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Karen Croner To Script ‘Hello Ghost’ Remake For Chris Columbus To Direct

By MIKE FLEMING | Thursday June 30, 2011 @ 2:00pm PDTTags: 1492 Pictures, Chris Columbus, CJ Entertainment, Denise DiNovi, Hello Ghost, Jennifer Lopez, Meryl Streep, Paul Weitz, Tina Fey
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Karen Croner has been set to script Hello Ghost, the film inspired by the Korean comedy about a man whose failed suicide attempt allows him to see ghosts who haunt him until he grants each of them one wish. Chris Columbus will direct a film that will be financed by CJ Entertainment, which has a first-look deal with Columbus and his 1492 banner. Columbus set Hello Ghost up in February 2011 with Next Entertainment World, the Korean distributor and financier. Croner, who’d been known for dramas that included the Meryl Streep-starrer One True Thing, continues to make a switch to comedy. She scripted Admission, which Paul Weitz will direct with Tina Fey starring, and Croner just finished Kiss and Tango for Jennifer Lopez and producer Denise DiNovi at Fox 2000. She’s repped by WME.

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Chris Columbus Inks 3-For-1 Deal With CBS

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday May 19, 2011 @ 10:39am PDTTags: 1492 Pictures, CBS TV Studios, Chris Columbus, TV Directors
Nellie Andreeva

EXCLUSIVE: Getting feature directors to helm pilots was a hot trend this development season. CBS is already looking to extend it to next season, signing a deal with Harry Potter director Chris Columbus. Under the 3-for-1 pact, Columbus will develop … Read More »

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