| album of english: [Deadline.com] Big Deals - Film Mar 22nd 2012, 23:30 Mar 22, 2012 Michael Lynton To Run All Sony U.S. Biz: But Can He Save The Company From Itself? Michael Lynton will be announced as Howard Stringer's Sony Corp Of America successor next week. "The people who know in Culver City are very happy -- and very relieved," a source tells me about Sony Pictures Entertainment where Lynton since January 2004 has been chairman alongside Amy Pascal. Sony's principal U.S. businesses include Sony Electronics Inc., Sony Computer Entertainment America LLC, Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc., and Sony Music... Read more »
Darren Aronofsky's 'Noah' Launching Finally With Russell Crowe Set For Biblical Star EXCLUSIVE: We've learned the deals are done for this big-ticket New Regency/Paramount co-production Noah which Deadline has been scooping first for nearly a year now. A formal announcement should come next week. Russell Crowe is set to float the boat as Noah in Darren Aronofsky's edgy Biblical re-telling of Noah's Ark. At one point Christian Bale coming off The Dark Knight Rises was Aronofsky's choice for the title character.... Read more »
MGM Takes A Loss On 'Dragon Tattoo' And Seeks Better Terms For Sequels If you think that The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo was a hit, then talk to MGM Holdings CEO Gary Barber. His company co-financed the film, and although it has generated about $231M at worldwide box offices he tells investors who own MGM's unlisted shares that "it is below our expectations and we booked a modest loss." The company wouldn't say how much it wrote down, but Barber notes that execs "were hoping we'd do 10% more than we did." MGM has an option... Read more »
Twentieth Century Fox Names Debbie Miller EVP Of Marketing And Kevin Yoder as EVP Research And Strategy Former Warner Bros and CBS Films executive Debbie Miller will join Twentieth Century Fox on April 23rd as EVP of marketing. The announcement was made today by Fox chief creative officer Tony Sella and chief marketing officer Oren Aviv, to whom Miller will report. Miller previously worked with Sella at Fox as VP of national publicity. Additionally, Twentieth Century Fox has hired Kevin Yoder, who most recently worked as managing director for... Read more »
Exclusive Closes Raft Of International Sales On Oscar Doc 'Undefeated' Exclusive Media has sealed a deal with the UK's Dogwoof on the Dan Lindsay and T.J. Martin-directed Oscar-winning documentary Undefeated. The film caused a stir at the Oscars when Martin uttered a swear word during his acceptance speech (the delay button caught it -- he later apologized). The doc focuses on three underprivileged student athletes and the volunteer coach who guides them through a football season in North Memphis. Hip hop... Read more »
Brad Ingelsby Lands High-Six Figure Indian Paintbrush Deal For 'The Signal' EXCLUSIVE: Indian Paintbrush has put the finishing strokes on a high-six figure preemptively acquire The Signal, a pitch by hot scribe Brad Ingelsby. The company is keeping the logline under wraps, but it is a contained family-adventure film that has a sci-fi element and is set over the course of a family's weekend getaway. Indian Paintbrush's Steven Rales and Mark Roybal will produce and Michael Pruss will be co-producer... Read more »
Atlas Independent Steps Up For William Monahan Thriller 'Mojave' EXCLUSIVE: Atlas Independent will make Mojave, a crime thriller scripted and to be directed by William Monahan. They are keeping the plot specifics quiet, but production is set to begin August in Southern California. It will be the second directorial effort for Monahan, who won an Oscar writing The Departed and made his debut behind the camera on London Boulevard. It is the fourth project for Atlas Independent, an offshoot of Charles Roven's Atlas... Read more »
With Foreplay Almost Over, Will Steamy Novel '50 Shades Of Grey' Climax In 7-Figure Movie Deal? By Thursday, author E.L. James and her British lit agent Valerie Hoskins will have completed a surreal round of meetings with the heads of studios, monied production companies and top producers for screen rights to 50 Shades of Grey. The steamy potboiler e-book is about a 21-year old soon to be college graduate named Anastasia Steele, who starts an S&M relationship with Christian Grey, a handsome entrepreneur in his late twenties.... Read more »
American Bullshit Hits The Fan: David O Russell Clarifies His Role, And The Prospect Of Reuniting With Christian Bale David O Russell has clarified his relationship with American Bullshit. Sounds like it's not totally bullshit, but it's not real, either. But it also sounds like if it does happen, his Oscar-winning The Fighter star Christian Bale would be in the middle of it. Here goes: "Reports that I am attached to American Bullshit are premature. It is something I am in early discussions on and I have great respect for Chuck Roven and Christian... Read more »
Martin Campbell Takes On James Cameron Passion Project 'The Dive' EXCLUSIVE: 20th Century Fox has attached Martin Campbell to direct and J. Michael Straczynski (Changeling) to write The Dive, the true, tragic love story of freediver Francisco "Pipin" Ferraras and his wife Audrey Mestre. The pic was originally a James Cameron-directing vehicle and he and his Lightstorm team of Jon Landau and Rae Sanchini are producing with Barry Josephson. Pic tells the story of two pre-eminent free-divers who, with but a breath... Read more »
Universal Hires New Scribes For 'Midnight Run 2,' And Brett Ratner Will Direct It EXCLUSIVE: Universal Pictures is picking up steam on Midnight Run 2, setting scribes David Elliot & Paul Lovett to rewrite it, and negotiating with Brett Ratner to helm a sequel that has Robert De Niro attached to reprise his role as bounty hunter Jack Walsh. De Niro and Jane Rosenthal's Tribeca is producing with Ratner's Rat Entertainment. Read more »
Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Acquires Sundance Pic 'The First Time' Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions (SPWA) announced today they have acquired all U.S. rights and Canadian ancillary rights to Jonathan Kasdan's teen romancer and 2012 Sundance Film Festival crowd pleaser THE FIRST TIME, produced by Friends with Benefits' producers Martin Shafer and Liz Glotzer. Read more »
'Downton Abbey's Jessica Brown Findlay To Star In 'Winter's Tale' EXCLUSIVE: Akiva Goldsman has found his leading lady for Winter's Tale, the Warner Bros adaptation of the 1983 Mark Helprin novel that the Oscar-winning scribe will make his feature directorial debut. I'm told that Jessica Brown Findlay beat out a slew of young actresses for the female lead. Findlay plays Lady Sybill Crawley in Downton Abbey. Read more »
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