Deal Central
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Jason Sudeikis Joins Zach Galifianakis, Owen Wilson in Relativity Heist Comedy (Exclusive)
Jared Hess is directing the heist movie for Relativity
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Ben Kingsley to Voice Bagheera in Disney’s ‘The Jungle Book’
Jon Favreau is directing the live action adaptation
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Joe Carnahan to Write, Direct ‘Five Against a Bullet’ for Sony
The film is described as being in the vein of classic macho movies “The Wild Bunch” and “The Magnificent Seven”
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Jason Bateman, Olivia Wilde Comedy ‘Longest Week’ Lands U.S. Distribution
Gravitas Ventures will release Peter Glanz’s directorial debut in theaters and on VOD this September
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Tate Taylor to Direct Historical Drama ‘In the Event of a Moon Disaster’
Production scheduled for early 2015
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Ansel Elgort, Tye Sheridan on ‘WarGames’ Shortlist; Dean Israelite to Direct
Arash Amel will write MGM’s remake of John Badham’s 1983 movie, which starred Matthew Broderick
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Anna Faris Returns to CAA (Exclusive)
The “Mom” star is back after leaving the agency two years ago for WME
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Channing Tatum, Tilda Swinton, Ralph Fiennes in Talks for Coens’ ‘Hail Caesar!’
George Clooney has long been attached to the film and will play a Hollywood fixer
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‘Iron Man 3’s’ Shane Black to Direct ‘Predator’ Reboot for Fox
Fred Dekker will write the script based on a treatment he’ll co-write with the “Lethal Weapon” scribe
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‘Portlandia’s’ Carrie Brownstein Joins Amazon Dramedy ‘Transparent’ (Exclusive)
“Six Feet Under” producer Jill Soloway’s dark comedy stars Jeffrey Tambor, Judith Light and Jay Duplass
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Millennium Acquires Psychological Horror ‘Dead Within’
The actors were isolated in a cabin during production so they could give real reactions to scares that came their way
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Sony PR Veteran Fritz Friedman Leaving Studio at End of Summer
The senior VP of worldwide publicity is stepping down after 34 years at Sony
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‘X-Men’ Scribe Zak Penn to Rewrite ‘Ready Player One’ for Warner Bros. (Exclusive)
Donald De Line and Dan Farah are producing the adaptation of Ernie Cline’s acclaimed sci-fi novel
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CAA Acquires Experiential Marketing Company PGW
The deal helps the agency bolsters its thriving sports consulting business
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‘What’s the Deal?’ – With Lifetime’s Unauthorized ‘Saved By the Bell’ Movie (Video)
“Saved by the Bell” is coming back to a TV screen near you, and TheWrap’s film reporter Jeff Sneider is so excited about it!