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Evel Knievel once said that he "would always rather be in the arena fighting than be a spectator." The legendary stunt rider's son is clearly taking those words to heart with a new lawsuit against Walt Disney Pictures and Pixar over the Duke Caboom character introduced in last year's Toy Story 4. "Defendants have…

EXCLUSIVE: Dwayne Johnson and Dany Garcia's Seven Bucks Productions have become executive producers of the documentary film Stuntman, which will make its world premiere at the Los Angeles Film Festival. They join producers Steven Golebiowski, Eddie Braun and Kurt Mattila of Driven Pictures. Mattila directed a film…

History is taking the wraps off two major projects: the History 100, a set of 100 documentaries exploring the past 100 years, and a three-hour live event in July honoring daredevil Evel Knievel. The projects were announced in the runup to parent A+E Networks’ upfront presentation this evening. The documentary…

EXCLUSIVE: Paramount Pictures is mobilizing a feature film about iconic daredevil Evel Knievel that will be written by William Monahan. The film will be based on the Sheldon Saltman book Evel Knievel On Tour, which has been acquired as part of the package. What’s fascinating about this project is the hope it will…

Rumors are racing around the web that Darren Aronofsky is circling the Sony Pictures Evel Knievel biopic that has long had Channing Tatum interested. I’m told there is no deal yet but that they are in early negotiations, as are the producers, with Michael De Luca believed to be one of them. We’ll tell you more when…

Gravitas Ventures has acquired North American rights to Daniel Junge’s feature documentary Being Evel, the story of the notorious stunt performer Evel Knievel that debuted last month at the Sundance Film Festival. A summer release in theaters and VOD is planned for the pic that counts Johnny Knoxville among its…

I wrote Johnny Knoxville’s first Hollywood story in the ’90s and can recall it like yesterday when I got hold of an underground VCR tape being circulated around Hollywood. A young man with movie-star looks being tasered, bitten by vile animals, shot with paintballs and enduring all kinds of punishment that somehow was…

Not known for subtlety, Jackass impresario Johnny Knoxville is here in Park City to debut Being Evel, the documentary he produced about the self-made American legend Evel Knievel. Not one known for making a subtle entrance, Johnny and the Knievel clan are making sure the picture doesn’t get caught in the clutter of…

EXCLUSIVE: WME has just signed Ric Roman Waugh, the stuntman-turned-director who just wrapped Snitch with Dwayne Johnson. Waugh, a stuntman for two decades before he made his directing debut with Felon, had been a client of ICM Partners’ Nicole Clemens and was in play when she left recently to become a senior developme…