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Mattel’s Robbie Brenner Knows ‘Barbie’ Is a “Unicorn” That May Never Be Topped. She Still Has a Slate to Build
Mattel headquarters, in El Segundo, is some three freeways removed from the heart of Hollywood. It shares a parking lot with a DoubleTree, and the Stamps.com headquarters is across the road, but given the hold that Barbie has on the entertainment industry, it might as well be the center of the universe. Inside, Hot Wheels […]
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George Clooney, Adam Sandler to Star in New Movie From Noah Baumbach
Noah Baumbach has found the stars of his new feature film: Adam Sandler and George Clooney. The plot details for the Netflix project are being kept under wraps. Baumbach will also produce the film, alongside Amy Pascal and David Heyman, who worked with Baumbach on Marriage Story and also produced Barbie, which the filmmaker co-wrote […]
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Mattel Developing ‘American Girl’ Movie with Paramount, Temple Hill
After the $1.4 billion success of Barbie, Mattel Films is putting another one of its beloved doll lines on the development track. Paramount Pictures and Maze Runner and Twilight outfit Temple Hill are developing a feature project based on the American Girl dolls, with Lindsey Anderson Beer, who recently worked with Paramount on Pet Sematary: […]
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Dwayne Johnson to Play MMA Fighter Mark Kerr in A24 Movie from Benny Safdie
Dwayne Johnson will be taking his most dramatic role to date in a new A24 project from one half of the Uncut Gems team, Benny Safdie. Johnson is set to star in The Smashing Machine as real-life mixed martial arts fighter Mark Kerr, a two-time UFC Heavyweight Tournament Champion. Safdie, who wrote and will direct […]
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Chris Hemsworth Banner Pacts With Ben Affleck, Matt Damons’ Artists Equity
Ben Affleck and Matt Damon’s Artists Equity banner has formed a partnership with Chris Hemsworth’s Wild State, which will see Artists Equity producing film and television projects from the Thor actor’s banner. Wild State, which Hemsworth heads with partner Ben Grayson, was founded in 2022 and has credits that include the Hemsworth-fronted Extraction 2. A […]
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2023 Black List Includes Patsy Cline, FTX and Tom Hanks Doppelganger Scripts
The Black List has revealed its 2023 list of best unproduced screenplays, with scripts that include a biopic of country singer Patsy Cline, the rise and fall of Sam Bankman-Fried crypto empire FTX, and an action-comedy about Tom Hanks and his doppelganger. Topping this year’s list is a feature script from Travis Braun titled Bad […]
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Are Studios Shy to Market Musicals as … Musicals?
The movie musical has gotten a bad rap. After showing promise at the box office a half-decade ago with original standouts like Hugh Jackman’s The Greatest Showman (which grossed $434 million globally), studios are wary of marketing musicals explicitly as such. The trailers for the Timothée Chalamet-fronted Wonka at Warners barely, if at all, hint at […]
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2024 Sundance Film Festival Lineup: New Steven Soderbergh Film, Kristen Stewart Love Story and Devo Doc
The Sundance Film Festival has announced its line-up for its 40th incarnation. The 2024 fest will see new entries from fest regulars like Steven Soderbergh, Lana Wilson and Richard Linklater, while also debuting titles from new directors with 40 percent of the features program coming from first time feature filmmakers. A-list talent like Kirsten Stewart, […]
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New A24 Movies to Stream Exclusively on Max in New Output Deal
Warner Bros. Discovery will be exclusive the home to A24’s upcoming slate. The conglomerate and the indie studio announced a multiyear pay-1 U.S. output deal that will bring the studio and distributor’s theatrical film slate exclusively to Warner Bros. Discovery’s HBO and Cinemax, as well as streaming service Max. In addition to newer and upcoming […]
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MGM+ Lands Alex Gibney’s Paul Simon Doc
MGM+ has landed the rights to two-part doc In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon from Alex Gibney. Gibney directed the two-parter, which is described as “the definitive musical biography of Paul Simon, one of the greatest songwriters (and performers) in the history of rock ‘n roll.” The doc includes never-before-seen footage of Simon’s […]
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Adam McKay Shelves Netflix Political Satire Starring Robert Pattinson for Climate-Related Project
Adam McKay is shelving his Netflix political satire Average Height, Average Build that was set to star Robert Pattinson and Amy Adams, and instead is focusing on project revolving around climate change. A spokesperson for McKay said, “With the climate emergency having escalated a great deal, Adam McKay has decided to make his next directorial […]
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Tribeca Doc ‘This Is Not Financial Advice’ Lands at Fuse TV
This is Not Financial Advice, the cryptocurrency centric doc that had its debut at the Tribeca Film Festival, has landed at FuseTV. Chris Temple and Zach Ingrasci directed the feature that has a longline that reads: “Glauber Contessoto gambles his life savings on a joke cryptocurrency. Two months later, he becomes ‘The Dogecoin Millionaire’ and an […]
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