Garrett Hedlund Joins Ang Lee’s Iraq War Drama
Garrett Hedlund is in advanced talks to co-star in Ang Lee’s Iraq war drama “Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk” for TriStar. The “Life of Pi" director has tapped newcomer Joe Alwyn to star in the title…
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‘American Sniper’ Producer Signs First-Look Deal at Warner Bros. (EXCLUSIVE)
Warner Bros. has signed “American Sniper” producer Andrew Lazar to a first-look deal through his Mad Chance production company. Lazar recently set up "It's What I Do: A Photographer's Life of Love…
Box Office: ‘Chappie’ Opens with $750,000 Thursday Night
Sony’s sci-fi adventure "Chappie" has opened with a modest $750,000 at latenight Thursday showings in the U.S. The film, which centers on a police robot that learns to think and feel, expands to…
Emile Hirsch Starring in ‘Autopsy of Jane Doe’
Emile Hirsch and Brian Cox willl star in supernatural thriller “The Autopsy of Jane Doe,” with Andre Ovredal directing and production beginning at the end of the month in London. It’s the first…
Returning TV Series to Receive $90 Million in Next Round of California Credits
Returning TV series will receive the lion’s share of allocations — $90 million of the $100 million available — in the next round of the California film and TV tax credit program before the commission…
‘Poltergeist’ Reboot Moved Up to May 22, ‘Spy’ Back to June 5
Fox is shuffling its summer release schedule, moving MGM’s reboot of "Poltergeist" forward two months to May 22 and shifting Melissa McCarthy comedy “Spy” back two weeks to June 5. “Poltergeist” is…
‘Star Trek’ Producer Harve Bennett Dies
Harve Bennett, who produced four “Star Trek” movies and the TV series “Mod Squad,” “The Six Million Dollar Man” and “The Bionic Woman,” died Wednesday in Medford, Ore. He was 84. Bennett’s passing…
‘Wild Tales’ Director Boards TriStar Thriller
“Wild Tales” director Damian Szifron will helm and produce an untitled thriller for TriStar in his English-language debut. Nicole Brown will oversee for TriStar, which has remained active following…
Paramount Strikes Long Term Distribution Deal With Korea’s Lotte
Second largest vertically-integrated group gets better of Korea's biggest studio to hatch pact
Walden to Co-Finance Steven Spielberg’s ‘BFG’ With DreamWorks
Walden Media will co-finance and co-produce DreamWorks Studios' "The BFG" with Steven Spielberg starting the shoot later this month. Mark Rylance was cast in October as the titular benevolent giant…
