Month: May 2015

May 26, 2015 By Graeme McMillan While trailers for Magic Mike XXL ably demonstrate his near-superhuman physique, Channing Tatum‘s thoughts are turning toward another character with true comic book origins: Gambit, the X-Man he’ll be playing in an X-Men spinoff movie next year. “Josh Zetumer just turned in the first draft of the script, and it’s killer,” he told Empire magazine (Zetumer’s script is based on a treatment from …

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May 22, 2015 By Borys Kit Boston turned out to be too strong for Daniel Espinosa. The director, who is coming off the major box office disappointment of Child 44, has fallen off of Boston Strong, the drama based around the events of the Boston Marathon bombings. “Creative differences” is the reason cited for the departure, according to …

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May 19, 2015 By Scott Roxborough Production shingles Vandal and Germany’s Summerstorm have teamed up with Middle East distributor Italia Film to set up a development fund for a slate of new features which Vandal and Summerstorm will produce and Italia will distribute in its territories. The first project Italia will acquire under the new agreement will be The Feud, …

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May 18, 2015 By Ali Jaafar EXCLUSIVE: Film House Germany’s Summerstorm Entertainment and Vandal Entertainment have acquired Byron Willinger & Phil De Blasi’s hot spec screenplay Command & Control. Vandal Entertainment’s Navid McIlhargey is producing alongside Film House Germany and Summerstorm Entertainment’s CEO Gabriela Bacher. The producers are out to select directors on the project, which follows …

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May 15, 2015 By Elsa Keslassy Nicolas Cage is reteaming with his “Leaving Las Vegas” helmer Mike Figgis on thriller “Exit 147.” “Exit 147” is repped in international markets by Umedia and written by Travis Milloy (“Pandorum”). Cage will star as a cop with a warped sense of justice. The plot of “Exit 147” intertwines various characters …

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May 11, 2015 By Mike Fleming Jr UPDATED with more details: A24 is launching its Cannes campaign early by acquiring rights to Remember, the Atom Egoyan-helmed thriller that stars Christopher Plummer. This is one that has Oscar bait potential, and could see Plummer make a run at a second Oscar (he won Supporting Actor for Beginners in 2012). Deal is being wrapped up right …

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May 7, 2015 By Kimberly Nordyke Disney XD has greenlighted a new animated series from Phineas and Ferb creators Dan Povenmire and Jeff “Swampy” Marsh. The new series, Mikey Murphy’s Law, centers on the fictional great-great-great-great grandson of the Murphy’s Law namesake and is set for a 2017 premiere. Povenmire and Marsh are the creators and executive producers and will …

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