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Amazon Prime Video Scores Landmark Soccer Doc Series ‘This Is Football’; Starbucks, Joe Roth, UK’s October Films & Spain’s Brutal Media To Produce
EXCLUSIVE: Amazon Prime Video has scored a landmark soccer documentary series from producers including Joe Roth, coffee chain Starbucks, Barbarians Rising producer October Films and Spanish firm Brutal Media. The SVOD service will launch This Is Football, a six-part series that will look at the stories behind the…
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Lisa Grunwald Novel ‘Time After Time’ Set As Star Vehicle For Glen Powell By Roth/Kirschenbaum
EXCLUSIVE: Roth/Kirschenbaum Films has acquired rights to Lisa Grunwald’s upcoming novel Time After Time. Lauren Oliver (Before I Fall) will script it as a starring vehicle for Glen Powell, who played John Glenn in Hidden Figures, is currently shooting Top Gun: Maverick for Paramount and then stars with his Set It Up…
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Jason Bateman Sets Untitled Feature To Direct For Netflix
EXCLUSIVE: Jason Bateman has set a deal with Netflix to direct an untitled action comedy script by Game Night and Accepted screenwriter Mark Perez. Bateman will produce with Michael Costigan through their Aggregate Films banner, teaming with Jeff Kirschenbaum and Joe Roth. Casting is underway but Bateman will not star…
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‘Excessive Force,’ Carl Franklin To Direct With Ice Cube Starring, Is Latest On CubeVision Slate
EXCLUSIVE: Excessive Force, a story about racism and corruption based on a story and script written by Jeff Kwatinetz and Ice Cube, is planning to go into production this fall with Carl Franklin (Devil In The Blue Dress, One False Move) at the helm.
Excessive Force, to be produced by Joe Roth and CubeVision, will star…
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The H Collective, Fueled By China’s ‘Kenny’ Huang, Launches With Projects From Sid Ganis, Mark Johnson, Joe Roth & Jeff Kirschenbaum
UPDATED, 10:23 AM: Deadline has learned the identity of the Chinese owner of The H Collective effort. It is controversial exec Jian-hua “Kenny” Huang as he has apparently been in talks with Joe Roth and Jeff Kirschenbaum about financing xXx and was involved in the Transformers lawsuit which embroiled Sid Ganis. Huang…
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Universal Sets Doctor Dolittle Film With Robert Downey Jr. For 2019
UPDATED – March 27, 2017: Universal Pictures' Untitled Doctor Dolittle project, starring Robert Downey Jr. as the title character, will be released on Friday, May 24, 2019.
Directed by Academy Award winner Stephen Gaghan, the film is based on the enduring tales imagined by Hugh Lofting, with Gaghan writing the most…
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Revolution Studios Goes To Content Partners In A Deal Valued Near $400 Million
In a deal that brings new life to one of Hollywood's better-known brands, Revolution Studios—founded by Joe Roth as a mini-major film and television producer in 2000–was purchased Wednesday by Content Partners and its CP Enterprises affiliate from the Fortress Investment Group, which has owned it since 2014.
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Jeff Kirschenbaum Exits Universal Co-President Post To Partner With Joe Roth
Jeff Kirschenbaum is leaving his post as co-president of production to partner with Joe Roth in Roth Kirschenbaum Films, a new producing shingle. This comes after Roth’s right hand man, Palak Patel, left to become an executive at Sony Pictures, and it ends long rumors that Kirsch, as he’s called, would be leaving for…
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Sony Books Trip To ‘Verona’ With Joe Roth
In a competitive situation, Sony has snagged Verona, a script by Neil Widener & Gavin James. Joe Roth and Palak Patel are producing for the studio. It’s a take on Romeo And Juliet. CAA, Grandview and attorney Greg Slewett repped the…
Joe Roth Becomes An Advisor At Revolution Studios As Private Equity Firm Takes Control
It’s a wrap for Joe Roth at Revolution Studios, which he founded in 2000. He’ll become a strategic advisor to the company with a first-look TV development deal, the company says today, after it received a major infusion of cash from Fortress Investment Group. The private equity firm says it intends to buy out…
Joe Roth Leaving Legendary’s Board Of Directors
After serving just over two years, Joe Roth is stepping down from the board of Legendary Entertainment effective September 25, the company announced today. Roth's departure comes out of a potential governance conflict that he and the company saw could arise from him holding a position on Legendary's board of directors…
Joe Roth Settles ‘Anger Management’ Suit
Jason Shuman and his Blue Star Entertainment filed the original $50 million lawsuit in April 2012, alleging that Anger Management producer Joe Roth reneged on an agreement with the consultant for work he had done for Roth's Revolution Studios on developing Anger Management into a TV series for FX. Roth later…
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