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Netflix Acquires Hot Package ‘Fast & Loose’ From STXfilms With Will Smith Starring And David Leitch Directing
EXCLUSIVE: In what marks another big starry package for Netflix the streamer has acquired worldwide rights to the action thriller Fast & Loose from STXfilms, with Will Smith set to star and David Leitch to direct. Jon Hoeber and Erich Hoeber penned the script.
Deadline first reported in February that the package was…
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‘Nobody’ Producers David Leitch & Kelly McCormick On Bob Odenkirk’s Action Hero Bonafides, Leitch’s Evolution From Brad Pitt’s Stuntman To His ‘Bullet Train’ Director & Why No Oscars For Stunt Performers? Q&A
EXCLUSIVE: David Leitch and Kelly McCormick and their 87North production label tomorrow launch their latest high-octane action film. The Ilya Naishuller-directed thriller Nobody is the attempt by Better Call Saul‘s Bob Odenkirk to make the action hero done by actors from Liam Neeson to Keanu Reeves. For 87North, the…
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Hot Package: ‘Fast & Loose’ With Will Smith & Helmer David Leitch Firing Up Bids For STXfilms, Westbrook, 87North
EXCLUSIVE: Fast & Loose, a drama that has Deadpool 2 and Hobbs & Shaw helmer David Leitch directing and Will Smith starring, has become the subject of a major bidding battle that started yesterday and is playing out today. Script by Jon and Erich Hoeber (Meg, Red) was originally developed by STXfilms, when Leitch was…
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Universal Lands Hot One: Stuntman-Turned-Director David Leitch To Helm Untitled Stuntman Drama To Star Ryan Gosling; Entertainment 360, 87North and Gosling Producing
EXCLUSIVE: After a heated auction, Universal Pictures has landed a package for an untitled drama that has David Leitch directing Ryan Gosling. Drew Pearce, who wrote for Universal the Leitch-directed hit Fast and Furious spinoff Hobbs & Shaw, is set to write the script. The deal is seven figures.
Guymon Casady is…
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‘Deadpool 2’ & ‘Hobbs & Shaw’ Director David Leitch, Partner Kelly McCormick Sign With CAA
CAA tonight signed David Leitch, the former stuntman who co-directed John Wick, and helmed Deadpool 2, Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw and Atomic Blonde. Agency also signed his wife and creative partner Kelly McCormick and their company 87North.
Leitch had been repped by WME and just recently was set to direct B…
Brad Pitt Commits To Board ‘Bullet Train’; David Leitch To Helm Sony Pictures Action Film
Brad Pitt is set to star in Bullet Train, the Sony Pictures action movie that just got as director David Leitch, the helmer of Deadpool 2 and Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw.
Zak Olkewicz wrote the script, based on the Japanese novel Maria Beetle by Kotaro Isaka. In the novel, five assassins find themselves on a…
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‘Hobbs & Shaw’ Helmer David Leitch Boards Sony’s ‘Bullet Train’
David Leitch, who helmed Deadpool 2 and Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw, will direct Bullet Train, the Sony Pictures action movie based on the Japanese novel Maria Beetle by Kotaro Isaka. Zak Olkewicz wrote the script.
Here’s the logline of the novel. Five assassins find themselves on a fast moving bullet train…
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‘Hobbs & Shaw’ Team David Leitch & Kelly McCormick Set Up ‘Fast And Loose’ At STX
EXCLUSIVE: We’ve learned that STX is developing Fast and Loose with 87North, the production label of Hobbs & Shaw director David Leitch and EP Kelly McCormick.
The project, written by Jon and Erich Hoeber (Meg, Red, Red 2), follows a man who wakes up in Tijuana after being left for dead with absolutely no memory. As…
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Universal Lands ‘Violent Night’ Pitch By ‘Sonic The Hedgehog’ Scribes Pat Casey & Josh Miller
EXCLUSIVE: Universal Pictures has acquired Violent Night, a feature pitch by Sonic The Hedgehog scribes Pat Casey and Josh Miller. Deal is six figures against seven figures. Logline is being kept under wraps, but sources said it is an elevated thriller set against the Christmas holiday backdrop.
Pic will be produced…
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‘Kung Fu’ Movie Remake Set At Universal For ‘Hobbs & Shaw’ Director David Leitch
EXCLUSIVE: Universal Pictures has optioned the rights to the 1972 TV series Kung Fu for a contemporary-set action packed feature film that will be directed by David Leitch, the co-director of John Wick and director of Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw, Deadpool 2 and Atomic Blonde.
They will set a writer quickly…
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Universal Dates Bob Odenkirk Action Thriller ‘Nobody’ For Next Summer
Universal had already reserved Aug. 14, 2020 on the calendar, and today they announced that the title opening on that date will be the Bob Odenkirk feature Nobody, which is described as John Wick meets Falling Down.
Odenkirk plays Hutch Mansell, the guy you don't notice. A suburban dad, overlooked husband, nothing…
Universal Lands Action Spec ‘Versus’ By Alex Litvak & Michael Finch; ‘Hobbs & Shaw’ Helmer David Leitch & Kelly McCormick Producing
EXCLUSIVE: Universal Pictures has preemptively acquired the action spec script Versus. The script by Alex Litvak & Michael Finch is described as a high-concept international thriller that has a badass Running Man meets Bloodsport vibe.
The scribes previously sold Medieval to Sony and they wrote Predators and the…
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