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EXCLUSIVE: While we wait for the Sundance acquisitions market to get going, I’ve learned that a coveted title not in the festival has sold in a substantial preemptive deal after a bidding battle. Tom Quinn’s NEON has landed Ammonite, a Francis Lee (God’s Own Country) scripted and directed drama that stars Kate Winslet…

Greta Gerwig’s Little Women may have a shot at the Academy’s top prize – Best Picture – as per Monday morning’s Oscar nominations announcement, with Saoirse Ronan and Florence Pugh nominated for acting, Jacqueline Durran for Costume Design and Gerwig herself for Adapted Screenplay, but she missed out for directing, a…

Saoirse Ronan may not be the youngest Oscar nominee, but she can lay claim to being in that rare club of actors who have been nominated three times before their 30th birthday. And with another five years to go before that particular milestone, there's plenty of time for a fourth. Could it be for her turn this year in G…

After beginning limited overseas rollout in late December, Sony's Little Women continues marching to strong numbers. With two Golden Globe nominations on Sunday, the Greta Gerwig-directed update of Louisa May Alcott's classic novel has enjoyed notable post-Christmas launches in the UK, Australia/New Zealand, France…

Greta Gerwig had always loved Little Women, Louisa May Alcott's tale of four Civil War-era sisters, especially its protagonist, rebellious writer Jo. "It’s impossible for me to tease out at this point if Jo March was like me, and that’s why I was drawn to her," Gerwig says, "or if I liked Jo March, and thus I made…

There have been many film adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's Little Women, but writer-director Greta Gerwig's new version makes one crucial change: a nonlinear timeline. She told the crowd recently at Deadline’s The Contenders New York why it was important to focus the film on Jo (Saoirse Ronan), Meg (Emma Watson), Amy…

With at least six film versions preceding it, along with countless other television productions, is there really a need for yet another stab at Little Women, Louisa May Alcott’s classic tale of four sisters coming of age just after the Civil War? In the hands of writer-director Greta Gerwig, who clearly has a passion…

Louisa May Alcott's 19th century novel Little Women has proven as enduring as cinema itself: as well as two silent-movie adaptations, the story has been filmed four times since George Cukor's 1933 version, making Greta Gerwig's the fifth in less than 100 years. To discuss the film, Gerwig came to Deadline's The…

Skipping the festival circuit just as Bombshell did, Sony’s holiday-season gift, Little Women, was unveiled Wednesday night at a DGA Theater screening for SAG and select media, putting another piece of the Oscar puzzle into clearer focus. Greta Gerwig wrote and directed and, if you wondered after seven — count ’em…

EXCLUSIVE: Following a heated auction, See-Saw’s upcoming Kate Winslet-Saoirse Ronan romance-drama Ammonite has pre-sold to Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions, Lionsgate and Transmission for key international markets. SPWA has taken a slew of international territories including Asia, Italy, LatAm, Middle East…

While writing the script for Mary Queen of Scots, Beau Willimon spent a lot of time with two fascinating historical figures—Queen Elizabeth I, and her cousin, Mary Stuart—coming to identify personally with these women, for they ways in which they were devalued and misunderstood. For Willimon, as with these rulers, one…

Like costume designer Alexandra Byrne—her friend and frequent collaborator—Jenny Shircore was daunted by Mary Queen of Scots, trying to find a new angle on Queen Elizabeth I after covering her era twice before. Winning her first Oscar with Elizabeth in 1999, the hair and makeup designer is an expert in period work…