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EXCLUSIVE: Following a competitive bidding war, Jordan Peele’s Monkeypaw Productions has landed the film pitch Goat, with Zack Akers and Skip Bronkie penning the script. The pitch will fall under Monkeypaw’s overall deal with Universal Pictures. Though the title hints at something revolving around everyone’s favorite…

Nick Jonas, who is carving out a second identity as an actor, has signed with WME. The agency will rep the Grammy-nominated singer in all areas. Jonas turned in a gritty performance in the well-received Sundance indie Goat, and he has wrapped production in the Jumanji reboot opposite Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart and…

A big hit in Australia and other territories where it was released, Kate Winslet's The Dressmaker by Jocelyn Moorhouse heads out in limited release this weekend via Amazon/Broad Green Pictures. The Toronto fest '15 debut was over a decade in the making, finally getting to the big screen through the determination of…

Ben Schnetzer, who turned heads in a breakout performance along with Nick Jonas in the Sundance frat-hazing drama Goat, has signed on to star in The Grizzlies. Written by Emmy-winning screenwriters Moira Walley-Beckett (Breaking Bad) and Graham Yost (Justified), the indie drama is based on the true story of a high…

EXCLUSIVE: Nick Jonas defies his pop heartthrob persona to pull in a bravura performance in the Andrew Neel-directed Goat. Paramount Home Video acquired worldwide rights out of Sundance, where the film played well with the Park City crowd. Watch an exclusive clip above. Goat will get a day-and-date VOD release, and…

Paramount Home Video has made its second solid deal at the Sundance Film Festival, acquiring worldwide rights to Goat, the Andrew Neel-directed pic about frat hazing. The pic, which is playing in the U.S. Dramatic Competition in Park City, features breakout performances from Ben Schnetzer and Nick Jonas. We’re hearing…

This year Deadline is holding its Sundance Film Festival studio at the Samsung Studio off Main Street in Park City, Utah, opening its doors to this year’s most riveting and groundbreaking filmmakers. Talent from such features as Goat, Defrost, Manchester by the Sea, Swiss Army Man, Trash Fire and The Hollars as well…

Deadline continues its Sundance Film Festival panel series today with Co-Editor In Chief Mike Fleming Jr. sitting down with director Andrew Neel and the cast of the U.S. Dramatic Competition drama Goat. Cast including Nick Jonas and Ben Schnetzer join Neel for a live discussion from our Samsung Studio on Park Avenue…

The Berlin Film Festival is now less than a month away and more of the sections are coming into focus. The Panorama sidebar has now confirmed 30 titles including six documentaries in the Panorama Dokumente category. The Panorama Special will open on February 12, at the recently renovated Zoo Palast with Daniel…