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'Saturday Night Live' Talent Chief Joins ICM Partners

Deal Central
 June 21, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 48 weeks ago

ICM Partners continues to staff up after buying out Rizvi Traverse

  

Caity Lotz, Toby Stephens Join 'The Machine'

Deal Central
 June 21, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 48 weeks ago

The British government develops a robotic soldier, but the project goes awry in this thriller in development at Content Film

  

Rob Reiner May Play Leonardo DiCaprio's Father in 'The Wolf of Wall Street'

Deal Central
 June 20, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 48 weeks ago

Martin Scorsese's latest film could add the "A Few Good Men" director to its cast

  

Amber Heard, Liam Hemsworth May Get Cuddly in 'Paranoia'

Deal Central
 June 19, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 48 weeks ago

Amber Heard is in talks to join Liam Hemsworth in Robert Luketic's thriller "Paranoia" based on Joseph Finder's novel

  

Leonardo DiCaprio Will Soon Have a Wife in Scorsese's 'Wolf of Wall Street'

Deal Central
 June 18, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 48 weeks ago

Margot Robbie is in talks to play Nadine, wife of Jordan Belfort (DiCaprio)

  

Ed Helms Joins Paul Rudd, Jason Sudeikis Films

Deal Central
 June 18, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 48 weeks ago

"The Office" star has joined a couple of upcoming comedies

  

Mike Tyson Coming to Broadway with 'Undisputed Truth'

Culture
 June 18, 2012 By Brent Lang 48 weeks ago

Mike Tyson is updating his Las Vegas show for a run on the Great White Way, with Spike Lee directing

  

WME Adds Pair of Lit Agents in London

Deal Central
 June 18, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 48 weeks ago

Simon Trewin and Elizabeth Sheinkman have joined William Morris Endeavor’s London office

  

Paramount Delays Ninja Turtles Reboot

Deal Central
 June 15, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 49 weeks ago

Paramount has already pushed "G.I. Joe: Retaliation" and "World War Z"

  

Matthew Lillard's 'Fat Kid Rules the World' Secures North American Distribution

Deal Central
 June 14, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 49 weeks ago

ARC Entertainment has acquired the rights to Matthew Lillard's directorial debut “Fat Kid Rules the World”

  

John Madden to Direct 'Murder Mystery,' Charlize Theron May Star

Deal Central
 June 13, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 49 weeks ago

Charlize Theron will produce and is in talks to star for John Madden, director of "Shakespeare in Love" and "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel"

  

Animation Guild, Producers Reach Tentative Deal on 3-Year Pact

Deal Central
 June 13, 2012 By Todd Cunningham 49 weeks ago

The contract, which runs through 2015 and calls for 2% annual raises, now goes to the Animation Guild membership for ratification

  

Will Gluck in Final Talks to Direct CBS Films' D.B. Cooper Comedy

Deal Central
 June 13, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 49 weeks ago

"The Usual Suspects" meets "Catch Me If You Can" with this version of the hunt for the infamous skyjacker

  

Lindsay Lohan Set for Paul Schrader Thriller 'The Canyons'

Deal Central
 June 12, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 49 weeks ago

Lohan would start shooting Paul Schrader's "The Canyons," penned by Bret Easton Ellis, July 9 

  

Olivier Megaton to Direct Another Abduction Thriller

Deal Central
 June 11, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 49 weeks ago

The "Transporter 3" and "Taken 2" helmer will work from a Sean Gullette script

  

Joel Silver Strikes 5-Year Deal With Universal, Opens With Liam Neeson Thriller

Deal Central
 June 7, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 50 weeks ago

Universal will distribute two to three films a year as part of the five-year deal, but the studio will not finance them 

  

Chris Columbus to Adapt John Grisham's 'Calico Joe'

Deal Central
 June 4, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 50 weeks ago

The "Home Alone" and "Mrs. Doubtfire" director takes on the world of baseball -- and family

  

ICM Partners Hires Keyvan Peymani to Run Digital Strategy Division

Deal Central
 June 4, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 50 weeks ago

ICM Partners has hired former Warner Bros. executive Keyvan Peymani to tap into growing digital businesses

  

Relativity Closes $350M Financing Deal With Ron Burkle

Deal Central
 May 31, 2012 By Brent Lang 51 weeks ago

Relativity Media will use the money from backer Ron Burkle for future movie projects

  

Sylvester Stallone, Robert De Niro In Talks for Warner Bros.' 'Grudge Match' (Exclusive)

Deal Central
 May 30, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 51 weeks ago

Sylvester Stallone and Robert De Niro are in negotiations to star in the Doug Ellin-scripted boxing comedy "Grudge Match"

  

Sony Acquires David O Russell, Spike Jonze Projects

Deal Central
 May 30, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 51 weeks ago

Megan Ellison's Annapurna Pictures funded both projects

  

Universal Plays 'Foosball,' Acquires International Rights to 3D Animated Film

Deal Central
 May 30, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 51 weeks ago

Universal International has acquired distribution rights in Latin America and Spain to the latest film from Oscar winner Juan Jose Campanella

  

Octagon Entertainment Adds David Stanley, Gersh's Andy Cohen

Deal Central
 May 30, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 51 weeks ago

John Ferriter's entertainment division of the massive marketing and representation agency Octagon adds two Hollywood veterans

  

'Hands on a Hardbody' Musical Plans Broadway Move

Culture
 May 29, 2012 By Lisa Fung 51 weeks ago

"Hands on a Hardbody" is written by Pulitzer Prize winner Doug Wright with music by Phish frontman Trey Anastasio and Amanda Green

  

Oscar Nominee Randall Wallace to Direct 'The Conscientious Objector'

Deal Central
 May 25, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 1 year ago

"Braveheart" scribe Randall Wallace will direct the film, about the first conscientious objector to win the Medal of Honor, for Walden Media

  

Relativity, Luc Besson Partner For Pair of Comedic Action Projects

Deal Central
 May 24, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 1 year ago

Relativity and EuropeCorp will co-finance and co-produce a pair of films, one of which stars Robert De Niro

  
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