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EXCLUSIVE: Star Wars lead Daisy Ridley has been set to star in the movie adaptation of hit psychological-thriller novel The Marsh King’s Daughter, we can reveal. Limitless and Divergent filmmaker Neil Burger is newly aboard to direct the film, which heralds from Black Bear, Anonymous Content and STX International…

EXCLUSIVE: Lionsgate has acquired U.S. rights to AGC Studios and Thunder Road's sci-fi thriller Voyagers, reuniting the studio with The Upside writer-director Neil Burger. Set in the near future, the Lord of the Flies-style story chronicles the odyssey of 30 young men and women who are sent deep into space on a…

EXCLUSIVE: AGC Studios and John Wick outfit Thunder Road are pulling together an impressive ensemble cast for Voyagers, the upcoming sci-fi pic from Neil Burger (Divergent). Colin Farrell (Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them), Tye Sheridan (X-Men Apocalypse), Lily-Rose Depp (The King) and Fionn Whitehead…

The Upside director Neil Burger (Divergent) is next to make sci-fi  thriller Voyagers, which will be fully financed and co-produced by Stuart Ford’s AGC Studios. Burger will direct from his own original screenplay which will be produced by Basil Iwanyk's Thunder Road Films (John Wick franchise) and Burger's Nota Bene…

EXCLUSIVE: Steve Tisch had every right to feel good about the world as he flew back from Houston eight days ago after his New York Giants football team won its first game of the season over the Texans. Top draft pick RB Saquon Barkley scored a touchdown, and Eli Manning — the QB the team gave a confidence vote to by…

Released in 2011, Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledo's The Intouchables quickly became one of French cinema's biggest-ever hits. Telling the true story of a quadriplegic businessman who hires a black ex-con to be his live-in caregiver, the buddy movie was nominated for eight Césars—the French Oscars—in its homeland…

EXCLUSIVE:  The Weinstein Company is in early talks with Nicole Kidman and Amara Karan to join Bryan Cranston and Kevin Hart in the Neil Burger-directed remake of the French smash hit The Intouchables. It makes sense that TWC would want to get back into business with Kidman; she was in contention for a Golden Globe…

EXCLUSIVE: The Weinstein Company has set a January 15 start date for its remake of the French smash hit The Intouchables, after the movie came together quickly with Neil Burger to direct Bryan Cranston and Kevin Hart in the lead roles. The script, a fresh take on the original concept, came in strong from Jon Hartmere…

The Good Wife alumna Archie Panjabi is returning to series television as the star of ABC’s murder trial drama pilot The Jury. Additionally, The Illusionist and Limitless helmer Neil Burger has been tapped to direct the project, from Sony TV and ABC Studios. Written by VJ Boyd and Mark Bianculli and executive produced…

UPDATE, 12:26 PM: The Mark Gordon Company and Entertainment One have pacted to bring the Neil Burger-directed thriller All The Old Knives to the screen. It is the first project from their recently launched indie studio. Casting will now begin with an eye for principal photography to…