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Google: We Cooperated On ‘The Internship’ To Improve Computer Nerds’ Image

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Wednesday May 15, 2013 @ 12:48pm PDTTags: 20th Century Fox, Google, The Internship

David Bloom is a contributor to Deadline

Google co-founder and CEO Larry Page said it was a concern for improving the image of computer programming that led the web giant to participate in filming Fox’s The Internship, a comedy starring Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson as unemployed salesmen who talk their way into coveted internships at the company. “I’m not sure we had a choice” about participating, Page said at Google’s I/O developer conference today. “Computer science has a marketing problem. We’re the nerdy curmudgeons. (But) the guy who plays the head of search [in the movie] is by far the coolest guy in the movie, and we’re really excited about that.” The comments came as Page talked of the need for better education and more computer programmers if the country is to remain competitive (the company also announced an initiative to make it easy for schools to buy and install educational apps on Google-powered tablets and computers). The Internship, directed by Shawn Levy, is set to debut June 7. READ MORE »

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Hot Trailer: ‘The Wolverine’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Wednesday May 1, 2013 @ 10:10am PDTTags: 20th Century Fox, CinemaCon, The Wolverine

Here’s the heavy on action, light on plot Wolverine trailer Fox unveiled to exhibitors at CinemaCon. Hugh Jackman stars in the X-Men stand-alone directed by James Mangold. Pic opens stateside July 26. Check it out:

Watch this video on YouTube.

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Fox, Hutch Parker Swallow ‘Capsule’ Spec

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Monday April 29, 2013 @ 4:11pm PDTTags: 20th Century Fox, Capsule, Hutch Parker, Ian Shorr
Mike Fleming

20th Century Fox has acquired Capsule, a spec by Ian Shorr that Hutch Parker and John Zaozirny are attached to produce through Parker’s Hutch Parker Entertainment banner. Parker exec Aaron Ensweiler will spearhead the project for the company. Matthias Hoene is attached to direct. It’s a sci-fi script, based on an original story by Hoene. A young man’s life is turned upside down when he mysteriously begins to receive metallic capsules containing messages from his future self. Read More »

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Fox Seals ‘Guys And Dolls’ Rights; Wants Channing Tatum, Joseph Gordon-Levitt To Fill Frank Sinatra And Marlon Brando Shoes

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday April 24, 2013 @ 12:24pm PDTTags: 20th Century Fox, Big Deals Film, Channing Tatum, Guys And Dolls, Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: At long last, 20th Century Fox has closed movie rights to Guys And Dolls, and the studio will soon start the process of developing a remake of the stage and movie classic for what Fox hopes will be a killer pairing of Channing Tatum and Joseph Gordon-Levitt in the roles made famous by Frank Sinatra and Marlon Brando. There is no writer or director yet, but those guys are interested.

While we are all waiting for the eventual movie adaptation of stage hits like Wicked and The Book Of Mormon, I don’t think I’ve ever seen a musical adaptation get the kind of rise out of movie stars that Guys And Dolls has each time a movie deal was rumored. Years ago, it looked like Harvey Weinstein was getting the rights, with his Chicago exec producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron producing the film. Thesps from Russell Crowe to Vin Diesel, Hugh Jackman and others all tossed their hats into the ring to play the leads. Trouble was, Jo Loesser, the widow of songwriter Frank Loesser, never found a deal to her liking and declined to sign over the rights. Until just recently.

The musical was taken from Damon Runyon’s short stories that captured the rogue gangsters and gamblers of the 1920s and 1930s. Here, Nathan Detroit (Sinatra) has a town full of captive gamblers and wants to set up a floating crap game but needs money to do it. He bets his pal Sky Masterson (Brando) that Sky can’t get the wholesome Sarah Brown (Jean Simmons) — who runs a mission — to go with him to Havana. Frank Loesser wrote the music and lyrics, and Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows wrote the book. It won the Tony Award for Best Musical when it premiered in 1950, and won the 1951 Pulitzer for Drama, until the troubles Burrows was having with the House Un-American Activities Committee caused the Trustees of Columbia University to veto the selection. Guys And Dolls was then turned into the 1955 movie. The classic Loesser songs included Luck Be A Lady, and Sit Down, You’re Rocking The Boat. Read More »

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Tweets Lead Blake Cooper To ‘Maze Runner’ Role

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday April 23, 2013 @ 3:39pm PDTTags: 20th Century Fox, Blake Cooper, The Maze Runner, Wes Ball
Mike Fleming

Maybe it’s appropriate that director Wes Ball just tweeted that Blake Cooper got the pivotal role of Chuck in The Maze Runner. Cooper got Ball’s attention with a flurry of tweets to the director, basically saying “I’m … Read More »

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CinemaCon: Fox Unveils Ben Stiller’s ‘Secret Life Of Walter Mitty’ Which Could Be Oscar Bound

By PETE HAMMOND | Thursday April 18, 2013 @ 2:08pm PDTTags: 20th Century Fox, Ben Stiller, Chris Aronson, CinemaCon, Jim Gianopulos, Melissa McCarthy, Sandra Bullock, The Heat, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, The Wolverine
Pete Hammond

20th Century Fox (“and it is called 20th Century Fox,” as Distribution President Chris Aronson wryly noted in his welcoming remarks) presented to theater owners at CinemaCon today. The highlight was about 12 minutes of selected scenes from the studio’s holiday release The … Read More »

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Mark Roybal Leaving Indian Paintbrush To Become Exec Veep At 20th Century Fox

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday April 16, 2013 @ 6:00pm PDTTags: 20th Century Fox, Emma Watts, Indian Paintbrush, Mark Roybal
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Mark Roybal, the well-respected president of Steven Rales’ indie production shingle Indian Paintbrush, is leaving. He is being hired by 20th Century Fox production president Emma Watts to become EVP Production. He fills the slot that Peter Kang left when he exited the studio and subsequently signed on at Paramount. I’m told that Roybal will oversee Gone Girl and the Matt Reeves-directed sequel Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes. Gone Girl, an adaptation of the Gillian Flynn bestseller, is the odds-on favorite to be the next film that David Fincher directs.

He leaves Rales’ Indian Paintbrush in a good place. The company has established itself as a respected financier and producer of classy fare, from the Drake Doremus-directed Like Crazy to the Wes Anderson-directed Moonrise Kingdom and his follow-up The Grand Budapest Hotel. Also coming is Jason Reitman’s next film, Labor Day. Roybal’s exit is amicable. Read More »

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No Name Change For 20th Century Fox

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Tuesday April 16, 2013 @ 3:26pm PDTTags: 20th Century Fox, 21st Century Fox, Big Deals Film, Big Deals TV, News Corp, Rupert Murdoch

UPDATE: Forget that News Corp is renaming its new separate media and entertainment business 21st Century Fox to take it into the future. 20th Century Fox is sticking to its past. ”The film … Read More »

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‘Chicago Fire’ Hunk Taylor Kinney In Talks To Star In Fox’s ‘The Other Woman’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Monday April 15, 2013 @ 5:00pm PDTTags: 20th Century Fox, Chicago Fire, Taylor Kinney, The Other Woman
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Taylor Kinney is in talks to join the cast of The Other Woman, the film that Nick Cassavetes will direct for Fox. While talks are underway and they have to work around his schedule on his … Read More »

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TOLDJA: Paramount Names Peter Kang EVP, Production

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Monday April 15, 2013 @ 10:53am PDTTags: 20th Century Fox, Paramount, Peter Kang
Mike Fleming

I reported last week that Peter Kang had left 20th Century Fox and his next step would likely be Paramount. Here’s today’s official release confirming that move.

HOLLYWOOD, CA (April 15, 2013) – Paramount Pictures, a unit of Viacom Inc., today announced the appointment of film veteran Peter Kang to Executive Vice President of Production. The announcement was made by the studio’s President of Production Marc Evans, to whom Kang will report.

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Fox Swings For Electronic Dance Music Pitch Built Around EDM Star Diplo

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday April 11, 2013 @ 12:20pm PDTTags: 20th Century Fox, Diplo
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: 20th Century Fox has acquired an untitled pitch that will be built around the Electronic Dance Music craze, and will involve one of its biggest stars, Diplo. The film will be written by Adam Weinstock and Andy … Read More »

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Danielle Diego Promoted To EVP Fox Music

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Wednesday April 10, 2013 @ 12:01pm PDTTags: 20th Century Fox, Danielle Diego

LOS ANGELES (April 10, 2013) __ 20th Century Fox Film has promoted Danielle Diego to EVP, Fox Music; Joe Hartwick, President of Physical Production, announced today. In her new position, the 17-year Fox vet will be responsible for overseeing

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Peter Kang Leaves Fox Exec Suite; Paramount Next Stop?

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday April 9, 2013 @ 4:48pm PDTTags: 20th Century Fox, Paramount, Peter Kang
Mike Fleming

Peter Kang has left his senior exec post at 20th Century Fox and word is that his next stop might be Paramount. Kang is a longtime exec who started there at Fox 2000 and moved over to Fox proper.

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UPDATE: Fox Wins Rights To Matthew Vaughn’s Next Pic ‘The Secret Service’, Sets November 2014 Release Date

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday March 27, 2013 @ 4:35pm PDTTags: 20th Century Fox, Big Deals Film, Dave Gibbons, Mark Millar, Matthew Vaughn, The Secret Service
Mike Fleming

UPDATE, 4:35 PM: Fox has just confirmed Deadline’s earlier scoop and set a November 14, 2014 wide release date for The Secret Service.

PREVIOUS EXCLUSIVE, 11:43 AM: After scrapping with Universal Pictures, 20th Century Fox has just closed a deal for worldwide distribution rights to The Secret Service, the next directorial outing by Matthew Vaughn, who most recently helmed X-Men: First Class for Fox, and Kick-Ass.

Vaughn has already completed the script for this film with his writing partner Jane Goldman, and his Marv Films will finance and produce the film, based on the comic series by Kick-Ass creator Mark Millar and Dave Gibbons. Fox is going to date it quickly for next year, and production will begin in August.

The drama closely follows the comic, about a veteran secret agent who leads a young protege into the shadowy business. Back when Deadline broke news that Vaughn was handing the directing reins of X-Men: Days Of Future Past to Bryan Singer, I noted that he was eyeing The Secret Service as his next film. Read More »

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Fox Debuts 6-Second ‘Wolverine’ “Tweaser” On Vine

By JEN YAMATO | Monday March 25, 2013 @ 4:24pm PDTTags: 20th Century Fox, Vine, Wolverine

Wolverine Vine TeaserLast week FilmDistrict was the first studio to use Twitter’s new looping app as a marketing tool. Here’s an even buzzier use of Vine: A 6-second “tweaser” (that’s Twitter teaser, or “TWZZR”) previewing Fox’s July 26 superhero pic Wolverine. Because Vine videos are playable within a Tweet the viral potential is huge. Even out of context, glimpses of Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine in action with his adamantium claws and a fan-baiting shot of Famke Janssen’s Jean Grey have created buzz on the social media platform ahead of tomorrow’s teaser trailer debut and full trailer on Wednesday. James Mangold directs the Japan-set X-Men spin-off. I hear Fox Chief Creative Officer Tony Sella coined the word “tweaser”, which Mangold Tweeted today. Watch the Vine promo here:
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James Cameron & Fox Denied Dismissal Of Latest ‘Avatar’ Lawsuit

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Monday March 18, 2013 @ 11:31am PDTTags: 20th Century Fox, Avatar, James Cameron

James Cameron and Fox today did not get their request for a total dismissal of Bryant Moore’s $2.5 billion lawsuit claiming that Avatar was stolen from his scripts. The defendants did get some legal traction when federal Judge Roger W. Titus granted a motion Monday to dismiss the breach of implied contract claim in Moore’s 2011 suit. However, he did not dismiss Moore’s copyright claims in the hearing in the Southern District of Maryland over the 3D blockbuster. The ruling means the jury trial-requested case will go forward, with discovery to occur next during the next four to six months.

Moore sued the director, his Lightstorm Entertainment and Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation on December 19, 2011. The writer claimed that copies of his Aquatica and Descendants: The Pollination screenplays made their way to Cameron in 1993 and 1994 through Lightstorm production assistants. Though Moore says he was eventually told the company did not accept the submissions, he found “striking substantial similarities” between his scripts and 2009’s Avatar. Cameron has said in court filings that he had Avatar mapped out in a detailed scriptment before any such materials by Moore were submitted to his company. Moore is seeking $1.5 billion in profits and another $1 billion in punitive damages. Read More »

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Missing Fox Exec Gavin Smith Case Now Homicide After Cops Find His Car

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Thursday March 14, 2013 @ 12:04pm PDTTags: 20th Century Fox, Gavin Smith

Police on the case of missing 20th Century Fox film executive Gavin Smith are now saying he was likely murdered  Sheriff’s department spokesman Steve Whitmore said today that Smith’s black Mercedes 420E was found February 21 in a Simi Valley, CA storage locker. “Evidence in there and from other sources has led investigators in the case to preliminarily reclassify this as a homicide. While no body has been found, they believe it was a murder,” Whitmore told me.

Police have said that John Creech is the person of interest in the case; he is currently in custody on unrelated drug charges. The Simi Valley storage unit is linked to Creech, and he and his wife’s West Hills, CA house has already been searched twice by police in relation to the case. Smith is said to have met Creech’s wife in therapy.

Related: Missing Fox Exec To Be Featured On ‘America’s Most Wanted’ Read More »

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Soccer Match Fixing Scandal Pic Plotted By Chernin Entertainment, Fox

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday February 28, 2013 @ 12:45pm PSTTags: 20th Century Fox, Chernin Entertainment, FIFA, Soccer Match Fixing
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Chernin Entertainment and 20th Century Fox are in talks to make a feature based on the soccer match fixing rings that have proven to be a global scourge for the world’s most popular sport. The film will … Read More »

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Fox, Ridley Scott Set Scribe Kieran Fitzgerald For Pic Inspired By BBC’s ‘The Day Britain Stopped’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday February 26, 2013 @ 10:46am PSTTags: 20th Century Fox, Big Deals Film, Kieran Fitzgerald, Ridley Scott, The Day Britain Stopped
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Fox is wrapping up a deal for Kieran Fitzgerald to write the script for a reality-based disaster movie loosely inspired by the BBC faux-documentary The Day Britain Stopped. It will be developed as a potential directing vehicle for Ridley Scott.

Film Rites’ Steve Zaillian & Garrett Basch are producing with Scott Free’s Scott, Michael Schaefer, and Elishia Holmes. Kira Goldberg is overseeing for the studio. Fitzgerald is currently adapting The Tiger for Plan B and Focus. He garnered attention for his script Bambi, based on the life of former CIA agent Luis Posada. He’s repped by CAA. Read More »

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