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Weinstein Co. Looks To Depose Unsecured Creditors About Conversations With Inclusion Media

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The Weinstein Co. is looking to depose members of the Unsecured Creditors Committee about any conversations with Inclusion Media, a dark horse bidder for the studio’s film and television assets. In the sign of mounting tensions between the studio and representatives for its unsecured creditors, which include women who have accused co-founder Harvey Weinstein of misconduct, the Weinstein Co. outlined a dozen topics of inquiry. The company’s attorneys say they want to know… Read

Lola Kirke Joins Ben Platt In ‘Love & Oatmeal’; Isabella Kai Rice Cast In ‘Cutman’

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Mozart in the Jungle star Lola Kirke has been cast opposite Ben Platt in the Love & Oatmeal from Black Label Media. Camp X-Ray director Peter Sattler is attached to direct the piece which centers on Scott, a twenty-something aspiring writer who, in the wake of his father's sudden death, sees his dream of moving to Paris put in jeopardy when he is forced to temporarily take in his wildly unpredictable, mentally ill sister. Steve Waverly wrote the screenplay which Black… Read

Will Patton, Alicia Sanz & Adan Canto Set As Leads In Brad Parker’s Horror Film From 1inMM Productions

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EXCLUSIVE: Will Patton, Alicia Sanz, and Adan Canto, and Zach Avery have been tapped to star in a yet-to-be-titled horror film which will shoot in Kentucky next month. Brad Parker (Chernobyl Diaries) is directing the film from a script by Eric Scherbarth and Stefan Jaworski. Julio and Diego Hallivis are producing and financing the pic via 1inMM Productions. The plot centers on a geological expedition to an Appalachian sinkhole that becomes a terrifying fight for survival… Read

‘Vampire Diaries’ Actress Penelope Mitchell, Jason Patric Join Toby Kebbell In Thriller ‘Becoming’

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EXCLUSIVE: The Vampire Diaries actress Penelope Mitchell has been set to star opposite Toby Kebbell (Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes) in psychological thriller Becoming, with Jason Patric (Sleepers) also joining the cast. Double Dutch International will be touting the movie in Cannes next week. Traverse Media reps North America. Written and directed by Omar Naim (The Final Cut), the two-hander follows a couple (Mitchell and Kebbell) on a road trip through America… Read

Amityville Rights Holders Look To “Get Out” Of The Weinstein Co. Bankruptcy Sale

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The Lutz family, whose experiences in the haunted house inspired The Amityville Horror book and motion pictures, is looking to get out of The Weinstein Company’s bankruptcy sale. The family’s Amityville Enterprises says Dimension Films’ option to develop motion pictures or TV shows based their encounters with paranormal activity in the Long Island home expired on February 8, a month before Weinstein Co. filed for bankruptcy. It has filed legal documents asking the… Read

Amy Ryan Joins Mindy Kaling And Emma Thompson In FilmNation-30WEST Talk Show Comedy ‘Late Night’

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EXCLUSIVE: Gone Baby Gone and Birdman actress Amy Ryan has joined the cast of Mindy Kaling’s comedy Late Night, I can reveal. Kaling, Emma Thompson, John Lithgow and Hugh Dancy star in the feature from director Nisha Ganatra (Cake), which is shooting now in New York. Kaling, star of The Mindy Project who appears in Warner Bros’ upcoming Ocean’s 8, wrote the script and is producing with Howard Klein, alongside Imperative Entertainment and FilmNation, who are also handling… Read

Kathie Lee Gifford & Craig Ferguson To Star In ‘Love Me To Death’

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EXCLUSIVE: Today show host Kathie Lee Gifford is starring alongside Craig Ferguson (The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson) in Love Me To Death, a feature Gifford wrote and will film next month in Scotland.  Adriana Trigiani is on board to direct the pic, which is being produced by Matthew T. Weiner. It follows Annabelle (Gifford), a lonely widow who plans a trip around the world, with her husband’s ashes in tow, to visit the places they loved in the movies. When she… Read

Vertical Hires Gravitas Ventures’ Josh Spector In VP Role Ahead Of Cannes

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EXCLUSIVE: Vertical Entertainment has hired Josh Spector as its new VP Acquisitions & Distribution, bringing aboard Gravitas Ventures’ Senior Director of Acquisitions in time to join Vertical’s contingent taking meetings at the Cannes Film Festival that begins next week. In his new role, Spector with identify wider-release feature films as well as documentaries, and be tasked with growing the Vertical’s library which already includes titles like Other People, Under the Sha… Read

Warner Bros’ Jack Horner Upped To Studio’s Worldwide Corp Comm Team

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Warner Bros’ VP Theatrical Communications Jack Horner, who joined the Burbank studio close to six years ago from News Corp, is moving from his role as studio spokesperson with the trade and business press to a new post on the Worldwide Corporate Communications team. Horner will be reporting to Dee Dee Myers, Warner Bros’ EVP Worldwide Corporate Communications and Public Affairs, and will work closely with Paul McGuire, SVP WW Corporate Communications. In his new role… Read

Roland Emmerich’s WWII Epic ‘Midway’ Sets Sail With Woody Harrelson, Mandy Moore & AGC Studios — Cannes Hot Pic

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EXCLUSIVE: In what will be one of the biggest movies on sale at Cannes, Stuart Ford’s recently minted AGC Studios will be enticing buyers with Roland Emmerich’s WWII action epic Midway, which we understand has Woody Harrelson and Mandy Moore in negotiations to star as part of a strong ensemble cast. Wes Tooke’s script about the iconic Battle of Midway, a turning point in the Pacific theater of World War II, follows the soldiers and aviators who helped turn the tide of the… Read

‘Tully’ Review: Charlize Theron Soars In A Mother Of A Great Role

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Coming from the director Jason Reitman and Diablo Cody, the Oscar-winning Juno writer who also penned Young Adult, we have reason to expect another smart, witty, real and watchable story peering into our everyday lives. With the terrific and unpredictable Tully, you will not be disappointed. Perfectly timed for Mother’s Day, the pair is re-teamed with their Young Adult star, Oscar winner Charlize Theron, who plays Marlo, a dutiful mother of two who is now nine months… Read

Undeterred, Broadway Producer Ups Offer For The Weinstein Co. To $325 Million

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EXCLUSIVE: The Broadway producer whose offer to buy The Weinstein Co.’s assets was rejected yesterday as too little, too late, is back today with a new bid that exceeds the cash offer from Lantern Capital. Howard Kagan said Inclusion Media has increased its offer to $325 million, matching Lantern’s cash bid and providing the cash needed to satisfy Lantern’s breakup fees. “When combined with the stock allocation we provided to victims, in addition, it is now abundantly… Read

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