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Bryan Singer Adds Fan Bingbing To Play Blink In ‘X-Men’ Pic

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Friday March 15, 2013 @ 2:19pm PDTTags: Bryan Singer, Fan Bingbing, X-Men: Days Of Future Past
Mike Fleming

Bryan Singer just tweeted that Fan Bingbing has been set to play Blink in X-Men: Days Of Future Past. Bingbing recently starred in the Li Yu-directed film Double Exposure, which broke a box office record for an art film in China, and the Xu Zhen-directed film Lost In Thailand, which also broke a box office record of all Chinese films in China.

She can next be seen in F… I’m Pregnant by China/U.S. director Eva Jin, and The Bride With White Hair, by Hong Kong director Jacob Cheung. Later in 2013, Bingbing will be shooting The Lady In The Portrait, The Moon & The Sun and Empress Wu Ze Tian. She is also in negotiations to star in the sequel of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.

She is repped by WME and Timothy Mou of FBB Studios.

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‘X-Men: Days Of Future Past’ Adds Omar Sy Of ‘The Intouchables’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Saturday March 2, 2013 @ 5:25pm PSTTags: Bryan Singer, Omar Sy, X-Men: Days Of Future Past

Bryan Singer tweeted today that “the brilliant” Omar Sy of the French film The Intouchables has joined the cast of 20th Century Fox’s X-Men: Days Of Future Past. Today’s news about Sy follows a stream of tweets from the director … Read More »

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Bryan Singer Eyes Peter Dinklage For ‘X-Men: Days Of Future Past’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday February 13, 2013 @ 6:50pm PSTTags: 20th Century Fox, Big Deals Film, Bryan Singer, Peter Dinklage, X-Men: Days Of Future Past
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: For X-Men: Days Of Future Past, director Bryan Singer has assembled a collision of his original X-Men cast with returnees from X-Men First Class, but here’s an intriguing development: I hear he’s bringing in Game Of Thrones star … Read More »

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USC Film School Raising Hollywood Profile: Fox’s Jim Gianopulos Newest To Join Board

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Wednesday February 13, 2013 @ 2:50pm PSTTags: Big Deals Film, Big Deals TV, Bryan Singer, Jim Gianopulos, Sumner Redstone, USC School Of Cinematic Arts

The USC School Of Cinematic Arts keeps making a big push to gain more support among current Hollywood moguls and filmmakers who aren’t has-beens. Smart business: the names will translate into more money and clout for the school and its BA, MA, MFA and PhD programs. USC has to compete just even locally with American Film Institute’s AFI Conservatory and UCLA School of Theater, Film, and Television not to mention other rival schools nationally like New York University Tisch School of the Arts and internationally like Beijing Film Academy. So no surprise that Twentieth Century Fox Film Chairman Jim Gianopulos this week joined the USC film school’s Board Of Councilors. Last week, Bryan Singer donated $5 million and became the first alumnus to have one of the film school’s 6 programs of study named in his honor. Also last week, Paramount’s Brad Grey and CBS Inc’s Les Moonves joined George Lucas (alumnus) and Steven Spielberg (who applied twice and was turned down each time) at the gala reception opening of the Sumner M. Redstone Production Building for the school.

Gianopulos also joins Lucas and Spielberg – who’ve each donated buildings – on the USC film school board which takes a leadership roll in the school’s overall planning and development as well as supports its fundraising efforts. Board of Councilors Chair Frank Price, who used to preside over Universal Pictures and Columbia Pictures (twice), said in a statement: “Throughout his career Jim has always been dedicated to finding and supporting the next visionary filmmaker or technology and that fits right in with our goal as a Board. By working in support of the students at SCA we are ensuring that our industry has a bright future.” Gianopulos for his part explained: “I have long admired the commitment to being at the forefront of the cinematic arts that [Dean] Elizabeth Daley and USC have exemplified over the years.”

Related: Bryan Singer Donates $5M To USC Film School; Sumner Redstone Facility Christened

USC was funded in collaboration with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 1929 and offers comprehensive programs in directing, producing, writing, critical studies, animation and digital arts, production, and interactive media. On Tuesday night, Hollywood bigwigs turned out for the Redstone building dedication which follows the Viacom Chairman’s donation of $10 million to the USC School Of Cinematic Arts kast January. The state-of-the-art production facility houses two soundstages, dubbed Redstone 1 and Redstone 2. Part of SCA’s new Cinematic Arts Complex, it features 2,600 square feet of production space for use by the about 1,000 students from the school’s various divisions who are studying production skills such as staging, lighting, directing, producing and forming/leading a crew. The building also is equipped with industry standard Strand dimming systems and Mole-Richardson lighting; floor lights, grip and electrical hardware; a Production Equipment Center; wooden stage floors; and soundproofing and soundproof utility doors, among many others features. “I’ve always said that content is king. It’s the lord of the realm. It’s the highest value in this industry,” Redstone told the crowd. “I’m hoping that adding my name to the Redstone building will further the art of storytelling and that, within its walls, the Spielbergs and Lucases of tomorrow will continue to make magic.” Read More »

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Bryan Singer Donates $5 Million To USC; Sumner Redstone Facility Christened

By JEN YAMATO | Thursday February 7, 2013 @ 1:51pm PSTTags: Bryan Singer, Sumner Redstone, USC, X-Men: Days Of Future Past

Bryan Singer USCWhile deep-pocketed folks like Steven Spielberg and George Lucas get buildings named after them for big donations, director Bryan Singer has made history by becoming the first alumnus of USC‘s School Of Cinematic Arts to have one of the school’s six programs of study named in his honor. USC’s Dean Elizabeth M. Daley said today that SCA’s Division of Critical Studies has now been named the Bryan Singer Division of Critical Studies in honor of the filmmaker’s $5 million gift. The X-Men and Superman Returns director, who is prepping Fox’s X-Men: Days Of Future Past for a summer 2014 debut, graduated from the Critical Studies division in 1989; his Jack The Giant Slayer for Warner Bros opens March 1. “In a way, I began my career in the Division of Critical Studies at USC”, he said. “Watching great films and learning how to think about film from the faculty transformed me as an artist and as a person. I am honored to give back to the division and the school, which gave me so much.” Read More »

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Anna Paquin, Ellen Page & Shawn Ashmore Returning For ‘X-Men: Days Of Future Past’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Saturday January 26, 2013 @ 2:00pm PSTTags: Bryan Singer, X-Men: Days Of Future Past

Bryan Singer Tweeted today that Anna Paquin, Ellen Page and Shawn Ashmore have rejoined the team for X-Men: Days of Future Past. Last month Singer, who directed the first two chapters of the Fox franchise, also announced via Twitter … Read More »

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Bryan Singer To Spearhead ‘Twilight Zone’ Series Reboot For CBS TV Studios

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday December 19, 2012 @ 10:31am PSTTags: Bryan Singer, CBS TV Studios, The Twilight Zone
Nellie Andreeva

EXCLUSIVE: The Twilight Zone is eying a return to primetime. X-Men director Bryan Singer has closed a deal to develop, executive produce and possibly direct a reboot of Rod Serling’s classic. The drama series project, now in early … Read More »

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Bryan Singer Tweets: He’s Got Jean Valjean Returning For ‘X-Men: Days Of Future Past’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday December 19, 2012 @ 10:19am PSTTags: Bryan Singer, Hugh Jackman, X-Men: Days Of Future Past
Mike Fleming

It’s not that much of a surprise, but Bryan Singer last night took to Twitter to confirm that Hugh Jackman will put on his claws and play Wolverine in X-Men: Days Of Future Past. Jackman, who’s about … Read More »

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Ian McKellen, Patrick Stewart Coming Back For ‘X-Men: Days Of Future Past’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday November 27, 2012 @ 11:25am PSTTags: Big Deals Film, Bryan Singer, Patrick Stewart, X-Men: Days Of Future Past
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Here is a fun scoop for X-Men fans. Bryan Singer, who helmed the first two superb installments that launched the franchise at Fox and whom Deadline was first to reveal will helm X-Men: Days Of Future … Read More »

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TOLDJA! Fox Closes Deal For Bryan Singer To Direct Next ‘X-Men’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Tuesday October 30, 2012 @ 3:02pm PDTTags: 20th Century Fox, Big Deals Film, Bryan Singer, X-Men: Days Of Future Past

Bryan Singer X-Men DirectorBryan Singer has just closed his deal to return to the director’s chair for the X-Men franchise to direct X-Men: Days Of Future Past, the next installment of 20th Century Fox‘s superhero series. The … Read More »

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Matthew Vaughn Won’t Direct ‘X-Men: First Class 2′; Will Bryan Singer Replace Him?

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday October 25, 2012 @ 12:31pm PDTTags: 20th Century Fox, Big Deals Film, Bryan Singer, Matthew Vaughn, X-Men: Days Of Future Past
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Matthew Vaughn has decided not to direct the sequel to 20th Century Fox‘s hit spinoff X-Men: First Class. Ready for the next shocker? Atop the studio’s replacement short list is Bryan Singer, who launched the X-Men feature franchise with the first two superb films and who has been a guiding influence in this spinoff by writing the treatment and producing. If this works out, Singer and Vaughn would essentially be switching roles. Vaughn, who wrote the treatment for the sequel for X-Men: Days Of Future Past that was scripted by Simon Kinberg, would step back to produce the film with Kinberg and Lauren Shuler Donner.

Vaughn will do another film for Fox, and I’m hearing it will be the drama Secret Service, an adaptation of the Mark Millar comic book series that Vaughn has been working on with the author. Read More »

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Hot Trailer: ‘Jack The Giant Killer’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Thursday December 15, 2011 @ 10:59pm PSTTags: Bryan Singer, Jack the Giant Killer, Nicholas Hoult

Warner Bros released a trailer for Bryan Singer’s reimagining of the children’s tale about a boy, a cow and those beans. Nicholas Hoult plays Jack and the cast includes Ewan McGregor, Stanley Tucci, Warwick Davis, Bill Nighy, Ian McShane, Eleanor Tomlinson and Eddie Marsan. Jack The Giant Killer opens June … Read More »

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Bryan Singer To Direct And Produce NBC’s ‘The Munsters’ Reboot

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday November 29, 2011 @ 6:45pm PSTTags: Bryan Fuller, Bryan Singer, NBC, The Munsters
Nellie Andreeva

EXCLUSIVE: NBC’s The Munsters will be brought to you by The Bryans. X-Men and Superman Returns helmer Bryan Singer is finalizing a deal to direct and executive produce Bryan Fuller’s reboot of the 1960s comedy, which recently received a … Read More »

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Bryan Singer’s ‘Battlestar Galactica’ Gets Airborne With John Orloff Scripting Deal

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday October 20, 2011 @ 12:35pm PDTTags: Battlestar Galactica, Bryan Singer, Glen Larson, Universal Pictures
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Universal Pictures is closing a deal with John Orloff to write Battlestar Galactica, a feature based on the Glen Larson 1978 TV series that Bryan Singer has long wanted to direct. Orloff seems equally pumped. What is it about … Read More »

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Warner Bros Hot For ‘Arthur & Lancelot’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Monday July 25, 2011 @ 12:55pm PDTTags: Arthur & Lancelot, Bryan Singer, David Dobkin, Guy Ritchie, Jason Bateman, John Boorman, John Hodge, Lionel Wigram, Ryan Reynolds, Warner Bros
Mike Fleming

When Deadline broke news last month that Warner Bros has paid $2 million to acquire the David Dobkin spec script Arthur & Lancelot in a bidding war that involved Universal and Fox, insiders said the project would be fast-tracked. … Read More »

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‘X-Men: First Class’ Writing Credit Dispute Resolved

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Friday April 29, 2011 @ 2:49pm PDTTags: Ashley Miller, Bryan Singer, Jane Goldman, Matthew Vaughn, Sheldon Turner, X-Men: First Class, Zack Stentz
Mike Fleming

A Writers Guild arbitration upheld the WGA decision that Ashley Miller & Zack Stentz and Jane Goldman & Matthew Vaughn deserve screenplay credit on X-Men: First Class, with Sheldon Turner (who wrote an origin film about Magneto) and Bryan Singer (who wrote an outline for the film at the beginning) … Read More »

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Eleanor Tomlinson Lands ‘Jack The Giant Killer’ Female Lead

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday March 1, 2011 @ 6:46pm PSTTags: Bryan Singer, Jack the Giant Killer, Jack the Giant Killer Casting, Movie Deals, Movies, Nicholas Hoult
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Director Bryan Singer has set Eleanor Tomlinson to play the female lead in Jack the Giant Killer for New Line and Legendary Pictures. She stars opposite Nicholas Hoult. The 19-year old Tomlinson plays Isabella, the princess who runs away … Read More »

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Nicholas Hoult To Star In Summit’s ‘Warm Bodies’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday March 1, 2011 @ 6:12pm PSTTags: Bryan Singer, Isaac Marion, Jonathan Levine, Movie Deals, Movies, Nicholas Hoult, Summit Entertainment
Mike Fleming

Nicholas Hoult, who already bagged the title role in Jack the Giant Killer, has landed the lead in Warm Bodies, the Summit Entertainment adaptation of the Isaac Marion novel. The book will be published by Atria, and the film … Read More »

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PILOT SEASON: The Rise Of Feature Directors

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday February 17, 2011 @ 6:30pm PSTTags: Antoine Fuqua, Bryan Singer, Danny Cannon, Jaume Collet-Serra, Jonathan Demme, Phillip Noyce Revenge, Shawn Levy, The River Pilot, TV, TV Pilot Directors, TV Pilots
Nellie Andreeva

In a series of stories, I’ll take an analytical look at the current broadcast pilot season and some of its trends and heroes.

In what was probably the last big pilot director signing this season, Jaume Collet-Sera yesterday closed a … Read More »

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