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Following a number of high-profile signings, WME can add another major star to the list as the agency has signed Zac Efron for representation. Best known for roles in such hits as the Neighbors franchise and Hair Spray, Efron recently wrapped production on Blumhouse's Firestarter reboot, in which he was the lead.  He…

EXCLUSIVE: Director Peter Farrelly finally is ready to follow his Best Picture Oscar winner Green Book. Apple Studios is in talks to finance The Greatest Beer Run Ever, with Zac Efron and Russell Crowe in talks to star and Bill Murray is being courted for a supporting role. Since that victorious Oscar Night, Farrelly…

EXCLUSIVE: Disney+ reboot of the 80s classic Three Men And A Baby is gaining steam as director Mo Marable has been tapped to direct the movie for the streamer. Zac Efron recently signed on to star in the pic. The remake is intended for Disney+ with Disney’s live-action division running point. Gordon Gray is…

Zac Efron (The Greatest Showman) has boarded survival thriller Gold, which Altitude Film Sales will introduce to buyers at the upcoming AFM virtual market and will co-rep domestic sales on with CAA Media Finance. Actor Anthony Hayes (Animal Kingdom) will direct and co-star, based on a screenplay he co-wrote with Polly…

Zac Efron has boarded Universal/Blumhouse/Weed Road Productions’ relaunch of Stephen King’s Firestarter. As previously announced, Keith Thomas (The Vigil) is directing the latest iteration that is being adapted by writer Scott Teems (Halloween Kills, Rectify), who will also executive produce. The first movie, released…

It has taken half a century since the 1969 TV debut of lovable great Dane Scooby-Doo to see an animated feature come to fruition, but its time has come and thus we have Scoob! The Warner Bros toon originally was scheduled to open wide in theaters today, but the studio scrapped those plans because of the coronavirus…

When ABC and Bob Iger asked High School Musical director Kenny Ortega to participate in the April 16 special, The Disney Family Singalong, he was immediately on board. “I wanted to find something I can do to participate and it was so great to be given the call and invited by ABC to join,” Ortega told Deadline. “It…

Zac Efron has confirmed that he fell ill while filming on location in Papua New Guinea for his new Quibi show Killing Zac Efron. In a post on Twitter and Instagram on Sunday, Efron said: “Very thankful to everyone who has reached out. I did get sick in Papua New Guinea but I bounced back quick and finished an amazing…

Zac Efron has conquered the High School Musical, navigated the age-swapping movie genre in 17 Again, was in charge of the big top in The Greatest Showman and stepped into the shoes of a serial killer in Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile. Now the actor is stepping into the wild and going into survival mode…

EXCLUSIVE: Here's a package that should prompt some AFM buzz. I can reveal that Zac Efron is attached to star in comedy King Of The Jungle. Pic comes from Crazy, Stupid, Love and I Love You Phillip Morris filmmakers Glenn Ficarra and John Requa, who are directing from a screenplay by Golden Globe and Emmy-winning…

It’s the dawn of civilization and humans don’t know how to act, what to eat or what a wheel or fire is. In the new trailer for the Facebook Watch animated series, we see characters voiced by Zac Efron and Anna Kendrick try to navigate this new thing called human civilization and try to make it to the end of the day…

The title of the latest film about notorious serial killer Ted Bundy is Extremely Wicked Shockingly Evil and Vile, but they probably could have made it even longer by adding the words: And Dull. Documentarian Joe Berlinger has made a well-meaning and thankfully non-exploitative version of Bundy’s dark and repulsive…