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National Geographic Documentary Films will release the Ron Howard-directed documentary Rebuilding Paradise in select theaters — physical and digital — on July 31 through Abramorama. The film tells the moving story of a California community ravaged by disaster that comes together to recover what was lost. The doc…

EXCLUSIVE: HBO Max has put in development Outliers, an anthology series based on Malcolm Gladwell's New York Times bestselling book. It hails from Brian Grazer, Imagine Television Studios and CBS Television Studios. Greg Walker, showrunner of the DC Universe series Titans, will write and executive produce the series…

Imagine Impact has begun its call for submissions under a new deal with Netflix to develop original films from new screenwriters around the world. Launched in 2018, Impact is inspired by tech startup accelerators like Y Combinator and aims to open new access to the Hollywood system and find emerging talent. Imagine…

EXCLUSIVE: Imagine Entertainment Chairmen Brian Grazer and Ron Howard have made a substantial investment and take an ownership stake in Oscar-winning documentary director Alex Gibney's Jigsaw Productions. The intention is to help Jigsaw's elevation into a flourishing mini-studio, and further the ambitions of the…

Expect a Splash next week from Josh Gad’s Reunited Apart YouTube series: Cast and producers of the classic 1984 mermaid comedy will get together – remotely – on Tuesday for the third installment of Gad’s reunion series. Gad just posted a new teaser for the series, confirming what an earlier, briefer, wordless teaser…

EXCLUSIVE: As documentary films and series continue to escalate in prominence in this age of binge watching, here's a package that is creating some excitement as it is shopped this week and next. Imagine Documentaries and Appian Way Productions have partnered to produce Timothy Leary: Follow Me to Freedom, a…

The filmmaking duo of director Ron Howard and producer Brian Grazer along with Imagine Documentaries are teaming with National Geographic Documentary Films for a feature docu spotlighting renowned chef José Andrés and his humanitarian efforts through his non-profit World Central Kitchen. The project follows Howard…

Brian Grazer, Ron Howard and Tyler Mitchell's entertainment accelerator Imagine Impact is extending its reach to to Australia, in partnership with Gentle Giant Media Group and Screen Australia. Having already launched three programs in the U.S., Impact will use their talent identification system to democratize access…

EXCLUSIVE: Imagine Entertainment has entered into an exclusive pod deal for feature films with producer Whitaker Lader. Prior to joining Imagine, Lader was Head of Production and Development for Casey Affleck's film & TV production company, Sea Change Media, where she executive produced Light of My Life, written and…

Paramount Pictures has set Ron Howard to direct The Fixer, a Tyler Hisel script that tells the true story of a disgraced FBI agent, who at the height of the Cold War, is tapped by the CIA to lead a ragtag team of CIA operatives and Chicago mobsters on an unlikely mission to try to assassinate Fidel Castro. The pic is…

EXCLUSIVE: Imagine Entertainment Chairmen Brian Grazer and Ron Howard have tapped Lori Rovner to head business and legal affairs for Imagine Entertainment. As EVP in the newly formed role, Rovner will lead the business affairs operations and manage all aspects of the company's legal strategy, policy and procedure…

Brian Grazer and Ron Howard’s Imagine Documentaries will chart the rise of New York Post gossip columnist Cindy Adams in a docuseries for CBS’s Showtime Networks. Jenny Carchman, who made Showtime’s Emmy-nominated New York Times documentary The Fourth Estate, will direct the Adams series, working closely with the New…