As Deadline’s Mike Fleming reported back in June of this year, Redbird Capital Partners has today confirmed details in that story. Ben Affleck, Matt Damon and Gerry Cardinale are launching an artist-led studio that partners with filmmakers to empower creative vision and broaden access to profit participation.
The new studio, Artists Equity, will seek to create “entrepreneurial partnerships” with filmmakers.
Terms were not disclosed. RedBird Capital is making what’s termed “a significant financial commitment in launching the company, providing strategic capital and operational expertise to accelerate its development and production pipeline.
Affleck and Damon combined have generated more than 10.7 billion in worldwide box office sales, 110+ feature films as star or costar, six produced screenplays, eight TV series as executive producer or writer, and earned three Academy Awards. They will lead the company.
Artists Equity is an intellectual property monetization platform anchored by three core principles, the announcment stated:...
The new studio, Artists Equity, will seek to create “entrepreneurial partnerships” with filmmakers.
Terms were not disclosed. RedBird Capital is making what’s termed “a significant financial commitment in launching the company, providing strategic capital and operational expertise to accelerate its development and production pipeline.
Affleck and Damon combined have generated more than 10.7 billion in worldwide box office sales, 110+ feature films as star or costar, six produced screenplays, eight TV series as executive producer or writer, and earned three Academy Awards. They will lead the company.
Artists Equity is an intellectual property monetization platform anchored by three core principles, the announcment stated:...
- 11/20/2022
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Thanksgiving and Christmas came a little early today for Quentin Tarantino and Sony Pictures. Picked up by the studio last week, as my colleague Mike Fleming Jr exclusively reported, the director's next feature is among the 11 films awarded nearly $62.8 million in California tax credits. The Chris Sanders’ helmed adaptation of Jack London’s Call of the Wild, Destroyer, starring Nicole Kidman and directed by the Karyn Kusama, and an untitled Dan Gilroy project starring…...
- 11/20/2017
- Deadline
The seventh annual The Contenders, Deadline’s movie awards-season event, is now underway at the DGA Theater in Hollywood. A total of 19 studios and distributors are showing off their Oscar-contender wares at the all-day happening in front of an invitation-only audience comprised mostly of Academy voters and key guild members. Deadline’s Mike Fleming Jr, Joe Utichi, Anthony D’Alessandro and Dominic Patten will be joining me in moderating the sessions. You can follow along…...
- 11/4/2017
- Deadline
Deadline has bolstered its editorial staff in the U.S. and overseas with the hires of Dawn C. Chmielewski as Technology Editor and Peter White as International Co-Editor. Both start today and report to Deadline Co-Editors-In-Chief Mike Fleming Jr and Nellie Andreeva. Chmielewski is a seasoned journalist who has been writing about the intersection of tech and entertainment since the days of Napster, working at the San Jose Mercury News in the heart of Silicon Valley and as…...
- 10/30/2017
- Deadline
Deadline has bolstered its editorial staff in the U.S. and overseas with the hires of Dawn C. Chmielewski as Technology Editor and Peter White as International Co-Editor. Both start today and report to Deadline Co-Editors-In-Chief Mike Fleming Jr and Nellie Andreeva. Chmielewski is a seasoned journalist who has been writing about the intersection of tech and entertainment since the days of Napster, working at the San Jose Mercury News in the heart of Silicon Valley and as…...
- 10/30/2017
- Deadline TV
Flanked by co-star Adam Sandler and director Noah Baumbach, Hollywood icon Dustin Hoffman stole the show today at Deadline’s The Contenders London, during a panel to showcase the trio's new film The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected), which premieres next week on Netflix. Speaking to Deadline's Mike Fleming in front of a packed BAFTA audience, Baumbach explained that the original idea for the film stemmed from a lunch meeting with Sandler and co-star Ben Stiller, at…...
- 10/6/2017
- Deadline
Ben Hardy (X-Men: Apocalpyse), Gwilym Lee (The Hollow Crown) and Joe Mazzello (The Social Network) have been cast alongside Rami Malek in the upcoming 20th Century Fox film Bohemian Rhapsody, the long-in-the-works movie about seminal British rock band Queen which Bryan Singer is helming. Deadline’s Mike Fleming previously exclusively broke the story announced that Rami Malek (Mr. Robot) will portray frontman Mercury. Hardy — who had been rumored in the British press for…...
- 8/21/2017
- Deadline
In Episode 4 of The Deadline Podcast, Mike Fleming Jr joins me to review the options facing filmmakers in creating movies for streaming services versus for theaters. How do audiences respond to a major Netflix comedy-satire like Brad Pitt's War Machine, viewing it at home compared sharing it with a crowd of filmgoers? Netflix opens possibilities for making films that studios may consider too risky and too expensive, but filmmakers may lose out on awards…...
- 6/29/2017
- Deadline
According to Deadline, Netflix is close to picking up Taika Waititi’s movie about Michael Jackson’s pet chimpanzee, Bubbles. In what would be the first major acquisition to come out of the Cannes Film Festival, Deadline’s Mike Fleming reports the streaming service could end up plunking down around $20 million for the heavily bid on film, the script for which topped 2015’s Hollywood Black List of acclaimed screenplays.
Waititi, of Thor: Ragnorok and What We Do In The Shadows fame, is set to co-direct this stop-motion animated film about Jackson’s primate companion with Mark Gustafson, who served as Wes Anderson’s animation director on Fantastic Mr. Fox. Dan Harmon is producing via his animation studio, Starburns Industries.
Waititi previously downplayed the idea that the movie would be a straight biopic of either the chimp or his iconic owner. “I want to focus on telling a story ...
Waititi, of Thor: Ragnorok and What We Do In The Shadows fame, is set to co-direct this stop-motion animated film about Jackson’s primate companion with Mark Gustafson, who served as Wes Anderson’s animation director on Fantastic Mr. Fox. Dan Harmon is producing via his animation studio, Starburns Industries.
Waititi previously downplayed the idea that the movie would be a straight biopic of either the chimp or his iconic owner. “I want to focus on telling a story ...
- 5/18/2017
- by Matt Gerardi
- avclub.com
Is a “Star Wars” film on the horizon for director Guillermo del Toro? While he has become cautious about publicly discussing ideas for films he may want to do, in a recent interview with Collider the filmmaker revealed he has already shared his ideas for a “Star Wars” movie with Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy and John Knoll, Chief Creative Officer of Industrial Light & Magic.
When asked if he would consider doing a “Star Wars” movie, before giving a straight answer, the “Hellboy” helmer explained, “In 2006, Mike Fleming at Deadline wrote an article that said ‘Guillermo del Toro is busy until 2012’ and he published 20 things I was maybe doing. Since then I haven’t been able to live down that. Every time I say ‘good morning’ somebody says ‘Guillermo is doing Good Morning!’, so I will not comment on this…...
When asked if he would consider doing a “Star Wars” movie, before giving a straight answer, the “Hellboy” helmer explained, “In 2006, Mike Fleming at Deadline wrote an article that said ‘Guillermo del Toro is busy until 2012’ and he published 20 things I was maybe doing. Since then I haven’t been able to live down that. Every time I say ‘good morning’ somebody says ‘Guillermo is doing Good Morning!’, so I will not comment on this…...
- 4/12/2017
- by Yoselin Acevedo
- Indiewire
Guillermo Del Toro disappointed fans when he officially admitted there wouldn’t be another Hellboy project anytime soon. However, his supporters will be very happy to know that Del Toro is dabbling with the idea of doing a Star Wars spinoff movie. In fact, he’s doing more than dabble. In a new interview with Collider, Toro reveals not only that he’s got an ideas for a Star Wars spin-off movie, but that he’s met with Lucasfilm’s Kathleen Kennedy and John Knoll about said ideas. Before del Toro’s prefaced his response with this: In 2006, Mike Fleming at Deadline wrote an article
Guillermo Del Toro is Tinkering with the Idea of Jabba the Hutt Star Wars Movie...
Guillermo Del Toro is Tinkering with the Idea of Jabba the Hutt Star Wars Movie...
- 4/12/2017
- by Nat Berman
- TVovermind.com
Ever since Lucasfilm announced that they would be producing at least two Star Wars films a year fans have come with all kinds of lists of films they want to see and directors they'd like to see take them on. At one point, Guillermo del Toro was said to be on a list of directors that Lucasfilm wanted to bring on board to direct something in the franchise and why wouldn't they!? They guy is a great filmmaker that tells incredibly fun stories!
We'll in a recent interview with Collider, the filmmaker confirmed that he has talked to Lucasfilm's Kathleen Kennedy and John Knoll about some Star Wars movie ideas. When asked if he would ever consider making a Star Wars movie the filmmaker started out with this caution of talking about such things:
“In 2006, Mike Fleming at Deadline wrote an article that said ‘Guillermo del Toro is busy...
We'll in a recent interview with Collider, the filmmaker confirmed that he has talked to Lucasfilm's Kathleen Kennedy and John Knoll about some Star Wars movie ideas. When asked if he would ever consider making a Star Wars movie the filmmaker started out with this caution of talking about such things:
“In 2006, Mike Fleming at Deadline wrote an article that said ‘Guillermo del Toro is busy...
- 4/11/2017
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
The 90th Academy Awards will air live on ABC on March 4, 2018. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and ABC also set dates for the 91st, 92nd and 93rd Oscars presentations: February 24, 2019, February 23, 2020, and February 28, 2021, respectively. Nominations for the upcoming Oscars will be announced January 23, 2018. The news comes as Deadline’s Mike Fleming Jr reported that this year’s Oscar show producers Michael De Luca and Jennifer Todd are near a deal to…...
- 4/4/2017
- Deadline
The 90th Academy Awards will air live on ABC on March 4, 2018. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and ABC also set dates for the 91st, 92nd and 93rd Oscars presentations: February 24, 2019, February 23, 2020, and February 28, 2021, respectively. Nominations for the upcoming Oscars will be announced January 23, 2018. The news comes as Deadline’s Mike Fleming Jr reported that this year’s Oscar show producers Michael De Luca and Jennifer Todd are near a deal to…...
- 4/4/2017
- Deadline TV
Fox Searchlight, which plunked down $9.5M for Patti Cake$ at Sundance, has set a summer release for the aspiring-rapper tale. It drops July 7 in select theaters. The film, starring Aussie Danielle Macdonald in a breakout role that landed her a CAA deal, wowed ’em in Park City. Deadline’s Mike Fleming Jr reported that buyers almost universally adored writer-director Geremy Jasper’s film, which set off a ferocious all-night auction. Macdonald plays Patricia Dombrowski — aka…...
- 3/24/2017
- Deadline
Peter Bart is down with the flu, so Deadline’s Awards Columnist and Oscar expert Pete Hammond stepped in for Episode #10 of The Bart & Fleming Podcast. Sitting down with Deadline co-Editor in Chief Mike Fleming Jr, the pair discuss Sunday’s Golden Globes, and whether Meryl Streep’s hot-button speech accepting the Cecil B DeMille Award has actually improved her chances with the Oscars. Topics also include how the BAFTA and PGA nominations impact the awards-season race, and…...
- 1/11/2017
- Deadline
In Episode #9 of Peter Bart and Mike Fleming Jr’s The Bart & Fleming Podcast, the Deadline colleagues look at the fortunes of several Hollywood companies now in the news. Topics include the demise of Relativity Media, as well as the ripple effect of the Sony hack a handful of years later and how it has impacted the way the film business conducts itself. They pair also weighs in on how the media covers the incursion of China into Hollywood and media, and incoming President…...
- 1/3/2017
- Deadline
In Episode #8 of The Bart & Fleming Podcast, Deadline’s Peter Bart and Mike Fleming Jr find another way to look at the year that was 2016: by discussing the columns and commentaries during the year they wished they hadn’t published. On the list for scrutiny: Hollywood’s diversity issue, MGM, Paramount and Viacom, indie distributors, Angelina Jolie, Warren Beatty and more. Listen…...
- 12/27/2016
- Deadline
In Episode #7 of Peter Bart and Mike Fleming Jr’s weekly The Bart & Fleming Podcast, the pair dig into the puzzling nature of Tom Hanks and his lack of nominations for his role in Sully, after being left out most recently by the Golden Globes. They also discuss who deserves awards for lead actor, and talk about some of the great on-screen parings as inspired by Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling in La La Land. They also discuss the release of Rouge One: A Star Wars Story…...
- 12/20/2016
- Deadline
Deadline co-Editor-in-Chief Mike Fleming Jr sat down last month at our big annual awards-season event The Contenders Presented By Deadline with Sebastian Sepulveda, film editor of Fox Searchlight’s Jackie, to discuss the challenges of telling a well-known chapter in American life. The Chilean-born editor worked with director Pablo Larrain, also from Chile, to re-create a distinct time for this story of the First Lady who had to uphold her own dignity, as well as that of…...
- 12/13/2016
- Deadline
Exclusive: It’s a busy couple days in the Baltasar Kormakur business. Deadline’s Mike Fleming Jr yesterday reported that the Everest helmer’s potential next project, Adrift, is coming together, and now here’s word of multiple sales on the filmmaker’s most recent Icelandic feature, The Oath. The thriller is the top-grossing movie in Iceland this year with 44K admissions and was the director’s return home after his 2015 Everest made over $200M globally (and topped Iceland’s…...
- 12/7/2016
- Deadline
Deadline Hollywood executive editor Michael Cieply is stepping back from the publication after just three months, individuals with knowledge of the situation told TheWrap. Multiple insiders said Cieply would take on a reduced role after clashing with Deadline editors in chief Mike Fleming and Nellie Andreeva. One said he would be a freelancer rather than top editor. Cieply declined to confirm the reports. When reached for comment the former New York Times Hollywood correspondent said via email this weekend that the change represents “a slight shift in my arrangement” but declined to give any details. Also Read: Shonda Rhimes Blasts Deadline Diversity Article.
- 11/20/2016
- by Tony Maglio
- The Wrap
On Episode 2 of The Bart & Fleming Podcast this week, Mike Fleming Jr and Peter Bart speculate on the impact that Trump’s Ascension may have on film and TV — could events prompt ’60s-style turmoil in pop culture? We also discuss the problems confronting Ang Lee in marketing his new film, given its complex technology and weighty message. We also ask whether the new Academy rules barring voters from attending non-screening events will take a toll on the appetites, and…...
- 11/15/2016
- Deadline TV
On Episode 2 of The Bart & Fleming Podcast this week, Mike Fleming Jr and Peter Bart speculate on the impact that Trump’s Ascension may have on film and TV — could events prompt ’60s-style turmoil in pop culture? We also discuss the problems confronting Ang Lee in marketing his new film, given its complex technology and weighty message. We also ask whether the new Academy rules barring voters from attending non-screening events will take a toll on the appetites, and…...
- 11/15/2016
- Deadline
The Napa Valley Film Festival is a rather unique experience in the festival realm, and they have awards/honors that don’t fit the normal mold of what people may be used to seeing. This year, Matthew McConaughey received the Caldwell Vineyard Maverick Actor Tribute in celebration of his cinematic achievements. It probably isn’t much a stretch for many to figure out that he’s among the most likely candidates for such an honor.
Prior to the ceremony, McConaughey’s highly-anticipated Gold screened for festival patrons. Matthew’s wife, Camilla Alves, Producer Teddy Schwarzman and The Weinstein Company COO David Glasser, were also in attendance. After the screening Deadline Hollywood’s Mike Fleming hosted and moderated the on-stage conversation. Matthew was joined by his wife Camilla Alves.
Matthew McConaughey and Camilla Alves
Photo by Scott Kirkland/PictureGroup
McConaughey, is best known for his Academy Award®-winning role in Dallas Buyers Club,...
Prior to the ceremony, McConaughey’s highly-anticipated Gold screened for festival patrons. Matthew’s wife, Camilla Alves, Producer Teddy Schwarzman and The Weinstein Company COO David Glasser, were also in attendance. After the screening Deadline Hollywood’s Mike Fleming hosted and moderated the on-stage conversation. Matthew was joined by his wife Camilla Alves.
Matthew McConaughey and Camilla Alves
Photo by Scott Kirkland/PictureGroup
McConaughey, is best known for his Academy Award®-winning role in Dallas Buyers Club,...
- 11/11/2016
- by Marc Eastman
- AreYouScreening.com
Warner Bros said that A Star Is Born will debut in cinemas on September 28, 2018. Mike Fleming Jr broke the news about that reboot with Bradley Cooper directing and starring alongside Lady Gaga back in August. Currently, A Star Is Born is the only title on that date. MGM’s Everything, Everything, based on Nicola Yoon’s novel, will open on Aug. 18. Pic tells the story about a teenager who’s lived a sheltered life because she’s allergic to everything. But she falls for the…...
- 11/10/2016
- Deadline
Deadline's new The Bart & Fleming Podcast got off to a predictably argumentative start with the principals — Peter Bart and Mike Fleming Jr — covering topics such as the absence of civility among movie studio chiefs, the impact of cutbacks at major newspapers, the struggles of Paramount to resurrect itself, and the proliferation of remakes worldwide. In Episode 1, titled “Are Studio Heads Too Mean?”, Bart argues that, with the top studio jobs becoming ever more demanding…...
- 11/8/2016
- Deadline TV
Deadline's new The Bart & Fleming Podcast got off to a predictably argumentative start with the principals — Peter Bart and Mike Fleming Jr — covering topics such as the absence of civility among movie studio chiefs, the impact of cutbacks at major newspapers, the struggles of Paramount to resurrect itself, and the proliferation of remakes worldwide. In Episode 1, titled “Are Studio Heads Too Mean?”, Bart argues that, with the top studio jobs becoming ever more demanding…...
- 11/8/2016
- Deadline
The Contenders Presented By Deadline is now underway at the DGA Theater in West Hollywood, featuring its largest lineup yet — 21 film studios and distributors will be in attendance at the unique, one-stop-shop event showing off their awards-season wares in front of a capacity crowd of Academy and guild voters. The all-day event, our sixth annual, sold out in a record four days. Deadline’s Mike Fleming, Pete Hammond, Dominic Patten and Anthony Dalessandro are moderating…...
- 11/5/2016
- Deadline
As reported last week by Deadline’s Mike Fleming, Taylor Hackford’s feature The Comedian will make its world premiere Friday Nov. 11 as a special screening of AFI Fest 2016 in Hollywood. From Sony Pictures Classics and Cinelou Films, the film stars Robert De Niro as an aging comic icon named Jackie attempting to reinvent himself, though his audience only wants to know him as his former television character. Already a strain on his younger brother (Danny DeVito) and his…...
- 10/14/2016
- Deadline
In an eerie case of unfortunate timing, Hollywood woke up on September 11, 2001 to a front-page story in Variety by Deadline’s Mike Fleming announcing Terror, an NBC miniseries from Law & Order creator and quintessential New Yorker Dick Wolf. The premise was a massive terrorist attack on New York City that would draw together the casts and characters of all three of Wolf’s L&O series. That same morning, the real-life terrorist attacks on NYC’s World Trade Center shook up…...
- 9/10/2016
- Deadline TV
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Two months ago, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story was seemingly thrust into jeopardy when Disney ordered reshoots of Gareth Edwards’ hotly-anticipated spinoff after taking issue with the first cut.
Things began to snowball soon thereafter – unsurprisingly, given that Edwards’ Anthology film is emerging so soon after The Force Awakens – with claims that close to 40 percent of Rogue One required some form of tinkering. To whip things into shape, it was confirmed that the House of Mouse had welcomed aboard director Tony Gilroy to oversee four-to-five weeks of additional filming. But if Deadline is to be believed, Gilroy did much more than simply lend a hand to Rogue One in its time of need.
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Two months ago, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story was seemingly thrust into jeopardy when Disney ordered reshoots of Gareth Edwards’ hotly-anticipated spinoff after taking issue with the first cut.
Things began to snowball soon thereafter – unsurprisingly, given that Edwards’ Anthology film is emerging so soon after The Force Awakens – with claims that close to 40 percent of Rogue One required some form of tinkering. To whip things into shape, it was confirmed that the House of Mouse had welcomed aboard director Tony Gilroy to oversee four-to-five weeks of additional filming. But if Deadline is to be believed, Gilroy did much more than simply lend a hand to Rogue One in its time of need.
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At the time, the official word from Disney noted that those alterations “just involve more intimate...
- 8/3/2016
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
The long awaited team-up of DC Comic book superheros doesn’t come out until Nov. 17 next year, but today Ben Affleck aka Batman gave us a little treat and dropped the film’s logo on his Twitter handle. In addition to starring in Warner Bros.’ Justice League, Affleck serves as Ep on Zack Snyder’s follow-up to Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice. Mike Fleming broke that news exclusively last month, in addition to Affleck’s taking the director’s chair for the reboot of Batman…...
- 6/21/2016
- Deadline
Universal has staked out December 20, 2019 for its feature adaptation of the hit Broadway musical Wicked. It’s been a long journey for this Wizard of Oz prequel to the big screen. To give you an idea of how long it has been in development, Deadline’s Mike Fleming Jr broke the news of Stephen Daldry’s attachment as director back in July 2012. Wicked has been seen by more than 50 million fans worldwide and in March crossed the $1 billion mark in Broadway ticket sales…...
- 6/16/2016
- Deadline
Reshoots are one of the most radically misunderstood parts of film production to people who have not actually made movies, and they are often reported in ways that are unfair to the actual production team. Take, for example, the news that Rogue One: A Star Wars Story is going to head back in for a set of “extensive” reshoots. That one piece of information is correct. How that information has been interpreted has been fairly diverse, though, and there’s a pretty hefty degree of panic that appears to have immediately set in. Relax. If you were to talk to any director who has ever made one of these big-canvass event films and you asked them if they would have liked to have had a month or even two months after they finished their first cut of the film to go back to set and shoot more material, to a person,...
- 6/1/2016
- by Drew McWeeny
- Hitfix
In Mike Fleming’s big interview with Jodie Foster last week—part of Deadline’s first Cannes print edition—she said she felt seminal work like Taxi Driver, which she starred in when she was 13, would never get off the ground today. Following the Cannes premiere of her latest directorial project, Money Monster, she qualifies that statement: “I think it’s still possible to make those movies, [but] I don’t think it’s possible to make those movies financed by a major studio,”…...
- 5/16/2016
- Deadline
20th Century Fox, one of the second to last studios to present today, just went out with a bang, with James Cameron coming on stage to announce four Avatar sequels (vs. the previous three), confirmation of Deadpool 2 going forward and the fact that in 2017, Hugh Jackman’s Greatest Showman on Earth was a go for 2017. Mike Fleming broke news a couple of years ago about Jackman and Showman. We’ve been hearing that financing was still coming together, however, it was a title…...
- 4/14/2016
- Deadline
Prior to Universal Pictures chairman Donna Langley being lauded at tonight’s Pioneer of the Year Dinner, the studio held its CinemaCon splash for industryites with a heavy spotlight on their Illumination Entertainment unit. The big news centered around The Grinch Who Stole Christmas. Mike Fleming reported that Benedict Cumberbatch had landed the title role. In addition, South Park‘s Trey Parker has signed on to play Gru’s villain in Despicable Me 3, Balthazar Brat, a has…...
- 4/13/2016
- Deadline
Exclusive: Cross Creek Pictures has entered into a multi-picture development and financing deal with Romanian producer Dragos Savulescu. Under the non-exclusive agreement, Cross Creek and Savulescu will finance development for a slate of director- and star-driven commercial films in the $20M-$65M budget range. Their first project together will be with Brad Pitt's Plan B on He Wanted The Moon. As Deadline’s Mike Fleming Jr recently reported, Tony Kushner is adapting from…...
- 4/7/2016
- Deadline
Warner Bros.
Sony’s highly-anticipated adaptation of Stephen King’s magnum opus, The Dark Tower, continues to gather momentum.
Deadline reports that Abbey Lee (Mad Max: Fury Road) has joined the cast as a character named Tirana, who apparently doesn’t appear until the seventh book in the series. The character is described by Deadline’s Mike Fleming as having “fake human skin” and “cold snake-like eyes”.
Lee, a former model, impressed with her scant amount of screen time as one of Immortan Joe’s wayward wives in Fury Road, and she definitely has the right kind of striking appearance for a post-apocalyptic setting. She will be joining a cast consisting of Idris Elba as Roland Deschain and Matthew McConaughey as the Man in Black, the villain of the piece. A Royal Affair’s Nikolaj Arcel is set to direct from a screenplay by Akiva Goldsman, that he’ll also be giving a once-over.
Sony’s highly-anticipated adaptation of Stephen King’s magnum opus, The Dark Tower, continues to gather momentum.
Deadline reports that Abbey Lee (Mad Max: Fury Road) has joined the cast as a character named Tirana, who apparently doesn’t appear until the seventh book in the series. The character is described by Deadline’s Mike Fleming as having “fake human skin” and “cold snake-like eyes”.
Lee, a former model, impressed with her scant amount of screen time as one of Immortan Joe’s wayward wives in Fury Road, and she definitely has the right kind of striking appearance for a post-apocalyptic setting. She will be joining a cast consisting of Idris Elba as Roland Deschain and Matthew McConaughey as the Man in Black, the villain of the piece. A Royal Affair’s Nikolaj Arcel is set to direct from a screenplay by Akiva Goldsman, that he’ll also be giving a once-over.
- 2/19/2016
- by Dan Woburn
- Obsessed with Film
Deadline’s Mike Fleming Jr broke the news over the summer that Fox 2000 and St Vincent director Ted Melfi were working to make a deal on Hidden Figures, the story based on Margot Lee Shetterly’s upcoming book about the unsung group of African American female math wizards who helped Nasa win the space race and launch John Glenn into orbit. At the time names were already in the mix for roles in the cool project including Oprah Winfrey, Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer and Taraji…...
- 2/10/2016
- Deadline
The Publicists Guild has nominated Deadline co-Editor-In-Chief Mike Fleming Jr for its Press Award for a fifth time this morning as it revealed its annual nominees. He has not won the award yet, so please insert your best Susan Lucci jokes here. We do hear with five nominations you get a free T-shirt but that has not been confirmed. The International Cinematographers Guild’s 53rd Annual Icg Publicists Awards Luncheon is set for February 26 at the Beverly Hilton. It has…...
- 1/15/2016
- Deadline TV
The Publicists Guild has nominated Deadline co-Editor-In-Chief Mike Fleming Jr for its Press Award for a fifth time this morning as it revealed its annual nominees. He has not won the award yet, so please insert your best Susan Lucci jokes here. We do hear with five nominations you get a free T-shirt but that has not been confirmed. The International Cinematographers Guild’s 53rd Annual Icg Publicists Awards Luncheon is set for February 26 at the Beverly Hilton. It has…...
- 1/15/2016
- Deadline
Memo from Mike Fleming Jr: I'm pleased to announce that Peter Bart will be moving over to Deadline. That will mean a shift over from Variety, where he has been a fixture since 1989. He will become Editor-At-Large, and along with the column he and I already write, Peter will write a separate weekly column and become a regular contributor of news and analysis. This was an opportunity that came up as Peter re-evaluated what he wanted to do as a writer, at a time when Pmc…...
- 1/6/2016
- Deadline TV
Memo from Mike Fleming Jr: I'm pleased to announce that Peter Bart will be moving over to Deadline. That will mean a shift over from Variety, where he has been a fixture since 1989. He will become Editor-At-Large, and along with the column he and I already write, Peter will write a separate weekly column and become a regular contributor of news and analysis. This was an opportunity that came up as Peter re-evaluated what he wanted to do as a writer, at a time when Pmc…...
- 1/6/2016
- Deadline
Director Seth Gordon and Paramount are ready to get down to some serious business - finding the female lead for their big screen Baywatch adaptation - and it appears they may have assembled a bit of a shortlist of candidates they're about to test to potentially star opposite Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and Zac Efron. According to Mike Fleming, Alexandra Daddario (San Andreas), Ashley Benson... Read More...
- 11/9/2015
- by Billy Donnelly
- JoBlo.com
For a project as high profile as 20th Century Fox's "Gambit," things have been relatively quiet since Rupert Wyatt exited the film last month. The word around the campfire was that the studio and filmmaker weren't gelling about his vision for the project, and while a 2016 fall release date remains on the calendar for "Gambit," it'll be interesting to see if that sticks. The production was supposed to begin this fall, but has now been pushed to next spring, and at the moment, there is still no director attached, but a potential name has emerged. Mike Fleming over at Deadline reveals that "recent Hollywood chatter has Doug Liman on an inside track to direct Channing Tatum in 'Gambit. ' " The filmmaker's schedule seems to be open for the gig, having already wrapped on the Tom Cruise drug dealer thriller "Mena," and there's no question Liman has the chops for...
- 10/19/2015
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences just announced that David Hill and Reginald Hudlin will produce the 88th Annual Oscars. Django Unchained Oscar nominee Hudlin is no stranger to the Academy, having been tapped by President Cheryl Boone Isaacs to produce last year’s nontelevised Governors Awards. As my colleague Mike Fleming and I pointed out in our piece last month on the search for new Oscar producers, Hudlin was thought to be a personal favorite of Boone…...
- 9/1/2015
- Deadline TV
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences just announced that David Hill and Reginald Hudlin will produce the 88th Annual Oscars. Django Unchained Oscar nominee Hudlin is no stranger to the Academy, having been tapped by President Cheryl Boone Isaacs to produce last year’s nontelevised Governors Awards. As my colleague Mike Fleming and I pointed out in our piece last month on the search for new Oscar producers, Hudlin was thought to be a personal favorite of Boone…...
- 9/1/2015
- Deadline
Warner Bros.
Mad Max: Fury Road was both a critical and commercial hit earlier this summer, staggering its way to a respectable $370 million worldwide.
That isn’t a groundbreaking figure, but the goodwill conjured by the film means that future installments have a great chance of adding to that number.
George Miller has already announced plans for a sequel entitled Wasteland, but Deadline are suggesting something else might be in the works, a spin-off built around Charlize Theron’s Furiosa.
Discussing the box-office fortunes of Mad Max: Fury Road, Mike Fleming let slip the following:
“…a Mad Max: Fury Road sequel or a spinoff focusing on Charlize Theron’s Furiosa character (which is being discussed) is inevitable if George Miller wants to make one.”
It’s not surprising that Warner would want a sequel to Fury Road, but a Furiosa spin-off is unexpected. It’s not just a hypothetical either,...
Mad Max: Fury Road was both a critical and commercial hit earlier this summer, staggering its way to a respectable $370 million worldwide.
That isn’t a groundbreaking figure, but the goodwill conjured by the film means that future installments have a great chance of adding to that number.
George Miller has already announced plans for a sequel entitled Wasteland, but Deadline are suggesting something else might be in the works, a spin-off built around Charlize Theron’s Furiosa.
Discussing the box-office fortunes of Mad Max: Fury Road, Mike Fleming let slip the following:
“…a Mad Max: Fury Road sequel or a spinoff focusing on Charlize Theron’s Furiosa character (which is being discussed) is inevitable if George Miller wants to make one.”
It’s not surprising that Warner would want a sequel to Fury Road, but a Furiosa spin-off is unexpected. It’s not just a hypothetical either,...
- 8/17/2015
- by Daniel Kelly
- Obsessed with Film
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