EXCLUSIVE: In a strong eight-figure commitment, Mimran Schur Pictures has taken a minority co-financing stake on two upcoming Sony Pictures Entertainment films. Mimran Schur has come aboard to co-finance Holmes & Watson, the Etan Cohen-directed comedy that stars Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly and opens December 25…

EXCLUSIVE: Making his directorial debut on The Kid, Vincent D’Onofrio has found his title character. He has set newcomer Jake Schur to star as Rio in the Mimran Schur Pictures and Suretone Pictures co-production. He joins Ethan Hawke and Dane DeHaan in a Western that tells the story of the infamous gunfighter Billy…

Wizard World, a producer of live event pop culture expositions, has pulled off what its brain trust feels is a real coup. WW has partnered with CNLive and has been given license by the Chinese government to distribute streamed content via mobile and IP-enabled devices across China, including Macao and Hong Kong. They…

ABC is developing Let's Stay Together, a single-camera comedy from Sex and the City alumna Amy B. Harris and producers Ben Silverman (Jane the Virgin) and Jordan Schur (Warrior). Written by Harris, the project is inspired by the 2014 The New Divorce Is No Divorce column by Richard Kirshenbaum, part of of his monthly…

EXCLUSIVE: Jordan Schur, the former Geffen Records president, Suretone Records founder and manager of acts including Fleetwood Mac, ZZ Top and Lonestar, is jumping squarely into the film business with his Suretone Pictures banner. Schur has set the venerable actor and Daredevil star Vincent D’Onofrio to make his…