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The Hating Game star Lucy Hale is to reunite with director Peter Hutchings in rom-com Which Brings Me To You. Mister Smith Entertainment will launch sales at Cannes Market next week on the pic, which will see Pretty Little Liars and Roadkill star Hale play Jane, a freelance journalist, who meets a photographer Will…

Guy Pearce is to play the lead in epic action feature The Convert from Die Another Day director Lee Tamahori. Mister Smith Entertainment will launch global sales at Cannes later this month on the feature, which is set in early 19th century New Zealand and kicks off principal photography in September. The King’s Speech…

David Arquette (You Cannot Kill David Arquette) and Scott Foley (Scandal) are joining the previously announced Kunal Nayyar, Lucy Hale and Christina Hendricks in The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry, which is now shooting in Cape Cod. Gabrielle Zevin has adapted her own New York Times bestselling novel for the film, which…

EXCLUSIVE: Brisk business has been concluded on Midas Man, the feature about the life of The Beatles manager Brian Epstein, by sales outfit Mister Smith Entertainment. Signature Entertainment has picked up rights for UK and Ireland following the recent Cannes virtual market. Deals have also been concluded for…

Kunal Nayyar, Lucy Hale and Christina Hendricks are set to star in The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry, an adaptation of the New York Times best-selling novel by Gabrielle Zevin. Hans Canosa will direct from Zevin's adaptation of her own novel and David Garrett's Mister Smith Entertainment will be shopping the project to…

EXCLUSIVE: The Kissing Booth and Euphoria star Jacob Elordi will star with Star Trek and American Horror Story star Zachary Quinto in the road-trip crime thriller He Went That Way, which Mister Smith Entertainment is launching ahead of the virtual Cannes market. Set in 1964, the movie is based on the strange but true…

Mister Smith Entertainment has inked a series of international deals on its comedy-horror Werewolves Within following the culmination of last week's virtual European Film Market. As previously reported, the film was acquired by IFC for North America. Now, it has also sold to the UK (Signature Entertainment), Australia…

EXCLUSIVE: Westworld and Creed star Tessa Thompson is to star with Marwan Kenzari (Aladdin) in psychological thriller Balestra, which Mister Smith, Endeavor Content and CAA Media Finance will be shopping during next week’s Cannes virtual market. Thompson will also executive-produce the film, which will be directed…

John Hawkes (The Sessions) and Oscar winner Allison Janney (I, Tonya) have come on board for roles in the real-life-inspired feature To Leslie with Andrea Riseborough (Birdman). Mister Smith has also boarded the project for international sales ahead of the Cannes virtual market. UTA Independent Film Group is repping…

EXCLUSIVE: Pretty Little Liars and Truth Or Dare actress Lucy Hale will star with When We First Met and The Flash actor Robbie Amell in rom-com movie The Hating Game, based on the hit novel by Sally Thorne. The 2018 USA Today bestseller, published in more than 20 countries, tells the story of kind-hearted Lucy Hutton…

Mackenzie Foy and Kate Winslet have been set to star in Black Beauty, the feature film update of the classic Anna Sewell novel that is being written and directed by Ashley Avis. Bolt Pictures and Constantin Film are teaming to produce the pic, which will mirror the events of the original 1877 book while bringing them…

EXCLUSIVE: David Garrett’s Mister Smith Entertainment has boarded international sales rights to drama Jungleland, starring Jack O’Connell (Unbroken), Charlie Hunnam (Sons Of Anarchy), Jessica Barden (End Of The F***ing World) and Jonathan Majors (White Boy Rick). CAA and Endeavor will rep U.S. In Jungleland, a…