Sydney Sweeney is getting in the ring.
The breakout from, well, basically everything she’s done lately is set to play boxer Christy Martin in an upcoming biopic directed by David Michôd (“Animal Kingdom”). Insert your own joke here about being a knockout. The script for the untitled project was written by Mirrah Foulkes and Michôd.
Martin was the most successful female boxer of the 1990s. She signed with Don King and is the only female boxer to appear on the cover of Sports Illustrated. Martin became welterweight champion — but that was about the end of the good things in her life. Christy was physically abused by husband Jim Martin, who was eventually convicted of attempted second-degree murder with a firearm and sentenced to 25 years in prison. Christy Martin’s life is documented in “Untold,” the excellent series of documentaries by Chaplain and Maclain Way. Her episode is subtitled “Deal with the Devil,...
The breakout from, well, basically everything she’s done lately is set to play boxer Christy Martin in an upcoming biopic directed by David Michôd (“Animal Kingdom”). Insert your own joke here about being a knockout. The script for the untitled project was written by Mirrah Foulkes and Michôd.
Martin was the most successful female boxer of the 1990s. She signed with Don King and is the only female boxer to appear on the cover of Sports Illustrated. Martin became welterweight champion — but that was about the end of the good things in her life. Christy was physically abused by husband Jim Martin, who was eventually convicted of attempted second-degree murder with a firearm and sentenced to 25 years in prison. Christy Martin’s life is documented in “Untold,” the excellent series of documentaries by Chaplain and Maclain Way. Her episode is subtitled “Deal with the Devil,...
- 5/8/2024
- by Tony Maglio
- Indiewire
Exclusive: New Line Cinema has bought the feature pitch Big Time Abroad from screenwriters Scarlett Bermingham & Andrew Rhymer to be produced by Party Over Here. We hear it sold in the mid- to high-six figures.
While the storyline is under wraps, the pitch is being billed as Booksmart crossed with Indiana Jones.
Bermingham and Rhymer, who are married, are currently adapting the children’s book The Paper Bag Princess for Universal with LuckyChap, Brownstone and Clubhouse producing.
Bermingham’s feature Mimi was on the 2021 Black List. Rhymer’s debut feature Plus One, which he co-directed with Jeff Chan, premiered at the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival, where it won the Audience Award.
Bermingham is repped by Verve, Mgmt Entertainment and attorney Kim Jaime. Rhymer is repped by Verve, Iconoclast, and attorney Kim Jaime.
Upcoming for New Line Cinemas is Kevin Costner’s western Horizon: An American Saga, which will be released in...
While the storyline is under wraps, the pitch is being billed as Booksmart crossed with Indiana Jones.
Bermingham and Rhymer, who are married, are currently adapting the children’s book The Paper Bag Princess for Universal with LuckyChap, Brownstone and Clubhouse producing.
Bermingham’s feature Mimi was on the 2021 Black List. Rhymer’s debut feature Plus One, which he co-directed with Jeff Chan, premiered at the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival, where it won the Audience Award.
Bermingham is repped by Verve, Mgmt Entertainment and attorney Kim Jaime. Rhymer is repped by Verve, Iconoclast, and attorney Kim Jaime.
Upcoming for New Line Cinemas is Kevin Costner’s western Horizon: An American Saga, which will be released in...
- 3/11/2024
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Aaron Taylor-Johnson has found his next role in David Mackenzie’s heist thriller “Fuze,” which Anton will launch at the European Film Market in Berlin this month.
The film reunites Taylor-Johnson and “Hell or High Water” helmer Mackenzie, who last worked together on 2018’s “Outlaw King.” With a script from Ben Hopkins, “Fuze” “opens on the discovery of an unexploded World War II bomb in a London construction site, sparking a mass evacuation – the perfect cover for a heist,” according to the film’s synopsis.
Taylor-Johnson’s stacked project lineup currently includes the headlining role in Marvel’s “Kraven and the Hunter,” due out in August; “The Fall Guy” alongside Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt; and Robert Eggers’ highly anticipated “Nosferatu.” Mackenzie’s 2016 neo-Western “Hell or High Water” scored four Oscar noms, including best picture, and he’s also set to direct “Relay” starring Lily James, Riz Ahmed and Sam Worthington.
The film reunites Taylor-Johnson and “Hell or High Water” helmer Mackenzie, who last worked together on 2018’s “Outlaw King.” With a script from Ben Hopkins, “Fuze” “opens on the discovery of an unexploded World War II bomb in a London construction site, sparking a mass evacuation – the perfect cover for a heist,” according to the film’s synopsis.
Taylor-Johnson’s stacked project lineup currently includes the headlining role in Marvel’s “Kraven and the Hunter,” due out in August; “The Fall Guy” alongside Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt; and Robert Eggers’ highly anticipated “Nosferatu.” Mackenzie’s 2016 neo-Western “Hell or High Water” scored four Oscar noms, including best picture, and he’s also set to direct “Relay” starring Lily James, Riz Ahmed and Sam Worthington.
- 2/8/2024
- by Ellise Shafer
- Variety Film + TV
Aaron Taylor-Johnson is set to reunite with director David Mackenzie as the star of upcoming heist thriller Fuze.
The pair previously worked together on Mackenzie’s 2018 Robert the Bruce drama Outlaw King, which followed heist drama Hell or High Water.
Written by Ben Hopkins, Fuze opens on the discovery of an unexploded World War II bomb in a London construction site, sparking a mass evacuation, which the serves as perfect cover for a heist.
‘I had the idea of combining all the high stakes of an unexploded bomb with that of a bank robbery – clashing these two genres to create as much pressure as possible in a context that feels as real as possible. Ben Hopkins took those ingredients and cooked up the compelling script that we are now taking into production,” said Mackenzie.
The film is produced by Gillian Berrie for Sigma Films and Sebastien Raybaud and Callum Grant for Anton.
Giles Nuttgens joins Mackenzie’s creative team as director of photography after previously collaborating together on Hell or High Water.
’Together David Mackenzie and Dp, Giles Nuttgens are dynamos. Just add Aaron Taylor-Johnson and we have the Midas touch for this whirlwind movie,” said Berrie.
Anton is financing and will be selling the world rights at the upcoming European Film Market in Berlin and will present a sizzle reel for the film.
David is uniquely talented at pairing large-scale filmmaking with truly unique characters. Fuze melds the relentless tension of a bomb movie to the heist genre,” said Anton’s Raybaud and Grant.
UTA Independent Film Group and WME Independent will co-rep the US rights with Anton.
Taylor-Johnson is repped by Brillstein Entertainment Partners, WME and Sloane, Offer, Weber and Dern, Llp. David Mackenzie is repped by UTA, United Agents in London, and Alan Wertheimer and Kim Jaime. Gillian Berrie is repped by UTA, United Agents in London, and Alan Wertheimer and Kim Jaime. Giles Nuttgens is repped by UTA.
The pair previously worked together on Mackenzie’s 2018 Robert the Bruce drama Outlaw King, which followed heist drama Hell or High Water.
Written by Ben Hopkins, Fuze opens on the discovery of an unexploded World War II bomb in a London construction site, sparking a mass evacuation, which the serves as perfect cover for a heist.
‘I had the idea of combining all the high stakes of an unexploded bomb with that of a bank robbery – clashing these two genres to create as much pressure as possible in a context that feels as real as possible. Ben Hopkins took those ingredients and cooked up the compelling script that we are now taking into production,” said Mackenzie.
The film is produced by Gillian Berrie for Sigma Films and Sebastien Raybaud and Callum Grant for Anton.
Giles Nuttgens joins Mackenzie’s creative team as director of photography after previously collaborating together on Hell or High Water.
’Together David Mackenzie and Dp, Giles Nuttgens are dynamos. Just add Aaron Taylor-Johnson and we have the Midas touch for this whirlwind movie,” said Berrie.
Anton is financing and will be selling the world rights at the upcoming European Film Market in Berlin and will present a sizzle reel for the film.
David is uniquely talented at pairing large-scale filmmaking with truly unique characters. Fuze melds the relentless tension of a bomb movie to the heist genre,” said Anton’s Raybaud and Grant.
UTA Independent Film Group and WME Independent will co-rep the US rights with Anton.
Taylor-Johnson is repped by Brillstein Entertainment Partners, WME and Sloane, Offer, Weber and Dern, Llp. David Mackenzie is repped by UTA, United Agents in London, and Alan Wertheimer and Kim Jaime. Gillian Berrie is repped by UTA, United Agents in London, and Alan Wertheimer and Kim Jaime. Giles Nuttgens is repped by UTA.
- 2/8/2024
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Aaron Taylor-Johnson is reteaming with his Outlaw King director David Mackenzie on Fuze, a new crime thriller from the Oscar-nominated Hell or High Water filmmaker.
The plot of Fuze revolves around the discovery of an unexploded World War II bomb at a London construction site, which sparks a mass evacuation as bomb disposal experts descend to defuse it. But the distraction also provides the perfect cover for a bank heist.
European production group Anton is producing, financing and selling Fuze and will kick off presales on the project at the European Film Market in Berlin next week. UTA Independent Film Group and WME Independent will co-rep U.S. rights with Anton.
Gillian Berrie (Outlaw King, Tetris) will produce Fuze through her and Mackenzie’s production company Sigma Films together with Sebastien Raybaud and Callum Grant for Anton. Hell or High Water cinematographer Giles Nuttgens will lens the movie. Mackenzie will...
The plot of Fuze revolves around the discovery of an unexploded World War II bomb at a London construction site, which sparks a mass evacuation as bomb disposal experts descend to defuse it. But the distraction also provides the perfect cover for a bank heist.
European production group Anton is producing, financing and selling Fuze and will kick off presales on the project at the European Film Market in Berlin next week. UTA Independent Film Group and WME Independent will co-rep U.S. rights with Anton.
Gillian Berrie (Outlaw King, Tetris) will produce Fuze through her and Mackenzie’s production company Sigma Films together with Sebastien Raybaud and Callum Grant for Anton. Hell or High Water cinematographer Giles Nuttgens will lens the movie. Mackenzie will...
- 2/8/2024
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Jackoway Austen, one of the most prominent Hollywood entertainment law firms that represents such bold-faced names as J.J. Abrams and Margot Robbie, has promoted five partners to the door.
Effective immediately, Michael Auerbach, Jeff Hynick, Kimberly Jaime, Ryan LeVine and Peter Sample are named partners in the 47-year-old firm. The quintet joining existing partners Jim Jackoway, Karl Austen, Barry Tyerman, Alan Wertheimer, Jamie Mandelbaum, Marcy Morris, Jeff Bernstein, Darren Trattner and Debby Klein.
Austen and Mandelbaum, the firm’s managing partners, made the announcement Thursday.
“We are incredibly excited about the next chapter for our firm,” said Austen and Mandelbaum in a joint statement. “With these promotions, we are strategically positioned for the future. In addition to being outstanding lawyers and formidable champions of our clients’ interests, Michael, Jeff, Kim, Ryan and Peter have an uncanny ability to identify game-changing talent, and a true dedication to collaboration and teamwork. Our...
Effective immediately, Michael Auerbach, Jeff Hynick, Kimberly Jaime, Ryan LeVine and Peter Sample are named partners in the 47-year-old firm. The quintet joining existing partners Jim Jackoway, Karl Austen, Barry Tyerman, Alan Wertheimer, Jamie Mandelbaum, Marcy Morris, Jeff Bernstein, Darren Trattner and Debby Klein.
Austen and Mandelbaum, the firm’s managing partners, made the announcement Thursday.
“We are incredibly excited about the next chapter for our firm,” said Austen and Mandelbaum in a joint statement. “With these promotions, we are strategically positioned for the future. In addition to being outstanding lawyers and formidable champions of our clients’ interests, Michael, Jeff, Kim, Ryan and Peter have an uncanny ability to identify game-changing talent, and a true dedication to collaboration and teamwork. Our...
- 2/1/2024
- by Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Pedro Pascal will star in New Line’s “Weapons,” from the filmmakers behind 2022’s critically acclaimed breakout hit “Barbarian,” according to an insider with knowledge of the project.
New Line picked up the project earlier this year after intense bidding war.
The project is from writer/director Zach Cregger, who will also produce alongside his “Barbarian” producing team: Roy Lee of Vertigo and J.D. Lifshitz and Raphael Margules of BoulderLight Pictures. Vertigo’s Miri Yoon also produces.
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Moving full speed ahead toward a theatrical release, production is anticipated to commence later this year.
“Weapons” will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures.
Cregger’s debut solo outing as a writer/director, “Barbarian,” premiered at San Diego Comic-Con, igniting critical raves and widespread buzz before its September 2022 theatrical bow. The stunning chiller topped the domestic box office on its opening weekend with $10.5 million,...
New Line picked up the project earlier this year after intense bidding war.
The project is from writer/director Zach Cregger, who will also produce alongside his “Barbarian” producing team: Roy Lee of Vertigo and J.D. Lifshitz and Raphael Margules of BoulderLight Pictures. Vertigo’s Miri Yoon also produces.
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Moving full speed ahead toward a theatrical release, production is anticipated to commence later this year.
“Weapons” will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures.
Cregger’s debut solo outing as a writer/director, “Barbarian,” premiered at San Diego Comic-Con, igniting critical raves and widespread buzz before its September 2022 theatrical bow. The stunning chiller topped the domestic box office on its opening weekend with $10.5 million,...
- 5/9/2023
- by Umberto Gonzalez
- The Wrap
Pedro Pascal will star in New Line’s Weapons from the filmmakers behind 2022’s critically acclaimed breakout hit Barbarian.
The film is writer/director Zach Cregger’s next feature after the smash success of his debut solo outing Barbarian which opened #1 at the box office last year and sits at 93% on Rotten Tomatoes. The feature grossed ten times its production budget of $4.5 million to ultimately take in more than $45 million worldwide.
Cregger will also produce alongside his Barbarian producing team, Roy Lee of Vertigo and J.D. Lifshitz and Raphael Margules of BoulderLight Pictures. Vertigo’s Miri Yoon also produces.
Pascal is hot off the success of the highest rated HBO series ever, The Last of Us, and season three of The Mandalorian. Pascal is about go into production on the Gladiator sequel directed by Ridley Scott for Paramount.
Pascal will next be seen starring alongside Ethan Hawke in Pedro Almodovar...
The film is writer/director Zach Cregger’s next feature after the smash success of his debut solo outing Barbarian which opened #1 at the box office last year and sits at 93% on Rotten Tomatoes. The feature grossed ten times its production budget of $4.5 million to ultimately take in more than $45 million worldwide.
Cregger will also produce alongside his Barbarian producing team, Roy Lee of Vertigo and J.D. Lifshitz and Raphael Margules of BoulderLight Pictures. Vertigo’s Miri Yoon also produces.
Pascal is hot off the success of the highest rated HBO series ever, The Last of Us, and season three of The Mandalorian. Pascal is about go into production on the Gladiator sequel directed by Ridley Scott for Paramount.
Pascal will next be seen starring alongside Ethan Hawke in Pedro Almodovar...
- 5/9/2023
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
Pedro Pascal is the latest A-lister in talks to join Ridley Scott’s upcoming “Gladiator” sequel.
Pascal, who stars in both “The Mandalorian” and “The Last of Us,” is in final negotiations to board the Paramount movie, which already boasts a cast including Academy Award nominees Paul Mescal and Barry Keoghan, as well as two-time Academy Award winner Denzel Washington.
The Paramount movie follows 2000’s blockbuster hit “Gladiator,” which was nominated for 12 Academy Awards and won five, including best picture. It earned $460 million at the box office.
The original film starred Russell Crowe as Maximus Decimus Meridius, a Roman soldier forced into slavery who vows revenge against Commodus (Joaquin Phoenix). Since Maximus dies at the end of “Gladiator,” the yet-to-be-titled sequel focuses on Lucius (Mescal), the son of Lucilla.
Details of who Pascal will play are being kept under wraps. Keoghan is said to take the role of Emperor Geta,...
Pascal, who stars in both “The Mandalorian” and “The Last of Us,” is in final negotiations to board the Paramount movie, which already boasts a cast including Academy Award nominees Paul Mescal and Barry Keoghan, as well as two-time Academy Award winner Denzel Washington.
The Paramount movie follows 2000’s blockbuster hit “Gladiator,” which was nominated for 12 Academy Awards and won five, including best picture. It earned $460 million at the box office.
The original film starred Russell Crowe as Maximus Decimus Meridius, a Roman soldier forced into slavery who vows revenge against Commodus (Joaquin Phoenix). Since Maximus dies at the end of “Gladiator,” the yet-to-be-titled sequel focuses on Lucius (Mescal), the son of Lucilla.
Details of who Pascal will play are being kept under wraps. Keoghan is said to take the role of Emperor Geta,...
- 5/1/2023
- by Angelique Jackson
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: While a second season of HBO’s hit series The Last of Us is in the works, its star Pedro Pascal looks to have found the project he’ll shoot during the hiatus, and boy is it a big one. Sources tell Deadline that Pascal is in final negotiations to join the untitled Gladiator sequel for Paramount. He joins Paul Mescal, who will star as Lucius, as well as Barry Keoghan, Joseph Quinn, Connie Nielsen and Denzel Washington. Ridley Scott is returning to direct.
Pascal’s role is unknown.
The new film follows the 2000 blockbuster Gladiator, which earned more than $460 million in worldwide box office and was nominated for 12 Oscars, winning five including Best Picture.
The role of Maximus, the Roman general-turned-gladiator, was a career-changer for Russell Crowe, not only delivering him the Best Actor Oscar but also launching him to the top of every leading-man list. Once it...
Pascal’s role is unknown.
The new film follows the 2000 blockbuster Gladiator, which earned more than $460 million in worldwide box office and was nominated for 12 Oscars, winning five including Best Picture.
The role of Maximus, the Roman general-turned-gladiator, was a career-changer for Russell Crowe, not only delivering him the Best Actor Oscar but also launching him to the top of every leading-man list. Once it...
- 5/1/2023
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
Toni Collette is set to star alongside Odessa Young in The Prima Donna from writer/director Nathan Silver (Thirst Street, Uncertain Terms), a feature that is billed as a “delightfully twisted and darkly funny revenge thriller about dysfunctional family dynamics, the dangers of ambition, and the lengths we will go to make our mark on the world.”
The film will reunite Collette and Young who previously worked together on the HBO series The Staircase. Cornerstone is handling international sales and distribution and will commence sales at the European Film Market. CAA Media Finance and Anonymous Content are repping North America.
The Prima Donna sees Collette playing legendary opera diva Livia Angelli as she prepares to step into the role of a lifetime, just as her estranged daughter Mimi (Young) shows up at her doorstep, right out of rehab.
An aspiring opera singer herself, Mimi summons the courage to ask Livia...
The film will reunite Collette and Young who previously worked together on the HBO series The Staircase. Cornerstone is handling international sales and distribution and will commence sales at the European Film Market. CAA Media Finance and Anonymous Content are repping North America.
The Prima Donna sees Collette playing legendary opera diva Livia Angelli as she prepares to step into the role of a lifetime, just as her estranged daughter Mimi (Young) shows up at her doorstep, right out of rehab.
An aspiring opera singer herself, Mimi summons the courage to ask Livia...
- 2/3/2023
- by Alex Ritman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Mafia Mamma and Knives Out star Toni Collette and Odessa Young have signed to co-star in writer and director Nathan Silver’s twisted revenge thriller The Prima Donna.
Collette and Young previously worked together on HBO’s award-winning series The Staircase.
The drama revolves around dysfunctional family dynamics, the dangers of ambition, and the lengths we will go to make our mark on the world.
Set in contemporary Rome, Collette will play a legendary opera diva who is about to step into the role of a lifetime just as her estranged daughter (Young) shows up at her doorstep, right out of rehab.
An aspiring opera singer herself, the daughter summons up the courage to ask to be her mother’s understudy. When her mother callously dismisses the suggestion, she snaps and starts mulling the ultimate revenge, igniting a cut-throat battle of wills.
Silver, whose previous credits include Thirst Street,...
Collette and Young previously worked together on HBO’s award-winning series The Staircase.
The drama revolves around dysfunctional family dynamics, the dangers of ambition, and the lengths we will go to make our mark on the world.
Set in contemporary Rome, Collette will play a legendary opera diva who is about to step into the role of a lifetime just as her estranged daughter (Young) shows up at her doorstep, right out of rehab.
An aspiring opera singer herself, the daughter summons up the courage to ask to be her mother’s understudy. When her mother callously dismisses the suggestion, she snaps and starts mulling the ultimate revenge, igniting a cut-throat battle of wills.
Silver, whose previous credits include Thirst Street,...
- 2/3/2023
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Toni Collette and Odessa Young have joined writer and director Nathan Silver’s “The Prima Donna,” a twisted and darkly funny revenge thriller about two feuding opera singers and the lengths they’ll go for the limelight.
The film will reunite Collette and Young, who previously worked together on the acclaimed HBO series “The Staircase.” Cornerstone is handling international sales and distribution and will launch the project at this month’s European Film Market, which takes place alongside the Berlin Film Festival. CAA Media Finance and Anonymous Content are repping North America.
Set in Rome, the film is centered on legendary opera diva Livia Angelli (Collette), who prepares to step into the role of a lifetime, just as her estranged daughter Mimi (Young) shows up at her doorstep, right out of rehab.
An aspiring opera singer herself, Mimi summons the courage to ask Livia for the chance to be her understudy.
The film will reunite Collette and Young, who previously worked together on the acclaimed HBO series “The Staircase.” Cornerstone is handling international sales and distribution and will launch the project at this month’s European Film Market, which takes place alongside the Berlin Film Festival. CAA Media Finance and Anonymous Content are repping North America.
Set in Rome, the film is centered on legendary opera diva Livia Angelli (Collette), who prepares to step into the role of a lifetime, just as her estranged daughter Mimi (Young) shows up at her doorstep, right out of rehab.
An aspiring opera singer herself, Mimi summons the courage to ask Livia for the chance to be her understudy.
- 2/3/2023
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Studiocanal and The Picture Company have preemptively acquired the rights to Honey Trapped, a spec script by April Wolfe.
Sources say the story follows a cabal of secret assassins who descend upon Las Vegas for 24 hours to force a rogue agent into fighting their way up every floor of a busy hotel. The script is said to be a star-driven two-hander featuring a married couple on the rocks with a lot of secrets—in the vein of Mr. and Mrs. Smith and True Lies. Plans are for the project to be fast tracked.
The Picture Company partners Andrew Rona and Alex Heineman will produce the film through their overall deal at Studiocanal.
Ron Halpern, Shana Eddy and Sam Shipp will oversee for Studiocanal.
Wolfe is the co-writer of 2019’s Black Christmas and the writer of the upcoming psychological thriller Clawfoot. A former journalist and critic, she’s developed film...
Sources say the story follows a cabal of secret assassins who descend upon Las Vegas for 24 hours to force a rogue agent into fighting their way up every floor of a busy hotel. The script is said to be a star-driven two-hander featuring a married couple on the rocks with a lot of secrets—in the vein of Mr. and Mrs. Smith and True Lies. Plans are for the project to be fast tracked.
The Picture Company partners Andrew Rona and Alex Heineman will produce the film through their overall deal at Studiocanal.
Ron Halpern, Shana Eddy and Sam Shipp will oversee for Studiocanal.
Wolfe is the co-writer of 2019’s Black Christmas and the writer of the upcoming psychological thriller Clawfoot. A former journalist and critic, she’s developed film...
- 11/10/2022
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Pedro Pascal, star of Disney+’s The Mandalorian, is heading to CAA.
The Chile-born actor was previously with WME.
It comes as Pascal is on a bit of a roll, having played the title character in the Star Wars series from Jon Favreau, and its sister series The Book of Boba Fett and The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent alongside Nic Cage.
He starred as Javier Peña in Netflix’s Narcos as well as Oberyn Martell in the fourth season of HBO’s Game of Thrones. Other film credits include Wonder Woman 1984, Judd Apatow’s The Bubble, Triple Froniter and Kingsman: The Golden Circle.
Next up, he is playing the lead in HBO’s The Last of Us, an adaptation of the hit video game from Chernobyl’s Craig Mazin, and he is set to headline true-crime limited series My Dentist’s Murder Trial alongside David Harbour, which is in the works at HBO,...
The Chile-born actor was previously with WME.
It comes as Pascal is on a bit of a roll, having played the title character in the Star Wars series from Jon Favreau, and its sister series The Book of Boba Fett and The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent alongside Nic Cage.
He starred as Javier Peña in Netflix’s Narcos as well as Oberyn Martell in the fourth season of HBO’s Game of Thrones. Other film credits include Wonder Woman 1984, Judd Apatow’s The Bubble, Triple Froniter and Kingsman: The Golden Circle.
Next up, he is playing the lead in HBO’s The Last of Us, an adaptation of the hit video game from Chernobyl’s Craig Mazin, and he is set to headline true-crime limited series My Dentist’s Murder Trial alongside David Harbour, which is in the works at HBO,...
- 11/3/2022
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Oscar nominee Maria Bakalova (Borat 2) has been set to star with Daryl Wein (Something From Tiffany’s), Jack Farthing (Poldark), and Abigail Cowen (Fate: The Winx) in under-the-radar drama-thriller Electra, which has begun production in Italy.
Hala Matar is making her feature directorial debut on the project, which will follow a journalist who travels to Rome to interview a famous musician, only for the trip to end in deceit, betrayal, and murder.
Wein will play Dylan, the journalist. Cowen is Lucy, the journalist’s photographer and partner. Jack Farthing plays Milo, the musician, and Bakalova will be Francesca, a performance artist and Milo’s girlfriend.
Pic is written by Wein, Matar and Paul Sado; produced by Wein, Matar, Tomasso Bertani (Ring Film), Luca Cottafavi (Ring Film), Jordan Beckerman (Yale Entertainment), and Jordan Yale Levine (Yale Entertainment); and executive-produced by Elsa Ramo and Tiffany Boyle.
CAA Media Finance and...
Hala Matar is making her feature directorial debut on the project, which will follow a journalist who travels to Rome to interview a famous musician, only for the trip to end in deceit, betrayal, and murder.
Wein will play Dylan, the journalist. Cowen is Lucy, the journalist’s photographer and partner. Jack Farthing plays Milo, the musician, and Bakalova will be Francesca, a performance artist and Milo’s girlfriend.
Pic is written by Wein, Matar and Paul Sado; produced by Wein, Matar, Tomasso Bertani (Ring Film), Luca Cottafavi (Ring Film), Jordan Beckerman (Yale Entertainment), and Jordan Yale Levine (Yale Entertainment); and executive-produced by Elsa Ramo and Tiffany Boyle.
CAA Media Finance and...
- 9/28/2022
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Superstore alumna Lauren Ash is joining another single-camera broadcast workplace comedy as a series regular: she has been cast as a lead opposite Gina Rodriguez on ABC’s Not Dead Yet.
Written by Casey Johnson and David Windsor based on Alexandra Potter’s 2020 book Confessions of a Forty-Something F**k Up, Not Dead Yet centers on newly single and feeling-old Nell Serrano (Rodriguez), a self-described disaster who works to restart the life and career she left behind 10 years ago. A once-successful journalist, Nell put her career on hold to help her fiancé get his restaurant off the ground. Following their breakup, she takes the only job she can get – writing obituaries – which at first seems like a step backward but ultimately might be exactly what she needs to move forward.
Ash will play a new character, Lexi, the daughter of a wealthy newspaper owner and recently appointed editor. Lexi...
Written by Casey Johnson and David Windsor based on Alexandra Potter’s 2020 book Confessions of a Forty-Something F**k Up, Not Dead Yet centers on newly single and feeling-old Nell Serrano (Rodriguez), a self-described disaster who works to restart the life and career she left behind 10 years ago. A once-successful journalist, Nell put her career on hold to help her fiancé get his restaurant off the ground. Following their breakup, she takes the only job she can get – writing obituaries – which at first seems like a step backward but ultimately might be exactly what she needs to move forward.
Ash will play a new character, Lexi, the daughter of a wealthy newspaper owner and recently appointed editor. Lexi...
- 8/10/2022
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Armando Iannucci is staying in business with HBO and is teaming up with Sam Mendes for the ride.
The Veep and Avenue 5 creator and the Oscar-winning director have scored a pilot order for comedy The Franchise at the premium cable network.
The half-hour project takes a wry look at superhero movie-making. It follows a hopeful crew trapped inside the dysfunctional, nonsensical, joyous hellscape of franchise superhero movie-making. If and when they finally make the day, the question they must face — is this Hollywood’s new dawn or cinema’s last stand? Is this a dream factory or a chemical plant?
It comes after Deadline revealed that Iannucci’s space voyage comedy Avenue 5 may be coming to an end with its upcoming second season.
The Franchise will be exec produced by Iannucci, via his Dundee Productions banner, and Mendes, via his All3Media-backed production company Neal Street Productions. The Oscar-winner Mendes,...
The Veep and Avenue 5 creator and the Oscar-winning director have scored a pilot order for comedy The Franchise at the premium cable network.
The half-hour project takes a wry look at superhero movie-making. It follows a hopeful crew trapped inside the dysfunctional, nonsensical, joyous hellscape of franchise superhero movie-making. If and when they finally make the day, the question they must face — is this Hollywood’s new dawn or cinema’s last stand? Is this a dream factory or a chemical plant?
It comes after Deadline revealed that Iannucci’s space voyage comedy Avenue 5 may be coming to an end with its upcoming second season.
The Franchise will be exec produced by Iannucci, via his Dundee Productions banner, and Mendes, via his All3Media-backed production company Neal Street Productions. The Oscar-winner Mendes,...
- 8/8/2022
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Lily James, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Himesh Patel are set to star in Providence, a comedy from Dylan Sellers and Chris Parker’s Limelight and David Boies and Zack Schiller’s Boies Schiller Entertainment. Limelight and Bse will fully finance and produce, along with Shannon Houchins’ Hideout Pictures with Potsy Ponciroli directing. Michael Vukadinovich penned the script.
The story follows the eclectic residents of a small, picturesque island town who must navigate a sensational murder and the discovery of a million dollars as a series of increasingly bad decisions upends the once-peaceful community. Principal photography begins this week in North Carolina.
Sellers, Parker, Hutchins, Schiller and Boies will produce, with Vukadinovich, Tyler Zacharia, Sam Slater, Phil Keefe and Dane Eckerle executive producing. Cj Barbato will co-produce. Ponciroli recent collaboration with Hideout include Old Henry, which has been a critic’s darling since its premiere at Venice. Verve Ventures and UTA...
The story follows the eclectic residents of a small, picturesque island town who must navigate a sensational murder and the discovery of a million dollars as a series of increasingly bad decisions upends the once-peaceful community. Principal photography begins this week in North Carolina.
Sellers, Parker, Hutchins, Schiller and Boies will produce, with Vukadinovich, Tyler Zacharia, Sam Slater, Phil Keefe and Dane Eckerle executive producing. Cj Barbato will co-produce. Ponciroli recent collaboration with Hideout include Old Henry, which has been a critic’s darling since its premiere at Venice. Verve Ventures and UTA...
- 5/10/2022
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Dean Georgaris’ agent drama Blank Slate has found its pilot director.
Richard Shepard, who has directed pilots for series including Ugly Betty and Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist, will helm and exec produce the pilot episode of the NBC project.
Shepard has directed ten television pilots to pick-up including Criminal Minds and has also directed episodes of Acapulco for Apple and Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale. He also directed 12 episodes of HBO’s Girls including the controversial American Bitch episode for which Matthew Rhys received an Emmy nomination.
On the feature side, he has helmed The Matador starring Pierce Brosnan and Greg Kinnear, black comedy Dom Hemingway starring Jude Law and Richard E. Grant, Allison Williams’ The Perfection and HBO documentary I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale.
Written by The Brave creator Georgaris, Blank Slate is a high-concept procedural about a government agent who may not be what he seems.
Richard Shepard, who has directed pilots for series including Ugly Betty and Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist, will helm and exec produce the pilot episode of the NBC project.
Shepard has directed ten television pilots to pick-up including Criminal Minds and has also directed episodes of Acapulco for Apple and Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale. He also directed 12 episodes of HBO’s Girls including the controversial American Bitch episode for which Matthew Rhys received an Emmy nomination.
On the feature side, he has helmed The Matador starring Pierce Brosnan and Greg Kinnear, black comedy Dom Hemingway starring Jude Law and Richard E. Grant, Allison Williams’ The Perfection and HBO documentary I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale.
Written by The Brave creator Georgaris, Blank Slate is a high-concept procedural about a government agent who may not be what he seems.
- 3/1/2022
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
NFL legend Tom Brady just announced his retirement from football, but TB12 is already getting back in the game, all thanks to Hollywood.
The seven-time Super Bowl champion will produce and appear in the new movie “80 for Brady,” which is led by an equally impressive cast: Academy Award-nominee Lily Tomlin, Academy Award-winner Jane Fonda, Academy Award-winner Rita Moreno and Academy Award-winner Sally Field.
The movie is inspired by the true story of 4 best friends and New England Patriots fans who take a life-changing trip to Super Bowl Li to see their hero Tom Brady play, and the chaos that ensues as they navigate the wilds of the biggest sporting event in the country.
Paramount Pictures has acquired worldwide rights to the project from Endeavor Content, who will produce the film alongside Brady’s 199 Productions and Academy Award-winner Donna Gigliotti. The film is directed by Kyle Marvin (star of “WeCrashed...
The seven-time Super Bowl champion will produce and appear in the new movie “80 for Brady,” which is led by an equally impressive cast: Academy Award-nominee Lily Tomlin, Academy Award-winner Jane Fonda, Academy Award-winner Rita Moreno and Academy Award-winner Sally Field.
The movie is inspired by the true story of 4 best friends and New England Patriots fans who take a life-changing trip to Super Bowl Li to see their hero Tom Brady play, and the chaos that ensues as they navigate the wilds of the biggest sporting event in the country.
Paramount Pictures has acquired worldwide rights to the project from Endeavor Content, who will produce the film alongside Brady’s 199 Productions and Academy Award-winner Donna Gigliotti. The film is directed by Kyle Marvin (star of “WeCrashed...
- 2/23/2022
- by Angelique Jackson
- Variety Film + TV
Paramount Pictures has acquired worldwide rights to 80 for Brady from Endeavor Content, who will produce the film.
Seven-time Super Bowl Champion and producer Tom Brady will appear and produce through his production company, 199 Productions, alongside Oscar winner Donna Gigliotti (Hidden Figures) and Endeavor Content. Endeavor Content developed the film with Brady and Gigliotti.
The feature project is inspired by the true story of four best-friends and New England Patriots fans who take a lifechanging trip to the 2017 Super Bowl Li to see their hero Tom Brady play, and the chaos that ensues as they navigate the wilds of the biggest sporting event in the country.
The film is co-written and directed by Kyle Marvin (star of Wecrashed and co-writer and star of The Climb), who is also executive producing with partner Michael Covino (The Climb) under their Watch This Ready banner and Jeff Stott.
Seven-time Super Bowl Champion and producer Tom Brady will appear and produce through his production company, 199 Productions, alongside Oscar winner Donna Gigliotti (Hidden Figures) and Endeavor Content. Endeavor Content developed the film with Brady and Gigliotti.
The feature project is inspired by the true story of four best-friends and New England Patriots fans who take a lifechanging trip to the 2017 Super Bowl Li to see their hero Tom Brady play, and the chaos that ensues as they navigate the wilds of the biggest sporting event in the country.
The film is co-written and directed by Kyle Marvin (star of Wecrashed and co-writer and star of The Climb), who is also executive producing with partner Michael Covino (The Climb) under their Watch This Ready banner and Jeff Stott.
- 2/23/2022
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Seven-time Super Bowl champion and recently retired football player Tom Brady is making the leap from the gridiron to the silver screen as Brady is set to act in and produce “80 for Brady,” a road trip comedy for Paramount and Endeavor Content, according to an individual with knowledge of the project.
Paramount Pictures acquired the worldwide rights to “80 for Brady” from Endeavor Content, who will produce the film.
The film also stars Lily Tomlin, Jane Fonda, Rita Moreno and Sally Field.
“80 for Brady” is co-written and directed by Kyle Marvin, who is also executive producing with partner Michael Covino under their Watch This Ready banner and Jeff Stott. Marvin and Covino wrote the latest script based off a draft by Emily Halpern & Sarah Haskins.
“80 for Brady” is inspired by the true story of four best-friends and New England Patriots fans who take a lifechanging trip to the 2017 Super Bowl Li...
Paramount Pictures acquired the worldwide rights to “80 for Brady” from Endeavor Content, who will produce the film.
The film also stars Lily Tomlin, Jane Fonda, Rita Moreno and Sally Field.
“80 for Brady” is co-written and directed by Kyle Marvin, who is also executive producing with partner Michael Covino under their Watch This Ready banner and Jeff Stott. Marvin and Covino wrote the latest script based off a draft by Emily Halpern & Sarah Haskins.
“80 for Brady” is inspired by the true story of four best-friends and New England Patriots fans who take a lifechanging trip to the 2017 Super Bowl Li...
- 2/23/2022
- by Umberto Gonzalez
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Emerging filmmaker Jane Schoenbrun, whose narrative feature debut We’re All Going to the World’s Fair premiered in the Next section of the 2021 Sundance Film Festival, has signed with CAA for representation.
In the coming-of-age horror film written and directed by Schoenbrun, which will be released in theaters via Utopia and on HBO Max in April, teenager Casey (Anna Cobb) becomes immersed in an online role-playing horror game, while alone in her attic bedroom, therein beginning to document changes that may or may not be happening to her.
Schoenbrun’s second narrative feature, I Saw the TV Glow, has been set up at A24, with Emma Stone, Dave McCary and Ali Herting producing for Fruit Tree, alongside Sarah Winshall and Sam Intili.
They are also the director of the feature documentary A Self-Induced Hallucination, which premiered at the 2019 Rotterdam International Film Festival, and the creator of the anthology film Collective: Unconscious,...
In the coming-of-age horror film written and directed by Schoenbrun, which will be released in theaters via Utopia and on HBO Max in April, teenager Casey (Anna Cobb) becomes immersed in an online role-playing horror game, while alone in her attic bedroom, therein beginning to document changes that may or may not be happening to her.
Schoenbrun’s second narrative feature, I Saw the TV Glow, has been set up at A24, with Emma Stone, Dave McCary and Ali Herting producing for Fruit Tree, alongside Sarah Winshall and Sam Intili.
They are also the director of the feature documentary A Self-Induced Hallucination, which premiered at the 2019 Rotterdam International Film Festival, and the creator of the anthology film Collective: Unconscious,...
- 2/11/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Toni Collette (Knives Out) and Monica Bellucci (Spectre) will star in Catherine Hardwicke’s comedy (Twilight) Mafia Mamma.
Hardwicke has also tapped Rob Huebel (The Descendants) to star alongside Collette and Bellucci.
Pic is a comedy about a suburban American woman who inherits her grandfather’s Mafia empire, and guided by the Firm’s trusted consigliere defies everyone’s expectations, including her own, as the new head of the family business.
Cornerstone will handle international sales and begin deal-making at next month’s virtual American Film Market. CAA Media Finance is overseeing the U.S. sale.
The film is a Vocab Films, Idea(L) and New Sparta Production based on an original idea by French novelist, screenwriter and filmmaker Amanda Sthers. Producers are Collette (United States of Tara) under her Vocab Films banner together with Sthers (Madame) through Idea(L) and New Sparta’s Christopher Simon (The Killing of a Sacred Deer...
Hardwicke has also tapped Rob Huebel (The Descendants) to star alongside Collette and Bellucci.
Pic is a comedy about a suburban American woman who inherits her grandfather’s Mafia empire, and guided by the Firm’s trusted consigliere defies everyone’s expectations, including her own, as the new head of the family business.
Cornerstone will handle international sales and begin deal-making at next month’s virtual American Film Market. CAA Media Finance is overseeing the U.S. sale.
The film is a Vocab Films, Idea(L) and New Sparta Production based on an original idea by French novelist, screenwriter and filmmaker Amanda Sthers. Producers are Collette (United States of Tara) under her Vocab Films banner together with Sthers (Madame) through Idea(L) and New Sparta’s Christopher Simon (The Killing of a Sacred Deer...
- 10/13/2021
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Toni Collette has been cast in “Mafia Mamma,” an action comedy about a suburban mom who unexpectedly inherits her grandfather’s Mafia empire.
Catherine Hardwicke, the filmmaker of “Twilight” and “Thirteen,” is directing the movie, which is expected to begin production in Italy in late spring 2022. Debbie Jhoon and J. Michael Feldman wrote the screenplay. The cast also includes Monica Bellucci and Rob Huebel.
Collette is best known for her Academy Award-nominated turn in “The Sixth Sense,” as well as “Little Miss Sunshine,” “Hereditary” and “Knives Out.” In “Mafia Mamma,” she channels her comedic roots as Kristen, a mom who unwittingly finds herself as the new boss of the fiercest Mafia family in Southern Italy.
The logline reads: “Kristin is facing a slew of challenges. Her only son is desperate to leave for college, her boss is a sexist pig, and she just caught her unsuccessful, musician husband (Huebel) cheating with a groupie.
Catherine Hardwicke, the filmmaker of “Twilight” and “Thirteen,” is directing the movie, which is expected to begin production in Italy in late spring 2022. Debbie Jhoon and J. Michael Feldman wrote the screenplay. The cast also includes Monica Bellucci and Rob Huebel.
Collette is best known for her Academy Award-nominated turn in “The Sixth Sense,” as well as “Little Miss Sunshine,” “Hereditary” and “Knives Out.” In “Mafia Mamma,” she channels her comedic roots as Kristen, a mom who unwittingly finds herself as the new boss of the fiercest Mafia family in Southern Italy.
The logline reads: “Kristin is facing a slew of challenges. Her only son is desperate to leave for college, her boss is a sexist pig, and she just caught her unsuccessful, musician husband (Huebel) cheating with a groupie.
- 10/13/2021
- by Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
Superstore actor Lauren Ash is staying in business with NBCUniversal after signing an overall deal that includes a commitment for her to write her own comedy pilot.
Ash has struck the cross-platform deal with NBCUniversal Television and Streaming to develop projects for NBC, Bravo, E!, Oxygen, Syfy, Universal Kids, USA and Peacock. The pilot commitment comes from Universal Television.
It is the studio’s latest cross-platform overall deal after a similar agreement with Meghan Trainor, who is also developing a comedy for NBC.
Ash just wrapped NBC comedy Superstore, which ended its six-season run in March. She starred opposite America Ferrera and Ben Feldman as Amy Sosa’s best friend and ambitious Cloud 9 manager Dina in the Justin Spitzer-created series.
“I could not be more excited that I get to stay within the NBCU family as I embark on the next chapter of my career,” Ash said. “NBCU...
Ash has struck the cross-platform deal with NBCUniversal Television and Streaming to develop projects for NBC, Bravo, E!, Oxygen, Syfy, Universal Kids, USA and Peacock. The pilot commitment comes from Universal Television.
It is the studio’s latest cross-platform overall deal after a similar agreement with Meghan Trainor, who is also developing a comedy for NBC.
Ash just wrapped NBC comedy Superstore, which ended its six-season run in March. She starred opposite America Ferrera and Ben Feldman as Amy Sosa’s best friend and ambitious Cloud 9 manager Dina in the Justin Spitzer-created series.
“I could not be more excited that I get to stay within the NBCU family as I embark on the next chapter of my career,” Ash said. “NBCU...
- 4/13/2021
- by Alexandra Del Rosario
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: In a competitive situation, Greg Silverman and Jon Berg of Stampede Ventures have optioned the rights to screenwriter Ward Parry’s spec script, Mr. Croup.
Matthew George’s Savvy Media Holdings, whose credits include Wind River and A Private War, will produce the film alongside former Warner Bros execs Berg and Silverman.
Mr. Croup is described to us an original spy-thriller with franchise potential, inspired by the likes of James Bond and Liam Neeson’s Taken character Bryan Mills. The script follows a mysterious recluse on a desolate island who finds himself in the company of a 10-year-old girl after her boat capsizes offshore and he is called to save her. With her in his possession, he must come out of hiding and face his past as a secret agent for the British government.
The aim is for the film to go into production in 2021.
Parry recently penned Iron Mike,...
Matthew George’s Savvy Media Holdings, whose credits include Wind River and A Private War, will produce the film alongside former Warner Bros execs Berg and Silverman.
Mr. Croup is described to us an original spy-thriller with franchise potential, inspired by the likes of James Bond and Liam Neeson’s Taken character Bryan Mills. The script follows a mysterious recluse on a desolate island who finds himself in the company of a 10-year-old girl after her boat capsizes offshore and he is called to save her. With her in his possession, he must come out of hiding and face his past as a secret agent for the British government.
The aim is for the film to go into production in 2021.
Parry recently penned Iron Mike,...
- 11/19/2020
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Apple TV+ has set a star-studded ensemble cast for its upcoming musical comedy project starring Saturday Night Live‘s Cecily Strong and executive produced by Lorne Michaels’ Broadway Video. Joining Strong are Keegan-Michael Key (Dolemite is My Name), Alan Cumming (The Good Wife), Fred Armisen (Portlandia), Kristin Chenoweth (Wicked), Aaron Tveit (Graceland), Dove Cameron (Hairspray Live!), Ariana DeBose (West Side Story film adaptation) Jaime Camil (Jane the Virgin), Jane Krakowski (Dickinson) and Ann Harada (Avenue Q).
Written by Despicable Me duo Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio, the as-yet untitled comedy series follows a couple on a backpacking trip designed to reinvigorate their relationship when they discover the magical town of Schmigadoon, in which everyone acts as if they’re in a studio musical from the 1940s. They then discover that they can’t leave until they find “true love.”
Key will play Josh, Melissa’s (Strong) long term, pragmatic partner,...
Written by Despicable Me duo Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio, the as-yet untitled comedy series follows a couple on a backpacking trip designed to reinvigorate their relationship when they discover the magical town of Schmigadoon, in which everyone acts as if they’re in a studio musical from the 1940s. They then discover that they can’t leave until they find “true love.”
Key will play Josh, Melissa’s (Strong) long term, pragmatic partner,...
- 10/1/2020
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Eliot Laurence, creator of Claws and Motherland: Fort Salem, has signed an overall deal with Fox 21 Television Studios, part of Disney TV Studios. Under the multi-year pact, Laurence will create, develop and produce series for network, cable and streaming platforms.
Laurence created and executive produces the hit dramedy Claws starring Niecy Nash, which was recently renewed for its fourth and final season on TNT, as well as Motherland: Fort Salem, Freeform’s upcoming fantasy drama about a military academy for witches, on which he serves as showrunner. On the feature side, he penned the indie dramedy Welcome To Me, starring Kristin Wiig.
“There aren’t a lot of writers with the range of Eliot around,” said Bert Salke, President, Fox 21 Television Studios. “When I read his draft of Motherland, not only was I blown away by the wildly imaginative world he created, but even more so by the...
Laurence created and executive produces the hit dramedy Claws starring Niecy Nash, which was recently renewed for its fourth and final season on TNT, as well as Motherland: Fort Salem, Freeform’s upcoming fantasy drama about a military academy for witches, on which he serves as showrunner. On the feature side, he penned the indie dramedy Welcome To Me, starring Kristin Wiig.
“There aren’t a lot of writers with the range of Eliot around,” said Bert Salke, President, Fox 21 Television Studios. “When I read his draft of Motherland, not only was I blown away by the wildly imaginative world he created, but even more so by the...
- 12/2/2019
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Greta Lee (Girls) is set to co-star opposite Natasha Lyonne in NBC‘s single-camera comedy pilot Old Soul. Co-created by Amy Poehler, Josh Bycel and Jonathan Fener and directed by David Wain, Old Soul centers on a reformed wild child Nadia (Lyonne) who has a business caring for the elderly and feels she has more in common with her colorful old clients than she does with people her age. Lee, repped by CAA, Regarding Entertainment and Kimberly Jaime, plays Alix, Nadia’s loyal friend with a type A personality and “will not fail” attitude. She will be seen in Fox’s M. Night Shyamalan’s event series Wayward Pines and features St. Vincent de Van Nuys and While We’re Young. Derek Webster (Revolution) has booked a role on ABC alien drama pilot The Visitors from Amblin TV. It chronicles the race against the clock to defeat an unseen alien...
- 2/19/2014
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
English dancer and actress Seeta Indrani (Broken) and Richard Short (666 Park Avenue) are set for arcs on USA’s spy drama Covert Affairs. Indrani will play Sana, a beautiful and sophisticated Indian woman whom Annie (Piper Perabo) befriends in the hopes that she may be the key to bringing Henry (Henry Wilcox) down for good. Short will take on the role of Reese, a charming Irish rocker-type who becomes entangled in Annie’s world. Greta Lee (Girls, Inside Amy Schumer) has been added to Fox’s event series Wayward Pines. She will play Ruby, the barista at the only coffee shop in Wayward Pines, who not only is a daily presence in everybody’s morning, but also knows everybody’s business. Repped by manager Russell Gregory and attorney Kimberly Jaime.
- 8/8/2013
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
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