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Guy Pearce is to play the lead in epic action feature The Convert from Die Another Day director Lee Tamahori. Mister Smith Entertainment will launch global sales at Cannes later this month on the feature, which is set in early 19th century New Zealand and kicks off principal photography in September. The King’s Speech…

After launching the funded producing shingle Fable House this morning, Adrien Brody has been set by Corsan to play the title role in Emperor, a revenge tale helmed by Once Were Warriors director Lee Tamahori. Brody will play the brilliant strategist Emperor Charles V, trying to hold together a fragmented Empire, in a…

The Lee Tamahori-directed drama The Devil’s Double has a new trailer. It was one of the most buzzed about films at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival, where it was acquired by Lionsgate. Dominic Cooper plays Saddam Hussein’s brutal son Uday, as well as the man pressed to be his lookalike. Cooper has jumped from the film…

Deadline revealed Wednesday, January 26 that Lionsgate was in exclusive negotiations to acquire the Sundance Film Festival drama The Devil’s Double. It took a week to make it official. It was regarded by festgoers as a return to form for director Lee Tamahori, in what was his first real independent effort since his…

EXCLUSIVE: Lionsgate has entered into exclusive negotiations to acquire The Devil’s Double, the Lee Tamahori drama about the man who was forced to become the body double of Saddam Hussein’s thuggish son, Uday. Lionsgate team has been pursuing the film since it first aired last Saturday at the Eccles Theater, as had…