2 - FILM NEWS
“Moonlight’s” Mahershala Ali Moving From Drug Dealer to Drug Drama “Triple Frontier”
Director J.C. Chandor and writer-producer Mark Boal have recruited the Oscar-nominated actor for Paramount’s crime thriller.
Without warning, an eccentric father visits his adult daughter living abroad in an attempt to reconnect with her.
Those who feared that Jack Nicholson’s last film would be 2010’s forgettable How Do You Know? can rest easy, because’s Jack’s back, baby!
In what amounts to the least surprising news in the history of premature movie release dates, Paramount has pulled Brad Pitt’s World War Z sequel from its release schedule — along with the latest Friday the 13th reboot from producer Michael Bay.
Star-Lord, Jack Sparrow and Dom Toretto will likely appear, but what about Christian Grey or the Power Rangers?
Oscar-winner Leonardo DiCaprio is set to star in and produce The Black Hand, a new film set up at Paramount Pictures based on the book of the same name by Stephan Talty. DiCaprio’s Appian Way banner will co-produce alongside The Gotham Group.
A brand new — and appropriately timely — spec is hitting the market this week from scribe Patrick McConville. The political thriller Inauguration Day has already captured the attention of several producers and is moving into major territories.
When a malicious cyber attack against U.S. Space Command forces the President-Elect and the outgoing President into the Situation Room hours before the Inauguration ceremony, the rival Presidents and their National Security teams work with and against each other to determine who is responsible for the attack and how to respond before it’s too late.
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales co-director Joachim Ronning’s pitch for Origin has landed at Paramount Pictures with a preemptive deal. Ronning will co-write the script with his brother Andreas and is also attached to direct.
The ’60s TV action hero series The Green Hornet is coming to the big screen… again. Paramount Pictures and Chernin Entertainment acquired the rights to the show and are looking to give a makeover to the adaptation with Gavin O’Connor in the director’s chair. 
Deadpool creator Rob Liefeld is hoping lightning will strike twice as Paramount Pictures has made a preemptive film rights deal for his other creation, Avengelyne. Akiva Goldsman is set to produce with an eye towards directing the feature.
Treasure Island scribe James Coyne has sold sci-fi pitch Cascade to Paramount Pictures. Details of the plot are being kept under wraps.
Music biography Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock ‘n’ Roll is headed to the big screen as Paramount Pictures has acquired the book by Peter Guralnick with Leonardo DiCaprio set to star. 
Paramount Pictures has picked up the film rights to the upcoming Jeff VanderMeer sci-fi novel, set to be published next spring by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Scott Rudin is attached to produce through his Scott Rudin Productions with Eli Bush. 
Leonardo DiCaprio has his eye on the latest non-fiction best-seller from author Beth Macy and will develop through his Appian Way shingle as a potential starring vehicle.