Awards editor and columnist for TheWrap. Been writing about entertainment and popular culture for more than 30 years for such publications as the Los Angeles Times, Rolling Stone, the New York Times and the Washington Post. Rock ‘n’ roll writer back in the day.
Experience:
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‘A Haunted House’s’ Michael Tiddes to Direct Black List Script ‘Diablo Run’ (Exclusive)
Evan and Shea Mirzai’s action comedy is currently being shopped to buyers by producer Mark Canton
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Comic-Con: Sony Touting Adam Sandler’s ‘Pixels,’ Jack Black’s ‘Goosebumps’
Expert gamers will have a chance to win a walk-on role in Sony’s upcoming action-comedy “Pixels”
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Warner Bros. Is Frontrunner to Acquire Donna Tartt’s ‘The Goldfinch’ (Exclusive)
Once shopped as a possible miniseries, the bestselling novel is being eyed as a potential feature film
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Jon Hamm Circling Richard Linklater’s ‘Incredible Mr. Limpet’ Remake (Exclusive)
Kevin Hart, Danny McBride, Sarah Silverman, Josh Gad and Key & Peele are in talks to join Zach Galifianakis
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Sony’s DeVon Franklin on Making the Jump to Producer and the Healing Power of Entertainment (Exclusive)
“It’s been awesome learning how the studio system works but it’s all been preparation for this jump,” Franklin tells TheWrap
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Ridley Scott, Peter Chernin to Produce Biblical Movie ‘David’ for Fox
Jonathan Stokes will write the script, which will follow the Old Testament hero after he slays Goliath
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Disney Developing ‘Dumbo’ Movie With ‘Transformers’ Writer
Justin Springer will produce a live-action adaptation of one of the studio’s animated classics
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Comic-Con: Warner Bros. Bringing Peter Jackson’s ‘Hobbit’ Finale, ‘Mad Max’
The studio will also tout the Wachowskis’ “Jupiter Ascending,” which has been delayed to 2015
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Sylvester Stallone to Play Hitman in Brad Furman’s Mob Movie ‘Scarpa’
Nick Pileggi wrote the script, and Irwin Winkler (“Rocky”) will produce the film with Millennium’s Avi Lerner
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Marvel’s ‘Ant-Man’ Recruits 2 New Writers as Production Start Nears
Peyton Reed is directing the film, which is getting a last-minute rewrite from Gabriel Ferrari and Andrew Barrer
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Giorgio Faletti, Italian Actor and Author of ‘I Kill,’ Dead at 63
He received the equivalent of an Italian Oscar nomination for his supporting performance in a teen comedy
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Maria Menounos, Keven Undergaro Form Movie Podcast Network With Schmoes Know (Exclusive)
Aiming to be the Nerdist of movies, the online broadcast network will expand the popular brand created by Kristian Harloff and Mark Ellis
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‘Think Like a Man Too’ Producers Sued by Former Business Partner
“We wish only the best for Bernard and all the other Rainforest shareholders,” Will Packer and Rob Hardy say in a joint statement to TheWrap
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Tina Fey to Star in, Produce Untitled Witch Project for Disney
Allison Shearmur (“The Hunger Games”) is also producing the movie, which is not a “Hocus Pocus” sequel
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Relativity Names Angela Courtin Its First Chief Marketing Officer
Former president of Dentsu Aegis Network will lead marketing, branding, digital and advertising initiatives
