31 in Santa Monica, Calif. Nicolas Chartier and Dominic Rustam are producing for Voltage, alongside Chastain and Kelly Carmichael, who are producing for Freckle Films. Jonathan Deckter, John Norris, Erika Hampson, and William Earon are executive producers.
Chastain is portraying the title character, who works for a black ops organization led by Farrell’s character. Common will portray her ex-fiance.
Davis won the Academy Award for best supporting actress for her role in “The Accidental Tourist” and was nominated for best actress for “Thelma & Louise.” Davis won the Golden Globe Award...
- 10/19/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
The Accidental Tourist Oscar winner Geena Davis and Joan Chen are boarding Tate Taylor’s Eve from Voltage Pictures and Freckle Films.
The plot and a majority of character roles are being kept under wraps, but in the movie, Jessica Chastain’s title character works for the leader of a black ops organization played by Colin Farrell.
Also in the cast are Oscar winner Common and Oscar nominee John Malkovich. Common plays the ex-fiance to Chastain’s character in the film.
Davis’ credits include Thelma & Louise for which she was nominated for a best actress Oscar, as well as The Fly, Beetlejuice, A League of Their Own, The Long Kiss Goodnight and Stuart Little. She also won a Golden Globe for best actress for her role in ABC’s Commander in Chief. Davis is repped by CAA, Untitled Entertainment, and Hansen, Jacobson.
Chen recently starred in Netflix’s series Marco Polo and just wrapped Tigertail,...
The plot and a majority of character roles are being kept under wraps, but in the movie, Jessica Chastain’s title character works for the leader of a black ops organization played by Colin Farrell.
Also in the cast are Oscar winner Common and Oscar nominee John Malkovich. Common plays the ex-fiance to Chastain’s character in the film.
Davis’ credits include Thelma & Louise for which she was nominated for a best actress Oscar, as well as The Fly, Beetlejuice, A League of Their Own, The Long Kiss Goodnight and Stuart Little. She also won a Golden Globe for best actress for her role in ABC’s Commander in Chief. Davis is repped by CAA, Untitled Entertainment, and Hansen, Jacobson.
Chen recently starred in Netflix’s series Marco Polo and just wrapped Tigertail,...
- 10/19/2018
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Michael B. Jordan will star in and produce Lionsgate’s film adaptation of assassin story “The Silver Bear.”
A director has not yet been attached to the project, announced Wednesday. “The Silver Bear” is based on the book series by Derek Haas, the screenwriter for “Wanted” and “3:10 to Yuma.” The novel centers on an assassin named Columbus — called the Silver Bear by some — who tracks a powerful politician with presidential aspirations. Frank Baldwin (“The Godmother”) wrote the script.
“’The Silver Bear’ is the kind of story that needs to be experienced on the big screen and Michael is the perfect movie star to inhabit the skin of this dynamic character and take us into the cinematic world of Columbus,” said Lionsgate Motion Picture Group chairman Joe Drake. “We’re incredibly honored that Michael and Nickel City chose Lionsgate to partner with in bringing this exciting property to life.”
Nickel City...
A director has not yet been attached to the project, announced Wednesday. “The Silver Bear” is based on the book series by Derek Haas, the screenwriter for “Wanted” and “3:10 to Yuma.” The novel centers on an assassin named Columbus — called the Silver Bear by some — who tracks a powerful politician with presidential aspirations. Frank Baldwin (“The Godmother”) wrote the script.
“’The Silver Bear’ is the kind of story that needs to be experienced on the big screen and Michael is the perfect movie star to inhabit the skin of this dynamic character and take us into the cinematic world of Columbus,” said Lionsgate Motion Picture Group chairman Joe Drake. “We’re incredibly honored that Michael and Nickel City chose Lionsgate to partner with in bringing this exciting property to life.”
Nickel City...
- 10/17/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Michael B. Jordan is set to star in a potential franchise launch for Lionsgate with the hitman film “The Silver Bear.”
The “Black Panther” and “Creed II” star will also serve as producer for the film, which is an adaptation of the popular book series by Derek Haas. Nickel City Pictures is the production company behind the film.
“The Silver Bear” tells the story of Columbus (Jordan) who becomes the most feared and respected hitman in the criminal underworld.
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“‘The Silver Bear’ is the kind of story that needs to be experienced on the big screen and Michael is the perfect movie star to inhabit the skin of this dynamic character and take us into the cinematic world of Columbus,” Lionsgate Motion Picture Group chairman Joe Drake said in a statement. “We’re incredibly honored that Michael...
The “Black Panther” and “Creed II” star will also serve as producer for the film, which is an adaptation of the popular book series by Derek Haas. Nickel City Pictures is the production company behind the film.
“The Silver Bear” tells the story of Columbus (Jordan) who becomes the most feared and respected hitman in the criminal underworld.
Also Read: Michael B. Jordan to Lead Animated Series 'gen:lock' From Rooster Teeth
“‘The Silver Bear’ is the kind of story that needs to be experienced on the big screen and Michael is the perfect movie star to inhabit the skin of this dynamic character and take us into the cinematic world of Columbus,” Lionsgate Motion Picture Group chairman Joe Drake said in a statement. “We’re incredibly honored that Michael...
- 10/17/2018
- by Trey Williams
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Black Panther and Creed II star Michael B. Jordan will play the deadly assassin Columbus in The Silver Bear, a potential franchise launch for Lionsgate based on the book series by Wanted and 3:10 to Yuma screenwriter Derek Haas. Frank Baldwin (The Godmother) has written the script that tells the formative story of a man who becomes the most feared and respected hit man in the criminal underworld.
The film will be produced by Jordan through Outlier Society and Nickel City Pictures’ Vishal Rungta, Mark Fasano, Ankur Rungta. Haas, Michael Garnett and Tobias Weymar will serve as executive producers.
Haas wrote three followup novels featuring an assassin who is so effective he becomes what Russian criminals call a silver bear: he never fails, and he seems immune to the stresses of his work. But he comes up against his own nightmarish origins when he takes on the job of...
The film will be produced by Jordan through Outlier Society and Nickel City Pictures’ Vishal Rungta, Mark Fasano, Ankur Rungta. Haas, Michael Garnett and Tobias Weymar will serve as executive producers.
Haas wrote three followup novels featuring an assassin who is so effective he becomes what Russian criminals call a silver bear: he never fails, and he seems immune to the stresses of his work. But he comes up against his own nightmarish origins when he takes on the job of...
- 10/17/2018
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Jeffrey Dean Morgan (The Walking Dead) and David Strathairn (The Bourne Ultimatum) are set as leads in SwingLake Entertainment’s Walkaway Joe, which is being helmed by first-time feature director Tom Wright. Julian Feder and Julie Ann Emery also star in the pic that began production last month in St. John the Baptist Parish, La.
Written by Michael Milillo, the story follows Dallas who takes to his bicycle to find his pool-hustling father who abandoned his family. Enter Joe Haley, a drifter wrestling with a past he’d rather forget. Feeling responsible for the boy’s safety, Joe reluctantly takes him in.
Producers are Rachel McHale, Minor Childers, and Milillo.
Strathairn is repped by ICM and Madeline Ryan; Morgan by UTA and attorney Stuart Rosenthal; Feder by Open Entertainment, Inc. and The Savage Agency; Emery by Innovative Artists and Rohner Walerstein.
Wright, as an actor, has appeared in such films as Barbershop,...
Written by Michael Milillo, the story follows Dallas who takes to his bicycle to find his pool-hustling father who abandoned his family. Enter Joe Haley, a drifter wrestling with a past he’d rather forget. Feeling responsible for the boy’s safety, Joe reluctantly takes him in.
Producers are Rachel McHale, Minor Childers, and Milillo.
Strathairn is repped by ICM and Madeline Ryan; Morgan by UTA and attorney Stuart Rosenthal; Feder by Open Entertainment, Inc. and The Savage Agency; Emery by Innovative Artists and Rohner Walerstein.
Wright, as an actor, has appeared in such films as Barbershop,...
- 10/12/2018
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
Jeffrey Dean Morgan, David Strathairn, Julian Feder and Julie Ann Emery are starring in the family drama “Walkaway Joe,” which has begun shooting in St. John’s Parish, La.
Tom Wright is helming in his directorial debut from a script by Michael Milillo. “Walkaway Joe” is the story of an unlikely friendship between a teenage boy searching for his father, who has abandoned his family. The boy takes to his bicycle to find his father and a wandering loner hiding from his past reluctantly takes in the boy.
Producers are Rachel McHale, Minor Childers and Michael Milillo. SwingLake Entertainment is the production company.
Morgan has starred as Negan in “The Walking Dead” since the finale of the sixth season. Strathairn received a best actor Academy Award nomination for Edward R. Murrow biopic “Good Night, and Good Luck” and has starred recently in the series “McMafia,” “The Expanse” and “Billions.” Feder...
Tom Wright is helming in his directorial debut from a script by Michael Milillo. “Walkaway Joe” is the story of an unlikely friendship between a teenage boy searching for his father, who has abandoned his family. The boy takes to his bicycle to find his father and a wandering loner hiding from his past reluctantly takes in the boy.
Producers are Rachel McHale, Minor Childers and Michael Milillo. SwingLake Entertainment is the production company.
Morgan has starred as Negan in “The Walking Dead” since the finale of the sixth season. Strathairn received a best actor Academy Award nomination for Edward R. Murrow biopic “Good Night, and Good Luck” and has starred recently in the series “McMafia,” “The Expanse” and “Billions.” Feder...
- 10/12/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
A multi-generational family drama from “Master of None” co-creator Alan Yang has added several key cast members to its ensemble, TheWrap has exclusively learned.
“Tigertail,” currently in production in New York and Taiwan, has added Joan Chen, Hayden Szeto (“The Edge of Seventeen”), Hong-Chi Lee, Yo-Hsing Fang, Fiona Fu, Margot Bingham, Kuei Mei Yang, and James Saito to the cast. They join previously announced leads Tzi Ma (“Arrival”) and Christine Ko and supporting star John Cho.
Inspired by his own family, Yang’s drama spans decades beginning in the 1950s, and tells of “regret, longing, passion, and repression.” Yang serves as writer, director, producer and will also star.
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The film counts producers Charles D. King (“Mudbound”) of MacRo, Kim Roth and Poppy Hanks. Peter Pastorelli (“Beasts of No Nation”) and David Lee (“Life of Pi”) are executive producers.
“Tigertail,” currently in production in New York and Taiwan, has added Joan Chen, Hayden Szeto (“The Edge of Seventeen”), Hong-Chi Lee, Yo-Hsing Fang, Fiona Fu, Margot Bingham, Kuei Mei Yang, and James Saito to the cast. They join previously announced leads Tzi Ma (“Arrival”) and Christine Ko and supporting star John Cho.
Inspired by his own family, Yang’s drama spans decades beginning in the 1950s, and tells of “regret, longing, passion, and repression.” Yang serves as writer, director, producer and will also star.
Also Read: Ballin' on a Budget: How 'Crazy Rich Asians' Made Mega-Rich World for $30 Million
The film counts producers Charles D. King (“Mudbound”) of MacRo, Kim Roth and Poppy Hanks. Peter Pastorelli (“Beasts of No Nation”) and David Lee (“Life of Pi”) are executive producers.
- 9/12/2018
- by Matt Donnelly
- The Wrap
Following the release of the official trailer for The First Purge, three new cast members have been announced for Blumhouse Television and Universal Cable Productions' The Purge TV series, which will air on USA and Syfy:
Lili Simmons, Hannah Anderson, and Lee Tergesen (pictured above) have joined the cast of The Purge TV series, joining a cast that also features Gabriel Chavarria, Jessica Garza, Amanda Warren, and Colin Woodell:
Press Release:Lili Simmons is set for the series regular role of Lila, a young, rich, and rebellious, woman who refuses to fit in with the pro-Purge socialite crowd. Her confidence and charm mask a vulnerability that will be exposed as she attempts to deal with unfinished business before the sun rises.
Simmons can currently be seen on Showtime’s Ray Donovan opposite Liev Schrieber and Jon Voight, where she plays Natalie James, a young actress caught in the...
Lili Simmons, Hannah Anderson, and Lee Tergesen (pictured above) have joined the cast of The Purge TV series, joining a cast that also features Gabriel Chavarria, Jessica Garza, Amanda Warren, and Colin Woodell:
Press Release:Lili Simmons is set for the series regular role of Lila, a young, rich, and rebellious, woman who refuses to fit in with the pro-Purge socialite crowd. Her confidence and charm mask a vulnerability that will be exposed as she attempts to deal with unfinished business before the sun rises.
Simmons can currently be seen on Showtime’s Ray Donovan opposite Liev Schrieber and Jon Voight, where she plays Natalie James, a young actress caught in the...
- 4/11/2018
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Lili Simmons (Ray Donovan), Hannah Anderson (New Mutants) and Lee Tergesen (Oz) have booked series regular roles in The Purge for USA Network and Syfy.
The project comes from franchise creator James DeMonaco, Blumhouse Television — the TV division of the movies’ producer Blumhouse Prods. — and Universal Cable Productions. The franchise, about the one day each year when murder and mayhem is legalized, hatched its highest-grossing effort so far with the recent installment, 2016’s The Purge: Election Year. DeMonaco oversees the series, which will be an entirely new chapter in America’s 12 hours of annual lawlessness and is slated to launch in conjunction with the next installment in the movie franchise, The First Purge.
Simmons will play Lila, a young, rich, and rebellious, woman who refuses to fit in with the pro-Purge socialite crowd. Her confidence and charm mask a vulnerability that will be exposed as she attempts to deal with...
The project comes from franchise creator James DeMonaco, Blumhouse Television — the TV division of the movies’ producer Blumhouse Prods. — and Universal Cable Productions. The franchise, about the one day each year when murder and mayhem is legalized, hatched its highest-grossing effort so far with the recent installment, 2016’s The Purge: Election Year. DeMonaco oversees the series, which will be an entirely new chapter in America’s 12 hours of annual lawlessness and is slated to launch in conjunction with the next installment in the movie franchise, The First Purge.
Simmons will play Lila, a young, rich, and rebellious, woman who refuses to fit in with the pro-Purge socialite crowd. Her confidence and charm mask a vulnerability that will be exposed as she attempts to deal with...
- 4/10/2018
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Fresh off the announcement of its distribution relationship with Alamo Drafthouse, Image Entertainment has entered a U.S. Distribution deal for Eduardo Sanchez.s critically acclaimed Lovely Molly. Lovely Molly made its debut in the Midnight Madness section of the Toronto Film Festival last month. The title character, played fearlessly by newcomer Gretchen Lodge, is a newlywed who returns to her long abandoned family home and is hit with scary reminders of her nightmarish childhood that quickly color her new life. She descends into an evil that is one part psychosis and another part possession. The film.s produced by Robin Cowie, Gregg Hale, Jane Fleming, and Mark Ordesky.
This marks another strong move into the theatrical distribution marketplace for Image who beat out several competitors vying for the project fueled by the critical response to film and to actress Gretchen Lodge.s breakthrough performance. .We are thrilled to release...
This marks another strong move into the theatrical distribution marketplace for Image who beat out several competitors vying for the project fueled by the critical response to film and to actress Gretchen Lodge.s breakthrough performance. .We are thrilled to release...
- 11/7/2011
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Reuniting with the studio that made him a star in the Lord of the Rings movies, Viggo Mortensen is in negotiations to topline A History of Violence at New Line Cinema. David Cronenberg is directing. Adapted by Josh Olson from John Wagner and Vince Locke's graphic novel of the same name, Violence tells the story of an ordinary family's life after the father receives unwanted national attention for a seemingly vigilante-style self-defense killing at his diner. Mortensen would play the father. New Line execs Kent Alterman and Cale Boyter are overseeing for the studio. JC Spink and Chris Bender are producing through their Benderspink shingle, while Roger Kass and Josh Braun are executive producing. Mortensen most recently starred in Hidalgo for Walt Disney Studios, but he is best known for playing Aragorn in the Rings trilogy. His credits include 1998's Psycho, Crimson Tide and Carlito's Way. He is repped by CAA, manager Lynn Rawlins and attorney Stuart Rosenthal.
Tom Pollock and Ivan Reitman's DreamWorks Pictures-based Montecito Picture Co. has picked up Sheldon Turner's spec adaptation of author Walter Kirn's novel Up in the Air for Reitman to direct. The company also optioned the novel. The project is a comedy described as a story of the self-realization and self-redemption of a man who fires people professionally. Spending most of his time flying around from city to city for his job, he is six days short of accumulating $1 million in frequent-flier miles. The man sets out on one final trip to achieve his goal but gets much more than he bargained for in the process. Writer-producer Ted Griffin (Matchstick Men) and his Rickshaw Prods. brought the project to Montecito exec Jacqueline Josephson. Griffin and Josephson will produce Air, with Pollock and Reitman executive producing. Turner is repped by Endeavor, Benderspink and attorney David Fox. Kirn is repped by CAA. Griffin is repped by Endeavor and attorney Stuart Rosenthal.
- 4/16/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Neal McDonough has joined Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson in MGM's updated version of the 1973 actioner Walking Tall for director Kevin Bray and Hyde Park Entertainment. Shooting is scheduled to start in July. Walking Tall centers on a Tennessee sheriff (Johnson) and his one-man mission to remove corruption from his county. McDonough will play Hamilton, the main nemesis to Johnson's character and the man at the center of the corruption. David Klass wrote the update of the project. Hyde Park Entertainment's Ashok Amritraj and Mandeville Films' David Hoberman are producing Walking Tall with Lucas Foster and Jim Burke. Keith Samples is executive producing the project, which is being overseen at MGM by Toby Jaffe and Eric Paquette. McDonough is repped by WMA, Rigberg-Rugolo Entertainment and attorney Stuart Rosenthal at Bloom, Hergott & Diemer. His credits include the NBC series Boomtown, Steven Spielberg's Minority Report, the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers and the upcoming Timeline from Paramount Pictures.
- 4/16/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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