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STXfilms has bought the high concept comic superhero pitch Night Wolf from Detective Pikachu scribes Dan Hernandez and Benji Samit, a project that Kevin Hart will star in and produce via his HartBeat Productions. Night Wolf follows a Meet the Parents-esque encounter where a man (Hart) meets his future father-in-law…

EXCLUSIVE: Kevin Hart is expanding his Hartbeat Productions banner by tapping Bryan Smiley to be its President of Film and Television. Smiley is currently a vice president of Sony Pictures Entertainment, and he will make the move when his contract expires at the end of the year. SPE has many percolating productions…

Kevin Hart will star in the Quibi original series Action Scene, a comedic action-thriller based on the frenetic opening scene of his 2016 concert film Kevin Hart: What Now? His company Laugh Out Loud is producing. Executive produced by Kevin Hart, his longtime business Jeff Clanagan and Dave Becky, Action Scene will…

Kevin Hart and Paramount are teaming on a potential remake of Scrooged, the 1988 comedy directed by Richard Donner and starring Bill Murray in a memorable take on Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. The new project is in early development, we hear, and the next step is hiring a writer. Hart also could topline the pic…

Sony dated a trio of films for 2020-2021 while moving Screen Gems’ Adam Robitel sequel Escape Room 2 from April 17, 2020 to Aug. 14, 2020. Of note, Kay Cannon’s re-imagination of Cinderella starring multi-platinum pop artist and Grammy nominee Camila Cabello will open on Feb. 5, 2021. James Corden cracked the idea…

EXCLUSIVE: Alfre Woodard has signed on to play Kevin Hart’s mother-in-law in Fatherhood, the Sony Pictures film adaptation based on the memoir Two Kisses For Maddy: A Memoir Of Loss & Love by Matt Logelin. Paul Weitz is directing the motion picture from a screenplay by Dana Stevens. Weitz penned the current…

EXCLUSIVE: Kevin Hart's Laugh Out Loud is coming to TV. Bounce has ordered 10 episodes of the original comedy series for premiere Monday, May 6. The program will air at 9 PM ET every Monday night through the summer. The series is a co-production between Bounce and Lionsgate Television. Hosted by comedian Jasmin “Jazzy&#8221…

Get your workout gear ready. Kevin Hart will be back with more new fitness trends. YouTube has picked up a third season of Kevin Hart: What the Fit for premiere next year on Hart’s LOL Network. In the weekly unscripted comedy series produced by Lionsgate, Hart and Matt Kunitz (Fear Factor, Wipeout), Hart merges…

Kevin Hart, Girls Trip scribe Tracy Oliver and Korean powerhouse CJ Entertainment are teaming up on an English-language remake of CJ’s Korean box office smash Extreme Job for Universal Pictures. Hart is eyeing a starring role in the comedy, which has been picked up by Universal for world rights. Oliver will script. Ext…

For the most part, between the STX and Warner Bros sessions so far, it hasn’t been a star-heavy year at CinemaCon. However, any studio looking to send electricity through the Coliseum at Caesars Palace can always rely on Kevin Hart and Tiffany Haddish, who were on hand Wednesday during Universal’s presentation to…

ABC has unveiled Jimmy Kimmel’s guest list for JKL’s first Las Vegas trip. Among his guests: Tiffany Haddish, Kevin Hart, Seth Rogen, Kim Kardashian West, Kourtney Kardashian, Khloe Kardashian, Celine Dion, The Killers, James Taylor, Marshmello featuring Chvrches, and more. JKL will air five original shows from Vegas…

We’re getting the first look at Kevin Hart’s new comedy special Kevin Hart: Irresponsible, , which is available on Netflix as of April 2. The actor/producer returns to his comedy roots following the winter’s mishigas over whether he would or would not host the Oscars, delivering the styles that launched his career in…