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EXCLUSIVE: Saban Films has taken multiple rights including domestic on The Aviary, the thriller starring Billions actress Malin Akerman, and will debut in 2022. The company has picked up North America and South Africa on the pic, along with the UK and Ireland and Australia and New Zealand, which will be distributed…

EXCLUSIVE: Screen Media has acquired North American rights to A Week in Paradise, a Caribbean-set romantic comedy starring Malin Akerman (The Final Girls), Connie Nielsen (Wonder Woman), Philip Winchester (Flyboys) and Jack Donnelly (Atlantis), with plans for a day-and-date release early next year. The film directed…

EXCLUSIVE: Malin Åkerman (Watchmen), Connie Nielsen (Wonder Woman), Philip Winchester (Strike Back) and Jack Donnelly (Atlantis) have been cast in romantic comedy feature film A Week in Paradise that will start shooting this week on Caribbean island Nevis. The film is the first film to start production under the…

EXCLUSIVE: Abigail Breslin (Zombieland: Double Tap), Thomas Jane (Predator) and Malin Akerman (Billions) are joining the cast of comedy-horror feature Slayers, previously known as With Teeth. Oscar-nominee Breslin has taken the lead role in the movie and signed on as a producer. Previously announced cast includes Kara…

EXCLUSIVE: Billions star Malin Akerman has signed on as executive producer on the Film Mode Entertainment and BondIt Media Capital horror film With Teeth, which has Lydia Hearst (Z Nation), Kara Hayward (Moonrise Kingdom) and Jack Donnelly (Atlantis) starring. Akerman is also eyeing a key role in the film, which will…

Oliver Hudson (Splitting Up Together) and Malin Akerman (Billions) are set to star in CBS comedy pilot, The Three of Us, from writer Frank Pines, Fulwell 73 and CBS TV Studios. Written by Pines, The Three of Us follows adult siblings — two of them played by Hudson and Akerman — who are children of divorce and must…

Shoot is due to get underway next month in Canada on thriller Cold Providence, which is set to star Karl Urban (The Boys) and Malin Akerman (Billions). Bill Jones and Ben Timlett are directing. James Gammon has written from a story by Ken Tuohy. Bleiberg/Dimbort is handling world sales at the EFM in Berlin this week…

EXCLUSIVE: Alec Baldwin and Bella Thorne have joined the cast of Chick Fight, the indie action comedy starring and to be produced by Malin Akerman. Paul Leyden is directing Joseph Downey’s original script for the pic, which is being produced by Yale Productions and Idiot Savant Pictures. A January shooting start is in…

EXCLUSIVE: Malin Akerman has come aboard to star in Chick Fight, an action comedy being directed by Paul Leyden. The new project is being produced by Akerman; Yale Productions' Jordan Yale Levine, Jordan Beckerman and Michael J. Rothstein; Idiot Savant Pictures' Anne Clements; and Ash Christian. The film, which…

EXCLUSIVE: As part of Netflix’s growing slate of live-action family films aimed at kids and teens, the streamer has started production on the LD Entertainment production The Sleepover directed by Pitch Perfect 3 filmmaker Trish Sie. Pic, written by Sarah Rothschild, follows two siblings who discover their seemingly…

Billions‘ Malin Akerman is set as the lead of NBC’s legal drama pilot Prism, from Daniel and Ben Barnz's We're Not Brothers Productions, Carol Mendelsohn and Julie Weitz. Akerman had been among the most sought-after actors for pilots this season. As we reported this week, her deal for Billions — where she co-stars as…

With the bulk of broadcast pilots picked up, the networks and studios are already busy drawing up their casting wish lists and sending out offers to their top picks. As usual, there are a few names that keep cropping up. Raking in early offers this year are The Leftovers, Fargo and The Sinner alumna Carrie Coon…