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EXCLUSIVE: BET has handed a 10-episode series order to legal thriller Sacrifice, headlined by Paula Patton. The project, from Footage Films, originated as a movie written, executive produced and directed by Chris Stokes, which served as a back-door pilot. It debuted in December 2019 on BET+ as the streaming service's…

BET+, BET Networks’ new streaming service is ramping up production on its original content. Paula Patton (Hitch, Precious) is set to star in Sacrifice, a new original movie set for premiere on BET+ in 2020. Written, executive produced and directed by Chris Stokes, Los Angeles-set Sacrifice stars Patton as Daniella…

Russell Brand and Paula Patton have joined Oscar-winner Michael Caine and The Crown star Matthew Goode in family adventure film Four Kids And It. Shoot is under way in Ireland on the feature which is directed by Andy De Emmony (West Is West) and follows four children who are horrified to learn that their beach holiday…

Nikita alum Devon Sawa has been cast opposite Paula Patton in Somewhere Between, ABC's thriller drama series with a supernatural twist, which has a 10-episode straight-to-series order for summer 2017. Written by Legend Of The Seeker and Taxi Brooklyn co-creator Stephen Tolkin and based on a Korean format, Somewhere Bet…

Paula Patton has been set as the lead of Somewhere Between, ABC’s thriller drama series with a supernatural twist, which has a 10-episode straight-to-series order for summer 2017. Written by Legend Of The Seeker and Taxi Brooklyn co-creator Stephen Tolkin based on a Korean format, Somewhere Between centers on…

Paula Patton and actor-comedian Mike Epps have inked with Primary Wave Entertainment, the company formed from the amalgam of Evolution Entertainment Partners, Intellectual Artists Group and Primary Wave Music. Patton most recently appeared in Universal’s Warcraft and Adam Sandler’s Netflix comedy The Do-Over. Credits…

Having missed the press screening last week for Warcraft, I am a little late to the party on this one. But even though it grossed only $24 million in the U.S. since opening on Friday, I was enormously curious about this movie since in its first five days in China alone it grossed $156 million. Say what? And a total of…

EXCLUSIVE: Paula Patton is making a deal to join Adam Sandler and David Spade in The Do-Over, the Steve Brill-directed comedy that will be the second film in the multipicture pact Sandler and his Happy Madison made with Netflix. Scripted by Chris Pappas and Kevin Barnett, the comedy is about two down-on-their-luck…

After lengthy negotiations, Paula Patton (Mission Impossible – Ghost Protocol) has signed on for the lead in ABC drama pilot Runner, marking the first major series commitment for the feature actress. Written by Michael Cooney based on the Turkish series Son and directed by Michael Offer, the project, from 20th TV and…

EXCLUSIVE UPDATE, 10 AM: Here is the short list of actors going up for the other lead roles in Warcraft, the Legendary Pictures/Atlas Entertainment adaptation of the vidgame World Of Warcraft. I’m told that on the short list is Paul Dano, fresh from the weekend openers Prisoners; Travis Fimmel, a revelation as the…

EXCLUSIVE: Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol’s Paula Patton has signed with CAA. She had been repped at WME. Patton, whose credits include Deja Vu and Precious, makes the rep switch after completing Disconnect opposite Jason Bateman and Alexander Skarsgård (the film opens April 19); Two Guns opposite Mark Wahlberg…

EXCLUSIVE: Fox Searchlight has set Paula Patton to star in Baggage Claim, a comedy that David Talbert has adapted and will direct from his bestselling 2003 novel. Patton will play flight attendant Montana Moore, who at 35 is the oldest woman in her family not married. With her sister tying the knot, Montana and her…