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Taraji P. Henson To Star In Adaptation Of Alessandro Camon’s ‘Time Alone’
EXCLUSIVE: Oscar nominated multi-hyphenate Taraji P. Henson is set to star in Time Alone, adapted from Alessandro Camon's award-winning play, with Camon slated to direct. Being the Ricardo producer Todd Black will produce along with Suzanne Warren. Emanuele Moretti's Motus Studios will Finance with Oakhurst…
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How Producer Todd Black Teamed With Aaron Sorkin To Make Amazon Studios’ ‘Being The Ricardos’ – Crew Call Podcast
UPDATED: Ever since Todd Black got into the film business as a producer, he wanted to work with Aaron Sorkin.
“I remember early on seeing things he wrote, even plays, and going ‘Wow, this guy has a voice like nobody’s business,'” says the Oscar-nominated producer of Fences.
However, Black says “I never had anything…
Sony, Escape Artists To Turn AfterShock Comics Series ‘The Kaiju Score’ Into Movie
EXCLUSIVE: In a competitive situation, Sony Pictures has acquired the film rights to AfterShock Comics' upcoming comic book series The Kaiju Score, from writer James Patrick (Grimm Fairy Tales, Death Comes to Dillinger, The Monsters of Jimmy Crumb) and artist Rem Broo (The End Times of Bram and Ben, Terminal…
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Apple Wins ‘Emancipation’; Will Smith’s Westbrook Relationship With Toppers Zack Van Amburg & Jamie Erlicht At Sony Helped Seal Festival Record Pre-Buy
EXCLUSIVE: The largest film festival acquisition deal in film history is now closed. Apple Studios has acquired world rights to Emancipation, the film package with Antoine Fuqua directing Will Smith in a Willam N. Collage-scripted action thriller about the harrowing escape of Peter, a runaway slave forced to outwit…
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Sony Acquires Sci-Fi Thriller Novel Influx’ & Sets ‘Bloodshot’ Helmer David S.F. Wilson To Direct
EXCLUSIVE: Sony Pictures has acquired the Daniel Suarez sci-fi thriller novel Influx, and has set Bloodshot helmer David S.F. Wilson to direct it. Zak Olkewicz is adapting the book, which won the Prometheus Award. Escape Artists’ Todd Black, Steve Tisch, Jason Blumenthal and Tony Shaw will produce.
The book tells a…
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Escape Artists Signs Jonathan Shukat’s ShowKat Productions To First Look Deal
EXCLUSIVE: We’ve learned that Escape Artists, the Sony-based production company run by partners Todd Black, Jason Blumenthal, Steve Tisch, and David Bloomfield, has inked New York based production company ShowKat Productions, run by producer Jonathan Shukat, to a first look deal covering both film and TV…
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Netflix Acquires Escape Artists’ Action Comedy Vehicle For ‘Top Gun: Maverick’s Glen Powell, Jay Ellis
EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has acquired an action/comedy feature pitch by screenwriter Michael Diliberti that he will write as a vehicle for Glen Powell (Set It Up) and Jay Ellis (Insecure), who will be seen together in the upcoming Paramount sequel Top Gun: Maverick.
Diliberti, whose credits include 30 Minutes Or Less, will…
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Producers Air NY Times Gripe: Just Because David Boies Lost $5 Million In Weinstein Scandal, Why Call ‘The Upside’ A Flop Three Months Before Its Release?
EXCLUSIVE: Steve Tisch had every right to feel good about the world as he flew back from Houston eight days ago after his New York Giants football team won its first game of the season over the Texans. Top draft pick RB Saquon Barkley scored a touchdown, and Eli Manning — the QB the team gave a confidence vote to by…
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Sony Pictures Lands ‘The Night Knights’; Ben Lustig & Jake Thornton Adapting
EXCLUSIVE: Sony has acquired the Gideon Sterer children's book The Night Knights, with Ben Lustig and Jake Thornton writing the script. The scribes pitched the project, and Sony won it in a competitive situation. Ian Bryce is producing through his Ian Bryce Productions banner alongside Escape Artists partners Todd Blac…
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Sandra Bullock Attached To Play Filibustering Texas Pol Wendy Davis In ‘Let Her Speak’
EXCLUSIVE: The hot project du jour is Let Her Speak, a Mario Correa script that just got Sandra Bullock attached, subject to landing a director she likes. Bullock will play Democratic Texas State Sen. Wendy Davis, who on June 25, 2013, hit the national spotlight when, against extraordinary odds, she singlehandedly…
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Sony Banks On Meryl Streep As 'Hope' Springs Into Theatres & 2012 Awards Race
Today Sony Pictures is doing the unthinkable. It is breaking, on a wide release of 2500+ screens, a dialogue-driven adult comedy/drama about the sex life (or lack of it) of a long-married couple both in their 60’s. And in the middle of August no less!
Sure it stars Meryl Streep, a bona fide box office draw even at her…
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Sony Eyes Jason Segel And Reese Witherspoon To Star In Nick Stoller-Helmed 'Sex Tape'
EXCLUSIVE: Sony Pictures is starting to get hot and heavy with Sex Tape, the Kate Angelo-scripted comedy that the studio acquired in June in a seven-figure spec deal. The script’s about a married couple who take a night off from their kids, decide to get adventurous and spice things up by making a private sex tape…
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