“300: Rise Of An Empire” star Sullivan Stapleton will star in EuropaCorp’s action-thriller “The Lake,” set to start shooting in April. Variety reported in September that “Into the Storm" director…
South by Southwest will hold the world premiere of the newly remastered version of “The Breakfast Club” on March 17 at the Paramount Theatre in Austin. Cast members Molly Ringwald and Ally Sheedy…
In an expansion move, Nicolas Chartier’s Voltage Pictures has hired IM Global president Jonathan Deckter. Deckter will take over running all day-to-day business operations of Voltage Pictures as well…
Republic Records and IM Global have launched a multiple picture co-financing and co-production deal for music-driven feature film titles. The first movie under the deal will be urban comedy “Rollin…
The Weinstein Co. has acquired distribution rights to Michael Keaton project "The Founder," the story of how Ray Kroc turned McDonald's into a global fast food empire. FilmNation is producing along…
Kristen Stewart has joined Michelle Williams and Laura Dern in Kelly Reichardt’s untitled drama, set in Montana. Stewart will portray a lawyer from Boise, Idaho, who takes a teaching job several…
Relativity has set the bawdy comedy "The Bronze" for a July 10 limited release, followed by a wide release on July 31. Relativity bought “The Bronze” for $3 million after its opening-night premiere…
China Lion Film Distribution has acquired Andy Lau’s “Lost and Love” from IM Global and set a March 20 release for North America — day and date with the release in mainland China. “Lost and Love”…
James Franco is in early negotiations to star in Fox’s comedy “Why Him?” A pair of Fox-based production companies — Shawn Levy’s 21 Laps and Ben Stiller’s Red Hour — are producing. John Hamburg is…
Robert Townsend has come on board to direct a new version of “Brewster's Millions,” three decades after the Richard Pryor comedy was released. The story is based on the 1902 novel by George Barr…
