Arnold Schwarzenegger’s ‘Ten’ to Kick Off 2014
Open Road Films will release Arnold Schwarzenegger's action thriller “Ten” nationwide on Jan. 24, 2014, the company announced on Wednesday. Directed by David Ayer (“End of Watch”), the former...
View ArticleRelativity Forms Foreign Sales and Distribution Arm, Headed by Camela Galano
Relativity Media has formed a new international sales and distribution division, Relativity Foreign, in hopes of broadening the company's scope, the company announced on Wednesday. Industry veteran...
View ArticleBreaking Glass to Release ‘From the Head’
Breaking Glass Pictures has acquired North American rights for George Griffith’s “From the Head,” starring Matthew Lillard (“The Descendants.”) Based on Griffith’s real-life experiences and shot...
View ArticleAdam Shankman-Directed ‘Nutcracker’ Put Into Turnaround at New Line (Exclusive)
New Line Cinema has put its feature project “The Nutcracker” into turnaround, a person with knowledge of the situation has confirmed to TheWrap. Adam Shankman was expected to direct this new take on...
View ArticleJessica Chastain Offered Role in ‘Good People’ (Exclusive)
Jessica Chastain has been offered a role in the big-screen adaptation of Marcus Sakey’s novel “Good People” with James Franco, a person with knowledge of the situation told TheWrap. Millennium Films is...
View ArticleZooey Deschanel Signs With UTA
Zooey Deschanel has left CAA and moved over to UTA, a person with knowledge of the situation has told TheWrap. Deschanel, who stars in the Fox series "New Girl," was most recently on the big screen in...
View Article‘Muppets,’‘Ali G’ Director James Bobin Signs on for ‘Tribyville’ Musical...
James Bobin has signed on to direct a period musical “Tribyville” a person with knowledge of the situation has told TheWrap. Disney is in negotiations to acquire the project from Gary Sanchez...
View ArticleFilmmakers Behind ‘5 Broken Cameras’ Launch Crowdsourcing Campaign to Screen...
The filmmakers behind the Palestinian-Israeli documentary “5 Broken Cameras” are launching a crowdsourcing campaign on Indiegogo to help bring the film to Israeli schools, the filmmakers announced...
View ArticleThe New Hollywood: Producers Struggle to Adjust to Life Off the Studio Lot
First in a series on Hollywood’s new landscape. For 25 years, larger-than-life producer Joel Silver had a sweetheart deal with Warner Bros., which among other perks granted him two lavish bungalows on...
View ArticleLook Who’s Rising to Fill the Void Left by Studios: Foreign Sales Companies
Last of a three-part series on Hollywood’s changing landscape As studios have shed their housekeeping deals, emptied their lots of some of the biggest names in production and cut back on almost any...
View ArticleWilliam Broyles Jr. Boards Disney’s ‘McFarland’ (Exclusive)
Disney’s long-gestating sport’s drama “McFarland” is getting a new lease of life, with “Planet of the Apes” scribe William Broyles, Jr. coming on board to re-write the script, an individual with...
View ArticleChen Kaige on Going Viral in China and His Oscar Entry ‘Caught in the Web’
Serving as this year’s Oscar submission from China in the foreign-film category, “Caught in the Web,” from veteran director Chen Kaige, is a fast-paced, tragi-comedy that puts the spotlight on the...
View ArticleDisney Developing Comedy Based on Spanish Lottery Win (Exclusive)
Disney is re-teaming with screenwriter Martin Hynes on a comedy about a town where everyone wins the lottery except one person, with an eye to developing the project for Steve Carell, individuals close...
View ArticleSteve Nickerson Named President of Millennium Entertainment (Exclusive)
Steve Nickerson has been named president of Millennium Entertainment, the company’s CEO Bill Lee confirmed to TheWrap on Friday. In this new position, Nickerson, will report directly to Lee, and will...
View ArticleMatt Damon May Join George Clooney in Stolen Nazi Art Movie
Matt Damon is in negotiations to join George Clooney’s “The Monuments Men,” a person familiar with the situation told TheWrap. As previously announced, the cast includes Daniel Craig, Bill Murray, Cate...
View ArticleOscar Isaac, Jason Clarke Join William Monahan’s ‘Mojave’ Feature
Oscar Isaac and Jason Clarke will star in William Monahan’s thriller “Mojave,” the producers Atlas Independent announced on Tuesday. Monahan is directing the feature from his original screenplay and...
View ArticleNew Regency Boards Ubisoft’s ‘Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell’
New Regency has signed on to produce Ubisoft’s big-screen adaptation of "Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell,” a best-selling video game, New Regency told TheWrap on Wednesday. As part of the deal, Ubisoft, the...
View ArticleMrs. Miller Film Being Packaged With Eye Toward Annette Bening (Exclusive)
Scott Sanders Productions is bringing the 1960s singing sensation, Mrs. Miller, to the big screen with the feature film, “Will Success Spoil Mrs. Miller?” which is being packaged with a view to Annette...
View ArticleKristen Wiig May Join ‘Anchorman: The Legend Continues’ (Exclusive)
Kristen Wiig is being eyed for a role in “Anchorman: The Legend Continues” for Paramount Pictures, a person familiar with the negotiations has told TheWrap. Wiig would play opposite Steve Carell, as a...
View ArticleDenzel Washington Starrer ‘The Equalizer’ Narrows on Nicolas Winding Refn to...
Nicolas Winding Refn is in early talks to direct the Denzel Washington thriller, “The Equalizer,” for Columbia Pictures and Escape Artists, a person familiar with the project has told TheWrap. The film...
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