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Director Sean McNamara‘s Reagan, the first full-length feature on the 40th U.S. president, is out with its first trailer.

EXCLUSIVE: Director Sean McNamara‘s Reagan, the first full-length feature on the 40th U.S. President, starring Dennis Quaid, has been picked up for North American distribution by ShowBiz Direct.

“That movie was the President’s idea, not mine, but it was a demand, not a suggestion.”

Martin Scorsese accepted the PGA’s David O. Selznick Achievement Award tonight and took the Hollywood & Highland Ovation Ballroom down memory lane — about 60 years ago, when he accepted a PGA award for his student film, It’s Not Just You, Murray!, at the ripe age of 22 years old.

Angelique Jackson How does one repay a team of producers for launching its highest grossing film of all time? Give them the key to the studio — literally. On Monday, “Barbie” producers, LuckyChap’s Margot Robbie, Tom Ackerley and Josey McNamara inked a first-look deal at Warner Bros., which distributed the $1.4 billion-grossing movie.

Edgar Rice Burroughs Inc.has partnered with LA’s Tarzana International Film Festival (Sep 29– Oct 1) to honor the 100-year centennial of the writer’s incorporation.

“How did I become Tom Joad? I used to write for a living.”

A special candlelight show featuring some of the best movie and TV soundtracks performed live by a string quartet at Manchester Cathedral will take place later this month.

Michael De Luca and Pam Abdy take in the view of the rolling hills of Antibes. The sun beats down so fiercely on a lily-white tablecloth that the co-CEOs and co-chairpeople of the Warner Bros. Film Group shield themselves with Gucci and Ray-Ban shades. They resemble the all-powerful studio chiefs of yore — or at least their surroundings do. A lot has changed since the Golden Age of Hollywood: Jack Warner didn’t have two smartphones constantly buzzing, misconduct allegations involving “The Flash” star Ezra Miller and cratering share prices to worry about. “It’s so competitive now,” De Luca says, looking out at the shimmering water. “We all have to sing for our supper.”

This is a dark moment for frazzled members of the writing fraternity.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large In the 1950s, the motion picture industry wanted nothing to do with the young medium of television — but Jack Warner soon realized that was a losing battle. Warner Bros. was among the first to dive into TV production, when ABC approached the studio about acquiring a theatrical film package. But instead of just running films on TV, the result was “Warner Bros. Presents,” an umbrella series that debuted in 1955 and comprised programs based on existing intellectual property including “Casablanca” and “Cheyenne.” The success of “Cheyenne” ush- ered the era of the Western to televi- sion, as Warner Bros. (initially under Warner’s son-in-law, William T. Orr) brought a movie studio approach to the small screen. “There’s a spirit of independence and innovation that’s so much a part of the legacy of the studio,” says Warner Bros. TV chairman Channing Dungey. Other early Warner Bros. TV hits included “Maverick” and crime dramas such as “Hawaiian Eye” and “77 Sunset Strip.” That legacy continued with “The F.B.I.” and in the 1970s, sitcoms like “Alice” and “Wel- come Back, Kotter,” the Lynda Car- ter-led genre hit “Wonder Woman,” actioner “The Dukes of Hazzard” and the landmark miniseries “Roots.”

Dan Lauria will play former Speaker of the House Thomas “Tip” O’Neill in the upcoming biopic Reagan.

The Motion Picture & Television Fund on Friday said it will continue its yearlong centennial celebration with “100 Years of Hollywood: A Celebration of Service,” an event June 18 in West Hollywood that will feature musical performances and tributes. Jodie Foster, Harry Northup, Yvette Nicole Brown and more are set to appear at the event at The Lot at Formosa, along with musical guests set to include Abigail Barlow and Emily Bear, Tori Kelly, and Chloe Arnold’s Syncopated Ladies.

Grange Hill actor Nicholas Donnelly has tragically passed away at the age of 83, his family has said.

Get Out has been named the greatest screenplay of the 21st century, by the Writers Guild of America West.The guild revealed its updated list of “101 Greatest Screenplays of the 21st century (so far” yesterday (December 6), with Jordan Peele’s breakout horror making it to the top spot.“As the number one vote-getter, Get Out is this list’s version of Casablanca,” the screenwriter-led union said in a press release (per The Independent).“Imagine Jordan Peele pitching his concept to Jack Warner, and

Dave McNary Film ReporterKevin Dillon will portray Warner Bros. Studios founder Jack Warner in Dennis Quaid’s upcoming “Reagan” biopic, Variety has learned.Production on “Reagan” in Oklahoma was halted for two weeks in late October and early November due to a COVID-19 outbreak among crew members.

James McClain Jeff Bezos protégé Andy Jassy, Amazon’s longtime second-in-command and presumptive heir apparent, appears to be following in the footsteps of his internationally famous boss. Quick on the heels of Bezos paying $165 million for Beverly Hills’ iconic Jack Warner estate, the Seattle-based Amazon Web Services CEO and his wife Elana have dropped $6.7 million for a relatively modest L.A.

James McClain Back in April, Jeff Bezos paid a record $165 million for David Geffen’s famed Jack Warner estate, the 10-acre compound that lies in Beverly Hills’ lower Benedict Canyon neighborhood.

Peter Debruge Chief Film CriticIn 1964, Jack Warner published his autobiography, “My First Hundred Years in Hollywood,” and amusing as the title may have been (much of the book is equally sardonic), he fell far short of the century mark. Ironically, the actor who ought to have earned that title was Olivia de Havilland, having reached the age of 104 before her death this weekend — ironic not only because de Havilland scored a legal victory over Warner Bros.

With the dust still settling from Jeff Bezos’ $165 million splurge on David Geffen’s nearby Jack Warner estate, billionaire former casino mogul Steve Wynn has decided now is the time to shoot for the proverbial stars. His freshly redone mega-manor in Beverly Hills is available as a $135 million pocket listing.