Saban acquires Diane Keaton-starring Love, Weddings & Other Disasters

In a competitive situation, Saban Films is closing on North American distribution rights to Dennis Dugan’s (Just Go with It, Happy Gilmore) romantic comedy Love, Weddings & Other Disasters featuring an ensemble cast led by Oscar winner Diane Keaton (Something’s Gotta Give).

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Co-written by Dugan, Eileen Conn (Mad About You) and Larry Miller (Second Act), Love, Weddings & Other Disasters is a multi-story romantic comedy about the people who work on weddings to create the perfect day for a loving couple – while their own relationships are outlandish, odd, crazy and far from perfect.

 The romantic comedy stars Keaton, Academy Award winner Jeremy Irons (Justice League), Maggie Grace (Taken franchise, Fear the Walking Dead), Jesse McCartney (Alvin and the Chipmunks franchise, Young Justice), Chandra West (I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry, White Noise), Diego Boneta (Luis Miguel: The Series, Terminator: Dark Fate), Andrew Bachelor (To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before, When We First Met) and Veronica Ferres (Salt and Fire).  Dugan, who penned the script, also served as a producer along with Align’s Adrian Politowski and Martin Metz, and Fortitude International’s Nadine de Barros.

“Dennis Dugan is one of the most successful comedy directors of our time and we have been huge fans of his work,” Saban Films’ Bill Bromiley said in a statement. “We knew we had to be a part of the newest addition to his collection. From box office successes and modern classics such as Big Daddy and Happy Gilmore to more recent releases such as Grown Ups, Dennis has always been a leading force.”

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Bill Bromiley and Jonathan Saba negotiated the deal for Saban Films along with The Gersh Agency and Endeavor Content on behalf of the filmmakers.  Executive Producer is SquareOne Entertainment’s Al Munteanu.  Fortitude International is handling foreign rights. Love, Weddings & Other Disasters will be released by Saban Films, with plans to be announced at a later date. 

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New Kid movie in the works from Universal Pictures & LeBron James

According to Deadline, NBA superstar LeBron James has teamed up with Universal Pictures to develop a film adaptation of New York Times bestselling author Jerry Craft’s graphic novel titled New Kid, which he will produce alongside Maverick Carter through their SpringHill Entertainment banner.

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Published in 2019, New Kid centers around Jordan Banks, a seventh grader who dreams of becoming a famous cartoonist. The graphic novel follows Jordan as he navigates his way into a new prestigious private school that his parents forced him to attend, instead of enrolling him in his dream art school. The coming-of-age graphic novel has also received a number of awards including becoming the first graphic novel to win a Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Award.

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The official book synopsis reads: New Kid is a timely, honest graphic novel about starting over at a new school where diversity is low and the struggle to fit in is real, from award-winning author-illustrator Jerry Craft. 

Seventh grader Jordan Banks loves nothing more than drawing cartoons about his life. But instead of sending him to the art school of his dreams, his parents enroll him in a prestigious private school known for its academics, where Jordan is one of the few kids of color in his entire grade.

As he makes the daily trip from his Washington Heights apartment to the upscale Riverdale Academy Day School, Jordan soon finds himself torn between two worlds—and not really fitting into either one. Can Jordan learn to navigate his new school culture while keeping his neighborhood friends and staying true to himself?

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The New Kid film will also be executive produced by Craft along with Jamal Henderson and Spencer Beighley, who have also signed on to oversee the project in behalf of the SpringHill. This marks the second narrative feature that the studio is currently producing with the first being the upcoming 2021 film Space Jam: A New Legacy which also marks James’ first leading role in a movie.

(Photo Credit: George Pimentel/WireImage)

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Tom Hanks in talks to reunite with Robert Zemeckis for Pinocchio

Tom Hanks and Robert Zemeckis have had multiple hits together over the past 20 years and now the duo are eying a reunion as the Oscar winning star is once again in talks to star in Disney’s live-action remake of Pinocchio as Geppetto, according to Deadline.

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Hanks had previously been in talks for the role two years prior when Paddington helmer Paul King was attached to co-write and direct the film, but once King left the deal with Hanks was abandoned. Sources report that the new deal with the Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood star are in very early negotiations but that after having read the script co-written by Zemeckis and Chris Weitz (Rogue One: A Star Wars Story), he reached out to the director to express his interest in starring in the project.

Zemeckis and Hanks’ collaborative partnership goes back to the latter’s second-consecutive Oscar-winning turn in Forrest Gump and would later reunite on Cast Away, which netted Hanks another Oscar nom and a Golden Globe win, followed by the Christmas cult classic The Polar Express. The project is set to be produced by Weitz and Andrew Miano via their Depth of Field production banner.

Pinocchio will center on the wooden puppet who dreams of becoming a “real boy,” and the relationship between a father and son, the ramifications of lying and creating stories and living in a fantasy world.

The original Pinocchio, based on the 1883 novel The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi, first debuted in theaters in 1940 and won two Academy Awards. In the 1940 Disney-animated film Pinocchio, the lead role was voiced by Dickie Jones, Jiminy Cricket by Cliff Edwards, and Master Geppetto by Christian Rubb.

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Zemeckis is currently in post-production on his adaptation of Roald Dahl’s The Witches for Warner Bros. starring Anne Hathaway, which was recently delayed from its October 2020 release to a currently undated 2021 debut as theaters still grapple with the ongoing global pandemic.

(Photo Credit: Chris Delmas / AFP)

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Chad Stahelski & Derek Kolstad reunite for The Man From Nowhere

Nearly a decade after Dimension Films first tried their hands at an English-language remake of the film, New Line Cinema’s The Man From Nowhere is back on track with John Wick scribe Derek Kolstad penning the script and franchise director Chad Stahelski signing on to produce, according to Deadline.

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Released in 2010 and written and directed by Lee Jeong-beom, the film focuses on Cha Tae-sik, a quiet and mysterious pawnshop keeper with a violent past who embarks on a bloody rampage through the drug-and-trafficking ring in hopes of saving a child who is his only friend. The action-thriller went on to become the highest-grossing film in South Korea in its year of release, grossing over $43 million and holding the number one spot at the box office for five weeks.

Sources report that the latest attempt at remaking the hit thriller for American audiences is being fast-tracked by New Line Cinema following the latest draft from Kolstad, who were very excited with what was delivered, and are looking to begin meeting with directors for the project soon as Stahelski is not expected to step into the director’s chair for the film.  The John Wick director will produce the project with Jason Spitz via their 87Eleven Entertainment banner alongside CJ E&M.

The Man From Nowhere was first set up at Dimension Films in March 2012 with the studio signing Oscar winner Shawn Christensen (Curfew, The Vanishing of Sidney Hall) to pen the script for the adaptation but after years of languishing in development hell and financial problems seeing their output drop drastically in recent years, it never materialized.

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Stahelski and Kolstad both have their upcoming calendar full of major projects, with the former currently developing a reboot fo the cult classic Highlander at Lionsgate as well as the long-awaited John Wick spin-off series The Continental at Starz and spin-off film Ballerina with Len Wiseman (Underworld) directing. Kolstad recently signed on to pen the long-in-development live-action film adaptation of the Just Cause franchise as well as acting as executive producer and writer for a Splinter Cell anime series at Netflix.

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Hulu’s Nine Perfect Strangers adds Regina Hall to cast

Following the recent addition of Academy Award nominee Michael Shannon, Deadline reports that Girls Trip star Regina Hall has been tapped to join the star-studded cast of Hulu’s forthcoming limited series adaptation of Nine Perfect Strangers. Hall will portraying the role of Carmel, one of the titular characters in the novel who is a single mother of four. 

Hall’s notable film credits include: About Last Night, Think Like a Man, Girls Trip, The Hate U Give, and Little. She has also appeared in a number of TV series such as Ally McBeal, Grandfathered, Black-ish, Insecure and is currently a main cast on Showtime’s comedy series Black Monday.

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Based on author Liane Moriarty’s latest novel, Nine Perfect Strangers takes place at a boutique health-and-wellness resort that promises healing and transformation as nine stressed city dwellers try to get on a path to a better way of living. Watching over them is the resort’s director Masha (Kidman), a woman on a mission to reinvigorate their tired minds and bodies, but these nine strangers have no idea what is about to hit them.

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The star-studded cast will be led by Oscar winner Nicole Kidman (Big Little Lies) as Masha, Emmy winner Melissa McCarthy (Can You Ever Forgive Me?, The Kitchen) as Frances, Luke Evans (The Alienist) as Lars, Manny Jacinto (The Good Place) as Yao, Melvin Gregg as Ben, Samara Weaving (Ready or Not) as Jessica, and Tiffany Boone (Hunters) as Delilah.

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Nine Perfect Strangers is expected to debut on Hulu in 2021. Executive producers also include Papandrea, Steve Hutensky, and Casey Haver for Made Up Stories, Kidman and Per Saari for Blossom Films, Moriarty, Kelley, and Butterworth.

The series is the latest project from Blossom Films, Made Up Stories, and Endeavor Content.  Blossom Films executive-producing season one of HBO’s Big Little Lies, which garnered eight Emmy nominations and five wins, including Best Actress for Kidman and Best Miniseries or Television Film. Made Up Stories was founded by Papandrea, the award-winning producer of the HBO series Big Little Lies and feature films Wild, Gone Girl, Warm Bodies, and Milk. Endeavor Content’s recent TV slate includes Damien Chazelle’s musical drama The Eddy, hit series Killing Eve, and Apple’s See, which stars Jason Momoa.

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Tenet: Hayley Atwell breaks down secrets behind the title in new video

A brand new video about Christopher Nolan’s latest sci-fi action feature Tenet has been released by the Spyscape Museum where they’ve enlisted MCU alum Hayley Atwell to break down the secrets concerning the facts attached to the upcoming film’s title. In the video, we get to learned that the word Tenet is actually associated to an ancient puzzle called Sator Square. Check out the video in the player below!

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The highly-anticipated mystery project will first open in 70 countries including Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Korea, Russia, Spain and the U.K. on August 26, with some territories including China still yet to receive a release date, while select US cities will see the film open on September 3 ahead of the Labor Day weekend.

Tenet will be an international espionage thriller filmed across seven countries. John David Washington (BlacKkKlansman) stars, with a supporting cast that includes Robert Pattinson (Good Time), Elizabeth Debicki (Widows), Dimple Kapadia (Fugly), Aaron Taylor-Johnson (Avengers: Age of Ultron), Michael Caine (The Dark Knight Rises) and Kenneth Branagh (Dunkirk).

The director first made an impact in 2001 with his indie film Memento. His next film, Insomnia, was also a modest hit. but it wasn’t until Batman Begins hit theaters in 2005 that Nolan became a box office force in his own right. The Prestige was Nolan’s last movie to gross under $200 million worldwide. His other films include The Dark Knight, The Dark Knight Rises, Inception, Interstellar, and Dunkirk.

Looking to binge-watch some movies? Check out Amazon’s Director’s Collection of Christopher Nolan films here!

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Tenet is written by Nolan and will utilize a mixture of IMAX and 70mm film, which is something he’s become famous for. Nolan is the film producer along with his partner Emma Thomas.

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Sam Neill & Laura Dern tease Jurassic World reunions!

Yesterday marked an exciting day for audiences as both Sam Neill and Laura Dern took to social media to tease two very big reunions in the forthcoming Jurassic World: Dominion between Dr. Alan Grant, Dr. Ellie Sattler and the former’s iconic fedora! Check out the teases below!

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Hello old friend. #JurassicWorld #JurassicPark ⁦@LauraDern⁩ #JeffGoldblum ⁦@BryceDHoward⁩ ⁦@prattprattpratt⁩ ⁦@amblin⁩ ⁦@colintrevorrow⁩ pic.twitter.com/UQbctvqjdx

— Sam Neill (@TwoPaddocks) August 4, 2020

 

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Day one. Hello old friend. #jurassicworlddominion

A post shared by Laura Dern (@lauradern) on Aug 4, 2020 at 12:42pm PDT

Steven Spielberg and Colin Trevorrow return to executive produce Universal Pictures and Amblin Entertainment’s Jurassic World: Dominion, with Trevorrow once again directing the next chapter in one of the biggest franchises in the history of cinema. Producers Frank Marshall and Pat Crowley once again partner with Spielberg and Trevorrow in leading the filmmakers for this installment.

The upcoming threequel will be starring returning cast members from the first two sequel films include Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Jake Johnson, Omar Sy Daniella Pineda, Justice Smith as well as original Jurassic Park stars Laura Dern, Sam Neill, Jeff Goldblum and Campbell Scott. It will also feature Mamoudou Athie (Sorry for You Loss), DeWanda Wise (She’s Gotta Have It), Dichen Lachman (Animal Kingdom, Altered Carbon), Scott Haze (Venom, Antlers).

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Joining the Jurassic team for the first time is Emily Carmichael (Pacific Rim Uprising, The Black Hole), who will craft the Jurassic World 3 screenplay with Trevorrow. They will work off a story by Derek Connolly and Trevorrow, who together co-wrote Jurassic World and Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom.

Jurassic World: Dominion is currently set to debut in theaters on June 11, 2021.

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New The Suicide Squad logo: James Gunn teases first-look footage at DC FanDome

In celebration of James Gunn’s 53rd birthday today, The Suicide Squad director took to Twitter to reveal the new title treatments for the highly-anticipated DCEU film. In his post which you check out below, Gunn has also confirmed that DC fans will finally get to see the first glimpse of the ensemble movie at the upcoming DC FanDome event on August 22, where he will be joined by the cast for a virtual panel.

#TheSuicideSquad team just got me these amazing new official title treatments for my birthday. And the cast and I have so much more to show you guys on Aug 22 at https://t.co/ioRsge6g7f. See you there!  #DC #DCFanDome @SuicideSquadWB pic.twitter.com/OwGc7nnkG2

— James Gunn (@JamesGunn) August 5, 2020

I can confirm #TheSuicideSquad is 100%, zero interference, no-holds-barred ME, &, again, I can’t wait for you guys to get a glimpse of it at #DCFanDome. (Yes, I’m pimping FanDome a lot, but that’s because I know how exciting it’s going to be – for my film & other stuff too!) https://t.co/CClwKIi5nS

— James Gunn (@JamesGunn) August 4, 2020

In addition, when asked about the circulating rumors of Poison Ivy’s inclusion, Gunn had quickly debunked it by confirming that Dr. Pamela Isley won’t be making her long-awaited DCEU debut in upcoming film.

We are. And it’s not true. It’s BS like most stuff off this particular site.

— James Gunn (@JamesGunn) August 2, 2020

Awww. This room suddenly got dusty. https://t.co/Xxth9eLQog

— James Gunn (@JamesGunn) August 5, 2020

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The Suicide Squad cast includes: John Cena, Jai Courtney, Joaquín Cosío, Joel Kinnaman, Maylin Ng, Flula Borg, Juan Deigo Botto, Storm Reid, Pete Davidson, Taika Waititi, Alice Brage, Tinashe Kajese, Daniela Melchior, Peter Capaldi, Julio Ruiz, Jennifer Holland, Viola Davis, Idris Elba, and Margot Robbie.

Davis, Robbie, Courtney, and Kinnaman will all play the same roles they had in the 2016 film, reprising as Amanda Waller, Harley Quinn, Captain Boomerang, and Rick Flag, respectively. The cast is also stacked with other James Gunn alums like David Dastmalchian, Nathan Fillion, Sean Gunn, Steve Agee, and Michael Rooker, plus fellow Marvel creatives like Taika Waititi.

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The movie is written and directed by Gunn. Chuck Roven and Peter Safran will serve as producers. Nik Korda is executive producing the movie.

The Suicide Squad will hit theaters on August 6, 2021.

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HBO sets premiere date for Coastal Elites

From playwright and screenwriter Paul Rudnick and directed by Jay Roach, HBO’s ensemble socially distanced comedy Coastal Elite is set to make its debut on Saturday, September 12 at 8 p.m. EST on the premium cabler.

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The comedic satire tells contemporary stories of characters breaking down and breaking through as they grapple with politics, culture and the pandemic. Bette Midler (Tony Award winner for Hello, Dolly!), Kaitlyn Dever (Unbelievable, Booksmart), Dan Levy (Emmy nominee for Schitt’s Creek), Sarah Paulson (Emmy, Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild Award winner for American Crime Story) and Issa Rae (Emmy nominee for HBO’s Insecure) star in this special presentation that explores our current world of deeply divided politics and the universal pursuit of human connection.

Originally conceived for the Public Theater in New York, Coastal Elites took the leap from the stage to the screen at the beginning of the pandemic and evolved in real time as the unprecedented events of 2020 unfolded. Filming took place earlier this summer under quarantine guidelines.

The film spotlights five distinct and impassioned points-of-view across the United States. When the shutdown forces these characters to cope in isolation, they react with frustration, hilarity and introspection.

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Miriam Nessler (Bette Midler) is a long-time teacher in the New York City public school system, who loves her students, the New York Times and the theater, and who finds herself in police custody.

Sharynn Tarrows (Kaitlyn Dever) is a young nurse from Wyoming who flies to New York to volunteer at a hospital at the height of the area’s COVID-19 crisis.

Mark Hesterman (Dan Levy) is a young actor in West Hollywood videoconferencing with his therapist at a moment of peak career and personal stress.

Clarissa Montgomery (Sarah Paulson) is a YouTube personality filming episode 28 of her Mindful Meditations, hoping to soothe, inspire and heal her followers.

Callie Josephson (Issa Rae) is a well-connected philanthropist whose prep school network leads her to the highest levels of government.

Coastal Elites is written by Paul Rudnick; directed by Jay Roach; executive producers Paul Rudnick, Jay Roach, Jeffrey Seller, Flody Suarez, Scott Chaloff, Michelle Graham.

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