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Alcon Sets Ericson Core To Helm ‘Point Break’ Remake

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday April 10, 2013 @ 6:18pm PDTTags: Alcon Entertainment, Ericson Core, Kathryn Bigelow, Keanu Reeves, Patrick Swayze, Point Break
Mike Fleming

Patrick SwayzeEXCLUSIVE: Ericson Core, the cinematographer who made his feature directorial debut on Invincible, has been set by Alcon Entertainment partners Broderick Johnson and Andrew Kosove to direct Point Break, the remake of the 1991 action thriller that starred Keanu Reeves and Patrick Swayze. Shooting begins at year’s end and Alcon will release through its Warner Bros output deal.

Any way you cut it, the director of this film is stepping into big shoes. The original was helmed by Kathryn Bigelow, who later won the Oscar with The Hurt Locker and who most recently helmed Zero Dark Thirty. Kosove and Johnson will produce the remake with Michael De Luca, John Baldecchi, Chris Taylor and Kurt Wimmer. The script was written by Wimmer, whose script work includes Salt and Law Abiding Citizen. RGM Media principal Devesh Chetty and investor John McMurrick, Chairman of Marloss Entertainment, will be exec producers.

They’re setting the remake in the world of international extreme sports, and an undercover FBI agent infiltrates a criminal ring. If done right, this one could work again. The original story was pretty far-fetched (I recall Reeves jumping out of a plane without a parachute to chase down Swazye, who had a parachute), but for me it is one of those movies where, if I am clicking channels and come across it, I’ll stop and watch at any point of the movie.

Core, who’s repped by Gersh Agency’s David Gersh, has cinematography credits that include The Fast And The Furious and Daredevil. Alcon bought the rights from RGM Media, McMurrick and Taylor in 2011, including TV and gaming rights to the cult pic.

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Kate Mara Joins Johnny Depp Alcon Pic ‘Transcendence’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday March 27, 2013 @ 10:50am PDTTags: Alcon Entertainment, Big Deals Film, Kate Mara, Transcendence, Wally Pfister
Mike Fleming

Kate MaraBREAKING: The directorial debut of Christopher Nolan’s longtime DP Wally Pfister continues to get more interesting. He’s added Kate Mara to the cast of Johnny Depp, Paul Bettany and Rebecca Hall in Transcendence. The pic is being … Read More »

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Paul Bettany Joins Johnny Depp in Wally Pfister’s ‘Transcendence’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday February 28, 2013 @ 3:11pm PSTTags: Alcon Entertainment, Johnny Depp, Paul Bettany, Transcendence, Wally Pfister
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Paul Bettany is in negotiations to star opposite Johnny Depp in Transcendence, the Alcon Entertainment film that marks the directing debut of Wally Pfister, Christopher Nolan’s cinematographer on Inception and many other films. Alcon … Read More »

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Alcon Entertainment Promotes David Fierson To General Counsel & EVP Business Affairs

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Thursday January 31, 2013 @ 11:30am PSTTags: Alcon Entertainment, Warner Bros

LOS ANGELES, CA, JANUARY 31, 2013 – David Fierson has been promoted to General Counsel and Executive Vice President of Business Affairs at Warner Bros.-based Alcon Entertainment, it was announced by Alcon Co-Founders and Co-CEOs Andrew Kosove and Broderick

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Terrence Howard Joins Illustrious Chain Gang In Alcon’s ‘Prisoners’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Friday December 7, 2012 @ 6:21am PSTTags: Alcon Entertainment, Hugh Jackman, Prisoners, Terrence Howard
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Alcon Entertainment has added Terrence Howard to round out the impressive cast that has mobilized for Prisoners. The film stars Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal, Melissa Leo, Viola Davis, Maria Bello and Paul Dano. The cast has responded to the screenplay by Contraband scribe Aaron Guzikowski, and the chance to work with Oscar-nominated Incendies director Denis Villeneuve. The story revolves around a small-town carpenter (Jackman) whose young daughter and her best friend are abducted. After the cops fail to find them, Keller takes the law into his own hands, but in the process runs up against a detective (Gyllenhaal), a hot-shot cop with confidence to burn, assigned to the case. Read More »

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Maria Bello Added To ‘Prisoners’ Cast

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Friday November 9, 2012 @ 5:25pm PSTTags: Alcon Entertainment, Maria Bello, Prisoners

EXCLUSIVE: Mario Bello has signed on to the kidnapping thriller Prisoners. The Touch actress will play Grace, the wife of Hugh Jackman’s Keller character in the movie. Jake Gyllenhaal, Melissa Leo, Paul Dano and Viola … Read More »

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Johnny Depp In Talks For Wally Pfister-Helmed ‘Transcendence’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday October 24, 2012 @ 9:07am PDTTags: Alcon Entertainment, Big Deals Film, Johnny Depp, Wally Pfister
Mike Fleming

Johnny Depp Transcendence MovieBREAKING: Johnny Depp is negotiating to star in Transcendence, the directorial debut of Oscar-winning cinematographer Wally Pfister. The project is being put together for an early 2013 shoot by Alcon Entertainment co-founders and co-CEOs Broderick Johnson and Andrew Kosove. Alcon will release through its output deal with Warner Bros.

The screenplay, written by newcomer Jack Paglen, was developed by Annie Marter and Straight Up Films, whose company principals include Marisa Polvino, Kate Cohen and Regency Boies. Polvino, Marter and Cohen will produce along with David Valdes (The Book Of Eli), Johnson and Kosove. Boies will co-produce. The plot of Transcendence is being kept under wraps.

Christopher Nolan and Emma Thomas are serving as executive producers and Alcon is financing. Pfister won an Oscar for his cinematography on the Nolan-directed Inception. He has done seven films with Nolan and Thomas, including The Dark Knight Rises and Memento. He was also cinematographer on Moneyball and The Italian Job. Read More »

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Tony Award-Winning Musical ‘Memphis’ Headed For Big Screen

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Sunday October 14, 2012 @ 5:00pm PDTTags: Alcon Entertainment, Mark Gordon Company, Memphis
Mike Fleming

BREAKING: Belle Pictures and the Mark Gordon Company have set a film adaptation of the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical Memphis at Warner Bros-based Alcon Entertainment. Mark Gordon and Molly Smith will produce with Alcon’s Andrew Kosove and Broderick … Read More »

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Paul Dano Joins ‘Prisoners’ Cast

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Monday October 8, 2012 @ 4:04pm PDTTags: Alcon Entertainment, Paul Dano, Prisoners
Mike Fleming

Paul Dano had a choice between Prisoners and the Jon Favreau-directed Jersey Boys and opted for the former, a kidnapping thriller that stars Hugh Jackman, Melissa Leo and Jake … Read More »

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Jake Gyllenhaal Joins Hugh Jackman In ‘Prisoners’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Tuesday October 2, 2012 @ 6:58pm PDTTags: Alcon Entertainment, Jake Gyllenhaal, Prisoners, Warner Bros

Jake Gyllenhaal Prisoners Casting Hugh JackmanAlcon Entertainment co-founders and co-CEOs Broderick Johnson and Andrew Kosove keep putting together Prisoners by adding Jake Gyllenhaal to Hugh Jackman in the kidnapping thriller directed by Denis Villeneuve (Incendies) and written … Read More »

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‘Blade Runner’ Scribe Hampton Fancher Returning For Ridley Scott-Directed Sequel

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday May 17, 2012 @ 3:46pm PDTTags: Alcon Entertainment, Big Deals Film, Blade Runner, Ridley Scott
Mike Fleming

BREAKING: Hampton Fancher is in talks to join director Ridley Scott in developing a new version of Blade Runner for Alcon Entertainment. Alcon is acknowledging the film is a sequel, and that it takes place some years after the first … Read More »

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Hot Trailer: ‘Chernobyl Diaries’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Monday March 19, 2012 @ 5:34pm PDTTags: Alcon Entertainment, Chernobyl Diaries, Warner Bros

Chernobyl Diaries Warner BrosThe horror movie opens May 25, 2012. Diaries, a Warner Bros. release from Alcon Entertainment and FilmNation Entertainment, is set in Prypiat, the city that housed workers at the Chernobyl nuclear reactor. A group of friends vacationing in … Read More »

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Hugh Jackman Stars In Alcon’s ‘Prisoners’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday March 15, 2012 @ 2:43pm PDTTags: Alcon Entertainment, Denis Villeneuve, Hugh Jackman
Mike Fleming

LOS ANGELES, CA, MARCH 15, 2012 – Hugh Jackman will topline and Denis Villeneuve (Academy Award-nominated “Incendies”) will direct the gripping thriller PRISONERS for Alcon Entertainment, it was announced by Alcon Co-Founders and Co-CEOs Andrew Kosove and Broderick Johnson.

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Jeremy Irons Joins Cast Of ‘Beautiful Creatures’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday March 13, 2012 @ 4:57pm PDTTags: Alcon Entertainment, Beautiful Creatures, Jeremy Irons
Mike Fleming

LOS ANGELES MARCH 13, 2012 — Academy Award-winning actor Jeremy Irons is in final negotiations to join the cast of the supernatural love story “Beautiful Creatures,” based on the New York Times best selling novel of the same name

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Alcon Sets Helming Debut For ‘Dark Knight Rises’ Cinematographer Wally Pfister

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday March 6, 2012 @ 6:08pm PSTTags: Alcon Entertainment, Wally Pfister
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Alcon Entertainment has acquired an untitled screenplay written by newcomer Jack Paglen that will mark the feature directorial debut of Wally Pfister, the Oscar-winning cinematographer whose credits include Inception, The Dark Knight Rises, and Moneyball. The deal was made by Alcon co-founders and co-CEOs Broderick Johnson and Andrew Kosove, who’ll start pre-production immediately for an early fall shoot.

The logline is being kept under wraps, but the screenplay was developed by Annie Marter and Straight Up Films, whose principals include Marisa Polvino, Kate Cohen and Regency Boies. Polvino, Cohen and Marter will produce along with Johnson and Kosove. Boies will co-produce. Read More »

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Alcon Entertainment Starts TV Division, Taps Former Sony TV Exec Sharon Hall To Run It

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday March 2, 2012 @ 4:35pm PSTTags: Alcon Entertainment
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UPDATED: Warner Bros.-based Alcon Entertainment is launching a TV division, Alcon Television, to develop, finance and produce original programming for broadcast and cable TV. Sony Pictures TV’s outgoing head of drama Sharon Hall has closed a deal to run the … Read More »

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‘Blade Runner’ Makers At Alcon Say Harrison Ford Not In Talks To Star

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Monday February 6, 2012 @ 4:57pm PSTTags: Alcon Entertainment, Andrew Kosove, Blade Runner, Broderick Johnson, Harrison Ford, Ridley Scott
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Alcon Entertainment, the producer/financier teaming with director Ridley Scott to return to the world of the 1982 science fiction classic Blade Runner, is adamantly denying a web report claiming original star Harrison Ford is in early talks to … Read More »

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Alcon Entertainment Expands Film Output: Becomes Passive Financiers In Lionsgate Film

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Thursday November 10, 2011 @ 6:14am PSTTags: Alcon Entertainment, Lionsgate, What to Expect When You're Expecting

Santa Monica, CA, November 10, 2011 – LIONSGATE and Alcon Entertainment have agreed to co-finance the Lionsgate feature WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU’RE EXPECTING. The two companies will be equally sharing the production and marketing costs on the film. The announcement was made jointly by Lionsgate’s Co-COO and Motion Picture Group President, Joe Drake, with Andrew Kosove and Broderick Johnson, the Co-Founders and Co-CEO’s of Alcon Entertainment. WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU’RE EXPECTING is scheduled for release on May 11, 2012.

WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU’RE EXPECTING will be Alcon’s first investment outside of Warner Bros., where Alcon has a long-standing distribution relationship. Alcon’s participation as “passive financiers” of the project signifies the Company’s strategy to generate additional film output, and as such Johnson and Kosove will not take producer credits

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‘Dolphin Tale’ Producer Says About Morgan Freeman’s Anti-Tea Party Remarks: “I Do Not Believe It Affected Even One Dollar!”

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Sunday September 25, 2011 @ 10:34am PDTTags: Alcon Entertainment, Andrew Kosove, Dolphin Tale, Morgan Freeman, Piers Morgan, Tea Party, Warner Bros

Between now and the 2012 presidential election, Hollywood filmmakers will be put under even more scrutiny for every political statement they make. The latest twist is whether the movie moguls think politically outspoken actors shouldn’t be cast because 50% of the country who … Read More »

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