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The more than $10 million breach of contract lawsuit just filed over the 2018 Melissa McCarthy starrer Life of the Party may prove a party pooper for the Ghostbusters actress, Warner Bros, director Ben Falcone, the Gersh Agency, agent Sean Barclay, and Brett Ratner and his RatPac banner. "Plaintiff formally pitched…

The shocking allegations made against Brett Ratner has direct impact on Warner Bros, where Ratner is partners with producer/financier in the WB slate co-financier RatPac, which essentially puts up 25% of all of the studio’s pictures, excepting Harry Potter and some others. Per a Warner Bros spokesman: “We are aware of…

Filmmakers, always alert about “following the money,” are taking notice of this phenomenon: Raising money for theatrical films (especially drama) is getting tougher, while funding for documentaries is expanding exponentially. And there's growing heat in TV and film for the relatively new domain of “scripted reality.” <a href="https://deadline.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/princess-diana.jpg"…

BREAKING: Brett Ratner and James Packer’s RatPac Press entered into a joint venture to publish Ben Mezrich’s Seven Wonders through Running Press Publishers next spring. Deadline told you back in May that Ratner and Packer set the movie rights at Fox, back when the book was a proposal. It was the first deal Ratner and…

EXCLUSIVE: New Regency has become a co-financier on the untitled film that Cameron Crowe is directing for Sony Pictures, starring Bradley Cooper, Emma Stone, Rachel McAdams, Danny McBride, Alec Baldwin and Bill Murray. Regency will share its 50% investment with RatPac, the company launched by James Packer and Brett…