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EXCLUSIVE: Amazon Studios and Welle Entertainment have made a deal to develop the Robinne Lee novel The Idea Of You as a star vehicle for Anne Hathaway. Tony-nominated actress and filmmaker Jennifer Westfeldt is adapting the screenplay based on the bestseller. Cathy Schulman is producing through her Welle…

Jennifer Westfeldt (Younger) and Victoria Justice (Victorious) have been cast opposite Catherine Zeta-Jones in the upcoming Facebook Watch series Queen America. Created, written, and executive produced by Meaghan Oppenheimer and directed by Alethea Jones, the dark comedy is set in Tulsa, OK. It revolves around Vicki…

Deadline revealed during the festival that Lionsgate was bearing down on a deal to release the Jennifer Westfeldt-directed comedy Friends With Kids, in partnership with Roadside Attractions in a deal made by Cinetic and Red Granite. Lionsgate has just issued the press release: SANTA MONICA, CA (September 21, 2011)…

Was the 2011 Toronto Film Festival a good one for dealmaking? Even after organizers announced a 20% uptick in film deals last Friday (the festival includes foreign territories in its count), the sales kept coming. A long-expected deal with Lionsgate on the Jennifer Westfeldt-directed comedy Friends With Kids finally…

EXCLUSIVE: Deadline’s Mike Fleming virtually called this deal on Tuesday (then delayed confirmation after sellers indicated that their auction wasn’t fully done). Now it’s official: Friends With Kids, the hot Toronto Film Festival romantic comedy co-starring Jennifer Westfeldt — which she directed, wrote and…

UPDATE: Sellers of Friends With Kids say I jumped the gun and their auction hasn’t concluded. I believe that Lionsgate is squarely in the mix, but they tell me others are still in it too and the outcome isn’t as certain as I’d heard last night for a deal that will be for U.S. only. Will update information as it…