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WME Signs British Actor Tom Hiddleston

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Monday October 24, 2011 @ 12:30pm PDTTags: Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Jeremy Renner, Joss Whedon, Mark Ruffalo, Robert Downey Jr., Samuel L. Jackson, Steven Spielberg, Tom Hiddleston, WME, Woody Allen
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: WME has just signed Tom Hiddleston, who reprises his Loki character from Thor in the upcoming Joss Whedon-directed The Avengers. Hiddleston, who was last repped in the U.S. by ICM, had a year in which he also starred in Woody Allen’s Midnight in Paris, as well as Steven Spielberg’s upcoming War Horse. All the agencies were after him. In The Avengers, Hiddleston’s Loki takes on Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr), Thor (Chris Hemsworth), Captain America (Chris Evans), Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner), Hulk (Mark Ruffalo), Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson) and Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson). Hiddleston continues to be repped by UK agents Mikey Symons and Christian Hodell, and manager Jon Rubenstein.

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TOLDJA! Patty Jenkins Confirmed As ‘Thor 2′ Director

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday October 13, 2011 @ 1:03pm PDTTags: Chris Hemsworth, Kevin Feige, Patty Jenkins, Thor 2
Mike Fleming

Deadline broke the news when Patty Jenkins was the surprise choice to direct Chris Hemsworth in Thor 2, and Marvel has just confirmed that her deal closed. Jenkins, who directed Charlize Theron in her Oscar-winning Monster performance, also directed the pilot of the AMC series The Killing. Still, she … Read More »

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Hot Trailer: ‘The Avengers’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday October 11, 2011 @ 7:44am PDTTags: Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Joss Whedon, Mark Ruffalo, Marvel, Robert Downey Jr., Samuel L. Jackson, Scarlett Johansson, The Avengers, Tom Hiddleston
Mike Fleming

Marvel Studios has released its first full trailer for The Avengers, its Joss Whedon-directed dream teaming of Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr), Thor (Chris Hemsworth), Captain America (Chris Evans), Hulk (Mark Ruffalo), Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson), and team leader Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson), who team up against Loki (Tom … Read More »

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Olivia Wilde Lands ‘Rush’ Role Of Suzy Miller; Russell Crowe For Richard Burton Cameo?

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday October 4, 2011 @ 11:52am PDTTags: Brian Grazer, Brian Oliver, Chris Hemsworth, Daniel Bruhl, Eric Fellner, James Hunt, Niki Lauda, Olivia Wilde, Ron Howard, Rush, Russell Crowe, Tim Bevan
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: It’s a role that a lot of actresses wanted, but I’m told that Olivia Wilde will play 1970s supermodel Suzy Miller in Rush, the Ron Howard-directed Formula One drama about the rivalry between drivers Niki Lauda (Daniel Bruhl) and … Read More »

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Cross Creek Makes Three-Year Distribution Deal With Universal Pictures

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday September 28, 2011 @ 11:27am PDTTags: Adam Fogelson, Brian Grazer, Brian Oliver, Chris Hemsworth, Cross Creek Pictures, Daniel Bruhl, Daniel Radcliffe, Darren Aronofsky, Donna Langley, Eric Fellner, George Clooney, Ron Howard, Tim Bevan, Timmy Thompson
Mike Fleming

BREAKING: Universal Pictures has made a three-year deal to distribute at least six pictures produced and funded by Cross Creek Pictures. The first film in this deal will be Rush, the Ron Howard-directed Formula One drama. Cross Creek, run by president Brian Oliver and CEO Timmy Thompson,  has quickly emerged as a significant film financier. They got started with the Darren Aronofsky-directed Black Swan and continue with the upcoming George Clooney-directed The Ides of March and Daniel Radcliffe-starrer The Woman in Black, which will be distributed by CBS Films.

The deal was announced by Universal Pictures chairman Adam Fogelson and co-chairman Donna Langley, along with Oliver and Thompson.

Cross Creek is partnered with Exclusive Media Group as co-financier and co-producer of Rush, the Howard-directed drama about the battle between ’70s Formula One racers Niki Lauda and James Hunt that stars Thor‘s Chris Hemsworth and Inglourious Basterds‘ Daniel Bruhl. Peter Morgan wrote the script, and Howard and the actors shot some footage during Formula One races held at Nurburgring Race Track in Germany. It was there, in the 70s, that Lauda was almost killed in a fiery accident that is a major part of the drama. The film seems a natural fit for Universal, since Oliver’s fellow producers are Imagine Entertainment’s Brian Grazer and Working Title partners Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner. Both Imagine and Cross Creek have overall deals at the studio.

Aside from pictures that Cross Creek brings into the equation, the company will likely become a financier of existing Universal projects getting close to green lights. The budgets of the films will range from $15 million-$65 million, with the average film costing between $25 million-$35 million. Cross Creek is set up to generate up to four films per year, with Universal to distribute at least two of them with a wide-release commitment. Read More »

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Joe Roth Taking Producer Role In Angelina Jolie-Starrer ‘Maleficent’ For Disney

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Monday September 26, 2011 @ 4:35pm PDTTags: Angelina Jolie, Charlize Theron, Chris Hemsworth, James Franco, Joe Roth, Kristen Stewart, Michelle Williams, Mila Kunis, Rachel Weisz, Rupert Sanders, Sam Raimi, Tim Burton
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: If Joe Roth were any more closely associated with fairy tales, he’d be one of the Grimm Brothers. Roth, who help start Hollywood’s feverish devotion to fairy tale films by producing the $1 billion-grossing Alice in Wonderland, is negotiating … Read More »

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Marvel Mulls ‘Monster’ Helmer Patty Jenkins For ‘Thor 2′

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday September 22, 2011 @ 9:04am PDTTags: Chris Hemsworth, Disney, Kenneth Branagh, Marvel, Marvel Studios, Patty Jenkins, Thor 2
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Marvel Studios is getting close to naming a director for Thor 2, and I’m hearing they might go with a surprise: Patty Jenkins, best known for directing Charlize Theron to an Oscar in Monster, and also for directing the … Read More »

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Universal Pictures Chairman Adam Fogelson Re-Upped Through 2014

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Monday September 19, 2011 @ 12:37pm PDTTags: Aaron Johnson, Adam Fogelson, Akiva Goldsman, Alexander Skarsgard, Benicio Del Toro, Blake Lively, Brian Grazer, Carl Rinsch, Charlize Theron, Chris Hemsworth, Daniel Espinosa, Denzel Washington, Don Winslow, Guillermo Del Toro, Hugh Jackman, Jeff Bridges, Jeremy Renner, Joseph Kosinski, Keanu Reeves, Kristen Stewart, Liam Neeson, Mark Wahlberg, Michael Bay, Mila Kunis, Oliver Stone, Peter Berg, Rihanna, Robert Schwentke, Ron Howard, Ron Meyer, Rupert Sanders, Russell Crowe, Seth MacFarlane, Shane Salerno, Stephen King, Steve Burke, Taylor Kitsch, Tom Cruise, Tom Hooper, Tony Gilroy, Universal Pictures
Mike Fleming

BREAKING: NBCUniversal’s new owners at Comcast have given a vote of confidence to the studio’s feature film operation. They’ve exercised an option on Universal Pictures’ Chairman Adam Fogelson and extended his contract through 2014. I’m told that Fogelson is, in turn, in the process of exercising the option of Donna Langley and she will continue as the studio’s co-chairman. They will also keep their executive team intact. Fogelson will continue to have full day-to-day operating responsibility for the Motion Picture Group, reporting to Universal Studios President and Chief Operating Officer Ron Meyer (whose contract was recently re-upped through 2015) and will now also report to NBCUniversal Chief Executive Officer Steve Burke.

While Universal has had its ups and downs, higher-ups are clearly convinced that Fogelson, Langley and their team are making progress. They’ve had recent hits –Bridesmaids, Hop! and Fast Five– but also had some recent misses that include The Dilemma, Change-Up and Cowboys & Aliens. In the latter case, the studio was on the hook for one-third of the film, and shared that third with Relativity Media. It has also been a year in which Fogelson and his team have made some painful decisions and let pricey productions go. That began with the Guillermo Del Toro-directed At the Mountains of Madness, which Universal developed for years and which was ready to go with Tom Cruise, until the studio made a late decision not to go forward because of the possibility the $150M film could carry an R-rating. Universal also dropped two projects that were in advanced  stages of development: The Dark Tower, the Akiva Goldsman-directed adaptation of the Stephen King novel series that was to be made into three feature films and two limited-run TV series, with the first film and TV segment directed by Ron Howard and produced by Brian Grazer and Goldsman; and Oiuja, the Hasbro board game that had McG directing and Michael Bay and his Platinum Dunes partners producing with Hasbro. The moves were surprising because Howard and Grazer are cornerstone filmmakers for Universal; and Del Toro and Hasbro have overall deals there. Ouija is one of several Hasbro properties the studio dropped, the others being the Gore Verbinski-directed Clue, the Ridley Scott-directed Monopoly and Magic, The Gathering. These were part of a groundbreaking deal the studio made with the toymaker several years ago, but the studio and Hasbro have re-focused their attention solely on Battleship, Stretch Armstrong, and Candy Land. Read More »

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Ron Howard-Directed ‘Rush’ Revving Up This Week On German Formula One Track

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday September 6, 2011 @ 2:15pm PDTTags: Brian Grazer, Brian Oliver, Chris Hemsworth, Daniel Bruhl, Eric Fellner, Formula One, James Hunt, Niki Lauda, Peter Morgan, Ron Howard, Tim Bevan
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Rush, the Peter Morgan-scripted drama about the battle between ’70s Formula One racers Niki Lauda and James Hunt, will rev up for action this week. The Ron Howard-directed film doesn’t really start principal photography until after Chris Hemsworth (he plays Hunt) completes Marvel’s The Avengers in a couple of months, but he and Inglourious Basterds‘ Daniel Bruhl (Lauda) will be around this weekend at Nurburgring Race Track in Germany. A race will be held there, featuring the Formula One classic cars that were driven during the 70s. Howard will be shooting 35mm all weekend with his cast.

This is more than just an opportunity for Howard to get generic footage on a race track; Nurburgring plays a pivotal part in the drama. That’s the track where Lauda, when he was reigning world champion and the only driver to ever complete a lap on that track in less than 7 minutes, tried to rally the other drivers to boycott the German Grand Prix race from being held there in 1976 because he felt safety arrangements weren’t up to snuff. When the other drivers voted against it, Lauda took the wheel and crashed his Ferrari on the second lap. Because it was so early in the race, Lauda’s car was full of fuel; his face was badly burned and he inhaled toxic hot gases that scorched his lungs before three rival drivers got out of their cars and pulled him from the wreckage. The film focuses on Lauda’s competitive spirit, which prompted him to get back behind the wheel despite being in severe pain six weeks later in Italy to stop Hunt from taking the world title. Read More »

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Beau Flynn Makes New First-Look Producing Deal At New Line

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Monday August 22, 2011 @ 4:50pm PDTTags: Anna Faris, Beau Flynn, Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Dwayne Johnson, Gemma Arterton, Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters, Jeremy Renner, Josh Hutcherson, Michael Caine, Toby Emmerich, Tripp Vinson, What's Your Number
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: After splitting up with Contrafilm partner Tripp Vinson in June following a decade-long partnership, Beau Flynn has formed a new company, Flynn Picture Co. He hasn’t strayed far from home. Flynn has made a two-year, non-exclusive, … Read More »

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Lionsgate Sets April 13, 2012 Bow For ‘The Cabin In The Woods’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday July 20, 2011 @ 4:46pm PDTTags: Chris Hemsworth, Joss Whedon
Mike Fleming

BREAKING: Lionsgate, which acquired worldwide distribution rights to the horror film The Cabin in the Woods from MGM, has set it for release on Friday, April 13, 2012. Deadline revealed in April that Lionsgate would take over distribution of … Read More »

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Between ‘Thor’ Turns, Chris Hemsworth Revs ‘Rush’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Monday July 11, 2011 @ 4:31pm PDTTags: Brian Grazer, Brian Oliver, Chris Hemsworth, Cross Creek Pictures, Eric Fellner, Formula One, Imagine Entertainment, James Hunt, Niki Lauda, Peter Morgan, Ron Howard, Rush, Tim Bevan
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Chris Hemsworth will get behind the wheel to star in the role of British Formula One driver James Hunt in Rush, the Peter Morgan-scripted drama that shapes up as the next directing effort for Ron Howard. Cross Creek Pictures … Read More »

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‘Thor 2′ To Be Scripted By Don Payne

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Friday July 1, 2011 @ 8:40am PDTTags: Chris Hemsworth, Kenneth Branagh, Thor 2
Mike Fleming

As Deadline told you yesterday, Marvel Studios needs a director for Thor 2 with Kenneth Branagh departing, but they have got a writer. Marvel has set Don Payne, one of the credited scribes on the first film, to script … Read More »

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Marvel And Disney Setting ‘Thor 2′ For Summer 2013; Chris Hemsworth’s Back But Kenneth Branagh Won’t Return

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday June 30, 2011 @ 1:41pm PDTTags: Chris Hemsworth, Joss Whedon, Kenneth Branagh, Marvel Studios, Robert Downey Jr., Thor 2
Mike Fleming

UPDATE: Disney has set a July 26, 2013 release date for Thor 2.
EARLIER EXCLUSIVE: Marvel Studios, which is in production on the Joss Whedon-directed The Avengers, is making a full commitment to Thor 2, with Chris Hemsworth … Read More »

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Sony Pictures Acquires Action Pitch Vehicle For ‘Thor’s Chris Hemsworth

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday June 29, 2011 @ 3:00pm PDTTags: Beau Flynn, Carl Rinsch, Charlize Theron, Chris Hemsworth, Hossein Amini, Keanu Reeves, Kenneth Branagh, Kristen Stewart, Ryan Gosling, Sony Pictures, Tripp Vinson
Mike Fleming

Sony Pictures has acquired Shadow Runner, a pitch for an action thriller that will star Thor’s Chris Hemsworth. Beau Flynn and Tripp Vinson will produce through the Contrafilm banner with ROAR’s Will Ward. Studio’s keeping the fictional project under wraps, but this deal has taken awhile to come together, and its original genesis was an idea by Drive scribe Hossein Amini. The inspiration was an incident in which an Israeli assassination team targeted a Hamas leader whom the Israelis believe murdered several soldiers and helped stockpile Iranian-made missiles. He was tracked to Dubai, and the Israelis managed to smuggle in an entire 17-person hit team to take him out in the corridor of a five-star hotel. The operatives were captured on a hotel security camera trailing after the victim, reemerging and getting on the elevator after he was killed. I’m told that the film won’t replicate those events, but Hemsworth will lead an elite team of operatives who take on impossible tasks. Amini will be exec producer. Read More »

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Contrafilm Partners Beau Flynn And Tripp Vinson Splitting After Decade Together

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Friday June 17, 2011 @ 12:41pm PDTTags: Adam McKay, Anna Faris, Beau Flynn, Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, ContraFilm, Dwayne Johnson, Gemma Arterton, Jeremy Renner, Josh Hutcherson, Michael Caine, New Line, Tripp Vinson, Vanessa Hudgens, Will Ferrell
Mike Fleming

UPDATE: Beau Flynn and Tripp Vinson have formally announced their split and issued this statement: “We have nothing but love and respect for each other, and our decision to pursue our own separate paths after 10 amazing years … Read More »

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Hossein Amini Doing Rewrite On ‘Snow White And The Huntsman’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday June 14, 2011 @ 6:41pm PDTTags: Armie Hammer, Carl Rinsch, Charlize Theron, Chris Hemsworth, Hossein Amini, Julia Roberts, Keanu Reeves, Kristen Stewart, Lily Collins, Nicolas Winding Refn, Rupert Sanders, Ryan Kavanaugh, Tarsem Singh
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Bracing for its race against Relativity Media on rival Snow White films, Universal Pictures has hired Hossein Amini to do a rewrite of Snow White and the Huntsman, the Rupert Sanders-directed film that stars Charlize Theron, Kristen Stewart and … Read More »

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Snow White Battle Intensifies As Universal Moves Its Pic One Month Before Relativity Rival

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Sunday May 15, 2011 @ 11:33pm PDTTags: Armie Hammer, Cannes, Charlize Theron, Chris Hemsworth, Judd Apatow, Julia Roberts, Kristen Stewart, Snow White and the Huntsman, Tarsem Singh, Universal Pictures
Mike Fleming

BREAKING:Since neither Universal Pictures nor Relativity Media are blinking about going ahead with rival Snow White films, it seemed inevitable that Universal would not be content for its film to come out six months later. So the studio has just … Read More »

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Mighty Thor Chris Hemsworth To Star Opposite Kristen Stewart: Closes ‘Huntsman’ Role In Snow White Saga

By NIKKI FINKE AND MIKE FLEMING JR | Friday May 13, 2011 @ 7:07pm PDTTags: Chris Hemsworth, IFA, Universal Snow White and the Huntsman

EXCLUSIVE: Now that ‘Thor’ opened strongly around the world, its star Chris Hemsworth is one hot Aussie hunk. He’s just closed a deal for the good guy role opposite Twilight Saga starlet Kristen Stewart as the Huntsman in Snow White … Read More »

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