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EXCLUSIVE: Foundation Media Partners has secured exclusive book, film and documentary rights to the life story of Terry Watanabe, the notorious gambling addict who made history as Las Vegas’ biggest ever whale, losing over $200 million in a single year after gambling an unprecedented $825 million. While it’s as yet…

EXCLUSIVE: Three of the biggest action directors in the game are coming together to help give a new spin on one of the decade’s most acclaimed action pics. Sources tell Deadline that Netflix has come aboard a new reimagining of Gareth Evans’ cult classic The Raid, tapping Patrick Hughes to direct with Michael Bay and…

EXCLUSIVE UPDATE: Busy night for Jason Statham. He just parted company with WME, the agency that signed him away from CAA early last year. Trying to get to the bottom of this, but it was a mutual decision between agency and client, and it happened right on the heels of Statham exiting the Sony Pictures comedy The Man F…

Hollywood action and comedy heavyweights Jason Statham and Kevin Hart are in talks to star in The Man From Toronto,  which is being directed by The Expendables 3 and The Hitman’s Bodyguard helmer Patrick Hughes.  The action-comedy is slated for release November 20 via Sony Pictures. Robbie Fox (Playing for Keeps)…

EXCLUSIVE: Build-A-Bear Workshop is making a big foray into showbiz brand building. While the venerable Missouri-based concern that draws kids to build their own stuffed toys seems a natural to broaden into brand-obsessed TV and film properties as it evolves its retail operation into a more diverse business that…

Oscar winner Morgan Freeman (Million Dollar Baby) has signed on for The Hitman's Bodyguard sequel from Lionsgate and Millennium Films. Ryan Reynolds, Samuel L. Jackson, and Salma Hayek are set to reprise their roles with Patrick Hughes is returning to direct from a screenplay by Tom O'Connor. The latest installment…