After another transformative year, “Leave No Trace” and “Hell or High Water” star Ben Foster is slipping into one more immersive role.…
‘Harry Haft’s Barry Levinson & Ben Foster Pitch Boxing Redemption Tale To Cannes Buyers
When Deadline first revealed the fact-based historical drama Harry Haft was being put together by BRON Studios and New Mandate Films with Barry…
Danny DeVito, Vicky Krieps, Peter Sarsgaard, John Leguizamo To Co-Star Barry Levinson’s ‘Harry Haft’
Danny DeVito, Phantom Thread actress Vicky Krieps, Peter Sarsgaard, John Leguizamo, Saro Emirze, and Dar Zuzovsky are set for Harry Haft, the Barry Levinson-directed film based on…
Handmaid’s Tale Director Is Telling Anne Frank’s Story Next
Reed Morano, known for her work directing the award-winning series, The Handmaid’s Tale, will likely turn her attention next to the harrowing drama, Keeper of the Diary, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The series, which will be produced by Weimaraner Republic Pictures’ Matti Leshem and Lynn Harris for Fox Searchlight, will follow Otto, Anne Frank’s father, as he sets out to find someone to publish his daughter’s now-famous diary that discloses the horrific realities of living in fear and hiding from Nazis during World War II.
Halle Berry At Center Of ‘Jagged Edge’ Remake At Sony Pictures
Sony Pictures is in the early stages of mounting a remake of the 1985 thriller Jagged Edge, as a star vehicle for Halle Berry. The effort is being led by Steven Bersch, the Sony Worldwide Acquisitions Group head who took over the genre arm Screen Gems. This one could very well be a standard Sony release, but they’re still working that out. The project is a priority and the studio has begun the search for the right writer to draft the new version. Matti Leshem and Doug Belgrad will produce it. Scott Strauss will oversee for the studio.
Amblin Wins Female Action Spec ‘Ruthless’ For Helmer Brad Peyton
Amblin Partners just won an auction for Ruthless, a female-driven action spec script by John Swetnam that had producers and…
Fox Searchlight Wins ‘Keeper Of The Diary’ Spec On Heroic Effort To Publish Anne Frank’s Work
Fox Searchlight has won the first big spec auction of the year, and will pay high six figures for Keeper…
DreamWorks Reunites ‘Shallows’ Scribe & Producers, Denise Di Novi Helms ‘Highway One’
In a near-seven-figure deal, DreamWorks has acquired Highway One, a spec script by The Shallows scribe Tony Jaswinski, with Denise…
‘The Shallows’: 6 Steps to Deliver the Perfect Summer Sleeper
Fall is the season for Oscar movies; cheap summer thrillers are long forgotten. However, it’s a good time to honor the sleeper success that…
Non-stop, pulse-pounding suspense in “The Shallows”
From Jaume Collet-Serra, director acclaimed thrillers “Unknown” and “Non-Stop,” comes Columbia Pictures’ suspenseful tale “The Shallows” where a female surfer…