variety.com - 10/13/2009
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J.J. Abrams to produce untitled project In a deal valued close to $2 million, Paramount has acquired an untitled feature pitch from scribes Aline Brosh McKenna and Simon Kinberg. J.J. Abrams will produce with Bryan Burk through their Bad Robot banner. Par's pricey purchase comes at a time when ...
variety.com - 10/14/2009
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Paramount negotiating with actor for franchise reboot Paramount
Pictures is negotiating with Chris Pine to play CIA
analyst Jack Ryan in the reboot of the franchise based on the Tom Clancy novels. Pine is positioned to topline his second Par ...
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Chris Pine in talks for Jack Ryan role
weblogs.variety.com - 10/7/2009
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With "Transformers," director Michael Bay presides over Paramount’s
biggest budget franchise. he's ready to become the studio's
go-to-guy for low cost films, too. Paramount Pictures has signed a first look producing deal with Platinum Dunes, the genre ...
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Bay Brings Genre Label to Paramount
comingsoon.net - 10/14/2009
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Variety says that Paramount has acquired an untitled
feature pitch from screenwriters Aline Brosh McKenna and Simon
Kinberg. J.J. Abrams will produce with Bryan Burk through their Bad Robot. Sherryl Clark, Bad Robot's film chief, will executive ...
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Paramount and Bad Robot Team on Untitled Pic
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Paramount Pays Big Bucks for J.J Abrams' Produced Untitled Pitch
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So essentially, I might as well just hand you a blank piece of paper and tell you that it will be filled with a spectacular movie, because there's not much else we can tell you. I could make stuff up, but I like to leave that to Fox News. Variety announced that Paramount Pictures paid over $2 million for an ...
Tom Cruise's 'Witchita' Becomes 'Knight & Day,' 'Toy Story 3' Adds Voice Cast Members, 'Parnassus' Character Posters
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Tom Cruise's action comedy, "Witchita," directed by James Mangold and co-starring Cameron Diaz has changed its title to "Knight & Day." It's a 20th Century Fox picture and currently shooting. It will arrive July 2, 2010. Universal has released synopses for "Green Zone," "MacGruber," "Get Him To The Greek," Ridley Scott's still untitled, "Robin Hood," project and "Your ...
News Shorts: October 13th 2009
Dark Horizons - News —
Photos today of Tom Cruise performing a stunt on the set of James Mangold's Knight and Day along with a gun-toting Cameron Diaz, Michael Douglas and Shia LaBeouf on the set of Wall Street 2, Zoe Saldana shooting scenes for The Losers, and pics of the first stills from The Twilight Saga: Eclipse.
Posters for The Lovely Bones, The Princess and the Frog, Ong Bak 3, Toy Story 3, Women in Trouble.
Hugh Jackman has given a video interview with Katie Couric in which he talks slightly more about the "Wolverine" sequel's Japanese storyline.
"Paramount Pictures has ...
'Frenemy of the State,' from Rashida Jones, picked up by Universal
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... And while I'm on my interesting-projects-involving-women path, a rather mysterious project was picked up yesterday by Paramount for $2 million. It came from a screenwriter known for female fare (27 Dresses, Morning Glory, The Devil Wears Prada) and one known for male-oriented action flicks (Sherlock Holmes, X-Men: The Last Stand, Mr. and Mrs. Smith), so I will be on the lookout for a logline to decipher this combination. I'm hoping Mr. and Mrs. Smith will offer a hint, though, of the pitch's direction--I found that movie to be a ...
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