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Edward Norton Joins Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu’s Ensemble Comedy ‘Birdman’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday March 6, 2013 @ 4:20pm PSTTags: Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Birdman, Edward Norton, Fox Searchlight, New Regency
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Edward Norton has been set to star in Birdman, the dark comedy that will be directed by Alejandro Gonzalez Innaritu for Fox Searchlight and New Regency. Norton joins Michael Keaton, Emma Stone, Naomi Watts and Zach Galifianakis in a film that will be shot in a Broadway theater in New York beginning mid-April. A former actor (Keaton) who once played a superhero puts together a play on Broadway that is based on a short story by Raymond Carver. Unfortunately, the ex-superhero’s plans to soar again are threatened by his egotistical lead stage actor. Norton will play that actor. Birdman is produced by Inarritu, John Lesher and Robert Graf. The director wrote the script with Nicolas Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris and Armando Bo. While Norton is as identified with serious dramas as much as Inarritu (who’s making his first comedy), this will be the actor’s third straight film with a comic sensibility. He was most recently seen in Wes Anderson’s Moonrise Kingdom and he just wrapped Anderson’s followup, The Grand Budapest Hotel. Norton is repped by WME.

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Edward Norton & Bennett Miller Make Obama Documentary: Video

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Friday November 2, 2012 @ 9:00am PDTTags: Barack Obama, Bennett Miller, Edward Norton

Edward Norton produced a video for Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign and is back to do another this year with the help of Moneyball director Bennett Miller. To its credit, the seven-minute video We Hold These Truths doesn’t feature any Hollywood types.

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Oscilloscope Acquires Doc ‘The Apple Pushers’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Tuesday April 17, 2012 @ 3:20pm PDTTags: Edward Norton, Oscilloscope Laboratories

New York, New York (April 17, 2012)– Oscilloscope Laboratories announced today that it has acquired North American rights to Mary Mazzio’s documentary The Apple Pushers. Narrated by Academy Award® nominee Edward Norton, The Apple Pushers follows immigrant street vendors who are rolling fresh fruits and vegetables into poor neighborhoods of New York City, where finding a fresh red ripe apple can be a serious challenge. These pushcart vendors, who have immigrated from all parts of the world and have sacrificed so much to come to the United States, are now part of an experiment in New York to help solve the food desert crisis and skyrocketing obesity rates in urban communities.

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Hot Trailer: ‘Moonrise Kingdom’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Thursday January 12, 2012 @ 1:47pm PSTTags: Edward Norton, Focus Features, Moonrise Kingdom, Wes Anderson

Moonrise Kingdom, which Focus Features is releasing May 25, 2012, definitely has that Wes Anderson feel and co-stars members of his usual troupe including Bill Murray and Jason Schwartzman. The film is set on an island off the coast of New England in the summer of 1965, when a pair … Read More »

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Universal And Captivate Target Next Robert Ludlum Thriller: ‘The Janson Directive’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday October 25, 2011 @ 5:10pm PDTTags: Ben Smith, Edward Norton, Jeffrey Weiner, Jeremy Renner, Jesse Wigutow, John Hlavin, Rachel Weisz, Robert Ludlum, Ron Howard, Simon Kinberg, The Bourne Legacy, Tony Gilroy, Universal Pictures
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: After getting the spinoff film The Bourne Legacy into production with Tony Gilroy directing his script and Jeremy Renner starring, Universal Pictures, Captivate Entertainment and Ludlum Entertainment are moving forward with another feature adaptation of a Robert Ludlum thriller novel. The studio has hired John Hlavin to script The Janson Directive, one of the last novels Ludlum wrote before he died in 2001. Ben Smith and Jeffrey Weiner are producing through Captivate, which has a first look Universal deal. The production company just signed with UTA.

Published a year after Ludlum’s death, The Janson Directive focuses on Paul Janson, an ex-Navy SEAL and former member of the covert government agency Consular Operations. In the book, he is haunted by memories of the Vietnam War and his mentor and commanding officer, whose sadistic side prompted him to turn Janson over to the enemy to be tortured. Janson escaped and provided the evidence of war crimes that caused his CO’s execution. Years later, Janson is a corporate security consultant who takes a job rescuing an important man, but when the job goes awry, Janson is targeted for a “beyond salvage” termination order. He has no choice but to follow the clues that lead him to a massive scandal. Read More »

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Oscar Isaac Is ‘Bourne’ Again In Robert Ludlum Thriller Spinoff

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday July 21, 2011 @ 7:48pm PDTTags: Anthony Mackie, Carey Mulligan, Channing Tatum, Edward Norton, Jeremy Renner, Justin Long, Madonna, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Oscar Isaac, Rachel Weisz, Rosario Dawson, Ryan Gosling, The Bourne Legacy, Tony Gilroy, Viola Davis
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Not long ago, newcomer Oscar Isaac tested for Tony Gilroy and the lead role in Universal’s The Bourne Legacy and made such a strong impression that the director seriously considered giving the actor the lead role that went to … Read More »

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Focus Features Acquires Worldwide Rights To Wes Anderson’s ‘Moonrise Kingdom’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Monday May 2, 2011 @ 4:33pm PDTTags: Bruce Willis, Edward Norton, Indian Paintbrush, Owen Wilson, Wes Anderson
Mike Fleming

Focus Features has acquired worldwide rights from Indian Paintbrush on Moonrise Kingdom, the Wes Anderson-directed film that stars Bruce Willis, Edward Norton, Bill Murray, Fran McDormand, Tilda Swinton and Jason Schwartzman. Anderson has begun filming, from a script he wrote with … Read More »

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Wes Anderson Attracts Killer Cast For ‘Moon Rise Kingdom’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday November 10, 2010 @ 12:15pm PSTTags: Bill Murray, Bruce Willis, Edward Norton, Frances McDormand, Mark Roybal, Moon Rise Kingdom, Movie Deals, Movies, Scott Rudin, Steven Rales, Tilda Swinton, Wes Anderson
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Edward Norton: Marvel’s Decision To Recast Him In ‘Avengers’ About “Business”

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Monday September 20, 2010 @ 6:09am PDTTags: Edward Norton, Marvel Studios, Video

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Toronto Fest Finds Mavericks In Bill Gates, Bruce Springsteen And Steve Nash

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday August 24, 2010 @ 10:09am PDTTags: Bill Gates, Bruce Springsteen, David Guggenheim, Edward Norton, The Promise: The Making of Darkness on the Edge of Town, Toronto Film Festival, Waiting for Superman
Mike Fleming

The Toronto International Film Festival has rounded out its film roster, which has swelled to nearly 250 films. The fest filled out its Discovery, Masters, Contemporary World Cinema and Visions and Vanguard programs, but the additions that jumped out to … Read More »

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TOLDJA! Marvel & Ruffalo Ink Hulk Deal

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Friday July 23, 2010 @ 5:44pm PDTTags: Brillstein Partners, Comic-Con, Comic-Con Convention, Edward Norton, Joss Whedon, Kevin Feige, Mark Ruffalo, Mark Ruffalo The Incredible Hulk, Marvel Studios, Marvel Superheros, Superhero, The Avengers, The Incredible Hulk


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EXCLUSIVE: Back on July 14th, I scooped that Mark Ruffalo Is In Late-Stage Talks To Be Marvel’s New Hulk in ‘The Avengers’. Now I’ve just learned the ink is drying on the deal reached by Brillstein Entertainment Partners with Marvel. (There’s no official confirmation yet from Marvel whose reps aren’t available for their usual “No comment”.) So it looks like Marvel movie mastermind Kevin Feige may pull this off and bring Ruffalo along with other of The Avengers superheroes and director Joss Whedon to tomorrow night’s panel at Comic-Con. Read More »

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Mark Ruffalo In Late-Stage Talks To Be Marvel’s New Hulk in ‘The Avengers’

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Wednesday July 14, 2010 @ 10:28am PDTTags: Comic Books, Edward Norton, Mark Ruffalo, Mark Ruffalo The Incredible Hulk, Mark Ruffalo UTA, Marvel Studios, Movie Casting, The Avengers, The Incredible Hulk, The Kids Are All Right, Thor 3D


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EXCLUSIVE: Imagine the Hollywood actor whom you’d least expect to play The Incredible Hulk in The Avengers, and maybe, just maybe, you’d come up with the name of Mark Ruffalo. He’s always been an actor’s actor and is getting … Read More »

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Edward Norton vs Marvel, ‘Hulk’ Round 2

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Thursday April 17, 2008 @ 9:54am PDTTags: Actors, Comic Books, Directors, Edward Norton, Marvel Studios, Movies, Studios, Summer Movies, The Incredible Hulk

Since I broke the story of the feud inside the making of The Incredible Hulk, I thought I’d end the story, too. Edward Norton and Marvel Studios have “settled their issues” after clashing over how to cut the $150+ million … Read More »

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