By Mike Fleming Jr. January 30, 2020 Paramount Pictures has set Ron Howard to direct The Fixer, a Tyler Hisel script that tells the true story of a disgraced FBI agent, who at the height of the Cold War, is tapped by the CIA to lead a ragtag team of CIA operatives and Chicago mobsters …
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By Trey Williams January 30, 2020 Ron Howard will direct “The Fixer” for Paramount Pictures, an individual with knowledge of the film told TheWrap. The director just finished production on Netflix’s “Hillbilly Elegy.” “The Fixer,” which is based on an original pitch from Tyler Hisel, tells the true story of a disgraced FBI agent, who …
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By Justin Kroll January 30, 2020 Having finished production on Netflix’s “Hillbilly Elegy,” Ron Howard is zeroing on a new directing gig as the “Beautiful Mind” director has come on to direct “The Fixer” for Paramount Pictures. Howard’s production banner Imagine Entertainment will produce along with Bradley Cooper and Todd Phillips’ Joint Effort shingle. Andrew …
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By Geoff Boucher January 30, 2020 EXCLUSIVE: Laika’s Missing Link lives up to its name — the Oscar-nominated adventure was made with old-school stop animation but also represents an evolutionary leap forward in new-tech puppetry craft. That’s abundantly clear in a new featurette that premieres today exclusively here at Deadline in the video above. The featurette spotlights the …
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By Matt Grobar January 29, 2020 The President and CEO of LAIKA, the Oregon stop-motion studio which this month claimed its sixth Oscar nomination, Travis Knight was excited by the prospect of taking the company in new directions with its latest film, Missing Link. Directed by Chris Butler (ParaNorman), the epic adventure film centers on Sir Lionel Frost (Hugh Jackman), an …
By Margeaux Sippell January 15, 2020 NBC has given a pilot commitment to “La Brea,” a drama about a “massive sinkhole” that opens up in Los Angeles. The project hails from Universal Television and Keshet Studios. David Appelbaum, who has written for “The Mentalist,” “The Enemy Within” and “NCIS: New Orleans,” will write and executive …
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By Sara Whitten January 5, 2020 “Missing Link” took home the Golden Globe for best animated feature on Sunday, marking only the fourth time that the top prize did not go to a Disney film. The film was an underdog heading into the ceremony, as Disney had three films nominated for the prize — “Frozen …
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The HFPA presented the 77th Golden Globe award ceremony on Sunday night, kicking the Hollywood awards season into high gear. Ricky Gervais returned to the podium to host the celebration of feature film and television achievement, which included honoring Tom Hanks with the Cecil B. DeMille Award and Ellen DeGeneres with the Carol Burnett Award. …
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By Geoff Boucher January 5, 2020 The biggest shock of the 77th Golden Globes came in the Best Animated Feature Film category when Laika’s Missing Link abruptly upgraded its industry stature from “box-office disappointment” to “underdog awards winner” by besting a field of blockbuster rivals with better pedigrees, larger budgets, stronger reviews, and bigger box office. “I’m flabbergasted,” writer-director Chris Butler said with a …
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