Trouble on set. A This Is Us employee is suing Paramount Pictures Corporation, claiming that she suffered an injury last year following an accident during filming.
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EXCLUSIVE: We can tell you first that Maze Runner franchise filmmaker Wes Ball is attached to direct Paramount Pictures’ adaptation of Valiant Comic’s Harbinger, which remains in development at the studio.
The comic follows a group of teens with superpowers who go up against the corporation that tried to exploit their talents.
Andrew Lanham, who co-wrote the $432M-grossing Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, is adapting the most recent iteration of the project.
The Melrose Lot took Harbinger in September 2019 as the project’s producer Neal Moritz has a first look deal at Paramount.
Ball’s Oddball Entertainment, as Deadline first reported, has a first look deal at Paramount. Ball and Joe Hartwick Jr. are producing for Oddball, while Moritz and Toby Jaffe are producing for Original Film. Dan Mintz is producing for Valiant Entertainment.
At one point in time when the project was at Sony, Dylan O’Brien and Noah Centineo were circling. At this point in time, Paramount hasn’t had any talks with talent as Harbinger remains in the works. Ball has a reboot of Planet of the Apes, which he’s attached to direct, over at Disney, but I understand that a script is currently being worked on by the filmmaker and Josh Friedman.
Ball directed the $948M-plus global grossing YA franchise adaptation, Maze Runner at 20th Century Fox. Lanham’s previous feature writing credits include Just Mercy, the Vincent D’Onofrio directed western, The Kid, The Glass Castle and The Shack.
Ball is repped by WME and Goodman, Genow, Schenkman, Smelkinson & Christopher. Lanham is repped by UTA and Ziffren Brittenham.
Moritz has Sonic the Hedgehog 2 opening on April 8. The first movie made $319.7M WW before theaters closed due to Covid. A new Super Bowl spot
Trouble on set. A This Is Us employee is suing Paramount Pictures Corporation, claiming that she suffered an injury last year following an accident during filming.
EXCLUSIVE: Award-winning filmmaker Lydia Dean Pilcher (Radium Girls, A Call to Spy) has signed with Echo Lake Entertainment for management—also announcing today that she has acquired the rights to Songs of the Gorilla Nation: My Journey Through Autism, a bestselling memoir from Dawn Prince-Hughes that she plans to adapt into a feature, as both director and producer.
Dax Shepard has been married to Kristen Bell since 2013, but before he settled down, he had a pretty long list of loves and hookups. While Google will show you past exes like Kate Hudson and Tara Lipinski, Shepard revealed another surprising celebrity he used to date- Ashley Olsen. The revelation came on his most recent episode of Armchair Expert.Shepard’s podcast has a lot of fans fascinated with his interviews and conversations about addiction, and trauma. He is basically like Jada Pinkett Smith when it comes to being an open and honest host.
Former Paramount Pictures head Kyle Davies has joined Bleecker Street as President of Distribution. In his new role, the veteran distribution executive will be responsible for spearheading the company’s theatrical distribution strategies, planning and execution as well as managing the wider distribution team.
It's officially Pancake Day – AKA one of the best days of the year. Of course you can consume the flat cake 365 days a year if you wish, but there is something undeniably special about tucking into a plate of pancakes on Shrove Tuesday. Now, The Bottle Club has come up with a way to make the day even more special - add some booze to the proceedings.
Real Housewives of Cheshire star Leanne Brown is reported to have split from her husband Wes Brown after more than 20 years. Leanne, 45, and her former Manchester United husband Wes, 42, are said to have secretly separated a year ago.The reality star has reportedly removed her wedding ring while Wes has allegedly moved out of the mansion they shared with their three children Halle, Lola and Lilia. Leanne and Wes were together for more than 20 years and married in 2009.
EXCLUSIVE: Bron Studios has snapped up rights to The Selfless Act of Breathing, the newly released novel by JJ Bola, to develop into a feature-length film.
Spoiler alert! Former UFC champ Miesha Tate became the winner of Celebrity Big Brother season 3 and took home the $250,000 prize during the live Wednesday, February 23, finale.
For several years now, Bill Murray (“The French Dispatch”) has been a good luck charm for director Wes Anderson, a perennial member of his troupe, but he’s a notoriously hard get. You need a killer script and an “in” to get him to read it.
Angelique Jackson NFL legend Tom Brady just announced his retirement from football, but TB12 is already getting back in the game, all thanks to Hollywood.The seven-time Super Bowl champion will produce and appear in the new movie “80 for Brady,” which is led by an equally impressive cast: Academy Award-nominee Lily Tomlin, Academy Award-winner Jane Fonda, Academy Award-winner Rita Moreno and Academy Award-winner Sally Field.The movie is inspired by the true story of 4 best friends and New England Patriots fans who take a life-changing trip to Super Bowl LI to see their hero Tom Brady play, and the chaos that ensues as they navigate the wilds of the biggest sporting event in the country.Paramount Pictures has acquired worldwide rights to the project from Endeavor Content, who will produce the film alongside Brady’s 199 Productions and Academy Award-winner Donna Gigliotti. The film is directed by Kyle Marvin (star of “WeCrashed” and co-writer and star of “The Climb”), who co-wrote the latest script with Michael Covino, based off a draft by Emily Halpern & Sarah Haskins (“Booksmart”).
Paramount Pictures acquires worldwide rights to 80 FOR BRADY from Endeavor Content, who will produce the film.
“Aziz Ansari is an incredible talent and, with this script, he brings a singular combination of insightful humor and pathos,” Searchlight presidents David Greenbaum and Matthew Greenfield said in a statement. “We’re thrilled to be partnering with him on his feature directorial debut which is long overdue, and of course working with the genius Bill Murray once again.”Taylor Friedman and Cameron Chidsey are overseeing the project for Searchlight Pictures.
Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones has re-recorded the band’s 1971 version of ‘When the Levee Breaks’, with assistance from 17 musicians from around the world.The video sees Jones joined by Jane’s Addiction drummer Stephen Perkins, as well as husband-and-wife duo Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi of the Tedeschi Trucks Band. The version also features Sámi vocalist Elle Márjá Eira, Māori artist Mihirangi, Congo musician Mermans Mosengo and Nigerian percussionist Sikiru Adepoju.The rendition was recorded as part of global music non-profit Playing for Change‘s Song Around the World initiative.
Nearly 50 years after the original was released, Netflix is ready for a whole new generation to discover “Texas Chainsaw Massacre,” with a new sequel arriving today. And on this episode of The Playlist Podcast, filmmaker David Blue Garcia joins to talk about the latest entry in the history of ‘Chainsaw’ films.
A “Texas Chainsaw Massacre” movie made for 2022 is a low-expectation enterprise. Is it set in Texas? Is there a massacre? How about a chainsaw? Check the boxes, and off you go.
died in August last year aged 58 after a battle with lung cancer, was remembered by close friend Bailey in a post on Twitter.Sharing a photo of them both on Wednesday (February 16), Bailey wrote: “Six months since we lost Sean. Miss him everyday.”Six months since we lost Sean.
EXCLUSIVE: Honorary Academy Award winner Wes Studi (The Last of The Mohicans, Hostiles) and SAG Award, NAACP Image Award and Golden Globe nominee Adam Beach (Smoke Signals, The Power of the Dog) have signed on to star in the thriller American/Indian from writer-director Peter Curtis Pardini.