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EXCLUSIVE:  Jayme Lawson, Hero Fiennes Tiffin and Masali Baduza are joining TriStar’s Gina Prince-Bythewood directed historical African epic The Woman King which stars Oscar winner Viola Davis. “We are so lucky to catch these three rising phenoms who are bringing their incredible passion and talent to this beautiful…

EXCLUSIVE: TriStar Pictures long-awaited new retelling of the musical smash hit Guys And Dolls looks to be moving closer to a reality as the studio has tapped Oscar-winner Bill Condon to direct the latest adaptation. Condon had been weighing several projects to take on as his next but over the last month, Guys And Doll…

EXCLUSIVE: In competition, TriStar Pictures has optioned movie rights to A Most Agreeable Murder, a whodunit by first-time novelist Julia Seales, who is the writers assistant for Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Donald Glover’s Mr. and Mrs. Smith reboot at Amazon. Seales will adapt her novel, and 3 Arts will produce. Erwin Sto…

EXCLUSIVE: Sony Pictures UK and TriStar Pictures have set a December 2, 2022 theatrical release for Matilda in the UK and Ireland, just in time for the holidays. TriStar is co-producing the adaptation of the beloved West End musical with Netflix and retains rights in the UK. This will not be a day-and-date release…

EXCLUSIVE: In Sony Pictures Entertainment’s second seven-figure deal this week for a multi-book series, TriStar Pictures emerged from a bidding battle to win The Broken Earth sci-fi trilogy by N.K. Jemisin. The author will adapt the books herself. Sony, in partnership with Elizabeth Gabler’s 3000 Pictures, earlier…

EXCLUSIVE: Sony Pictures Entertainment has officially promoted Nicole Brown to president of TriStar Pictures, one-year after Brown was tapped to head the film division for the specialty label following the departure of long-time exec Hannah Minghella. Brown, who last year was appointed to head TriStar Pictures as…

Bad Robot has hired TriStar Pictures and TriStar Television president Hannah Minghella as Head of Motion Pictures. In the new role she will steer the film division of JJ Abrams’ company, and she will work in partnership with chairman and CEO Abrams and co-CEO Katie McGrath, to whom she will report. The move, which…

EXCLUSIVE: TriStar Pictures has picked up Daniel Kunka’s pitch about a female-driven sci-fi thriller, based on the CAGN short story by Christian Cantrell. Originally self-published under the title Anansi Island, the “Michael Crichton-esque” story centers on a mysterious island where a secret government project has…

Sony Pictures Entertainment said Thursday that TriStar Pictures Hannah Minghella will expand her role and assume oversight of TriStar Television. The move comes 10 months after the sudden death of Suzanne Patmore Gibbs, who had been the head of TriStar TV. Minghella and Patmore Gibbs had worked closely during their…

EXCLUSIVE: Sony’s TriStar Pictures has snatched up The Best Friends, a spec script by Chad Kultgen and Amy Rhodes with The Montecito Picture Company producing. Kultgen and Rhodes previously worked together on NBC’s short-lived comedy, Bad Judge, which was co-created by Kultgen and Anne Heche. This is the first…

The yet-to-be-titled Tom Hanks-starring Mister Rogers project has set its supporting cast as filming of the TriStar Pictures feature is currently underway. Enrico Colantoni (Veronica Mars), Maryann Plunkett (Blue Valentine), Tammy Blanchard (Into The Woods), Wendy Makkena (Sister Act films), Sakina Jaffrey (Timeless)…

UPDATED with studio statement and OSHA probe: A sound mixer has died after a fall on the set of the untitled film about Mister Rogers starring Tom Hanks. James M. Emswiller, an Emmy winner who also worked on major films such as The Avengers during a three-decade career, fell two stories from a balcony while taking a…