EXCLUSIVE: Brad Anderson (The Call) is attached to direct horror Book Of Leaves, which The Exchange will be launching in Cannes next week. The original screenplay by Jonathan Hirschbein (The Fix) centers on a single mother and former nun who has lost her faith. When she is hired by the Vatican’s General Council to…

EXCLUSIVE: Justin Hartley, Avan Jogia, and Ed Oxenbould are attached to star in The Exchange, a coming-of-age comedy which is being directed by Dan Mazer. Mazer is a long-time collaborator of Sacha Baron Cohen who got his start as a writer/ director/producer on Cohen’s Da Ali G Show and was recently part…

EXCLUSIVE: Anne Heche (John Q) and Jason Patric (In The Valley Of Elah) are joining Thomas Jane (Predator) in upcoming action-thriller Hour Of Lead from writer-director Peter Facinelli (Breaking & Entering). The Exchange is handling sales at the EFM. Currently shooting in the U.S., the film charts the fallout after a…

EXCLUSIVE: Michael Zegen, one of the breakout stars of The Marvelous Mrs Maisel, is joining Drew Barrymore in The Stand-In. The actor, who plays Joel Maisel in the Amazon series, has booked a lead opposite Barrymore in the film, which is produced by Flower Films in association with The Exchange. The romantic comedy is…

EXCLUSIVE: Oscar-winning Austrian filmmaker Stefan Ruzowitzky has become attached to direct Jet Lag, an airport-set thriller. Brian O’Shea’s The Exchange has boarded international rights with Rich Freeman of Code Entertainment producing alongside Nic Izzi. Sales start at the EFM next week. Jet Lag, penned by Craig…

Drew Barrymore is doubling up with her latest feature The Stand-In, a romantic comedy directed by But I'm A Cheerleader director Jamie Babbit. The film is being produced by Barrymore's Flower Films in association with The Exchange, which will be launching it in Berlin. The Stand-In is written by Sam Bain, the British…

EXCLUSIVE: Los Angeles Media Fund has signed a first-look deal with London-based company Who’s On First to produce film and TV projects primarily in the comedy space. The two already have a pair of film projects in the works: a bittersweet wedding comedy And Mrs., penned by Melissa Bubnic and eyeing a spring 2018…

Brian O'Shea's The Exchange has boarded international sales rights to horror-comedy Tragedy Girls, which premiered at SXSW earlier this year. The company will launch sales in Cannes to foreign buyers. CAA is repping domestic rights and a U.S. deal is expected to be announced shortly. Story, which is produced by The…

Veteran producer Tom McNulty, whose credits include The Spectacular Now and Date Night, has been hired by The Exchange to launch the company's first development and production division. "By bringing Tom on, we are taking a big step toward our feature film production and development goals," said The Exchange founder…

EXCLUSIVE: The Exchange has boarded international sales on Patrick, an upcoming family pic from Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie director Mandie Fletcher. Ab Fab‘s Jennifer Saunders co-stars with her daughter Beattie Edmondson. Vanessa Davies wrote the screenplay with Paul de Vos and Fletcher. Davies produces with de…

EXCLUSIVE: Lin Oeding, whose action design and stunt credits include Ant-Man, The Equalizer, Straight Outta Compton and Inception, is set to helm Office Uprising. The genre pic is due to begin production in Alabama at the end of November. The Exchange is handling international sales. Office Uprising stars Brenton Thwai…

International sales rights to King Cobra, Justin Kelly’s porn saga starring James Franco and Christian Slater, have been acquired by The Exchange, CEO Brian O’Shea announced today. The Exchange – which represented Kelly’s first film I Am Michael – adds King Cobra to a Toronto film festival line-up that also includes…