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Mandeville Films & Television’s David Hoberman & Todd Lieberman In Talks To Split & Pursue Separate Projects

EXCLUSIVE: Mandeville Films and Television partners and co-owners David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman could be ending their 20-plus-year run together. Deadline understands that the pair, who are behind feature films including Disney's live-action Beauty and the Beast and Amazon's The Aeronauts and have racked up more…

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Universal & Mandeville Films Partner On Naomi Novik’s ‘Scholomance’ Series

Universal has won the film rights for Naomi Novik’s YA novel Scholomance Random House series, putting the first novel A Deadly Education into development with Mandeville Films’ Todd Lieberman and David Hoberman. The first book takes us into a dangerous school for the magically gifted where failure means certain death…

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Lionsgate & Mandeville Films Reteam For ‘Undercover’ With Zachary Levi & Cole Sprouse

Shazam star Zachary Levi made the news official today about the upcoming music-driven family comedy film Undercover on his Instagram. Lionsgate is reuniting with Mandeville Films for the movie which will also star Cole Sprouse, and be directed by Steve Pink, who previously directed such music-driven movies as Hot Tub…

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ABC Nabs ‘Family History’ Genealogy Drama From Deborah Schoeneman & Mandeville As Put Pilot

In a competitive situation, ABC has landed Family History, giving a put pilot commitment to the drama project from writer Deborah Schoeneman (Girls, The Newsroom,), ABC Studios and studio-based Mandeville Television. Penned by Schoeneman, the hourling family drama is inspired by the recent explosion in genetic…

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Legal Drama From Marcia Clark & Mandeville TV Lands At NBC As Put Pilot

EXCLUSIVE: In a competitive situation, a legal drama procedural based on the novel Blood Defense by author and former O.J. Simpson prosecutor Marcia Clark has landed at NBC with a put pilot commitment. Clark, whose name is back in the zeitgeist, fueled by the success of FX’s American Crime Story: The People vs. O.J. Si…

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ABC Buys Dramas ‘Deja Vu’ & ‘The Invaders’ Produced By Mandeville

ABC has bought two drama projects from ABC Studios-based Mandeville, which is behind two new ABC drama series for this season, Wicked City and The Family. Deja Vu, described as a metaphysical love story, comes from Ringer creators Eric Charmelo and Nicole Snyder; The Invaders is a dark, humorous soap based on the book…

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Disney Buys Pitch From Black List Fixture Chris McCoy

EXCLUSIVE: Chris McCoy, who has landed three scripts on The Black List, has just made a deal for a high-concept romantic comedy pitch at Disney with Mandeville partners David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman producing. The plot is under wraps, but it involves iconic fairy tales, something that has been a preoccupation for…