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Fox Acquires Sci-Fi Pitch Theory Of Everything

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday December 19, 2012 @ 11:07am PSTTags: 20th Century Fox, Big Deals Film, Dan Jinks
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: 20th Century Fox is closing a deal for Theory Of Everything, a pitch for a sci-fi action thriller that follows a disgraced scientist as he seeks to rescue his wife from a parallel dimension — a woman who was previously assumed dead. The film will be produced by Oscar-winning American Beauty producer Dan Jinks. The idea was hatched by Dan Casey and Nick Nantell, the latter a senior veep of The Dan Jinks Co. Casey will write the script and Nantell will be co-producer, while Matt Hawkins and Marc Silvestri of Top Cow Comics are executive producers. Fox’s Mike Ireland is steering the project.

The way they fleshed out the project was intriguing: Casey wrote a comic book that was published as a one-off by Top Cow. That provided a strong template for the concept, which is grounded in string theory and quantum physics. Fox took it off the table preemptively. WME and Circle of Confusion rep the writer.

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Dan Jinks Extends Deal At CBS TV Studios

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday June 6, 2012 @ 10:53am PDTTags: Big Deals TV, Dan Jinks
Nellie Andreeva

CBS Television Studios has renewed its deal with producer Dan Jinks and his Dan Jinks Co. for a second year. The extension comes on the heels of a successful first year for Jinks as a solo TV producer at CBS Studios. He executive produced Jennie Snyder Urman’s CW medical drama pilot Emily Owens, MD starring Mamie Gummer, which was picked up to series for fall. “I couldn’t be happier working with David Stapf and his incredible team at CBS Television Studios,” Jinks said.

Jinks segued to the deal with CBS Studios last summer after being partnered with Bruce Cohen for 13 years, the last six based at Warner Bros. TV. Emily Owens, MD marks Jinks’ fourth consecutive pilot to go to series, following three he produced with Cohen, ABC’s Pushing Daisies and Traveler and Lifetime’s Side Order of Life. Read More »

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Mandate Options Leah Rachel’s Coming-Of-Age Tale ‘The Young, The Hot, And The Bothered’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday December 15, 2011 @ 12:32pm PSTTags: Dan Jinks, Mandate Pictures
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Mandate Pictures has optioned The Young, The Hot, And The Bothered, a script by Leah Rachel that is described as a coming-of-age comedy about the delusion, desperation, and absolute euphoria of first loves. Dan Jinks will produce … Read More »

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Broadway Reels In ‘Big Fish’ As ‘Dexter’s Michael C. Hall Is Signing For Musical

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Friday September 9, 2011 @ 7:00am PDTTags: Albert Finney, Bruce Cohen, Dan Jinks, Ewan McGregor, Hugh Jackman, John August, Michael C. Hall, Tim Burton
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: I’m hearing that Dexter star Michael C. Hall is negotiating to play the lead in Big Fish on Broadway next year. Bruce Cohen and Dan Jinks, who produced the Tim Burton-directed film, are producing the musical stage adaptation. Susan … Read More »

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Dan Jinks Launches Solo TV Producing Career With Overall Deal At CBS Studios

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday July 26, 2011 @ 3:36pm PDTTags: CBS Studios, Dan Jinks, overall deal
Nellie Andreeva

EXCLUSIVE: Film and TV producer Dan Jinks has signed an overall deal with CBS Television Studios. This marks the first TV pact for the Dan Jinks Co, which Jinks launched in February 2010 when he and longtime producing partner Bruce … Read More »

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