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Editor's note: Deadline's Read the Screenplay series debuts and celebrates the scripts of films that will factor in this year's movie awards races. David Magee had two pieces of source material to work from for A Man Called Otto, the Marc Forster-directed Columbia Pictures remake of the hit Swedish…

Following in the footsteps of a massively successful novel, and then the Oscar-nominated 2015 Swedish blockbuster A Man Called Ove, Tom Hanks stars in the English-language remake, A Man Called Otto. It was reinvented to take place in Pittsburgh but still features a central character who is about cranky as…

Sony’s Columbia Pictures has released the trailer for A Man Called Otto, its adaptation of Fredrik Backman’s bestselling Swedish novel A Man Called Ove and the subsequent movie of the same name that picked up a pair of Oscar nominations in 2017. The new version, directed by Marc Forster, stars Tom…

EXCLUSIVE: Walt Disney Studios adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s The Graveyard Book is gearing up as Marc Forster is set to direct the pic. His producing partner Renée Wolfe will produce through their 2Dux2 banner along with Gil Netter. Ben Browning is also producing. David Magee was recently tapped to adapt the script. The…

EXCLUSIVE: Finding Neverland, World War Z and The Kite Runner director Marc Forster has been set to direct Oscar winner Tom Hanks in the anticipated U.S. adaptation of Swedish comedy hit A Man Called Ove, we can reveal. Two-time Oscar nominee David Magee (Life of Pi, Mary Poppins Returns) is scripting the project and…

World War Z filmmaker Marc Forster has boarded Lionsgate’s feature adaptation of White Bird: A Wonder Story, a creative graphic novel drawn from the universe of the 2017 Lionsgate-Mandeville Films hit pic Wonder which grossed $306M WW. Forster returns to the studio where he directed the Oscar-winning Monster’s Ball 19…

Thomas the Tank Engine is making a return to the big screen in a new feature being developed by Mattel Films and Marc Forster’s production company 2Dux². The new project, to be co-produced and directed by the World War Z and Quantum of Solace filmmaker, will be a mix of live-action and animation based on the popuar…

Will Smith and director Marc Forster have teamed up to acquire Telepool GmbH, the German licensing and distribution company that is a major European player in theatrical and multi-platform distribution. Beyond that preexisting business, Telepool will become a development, financing and distribution partner for…

Blake Lively is gaining a new perspective in the trailer for Open Road Film’s All I See Is You, where she stars as a blind woman who regains her vision as well as her independence. Marc Forster directed the thriller, which co-stars Jason Clarke, Yvonne Strahovski, Danny Huston, Ahna O’Reilly and Wes Chatham. Open Road…

A column chronicling conversations and events on the awards circuit. It’s down to one day and counting. That’s right, it all comes down to this as the six month long awards season that started with the Venice, Telluride and Toronto film festivals in early September culminates Sunday night at the Dolby Theatre with the…

Disney’s Christopher Robin now has a director. The studio has tapped World War Z and Quantum of Solace helmer Marc Forster to direct the upcoming live-action fantasy film focused on the further adventures of human child from the Winnie the Pooh stories. The story catches up with Christopher Robin – the character…

NBC is no longer proceeding with outbreak drama, aka Patient Zero, from The Imitation Game writer Graham Moore and World War Z director Marc Forster. The Endemol Shine Studio project, which received a 10-episode, straight-to-series order in May 2015, was co-developed by Sky, which was to serve as the series' UK…