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Jack Black And Paul Rudd Circling New ‘Anaconda’ Movie At Sony – The Dish
Paul Rudd and Jack Black might be heading to the jungle. Deadline is hearing that while no deal is done, the two are in early talks to star in new take on Anaconda at Sony Pictures. The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent writers Tom Gormican and Kevin Etten penned the script, with Gormican planning to…
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Edgar Bronfman Makes His Move With $4.3 Billion Bid For Paramount Global – Update
Deadline hears that Edgar Bronfman, Jr. has made an offer for Paramount Global in a deal worth $4.3 billion, attempting to undo Par’s merger with Skydance.
The offer is said to consist of a $2.4 billion payment to Shari Redstone for her family holding National Amusements, which controls Paramount…
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Colin Firth Circling Steven Spielberg’s Untitled Event Movie At Amblin And Universal – The Dish
EXCLUSIVE: After tapping Emily Bunt to star in May, Steven Spielberg looks to have found another A-lister for his next event film as Deadline is hearing Colin Firth is in early talks to join the cast. The Amblin and Universal pic is based on a story by Spielberg and has the filmmaker’s longtime…
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Jeff Shell Faces Scrutiny Over Past Conduct As Top Paramount Job Looms – The Dish
EXCLUSIVE: As Jeff Shell prepares to re-enter the C-suite leagues under the proposed Skydance-Paramount merger, we hear there’s a lot of digging to find some dirt on the former NBCUniversal executive to either derail or taint his new job before it starts.
Shell exited NBCU as CEO in April 2023 due to…
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A24 Circling Anthony Bourdain Biopic ‘Tony’ From Star Thrower Entertainment With ‘The Holdovers’ Breakout Dominic Sessa In Talks To Star: The Dish
EXCLUSIVE: Following his breakout role in the Oscar-winning dramedy The Holdovers, Dominic Sessa looks to have found his next high-profile project as sources tell Deadline he is attached to star as the late chef Anthony Bourdain in the biopic Tony from Oscar-nominated production company Star Thrower…
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Jenna Ortega In Talks To Board J.J. Abrams’ Secret Glen Powell Movie At Warner Bros – The Dish
EXCLUSIVE: Jenna Ortega is in final talks, we hear, to join J.J. Abrams’ secret untitled movie at Warner Bros.
The Wednesday and Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice star will star opposite Glen Powell, who is also finalizing his deal.
Few details are known about the movie, other than it’s not a time-travel…
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Warner Bros Circling Steven Caple Jr. To Direct ‘I Am Legend 2’ – The Dish
EXCLUSIVE: I Am Legend screenwriter and producer Akiva Goldsman teased yesterday there would be big news soon relating to the Warner Bros sequel with Will Smith and Michael B. Jordan, and what we hear is that the studio is taking an interest in Transformers: Rise of the Beasts filmmaker Steven Caple Jr…
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Auction For Novel ‘Yesteryear’ Has 4 Bids & Anne Hathaway, Elizabeth Banks Chasing: The Dish
EXCLUSIVE: In the kind of brisk battle over a book we would often see yesteryear but not so often lately, a ferocious auction is underway this week that has names like Anne Hathaway and Elizabeth Banks in the mix. This is for Yesteryear, a novel by Caro Claire Burke, who has had work published in The Atlan…
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Hot-Button Film ‘The Apprentice’ Moving Toward U.S. Deal With Briarcliff To Release Cannes Sensation On Donald Trump & Roy Cohn – The Dish
EXCLUSIVE: The back and forth over the prospect of a hot-button film on the formative years of Donald Trump is near done, and The Dish hears that backer Kinematics will soon be bought out of Daniel Snyder’s $5 million investment with a premium. Tom Ortenberg, who runs Briarcliff Entertainment and has…
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Netflix Options Novel ‘Happy Place’ For Jennifer Lopez’s Nuyorican; Series In The Works – The Dish
EXCLUSIVE: We hear that Netflix has optioned the novel Happy Place by Emily Henry for Jennifer Lopez’s Nuyorican. Plans to adapt the novel as a series are underway, and I understand producers and streaming executives are currently meeting with writers.
The news follows as Lopez’s Netflix movie Atlas…
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More ‘St. Elmo’s Fire?’ Sony Explores Reuniting Cast Of Seminal ’80s Brat Pack Movie – The Dish
EXCLUSIVE: Andrew McCarthy’s Hulu documentary Brats has brought back memories of the coming-of-age film where the term “Brat Pack” was coined. Deadline can reveal that Sony is exploring the possibility of making a new version of St. Elmo’s Fire. This version would hinge on reuniting original cast members…
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Emily Blunt Circling Steven Spielberg’s Next Summer Tentpole At Amblin & Universal – The Dish
EXCLUSIVE: After earning an Oscar nomination for her work in Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer, Emily Blunt might have found her next job, with a director who inspired not only Nolan but a generation of filmmakers. While a deal has not closed, sources tell Deadline that Blunt is in early talks to star in…
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