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EXCLUSIVE: "I try to think big!' says Tura Satana's Varla in Russ Meyer's cult classic Faster Pussycat, Kill! Kill!, and that's exactly what Norman Reedus and AMC Studios plan to do. The Walking Dead star's bigbaldhead production company and AMC Studios are developing a small-screen series version of Meyer’s 1965…

EXCLUSIVE: Rhino Films’ Stephen Nemeth, writer-director Adam Rifkin and producer Chris Kobin are developing a TV series based on indie filmmaker Russ Meyer called Faster Pussycat! and they're using their own personal experiences meeting with and interviewing Meyer over the years as the basis for the project. In fact…

EXCLUSIVE: Is Once and Begin Again helmer John Carney looking to take a break from a streak of musical-themed film that continues with the Sundance sensation Sing Street? Carney and STX Entertainment are discussing with the Irish filmmaker Russ & Roger Go Beyond, about the time that the soft-core porn impresario and…

EXCLUSIVE: Bob Simonds’ STX Entertainment is in talks to finance and distribute domestically Russ & Roger Go Beyond, about the time that the soft-core porn impresario and film critic teamed to make 1970’s Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls. Deadline already has revealed that Will Ferrell is circling the role of Meyer, and…

Will Ferrell is circling to play softcore film producer Russ Meyer in a movie about the time he collaborated with film critic Roger Ebert to make Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls. The indie project is taking shape quickly. Filmmakers including Edgar Wright are intrigued, as are actors who might play the late Ebert, a…