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Bleecker Street Acquires U.S. Rights To TIFF Buzz Title ‘One Life’; Tour De Force For Anthony Hopkins
EXCLUSIVE: Bleecker Street has acquired the U.S. rights to TIFF standout One Life, the James Hawes-directed drama that stars Anthony Hopkins, Johnny Flynn, Lena Olin, Romola Garai, Alex Sharp, Marthe Keller, with Jonathan Pryce and Helena Bonham Carter. Scripted by Lucinda Coxon and Nick Drake, the film…
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‘Surely You Can’t Be Serious’ Authors David Zucker, Jim Abrahams & Jerry Zucker Tell Great ‘Airplane!’ Tarmac Tales For Miramax’s The Film That Lit My Fuse: How Coppola Killed Their Sequel, Pete Rose Nearly Played The Kareem Role & Jose Feliciano Got Dropped As The Punchline Of A Polish Joke
To commemorate the publication of the making-of-Airplane! memoir Surely You Can't Be Serious, authors and the film's writer-directors David Zucker, Jim Abrahams & Jerry Zucker sat with Deadline to reminisce about how they got away with making the seminal raucous comedy 43 years ago and watched it become a…
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Universal Sets Martin Luther King Jr Movie For Chris Rock To Direct & Steven Spielberg To Exec Produce; Uni Acquires Jonathan Eig’s ‘King: A Life’
EXCLUSIVE: Universal Pictures is gearing up to tell a definitive cinematic biopic about the life of Martin Luther King Jr. The studio has optioned the rights to adapt Jonathan Eig's critically acclaimed biography King: A Life. Chris Rock is in final talks to direct and produce, and Steven Spielberg will…
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Neon Lands U.S. Deal For ‘Babes’, Pamela Adlon’s Directing Debut Starring Ilana Glazer, Michelle Buteau & Hasan Minhaj
EXCLUSIVE: Neon has landed U.S. rights to Babes, a comedy that was privately screened outside of the official festival roster at Toronto.
After that screening, five distributors chased it before Tom Quinn’s Neon won it. Pamela Adlon, the Emmy winner behind Better Things, made her feature directorial…
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Shocker! Shakeup At Miramax As CEO Bill Block Exits
EXCLUSIVE: In a major shakeup at Miramax, CEO Bill Block will exit the company this week, a move that will come as soon as Tuesday when his contract expires. It does not look like there was much if any negotiation on a new deal for Block, which raises questions of exactly which areas the multi-faceted…
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Netflix Lands Fourth Toronto Film: $7M For WW On ‘His Three Daughters’; Azazel Jacobs Pic Stars Natasha Lyonne, Elizabeth Olsen & Carrie Coon
EXCLUSIVE: In its fourth deal for films that played last month’s Toronto Film Festival, Netflix has acquired His Three Daughters for just under $7 million, sources said. Scripted, directed and edited by Azazel Jacobs, the film stars Natasha Lyonne, Elizabeth Olsen and Carrie Coon.
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In First Auction Since WGA Strike End, Sony Lands ‘It’s Over;’ ‘M3GAN’s Akela Cooper Scripting Jack Follman Horror Short Story
EXCLUSIVE: The first splashy material sale coming after the end of the writer's strike has an appropriate title.
Sony Pictures won a spirited weekend bidding battle for the Jack Follman short story It’s Over. The deal landed in the mid- to high-six-figure range, and it comes with Akela Cooper set to…
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How Kroger Babb’s Warped Sex-Ed Film ‘Mom And Dad’ Sparked John Waters’ Eclectic Career: Miramax Presents The Film That Lit My Fuse
Most filmmakers who list proud accomplishments in Miramax Presents The Film That Lit My Fuse would not include this favorite review of their work: "Like a septic tank explosion, it needs to be seen to be believed." But few directors possess the subversive humor of John Waters, the Baltimore-based…
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‘Flora And Son’s John Carney On How Cassavetes’ ‘Faces’ & Scorsese’s ‘New York, New York’ Showed The Way: Miramax Presents The Film That Lit My Fuse
Dublin-born musician-turned-writer/director John Carney's latest film Flora and Son opens limited today, and goes wide on Apple TV+ next Friday everywhere but Ireland, where it will get a full theatrical release February 23. The film stars Eve Hewson, Jack Reynor, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Oren Kinlan…
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Sony Pictures Classics Hails Ride With ‘Daddio’, Christy Hall’s Telluride & Toronto Premiere; Sean Penn & Dakota Johnson On JFK Yellow Cab Ride
EXCLUSIVE: Sony Pictures Classics is in exclusive negotiations to acquire Daddio, the Christy Hall-directed two-hander starring Sean Penn and Dakota Johnson. The film established itself as a bright spot in its premiere at Telluride and then at Toronto. SPC will get North America, Latin America and…
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‘Dumb Money’ & ‘I, Tonya’ Director Craig Gillespie Signs With CAA
EXCLUSIVE: As his latest film Dumb Money heads into wider release Friday, Craig Gillespie has moved to CAA for representation in all areas. Following in the footsteps of his acclaimed film I, Tonya, about the controversial Olympic skater Tonya Harding, Dumb Money turns the GameStop stock saga into another…
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Netflix Lands Richard Linklater-Helmed ‘Hit Man’ For $20 Million Toronto Deal; Aggregate/AGC Studios Pic Stars Glen Powell & Adria Arjona
EXCLUSIVE: Netflix closed a $20 million deal on Hit Man, making the biggest deal at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival and of the year for that matter. After the Richard Linklater-directed noir comic thriller debuted to raves at Venice, the film was expected to fetch the biggest deal of the fall…
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