Amazon has confirmed cast for The Hunt, a vengeance-driven Nazi hunting series executive produced by Oscar-winning Get Out writer-director Jordan Peele. Al Pacino, Logan Lerman and Jerrika Hinton have closed deals to star in the series, along with Lena Olin, Carol Kane, Saul Rubinek, Tiffany Boone, Louis Ozawa…

EXCLUSIVE: Al Pacino is nearing a deal to make his episodic television debut. He’s committing to a 10-episode season of Amazon's The Hunt, a vengeance-driven Nazi hunting series executive produced by Oscar-winning Get Out writer-director Jordan Peele. The project, produced by Peele's Monkeypaw Productions and Sonar…

The Perks of Being A Wallflower star Logan Lerman is in talks for the lead in Amazon’s The Hunt, a vengeance-driven Nazi hunting series executive produced by Oscar-winning Get Out writer-director Jordan Peele. The project, produced by Peele's Monkeypaw Productions and Sonar Entertainment, was created by David Weil (Moo…

EXCLUSIVE: Logan Lerman, most recently seen in the Sundance film Sidney Hall, has found a new representation home at WME. Previously with CAA, Lerman perhaps is best known for playing the titular character in the Percy Jackson films, as well as his lead role in Stephen Chbosky's coming-of age drama The Perks of Being a…

Fun Academy Motion Pictures has just released its teaser trailer for its first animated family film: Sgt. Stubby: An American Hero. The film tells the true story of a stray dog named Stubby who was rescued off the streets by a young American soldier and then became a hero of WWI. The dog is still recognized today as…

Logan Lerman and Olivia Cooke are in final negotiations to topline The Tracking Of A Russian Spy, the thriller based on real events that is being mounted by StudioCanal and The Picture Company. Nima Nourizadeh (American Ultra) is directing the pic based on Mitch Swenson’s memoir. The Picture Company’s Andrew Rona and…

Paul Sparks (The Night Of) has joined the cast of director Michael Gracey's musical biopic Greatest Showman, alongside star Hugh Jackman, Zac Efron, Michelle Williams, Rebecca Ferguson and Zendaya. The film, produced by Chernin Entertainment and Laurence, follows famous American showman P.T. Barnum (Jackman). Sparks…

Having written more than 30 books, including the Pulitzer Prize winner American Pastoral, it is somewhat surprising that there haven’t been more film adaptations of Philip Roth’s work. Portnoy’s Complaint, Goodbye Columbus, The Human Stain and more recently Barry Levinson’s The Humbling have been among the few to make…

EXCLUSIVE:  Glen Basner’s FilmNation has virtually sold out across the world on James Schamus’ directorial debut Indignation. The film, an adaptation of Philip Roth’s novel about a middle class Jewish student from New Jersey attending an Ohio college in the 1950’s, debuted at Sundance to great reviews and a positive…

“I knew for this particular work to function as a movie, it had to have a distinctive style,” says former Focus Features chief James Schamus about his feature directorial debut Indignation, “I didn’t want to box my actors into a particular, exact approach that would not let them breath.” After penning a number of Ang…

EXCLUSIVE: Glen Basner's FilmNation Entertainment has added James Schamus' directorial debut, Indignation, to its strong international sales roster here in Cannes. This is the project that's based on the bestselling 2008 Philip Roth novel which Schamus has adapted for the screen. Logan Lerman and Sarah Gadon are…

EXCLUSIVE: Sarah Gadon (Dracula Untold) has bagged herself a couple of high-profile parts. The Canadian actress will star opposite Logan Lerman (Fury) in James Schamus’ directorial debut Indignation and star opposite James Franco in Hulu’s nine-part miniseries 11/22/63. Based on the novel by Philip Roth, Indignation…