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Isla Fisher ( Wolf Like Me ) and Greg Kinnear ( Shining Vale ) will topline the family comedy The Present , from director Christian Ditter ( How to Be Single ), which has entered production in Los Angeles. In the film from Stuart Ford’s independent content studio AGC Studios , a brilliant boy discovers he can manipulate time using an enchanted family heirloom, then teaming up with his siblings to go back to the eve of their parents’ separation in hopes of changing the outcome. As their schemes become more elaborate, the siblings will learn about family bonds and what they can and can’t control. Fisher and Kinnear are playing the parents in search of reconciliation, with Easton Rocket Sweda ( General Hospital ), Shay Rudolph ( The Baby-Sitters Club ) and Mason Shea Joyce ( Euphoria ) portraying the siblings who just might be the only people who can make that happen. Ross Butler ( Shazam! ) also stars in the film written by Emmy winner Jay Martel ( … [Read more...] about Isla Fisher & Greg Kinnear To Topline Family Comedy ‘The Present’ From ‘How To Be Single’ Helmer Christian Ditter

EXCLUSIVE : Rainn Wilson ( Weird: The Al Yankovic Story ) and Lil Rel Howery ( Get Out ) have closed deals to exec produce and star in Code 3 — a buddy action-comedy from Wayfarer Studios and Circle of Confusion , which is heading into production in Los Angeles next month. The film from director Christopher Leone ( Parallels ) follows a day-in-the-life of two overworked, underpaid and nearly burnt-out paramedics. One EMT is so burnt-out by the job that he is forcing himself to resign, though he first must embark on one last 24-hour shift to train his replacement. Everything that could happen on the job, from the mundane to the extreme, then happens on this final, exhilarating day. The script for Code 3 is from former paramedic, Patrick Pianezza, and Leone. Wayfarer Studios has tapped Angela Cardon to oversee the project for the company and will serve as its sole financier. Producers are Justin Baldoni and Andrew Calof for Wayfarer, Lawrence Mattis of … [Read more...] about Rainn Wilson & Lil Rel Howery Team For Paramedic Action-Comedy ‘Code 3’ From Wayfarer Studios, Circle Of Confusion

JuVee Productions, the production company owned by Viola Davis and film producer Julius Tennon , has signed a two-year, exclusive first-look television and new media deal with Entertainment One. “Viola and Julius’ powerhouse partnership has impacted audiences worldwide with their raw and authentic storytelling. Their vision for creating bold, provocative, and character driven stories was clear to me when we met and after the success of our collaboration for The Woman King , we are thrilled to continue our relationship with Viola, Julius, and the team at Juvee Productions,” said Michael Lombardo, eOne ’s President of Global Television. “We are excited to partner with eOne in continuing to bring both entertaining and important stories to audiences globally,” Davis and Tennon said. “This is our legacy – to create deeply and authentically while opening the door wider for the next generation. Our collaboration is one of a shared, bold vision. From the moment we met … [Read more...] about JuVee Productions Signs Exclusive First-Look Deal With Entertainment One

Edward R. Pressman , the prolific Hollywood indie producer behind Wall Street, Badlands, American Psycho, Das Boot and The Crow, among dozens of others, died Tuesday in Los Angeles. He was 79. His death was confirmed to Deadline his company, Pressman Films. With dozens of acclaimed and impactful films and TV movies stretching back to the late 1960s and including now-classics like Conan the Barbarian, Talk Radio, Bad Lieutenant and Brian De Palma’s 1972 Sisters , Pressman was noted for discovering talented directors early in their careers. In addition to Sisters he produced De Palma’s Phantom of the Paradise , and, with the acclaimed 1973 TV-movie Badlands , Terrence Malick. Jason Reitman made his directing debut in Pressman’s 2005 Aaron Eckhart starrer Thank You for Smoking . An early collaboration with Oliver Stone on the 1981 drama The Hand paved the way for Talk Radio (1988) and the 1987 Oscar-winning Wall Street (which included an appearance by … [Read more...] about Edward R. Pressman Dies: Prolific ‘Wall Street’, ‘American Psycho’ & ‘Badlands’ Producer Was 79

Joe Cornish ’s teen ghosthunter drama Lockwood and Co. launches on Netflix globally today. The show, the streamer’s latest young-adult scripted series from the UK, stars Ruby Stokes ( Bridgerton ) and newcomers Cameron Chapman and Ali Hadji-Heshmati as a teen trio who run an independent ghost fighting agency in London while competing with adult-run corporate rivals. The eight-part series, from Cornish’s Complete Fiction banner, is based on Jonathan Stroud’s books about an alternate modern world in which murderous ghosts have been attacking people since the 1960s, and only teenagers have the ability to see and repeal them. Netflix ordered it as one of seven British originals announced in December 2020. Several of these have been canned but anticipation around Lockwood has grown and reviews this week have been sparkling. “We have these brilliant books to draw on,” said Cornish in an interview with Deadline this week. “The challenge is to get it on screen with the … [Read more...] about Joe Cornish Talks Netflix Ghost Hunter Series ‘Lockwood & Co’ & Updates On ‘Attack The Block 2’

EXCLUSIVE: Nick and Jon Hamm’s Free Turn Entertainment has hired Robbie Ashcroft as Managing Partner. Ashcroft will join London and Los Angeles-based Free Turn’s management team. He’s joining from The Story Lab and will work on its audio slate and new TV and film slate partnerships among other tasks. Ashcroft was most recently International Development Partner at The Story Lab, where he established a new development and production fund for “original audio projects with multiplatform potential” in partnership with Global Media and Entertainment. This led to the greenlight of podcasts such as John Sweeney’s Hunting Ghislaine . While at The Story Lab, which is the content arm of Japanese ad giant Dentsu, Ashcroft also managed a strategic partnership between the parent company and Yahoo to created mixed reality TV formats from an XR smartstage in Holborn, London. Interstellar used that partnership for its show All Star Dance Off on ITV2 in 2021. “Robbie is a rare … [Read more...] about Nick Hamm’s Free Turn Entertainment Hires The Story Lab Exec Robbie Ashcroft

EXCLUSIVE: Rain (fka Rain Management Group ) has added The Rookery ’s Adam Robinson as manager following Rain Management Group’s acquisition of the management and production company. Rain Management Group rebranded to Rain as of the January 1, 2023 merger. Robinson launched his management and production company, The Rookery in 2008. In 14 years as a manager, he has developed and curated a list of clients including Rob Hardy (pilot director , The Quad, Raising Kanan, All American ), Crystle Roberson (Producer/ Director, Queens , Genius: MLK/X ), Jeff Byrd (producer/director, Our Kind Of People , Yellowjackets ), Brendan Walsh (producer/director, Power Book II: Ghost) , James Bamford (producer/director, Arrow ), Gary Hardwick ( Deliver Us From Ev a), Brian Egeston ( The Game , the upcoming On a Wing and a Prayer ), Lamont Magee ( All American: Homecoming ), Katrina O Gilvie ( All Rise ), MacArthur Genius award winner Alex Rivera ( Sleep Dealer) , and … [Read more...] about Rain Adds The Rookery’s Adam Robinson As Manager Amid Acquisition & Rebrand

The UK’s Magravine is branching out into the U.S. The play comes as the management agency undergoes a major rebrand. Going forwards, the company co-founded by IMG and YouTube stars Joe Sugg and Caspar Lee will be known as MVE . A new company logo has also been created. The American arm will be called MVE US, and running it will be former Insanity Group execs Dean Ondrus Coulsom and Claudia Parrinello, who have been hired as Senior Vice Presidents. In the UK, Olivia Russo has been upped to General Manager. The MVE US roster will include fashion influencer Delaney Childs, Are You the One star Uche Nwosu and Clinton Moxam in LA and Canadian LGBTQ+ content creator Myles Sexton. The unit will focus on finding new talent to guide in the digital space. Coulson, who has worked in talent management for 13 years and overseen the likes of British group N-Dubz, was most recently part of Insanity Group’s Los Angeles officer. He specializes in social media management and has … [Read more...] about Joe Sugg, Caspar Lee And IMG’s Margravine Launches U.S. Base And Rebrands As MVE

UPDATED with final winners: The Oscar-winning documentary Summer of Soul , Bo Burnham’s Emmy-winning musical comedy special Inside , Barry Jenkins’ The Underground Railroad and Raoul Peck’s Exterminate All the Brutes are among the final list of winners of 2022 Peabody Awards . The Peabodys, in their 82nd year, honor the year’s most powerful content across the fields of entertainment, documentary, news, podcast/radio, arts, children’s and youth, and public service programming. The organization based at the Grady School of Journalism at the University of Georgia wrapped up a a weeklong rollout of all 30 winners Thursday. This year’s awards were presented by the likes of Melissa McCarthy, Morgan Freeman, John Legend, Kevin Bacon, H.E.R., Ethan Hawke, Jon Stewart, Hasan Minhaj, Riz Ahmed, LeVar Burton, Jenny Slate, Malcolm Gladwell and Adam Scott. Newsman Dan Rather and Fresh Air ‘s Terry Gross have already won this year’s Career Achievement Award and … [Read more...] about Peabody Awards: The Complete List Of 2022 Winners