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Hot SXSW Trailer: ‘The Short Game’

By JEN YAMATO | Wednesday March 6, 2013 @ 7:28pm PSTTags: David Frankel, Documentaries, Josh Greenbaum, SXSW, The Short Game

EXCLUSIVE: 1500 youngsters from all over the globe compete each year in the World Championships of Junior Golf. Eight of the pint-sized competitors (including Allan Kournikova, Anna Kournikova’s 7-year-old brother) are the subjects of The Short Game, a SXSW 2013 documentary world premiere. Emmy-winning director Josh Greenbaum previously helmed short projects for Paramount, Sony, Fox, Comedy Central, Funny Or Die, and The Clinton Foundation and enlisted veteran help for his feature-length debut, including award winning producer John Battsek (The Imposter, Searching For Sugar Man) and Oscar-winner David Frankel (The Devil Wears Prada, Hope Springs), who executive produced. Composer Mark Mothersbaugh (Rushmore, The Life Aquatic) scored the docu which screens Sunday, March 10 in Austin. Submarine is repping sales. Watch the trailer here:


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Tommy Lee Jones Squares Off With Meryl Streep In ‘Great Hope Springs’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday May 19, 2011 @ 2:13pm PDTTags: Cannes, David Frankel, Great Hope Springs, Meryl Streep, Steve Carell, Tommy Lee Jones
Mike Fleming

Deadline told you back in March that Tommy Lee Jones was looking good to star as Meryl Streep’s husband in the David Frankel-directed Great Hope Springs, and now Mandate has confirmed it. Steve Carell also stars. It has shaped up as a strong cast and was one of the hot titles at the Cannes Film Festival market. Deadline revealed last Saturday that Sony Pictures took it off the table for North American distribution with a huge offer. Here is the official announcement:

 

Los Angeles, CA (May 19, 2011) – Tommy Lee Jones has closed a deal to star in GREAT HOPE SPRINGS, to be directed by David Frankel. The comedy also stars Meryl Streep and Steve Carell. Sony Pictures holds North American distribution rights to the film which will be released in the 4th quarter of 2012. The screenplay by Vanessa Taylor and featured on the prestigious Black List, follows a middle-aged couple who after thirty years of marriage attend an intense counseling weekend to examine the intimacy issues that are threatening their marriage.

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Cannes: Sony Pictures Closing Deal For Meryl Streep Comedy ‘Great Hope Springs’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Saturday May 14, 2011 @ 1:52am PDTTags: Amy Pascal, David Frankel, Great Hope Springs, Harvey Weinstein, Mandate Pictures, Margaret Thatcher, Meryl Streep, Steve Carell, Todd Black, Tommy Lee Jones, Vanessa Taylor
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: The majority of deal buzz at the Cannes Film Festival market is where the Megan Ellison-financed Wettest County in the World will be dealt for distribution, I’m told the next big deal to come together will be a Sony … Read More »

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Tommy Lee Jones For ‘Great Hope Springs’?

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday March 16, 2011 @ 3:30pm PDTTags: David Frankel, Great Hope Springs, Mandate Pictures, Meryl Streep, Tommy Lee Jones
Mike Fleming

I’m told that Tommy Lee Jones has surfaced as the front-runner to play Meryl Streep’s husband in the David Frankel-directed Great Hope Springs. Mandate Pictures recently set Streep as one half of the troubled couple and Steve Carell to … Read More »

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Steve Carell In Talks To Join Meryl Streep In ‘Great Hope Springs’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Friday February 18, 2011 @ 9:32am PSTTags: David Frankel, Great Hope Springs, Mandate Pictures, Meryl Streep, Steve Carell, Will Ferrell
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Steve Carell has begun negotiating to star with Meryl Streep in the David Frankel-directed Great Hope Springs, I’m told. Mandate Pictures is in talks with Carell to play Dr. Feld, a marriage therapist who tries to help a couple … Read More »

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Meryl Streep, David Frankel Re-Team On ‘Great Hope Springs’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday February 8, 2011 @ 10:43am PSTTags: David Frankel, Great Hope Springs, Mandate Pictures, Meryl Streep, Movie Deals, Movies, Vanessa Taylor
Mike Fleming

Meryl Streep is in final negotiations to star in Great Hope Springs, reuniting with The Devil Wears Prada helmer David Frankel-directed comedy for Mandate Pictures. Streep has been expected since last summer to star in the Vanessa Taylor-scripted comedy about … Read More »

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Tenor Tale Hits Right Notes For ‘Devil Wears Prada’ Helmer David Frankel

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday November 10, 2010 @ 10:53am PSTTags: David Frankel, Justin Zackham, Movie Deals, Movies, Piers Morgan, Simon Cowell
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: David Frankel, director of The Devil Wears Prada and Marley & Me, has just agreed to direct One Chance, a feature based on the unlikely overnight success story of Paul Potts, a schlubby British cell phone salesman who showed … Read More »

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Rosalie Swedlin Joins Anonymous Content

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Monday October 11, 2010 @ 12:45pm PDTTags: David Frankel, Industry Entertainment, Lynn Shelton, Managers, Richard Shepard
Mike Fleming

BREAKING: Rosalie Swedlin has left  an 11-year run at Industry Entertainment to join Anonymous Content as manager and producer.  Current clients making the move with Swedlin include David Frankel, Richard Shepard, Lynn Shelton, Nigel Cole, Kirsten Sheridan, Gary Winick, Michael Engler, Tommy Schlamme, Jane Anderson and John Riggi. Swedlin will … Read More »

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