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Sasha Urban editorAfter a two-year hiatus, the Producers Guild of America  is returning for its 12th annual Produced By Conference — to be held on June 11 and 12 at the Fox Studio Lot in Century City — and announced on Friday the first round of speakers.The confirmed speakers include Academy Award winner Viola Davis, her husband and producing partner, veteran producer Julius Tennon (“The First Lady”), “Family Guy” creator Seth MacFarlane, television producer Betsy Beers (creative partner at Shondaland) and comedy leader Mike Farah (CEO, Funny or Die).The conference will feature a networking reception, panels, Q&As and its signature Mentoring Roundtables. This year’s Produced By will also feature the return of the Pitch Perfect session, which sees a handful of pre-selected attendees pitching their projects in front of an audience of producers and executives.

Following the WWII drama “Greyhound” and the sci-fi film “Finch,” Tom Hanks, his Playtone production company, and producing partner Gary Goetzman have enjoyed a good relationship with Apple TV+. And now, it looks like all parties are taking that working partnership to the next level.

EXCLUSIVE: After collaborating  on the film Greyhound — with  sequel in the works — and the just wrapped WWII series Masters of the Air, Playtone partners Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman have made multi-year exclusive television overall deal with Apple TV+.

EXCLUSIVE: Emmy nominated actor Cameron Britton and Mike Birbiglia have joined the cast of SF Studios’ A Man Called Otto, starring Tom Hanks. Marc Forster will direct with two-time Oscar nominee David Magee adapting the screenplay from Fredrik Backman’s comical 1# New York Times Bestseller A Man Called Ove – with the titular character being renamed to reflect the shift to an American setting. Britton and Birbiglia join a cast that already includes Mariana Treviño, Rachel Keller and Manuel Garcia-Rulfo are also on board

Ellise Shafer The SF Studios comedy “A Man Called Otto,” starring Tom Hanks, has been acquired by Sony Pictures for $60 million.The sale marks the largest deal to date at the virtual European Film Market, surpassing Netflix’s $55 million acquisition of “The Pale Blue Eye” last year. Directed by Marc Forster, “A Man Called Otto” sparked a fierce bidding war with Sony ultimately coming out on top with the film’s worldwide rights. It will be released in theaters.Based on Fredrik Backman’s bestselling novel “A Man Called Ove,” the film tells the story of Otto (Hanks), a grumpy and strict widower who upholds the rest of his neighborhood to his staunch rules.

EXCLUSIVE: Tom Hanks comedy A Man Called Otto is full-steam ahead with filming set to begin next month in on location in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, we can reveal.

EXCLUSIVE: Finding Neverland, World War Z and The Kite Runner director Marc Forster has been set to direct Oscar winner Tom Hanks in the anticipated U.S. adaptation of Swedish comedy hit A Man Called Ove, we can reveal.

Director Marc Forster, best known for directing “Finding Neverland,” “World War Z” and “The Kite Runner,” is set to direct Tom Hanks in the English language adaptation of “A Man Called Ove,” according to an individual with knowledge of the project.Screenwriter David Magee, who previously collaborated with Forster on “Finding Neverland,” is set to write the script based on a best-selling novel by Swedish writer Fredrik Bakman that inspired a 2012 film that earned two Oscar nominations. “When I first read Fredrik Backman’s novel, I fell in love with the notion that friendship has the power to shape a person’s life,” Forster said in a statement.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorPaul Thomas Anderson has surveyed L.A.’s San Fernando Valley from every angle in films like “Boogie Nights,” “Magnolia” and “Punch-Drunk Love.” For his latest, “Licorice Pizza,” which opens wide on Dec. 25, he went back to his early memories of the sprawling suburbs, combining them with events from the life of his childhood-friend producer Gary Goetzman, played by Cooper Hoffman.

After lighting up the pandemic specialty box office over Black Friday weekend with an enormous per screen average, MGM/United Artist Releasing’s Licorice Pizza from Paul Thomas Anderson took Best Film and Best Director for this year from the National Board of Review.

Spoiler warning: This article contains some plot details from “Licorice Pizza.” Cooper Hoffman’s character is modeled on Gary Goetzman, a friend of Paul Thomas Anderson and the co-founder of Tom Hanks’ production company, Playtone.

Just recently, Cher revealed that Universal Studios is developing a biopic based on her life.

(CNN)It's amazing enough that Cher has turned 75, but now she says a biopic is coming.The singer, actress, and icon has appeared in plenty of acclaimed films and won an Academy Award for her performance in "Moonstruck." And now her life is getting the movie treatment.Cher tweeted the news Wednesday. "Ok Universal is doing biopic with my friends Judy Craymer, Gary Goetzman producing," she tweeted.

Cher marked her 75th birthday yesterday by announcing that a biopic is being made about her.

she tweeted in her trademark all-caps Wednesday night, noting that they worked on previous projects including “Mama Mia” — in which Cher co-starred and sang — as well as 2018’s “A Star Is Born” adaptation, “Forrest Gump” and the Cher-starring 1987 drama “Suspect.” The “Believe” singer added that her friend and Oscar-winner Eric Roth — who also worked on “A Star Is Born” and “Forrest Gump” — will write the script.Ok Universal is Doing Biopic With My Friends JUDY CRAYMER,GARY GOETZMAN

Cher has announced the release of her own biopic by the producers of Mamma Mia!.The pop icon tweeted out the news in her typically loose, caps-lock fashion this morning, confirming the as-of-yet-untitled film would arrive via Universal Pictures.Judy Craymer, who was the one to first come up with the idea to turn ABBA’s music into a stage musical, will produce the Cher film with Gary Goetzman, who produced the two films with her.Ok Universal is Doing Biopic With My Friends JUDY CRAYMER,GARY

Cher celebrates her 75th birthday on Thursday, May 20, but that’s not all she’s celebrating.

Ellise Shafer administratorOn the day before her 75th birthday, Cher is gifting fans with the news that an official biopic of her life is in the works.The film is set at Universal Pictures, with “Mamma Mia!” producers Judy Craymer and Gary Goetzman on board to produce and Eric Roth penning the script, Variety has confirmed.Cher announced the film in a tweet, writing: “Ok Universal is Doing Biopic With My Friends JUDY CRAYMER,GARY GOETZMAN PRODUCING.

EXCLUSIVE: Raff Law (Twist) has joined the cast of buzzy Apple Studios limited series Masters of the Air, which now is underway in the UK, we can reveal.

Mónica Marie Zorrilla Nate Mann will join the Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg and Gary Goetzman executive-produced “Band of Brothers”/”The Pacific” franchise continuation for Apple TV Plus.

Anthony Boyle is set to co-star opposite Austin Butler and Calum Turner in Apple Studios’ Masters The Of Air from Playtone and Amblin Television. The limited series which will be produced by the companies, reunites Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman following their Emmy-winning work on Band Of Brothers and The Pacific. The series make its global debut on Apple TV+ Boyle will play the lead role of Major Crosby.

Carrie Underwood is to appear in her own musical Christmas special, airing on the HBO Max streaming service.The seven-time Grammy winner will perform songs from her first-ever full-length Christmas album, My Gift, alongside a live orchestra and choir, performing holiday favorites and new original material.The show will be produced by Tom Hanks and production partner Gary Goetzman for their Playtone company.In a press release announcing the special, Carrie says: “The journey of writing and

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Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVHBO is developing Unruly, a six-part limited series about legendary boxer Jack Johnson to be played by two-time Oscar winner Mahershala Ali. The project hails from Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman’s Playtone and will be written by Dominique Morisseau based the PBS documentary Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson, produced and directed by Ken Burns, and its companion book by Geoffrey C.

By Denise Petski