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After Jason Statham stepped away from the Kevin Hart action comedy The Man From Toronto last week, a story that Deadline first reported, Woody Harrelson is now boarding, we can confirm. Filming begins in five weeks with an eye on a November 20 opening. Patrick Hughes is directing the film written by Robbie Fox, from a…

EXCLUSIVE UPDATE: Busy night for Jason Statham. He just parted company with WME, the agency that signed him away from CAA early last year. Trying to get to the bottom of this, but it was a mutual decision between agency and client, and it happened right on the heels of Statham exiting the Sony Pictures comedy The Man F…

Hollywood action and comedy heavyweights Jason Statham and Kevin Hart are in talks to star in The Man From Toronto,  which is being directed by The Expendables 3 and The Hitman’s Bodyguard helmer Patrick Hughes.  The action-comedy is slated for release November 20 via Sony Pictures. Robbie Fox (Playing for Keeps)…

EXCLUSIVE: The Virtues and Raised by Wolves' Niamh Algar is boarding Miramax's hot upcoming Guy Ritchie action thriller that stars Jason Statham. As Deadline previously revealed, the project, which reteams Ritchie and Statham for the first time since 2005’s Revolver, was acquired by MGM domestically and was one of the…

EXCLUSIVE: Miramax has concluded a raft of seven-figure deals on Guy Ritchie's untitled Jason Statham action-thriller which was launched by the firm and CAA Media Finance at the American Film Market earlier this month. Deals have now closed with Studiocanal for Germany and Australia/NZ, Metropolitan for France…

EXCLUSIVE: In a multi-million dollar deal, Lionsgate UK has boarded Guy Ritchie’s untitled Jason Statham action-thriller which was launched by Miramax and CAA Media Finance at the American Film Market. The project, which re-teams Ritchie and Statham for the first time since Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels and Snatc…

EXCLUSIVE: In what is likely to be one of the biggest deals at this year's AFM, I hear that MGM has taken domestic and select international rights on Cash Truck, the Miramax action thriller from Guy Ritchie that will star Jason Statham. The film will be released via MGM's joint venture UA Releasing domestically. MGM…

EXCLUSIVE: Mindhunter star Holt McCallany has been cast as a lead opposite Jason Statham in Cash Truck. The revenge-based action thriller from Miramax reteams Statham and Guy Ritchie, who is writing and directing based on the 2004 French film Le Convoyeur. It starts shooting next month in London before moving to Los…

EXCLUSIVE: Jason Statham, who broke out playing the fast-talking protagonists in Guy Ritchie’s Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and Snatch, is reuniting with the filmmaker again. The new as-yet-untitled project is a revenge-based action thriller from Miramax, which has acquired remake rights to the original 2004…

Universal's Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw has shot past the $700M mark worldwide, rocking a $700.53M gross through Thursday. The split on the Dwayne Johnson-Jason Statham action spinoff currently sits at $160.53M domestic and $540M at the international box office. A $725M-$750M finish is expected globally. The…

EXCLUSIVE: Universal's Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw zoomed into Korea on Wednesday, scoring the biggest opening day for the franchise, and through Thursday surpassed 1M admissions. Korea is the last market to release before China welcomes the spinoff next Friday, August 23. Through Thursday, the international…

SUNDAY UPDATE, writethru: Landing in line with Saturday's projections, Universal's Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw got off the starting block with an estimated $120M at the international box office. When including domestic, the global cume through Sunday is $180.8M. Across 63 offshore opening markets, the Dwayne…