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Paramount nabs 'Steal' - Entertainment News, Film News, Media
Paramount nabs 'Steal' - Entertainment News, Film News, Media
'Transformers's' Kurtzman, Orci to produce pic Marking the first major acquisition for newly appointed Paramount Film Group prexy Adam Goodman, the studio has paid seven figures upfront for action-comedy pitch "License to Steal." Shane Salerno will pen the script. Project is loosely based on ...
'Transformers' opens with $16 million - Entertainment News, Film News, Media
variety.com — Nabs best midnight run ever for a Wednesday Paramount's "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" grossed an estimated... $16 million in midnight runs, the best gross ever for a film opening on a Wednesday. And it's the third highest midnight gross of all ... (more) 'Transformers' opens with $16 million - Entertainment ...
Irate Michael Bay Blasts Paramount Over Unacceptable Tie With Ice Age 3
Irate Michael Bay Blasts Paramount Over Unacceptable Tie With Ice Age 3
movieline.com — In early May, panic-stricken director Michael Bay fired off an angry e-mail to Paramount, accusing the studio... of not providing Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen with the kind of marketing campaign worthy of the most explosive, least-comprehensible ... (more) Irate Michael Bay Blasts Paramount Over Unacceptable Tie ...
Paramount nabs 'Hellified' spec
hollywoodreporter.com — Breathing life into a quiet spec market, Paramount has picked up "Hellified," a supernatural action script by... Andy Burg, with Dan Bradley attached to direct. Lorenzo di Bonaventura, whose "Transformers" sequel is blowing up the boxoffice, is on board ... (more) Paramount nabs 'Hellified' spec
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Transformers Writers Have A License To Steal
Cinema Blend News — Transformers Writers Have A License To Steal Even though screenwriters Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman seem sort of ambivalent about how it eventually turned out, the massive, over the top success of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen this past weekend is going to make it even easier for the already heavily in demand duo to pick and choose projects. In fact Variety says they’ve got a License to Steal . We hope you enjoyed our half-hearted world-play. The film’s name is License to Steal and they’re set to produce it for the Paramount Film Group. It’s an action-comedy ...

'Wild Things' & 'Parnassus' To Appear At Comic Con 2009, Jason Lee Joins Kevin Smith's 'A Couple Of Dicks,' Trailer For 'Daybreakers'
:: The Playlist :: — Warner Brothers have unveiled their line up for this year's San Diego Comic Con. Films on show include Spike Jonze's "Where The Wild Things Are," Richard Kelly's "The Box," The Hughes Brothers' "The Book Of Eli," the "Nightmare On Elm Street" remake, "Jonah Hex" and Guy Ritchie's "Sherlock Holmes." Hall H will also be equipped to a 3D screening facility - on hand for a presentation of the 3D "Final Destination" - which bodes well for the potential of ...

Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci Have 'License to Steal'
Cinematical — Oh, the obvious jokes you can make about Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci being involved with a project called License to Steal. Considering they penned both of Michael Bay's robot-gasm installments, and Star Trek, plus produced The Proposal, one could say that this was their Hollywood life story. But it's not. According to Variety, License to Steal is actually based on Marc Weingarten's Salon.com article The Learjeat Repo Man, which examines world of repo men. Not just any repo men that come after your flatscreen or your Prius, but the "big game" hunter who steal / ...

Daily news dose: Michael Bay to direct 'Number Four;' Brandon Camp to helm 'Relativity'
The Screening Log — Here is your dose of film news for June 29, 2009: • Brandon Camp, whose directorial debut "Love Happens" opens Sept. 18, 2009, is set to helm Walden Media's family comedy "Relativity." The story follows a family gathering for the parents' 30th wedding anniversary. Things quickly get out of hand when their children find out they're adopted. Peter A. Craig wrote the original script, with Daniel Cohn and Jeremy Miller completing recent drafts. (Variety) • Michael Bay, whose "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" is leading the box office worldwide, is in early talks to prooduce and maybe ...

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Paramount Nabs Shane Salerno’s ‘Super Repo Men’ Script/Film
After the first Transformers reviews started coming in, some speculated that it would be a bad weekend for Paramount. But Revenge of the Fallen did amazing business, and now, according to THR , new Film Group president Adam Goodman has started to buy. First up is an untitled pitch by Shane ...
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Paramount Pictures has acquired the action-comedy pitch License to Steal , to be written by Shane Salerno. Variety says the project is loosely based on Marc Weingarten's Salon.com article about the high-end repossession business, in which agents travel all the world to reclaim play toys ...