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For their HBO Max film The Survivor, which chronicles the real-life journey of Harry Haft, a concentration camp prisoner forced to box to survive his internment, both director Barry Levinson and star Ben Foster found compelling connections to the story through their own families, as well as disturbing parallels to…

HBO today unveiled a trailer for its Barry Levinson feature, The Survivor, starring Ben Foster, which is slated to premiere on the premium cabler on April 27 at 8 p.m. ET/PT, in honor of Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day)—subsequently becoming available for streaming on HBO Max. Pic is based on Alan Haft’s book, H…

Oscar and Emmy winner Barry Levinson has been tapped to direct David E. Kelley’s The Missing, Peacock's eight-episode series based on Israeli crime writer Dror A. Mishani's international bestselling novel The Missing File. Levinson will direct multiple episodes, including the first, and executive produce the series…

HBO announced today that Academy Award winner Barry Levinson’s latest film, The Survivor, starring Ben Foster, will premiere on the premium cabler on April 27 at 8 p.m. ET/PT, in honor of Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day)—subsequently becoming available for streaming on HBO Max. The HBO Original is based on Alan…

Following its world premiere at Toronto, HBO Films has taken exclusive North American rights to Barry Levinson’s The Survivor about Holocaust survivor and U.S. boxer Harry Haft. Ben Foster plays Haft in the movie, which marks a reteam with his Liberty Heights writer-director Levinson. Deal was 8-figures, making it the…

Harry Haft was a boxer, who rose to fight such legends as Rocky Marciano post World War II, here in the states. But outside of the ring, he lived with the torment of his life in a concentration camp, yearning and hoping to find the woman he once loved, who disappeared from him during wartime. Vicky Krieps of Paul…

The remarkable true story of Harry Haft is made even more pertinent by the simple fact that his story has not been the subject of a large-scale feature film — until now. It took a script from a young Australian, Justine Juel Gillmer (who also boxes), to generate interest for Oscar-winning director Barry Levinson (Rainm…

EXCLUSIVE: Here’s your first footage of Oscar winner Barry Levinson’s anticipated boxing drama The Survivor [previously known as Harry Haft], starring Ben Foster, Vicky Krieps, Billy Magnussen, Peter Sarsgaard, John Leguizamo, Danny DeVito, Dar Zuzovsky and Saro Emirze. Unspooling at the Toronto Film Festival, the…

EXCLUSIVE: Barry Levinson is attached to direct a limited TV series that will be exec produced by Kevin Costner, and comes from 24's Stephen Kronish and Zodiac producer Mike Medavoy. The Oscar-winning director behind Rain Man, Good Morning, Vietnam and Diner is set to helm One Giant Leap, a series that will tell the…

EXCLUSIVE: Rebecca Wisocky (Devious Maids) and Meagen Fay (Hightown) have been tapped for recurring roles in Dopesick, Hulu's eight-episode limited series based on Beth Macy's bestselling book. The project is from The Handmaid's Tale executive producer Warren Littlefield and Touchstone Television. They'll join series…

Golden Globe nominated actress Elle Fanning has joined the cast of Barry Levinson's film about the making of Paramount's classic film, The Godfather. Fanning will play actress Ali MacGraw, who was married to Paramount’s head of production Robert Evans. Just after winning the Golden Globe for Most Promising Newcomer…

EXCLUSIVE: Two-time Emmy and two-time Golden Globe winner Elisabeth Moss has joined the cast of Barry Levinson's film about the making of The Godfather. Moss will play Eleanor Coppola, Francis Ford Coppola's wife. As previously reported, the film is based on a blacklist screenplay by Andrew Farotte that's been…