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EXCLUSIVE: Show Me What You Got, the directorial debut of Inside Job cinematographer Svetlana Cvetko, has wrapped production. The under-the-radar pic is backed by Blitz Films and counts award-winning filmmaker Phillip Noyce among its executive producers. Billed as a modern-day Jules & Jim, Show Me What You Got stars…

Australian documentary filmmaker James Ricketson was convicted today of espionage for an unnamed country by the Cambodian government and sentenced to six years in that country’s prison system. Ricketson was arrested in June 2017 and charged with endangering national security by flying a drone over an opposition party…

Phillip Noyce is set to direct Fox’s untitled drama pilot based on the best-selling book Gone Baby Gone by Dennis Lehane. The project hails from 20th Century Fox TV, where Noyce is under a first-look deal, and Miramax, which was behind the 2007 movie adaptation directed by Ben Affleck in his directorial debut. Written…

Australian helmer Phillip Noyce is prepping Rats of Tobruk, a World War II feature inspired by experiences his father shared of a brave band of untrained Oz soldiers. Nascent Canberra- and Los Angeles-based DEMS Entertainment is partnering to co-produce and finance the drama which is eyeing a 2019 production…

ABC has given a put pilot commitment to drama Eight Hundred Grapes, based on Laura Dave’s book, from The Path co-executive producer Julia Brownell, Phillip Noyce, 20th Century Fox TV and studio-based Temple Hill Entertainment. Written and executive produced by Brownell, Eight Hundred Grapes centers on Georgia Ford…

Phillip Noyce, who has directed such films as The Bone Collector and Salt, is on board to helm World War II action thriller The Devil's Brigade, which will begin principal photography at the end of this year in France. The film tells the true story of how Davie Berman, the only Jewish member of the Luciano mob, is…

Phillip Noyce is set to direct and executive produce Fox pilot The Resident, a dark medical drama written by Amy Holden Jones (Mystic Pizza), Hayley Schore & Roshan Sethi (Code Black) and executive produced by Antoine Fuqua. The Resident centers on an idealistic young doctor who begins his first day under the…

EXCLUSIVE: Phillip Noyce is concluding a deal to direct multiple episodes American Lion, the six-hour mini-series event to air on HBO next year. The project is expected to go before the cameras in October with Sean Penn portraying Andrew Jackson. The mini-series, from Facebook's head of market development Matt…

A+E Networks has tapped Phillip Noyce (Patriot Games) and Thomas Carter (Coach Carter) to direct nights one and three, respectively, of its four-night eight-hour scripted event series Roots, a remake of one of the most celebrated TV programs of all time. Directors for nights two and four are yet to be announced. In…

Phillip Noyce is set to direct Warrior, NBC’s magical martial arts drama pilot written/executive produced by Traveler creator David DiGilio and executive produced by Walter Parkes and Laurie MacDonald. The project, from Universal TV, was the first to get a traditional pilot order at the broadcast networks this…

Outside of the Angelina Jolie action film Salt, all the hits on Australian helmer Phillip Noyce’s resume are book adaptations. That ranges from his breakout hit Dead Calm to Patriot Games, Clear And Present Danger, Sliver, The Bone Collector, Rabbit-Proof Fence, and The Quiet American; he is currently adapting Philip…

Oscar winner Jennifer Connolly is joining Ewan McGregor in American Pastoral as the long-gestating Philip Roth adaptation heads toward lensing next spring. Connelly will play Dawn, the former beauty queen wife of McGregor’s Seymour “Swede” Levov in the Pulitzer-winning novel. When their daughter turns revolutionary…