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Chris Columbus And 1492 Make 5-Year Funding Deal With Rise Entertainment

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday November 27, 2012 @ 10:18am PSTTags: 1492 Pictures, Big Deals Film, Chris Columbus
Mike Fleming

BREAKING: Chris Columbus and his 1492 Pictures have closed a fvie-year deal with Michael Witherill’s Rise Entertainment to develop and finance 1492′s films. The deal includes films that Columbus will direct and that he and partners Michael Barnathan and Mark Radcliffe produce under the 1492 banner.

Films on the slate include an adaptation of the Anne Rice novel Christ The Lord, about the formative years of Jesus Christ with script by Betsy and Cyrus Nowrasteh, with the latter aboard to direct; Home Front, an adaptation of the Kristin Hannah novel that Columbus adapted and will direct; and House Of Secrets. Latter is the first acquisition made under the new deal, and it’s the first novel in a trilogy that Columbus has written with Ned Vizzini. Columbus plans to direct that one as well, about three kids lost in a fantasy world trying to find their way home. The first novel will be published by HarperCollins next spring. Columbus is writing that script and plans to get in production early 2014. READ MORE »

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

By MIKE FLEMING JR | 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 … Read More »

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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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