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EXCLUSIVE: Scott Stuber's Bluegrass Films has set Parkland writer-director Peter Landesman to rewrite and direct Down By The River, an espionage revenge thriller inspired by Charles Bowden’s nonfiction book. Landesman will come on to rewrite a script by Henry Bean. Landesman and Naomi Despres brought the project to…

After receiving mixed critical response in its Venice world premiere, the Kennedy assassination docudrama Parkland took on the Toronto International Film Festival and received a good response for a movie that looks at the events of that fateful day 50 years ago from several different perspectives. Those include a…

"Parkland is not out to pick a fight and start a dialogue about conspiracy," director Peter Landesman said today of his film that follows the events in the hours and days following the assassination of John F. Kennedy. “It is utterly focused on the raw emotion of the weekend," he told reporters. Landesman wrote Parklan…

The Venice Film Festival kicks off tomorrow, and with it a renewed second outing for fest chief Alberto Barbera. Barbera was artistic director from 1998-2002 and returned last year to put his spin back on the proceedings after Marco Muller departed for Rome. This is the 70th go-round for the world's oldest film…

Peter Landesman adapted the Parkland screenplay from the book Four Days In November by Vincent Bugliosi, and makes his helming debut with the picture. The story recounts the events at Dallas' Parkland Hospital on the day John F. Kennedy was assassinated. Zac Efron, Marcia Gay Harden, Billy Bob Thornton, Jacki Weaver…

EXCLUSIVE: Exclusive Media’s distribution arm Exclusive Releasing will officially release Parkland, the film that recounts the events at Dallas' Parkland Hospital on the day John F. Kennedy was assassinated. The fledgling output arm has set a September 20 release date which comes after the pic has its world premiere at…

UPDATE: Peter Landesman’s Parkland was announced as a competition entry after the initial slate was unveiled. Zac Efron, Marcia Gay Harden, Billy Bob Thornton, Jacki Weaver, Paul Giamatti, Tom Welling, Mark Duplass, James Badge Dale and Colin Hanks star in the film that recounts the events at Dallas' Parkland Hospital…

Exclusive Media has closed a deal with Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions for Parkland in Eastern Europe, Scandinavia, Iceland, Greece, Turkey and Latin America. The hot EFM title, which has Open Road in talks to distribute domestically, recounts the events at Dallas’ Parkland Hospital on November 22, 1963. It’s…

EXCLUSIVE: Mark Duplass continues to branch out as an actor beyond his DIY indie roots with two new projects, even as he and brother Jay keep building their joint TV and film portfolio. The Safety Not Guaranteed star has signed on for Universal and Blumhouse‘s Mercy, a fantasy-horror project based on a short from…

EXCLUSIVE: After a 10-season run as the super-hero-in-training Clark Kent in the CW series Smallville, Tom Welling is taking a break from TV and transitioning to features. He’s just landed a co-starring role in Parkland, the Exclusive Media feature that is being directed by Peter Landesman. He joins Paul Giamatti, Zac…

EXCLUSIVE: Open Road is in final talks for domestic distribution on Parkland, a film that recounts the events that occurred at Parkland Hospital in Dallas on November 22, 1963. They are eyeing a release late this fall, around the 50th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. The film’s written…

BREAKING: Zac Efron and Marcia Gay Harden have joined Paul Giamatti, Billy Bob Thornton and Jacki Weaver in Parkland, which Peter Landesman wrote and will direct based on Vincent Bugliosi’s book Reclaiming History: The Assassination Of President John F. Kennedy. The film is produced by Playtone partners Tom Hanks and…