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Universal Acquires Threesome Pitch For Will Ferrell and Adam McKay’s Gary Sanchez

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Friday October 5, 2012 @ 3:19pm PDTTags: Big Deals Film, Gary Sanchez, Universal Pictures
Mike Fleming

BREAKING: Universal Pictures has acquired a comic pitch from Leah Rachel that’s being called the rather self explanatory Untitled Threesome Comedy. Will Ferrell, Adam McKay, Kevin Messick and Chris Henchy are producing through their Gary Sanchez banner.

It’s the first big studio sale for Rachel, a new comic voice. She’s repped by WME and Anonymous Content while McKay’s repped by WME and Ferrell by CAA. Universal senior veep Erik Baiers will oversee the project.

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Scribe Justin Malen Hired To Rewrite Sony Feature Comedy ‘The Manny’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday December 7, 2011 @ 7:35am PSTTags: Gary Sanchez, Red Wagon
Mike Fleming

Justin Malen has been hired to rewrite The Manny for Gary Sanchez and Red Wagon at Sony. Malen is hot off his  script Bastards, which sold last summer to Paramount with Montecito & H2F producing. The Manny is an R-rated … Read More »

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2929 Productions Funds ‘Tim And Eric’s Billion Dollar Movie’; Here’s Hoping The Movie’s Funnier Than The Press Release

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Monday March 14, 2011 @ 5:28pm PDTTags: Adam McKay, Gary Sanchez, Mark Cuban, Tim And Eric's Billion Dollar Movie, Todd Wagner, Will Ferrell
Mike Fleming

2929 Productions is financing Tim And Eric’s Billion Dollar Movie, a comedy by Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim that’s being produced by Funny Or Die creators at Gary Sanchez Productions. The film company sent out a press release with what I felt was a lame attempt to humorously paint itself … Read More »

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Famke Janssen Bewitches ‘Hansel & Gretel’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday February 8, 2011 @ 11:41am PSTTags: Famke Janssen, Gary Sanchez, Gemma Arterton, Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters, Jeremy Renner, Julia Roberts, Movie Deals, Movies
Mike Fleming

Big day for casting female fairy tale villains. Famke Janssen will play the leader of the witches in the Tommy Wirkola-directed Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters at Paramount Pictures. She joins Jeremy Renner and Gemma Arterton as the title characters … Read More »

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