Deal Central

'Margin Call' Producer Joe Jenckes Joins Benaroya Pictures

March 7, 2012 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

The "Margin Call" producer will be head of production at Benaroya Pictures

  

Alcon Entertainment Financing and Producing 'Inception' Cinematographer's Directorial Debut

March 6, 2012 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

Alcon acquires rights to an untitled screenplay for Wally Pfister, who won the cinematography Oscar for "Inception," to direct

  

'Project X' Sequel Already in the Works

March 6, 2012 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

"Project X" writer Michael Bacall began planning the sequel long before the low-budget comedy opened as the No. 2 movie at the domestic box office

  

'Ouija' Movie Back On at Universal

March 5, 2012 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

Universal dropped the "Ouija" movie in August -- and paid Hasbro a $5 million fee to do so

  

West Memphis 3 Defendant Jason Baldwin to Executive Produce 'Devil's Knot' (Exclusive)

March 4, 2012 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

Jason Baldwin, one of the West Memphis Three, will executive produce "Devil's Knot," a film based on the murder case. Colin Firth and Reese Witherspoon will star

  

Ara Keshishian Leaving CAA For Inferno Entertainment (Exclusive)

March 1, 2012 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

Ara Keshishian's departure comes a day after CAA fired top agent Dan Aloni

  

Mila Kunis Joins Cast of R-Rated Stop-Motion 'Hell & Back'

March 1, 2012 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

Mila Kunis will play the toughest demon in hell in the animated "Hell & Back"

  

Bruce Willis to Star in 'Five Against a Bullet'

March 1, 2012 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

Bruce Willis will star in Sony's "Five Against a Bullet," about a Mexican politician who hires the five best bodyguards in the world

  

Sacha Baron Cohen Signs First-Look Deal With Paramount

February 29, 2012 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

Sacha Baron Cohen's new deal with Paramount includes a development fund for Baron Cohen to generate projects in the U.K.

  

Emma Watson to Star in Sofia Coppola's 'The Bling Ring'

February 29, 2012 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

Emma Watson, the "Harry Potter" star, begins shooting Sofia Coppola's "The Bling Ring" in the spring

  

Lionsgate Founder Frank Giustra Invests in Vancouver's Thunderbird Films

February 29, 2012 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

With a significant investment from Lionsgate founder Frank Giustra, Thunderbird Films aims to increase its Hollywood profile

  

Chris Weitz in Talks to Rewrite Disney's Live Action 'Cinderella'

February 29, 2012 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

Chris Weitz, whose writing credits include "Antz" and "About a Boy," is in negotiations to rewrite Disney's classic "Cinderella"

  

Daniel Zirilli to Direct Thriller 'End of the Gun'

February 24, 2012 By Brent Lang 1 year ago

Exclusive: The action film centers on a one-time federal agent who gets on the wrong side of a drug kingpin's enforcer

  

Jai Courtney to Play Jack McClane in 'A Good Day to Die Hard'

February 22, 2012 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

Jai Courtney will star with Bruce Willis in Fox's "Die Hard" sequel, "A Good Day to Die Hard"

  

Edgar Wright to Direct Johnny Depp in Disney's 'Night Stalker'

February 22, 2012 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

"Shaun of the Dead" director Edgar Wright will direct "The Night Stalker," starring Johnny Depp

  

2012 Spec Market Scorecard - Stats through Feb 17

February 21, 2012 By Jason Scoggins & Cindy Kaplan 1 year ago

A total of 18 spec scripts have sold so far in 2012. Check out our Spec Market Scorecard to see who's sold what to whom

  

Michael Fassbender to Star in Ridley Scott's 'The Counselor'

February 21, 2012 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

Michael Fassbender will star in and Ridley Scott will direct "The Counselor," which Cormac McCarthy wrote

  

Sundance Selects Takes North American Rights to Documentary 'Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry'

February 21, 2012 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

Alison Klayman's Sundance documentary about Chinese dissident Ai Weiwei will be released in North America by Sundance Selects

  

Universal, Paul Walker's Laguna Ridge Pictures, Sign Two-Year First-Look Deal

February 21, 2012 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

Paul Walker starred in Universal's "Fast Five," which grossed more than $630 million, and begins production on "Fast & Furious 6" this spring

  

Vuguru President Larry Tanz Promoted to CEO

February 21, 2012 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

New CEO Larry Tanz joined Vuguru in 2009 and reports directly to company founder Michael Eisner

  

Sundance Selects Acquires Cristian Mungiu's 'Beyond the Hills'

February 18, 2012 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

Cristian Mungiu's 2007 movie, "4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days" won the Palme d'Or; Sundance Selects picks up his "Beyond the Hills"

  

'I Am Legend' Prequel Planned With Will Smith to Possibly Star

February 17, 2012 By Brent Lang 1 year ago

Akiva Goldsman and Overbrook Entertainment have signed deals with Warner Bros. on the follow-up to "I Am Legend"

  

Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts to Star in 'August: Osage County'

February 15, 2012 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

"The Iron Lady" star Meryl Streep will team with Julia Roberts in the screen adaptation of "August: Osage County" for The Weinstein Company. John Wells will direct

  

Jonathan Liebesman in Talks to Direct 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'

February 14, 2012 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

Jonathan Liebesman, who directed the upcoming "Wrath of the Titans," worked with producer Michael Bay on the 2006 "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning"

  

Alcon Acquires Oren Peli's 'Chernobyl Diaries'

February 14, 2012 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

Warner Bros. will release 'Paranormal Activity' producer Oren Peli's horror film "The Chernobyl Diaries" on Memorial Day weekend through its output deal with Alcon Entertainment

  

Guillermo del Toro to Direct 'Beauty and the Beast' for Warner's

February 13, 2012 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

Guillermo del Toro, long attached to produce, will direct "Beauty and the Beast," now in development at Warner Bros.

  
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