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‘Rabbit Hole’s Nicole Kidman And David Lindsay-Abaire Re-Team On ‘Family Fang’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday May 8, 2012 @ 10:24am PDTTags: Big Deals Film, David Lindsay-Abaire, Nicole Kidman, Rabbit Hole
Mike Fleming

Nicole Kidman Family FangEXCLUSIVE: Nicole Kidman will reunite with her Rabbit Hole scribe David Lindsay-Abaire on The Family Fang, the adaptation of the Kevin Wilson bestseller that Kidman will star in and produce. Kidman won a Best Actress Oscar nomination for Rabbit Hole, which Lindsay-Abaire adapted from his Pulitzer-winning play about a husband and wife grieving the loss of their child.

David Lindsay-Abaire Family FangThe Family Fang is about a couple of performance artists who routinely sucked their kids into taking part in a variety of bizarre events. When the full-grown children return home in a state of crisis, they are unwittingly enlisted to help in the execution of a daring and mysterious final performance by their parents, who are hellbent on achieving the act of a lifetime. Their kids harbor more than a little resentment and blame the performance art for how badly their own lives have turned out.

Kidman and her Blossom Films partner Per Saari optioned the book last fall, along with Rabbit Hole co-producers Olympus Pictures’ Leslie Urdang and Dean Vanech (Beginners). READ MORE »

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Zach Braff Joins ‘Oz: The Great & Powerful’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday May 26, 2011 @ 6:43pm PDTTags: David Lindsay-Abaire, James Franco, Joe Roth, Michelle Williams, Mila Kunis, Oz: The Great and Powerful, Rachel Weisz, Sam Raimi, Zach Braff
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Zach Braff is in final talks to join Disney’s Oz: The Great and Powerful, the Sam Raimi-directed film for Disney. Braff will play the role of Frank, the loyal but under-appreciated assistant to Oz (James Franco), a charismatic circus … Read More »

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James Franco Closing Disney Deal For ‘Oz: The Great And Powerful’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Friday February 25, 2011 @ 8:25am PSTTags: Alex Pettyfer, Anne Hathaway, Catherine Hardwicke, Charlize Theron, David Cromer, David Lindsay-Abaire, Famke Janssen, Gemma Arterton, James Franco, Jeremy Renner, Julia Roberts, Kristen Stewart, Michael Fassbender, Movie Deals, Movies, Nicholas Hoult, Nicole Kidman, Oz: The Great and Powerful, Sam Raimi, Scott Rudin, Tennessee Williams, Vanessa Hudgens
Mike Fleming

While James Franco and Anne Hathaway have been busy pulling it together to host Sunday’s Oscarcast, Franco’s CAA reps and Disney have closed his deal to play the title role in Oz: The Great and Powerful. That puts the … Read More »

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Sam Raimi Commits To Disney ‘Oz’ Take, While ‘Rabbit Hole’ Scribe Will Rewrite

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday October 6, 2010 @ 9:13am PDTTags: David Lindsay-Abaire, Movie Deals, Movies, Oz: The Great and Powerful, Sam Raimi, Sam Raimi Oz: The Great and Powerful
Mike Fleming

While Disney topper Rich Ross and production president Sean Bailey have been beating the drum on both coasts for Tron: Legacy and Tangled, they have just solidified their next 3D event-sized family film followup to Alice in Wonderland. The studio has received a commitment from director Sam Raimi to Oz: The Great And Powerful as his next film. Raimi had become attached to Oz in June, with the hope of landing Robert Downey Jr to play the title character.  At the time, Raimi was also hot and heavy into the Legendary Pictures property World of Warcraft and it became a footrace to see which Raimi would make after dropping out of a 4th Spider-Man. Read More »

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Frances McDormand Makes NY Stage Date

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday July 7, 2010 @ 2:58pm PDTTags: David Lindsay-Abaire, Frances McDormand, New York, New York Theater, Theater
Mike Fleming

69199366_ph1Fargo star Frances McDormand has become the latest film star to make stage plans. She’s committed to star in the Manhattan Theatre Club’s world premiere production of Good People, a play written by David Lindsay-Abaire and directed by Daniel Sullivan. The … Read More »

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