EXCLUSIVE: Tate Taylor (The Help) has gathered an all-star cast for his upcoming comedy-drama Breaking News In Yuba County, including Allison Janney (I, Tonya), Mila Kunis (Bad Moms), Regina Hall (Girls Trip), Awkwafina (Crazy Rich Asians) and Samira Wiley (Orange Is The New Black). Bridget Everett (Patti Cake$)…

EXCLUSIVE: In what looks to be the biggest deal of the Cannes market so far, we understand Roland Emmerich’s $150M sci-fi project Moonfall has pre-sold to Germany and Switzerland in a low eight-figure deal. Taking the plunge, I hear, are the newly formed and as-yet unnamed German indie conglomerate comprising key…

Black-ish star Anthony Anderson is attached as a lead and producer on Football Or Me, a romantic comedy which is being produced and fully financed by AGC Studios, the independent content studio launched by former IM Global CEO Stuart Ford. Black-ish and Superior Donuts writer Robb Chavis has been brought on to write…

Roland Emmerich was at the helm of one of the biggest movies at last year’s Cannes market in the shape of WWII action pic Midway, which is due for release later this year. Make that back to back Croisette biggies for the Independence Day director who will be on the Riviera to drum up support for big canvas feature Moon…

EXCLUSIVE: AGC Studios and John Wick outfit Thunder Road are pulling together an impressive ensemble cast for Voyagers, the upcoming sci-fi pic from Neil Burger (Divergent). Colin Farrell (Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them), Tye Sheridan (X-Men Apocalypse), Lily-Rose Depp (The King) and Fionn Whitehead…

EXCLUSIVE: Chris Messina (Argo) and Amy Seimetz (Pet Sematary) have joined previously announced stars Noomi Rapace (Prometheus) and Joel Kinnaman (Suicide Squad) in revenge-thriller The Secrets We Keep. Production commences tomorrow on the film from director Yuval Adler (The Operative) and writer Ryan…

EXCLUSIVE: Stuart Ford’s AGC Studios has nabbed English-language remake rights to hit Argentine family-comedy Mama Se Fue Viaje (10 Days Without Mom) from Buenos Aires sales outfit FilmSharks. AGC will finance and produce the remake under the title 10 Days Without Mom with a screenplay from writing-producing team…

The Upside director Neil Burger (Divergent) is next to make sci-fi  thriller Voyagers, which will be fully financed and co-produced by Stuart Ford’s AGC Studios. Burger will direct from his own original screenplay which will be produced by Basil Iwanyk's Thunder Road Films (John Wick franchise) and Burger's Nota Bene…

AGC Television, the TV production division of Stuart Ford's AGC Studios, has hired Brad Austin as Vice President, Unscripted Television. Austin will work closely with AGC Television President Lourdes Diaz on a slate of original formats and character-based docuseries, and will also work with AGC's London office on…

Stuart Ford’s AGC Studios is to finance, produce and sell comedy movie Action. Robert Teitel (The Hate You Give, Barbershop) and 51 Minds' Christian Sarabia and Mitchell Smith will produce the feature about best friends Damien and Marcus as they're about to graduate high school. Damien is a model student and film…

AGC Studios is lining up a movie about Lauren Simmons, the youngest female trader to work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange. Kiersey Clemons (Dope) will star in and produce the feature after Stuart Ford’s AGC acquired life rights to Simmons’ story. In addition to being the only female trader to work…

Jeff Gaspin and his Gaspin Media have inked a multi-year overall deal with AGC Television, the small-screen division of Stuart Ford’s indie content company AGC Studios. As part of the pact, Gaspin will develop and produce a slate of scripted and non-scripted television projects, and he will join the board of AGC's…