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Did an Agency Package "The Avengers"?
Sunday, May 13, 2012 - 7:15pm | WhoRepresents
The big agencies are the big agencies because they package big projects, right? Well, it may be the case that with the monstrous success of The Avengers a new model has been introduced - one that won&...
Mike Fleming
Cass Warner Sperling Shops Dennis Hopper Documentary
Wednesday, May 16, 2012 - 8:15pm | deadline
Cass Warner Sperling, the granddaughter of Warner Bros co-founder Harry M. Warner, has completed the feature documentary Hopper: In His Own Words. Well, actually she needs some finishing funds, but it...
Mike Fleming
TOLDJA! Fox Acquires Online Book Sensation ‘Wool’
Wednesday, May 16, 2012 - 8:15pm | deadline
Deadline revealed last week that 20th Century would acquire film rights to Hugh Howey book Wool, an e-book being called science fiction’s answer to Fifty Shades Of Grey. Here’s the confirm...
Nellie Andreeva
Comedy Series ‘I Just Want My Pants Back’ Cancelled By MTV, Looking For New Home
Wednesday, May 16, 2012 - 8:15pm | deadline
MTV‘s comedy series I Just Want My Pants Back will not be coming back for a second season. The project, based on the book by David Rosen, launched to critical praise and strong ratings, which t...
Mike Fleming
Willy Loman Finally Wins: ‘Death Of A Salesman’ Revival In Profits
Wednesday, May 16, 2012 - 8:15pm | deadline
The Mike Nichols-directed revival of Arthur Miller’s Death Of A Salesman will recoup its $3.1 million capitalization this week. The limited run play, a staggeringly good production of one of the...
Mike Fleming
Lakeshore Sets Fisher Stevens To Helm Philip Roth’s ‘American Pastoral’
Wednesday, May 16, 2012 - 8:15pm | deadline
Los Angeles, CA, May 15, 2012— Academy Award-winner Fisher Stevens will direct American Pastoral for Lakeshore Entertainment and Sidney Kimmel Entertainment (SKE). The project is based on Philip Rot...
Pete Hammond
Cannes Opening Night Crowd Turns Out In Force For ‘Moonrise Kingdom’ Debut
Wednesday, May 16, 2012 - 8:15pm | deadline
The competition portion of the 65th annual Cannes Film Festival began in earnest tonight as the fest opened with the World Premiere of Wes Anderson’s new comedy, Moonrise Kingdom, and the resu...
SAG-AFTRA Merger
SAG-AFTRA Anti-Merger Lawsuit Dropped
Wednesday, May 16, 2012 - 8:15pm | deadline
SAG-AFTRA merger opponents who lost their attempt to enjoin the two unions combining but continued with their lawsuit are dropping it. Below is the letter they wrote to SAG counsel explaining why they...
CNN Slumps To 15-Year Primetime Low
Wednesday, May 16, 2012 - 8:15pm | deadline
CNN fell to a 15 year primetime low last night in a key demo and limboed down to its second worse weekday primetime since March 1997. A new episode of Piers Morgan Tonight at 9 PM drew in only 39,000 ...
Fox Unveils Noomi Rapace For ‘Prometheus’
Wednesday, May 16, 2012 - 8:15pm | deadline
Missing Fox Executive Gavin Smith: Planned Search for This Weekend Called Off
Wednesday, May 16, 2012 - 7:38pm | thewrap
A search for missing Fox executive Gavin Smith that had been planned for this weekend has been called off. A spokesman for Smith's family said that the search -- for which the family was hoping t...
Gavin Smith Family Calls Off Weekend Search for Missing Fox Executive
Wednesday, May 16, 2012 - 7:16pm | thr
Aaron Couch Family spokesman Howard Bragman said the decision came after consultations with the LA County Sheriff's Department.read more
Mike Fleming
Kate Beckinsale, Nick Nolte Start Work On ‘The Trials Of Cate McCall’
Wednesday, May 16, 2012 - 7:15pm | deadline
EXCLUSIVE: Sunrise Pictures and Pitbull Pictures are getting underway with The Trials of Cate McCall, with Kate Beckinsale, Nick Nolte and James Cromwell starring. Karen Moncrieff is directing her scr...
Steve Zaillian's Film Rites Signs First-Look With Fox
Wednesday, May 16, 2012 - 6:46pm | thr
Borys Kit The two-year-deal with the Oscar-winning scribe's production banner illustrates the studio's push to acquire commercial material with an elevated approach. read more
Judd Apatow Reviews 100 Years of Comic Gems That Birthed 'The 40-Year-Old Virgin'
Wednesday, May 16, 2012 - 6:18pm | thewrap
Judd Apatow, the modern master of human-scale comedy, sat down with TheWrap to review the Universal Studios archive in honor of the studio’s 100-year anniversary this year. The writer-director o...
Mike Fleming
Music Agent Joe Brauner Joins WME, Brings Norah Jones, Amos Lee With Him
Wednesday, May 16, 2012 - 6:15pm | deadline
EXCLUSIVE: Joe Brauner has joined WME as an agent in the music department. He was previously a music agent at CAA, and he is bringing over longtime clients Norah Jones and Amos Lee. This comes at a t...
Nellie Andreeva
Bill Lawrence To Serve As Consultant On ‘Cougar Town’ Next Season
Wednesday, May 16, 2012 - 6:15pm | deadline
No surprise here — as we reported last year when Cougar Town co-creator/executive producer Bill Lawrence moved from ABC Studios to Warner Bros. TV with a rich new overall deal, the agreement all...
MundoFox Rollout Tops Fox’s Latino Networks’ Upfront
Wednesday, May 16, 2012 - 6:15pm | deadline
MundoFox, the newest of Fox Hispanic Media’s quartet of Spanish-language networks targeting the U.S. market, unveiled its launch programming today at the Ziegfeld Theatre in Manhattan. FHM’...
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Richard Dreyfuss Joins Cast of 'Squatters'
Wednesday, May 16, 2012 - 5:54pm | thewrap
Richard Dreyfuss has joined the cast of “Squatters,” the latest film from "The Hills Have Eyes 2" director Martin Weisz. Related Articles:  Fall Fest...
'Prometheus' Writer Damon Lindelof Teases Possible Sequels
Wednesday, May 16, 2012 - 5:49pm | thewrap
There is a thick veil of secrecy surrounding "Prometheus," but co-writer Damon Lindelof hinted to fans this week that the upcoming science-fiction chiller may lead to sequels.  ...

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