In an unprecedented Sundance Film Festival deal haul for a single distributor, Amazon Studios gave the clearest indication of its movie future by paying a record near $50 million for five films. The acquisition avalanche began with the fest’s first big pact for Late Night (record $13M for U.S. rights). Within a matter…

Amazon Studios acquired Honey Boy, the Alma Har’el-directed drama scripted by Shia LaBeouf that is based on the actor’s own rough upbringing. LaBeouf plays his father. Endeavor Content and CAA Media Finance repped it.

When Shia LaBeouf was ordered by a judge to write about the childhood trauma that seeded a fiery transition to adulthood punctuated by angry outbursts, car crashes, and curious creative choices that transformed him from golden boy to pariah, his decision to bare his pain in the screenplay format he was so familiar…

EXCLUSIVE: Clifton Collins Jr., who currently co-stars on HBO's series, Westworld, has signed on to play opposite Lucas Hedges and Shia LaBeouf in Honey Boy, which Alma Har'el is directing from the screenplay co-written by LaBeouf. Loosely based on the Transformers star’s relationship with his father, the pic follows…

Shia LaBeouf and Lucas Hedges will star in Alma Har'el's next film, Honey Boy, which follows child actor Otis Lort (Hedges) and his law-breaking, alcohol-abusing father James (LaBeouf) as they attempt to mend their contentious relationship over the course of a decade. Har’el’s known for the films LoveTrue and Bombay Be…

EXCLUSIVE: WME has signed Israeli-American director Alma Har'el, the filmmaker behind titles such as LoveTrue and Bombay Beach, to its books. Har’el is recognized for artistically blurring the lines between documentary and fiction and her first film, Bombay Beach, won best documentary at the Tribeca Film Festival in…

After an enigmatic, teary-eyed piece of performance art last year and an incident at Broadway’s Cabaret that wasn’t so artsy, Shia LaBeouf made an appearance today at the Tribeca Film Festival to show that he has turned a page in his career. The actor, whose filmography collectively has amassed $3.9B at the worldwide…