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.
Jeff Sneider
Experience:
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E! Enters Eating Disorder Business
Network to air six-episode series this October under the working title “What’s Eating You?”
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Callbacks: Phillippe, Tomei, Macy Join Lionsgate’s ‘Lincoln Lawyer’
In today’s Callbacks — your daily roundup of casting news from Deal Central — Lionsgate’s "Lincoln Lawyer" lands a supporting cast, Jeffrey Nachmanoff signs up for "Abduction" and Paramount sets its sights on a hot spec about "aerial pirates." • Oscar winner Marisa Tomei, Oscar nominee William H. Macy and MTV Movie Award nominee Ryan Phillippe…
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Duvall: Pitt Eyeing ‘Hatfields and McCoys’ Movie
Scott Cooper (“Crazy Heart”) would direct the WB film from a script by Oscar winner Eric Roth (“Forrest Gump”)
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Patterson’s ‘Maximum Ride’ Series Flying to Universal?
“Iron Man” writers Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby are adapting the popular young-adult franchise, which Sony has put into turnaround
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Paramount, Loucka Revive ‘Ring’ in 3D
Studio hopes to reinvent the horror franchise by making the sequel more teen-centric than the first two films
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Callbacks: Eisner to Direct ‘Escape From NY’ Remake; Elwes Returns For ‘Saw VII’
Clive Owen is joining Jason Statham in Gary McKendry’s action-thriller “The Killer Elite,” while Eric Heisserer will write “Final Destination 5”
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Exclusive: Olivia Thirlby in Talks to Join Ivan Reitman Comedy
Ashton Kutcher and Natalie Portman star in the untitled Paramount film formerly known as “Friends With Benefits”
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Callbacks: Tomei, Groban Join WB Comedy; ‘Astral’ Attracts Wilson, Byrne
David Arquette will voice the lookout pirate parrot Skully on Disney’s animated kids series “Jake and the Never Land Pirates”
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Jeremy Irons’ Son Max to Vie for Seyfried
Duo join Gary Oldman and Julie Christie in Catherine Hardwicke’s “The Girl With the Red Riding Hood”
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Paramount Wins Bidding War for Baron Cohen Comedy
A comic pitch from the “Borat” star and a trio of “Seinfeld” writers features a character who tends goats
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Mirren Joins Brand in WB’s ‘Arthur’ Remake
Jason Winer (ABC’s “Modern Family”) will direct the comedy from a script by Peter Baynham (“Borat”)
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Mickey Rourke to Play Genghis Khan?
John Milius (“Apocalypse Now”) is planning to write and direct a feature about the fearless Mongolian warrior
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Callbacks: Nicholson Weighing ‘Vegas’ Comedy; Singer & McQuarrie Reunite
Sacha Baron Cohen is shopping a comedy pitch with “Seinfeld” writers Alec Berg, Jeff Schaffer and David Mandel
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Exclusive: Dwayne Johnson Lands ‘Protection’
Action-thriller follows a former soldier who must protect a judge’s daughter from a Mexican cartel
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Exclusive: Fox Wooing Rogen, Pine for ‘War’
McG will direct Reese Witherspoon in the action comedy written by Tim Dowling (“Role Models”)