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Academy Sues Broker For Reselling Oscar Tickets, Infringing Trademark
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And the lawsuit goes to … Key Access. The Oscar ceremony is invite-only, but the group behind the annual shindig says the Los Angeles ticket broker sold some ducats to this year’ event. Now the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is suing Key Access and its owner.
In a suit filed Friday in Los Angeles Superior Court (read it here), the Academy claims the broker “engaged, in the unauthorized sale and transfer of Academy Award tickets to members of the general…
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The ‘Fast & Furious 8’ Cast Let Loose In Cuba In New Set Video
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Fast & Furious 8 aka Fast 8 has the distinction of being the second film and the first big budget movie given the green light to shoot in Cuba since the start of improved relations between the island nation and the United States. The next installment of Universal’s guaranteed money-printing franchise is currently filming in Havana, and to commemorate the milestone, the production released a new set video paying tribute to the city and its people. The gist: they’re having…
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Adam Devine & Alexandra Daddario Will Reminisce About ‘When We First Met’
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Exclusive: Adam Devine is set to co-write and star opposite Alexandra Daddario in When We First Met, a romantic comedy from director Ari Sandel (The Duff). Footprint Features, Mxn and Wonderland Sound and Vision will produce the pic, which Good Universe will launch at Cannes.
Devine stars as Noah, who spends the perfect first night with the girl of his dreams (Daddario) but gets relegated to the friend zone. He spends the next three years wondering what went wrong — until…
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Idris Elba Just Upped Ante Of Aaron Sorkin’s ‘Molly’s Game’ Ahead Of Cannes
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Idris Elba will star alongside Jessica Chastain in Molly’s Game, written and to be directed by Aaron Sorkin in his helming debut. This is the adaptation of Molly Bloom's memoir that Sorkin signed on to write when Steve Jobs producer Mark Gordon optioned the book in late 2014.
Sony Pictures, which had taken hold of this when Deadline reported first that Sorkin had come aboard to direct, is no longer involved, so the project budgeted at just under $30 million is still…
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Reteam Of Jason Reitman, Diablo Cody & Charlize Theron Has A Name And Financier
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Bron Studios has come aboard to co-produce and finance Tully. This is the motherhood-themed movie Deadline first broke last month that will be a reteam of director Jason Reitman, screenwriter Diablo Cody and star Charlize Theron who worked together on 2011’s Young Adult.
The new comedy centers on Marlo (Theron), a mother of three including a newborn, who is gifted a night nanny by her brother. Hesitant to the extravagance at first, Marlo comes to form a unique bond with…
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Sumner Redstone Trial: Judge Says He’ll Consider Dismissal Over The Weekend
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4th Update, 3:39 Pm: The trial over who controls Sumner Redstone’s health care could be over on Monday, according to the L.A. Superior Court judge in charge.
This afternoon, lawyers for Redstone want the trial tossed out on the first day. "Everyone agrees …that Manuela Herzer should not be Mr. Redstone's health care agent," said Loeb & Loeb attorney Gabrielle Vidal. "We ask this court to put his protection first and dismiss this now," she added. The trail is scheduled to…
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Clive Owen & Jessica Biel Come Aboard ‘Invisible’
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Clive Owen and Jessica Biel are attached to star in director Danis Tanovic's upcoming drama Invisible, which will be financed and produced by Good Films. An October start is being eyed for for the project. Good Universe is handling worldwide sales on the project and will introduce to buyers at the Cannes market next week. Miriam Segal producing for Good Films.
Tena Stivicic (The World’s Greatest Monster) has adapted her original play of the same name. Invisible follows…
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Epic Pictures To Sell ‘Redcon-1’; ‘Spark’ Alights At Double Dutch; Artist View Gets Traplight Pair – Cannes Briefs
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Epic Pictures is launching international sales at the upcoming Cannes market for Redcon-1, an apocalyptic thriller from writer-director-producer Chee Keong Cheung (Bodyguard: A New Beginning). Set in the aftermath of a viral outbreak that sees half of Britain quarantined, the pic follows a squad of eight Special Forces soldiers sent on a suicide mission to rescue a scientist who might be the only hope for the survival of mankind. Filmed on location in the UK, Redcon-1 is…
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FCC Approves Charter’s Deal To Buy Time Warner Cable
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The FCC has followed chairman Tom Wheeler’s lead by voting to approve, with conditions, Charter Communications’ effort to buy Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks.
The agency will release an order describing its reasoning and the conditions “in the coming days,” it said today. That leaves the companies waiting for an Ok from the California Public Utilities Commission, which is scheduled to meet May 12.
Wheeler said last week he would circulate a petition to support…
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‘The Revenant’ Exec Producers Form Production-Financing Entity Facing East
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Two of the seven executive producers on the Oscar favorite The Revenant — Markus Barmettler and Philip Lee — have just formed a Hong Kong- and Beijing-based production and finance company called Facing East Ltd. Their hope is to produce three to four large-scale productions every two years.
The first of these is Inversion, a big-budget (think $120M+) sci-fi epic that Peter Segal (50 First Dates, Get Smart) is attached to direct He also has been developing the current…
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‘Captain America: Civil War’ Pacing Behind ‘Ultron’ But Still Super With $178M-$188M Opening – Box Office
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Update, 12 Pm: Captain America: Civil War‘s matinees are tracking 10%-13% behind Avengers: Age Of Ultron, putting the Disney/Marvel title on track for a $75 million-$80 million Friday and a projected weekend at this point of $178M-$188M. While that’s under Ultron‘s $191.27M, man, it’s really not something to cry about. Should Civil War hook that opening, it will make it the fifth-best domestic opening of all time ahead of Iron Man 3‘s $174M. A big plus for Disney this…
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Ben Affleck Elevates ‘Justice League’ Presence; Becomes Exec Producer
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Exclusive: Warner Bros has made a subtle addition to the Justice League braintrust. Ben Affleck, already set to co-star in the film, has signed on to become its executive producer as well. In that role, he will work with director Zack Snyder and screenwriter Chris Terrio behind the scenes to make the film the best it can be. It seems like a smart move, given that Affleck is already on the premises to reprise his Batman/Bruce Wayne character, and because he’s as strong a…
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Vertical Entertainment Grabs Atlas Independent’s Cartel Thriller ‘The Hollow Point’
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Exclusive: Vertical Entertainment has acquired U.S. rights to Atlas Entertainment affiliate Atlas Independent’s thriller The Hollow Point. From director Gonzalo Lopez-Gallego, the harrowing look at the complex and dangerous intersection of crime and the law amid the war on drugs is set for release later in 2016. Highland Film Group is handling international sales for the film this month at Cannes.
Set in a small town at the U.S.- Mexico border, the story follows a new…
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Bill Draper Steps Into Physical Production Presidency At Warner Bros
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Bill Draper has been promoted at Warner Bros to President, Worldwide Physical Production, stepping into the role formerly held by 47-year veteran Steve Papazian. Deadline reported this week that Papazian is moving into a consulting job.
In his new role, Draper will have oversight of the division responsible for all aspects of the company's film productions including budgeting, digital effects, post-production services, product placement and scheduling. He will report to…
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Susan Sarandon Leads Star-Packed ‘Mothers And Daughters’; Rob & Nick Reiner’s Personal ‘Being Charlie’: Specialty Preview
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Going for those maternal instincts, Screen Media Films will roll out the star-packed Mothers And Daughters over the Mother’s Day Weekend, the title joining a crowded field of newcomers hitting theaters ahead of the summer blockbuster season. Paladin will open Rob Reiner's Being Charlie, which it says is the actor/filmmaker's most personal movie in years. The title is also one of his lowest budgeted films. Just ahead of next week's start of the Cannes Film Festival, IFC…
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Jesse Peretz Seals Deal To Direct ‘Juliet Naked,’ Based On Nick Hornby Book
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Jesse Peretz has just sealed a deal to direct the film Juliet, Naked based on the best-selling novel by Nick Hornby, who is the genius behind About a Boy, High Fidelity and Brooklyn.
Juliet, Naked is the story of Annie, the long-suffering girlfriend of Duncan, and her unlikely transatlantic romance with once revered, now faded, singer-songwriter, Tucker Crowe, who also happens to be the subject of Duncan's musical obsession.
Financing is Los Angeles Media Fund (Lamf) is…
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Sony Lands Alexandra Monir Novel ‘The Final Six’ Based On Partial Manuscript
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The Final Six, by Alexandra Monir, has been acquired by Sony in a pre-emptive deal. The studio bought it on a partial novel, with only a few chapters available to read. Deal was done before a publishing pact was put in place. Fueled by this pact, that book rights auction is now imminent.
The story imagines a present-day world under a first-of-its-kind coalition between the United Nations and the international space agencies, with a plot to send a team of six intrepid…
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Patrick Schwarzenegger & Liana Liberato Breathe Life Into ‘Undying’ – Cannes
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Patrick Schwarzenegger and Liana Liberato have come aboard to star in director Marco Kreuzpaintner’s Undying, which is being described as a modern-day Ghost. The film is being produced by Film House Germany’s Summerstorm and Thunder Road Pictures and Lotus Entertainment will begin selling the picture at the Cannes Film Festival.
Written by O'Neil Sharma and Max Work, Undying centers on 18-year-old Chris (Schwarzenegger), who becomes stranded between life and death when a…
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Martin Scorsese’s ‘The Irishman’ Coming Together Quickly: Could This Be The Hottest Title At Cannes?
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Exclusive: A legendary wise-guy reunion is in the offing and it could become the hottest international sales title at Cannes if a deal makes in time. Martin Scorsese’s long-gestating The Irishman — which may bring together Robert De Niro, Al Pacino and Joe Pesci (among others) in one film — is coming together very quickly and could be made available to international buyers if Paramount, which currently controls the project, finishes a deal to sell international rights off…
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Jahking Guillory, Breakout Of Tribeca Opener ‘Kicks’, Signs With Innovative Artists
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Exclusive: Hot off his buzzy role in Tribeca’s opening-night film, Kicks star Jahking Guillory has signed with Innovative Artists.
He played the lead role of 15-year-old Brandon, who covets a pair of sneakers that he thinks will help him escape the reality of being poor. After working hard to get the shoes, they are snatched by a local hood (Kofi Siriboe). Brandon and his two buddies (Christopher Jordan Wallace and Christopher Meyer) set out to retrieve them. Focus Kicks…
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