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Cannes Market turns up volume - Variety
One exec who asked not to be named marvelled at the number of new films -- he estimated 60 in both English and foreign languages -- that appear to be ready with financing. "That's an explosion," he said. "There's a sense of stability for the first time ...
LA's production 'Complex' - Variety
Yet one veteran of the LA production community, who asked to remain anonymous, insists the whole state-incentive approach needs to be re-examined, having become a form of legalized bribery by public officials in their zeal to fatten tax coffers.
Friedman to leave Radical Media - Variety
By Jill Goldsmith Gotham-based production company Radical Media's prexy of media and entertainment Robert Friedman will be leaving in several months as his six year deal comes up, a person close to the company said this week. Both Friedman and Radical ...
Layoffs at Summit begin - Variety
Bobby Gerber, Summit's exec veep of home entertainment sales, was also among those who were told Monday that they will be let go, according to a source close to the company. The trio were expected to remain until early next month.
Hollywood's design credit dilemma - Variety
The producers' designation of Sinclair rankled some guild members because "ADG takes the view that every film should have a production designer," said a person close to the guild. McDowell added that animated films and those created via performance ...
Hollywood's design credit dilemma - Variety
The producers' designation of Sinclair rankled some guild members because "ADG takes the view that every film should have a production designer," said a person close to the guild. McDowell added that animated films and those created via performance ...
News Corp. to name legal chief - Variety
But a person close to the company said the appointment of Zweifach, a partner with the firm Williams & Connolly with years of experience in securities, antitrust and First Amendment law, could be announced early in the new year after an extensive ...
Cruise cues 'All You Need Is Kill' - Variety
Though sources close to the studio were a little worried that Cruise may be passive about doing back-to-back sci-fi pics, sources close to Cruise added that his biggest reason for taking the role is Liman's persistence in their talks that both films ...
Endemol creditors reject Time Warner bid - Variety
Time Warner refused to comment, but a source close to the conglom's side of the proposed deal told a slightly different version of the story, saying that the media company had received a letter from Endemol proposing to revisit the bid after creditors ...
Bruce Rosenblum elected TV Academy chairman - Variety
One exec who asked to remain anonymous said it would have been an embarrassment for the board to choose Wiard -- even with her years of service to the organization -- over a power player at the industry's most prolific production studio. ...
Eric Roth is in talks to pen 'Cleopatra' - Variety
There is no deal in place yet for Roth, and while Sony wouldn't confirm his involvement, sources close to the project confirm he has been approached and will likely begin writing within the next several weeks. Film will tell Cleopatra's story from a ...
Sources: Relativity, JP Morgan talks stall - Variety
At the time, sources close to the negotiations said they'd expected the deal to close as early as September. The potential deal had been met with a chorus of skepticism from the finance community as well as many in the entertainment community. ...
Chris LeRoy joins Lionsgate - Variety
The studio had no official comment Thursday but a person close to the situation confirmed that LeRoy began working at Lionsgate this week. Leroy resigned his post as exec VP of distribution at Disney early this year. ...
'Lone Ranger' rides on fee cuts, less Disney risk - Variety
21, 2012 berth, with its production start delayed from November to February, sources close to the project said. Despite hyped reports that Disney pulled the plug on the bigscreen adaptation in August, the project was never dead; construction of New ...
Murphy on track to host Oscars - Variety
Although the report jumped the gun, sources close to the situation said that the Internet chatter spurred AMPAS officials to unofficially settle on Murphy as host, an idea championed by Oscarcast producer Brett Ratner. Ratner is producing the 84th ...
Sony, AMC pact for more 'Breaking Bad' - Variety
Sony Pictures Television and AMC have come to terms on a 16-episode order of series "Breaking Bad," according to sources close to the negotiations. The order will represent the final episodes of the series, allowing its creators ...
Disney pulls 'Lone Ranger' reins - Variety
Despite reports that Disney has pulled the plug on the bigscreen adaptation that will have Gore Verbinski helm Armie Hammer as the masked man and Johnny Depp co-star as Tonto, the pic is far from dead at the studio, sources close to the production told ...
Summit to distrib Hawke starrer in US - Variety
The minimajor had no comment but a person close to the situation said the deal had closed Monday. Jason Blum will produce through his Blumhouse banner with Brian Kavanaugh-Jones of Automatik Entertainment. Charles Layton is exec producing. ...
Tarantino unchains Django: It's Foxx - Variety
After a month-long casting search, Quentin Tarantino has found his next leading man, tapping Jamie Foxx to star in "Django Unchained," sources close to the production tell Variety. Foxx will play the title role of Django, a freed slave ...
Premium VOD: Will exhibs play favorites? - Variety
"I'm sure that whatever we're looking at today in terms of exhibition and distribution will be completely different over the next five years," says a source close to distribution. "But the reality is that it's all changing so we have to start moving ...
Relativity spins off Universal fund to Elliott - Variety
At the same time, CEO Ryan Kavanaugh is making progress on a deal to buy out Elliott's stake in Relativity, and could complete the sale as early as September, sources close to the talks tell Variety. The pact includes five or six strategic partners ...
Appreciation: Arthur Laurents - Variety
A few sources close to the production told another story -- that at a rehearsal in the Palace Theater, Laurents tore into Stack in front of the cast, telling the actor, "You can't act. You can't sing. You can't dance. What is it you do? ...
Vegas shows double down - Variety
"If your outlay is $50000, but you bring in another 500 people spending $200-$300 apiece, the arrangement makes perfect sense," says the insider, who declined to be identified. "With this scenario, the perception is that anything can happen; ...
Meredith Vieira may exit NBC's 'Today' - Variety
If Vieira were to leave, the source said, her successor would most likely be "Today" news anchor and frequent "Nightly News" substitute anchor Ann Curry. "If (Curry) were passed over for this again, I think the thought is that the viewers wouldn't have ...
Mark Pedowitz in talks for CW top job - Variety
Although there hasn't been much friction between the partners in their joint stewardship of CW, industry sources said there was still wariness on both sides of giving the CW post to a WB or CBS insider. Pedowitz was eased out of ABC Studios in January ...