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Ben Stiller's former production partner Nicholas Weinstock has struck a first-look deal with Fremantle. Weinstock's Invention Studios, which he founded at the back end of 2021, will develop and produce TV, new media and podcasts under terms of the agreement. Lorenzo De Maio, whose De Maio Entertainment counts…

EXCLUSIVE: Haroon 'Boon' Saleem has been hired to be executive vice president of production at Red Hour, the company run by Ben Stiller and Nicky Weinstock. Saleem has 20 years of experience, and served as an executive on such films as two installments of  The Chronicles of Narnia franchise, The Tooth Fairy, Chasing Ma…

Red Hour is teaming with Bold Films to produce a slate of film, TV and digital projects, with producer/executive Nicky Weinstock joining Ben Stiller and Stuart Cornfeld’s now-indie company, which previously had a deal at 20th Century Fox. As part of the deal, Red Hour’s offices will fold into Bold Films’ L.A. and N.Y…

Germany’s Constantin Film and Nicky Weinstock’s LA-based Invention Studios are teaming on The Baby Shower, an R-rated comedy about four women on a weekend getaway gone wrong. Based on Jenni Ross’ original screenplay, the femme film will be rewritten by Legally Blonde, The House Bunny and Expendabelles co-scripter Karen…

UPDATE: Looks like I was premature in describing this as a sex tape movie. CBS Films informs me that yeah, there is a tape that circulates from a bachelor party that is the propulsion for the guys going to wilderness camp. But the guys in it keep their clothes on and merely act like complete doofuses and off they go…

EXCLUSIVE: 20th Century Fox is making a deal to acquire Playdate, a pitch that Tim Hill and Dave Johnson will write, as a directing vehicle for Hill, who directe Hop and Alvin and the Chipmunks. The plot of the family film is being kept under wraps, but the title is somewhat self explanatory. The film will be produced…