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CBS Orders Pilots For ‘The Good Wife’ Spinoff ‘Elsbeth’ Starring Carrie Preston & ‘Matlock’ Reboot With Kathy Bates, Writers Rooms For ‘The Pact’ & ‘Watson’
The decline in broadcast pilots continues. CBS has ordered its fewest drama pilots ever in a pilot season: two. Also part of a trend, both are based on IP from established auspices and big-name talent already attached — Robert and Michelle King’s Elsbeth starring Carrie Preston, a police procedural…
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NAACP-CBS Studios Venture Sells Dramas ‘For Justice’ & ‘The Pact’ To CBS
EXCLUSIVE: The NAACP production venture with CBS Studios has set up two more drama projects at CBS in its second broadcast development cycle, For Justice, from writers Sallie Patrick and Garen Thomas, which is based on the life of former NYPD Detective Katrina Brownlee; and The Pact, from writer Marcus…
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Chloe Bailey Boards ‘Midas Touch’; Hires At ‘The Pact’ Producer Little Door; ‘The Battle At Lake Changjin’ Named Golden Rooster Best Film; First Poster For Sudhanshu Saria’s ‘Sanaa’; ‘Ackley Bridge’ Ends — Global Briefs
Chloe Bailey Boards AGC Studio's Wall Street Drama 'Midas Touch'
Musician and actor Chloe Bailey (Grown-ish) has signed on to star in the Wall Street drama Midas Touch from AGC Studios. The flick follows the true story of Lauren Simmons, the youngest equity trader on the floor of the New York Stock…
‘The Handmaid’s Tale’s Madeline Brewer To Star In Topical Horror ‘Pruning’; Leticia Peguero Joins Stanley Nelson’s Firelight; Freestyle Acquires WWII Doc ‘Syndrome K’ Narrated By Ray Liotta; More – Film Briefs
EXCLUSIVE: Emmy nominee Madeline Brewer (The Handmaid’s Tale) has signed on to star alongside Peyton Kennedy, Anjali Bhimani, Jeremy Radin, Akilah Hughes and Ben Gleib in the indie Pruning.
In Lola Blanc’s psychological horror film, which is currently in production in the Los Angeles area, a far-right political…
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Ne-Yo, Kym Whitley & Tyler Kay Whitley Board Robert Butler’s Rom-Com ‘The Pact’
EXCLUSIVE: Ne-Yo (Step Up: High Water) has signed on to star alongside his real-life aunt Kym Whitley (Twenties) and niece Tyler Kay Whitley (The Game) in the indie romantic comedy The Pact, from writer-director Robert Mychal Patrick Butler (Life Ain’t Like The Movies).
The film follows best friends Jessie (Tyler Kay…
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Juno Films Acquires Rights To Oscar Winner Bille August’s Drama ‘The Pact’ About ‘Out Of Africa’ Author Karen Blixen
EXCLUSIVE: Juno Films has claimed North America rights to The Pact, a film from Oscar and Palme d’Or-winning director Bille August (Pelle the Conqueror, House of Spirits), which is based on the true story of Out of Africa author Karen Blixen, planning to release it in U.S. and Canadian theaters in early 2022, followed…
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Universal Parent-Teen Comedy ‘The Pact’ Moves Up In Spring 2018 Calendar
Universal’s teen comedy The Pact directed by Pitch Perfect scribe Kay Cannon is moving up a few weeks next spring, from April 20 to April 6.
Pic stars Leslie Mann, Ike Barinholtz, and John Cena as three parents who spring a covert operation on their daughters’ prom night, to prevent them from losing their…
June Diane Raphael, Hannibal Buress & Sarayu Blue Enlist In ‘The Pact’
EXCLUSIVE: Grace And Frankie actress June Diane Raphael, comedian Hannibal Buress, and Sarayu Blue are making The Pact for Universal/Point Grey Pictures. Production has commenced on the film, helmed by Kay Cannon and starring Leslie Mann, Ike Barinholtz and John Cena. It’s slated for release April 20.
Seth Rogen…
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Graham Phillips, Miles Robbins & Jimmy Bellinger Join ‘The Pact’ From Universal
EXCLUSIVE: Universal has cast Graham Phillips, Miles Robbins and Jimmy Bellinger as the boyfriends in The Pact, a comedy about three parents who discover their daughters' plan to lose their virginity at prom and launch a one-night operation to stop the teens from sealing the deal.
Starring Leslie Mann, Ike Barinholtz…
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‘Big Little Lies’ Kathryn Newton, Gideon Adlon & Geraldine Viswanathan Make ‘The Pact’
EXCLUSIVE: Kathryn Newton, last seen as Reese Witherspoon’s daughter in HBO’s Big Little Lies, has been set with Gideon Adlon and Geraldine Viswanathan for the daughter roles in Point Grey Pictures/Universal’s comedy The Pact, which revolves around three parents who discover their daughters' pact to lose their…
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Universal Acquires Leslie Mann-Ike Barinholtz-John Cena Comedy ‘The Pact’ For 2018 Release
Universal has greenlighted Point Grey Pictures’ The Pact, which the studio will release on April 20, 2018.
The movie, which marks the directorial debut of Pitch Perfect scribe Kay Cannon and stars Leslie Mann, Ike Barinholtz and John Cena, revolves around three parents who discover their daughters’ pact to lose their…
‘Pitch Perfect’ Scribe Kay Cannon To Direct ‘The Pact’
Kay Cannon (Pitch Perfect) is making her directorial debut on feature comedy The Pact, with Point Grey’s Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg and James Weaver producing alongside Jon Hurwitz & Hayden Schlossberg and DMG Entertainment's Chris Fenton. Good Universe’s Nathan Kahane, Joe Drake and Chris Cowles will executive…
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