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‘Justified’s Timothy Olyphant, ‘House Of Lies’ Ben Schwartz Join ‘This Is Where I Leave You’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday April 3, 2013 @ 1:41pm PDTTags: Ben Schwartz, Shawn Levy, This Is Where I Leave You, Timothy Olyphant, Warner Bros
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Just after completing the latest season as U.S. Marshall Raylan Givens in the FX series Justified, Timothy Olyphant has joined the Shawn Levy-directed Warner Bros pic This Is Where I Leave You. Ben Schwartz, from House Of Lies, has also joined a cast that now consists of Jason Bateman, Tina Fey, Jane Fonda, Corey Stoll, Rose Byrne, Kathryn Hahn, and Adam Driver.

In the adaptation of the Jonathan Tropper novel, Olyphant plays Horry, the next-door neighbor of Fey’s character, Wendy. They had been madly in love as teenagers only to see their life together shattered by a tragic accident. She is now married to someone else and he lives with his mother as a result of his brain injury. Schwartz plays the local rabbi who tries to act much cooler than his job title suggests. Olyphant is repped by Brillstein Entertainment Partners, Schwartz by WME, Haven Management and attorney Lev Ginsburg.

I find it interesting that it wasn’t that long ago that you were either a movie star or a TV star, and there wasn’t near as much crossover as there is now. Tons of TV stars have booked hiatus films. Both TV and features have benefited from the cross-pollination.

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Universal Buys Pitch For Ben Schwartz Romantic Comedy ‘No Hearts Club’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Wednesday April 25, 2012 @ 12:10pm PDTTags: Ben Schwartz, Universal Pictures

Ben Schwartz No Hearts ClubBREAKING: Universal Pictures has acquired the pitch for the romantic comedy No Hearts Club, with Ben Schwartz attached to write the screenplay. Brian Grazer will produce for Imagine Entertainment alongside executive producer Kim Roth; Universal director … Read More »

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TV CASTINGS: Ben Schwartz, Sherri Shepherd, Jeffrey Nordling Join Pilots

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday January 24, 2011 @ 6:08am PSTTags: Ben Schwartz, House of Lies, House of Lies Casting, TV, TV Casting
Nellie Andreeva

EXCLUSIVE: Undercovers standout Ben Schwartz and Josh Lawson have been tapped to co-star opposite Don Cheadle in the Showtime dark comedy pilot House of Lies. The View co-star Sherri Shepherd is set to co-star opposite Christine Taylor in TV Land’s untitled Terri Minsky comedy pilot, David Alan Basche (Lipstick Jungle) … Read More »

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TORONTO: IFC Films Buys ‘Peep World’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Friday September 17, 2010 @ 6:08pm PDTTags: Ben Schwartz, IFC Aquisitions, IFC Films, Judy Greer, Michael C. Hall, Movies, Rainn Wilson, Sarah Silverman, Toronto Film Festival, Toronto Film Festival Deals
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: IFC Films has made yet another significant acquisition of a Toronto International Film Festival film, paying a low seven-figure minimum guarantee for domestic distribution rights on Peep World, the Barry W. Blaustein-directed film that stars Michael C. Hall, Sarah Silverman, Rainn Wilson, Ben Schwartz, Judy Greer, Kate Mara, Taraji Henson, Lesley Ann Warren and Ron Rifkin. The deal was made by CAA, which repped Peep World producers Occupant Films. Occupant principals Joe Neurauter, Felipe Marino and Keith Calder produced the picture. Read More »

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