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EXCLUSIVE: Ted Melfi, whose new film The Starling premiered last night at the Toronto Film Festival, has been set to adapt, direct and produce for Netflix Underworld, based on the seminal novel by Don DeLillo. The novel is a sprawling tapestry spread across decades that has a through line of the home run Bobby Thomson…

EXCLUSIVE: Among the world premieres being offered at the Toronto Film Festival this week is the latest from director Ted Melfi, The Starling, which reteams him with Melissa McCarthy and Chris O’Dowd. Both also appeared in Melfi’s much acclaimed St. Vincent that starred Bill Murray and which also had its world…

Danny Glover, Matt Dillon, Danny Pudi and Michelle Mylett joined the cast of American Dreamer, the Paul Dektor-directed dark comedy that has just gotten underway in Vancouver. The actors join Peter Dinklage, Shirley MacLaine and Kim Quinn on the Ted Melfi scripted film. Dinklage, David Ginsberg, Quinn, Melfi and…

EXCLUSIVE: Peter Dinklage and Shirley MacLaine are set to star in American Dreamer, an indie which has been set to begin production March 15 in Vancouver. The film is written by Academy Award nominee Theodore Melfi, and will be directed by award winning commercial director Paul Dektor. American Dreamer is produced by…

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…