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Bryan Cranston Inks First-Look Deal With Sony Pictures TV

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday January 31, 2013 @ 9:35am PSTTags: Bryan Cranston, Sony Pictures TV
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EXCLUSIVE: As production is wrapping on the final season of AMC’s Breaking Bad, the series’ star Bryan Cranston is extending his relationship with Breaking Bad producer Sony Pictures Television. The Emmy-winning actor has signed a first-look deal with the studio to develop and produce new series projects, including potential starring vehicles for him.

In addition to starring on Breaking Bad, a role that has earned him three Emmy Awards, Cranston serves as a producer on the series whose final eight episodes will air this summer. UTA-repped Cranston is coming off a rare double SAG Award victory Sunday, where he won as best actor in a drama series for Breaking Bad and as a member of the cast of Argo, which took the best performance by a cast in a motion picture award.

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OSCARS Q&A: Bryan Cranston

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Wednesday December 12, 2012 @ 7:30pm PSTTags: Argo, Awardsline, Bryan Cranston, Oscars

Christy Grosz is Editor of AwardsLine.

Although he’s better known to TV audiences as the meth-making teacher Walter White on Breaking Bad, Bryan Cranston spends a good portion of his year working on plenty of other film and TV projects. “It’s like a drug to be able to tell stories—that’s (my) drug of choice,” says Cranston, who directed an episode of ABC’s Modern Family this season and is prepping his own feature to direct when Breaking Bad finishes shooting its final episodes early next year. He recently sat down with AwardsLine to talk about his latest role as CIA agent Jack O’Donnell in Argo, Ben Affleck’s story about how Hollywood and the CIA teamed up to rescue six stranded diplomats in 1970s-era Iran.

AwardsLine: When you read the script for Argo, did you know that you would be playing CIA agent Jack O’Donnell?
Bryan Cranston: The first time I read a script I don’t really want to know what character they’re thinking of. I just want to get a sense of the story by itself. I could even sometimes look at it and go, “There’s a good story here, but it’s kind of hidden with this muddled script.” If that’s the case, and I like the character, then I’ll talk about (working) on improving the script, which is mostly the case for me. When I heard this story and I read the script, and I was taken away by it. Not only is the story fantastic and real, but Chris Terrio’s screenplay was so supportive of that story and told it beautifully. I realized there’s no discussion here as far as “the script is lacking”. The role of Jack O’Donnell just popped off the page for me, because he’s an integral part of the story but also has his moment of heroism. He needs to rise to the occasion, damn the torpedos.

Related: OSCARS: Ben Affleck And Team On The Making Of ‘Argo’ Read More »

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Oscar Buzz Increases As Ben Affleck, George Clooney Celebrate ‘Argo’s’ Hollywood Premiere

By PETE HAMMOND | Friday October 5, 2012 @ 10:27am PDTTags: Alan Arkin, Argo, Ben Affleck, Bryan Cranston, CIA, George Clooney, Warner Bros
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After extremely successful film festival launches in Telluride and Toronto, Warner Bros. thriller and big Oscar hopeful, Argo (10/12), finally hit Hollywood last night with a West Coast premiere at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences’ Samuel Goldwyn Theatre. And … Read More »

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EMMYS: Who’ll Win The Major Races…

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Sunday September 23, 2012 @ 2:15am PDTTags: Bryan Cranston, Emmys, Jon Hamm

Ray Richmond contributes to Deadline’s TV coverage. (Note: This story was originally posted on Thursday.)

Emmy Awards 2012Several streaks will be tested at the 64th Primetime Emmy Awards this Sunday. Will Mad Men win a record fifth Emmy in a row for Outstanding Drama Series? Will Bryan Cranston make it four consecutive lead acting wins for Breaking Bad and Jim Parsons three in a row for The Big Bang Theory? Can Modern Family pull a top comedy series three-peat? And can The Daily Show With Jon Stewart make it a decade as the Emmy winner for best variety series? At the Creative Emmy Awards last weekend, HBO’s fantasy drama Game Of Thrones‘ bagged the most Emmys, six. Will GOT be able to hold onto its lead Sunday? And will Mad Men finally win an acting trophy? While waiting for all those questions to be answered Sunday, here are some final predictions for how things might go down in some of the top categories.

DRAMA SERIES
The Nominees: Mad Men (AMC), Breaking Bad (AMC), Homeland (Showtime), Downton Abbey (PBS), Game of Thrones (HBO), Boardwalk Empire (HBO)

Who’s Going to Win: Let’s go out on a limb and say Breaking Bad is going to get it done. It would be highly unusual for a drama to win its first Outstanding Drama Series Emmy in its fourth season, but Breaking Bad is a highly unusual show whose buzz has sailed off the charts of late. “What a lot of people might forget,” one producer told me, “is that this award is for Season 4, not Season 5, when Breaking Bad arguably peaked. Just personally, all my friends voted for it. Take from that what you will.” I’ll take it as an omen for a semi-upset.

Then Again: One can make the argument that Breaking Bad is simply too dark for the TV Academy mainstream. And if that turns out to be the case, a Mad Men triumph would surprise few. That would give it a record five statuettes in the category, an accomplishment that eluded four-timers Hill Street Blues, The West Wing and L.A. Law. But as one writer told me, “I don’t feel the love for Mad Men this time. The perception is that it’s time to honor someone else.” That could also mean Homeland, which has both the advantage and disadvantage of being a rookie.
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Emmys: Writing Nominees Are Honored At The TV Academy

By PETE HAMMOND | Friday September 21, 2012 @ 12:14pm PDTTags: Academy Of Television Arts & Sciences, Bryan Cranston, Community, Downton Abbey, Emmys, Frank Pierson, Game Change, Mad Men, Matt Weiner
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If they don’t always get all the credit they deserve or a lot of time  on the Emmy show itself, this year’s nominated writers in five different categories got a lot of love and all the time they wanted to make … Read More »

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Toronto Oscar Talk: Ben Affleck’s ‘Argo’ And Paul Thomas Anderson’s ‘The Master’

By PETE HAMMOND | Saturday September 8, 2012 @ 12:00am PDTTags: Argo, Ben Affleck, Bryan Cranston, The Master
Pete Hammond

Toronto’s film festival isn’t content to do just one, or even two, major gala premieres a night like, say, Cannes. No, it has about 10 of them and Friday night was really buzzing with at least four major ‘must-see’ events all coinciding. Paul Thomas Anderson’s The Master premiered in North American to a sold-out crowd at the massive Princess Of Wales theatre and sparked lots of immediate Oscar talk just like in Venice. (The Master And Joaquin Phoenix Draw Raves.) The acting from Joaquin Phoenix and Philip Seymour Hoffman, particularly in a killer scene near the end, doesn’t get much better than this. And controversy about whether it really is – or isn’t – about the beginnings of Scientology will only spark more interest. But with the Oscar season just getting going in earnest, a lot of contenders are finally emerging.

Related: P.T. Anderson In Venice On ‘The Master’ & Scientology

Just as it did in its sneak previews in Telluride, Ben Affleck’s Argo  killed in Toronto at its official World Premiere Friday at the Roy Thomson Hall. And why not? After all, some of the plot revolves around the Canadians helping to shelter 6 Americans from the radical Iranians who held nearly 60 others hostage for well over a year in 1979. And the Warner Bros brass turned out in force seeing the film receive a highly enthusiastic standing ovation. That included Jeff Robinov, Sue Kroll, Dan Fellman who know they have a likely hit on their hands.

At the after-party, director/star Affleck told me this was one of the best screenings he has ever had for a movie. “They got every reference and recognized all the Canadian names we put in there,” he said. After the highs of the Fall festival circuit, Affleck is just hoping filmgoers turn out when it opens October 12th. “I am doing something I haven’t done for a movie in years and hitting many different cities to promote the film,” he told me. Read More »

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Comic-Con: ‘Breaking Bad’ Heading To Germany In New Season, Panel Reveals

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Friday July 13, 2012 @ 7:45pm PDTTags: AMC, Breaking Bad, Bryan Cranston, Comic-Con, Comic-Con Wrap-Up, Vince Gilligan

Breaking Bad is heading to Germany in the second episode of the new season, showrunner Vince Gilligan said today. Gilligan also told the Comic-Con crowd that audiences should expect more German accents than Spanish accents this upcoming season based on some financial deals that Walter White has made. He also said the White character finally does something that removes all sympathy for the character. “This season is all about winning and staying on top,” he added. “As we wind down to 16 episodes, we’re cranking it up,” said star Bryan Cranston. He also noted that Sunday’s opener is “not violent but intellectual.” His onscreen partner in crime Aaron Paul, whose catchphrase of the opening episode “magnets, bitch” he revealed, described the new season as “eerie”. That wasn’t all the audience learned about the upcoming season. Two days before the Season 5 debut of AMC’s Breaking Bad, the crowd tonight at Comic-Con got a glimpse of what’s to come. If the gunplay in the short preview they showed in Ballroom 20 this evening is any indication, the opener might not be so violent but the new season of Breaking Bad is going to be very, very violent. Also new characters will be added, and the Skinny Pete character played by Charles Baker is coming back. The preview showed that Walter White’s cooking meth again and his wife Skylar is on board. And after an initial attempt at killing Walt for the death of Gus at the end of season four, Mike Ehrmantraut has joined him and Jesse Pinkman. Read More »

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TV Teaser: ‘Breaking Bad’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Friday June 15, 2012 @ 6:32pm PDTTags: AMC, Breaking Bad, Bryan Cranston

We’ve heard and read that Breaking Bad‘s Season 5 picks up right where Season 4 left off. That appears to be true. AMC’s hit drama returns July 15th:

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Bryan Cranston, Anna Kendrick, Miles Teller Topline CBS Films Laffer ‘Get A Job’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday March 7, 2012 @ 3:32pm PSTTags: Anna Kendrick, Bryan Cranston, CBS Films, Get A Job
Mike Fleming

CBS Films Get A JobLOS ANGELES – March 7, 2012 – CBS Films announced today that Bryan Cranston (Drive, TV’s Breaking Bad), Anna Kendrick (50/50, Up In The Air) and Miles Teller (Footloose, Project X) will star in the comedy tentatively titled Get A Job. Nick Braun (Prom, TV’s Poor Paul), Alison Brie (Scream 4, TV’s Community), Brandon T. Jackson (Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son, Tropic Thunder), Christopher Mintz-Plasse (Fright Night, Superbad) and Jay Pharoah (TV’s Saturday Night Live, Lola Versus) are set to co-star in the film. Dylan Kidd (Roger Dodger, TV’s Children’s Hospital) is attached to direct the film from a screenplay by Kyle Pennekamp and Scott Turpel. Michael Shamberg and Stacey Sher (Django Unchained, Contagion) of Double Feature Films are attached to produce.

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Adam Shankman To Helm ‘The Nutcracker’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday November 30, 2011 @ 2:49pm PSTTags: Adam Shankman, Alec Baldwin, Bryan Cranston, Diego Boneta, Julianne Hough, Marty Bowen, Mary J. Blige, Paul Giamatti, Russell Brand, Tom Cruise, Wyck Godfrey
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Adam Shankman will be set by New Line Cinema to direct The Nutcracker, a new take on the classic fairy tale that is being eyed as a tent pole family holiday film for late 2013. The script was written … Read More »

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CAA Signs James Caan

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday November 8, 2011 @ 10:28am PSTTags: Adrien Brody, Blythe Danner, Bryan Cranston, Christina Hendricks, James Caan
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: CAA has signed James Caan, and will help the veteran actor step it up. Caan has the film Detachment coming out in February of 2012, co-starring Bryan Cranston, Christina Hendricks, Adrien Brody and Blythe Danner. Caan had most recently … Read More »

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EMMYS: Still more New Presenters Named

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Tuesday September 13, 2011 @ 7:25pm PDTTags: Bryan Cranston, Claire Danes, Jason O'Mara, Jon Cryer, Kerry Washington

(September 13, 2011) – Primetime Emmy Award nominee Jon Cryer along with Scott Caan, Bryan Cranston, Claire Danes, Jason O’Mara and Kerry Washington are announced as additional presenters for the 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards. The

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Ben Affleck’s Next Directorial Effort Tells Tale Of Iran Hostage Rescue Mission

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Saturday September 3, 2011 @ 4:40pm PDTTags: Alan Arkin, Argo, Ben Affleck, Bryan Cranston, John Goodman, Warner Bros Pictures

Ben AffleckWarner Bros has revealed details about Ben Affleck’s next feature directing effort. Argo, which has just begun principal photography, sheds light on the real-life covert operation to rescue a group of Americans during the 1979 Iran hostage crisis. Six … Read More »

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DONE: AMC & Sony TV Reach Deal For 16-Episode Final Order Of ‘Breaking Bad’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Sunday August 14, 2011 @ 5:30pm PDTTags: Aaron Paul, AMC, Breaking Bad, Bryan Cranston, Sony Pictures TV, Vince Gilligan
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‘Breaking Bad’ Eyes Two-Season Finale
AMC President On ‘Breaking Bad’ Order, ‘Walking Dead’ Budget & ‘Mad Men’ Deal
 After tense and public negotiations, AMC just closed a deal with producer Sony Pictures TV to renew dark drama Breaking Bad for a final batch of 16 episodes. The episodes are expected to be filmed together but may be split into two seasons, with a final scheduling decision to be made at a later date. The deal comes just as the series was facing two deadlines: its license deal with AMC was set to expire tomorrow and the options on the actors are up Aug. 31. The two sides have reached a compromise over the stickiest issue — who will cover the series’ budget of $3 million-plus. I hear both Sony TV and AMC will contribute. While negotiations were contentious and Sony did flirt with the idea of moving Breaking Bad to another network, the two sides started making progress over the past two weeks, leading to today’s deal. With the series renewal secured, Sony TV now has to make a new deal with Breaking Bad creator/executive producer Vince Gilligan, who doesn’t have a contract beyond Season 4 but is fully expected to return for the series’ final hurrah. The cast, led by Emmy winners Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul, may also renegotiate their deals.

UPDATE 6 PM: AMC just issued a release announcing the final pickup for Breaking Bad. Here it is:

New York – NY, August, 14, 2011 – AMC announced today that “Breaking Bad,” the Emmy Award-winning and critically lauded drama series from acclaimed writer/producer/director Vince Gilligan has been renewed for a 16 episode order that will conclude the series. Production on all episodes of the final order will commence in early 2012. The roll-out of the episodes and premiere date schedule has yet to be determined by the network. The announcement was made by Charlie Collier, president of AMC.

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‘Rock Of Ages’ Stage Star Constantine Maroulis Joins The Movie Version

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday August 2, 2011 @ 7:42am PDTTags: Adam Shankman, Alec Baldwin, Bryan Cranston, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Diego Boneta, Julianne Hough, Mary J. Blige, Rock of Ages, Russell Brand, Tom Cruise
Mike Fleming

Former American Idol contestant Constantine Maroulis originated the lead role of Drew Boley in Rock of Ages‘ off-Broadway and Broadway musical incarnations. He’s not playing that role in the movie version that Adam Shankman is directing for New Line (Diego … Read More »

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In Or Out? Alec Baldwin Will Be On Hand For Today’s ‘Rock Of Ages’ Run-Through

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday May 12, 2011 @ 10:26am PDTTags: Adam Shankman, Alec Baldwin, Bryan Cranston, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Julianne Hough, Malin Akerman, Mary J. Blige, Paul Giamatti, Russell Brand, Tom Cruise
Mike Fleming

Is Alec Baldwin in or out of New Line’s Rock of Ages? We might have a better idea today after Baldwin takes part in a full run-through of the ’80s-flavored rock musical being held in an hour or so on … Read More »

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Bryan Cranston Added To ‘Rock Of Ages’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Saturday April 30, 2011 @ 9:20pm PDTTags: Adam Shankman, Bryan Cranston, Catherine Zeta-Jones
Mike Fleming

Breaking Bad‘s Bryan Cranston will play the mayor in Rock of Ages, the Adam Shankman-directed adaptation of the Broadway musical. He’s the husband of an Anita Bryant-like advocate who wants to ban rock and roll. That role’s played by Catherine … Read More »

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Bryan Cranston In Talks For Bad Guy Role In ‘Total Recall’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Wednesday March 30, 2011 @ 1:36pm PDTTags: Bryan Cranston, Columbia Pictures, Total Recall

Emmy winner Bryan Cranston is in talks to play the villain in Columbia’s remake of Total Recall. Colin Farrell is starring in the sci-fi action pic, which is being directed by Len Wiseman and produced by Neal Moritz’s Original Films. (The main female … Read More »

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FilmDistrict Drives To First Big AFM Deal

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday November 3, 2010 @ 12:25pm PDTTags: AFM Deals, Albert Brooks, American Film Market, Book-to-Movie, Bryan Cranston, Carey Mulligan, Christina Hendricks, FilmDistrict, Graham King, Movie Deals, Movies, Nicolas Winding Refn, Peter Schlessel, Ron Perlman, Ryan Gosling
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: In the first major deal of the American Film Market, FilmDistrict has acquired North American distribution rights to Drive, the Nicolas Winding Refn-directed adaptation of the James Sallis novel that stars Ryan Gosling as a Hollywood stuntman who moonlights as a getaway driver and is targeted for death after a heist goes wrong. Carey Mulligan, Ron Perlman, Bryan Cranston, Albert Brooks and Mad Men‘s Christina Hendricks round out a strong cast. FilmDistrict was started by GK Films partners Graham King and Tim Headington and run by Peter Schlessel and veteran distribution exec Bob Berney. They hatched the company to generate or acquire films with strong casts that can play on between 1500 and 2000 screens. Drive certainly fits that bill. The film is about two weeks from wrapping and has a budget under $30 million despite shooting in Los Angeles. FilmDistrict will look to release in late summer or early fall, 2011. Michel Litvak’s Bold Films financed the picture with Odd Lot Entertainment ‘s Gigi Pritzker, Linda McDonough and Bill Lischak. Marc Platt is producing with Bold and Odd Lot. Several indie companies chased the film including Summit and Lionsgate, and WME Global’s Graham Taylor closed the deal. Read More »

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