In Prime Video’s new romantic comedy Somebody I Used to Know, actor and filmmaker Dave Franco directs his leading lady — wife Alison Brie — through several nude scenes, including a full-frontal streaking sprint across a golf course alongside co-star Kiersey Clemons. Turns out the inspiration for the scene was none other than Brie herself, who co-wrote the script with her husband.
“That was an early addition to the storyline because I had a real penchant for streaking in my college years,” Brie told THR at the film’s Culver City premiere. “I kind of took a step away from that, but, in more recent years, I’ve gotten back into it.”
Just how recent are we talking? “She did it in the hotel right before we got here,” Franco admitted with a laugh. “She went up and down the hallway, and that’s a true story!” (He wasn’t lying,...
“That was an early addition to the storyline because I had a real penchant for streaking in my college years,” Brie told THR at the film’s Culver City premiere. “I kind of took a step away from that, but, in more recent years, I’ve gotten back into it.”
Just how recent are we talking? “She did it in the hotel right before we got here,” Franco admitted with a laugh. “She went up and down the hallway, and that’s a true story!” (He wasn’t lying,...
- 2/16/2023
- by Chris Gardner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
“Community” stars Alison Brie and Danny Pudi, who recently reunited for rom-com “Somebody I Used to Know,” are ready to get started on the sitcom’s much-anticipated film extension.
At the “Somebody I Used to Know” premiere on Wednesday, Brie told Variety she hopes the film shoots this year. “I’m clearing that schedule,” Brie said. Pudi agreed, saying “it looks likely this year. Right now, it’s just the timing.”
Brie and her husband, Dave Franco, co-wrote “Somebody I Used to Know” over the Covid lockdown. Following Franco’s directorial debut in 2020 with “The Rental,” he directed the new film, in which Brie stars opposite “Top Gun: Maverick’s” Jay Ellis.
After TV producer Ally (Brie) faces a professional setback, she runs back to her hometown and spends a whirlwind evening with her first love Sean (Ellis). That is until she learns Sean is getting married — that same weekend.
At the “Somebody I Used to Know” premiere on Wednesday, Brie told Variety she hopes the film shoots this year. “I’m clearing that schedule,” Brie said. Pudi agreed, saying “it looks likely this year. Right now, it’s just the timing.”
Brie and her husband, Dave Franco, co-wrote “Somebody I Used to Know” over the Covid lockdown. Following Franco’s directorial debut in 2020 with “The Rental,” he directed the new film, in which Brie stars opposite “Top Gun: Maverick’s” Jay Ellis.
After TV producer Ally (Brie) faces a professional setback, she runs back to her hometown and spends a whirlwind evening with her first love Sean (Ellis). That is until she learns Sean is getting married — that same weekend.
- 2/3/2023
- by Charna Flam
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Adam Kassen and Liz Yale Marsh have signed exclusive overall deals with Universal Television Alternative Studio, a division of Universal Studio Group.
Through their deals, they will source, develop and produce unscripted projects across various platforms. Both producers are currently working on productions with several Usg partners.
Marsh has multiple projects in the works with Jordan Peele’s Monkeypaw Productions, Lilly Singh’s Unicorn Island and Questlove and Black Thought’s Two One Five Entertainment. Kassen is working on several projects in different stages of development with Dick Wolf Entertainment for broadcast and premium streaming platforms.
“We are excited to partner with two of the best in the business, Adam and Liz, to build, diversify and propel our premium slate,” Toby Gorman, President, Utas, said in a statement. “It’s been thrilling to make dreams come true with our game shows and competition programs, and we’re putting that...
Through their deals, they will source, develop and produce unscripted projects across various platforms. Both producers are currently working on productions with several Usg partners.
Marsh has multiple projects in the works with Jordan Peele’s Monkeypaw Productions, Lilly Singh’s Unicorn Island and Questlove and Black Thought’s Two One Five Entertainment. Kassen is working on several projects in different stages of development with Dick Wolf Entertainment for broadcast and premium streaming platforms.
“We are excited to partner with two of the best in the business, Adam and Liz, to build, diversify and propel our premium slate,” Toby Gorman, President, Utas, said in a statement. “It’s been thrilling to make dreams come true with our game shows and competition programs, and we’re putting that...
- 11/3/2022
- by Katie Campione
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Entertainment executive and producer Leigh Kittay has joined director, writer and producer Will Gluck’s production company, Olive Bridge Entertainment as their Head of Film.
Kittay will lead the banner’s packed feature slate, which includes projects in development at Columbia, Disney, Searchlight and Netflix.
Olive Bridge, which has first-look deals with Sony Pictures Entertainment and Wiip, is known for Gluck’s many hit films including the half billion grossing-plus Peter Rabbit franchise and Easy A, among others.
Most recently, Sony announced that Olive Bridge will produce the original comedy Locked Out. Other upcoming Olive Bridge feature productions include the buddy action comedy End Of The World, which Gluck is directing and co-wrote with Chris Bremner for Sony; the Blacklist-topping sci-fi romance Move On for Sony; the hybrid animation/live-action adaptation of The Aristocrats for Disney, which Gluck co-wrote with Keith Bunin; the hybrid animation/live-action adaptation of the...
Kittay will lead the banner’s packed feature slate, which includes projects in development at Columbia, Disney, Searchlight and Netflix.
Olive Bridge, which has first-look deals with Sony Pictures Entertainment and Wiip, is known for Gluck’s many hit films including the half billion grossing-plus Peter Rabbit franchise and Easy A, among others.
Most recently, Sony announced that Olive Bridge will produce the original comedy Locked Out. Other upcoming Olive Bridge feature productions include the buddy action comedy End Of The World, which Gluck is directing and co-wrote with Chris Bremner for Sony; the Blacklist-topping sci-fi romance Move On for Sony; the hybrid animation/live-action adaptation of The Aristocrats for Disney, which Gluck co-wrote with Keith Bunin; the hybrid animation/live-action adaptation of the...
- 11/2/2022
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Julie Hagerty, Haley Joel Osment, Amy Sedaris, Danny Pudi, Zoe Chao, Evan Jonigkeit, Olga Merediz, Ayden Mayeri and Kelvin Yu have been added to the cast of Somebody I Used to Know, the Amazon original film being directed by Dave Franco and starring Alison Brie, Jay Ellis and Kiersey Clemons.
With the cast filled out, production is now underway in Oregon on the romantic comedy co-penned by Franco and Brie. The pic hails from Temple Hill Entertainment and Black Bear Pictures and marks a reteam of Franco, Brie and Black Bear after they teamed on last year’s horror pic The Rental directed by Franco and starring Brie.
The plot of Somebody I Used to Know centers on Ally (Brie), a workaholic who on a trip to her hometown spends a night reminiscing with her ex-boyfriend Sean (Ellis), which makes her start to question everything about the choices she’s...
With the cast filled out, production is now underway in Oregon on the romantic comedy co-penned by Franco and Brie. The pic hails from Temple Hill Entertainment and Black Bear Pictures and marks a reteam of Franco, Brie and Black Bear after they teamed on last year’s horror pic The Rental directed by Franco and starring Brie.
The plot of Somebody I Used to Know centers on Ally (Brie), a workaholic who on a trip to her hometown spends a night reminiscing with her ex-boyfriend Sean (Ellis), which makes her start to question everything about the choices she’s...
- 9/29/2021
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Dave Franco is set to direct “Somebody I Used to Know,” a romantic comedy starring Alison Brie, Jay Ellis and Kiersey Clemons.
Franco and Brie co-wrote the script for the film, which is being developed at Amazon Studios. The movie will debut exclusively on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide next year on an undetermined date.
“Somebody I Used to Know” follows workaholic Ally (Brie) who reunites with an ex-boyfriend (Ellis) on a trip to her hometown, a rendezvous that makes her start to question all of her prior life choices. The turn of events only get more confusing when she meets Cassidy (Clemons), a younger woman who reminds her of the person she used to be.
Franco and Brie, who are married, previously teamed on the horror movie “The Rental,” which marked Franco’s directorial debut and became a pandemic-era hit at drive in movie theaters.
Franco and Brie co-wrote the script for the film, which is being developed at Amazon Studios. The movie will debut exclusively on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide next year on an undetermined date.
“Somebody I Used to Know” follows workaholic Ally (Brie) who reunites with an ex-boyfriend (Ellis) on a trip to her hometown, a rendezvous that makes her start to question all of her prior life choices. The turn of events only get more confusing when she meets Cassidy (Clemons), a younger woman who reminds her of the person she used to be.
Franco and Brie, who are married, previously teamed on the horror movie “The Rental,” which marked Franco’s directorial debut and became a pandemic-era hit at drive in movie theaters.
- 8/30/2021
- by Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: After making his directing debut with the thriller The Rental, Dave Franco has found his next project, coming on to direct Somebody I Used To Know for Amazon Studios. Insiders also tell Deadline that Alison Brie, Jay Ellis and Kiersey Clemons are on board to star. Brie also co-wrote the script with Franco, and the film will be produced by Temple Hill’s Marty Bowen, Wyck Godfrey,and Isaac Klausner, and Black Bear’s Ben Stillman, Leigh Kittay,and Michael Heimler. Franco, Brie, Temple Hill’s Laura Quicksilver, Black Bear’s Teddy Schwarzman, and Bart Lipton will exec produce.
The film follows workaholic Ally (Brie) who, on a trip to her hometown, spends a night reminiscing with her ex-boyfriend Sean (Ellis), which makes her start to question everything about the choices she’s made and the person she’s become. Things only get more confusing when she meets Cassidy...
The film follows workaholic Ally (Brie) who, on a trip to her hometown, spends a night reminiscing with her ex-boyfriend Sean (Ellis), which makes her start to question everything about the choices she’s made and the person she’s become. Things only get more confusing when she meets Cassidy...
- 8/30/2021
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
Black Bear Pictures and Plan B Entertainment have acquired the feature film rights to Richard Powers’ upcoming novel, “Bewilderment,” in a highly competitive situation.
There were multiple bidders circling the project, a degree of interest that’s probably due to the fact that Powers’ previous novel, “The Overstory,” won the 2019 Pulitzer Prize and was critically adored. The film version of “Bewilderment” will be financed by Black Bear Pictures, which will also develop and produce the picture alongside Plan B Entertainment.
The novel is set in the near future amid Earth’s slow deterioration. It follows a widowed father of a most unusual and troubled nine-year-old boy, as he turns to an experimental neurological treatment in order to save his son. Powers’ book is due to be published in Fall of 2021 by W. W. Norton & Company — its publication is expected to be one of the year’s big literary events.
There were multiple bidders circling the project, a degree of interest that’s probably due to the fact that Powers’ previous novel, “The Overstory,” won the 2019 Pulitzer Prize and was critically adored. The film version of “Bewilderment” will be financed by Black Bear Pictures, which will also develop and produce the picture alongside Plan B Entertainment.
The novel is set in the near future amid Earth’s slow deterioration. It follows a widowed father of a most unusual and troubled nine-year-old boy, as he turns to an experimental neurological treatment in order to save his son. Powers’ book is due to be published in Fall of 2021 by W. W. Norton & Company — its publication is expected to be one of the year’s big literary events.
- 1/11/2021
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Monday, Aug. 17
Amazon Unveils Footage of Stacey Abrams Documentary
Amazon Studios has released a powerful trailer for the Stacey Abrams voting rights documentary “All In: The Fight for Democracy,” less than three months before the Nov. 3 election.
“If the power of the right to vote was truly made available to everyone in America, it would change the future of this nation,” Abrams asserts in the three-minute promotional clip, released Monday.
The film will be released in theaters on Sept. 9 and on Amazon Prime Video on Sept. 18. Abrams ran as the Democratic Party’s nominee in the 2018 gubernatorial election in Georgia and was the first Black woman to be a major-party gubernatorial nominee in the United States. She narrowly lost to Republican Brian Kemp, who was accused by Abrams of voter suppression activities after he refused to resign as secretary of state while campaigning for governor.
Magnolia Buys ‘Some Kind of Heaven...
Amazon Unveils Footage of Stacey Abrams Documentary
Amazon Studios has released a powerful trailer for the Stacey Abrams voting rights documentary “All In: The Fight for Democracy,” less than three months before the Nov. 3 election.
“If the power of the right to vote was truly made available to everyone in America, it would change the future of this nation,” Abrams asserts in the three-minute promotional clip, released Monday.
The film will be released in theaters on Sept. 9 and on Amazon Prime Video on Sept. 18. Abrams ran as the Democratic Party’s nominee in the 2018 gubernatorial election in Georgia and was the first Black woman to be a major-party gubernatorial nominee in the United States. She narrowly lost to Republican Brian Kemp, who was accused by Abrams of voter suppression activities after he refused to resign as secretary of state while campaigning for governor.
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- 8/18/2020
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Leigh Kittay has joined Black Bear as Head of Film. She most recently served that role for Noah Hawley’s 26 Keys, and was exec producer of Lucy in the Sky. Before that she worked at Parkes+MacDonald Productions and Bad Robot.
Ben Stillman, who has been at Black Bear since the company’s inception, will transition from feature films, where he was SVP, to run Black Bear’s newly created independent TV studio — Black Bear Television – as Head of TV. Black Bear TV recently announced it had optioned the rights to Irish writer Naoise Dolan’s debut novel Exciting Times, and has already commissioned close to a dozen projects this year under Stillman’s direction. Stillman had helped steer Black Bear’s feature film slate for principal Teddy Schwarzman.
Black Bear also promoted Michael Heimler to Head of Production and Finance, upped from VP Production & Operations.
Black Bear’s president...
Ben Stillman, who has been at Black Bear since the company’s inception, will transition from feature films, where he was SVP, to run Black Bear’s newly created independent TV studio — Black Bear Television – as Head of TV. Black Bear TV recently announced it had optioned the rights to Irish writer Naoise Dolan’s debut novel Exciting Times, and has already commissioned close to a dozen projects this year under Stillman’s direction. Stillman had helped steer Black Bear’s feature film slate for principal Teddy Schwarzman.
Black Bear also promoted Michael Heimler to Head of Production and Finance, upped from VP Production & Operations.
Black Bear’s president...
- 8/17/2020
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Black Bear Pictures has tapped Leigh Kittay as its new head of film, charged with growing the feature slate at Teddy Schwarzman’s production outfit.
Ben Stillman, who has been at Black Bear since the company’s launch, will transition from feature films, where he was senior vp, to run Black Bear’s newly created independent TV studio, Black Bear Television, as head of TV.
Kittay was most recently head of film for Noah Hawley’s 26 Keys, where she oversaw titles like Fargo and Legion.
She also executive produced Lucy in the Sky, starring Natalie Portman, and opened the way for 26 Keys to produce ...
Ben Stillman, who has been at Black Bear since the company’s launch, will transition from feature films, where he was senior vp, to run Black Bear’s newly created independent TV studio, Black Bear Television, as head of TV.
Kittay was most recently head of film for Noah Hawley’s 26 Keys, where she oversaw titles like Fargo and Legion.
She also executive produced Lucy in the Sky, starring Natalie Portman, and opened the way for 26 Keys to produce ...
- 8/17/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Black Bear Pictures has tapped Leigh Kittay as its new head of film, charged with growing the feature slate at Teddy Schwarzman’s production outfit.
Ben Stillman, who has been at Black Bear since the company’s launch, will transition from feature films, where he was senior vp, to run Black Bear’s newly created independent TV studio, Black Bear Television, as head of TV.
Kittay was most recently head of film for Noah Hawley’s 26 Keys, where she oversaw titles like Fargo and Legion.
She also executive produced Lucy in the Sky, starring Natalie Portman, and opened the way for 26 Keys to produce ...
Ben Stillman, who has been at Black Bear since the company’s launch, will transition from feature films, where he was senior vp, to run Black Bear’s newly created independent TV studio, Black Bear Television, as head of TV.
Kittay was most recently head of film for Noah Hawley’s 26 Keys, where she oversaw titles like Fargo and Legion.
She also executive produced Lucy in the Sky, starring Natalie Portman, and opened the way for 26 Keys to produce ...
- 8/17/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Michael Heimler promoted to head of production and finance.
Teddy Schwarzman’s Black Bear Pictures has named Leigh Kittay head of film and moved Ben Stillman over to head up the new TV division.
Kittay most recently served as head of film for Noah Hawley’s 26 Keys, served as executive producer on Lucy In The Sky starring Natalie Portman, and before that worked at Parkes+MacDonald Productions, and J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot.
Stillman has been at Black Bear since inception and moves from feature films, where he was senior vice-president, to run Black Bear Television as head of TV.
Teddy Schwarzman’s Black Bear Pictures has named Leigh Kittay head of film and moved Ben Stillman over to head up the new TV division.
Kittay most recently served as head of film for Noah Hawley’s 26 Keys, served as executive producer on Lucy In The Sky starring Natalie Portman, and before that worked at Parkes+MacDonald Productions, and J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot.
Stillman has been at Black Bear since inception and moves from feature films, where he was senior vice-president, to run Black Bear Television as head of TV.
- 8/17/2020
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Noah Hawley’s 26 Keys has set a new feature and a TV pilot with Matthew Baker, the author who has set Hollywood on fire with short stories that have sparked major bidding battles over the past year.
They will team for Lost Souls, a feature they’ve just set at Fox Searchlight, and Why Visit America, an FX pilot they’ll develop with Baker writing it, marking the first time he’s done that. Hawley will exec produce. Both of these are based on Baker short stories, making this the fourth Baker short story that Hawley has made a deal to produce.
Lost Souls is set in a world in which some babies are born without souls. A young expectant mother is sent to an unusual wellness center in the desert, with the hopes that it will improve her chances of delivering a healthy baby.
Here’s the log...
They will team for Lost Souls, a feature they’ve just set at Fox Searchlight, and Why Visit America, an FX pilot they’ll develop with Baker writing it, marking the first time he’s done that. Hawley will exec produce. Both of these are based on Baker short stories, making this the fourth Baker short story that Hawley has made a deal to produce.
Lost Souls is set in a world in which some babies are born without souls. A young expectant mother is sent to an unusual wellness center in the desert, with the hopes that it will improve her chances of delivering a healthy baby.
Here’s the log...
- 4/1/2019
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: In an exceptionally brisk year for movie option deals made based on short films and short stories, nobody has outdone Matthew Baker. The short story writer’s To Be Read Backwards has sold to Fox to be developed as a feature directing vehicle for Noah Hawley. Hawley — who after TV triumphs Fargo and Legion, just wrapped his featured directing debut with the Fox Searchlight Nasa drama Pale Blue Dot with Natalie Portman — will produce through his 26 Keys banner with Leigh Kittay. Matt Reilly is overseeing for Fox.
To Be read Backwards is a mind bending take on man who begins his life at his death and learns about himself as he, and the world, unravel in reverse, ultimately revealing humanity and mystery. Studio will set a writer while Hawley finishes post on his film.
For Baker, this marks the fourth story that’s being turned into a movie. Earlier this year,...
To Be read Backwards is a mind bending take on man who begins his life at his death and learns about himself as he, and the world, unravel in reverse, ultimately revealing humanity and mystery. Studio will set a writer while Hawley finishes post on his film.
For Baker, this marks the fourth story that’s being turned into a movie. Earlier this year,...
- 12/12/2018
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
After teaming with studio label Fox Searchlight on his feature directorial debut Pale Blue Dot, Noah Hawley has set his next helming effort at Fox.
Hawley is attached to direct a film adaptation of To Be Read Backwards, a short story by Matthew Baker, for the studio. The tale follows a man who begins his life at his death and learns about himself as he, and the world, unravel in reverse, ultimately revealing humanity and mystery.
Hawley, who has an overall first-look feature deal at Fox, will also produce the project through his 26 Keys banner with Leigh Kittay. Matt ...
Hawley is attached to direct a film adaptation of To Be Read Backwards, a short story by Matthew Baker, for the studio. The tale follows a man who begins his life at his death and learns about himself as he, and the world, unravel in reverse, ultimately revealing humanity and mystery.
Hawley, who has an overall first-look feature deal at Fox, will also produce the project through his 26 Keys banner with Leigh Kittay. Matt ...
- 12/12/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
After teaming with studio label Fox Searchlight on his feature directorial debut Pale Blue Dot, Noah Hawley has set his next helming effort at Fox.
Hawley is attached to direct a film adaptation of To Be Read Backwards, a short story by Matthew Baker, for the studio. The tale follows a man who begins his life at his death and learns about himself as he, and the world, unravel in reverse, ultimately revealing humanity and mystery.
Hawley, who has an overall first-look feature deal at Fox, will also produce the project through his 26 Keys banner with Leigh Kittay. Matt ...
Hawley is attached to direct a film adaptation of To Be Read Backwards, a short story by Matthew Baker, for the studio. The tale follows a man who begins his life at his death and learns about himself as he, and the world, unravel in reverse, ultimately revealing humanity and mystery.
Hawley, who has an overall first-look feature deal at Fox, will also produce the project through his 26 Keys banner with Leigh Kittay. Matt ...
- 12/12/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Noah Hawley's 26 Keys Productions has signed an overall deal at 20th Century Fox. The film pact for the shingle run by Fargo creator Hawley and partner John Cameron comes on the heels of last week’s news that Hawley had signed on to make his feature directorial debut on Man Alive, an elevated sci-fi spec script by new writer Joe Greenberg. As part of the deal unveiled today, Leigh Kittay, formerly a VP at Parkes+MacDonald Productions, has been named Head of Film at 26…...
- 4/25/2016
- Deadline
“Fargo” creator Noah Hawley‘s company 26 Keys Productions has signed an overall film deal at 20th Century Fox, it was announced Monday. Hawley and partner John Cameron run the company, which also has a deal with FX Productions. As part of the feature deal, 26 Keys announced it has hired Leigh Kittay as its head of film. 26 Keys’ first feature under the new Fox deal will be “Man Alive,” which Hawley and and Cameron will produce with BenderSpink. Kittay will serve as an executive producer. Also Read: 'Fargo' Creator Noah Hawley Lands New Overall Deal at FX “There’s a phrase you hear.
- 4/25/2016
- by Jeff Sneider
- The Wrap
X-Men Apocalypse
A new trailer for Bryan Singer's "X-Men: Apocalypse" is set to drop within a day, before that though the helmer released a new behind-the-scenes photo featuring Ben Hardy's Angel standing over his defeated cage fighting opponent who appears to be The Blob. Kevin Durand played the character in "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" but that doesn't appear to be the case here. [Source: Instagram]
Man Alive
20th Century Fox has set "Fargo" TV series creator Noah Hawley to make his feature film directorial debut on the elevated sci-fi thriller "Man Alive". Joe Greenberg has penned the script for the project while Aengus McLoone, Leigh Kittay, John Cameron, Chris Bender, Jake Weiner and Jake Wagner will produce. [Source: Deadline]
Couple Up
Lionsgate has closed a deal for Joshua Friedlander's spec script "Couple Up" which will be distributed through its Codeblack Films label.
A married couple, verging on divorce, wishes they had never met.
A new trailer for Bryan Singer's "X-Men: Apocalypse" is set to drop within a day, before that though the helmer released a new behind-the-scenes photo featuring Ben Hardy's Angel standing over his defeated cage fighting opponent who appears to be The Blob. Kevin Durand played the character in "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" but that doesn't appear to be the case here. [Source: Instagram]
Man Alive
20th Century Fox has set "Fargo" TV series creator Noah Hawley to make his feature film directorial debut on the elevated sci-fi thriller "Man Alive". Joe Greenberg has penned the script for the project while Aengus McLoone, Leigh Kittay, John Cameron, Chris Bender, Jake Weiner and Jake Wagner will produce. [Source: Deadline]
Couple Up
Lionsgate has closed a deal for Joshua Friedlander's spec script "Couple Up" which will be distributed through its Codeblack Films label.
A married couple, verging on divorce, wishes they had never met.
- 4/24/2016
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Exclusive: 20th Century Fox has made a six-figure deal to acquire Man Alive, an elevated sci-fi spec script by new writer Joe Greenberg. Fargo creator Noah Hawley is set to make his feature film directorial debut on the project, which Leigh Kittay and John Cameron from Hawley’s 26 Keys shingle will produce with Chris Bender, Jake Weiner and Jake Wagner. Hawley is the creator/executive producer of FX’s Fargo, and this is the first project in his overall deal at Fox. Kittay…...
- 4/22/2016
- Deadline
Exclusive: Gal Gadot is in negotiations for the Fox 2000 film Keeping Up With The Joneses, the Greg Mottola-directed pic scripted by Michael LeSieur. Laurie MacDonald and Leigh Kittay are producing and production will begin in April in Atlanta. Gadot will play the role of Diana Jones in a cast that includes Zach Galifianakis, Isla Fisher and Jon Hamm. Gadot will next be seen in Lionsgate’s Criminal in August and in September the movie Triple Nine. She plays Wonder Woman…...
- 2/21/2015
- Deadline
Veteran producers Walter Parkes and Laurie MacDonald have formed a new joint venture, Parkes+MacDonald/Image Nation, with Image Nation, a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi Media. With the formation of the new company, chief executive Marc Resteghini‘s contract has been renewed, and Leigh Kittay, formerly of J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot production company, has joined the company as a creative executive. As studios cut back on their producing deals, veteran producers are looking for other sources of support. The husband-and-wife producing team – Sony releases their Men in Black III on May 25 – saw their first-look deal with
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- 4/25/2012
- by Gregg Kilday
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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