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EXCLUSIVE: We hear that Nick Cassavetes is set to co-write Couture with Sean Glover, a contemporary drama set in the world of high fashion which The Notebook filmmaker is in early negotiations to direct. Couture follows an iconic fashion designer whose empire must take a back seat to her daughter's mental illness. We…

Production on Nick Cassavetes’ action pic God Is a Bullet was paused last week after five people tested positive for Covid-19. Writer-director Cassavetes was among those who tested positive, and he announced the temporary shutdown through his Instagram account over the weekend. “Miss being on set. Six days ago, I…

EXCLUSIVE: STXfilms’ scam comedy Queenpins starring Kristen Bell has added a robust roster of talent to its cast. Dayo Okeniyi (See), Joel McHale (Community), Nick Cassavetes (Prisoners of the Ghostland), Michael Masini (Birds of Prey), Paul Rust (Love), Eduardo Franco (Booksmart), Marc Evan Jackson (The Good Place), L…

EXCLUSIVE: The Notebook director Nick Cassavetes has boarded upcoming Emma Roberts movie drama Now I See You. Tucker Tooley’s Tooley Entertainment and eOne are producing Marc Klein’s script, which is adapted from author Nicole Kear’s memoir about losing her sight. Production is slated for a fall 2019 start, with…

Nick Cassavetes is set to direct the Have You Seen Her?, an international romance piece in the vein of his Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams-starring film, The Notebook. Cassavetes will be directing from a script that he is co-writing One Tree Hill alum Paul Johansson. Johansson is producing the project with Andrew…

Lionsgate is enhancing its digital footprint with the purchase of Dirty Thirty, a follow-up to Camp Takota. The pic features YouTube personalities Grace Helbig, Mamrie Hart and Hannah Hart. Andrew Bush (Roller Town) will direct the script from Mamrie Hart and Molly Prather. The film, which reunites stars and…

EXCLUSIVE: Another movie just got fast tracked at STX Entertainment which has been ramping up its slate in record time. Jackie Chan is in final negotiations to star in the action thriller The Foreigner with a short list of directors circling which is said to include Nick Cassavetes. The casting is perfect for a…

As adaptations go, Gale Anne Hurd has a pretty good record. Among other credits, the executive producer of AMC's ratings behemoth The Walking Dead helped guide the Robert Kirkman co-created comic series to the small screen. Now it's straight outta Sweden as the Valhalla Entertainment chief and Universal Cable Productio…

Belgium-based production shingle Corsan has set Alpha Dog and The Notebook director Nick Cassavetes to helm Expiration, the action-thriller scripted by Broken City scribe Brian Tucker that sold in a mid-six- to seven-figure deal in 2011. Story follows an ex-CIA operative turned assassin who fails his assignment when…

EXCLUSIVE: In his TV directing debut, The Notebook helmer Nick Cassavetes is set to direct the opening hour of ABC's 10-episode drama Astronaut Wives Club, recently picked up for summer with straight-to-series order. The project, from Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage's Fake Empire, Michael London's Groundswell Prods…

BREAKING: Nicki Minaj, whose clever and sassy commentary makes American Idol bearable, has signed on to star with Cameron Diaz in The Other Woman, the pic that Nick Cassavetes is directing for Fox. Diaz plays a woman who realizes she is not her boyfriend’s primary lover, and teams up with the man’s wife to plot…

Director Nick Cassavetes is being sued by two Canadian singers and their father for more than $500,000 over an alleged loan to the movie Yellow. In their complaint filed today (read it here) plaintiffs John Thomas and TwinSpin Music say that in September 2010, singers Carman and Camille Thomas met with the director in…