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EXCLUSIVE: The Clapper, the Dito Montiel comedy starring Ed Helms and Amanda Seyfried that bowed at the Tribeca Film Festival this spring, has been acquired by Momentum Pictures, which plans an early 2018 release. The deal was just finalized at the Toronto Film Festival but does not include streaming; Netflix has…

Professional clapper is actually a job in Hollywood. Yes, we all know about studio audiences for TV shows – no L.A. tourist gets paid for that (though it could be argued that those visiting New York would pay to sit in the audience of Saturday Night Live if they could), but on informercials, you can make as much as…

EXCLUSIVE: Here’s an exclusive clip from Dito Montiel’s comedy The Clapper, which is gearing up for for its Tribeca Film fest world premiere April 23. The film, adapted from Montiel’s novel of the same name, is about people living a simple and content life before unexpected circumstances thrust them into Hollywood's…

EXCLUSIVE: Michael Trucco and Ryan McPartlin have boarded Original Film’s submarine thriller Hunter Killer. It stars Gerard Butler as an untested sub captain teamed with an elite military unit to rescue the Russian president (Gary Oldman) from an ongoing military coup. Billy Bob Thornton, Common, and Taylor John Smith…

EXCLUSIVE: Mark Cuban, NFL All-Pro Rob Gronkowski and the new face of Victoria’s Secret Sara Sampaio have joined the film The Clapper, writer-director Dito Montiel’s comedy that also stars Ed Helms, Tracy Morgan, Amanda Seyfried, Russell Peters and Adam Levine. The story follows Eddie Krumble, a professional clapper…

EXCLUSIVE: With his future in doubt as part of NBC’s The Voice after next season, Adam Levine has no doubt what his next gig will be: The Maroon 5 frontman will moonlight from his duties as judge on top-rated series to appear in comedy feature The Clapper. He will join other Ed Helms, Amanda Seyfried, Tracy Morgan…

EXCLUSIVE: Tracy Morgan is in talks to star opposite Ed Helms and Amanda Seyfried in writer/director Dito Montiel’s new comedy The Clapper. The project would reunite Morgan with filmmaker Montiel who cast him in 2011 cop drama The Son of No One. Adapted from Montiel’s own book of the same name, The Clapper is about a…

EXCLUSIVE: Ed Helms and Amanda Seyfried are anchoring a new comedy called The Clapper said to be in the vein of The King of Comedy. This will be writer/director’s Dito Montiel’s next film, one that is a passion project for him as he is adapting from his own book of the same name. The Clapper is about a professional…