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EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has come out on top in a red-hot auction for the film version of J.D. Vance's lauded bestseller Hillbilly Elegy, which Ron Howard is directing and The Shape Of Water co-writer Vanessa Taylor is adapting. Netflix will fully finance the pic to the tune of $45M. There were multiple high net worth…

LennoNYC director Michael Epstein is making a feature-length documentary about John Lennon's Imagine record for British broadcaster Channel 4. The 90-minute film – John & Yoko: Above Us Only Sky – will feature unseen archive and access to John's estate to tell the story of John Lennon and Yoko Ono against the backdrop…

In a competitive situation with a number of studios and production companies pursuing, Brian Grazer and Ron Howard’s Imagine has made a two-year first-look deal with The Atavist Magazine for film and television. Under the pact, Imagine will develop film and television projects based on upcoming Atavist articles and…

Ron Howard spent time on stage at Cannes Lions today for a discussion with New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft and WPP CEO Martin Sorrell. While he touched on his new Han Solo movie gig, Howard also talked about how Imagine is evolving; the impact of technology on the business; and a trio of Broadway…

EXCLUSIVE: One of the most popular surf movies, Blue Crush, is headed to television. NBC has given a script commitment with penalty to a series based on the 2002 Imagine feature directed by John Stockwell, which starred Kate Bosworth, Michelle Rodriguez and Sanoe Lake. Lizzy Weiss, who co-wrote the movie with…

Oscar-winning Imagine Entertainment partners Ron Howard and Brian Grazer have issued the following statement in favor of the Screening Room, Sean Parker and Prem Akkaraju’s day-and-date streaming concept. Their response comes a little more than 24 hours after Peter Jackson expressed his vocal support of the proposed…

At today’s Vanity Fair New Establishment Summit San Francisco, Imagine Entertainment Co-chairman and producer Brian Grazer told Bloomberg Television’s Emily Chang: “I'm going to do a movie with Netflix. … I'm going to do a tour-de-force movie that's cinéma vérité with Eddie Murphy being as raw as he can be.” However…

When Terrence Howard was asked at last night’s Awardsline screening of Fox’s Empire what brought him to the music industry/family drama series, the Oscar-nominated actor quipped, “The I.R.S.!” Howard then clarified that it was actually his former Hustle & Flow co-star Taraji P. Henson — who played his onscreen love…

EXCLUSIVE: Johnny Knoxville has come attached to star in Sick Day, the comedy that Jeremy Garelick will direct for Universal Pictures. Jordan Cahan will rewrite the script originated by Garelick, the latter of whom picked Cahan because he is busy in postproduction on The Wedding Ringer, his directorial debut for…

Melissa Benoist has been cast in Dan Fogelman's Imagine. The actress, who recently was promoted to series regular on Fox's Glee, will play Jamie, a desk clerk at a hotel frequented by one of her favorite rock stars of all time. The indie pic will shoot on location in Los Angeles. Benoist is represented by UTA and…

EXCLUSIVE: Christopher Plummer will join Jennifer Garner, Al Pacino, Annette Bening and Bobby Cannavale in Imagine, the film that gets underway July 1 in Los Angeles with Crazy, Stupid, Love scribe Dan Fogelman making his directorial debut. Plummer will take on a role that Michael Caine was going to play before…

Jennifer Garner and Michael Caine have been cast alongside Al Pacino, Annette Bening, and Bobby Cannavale in Imagine, about an aging rock star (Pacino) who reconnects with his grown son after opening a letter sent from John Lennon to his 19-year-old self. Garner will play Pacino’s daughter-in-law, with Caine onboard…