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UPDATE, 2:06 PM: It is fair to say that there doesn’t look like there is going to be a lot of nuance in the showdown between Quentin Tarantino and Miramax over the Pulp Fiction director’s decision to auction off NFTs of his classic Oscar winning film. Yesterday, the Bill Block run company took its one time Golden boy…

EXCLUSIVE: Following strong reviews for his new Netflix movie, The Guilty, and a big night at the Tonys, Jake Gyllenhaal looks to have found his next movie as he is in negotiations to star in the new untitled film from Guy Ritchie. The film will be produced by Miramax with Ritchie writing and directing. Not much is…

EXCLUSIVE: Jason Statham and Miramax are partnering for a third time with The Bee Keeper, a spec script by Kurt Wimmer which the studio has shelled out seven figures for. A September 2022 production start is being eyed in London and Atlanta. The Bee Keeper is a lightning-paced thriller deeply steeped in the mythology…

EXCLUSIVE: Oscar winner Marcia Gay Harden, Golden Globe winner Kyle MacLachlan and Daily Show correspondent Roy Wood Jr. are joining Jon Hamm in the Miramax movie Confess, Fletch, directed by Greg Mottola. Principal photography is set to start Monday. The film is based on the original Gregory Mcdonald's 1970s mystery…

Project Greenlight is coming back. HBO Max has given an eight-episode series order to a new installment, from Issa Rae and Miramax Television. It is a reinvention of the critically acclaimed original Miramax and HBO docuseries. Project Greenlight will focus on the next generation of talented female filmmakers who are…

EXCLUSIVE: Miramax has greenlit an untitled penned feature thriller from Scream architect Kevin Williamson set during the pandemic which Blockers actress Gideon Adlon will star in. The feature takes place when the country locks down due to the pandemic and college student Parker (Adlon) and her best friend decide to…

Over the decades Hollywood has found the armored truck heist genre irresistible, so it isn’t so odd that Jason Statham and director Guy Ritchie would center Wrath of Man, their first screen teaming since 2005’s Revolver, around the idea. A supposedly bulletproof vehicle loaded with cash is an easy target for a…

EXCLUSIVE: MGM and Miramax’s Guy Ritchie-directed action thriller Wrath of Man is moving to the May 7-9 weekend, which was recently given up by Disney/Marvel’s Black Widow. Wrath of Man was previously dated for April 23. United Artists Releasing will be distributing the feature, which reps the filmmaker’s fourth film…

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has picked up rights to Miramax’s She’s All That gender-swapped remake He’s All That. Sources tell Deadline that the deal is north of $20 million. The reimaging stars TikTok sensation-turned-actress Addison Rae who, sources say, is a key reason why this remake took off. The film also stars Cobra Kai…

EXCLUSIVE: Hulu has acquired the U.S. rights to the Miramax and 6th & Idaho sci-fi thriller Mother/Android starring Chloë Grace Moretz. The streamer will premiere the movie at some point this year. The pic, which reps Mattson Tomlin’s feature directorial debut, is set in the near future and follows Georgia (Chloë…

EXCLUSIVE:  Miramax has optioned Free Radicals, a short story by Nobel Prize-winning author Alice Munro, which revolves around the harrowing encounter between a young killer on the run and an ailing widow. The story will be adapted by writer-director Xia Magnus and producer Alyssa Polk, with Magnus also attached to…

EXCLUSIVE: We also hear today that Hugh Grant is in talks to join Guy Ritche’s latest action thriller formerly known as Five Eyes at Miramax and STX. The deal is not done yet. Grant would join Jason Statham, Aubrey Plaza, Josh Hartnett and Cary Elwes. Grant recently worked with Ritchie on Miramax/STX’s The…