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Kenyan distance runner Eliud Kipchoge was born in 1984, when the world record in the men's marathon stood at 2:08:05. Today, he holds the world record at that distance, having pared the time all the way down to 2:01:39. That achievement, not to mention back to back gold medals at the Tokyo and Rio Olympics, have…

Jake Scott has been set to direct the upcoming Oasis documentary about the UK band’s celebrated Knebworth House concert of 1996. The feature film will be produced by Ridley Scott’s RSA Films; Noel Gallagher and Liam Gallagher will serve as executive producers. Sony Music Entertainment is financing and distributing the…

Emmy-winning and Grammy-nominated filmmaker Jake Scott has signed with Range Media Partners. Scott is a founder of music video and creative production company Black Dog Films, and is a director at the Ridley Scott Creative Group and RSA Films. He is currently casting his next film First Ascent, which Scott Free and…

EXCLUSIVE: In a last fevered auction before the holidays, Netflix prevailed and paid high six figures for First Ascent, a genre script by Colin Bannon with a female lead set in the world of mountain climbing. The project injects a genre element to a dangerous sport and was likened to The Shining meets Free Solo. Jake S…

Roadside Attractions and Vertical Entertainment have acquired American Woman, the drama directed by Jake Scott that stars Sienna Miller. Brad Ingelsby penned the pic, which had its bow at the Toronto Film Festival last fall. Christina Hendricks, Aaron Paul and Amy Madigan also star in the movie, which is now set for a…

For Jake Scott, taking on American Woman as his latest feature came down to a strong connection to the material at hand, as well as the film’s central character—a woman going through hell. A director known for films including Welcome to the Rileys who happens to be the eldest son of Ridley Scott, Scott’s latest drama…

EXCLUSIVE: Jake Scott, who most recently directed the upcoming drama The Burning Woman starring Sienna Miller, Amy Madigan, Aaron Paul and Christina Hendricks, has signed with WME. The film, written by Brad Ingelsby and produced by Scott Free, Black Bicycle Entertainment and Romulus Entertainment, centers on a woman…

EXCLUSIVE: Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark star Reeve Carney has signed on to play Jeff Buckley in the untitled film about the late musician that Welcome to the Rileys helmer Jake Scott is putting together for a November shoot. Carney, who performed the Bono/The Edge-penned Spider-Man single Rise Above 1 at the American…

EXCLUSIVE: Welcome To The Rileys helmer Jake Scott has been set to direct an untitled film about Jeff Buckley, the rising star musician who died tragically at age 30 in 1997. Scott will direct a script by Ryan Jaffe (The Rocker). Michelle Sy and Orian Williams are producing, and Buckley’s mother Mary Guibert will be…