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Fox Buys ‘Rentaghost’ And Re-Teams Ben Stiller With ‘Night At The Museum’ Scribes Lennon And Garant

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday October 12, 2011 @ 10:00am PDTTags: 20th Century Fox, Ben Stiller, Gail Berman, Kevin McCormick, Tom Lennon
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: 20th Century Fox has acquired rights to the supernatural British comedy show Rentaghost, and has re-teamed Ben Stiller with his Night At The Museum writers Tom Lennon and Robert Ben Garant. The film will be produced by Gail Berman and Lloyd Braun through BermanBraun and Kevin McCormick through Langley Park. Patrick Pidgeon is producer and Andrew Mittman is co-producer. The comedy will be based on the British TV kid series that ran on BBC1 from 1976-84. The project  was once in negotiations to land at Warner Bros with Berman and McCormick as a vehicle for Russell Brand, but he withdrew after Arthur didn’t open strongly, and the studio never closed the deal. If Stiller, Lennon and Garant can replicate anything close to Night at the Museum, this could be another strong family franchise for Fox, where Stiller’s Red Hour is based.

The original show involved a supernatural firm called Rentaghost, which rented out spirits for a variety of tasks. In the take that Lennon and Garant will write, the idea is for Stiller to play an American turnaround consultant who is sent to the UK to reinvigorate a failing company. Stiller’s got a lot going on. The Brett Ratner-directed Tower Heist will be released next month, he’s shooting the Akiva Schaffer-directed Fox comedy Neighborhood Watch with Vince Vaughn and Jonah Hill, and continues to work with Fox on The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty, which he hopes to direct and star in. There is also a Zoolander sequel at Paramount, if they can work out the budget. Stiller trotted out his Derek Zoolander character during last weekend’s hosting stint on Saturday Night Live. He’s repped by WME, the scribes by CAA and Principato-Young.

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WME Signs Production Co. BermanBraun

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday August 19, 2011 @ 7:42pm PDTTags: Berman/Braun, Gail Berman, Lloyd Braun, WME
Nellie Andreeva

EXCLUSIVE: Gail Berman and Lloyd Braun’s production company BermanBraun has signed with WME for representation. At the agency, the company’s entertainment division will be handled by co-CEO Ari Emanuel and head of the TV department Rick Rosen. The … Read More »

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Summit Sets Harry Elfont And Deborah Kaplan For ‘Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday January 27, 2011 @ 5:09pm PSTTags: Amy Adams, Book-to-Movie, Deborah Kaplan, Gail Berman, Harry Elfont, John Gray, Lloyd Braun, Matthew Goode, Movie Deals, Movies, Patrick Dempsey, Summit Entertainment
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Summit Entertainment has hired Harry Elfont and Deborah Kaplan to adapt and direct Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus, based on the 1992 John Gray book that highlights the vast differences between men and women, and attempts … Read More »

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BermanBraun Taps Head Of Digital Video

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday December 17, 2010 @ 8:23am PSTTags: Berman/Braun, Gail Berman, Lloyd Braun
Nellie Andreeva

With their digital portfolio growing, Gail Berman and  Lloyd Braun’s BermanBraun is launching a digital video division and has tapped BBC Worldwide Prods. executive Ian Moffitt to run it. Moffitt, who starts on January 3, will assemble a full-fledged video … Read More »

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Russell Brand Haunts ‘Rentaghost’ Remake

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday December 8, 2010 @ 4:33pm PSTTags: Gail Berman, Lloyd Braun, Movies, Russell Brand, Warner Bros
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Warner Bros has acquired the rights to the British comedy show RentaGhost and will develop it into a Beetlejuice-style afterlife feature comedy vehicle for Russell Brand. He’ll play Fred Mumford, a recently deceased guy determined to be more productive … Read More »

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