EXCLUSIVE: Oscar winning actress Brie Larson and Best Picture-nominated A Star Is Born producer Lynette Howell Taylor have made a two-picture worldwide rights deal at Netflix for films produced by Howell Taylor’s 51 Entertainment. Netflix has acquired Unicorn Store, which marks Larson’s directing debut, and Lady Busine…

One of the most glaring omissions from today’s Oscar nominations was that of A Star Is Born‘s director Bradley Cooper from the Best Director category. The Warner Bros. film is nominated eight times including getting noms for Sam Elliott for Best Supporting Actor (surprisingly his first) and Lady Gaga for Best Actress…

EXCLUSIVE: As several suitors and actresses circled, Endeavor Content made a preemptive deal in the mid- to high-six-figure range for Wolf Country, a spec script by Pete Begler. 51 Entertainment’s Lynette Howell Taylor (A Star Is Born) and Samantha Housman will produce. A beloved Colorado lawman who lives by his own…

EXCLUSIVE: Lynette Howell Taylor's 51 Entertainment, a platform agnostic filmmaker-driven production company, is making a major foray into television, signing a first-look deal with MRC, the studio behind critically praised series including House of Cards, Ozark and Counterpart. Under the pact, Howell Taylor will work…

EXCLUSIVE: Sienna Miller and Diego Luna are set to star and Tara Miele to direct Wander Darkly, the latest film from ShivHans Pictures and 51 Entertainment, reuniting the companies that made Captain Fantastic. Wander Darkly is a magical realism love story about a couple who must navigate the aftermath of a devastating…

EXCLUSIVE: Veteran indie producer Lynette Howell Taylor is launching 51 Entertainment, a new production shingle that will focus on filmmaker-driven content with an inclusive female sensibility that will span multiple platforms. She has hired producer Samantha Housman and creative executive Derek Iger to join her. The…