EXCLUSIVE: The Shailene Woodley serial killer thriller Misanthrope has presold around the world for FilmNation here in Cannes following a buyer presentation that included the Big Little Lies actress and director Damian Szifron (Wild Tales). Woodley will star as a talented but troubled cop recruited by the FBI to help…

EXCLUSIVE: Playing House and The Odd Couple‘s Lindsay Sloane has boarded Drake Doremus’ untitled Shailene Woodley movie which CJ Entertainment is developing, financing and producing. The pic set in current day Los Angeles follows Daphne (Woodley), a thirtysomething woman navigating love and heartbreak over the course…

EXCLUSIVE: Big Little Lies star Shailene Woodley, 50 Shades of Grey and A Private War star Jamie Dornan, Captain America‘s Sebastian Stan and Criminal Minds veteran Matthew Gray Gubler have been set to lead Drake Doremus' next movie, which gets underway in Los Angeles this week. CJ Entertainment is developing…

It has taken 35 years for Tami Oldham's compelling survival-at-sea story to make it to the movies, but as I say in my video review (click the link above to watch), it was worth the wait. Sure we have seen similar kinds of stories like this, where one person must face the odds alone against Mother Nature, but when it…

EXCLUSIVE: Megan Park has been brought on to write the New Line feature No Baggage, based on the Salon article "The Craziest OkCupid Date Ever" by Clara Bensen. The article tells the true story of an unlikely online date. Shailene Woodley already is attached to the project, which is being produced by Offspring…

“We’re not gonna die out here.” Coming off one of the most ruthless  hurricane seasons in memory, here is the new trailer for Adrift, the survival-at-sea drama starring Shailene Woodley and Sam Claflin from director Baltasar Kormákur. Landlubbers who blanch at the thought of facing a wave the size of an office…

In a refreshing change from the very choreographed presentations of the major studios that dominate the conversation at CinemaCon, STX Entertainment tonight showed off the kind of innovative and exciting slate the majors now shy away from. Instead of the predictable retreads, STX’s lineup had not a single sequel…

STXfilms will be opening Baltasar Kormákur’s Adrift wide on June 1. The pic stars Shailene Woodley and Sam Claflin as avid sailors who set out on a journey across the ocean and encounter one of the most catastrophic hurricanes in recorded history. Aaron Kandell, Jordan Kandell and David Branson Smith adapted Adrift…

EXCLUSIVE: Veteran talent agent Ryan Bartlett is leaving UTA to form a new percentery, Hyperion Talent Agency. He will launch with several clients, led by Shailene Woodley, who's coming off HBO’s Big Little Lies and is currently shooting Adrift for STX; Ashton Sanders (he’ll share representation with Savage Agency)…

EXCLUSIVE: STXfilms is near a deal to produce and distribute Adrift, the Baltasar Kormákur-directed true story of survival at sea that has Shailene Woodley in negotiations. The division of STX Entertainment is acquiring world rights to the twentysomething net budget film that begins production in June. STX will…

Management 360 has brought in Nils Larsen to be a manager in its talent department. Larsen spent the past six years at Principato-Young Entertainment, after the company acquired his management company Elements Entertainment. His strong suit is finding upcoming talent, and his client list includes Shailene Woodley, (Div…

EXCLUSIVE: While movie business transactions have been sluggish since Thanksgiving, it looks like there will be a last rush of deal-making before the holidays set in. The hot package that has buyers salivating right this moment: Several distributors are engaged on Adrift, a drama spec by Aaron & Jordan Kandell that…