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‘Bullhead’ Helmer Michael R. Roskam To Helm ‘The Tiger’ For Focus Features

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday August 15, 2012 @ 5:04pm PDTTags: Big Deals Film, Brad Pitt, Darren Aronofsky, Focus Features, Michael R. Roskam, Random House
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Michael R. Roskam, who got a Best Foreign-Language Film Oscar nomination last year for his Belgian film Bullhead, has been set by Focus Features to make his Hollywood feature helming debut with The Tiger, a drama based on the John Vaillant book that was adapted by Babel scribe Guillermo Arriaga.

This film was set up originally as a directing vehicle for Darren Aronofsky, who stepped off the project to direct the Russell Crowe-starrer Noah. Brad Pitt produces with Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner for Plan B and Aronofsky is producing with Protozoa cohorts Mark Heyman and Ari Handel. The book was published last year by the Random House imprint Knopf, and it is a co-production between Focus and Random House Productions. The film is a fact-based story that takes place on the Siberian plain, where humans encroach on a tiger’s habitat with tragic results. There is a great male lead role of an animal activist and researcher who must stop a man-eating tiger that is attacking the inhabitants of a remote village in Russia’s Far East. The tiger isn’t just killing people, it’s murdering them, and the team that tracks him know their nemesis is cunning, injured, and starving, making it even more dangerous.

It becomes the second significant project in Hollywood for Roskam, who is teaming with Michael Mann and Breaking Bad executive producer Mark Johnson on the HBO pilot script Buda Bridge, a Belgian-set crime story that takes place in Brussels in the near future. It unfolds when a woman is found dead on Buda Bridge, which leads to a series of violent crimes and strange science that bring mayhem to the dark capital of the European state. Roskam is writing the script and will direct the pilot. Since Bullhead created buzz during Oscar season, Roskam has been offered numerous projects, but The Tiger is the first feature he said yes to. He is repped by UTA, Anonymous Content and Alan Wertheimer.

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Darren Aronofsky Tweets Photo From ‘Noah’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Wednesday July 11, 2012 @ 4:33pm PDTTags: Darren Aronofsky, Noah, Noah's Ark

Director Darren Aronofsky tweeted this picture from the location of Noah “I dreamt about this since I was 13. And now it’s a reality. Genesis 6:14″:

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Anthony Hopkins Joins ‘Noah’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Monday July 9, 2012 @ 6:29pm PDTTags: Anthony Hopkins, Darren Aronofsky, Noah, Paramount Pictures
Mike Fleming

Noah Movie Anthony HopkinsAnthony Hopkins has signed on to play Methusaleh in Darren Aronofsky’s Noah. He joins Russell Crowe, Ray Winstone, Emma Watson, Logan Lerman, Jennifer Connelly, and Douglas Booth. Aronofsky tweeted the hire earlier today. The film … Read More »

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TOLDJA! Jennifer Connelly In Talks To Re-Team With Russell Crowe In ‘Noah’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Monday June 18, 2012 @ 3:13pm PDTTags: Big Deals Film, Darren Aronofsky, Jennifer Connelly, Noah, Russell Crowe
Mike Fleming

Jennifer Connelly NoahDeadline three times has mentioned Jennifer Connelly as being the frontrunner to re-team with A Beautiful Mind‘s Russell Crowe and play his wife in Noah, the Darren Aronofsky-directed Biblical epic that also will star Ray Winstone, Emma … Read More »

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Ray Winstone Gets Villain Offer In ‘Noah’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Monday June 11, 2012 @ 5:31pm PDTTags: Darren Aronofsky, Noah, Ray Winstone
Mike Fleming

Ray Winstone NoahEXCLUSIVE: Ray Winstone has been offered the role of Noah’s nemesis in the Darren Aronofsky-directed Biblical epic Noah. Negotiations are underway for Winstone to go mano a mano against Russell Crowe in the film, which also stars Logan … Read More »

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Emma Watson In Talks To Board Darren Aronofsky’s Biblical Epic ‘Noah’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday June 7, 2012 @ 4:59pm PDTTags: Darren Aronofsky, Emma Watson, Noah, Russell Crowe
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Emma Watson is in talks to join Darren Aronofsky’s cast of Noah, which stars Russell Crowe as the Biblical ark builder. Watson is in discussions to play Ila, a young woman who develops a close relationship with Noah’s son, … Read More »

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Douglas Booth And Logan Lerman Board Boat For ‘Noah’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Monday June 4, 2012 @ 4:31pm PDTTags: Darren Aronofsky, Logan Lerman, Noah, Russell Crowe
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Darren Aronofsky is casting up the main roles for Noah, the Biblical epic that stars Russell Crowe. I’m told Aronofsky has set Douglas Booth to play Noah’s son … Read More »

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TOLDJA! Russell Crowe Plays Biblical Boat Builder In Darren Aronofsky’s ‘Noah’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Sunday April 22, 2012 @ 3:39pm PDTTags: Big Deals Film, Darren Aronofsky, Noah, Russell Crowe
Mike Fleming

Deadline was the first to reveal that Russell Crowe was Darren Aronofsky’s choice to star in Noah, the coproduction between Paramount Pictures and New Regency. The partners just announced his closed deal. Deadline also reported that Liam Neeson was circling the other major lead. We’ll have to see if … Read More »

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Darren Aronofsky’s ‘Noah’ Has Release Date

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Friday April 13, 2012 @ 2:17pm PDTTags: Darren Aronofsky, Noah, Paramount, Russell Crowe

Noah Movie Release DateParamount and Regency Noah MovieParamount Pictures and New Regency have announced a March 28, 2014 release date for Noah. The film is directed by Black … Read More »

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Darren Aronofsky’s ‘Noah’ Launching Finally With Russell Crowe Set For Biblical Star

By NIKKI FINKE AND MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday March 20, 2012 @ 6:26pm PDTTags: Big Deals Film, Darren Aronofsky, Noah, Noah's Ark

EXCLUSIVE: We’ve learned the deals are done for this big-ticket New Regency/Paramount co-production Noah which Deadline has been scooping first Russell Crowe Noah Moviefor nearly a year now. A formal announcement should come this next week. The once hoped-for spring start is now July, … Read More »

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Does Russell Crowe Float Your Boat As Noah In Darren Aronofsky’s Biblical Film?

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday February 1, 2012 @ 7:00pm PSTTags: Darren Aronofsky, Noah, Russell Crowe
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Darren Aronofsky is ready to set sail on Noah, the Biblical story of Noah’s Ark. I’m hearing that the Black Swan director wants Russell Crowe to play the title role in the New Regency/Paramount film. I can’t tell you … Read More »

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Back To Back Terrence Malick Movies Means No ‘Noah’ For Christian Bale

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday November 30, 2011 @ 12:44pm PSTTags: Christian Bale, Darren Aronofsky, Lawless, Noah, Terrence Malick
Mike Fleming

Christian Bale isn’t going to play the title character in the Darren Aronofsky-directed Biblical epic Noah. Bale had never been set, but it was understood he was the actor Aronofsky wanted. I’m told that it won’t happen because the dates … Read More »

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Fox 2000 EVP Carla Hacken Becomes New Regency Production President

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Friday November 18, 2011 @ 12:15pm PSTTags: Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Alexandra Milchan, Arnon Milchan, Bob Harper, Brad Pitt, Brad Weston, Darren Aronofsky, Elizabeth Gabler, Hutch Parker, James Gray, Jim Gianopulos, Laura Ziskin, Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Wahlberg, New Regency, Rodney Ferrell, Russell Crowe, Sanford Panitch, Sean Penn, Tom Rothman
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Longtime Fox 2000 EVP Carla Hacken is leaving the studio to become president of production for New Regency. It is the latest move in a restructuring of the company since Arnon Milchan reemerged as an active chairman and installed … Read More »

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Phoenix Co-President Bradley Fischer Forms Mythology With Scribes Laeta Kalogridis And James Vanderbilt

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Friday November 18, 2011 @ 9:40am PSTTags: Alex Proyas, Antoine Fuqua, Darren Aronofsky, David Fincher, Eric Kripke, Frank Darabont, Laeta Kalogridis, Martin Scorsese, Suge Knight
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Longtime Phoenix Pictures co-president Bradley J. Fischer has formed Mythology Entertainment in partnership with screenwriter/producers Laeta Kalogridis and James Vanderbilt. With backing from private investors, Mythology will develop and package projects internally before taking them to studios and financiers. … Read More »

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Darren Aronofsky Creates Four PSAs For The Meth Project

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Tuesday November 15, 2011 @ 3:51pm PSTTags: Darren Aronofsky, PSA

Darren Aronofsky, director of Requiem for a Dream and The Black Swan has created for the Meth Project four dark, blunt PSAs that bring the consequences of meth addiction into stark, gritty relief.  The video below is titled Deep End. The others you may watch by clicking … Read More »

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Fox: ‘Black Swan’ Interns Didn’t Work For Us

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Monday October 3, 2011 @ 10:25pm PDTTags: Black Swan, Darren Aronofsky, Fox Filmed Entertainment

‘Black Swan’ Unpaid Interns File Lawsuit

Fox Filmed Entertainment today finally gave its side of that lawsuit filed by two interns against Fox Searchlight over their work on the hit indie Black Swan. The … Read More »

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TOLDJA! Paramount, New Regency Team For Darren Aronofsky’s ‘Noah’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Monday October 3, 2011 @ 3:25pm PDTTags: Darren Aronofsky, John Logan, Noah
Mike Fleming

BREAKING: Paramount and New Regency have formalized a deal to partner on Noah, the biblical epic that Darren Aronofsky will direct as his follow-up to the Oscar-nominated smash Black Swan. Deadline told you in late June that Paramount was … 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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Shocker! New Regency Co-Chairmen Bob Harper And Hutch Parker To Exit

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday August 31, 2011 @ 8:45pm PDTTags: Andrew Niccol, Anna Faris, Arnon Milchan, Bob Harper, Brad Pitt, Chris Evans, Darren Aronofsky, David Ellison, Doug Liman, Emile Hirsch, Hutch Parker, James Gray, Jim Gianopulos, Max Minghella, New Regency, Tom Rothman
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: A major shake up is taking place at Arnon Milchan’s New Regency. Co-chairmen Bob Harper and Hutch Parker will not renew their contracts when they expire in December. I’ve confirmed with Harper that he and Parker are negotiating their exits. There had recently been a ripple of rumors about this, and there will be the inevitable speculation over whether the duo are jumping before being pushed. Harper didn’t get into that, but said that he was confirming because he and Parker were aware of the rumors and were most concerned with reassuring filmmakers with Regency projects that the duo would continue to be closely involved and see those films through to release. Harper also said the decision came after months of conversations with Milchan over whether or not to renew. Recently, they came to the conclusion that this was the best course. Milchan could conceivably name a replacement quickly, but Harper told me that he and Parker will continue to see through the completed films as well as some of the projects that are gearing up for production starts, regardless of how quickly the succession takes place.

Harper had been in the job for four years (he moved from the post of vice chairman of Fox Filmed Entertainment and has worked for Fox since 1986), and Parker had been in the post for more than three years (he moved over from the post of 20th Century Fox vice chairman, and had been with the studio 13 years when he took the job). They have been involved in every facet of New Regency films, including production, marketing, distribution and administering the library. Harper said it is unclear what will happen next year, and that he and Harper haven’t solidified their plans. I wouldn’t be surprised if they remain on the Fox lot as producers or in some other capacity. Read More »

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