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EXCLUSIVE: On the basis of a script and four-minute promo reel, Netflix has won an auction and acquired world rights to The Starling, the Ted Melfi-directed drama that stars Melissa McCarthy, Kevin Kline, Chris O'Dowd and Timothy Olyphant. Sources said the deal is in the $20 million range and while that might not be…

EXCLUSIVE: Kevin Kline has been set to star opposite Melissa McCarthy and Chris O’Dowd in The Starling, the Ted Melfi-directed drama that is being fully financed by Limelight. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood‘s Timothy Olyphant, Daveed Diggs (Hamilton), Skyler Gisondo (Booksmart), Loretta Devine (Grey’s Anatomy), Laura…

EXCLUSIVE: Melissa McCarthy and Chris O’Dowd are in talks to star for their St. Vincent director Ted Melfi in The Starling, a Black List scripted comedy by Matt Harris. The tone, comedy grounded with emotion, is comparable to St. Vincent. A married couple suffers a tragedy that strains their relationship. While her…

EXCLUSIVE: Woody Harrelson is in talks to star in Fruit Loops, the drama that Ted Melfi wrote and will direct for Fox 2000 and Chernin Entertainment. The project is in the vein of One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest, and it was one of the biggest pitch deals of 2016. Fox 2000’s Elizabeth Gabler beat out three other…

Deadline has confirmed that Ted Melfi is in final talks to helm the sci-fi time travel adventure Harry’s All Night Hamburgers for Warner Bros. Project is based on the 1987 Hugo Award-winning short story Why I Left Harry's All-Night Hamburgers by Lawrence Watt-Evans. Steve Desmond and Michael Sherman adapted the story…

Ted Melfi and Kimberly Quinn’s production company Goldenlight Films has signed a first-look deal with Alcon Television Group. The two-year pact will see the Hidden Figures and St Vincent director write, direct, supervise, and produce original projects for Alcon. The deal includes all content created and developed by…

El Camino Christmas is a dark comedy directed by Dave Talbert and starring an ensemble cast led by Luke Grimes, Tim Allen, Dax Shepard, Vincent D’Onofrio, Kurtwood Smith, Michelle Mylett, Kimberly Quinn and Jessica Alba. It is also the next film from Hidden Figures filmmaker Ted Melfi. The Netflix pic will start…

A group of Hollywood filmmakers, sports teams and Deadline’s parent company Penske Media Corp are among those teaming to support the launch of this country’s first annual National Heroes Day today. The Day is designed as a celebration of every day Americans who perform courageous and selfless acts of heroism. National…

EXCLUSIVE: Hidden Figures filmmaker Ted Melfi has found his next project, and it’s one he’s had his eye on for a decade — the dark comedy El Camino Christmas which he is now partnered on with Netflix. Melfi and director Dave Talbert have gathered together a top-line cast for the film: Tim Allen and Vincent D’Onofrio…

When it comes to evaluating the financial performance of top movies, it isn't about what a film grosses at the box office. The true tale is told when production budgets, P&A, talent participations and other costs collide with box office grosses and ancillary revenues from VOD to DVD and TV. To get close to that mysteri…

EXCLUSIVE: Hidden Figures, the Chernin Entertainment/20th Century Fox film that goes wide today, is a story that took 55 years to be told. Coming off last year’s #OscarsSoWhite controversy, this year could turn into Oscar so Right with director Ted Melfi and Allison Schroeder’s film adaptation of the Margot Lee…

Following strong social media reaction to the first trailer shown during the Olympics, and huge scores in a first test screening, the Ted Melfi-directed Hidden Figures is looking like it might figure heavily in the upcoming awards-season race for Fox 2000 and Chernin Entertainment. Fox is finalizing plans to bring…