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EXCLUSIVE:  MRC has acquired rights to This, But Again, a short story by David Iserson. It will be developed as a directing vehicle for Ben Stiller, who will also produce through his Red Hour banner. Script will be written by Iserson, a WGA Award winner for his work on Mr. Robot, and whose credits include…

Former Paramount Television Studios executive Jenna Santoianni has joined MRC as President of Television. She will replace Elise Henderson who is leaving the company after a four-year stint. The personnel change comes on the heels of Scott Tenley's elevation to CEO as part of a new executive structure the…

EXCLUSIVE: MRC has made a deal to develop Pornsak Pichetshote's Eisner Award-winning graphic novel bestseller The Good Asian into a series. James Wan, Michael Clear and Rob Hackett are producing for Atomic Monster. Will Rowbotham and Luke Maxwell are producing for 3 Arts.  Related Story S…

Independent entertainment studio MRC has promoted longtime exec Scott Tenley to CEO. Tenley had been serving as Chief Business Officer for the company, which has backed film and episodic projects including Knives Out, Poker Face and Ozark. The former corporate entertainment attorney arrived at MRC 16…

EXCLUSIVE: Jeffrey Wright is set to star in the untitled film from MRC and T-Street based on the novel Erasure by Percival Everett. Cord Jefferson wrote the adaptation and is making his feature directorial debut. Wright plays Thelonious "Monk" Ellison, an English professor and author who writes a…

MRC said Monday that it was not moving forward with its recently completed documentary about Kanye West, the news coming amid growing criticism of the rapper/entrepreneur’s recent anti-Semitic statements. “We cannot support any content that amplifies his platform,” MRC’s co-leaders Modi Wiczyk, Asif…

EXCLUSIVE: Lionsgate has won a bidding battle to acquire worldwide rights to MRC's The Blackening, the horror-comedy film that premiered in the Midnight Madness segment of last month’s Toronto Film Festival and emerged as one of the hottest acquisition titles. Deal calls for a wide theatrical…

EXCLUSIVE: After a weekend in which distributors launched a salvo of great films into awards season, what about the acquisitions market? Here’s one that ought to sale by today or tomorrow. Sources said that the MRC horror-comedy The Blackening has three offers on the table for world rights, encompassing both…

EXCLUSIVE: London-based Dogwoof has boarded world sales, excluding North America, on The Last Rider, the latest documentary from MRC Non-Fiction and filmmaker Alex Holmes on the story of cyclist Greg LeMond. The deal was negotiated between Dogwoof CEO Anna Godas and Amit Dey, MRC's Executive Vice President of…

UPDATED with memo from MRC leaders: Eldridge and MRC said today that they have completed the separation of combined media assets. MRC, led by founders and co-CEOs Modi Wiczyk and Asif Satchu, will retain and control its existing operations as the leading independent studio, with three divisions: Film, Television and…

Kevin Spacey must pay House of Cards producer MRC nearly $31 million for alleged sexual misconduct behind the scenes of the Netflix show, a judge ruled today, saying it was not even a “close case.” Spacey, now 63, played Frank Underwood on House of Cards and was cut from the series after allegations surfaced he…

EXCLUSIVE: Showtime is developing The Whites, a crime drama limited series starring and executive produced by Ethan Hawke. Written by Tony Award-winning playwright and prolific screenwriter Jez Butterworth (Ford v. Ferrari, Spectre), the series is adapted from Richard Price's novel of the same name. The Whites is a…