After six years with WME, Marlon Wayans has returned to CAA, the agency where he and his brothers, Keenan and Shawn, were longtime clients.
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The record-breaking summer at the domestic B.O. ended with Warners and Paramount leading in market share for the second year in a row, but below the No. 2 spot on the list of majors, the rankings shifted substantially.
Sara Scott has joined the staff at Universal, as their new CE. She was previously at Oprah Winfrey’s Harpo Films.
Tickets are now on sale for the annual CAA YOUNG HOLLYWOOD PARTY!
We’ve been going for a few years now, and each year it is bigger and better, and trust me… if you buy your ticket, be sure to spring for the gift bag (they’ve included everything from free shoes and massages, to dinners and gift baskets).
Another SLOW weekend upon us, as George Clooney’s equally slow-moving thriller(?) THE AMERICAN won the weekend over fellow newcomers: the blood-filled grindhouse film MACHETE, and the real life couple-turned ex’s rom/com GOING THE DISTANCE.
And somewhere in between the Q-list slash & actioner and the seen it all before rom/com, last week’s top draws TAKERS and THE LAST EXORCISM managed to stick around in the top 5 for another week.
New poster for the Gareth Edwards directed MONSTERS.
New Poster for the Will Ferrell and Adam McKay produced film, THE VIRGINITY HIT.
New poster for the THE NEXT THREE DAYS written and directed by Paul Haggis.
Once again Telluride loads their slate with amazing up and coming talent!
From fake grindhouse trailer to actual grindhouse film… here’s the newly released unrated teaser for HOBO WITH A SHOTGUN!
Michael Bay, Brad Fuller, and Andrew Form, have moved their production company, Platinum Dunes, from CAA to WME. They were at WME before moving to CAA a year ago, but returned due to the increase in project budgets with their first look deal at Paramount Pictures.
Platinum Dunes, who have the reboot/remake fever, are currently rebooting TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES, adapting OUIJA, and have done very well for themselves with previous reboot/remakes A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET, FRIDAY THE 13TH, THE HITCHER, THE AMITYVILLE HORROR, and two new installments in THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE franchise.
Platinum’s biggest budgets to date have been in the $30 million range, and every film they’ve done has made it’s money back, two of them doing so opening night!
Stephen Gilchrist has exited Lin Pictures as DoD (director of development).
Assistant vs. Gavin Polone…
Diablo Cody has a new episode up of her web talk show “Red Band Trailer.†In this episode, Cody speaks with Megan Fox as they discuss Fox’s early acting experiences, hot tub parties with Hilary Duff and being taken out of context.
As multimedia continues to break barriers, I have seen few things do it so magically, and with such basic cleverness, that it instantly jump-starts the creative mind, as this has…
Previous Blockbuster Exec VP Bill Lee has signed on to become the new CEO of First Look Studios.
The next episode of “Red Band Trailer” is out with Diablo Cody interviewing Jason Bateman this time. Topics range from being a child actor to being the youngest person inducted into the DGA.
Episode 2 is up of Diablo Cody’s web talk show, “Red Band Trailer,” this time with Chelsea Handler. They discuss Handler’s stand up, late night wars and Cody’s marriage to one of Handler’s staffers.
Diablo Cody’s new web talk show, “Red Band Trailer,” features Adam Brody as her first guest. This engaging, humorous interview discusses such topics as breaking in, his television career and transitioning into feature films.
Watch this 30-minute short film Hillcoat directs using only in-game video game graphics and animations!
The Project Greenlight winners have gone on to write two sequels to Feast and the last three sequels in the highly successful Saw series (Saw IV–VI) in addition to Saw3-D, which is due to hit theaters this Halloween.
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The lowdown on the showdown!
Jason Scoggins, Trevor Engelson, Mike Goldberg, Julie Bloom and
Aaron Kaplan discuss literary management.
What films would you make?
A look at the 2008 Black List scripts… and where they are now.
Gary Whitta started his writing career as a videogame and entertainment journalist before deciding to pursue a career as a screenwriter. He wrote The Book of Eli, which arrives in theaters January 15th.
A closer look at the top agencies and management companies repping the Black List writers of 2009!
Timothy Dowling cowrote George Lucas in Love and has written feature scripts for such companies as Mosaic Media, Happy Madison, Paramount Pictures and Warner Bros.
A new tele-class about ALL THINGS INDUSTRY is soon on the horizon from SCRIPT DEPARTMENT founder JULIE GRAY…
