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Cannes: Tobey Maguire’s Material Pictures Sets Chris Pine, Amanda Seyfried, Chiwetel Ejiofor For ‘Z For Zachariah’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday May 15, 2013 @ 4:40pm PDTTags: Amanda Seyfried, Cannes Film Festival, Cannes Wrap-Up, Chris Pine, Tobey Maguire, Z for Zachariah
Mike Fleming

Material Pictures and Zik Zak Filmworks are pleased to announce Chris Pine, Amanda Seyfried, and Chewitel Ejiofor have joined the cast of Z FOR ZACHARIAH. The film will be directed by Craig Zobel (The Great World of Sound, Compliance) from a script penned by Nissar Modi. Material Pictures’ Tobey Maguire and Matthew Plouffe will produce alongside Zik Zak Filmworks’ Skúli Malmquist, Thor Sigurjonsson and Palomar Pictures’ Joni Sighvatsson. Gary Ross and Lucky Hat Entertainment’s Stephen Bannatyne will executive produce, along with Silver Reel’s Claudia Bluemhuber and Lotus Entertainment’s Jim Seibel and Bill Johnson. Lotus will commence international sales at Cannes. CAA arranged financing for the project, and CAA and WME will co-represent domestic rights.

An adaptation of Robert C. O’Brien’s classic science fiction novel of the same name, Z FOR ZACHARIAH is a psychological thriller about a girl who believes she is the only survivor after a devastating nuclear event, but comes to learn she is not alone.

The project will begin shooting in August.

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Reese Witherspoon Reteams With James Mangold For ‘Three Little Words’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Monday May 6, 2013 @ 1:21pm PDTTags: Amanda Seyfried, James Mangold, Reese Witherspoon, Three Little Words

Amanda Seyfried is in negotiations to co-star alongside Reese Witherspoon in Three Little Words, which Witherspoon’s Walk The Line helmer James Mangold will direct. Lewis Colick and Michael Petroni wrote the script, an adaptation of the 2008 New York Times bestseller by Ashley Rhodes-Courter, about a … Read More »

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AFM: Amanda Seyfried & Patrick Dempsey Join ‘Wonderful Tonight’

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Thursday November 1, 2012 @ 11:50am PDTTags: AFM, Amanda Seyfried, Castle Rock, Myriad Pictures, Patrick Dempsey

EXCLUSIVE:  The Red Riding Hood star and the Grey’s Anatomy star are set to be unexpected parents in Wonderful Tonight. The romantic comedy with … Read More »

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Universal Sets Amanda Seyfried For ‘Les Miserables’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday January 4, 2012 @ 11:55am PSTTags: Amanda Seyfried, Hugh Jackman, Les Miserables, Russell Crowe, Universal Pictures
Mike Fleming

I’ve confirmed that Amanda Seyfried is in final negotiations to play Cosette in Les Miserables, joining Hugh Jackman (Jean Valjean), Russell Crowe (Inspector Javert), Anne Hathaway (Fantine) and Eddie Redmayne (Marius) in the Tom Hooper-directed musical for Universal Pictures and … Read More »

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Hot Trailer: Amanda Seyfried In ‘Gone’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Monday November 21, 2011 @ 7:56am PSTTags: Allison Burnett, Amanda Seyfried, Sebastian Stan, Summit Entertainment, Wes Bentley

In this thriller Amanda Seyfried plays a woman in a whose sister is abducted — she is convinced it’s the same kidnapper she escaped a year earlier. She battles the clock and skeptical police to rescue her sister. Directed by Heitor Dhalia and written by Allison Burnett, Gone also stars … Read More »

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Sharon Stone Joins Cast Of ‘Lovelace’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Wednesday November 16, 2011 @ 8:25pm PSTTags: Amanda Seyfried, Film Castings, Jeffrey Friedman, Linda Lovelace, Lovelace, Rob Epstein, Sharon Stone

Sharon Stone confirmed that she is set to play the mother of Linda Lovelace in Lovelace, a biopic about the porn star from Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman. Amanda Seyfried is already aboard to play Lovelace, one of the … Read More »

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Hot Trailer: Andrew Niccol’s ‘In Time’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Monday August 8, 2011 @ 8:59am PDTTags: 20th Century Fox, Amanda Seyfried, Andrew Niccol, Cillian Murphy, Ethan Hawke, In Time, Jude Law, Justin Timberlake, Movie Trailer, New Regency, Olivia Wilde
Mike Fleming

Fox and New Regency put up a trailer this weekend for In Time, the Andrew Niccol-directed futuristic science fiction thriller that takes place in a world where people who want to live beyond 25 have to purchase time. The protagonist’s clock is about to run out when a rich guy … Read More »

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Lionsgate Acquires U.S. And UK Distribution For ‘The Big Wedding’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday August 2, 2011 @ 12:03pm PDTTags: Amanda Seyfried, Ben Barnes, Diane Keaton, Film Acquisition, Justin Zackham, Katherine Heigl, Lionsgate, Robert De Niro, Robin Williams, Susan Sarandon, The Big Wedding, Topher Grace
Mike Fleming

Lionsgate has acquired U.S. and UK rights to the ensemble comedy The Big Wedding, and has set an Oct. 19, 2012 release for the Nu Image/Millennium Films pic that stars Robert De Niro and Diane Keaton as a long-divorced couple … Read More »

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Lasse Hallstrom In ‘Safe Haven’ Talks

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday June 1, 2011 @ 5:14pm PDTTags: Amanda Seyfried, Channing Tatum, Lasse Hallström, Marty Bowen, Nicholas Sparks, Ryan Kavanaugh, Safe Haven, Wyck Godfrey
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Relativity Media is in talks with Lasse Hallstrom to direct its adaptation of the Nicholas Sparks novel Safe Haven. I’m told that a deal will likely happen quickly. It’s not surprising that Ryan Kavanaugh would turn to Hallstrom to helm the adaptation of a book that Relativity paid around $2 million against $5 million to acquire in a heated auction last summer. Hallstrom directed the adaptation of the Sparks novel Dear John, a film that Kavanaugh financed.

The move also re-teams Hallstrom with Temple Hill partners Marty Bowen and Wyck Godfrey, who produced Dear John, a film that was well received and grossed $110 million worldwide with Channing Tatum and Amanda Seyfried starring. Relativity Media acquired Safe Haven with a ticking clock — basically a nine-month window to develop the script, or the book would go back to Sparks and he’d keep the upfront payment. They got Dana Stevens to write a script, and they certainly met the deadline, as they are already looking at cast for a fall start date. Bowen and Godfrey are producing and so is Kavanaugh. In Safe Haven, a young North Carolina woman is determined to avoid forming personal ties until a series of events draws her into two reluctant relationships. As she begins to fall in love, she struggles with a dark secret that still haunts and terrifies her. Read More »

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Topher Grace Heads ‘Gently Down The Stream’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday May 18, 2011 @ 1:17pm PDTTags: Amanda Seyfried, Diane Keaton, Justin Zackham, Katherine Heigl, Robert De Niro, Topher Grace
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Topher Grace will star in Gently Down The Stream, which Justin Zackham is directing from his script for Millennium Films/Nu Image. He joins Robert De Niro, Diane Keaton, Katherine Heigl and Amanda Seyfried. Grace will play Jared, the … Read More »

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Berlin Roundup: Amanda Seyfried In ‘Gone,’ Jason Sudeikis Up For ‘A Good Old Fashioned Orgy’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday February 9, 2011 @ 1:09pm PSTTags: Allison Burnett, Amanda Seyfried, Jason Sudeikis, Leslie Bibb, Lucy Punch, Samuel Goldwyn, Sidney Kimmel Entertainment, Summit Entertainment, Tyler Labine, Will Forte
Mike Fleming

UPDATE: Relativity Media has announced a four year foreign output deal with Tripictures. Tripictures will oversee the distribution of Relativity-produced features in Spain. This includes films Relativity is actively developing, producing, financing and distributing.

EARLIER: The … Read More »

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Baz Casting Wider Daisy Net For ‘Gatsby’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Monday November 1, 2010 @ 11:28am PDTTags: Abbie Cornish, Amanda Seyfried, Baz Luhrmann, Baz Luhrmann The Great Gatsby, Baz Luhrmann Workshops The Great Gatsby, Blake Lively, Craig Pearce, Keira Knightley, Leonardo DiCaprio, Michelle Williams, Movie Casting, Movies, Rebecca Hall, Scarlett Johansson, The Great Gatsby, The Great Gatsby Casting, The Great Gatsby Daisy Buchanan
Mike Fleming

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Alex Pettyfer And Matt Bomer ‘Now’ Guys

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Monday November 1, 2010 @ 8:13am PDTTags: Alex Pettyfer, Amanda Seyfried, Andrew Niccol, Jack the Giant Killer, Justin Timberlake, Matt Bomer, Movie Deals, Movies
Mike Fleming

While The New York Times today reports that DreamWorks intends to groom its I Am Number Four star Alex Pettyfer for stardom, Fox and New Regency have got him next. Pettyfer and Matt Bomer have been added to play starring … Read More »

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‘Big Love’ To End Its Run After Season 5

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday October 28, 2010 @ 9:46am PDTTags: Amanda Seyfried, Big Love, Bill Paxton, Cable TV, Chloe Sevigny, Ginnifer Goodwin, HBO, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Tom Hanks, TV
Nellie Andreeva

It is the end of the road for HBO’s polygamy drama Big Love. The series’ upcoming fifth season will be its last, with Mark V. Olsen and Will Scheffer writing the closer as the series’ finale. Despite gripes about the … Read More »

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‘Big Bang Theory’ Star Johnny Galecki Heading For Justin Timberlake Sci-Fi Film

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Friday October 15, 2010 @ 6:03pm PDTTags: Amanda Seyfried, Andrew Niccol, Cillian Murphy, I'm Mortal, Johnny Galecki, Justin Timberlake, Movie Casting, Movie Deals, Movies, Olivia Wilde, The Big Bang Theory

The Big Bang Theory has made Johnny Galecki a hot property, and now he’s in final negotiations to star in New Regency’s untitled sci-fi movie from Andrew Niccol that used to be called I’m Mortal. He’s joining already-announced Justin Timberlake, Olivia Wilde, Amanda Seyfried … Read More »

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Would Leo DiCaprio Make A Good Gatsby? What’s Real And Not About Baz’s Next…

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Sunday October 3, 2010 @ 6:07pm PDTTags: Amanda Seyfried, Baz Luhrmann, Baz Luhrmann The Great Gatsby, Leonardo DiCaprio, Movies, The Great Gatsby, The Great Gatsby Casting, The Great Gatsby Remake, Tobey Maguire
Mike Fleming

The blogosphere was jumping late last week with a very speculative report that Baz Luhrmann had set Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, and Amanda Seyfried to play the leads in The Great Gatsby, a new adaptation of the F. Scott Fitzgerald novel. Now let me tell you what’s real and what’s not: The truth is Luhrmann doesn’t know if he’ll do Gatsby next. He’s set up an original musical at Media Rights Capital that is also a candidate for his next directing slot. But Luhrmann does love DiCaprio after directing him in Romeo & Juliet and nearly getting to the starting line with him in an Alexander The Great film that got derailed because Oliver Stone got into production first with Colin Farrell. (And we know how that fared.) I’m told Baz has had a conversation with DiCaprio for the role of Jay Gatsby, played by Robert Redford in the 1974 film. This has been an obvious development, even mentioned by Deadline’s Nikki Finke when she broke the exclusive in late 2008 that Luhrmann was working on a new Gatsby.

The latest is that Leo hasn’t said yes. In fact, no offer has been made. Yes, Tobey Maguire is at the top of Luhrmann’s mind to do Nick Carraway, the narrator played by Sam Waterston in the 1974 bomb. Despite the speculation about Seyfried, I’m told that role is wide open in Luhrmann’s mind. Mia Farrow played the Daisy role in the 1974 film, and I found her so annoying that I couldn’t for a moment imagine why Redford’s Gatsby would have pined for her all those years.

Who doesn’t reimagine Fitzgerald’s enigmatic classic, so here are some casting suggestions for both a young and old interpretation. If Baz casts young, I’d like to see Chris Pine or Michael Pitt as Gatsby if Leo turns it down. We agree that Tobey would be a great Nick. Daisy is the key, but in the book she’s a much more manipulative and calculating socialite than the aging ingenue that Farrow portrayed last time around. Nikki likes Carey Mulligan for Daisy, but I’d go with Natalie Portman. Zachary Quinto has the edge with us to play Daisy’s dangerously jealous husband Tom because he has the sexual edge that Bruce Dern was missing. And Emma Stone or Michelle Monaghan could handle the sexpot Myrtle Wilson which Karen Black played in too ditzy fashion. Both actresses could bring an earthy knowingness to enhance the role. And I suggest Rachel McAdams as Jordan. Read More »

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