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Open Road Films has a announced a a multi-picture development financing deal with Crystal City Entertainment/Boundary Stone Films today for all of Open Road's own productions during the coming years. Two to four films a year are expected to be developed through the deal, with each film getting a wide domestic release…

Veteran music exec Jason Markey has joined STX Entertainment as EVP and Head of Music. Markey will be in charge of all aspects of the music for films including production of scores and soundtracks. He will work alongside STX's filmmakers to source songs and develop original music for 12 to 15 movies a year. Markey…

Glen Basner’s FilmNation Entertainment has sealed a batch of multi-year output deals with international distributors to cover titles that Open Road produces or acquires for the world. This follows the November hook-up of the companies for FilmNation to sell and service all Open Road productions and international…

Jamie Foxx and Michelle Monaghan have signed on to star in Sleepless Night, a Vertigo Entertainment action thriller that will be directed by Baran Bo Odar. Open Road Films will finance production and take worldwide distribution rights under their recently announced partnership with FilmNation. The pic is a…

EXCLUSIVE: Warner Bros, which last fall optioned remake rights to the French action film Sleepless Night at Toronto, is bent on pairing All You Need Is Kill scribe Dante Harper with World Trade Center scribe Andrea Berloff to figure out the English language version of the film. The writers just met but their…