deadlinehollywooddaily.com - 6/30/2009
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So just days after dumping a pic with his one-time producing partner Steven Soderbergh, Sony Pictures Entertainment's Amy Pascal has done a deal with George Clooney and his other producing partner Grant Heslov. My question is: why? Pascal swore off making movies just for the masturbatory ...
scriptshadow.blogspot.com - 7/7/2009
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scriptshadow.blogspot.com —
No script link today. Sorry. :( Genre: Drama
Premise: A look at the rise of Facebook and...
the effect it's had on its founders. About: Aaron Sorkin was commissioned by Sony and producer Scott Rudin to write a movie about Facebook. Interestingly, ...
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The Social Network (Facebook Movie)
latimesblogs.latimes.com - 7/1/2009
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It's never an easy decision when a studio
head has to pull the plug on a big...
movie, as Amy Pascal did last week when she shut down "Moneyball," a $58-million Steven Soderbergh film that was set to star Brad...
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Sony's Amy Pascal speaks out about 'Moneyball'
weblogs.variety.com - 7/6/2009
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> Buried in this Kim Masters story about
Sony bringing over George Clooney's production deal is a...
juicy nugget: Clooney wants to take over playing Jack Ryan in the Tom Clancy franchise. That is, if Paramount ever gets its act together and puts the ...
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Clooney Wants to Play Clancy's Jack Ryan
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George Clooney Packs Up His Warner Bros. Office, Moves To Sony
/Film —
... Nikki Finke is reporting an interesting bit of news: George Clooney and Grant Heslov are ending their production partnership with Warner Bros. and heading across town to set up shop with Sony. Coming just a week after Sony famously shitcanned Steven Soderbergh’s Moneyball, this is a surprising move. At Warner Bros. Clooney was able to make the less commercial movies he’s favored over the last few years, while Sony isn’t exactly known for being a hotbed ...
George Clooney And Smoke House Move From Warner Bros To Sony
MTV Movies Blog —
... So I feel a bit sorry for old George at the news that he and Smokehouse Pictures partner Grant Heslov have been traded away from Warner Bros to Sony. Which isn’t to say that Sony is a bad outfit. Clooney and Heslov have almost a decade of history with WB though. Smokehouse hasn’t exactly performed to expectations, but it’s a shame to see their long partnership end. Nikke Finke at Deadline Hollywood has some less than complimentary things to say about the split and the future prospects for Smokehouse, but I’m maintaining my faith in ...
George Clooney Leaves Warner Brothers and Signs With Sony
FirstShowing.net —
... . The duo's company, Smokehouse Pictures is has signed a two-year deal with Sony Pictures (as first announced by Deadline Hollywood), the very same studio that ...
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