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Noah Emmerich Set To Play Natalie Portman’s Husband In ‘Jane Got A Gun’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday April 10, 2013 @ 8:05am PDTTags: Gavin O'Connor, Jane Got A Gun, Natalie Portman, Noah Emmerich, The Americans
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Noah Emmerich, whose work as a conflicted FBI agent has been a highlight of the FX Cold War series The Americans, has been set to play the final major lead role in Jane Got A Gun, the Gavin O’Connor-directed Western that stars Natalie Portman, Bradley Cooper and Joel Edgerton. Emmerich will play the outlaw husband of the title character (Portman) who is trying to keep her farm from going under. Knowing that his gang–led by a desperado played by Cooper–will come to kill her husband and destroy her farm, Jane hires her ex-lover (Edgerton) to stop them.

After that rough start when director Lynne Ramsay dropped out of the film the night before it went into production, Jane Got A Gun is several weeks into production. This will be the fifth film that Emmerich has made with O’Connor, after Tumbleweeds, Miracle, Pride And Glory, and Warrior (latter of which starred Edgerton). Emmerich also worked with O’Connor on The Americans; O’Connor directed the pilot for that freshman drama series, which stars Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys. Emmerich also starred with Portman in the Ted Demme-directed Beautiful Girls, which proved to a breakout for both actors. Of course, Emmerich played a married guy and Portman played a kid in that film, but hey, she’s grown up and there will be a different dynamic in Jane Got A Gun.

Scripted by Brian Duffield, Jane Got A Gun is being produced by Scott Pictures’ Scott Steindorff along with Portman through her Handsomecharlie Films, Brillstein Entertainment’s Aleen Keshishian, 1821 Pictures’ Terry Dougas and Scott LaStaiti. Emmerich next stars in Guillaume Canet’s Blood Ties opposite Marion Cotillard and Clive Owen. He’s repped by Gersh and Brillstein.

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‘Jane Got A Gun’ Has A New Bad Guy; Bradley Cooper Filling Jude Law Role

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Friday April 5, 2013 @ 5:09pm PDTTags: Bradley Cooper, Gavin O'Connor, Jane Got A Gun, Jude Law, Lynne Ramsay
Mike Fleming

Bradley Cooper Jane Got A Gun ReplaceEXCLUSIVE: Bradley Cooper is poised to join the cast of Jane Got A Gun, stepping in to play the bad guy role that Jude Law exited shortly after We Need To Talk About Kevin helmer Lynne Ramsay‘s abrupt exit. Cooper joins Natalie Portman and Joel Edgerton in the film that Warrior helmer Gavin O’Connor took over.

Related: ‘Jane Got A Gun’ Loses Director Lynne Ramsay On First Day

Despite a tough start, the film is now two weeks into production. The producers, including Scott Steindorff, Portman, Terry Dougas and Aleen Keshishian, have pulled off a minor miracle here. As Deadline revealed exclusively, the cast and crew found out the morning of the first day of shooting that Ramsay had withdrawn from the film. They managed to keep the crew and cast from scattering until they could set O’Connor. Then Law exited, because he wanted to work with Ramsay. I’ve seen independent films fall apart with less adversity, but these guys persevered. They got the film started, but needed to find a replacement with someone with comparable value to Law in the overseas marketplace. They’ve overachieved in landing Cooper. Read More »

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More Fallout On ‘Jane Got A Gun:’ Jude Law Exits Picture

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday March 20, 2013 @ 10:02am PDTTags: Gavin O'Connor, Jane Got A Gun, Jude Law, Lynne Ramsay
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: While the troubled independent feature Jane Got A Gun got a new director this morning in Gavin O’Connor, fallout continues from Monday’s abrupt exit of helmer Lynne Ramsay. I’m told that Jude Law has formally … Read More »

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‘Warrior’ Helmer Gavin O’Connor Rides To Rescue On ‘Jane Got A Gun’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday March 20, 2013 @ 5:30am PDTTags: Big Deals Film, Gavin O'Connor, Jane Got A Gun, Lynne Ramsay, Natalie Portman, Scott Steindorff
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: When We Need To Talk About Kevin helmer Lynne Ramsay pulled a no-show and dropped out of helming Jane Got A Gun on the first day of shooting, producer and financier Scott Steindorff said they were determined to set a new director quickly and keep the picture from falling apart. Well, it looks like they’ve gotten themselves a good one. A deal is closing with Gavin O’Connor, the writer-director of Warrior, Pride And Glory, Miracle and Tumbleweeds. O’Connor will get the picture underway Thursday.

Related: More Fallout On ‘Jane Got A Gun:’ Jude Law Exits Picture

Considering how fragile independently financed productions can be, this is fairly remarkable that Steindorff and his fellow producers including Natalie Portman and Aleen Keshishian have managed to keep this picture from falling apart, and prevent the cast and crew from leaving the Sante Fe set and scattering to the winds. As Deadline revealed exclusively yesterday, the production endured what has to go down as the worst first day of shooting in movie history, when Steindorff was forced to gather the crew and castmembers Portman, Joel Edgerton, Jude Law and Rodrigo Santoro to tell them that after nine months of developing the project, the director wasn’t showing up after a series of negotiating twists and turns took place over the weekend.

Related: SHOCKER: ‘Jane Got A Gun’ Loses Director Lynne Ramsay On First Day Read More »

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‘Warrior’s Gavin O’Connor To Helm Contemporary Japan Crime Thriller ‘Yakuza’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday May 10, 2012 @ 9:56am PDTTags: Big Deals Film, Brian Grazer, Gavin O'Connor, Imagine Entertainment, Universal
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Universal Pictures has set Gavin O’Connor to direct Yakuza, a contemporary Japan-set thriller for Imagine Entertainment. Brian Grazer is producing. The focus is an American intelligence expert who becomes embroiled in the affairs of a notorious yakuza godfather and … Read More »

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Gavin O’Connor To Direct ‘Neverland’ At Sony; Channing Tatum Producing

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday March 15, 2012 @ 6:16pm PDTTags: Gavin O'Connor, Neverland, Peter Pan, Sony Pictures
Mike Fleming

Gavin O'Connor NeverlandChanning Tatum NeverlandUPDATE: Channing Tatum’s rep said that he does not plan to star in the film at all, only produce.

EARLIER: Warrior helmer Gavin O’Connor will … Read More »

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Gavin O’Connor To Direct FX Cold War Drama Pilot ‘The Americans’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday February 9, 2012 @ 5:01pm PSTTags: FX, Gavin O'Connor, The Americans
Nellie Andreeva

EXCLUSIVE: In a rare TV directing gig, The Warrior helmer Gavin O’Connor has been tapped to direct FX’s Cold War period drama pilot The Americans. The project, created/executive produced by Joe Weisberg (Falling Skies) and executive produced by Justified showrunner … Read More »

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‘Warrior’ Co-Writer Lands Book Deal

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday November 30, 2011 @ 8:42am PSTTags: Anthony Tambakis, Gavin O'Connor, Jackie Gleason, Paul Newman, Renee Zellweger, Tom Hardy, Walter Tevis, Warrior
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Anthony Tambakis, who teamed with Gavin O’Connor and Cliff Dorfman to write the underrated film Warrior, has sold his novel Swimming With Bridgeport Girls to Simon & Schuster for spring 2013 publication. This comes at a time when Tambakis … Read More »

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Lifetime Buys 1960s Drama Co-Created & Executive Produced By Renée Zellweger

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday October 12, 2011 @ 4:00pm PDTTags: Anthony Tambakis, Gavin O'Connor, Lifetime, Renee Zellweger
Nellie Andreeva

Lifetime has teamed with Renée Zellweger for Cinnamon Girl, a period drama series project set against the backdrop of the Los Angeles music and movie scenes of the late 1960s/early 1970s, which Lifetime president Nancy Dubuc called “a game … Read More »

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Lionsgate Preps Sneaks of ‘Warrior’ Sept. 4

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Tuesday August 30, 2011 @ 9:25am PDTTags: Gavin O'Connor, Joel Edgerton, Lionsgate, Tom Hardy, Warrior

Lionsgate said today that it will offer nationwide sneak-preview screenings of Warrior, the Gavin O’Connor-helmed action drama starring Joel Edgerton and Tom Hardy, on Sunday, Sept. 4 at 7 PM, ahead of the film’s official Sept. 9 bow. The studio … Read More »

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Nick Nolte Joins ‘Gangster Squad’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Monday August 29, 2011 @ 8:52am PDTTags: Anthony Mackie, David Milch, Dustin Hoffman, Emma Stone, Gangster Squad, Gavin O'Connor, Jason Statham, Josh Brolin, Michael Chiklis, Michael Mann, Mireille Enos, Nick Nolte, Ruben Fleischer, Ryan Gosling, Shia LaBeouf, Taylor Hackford
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Nick Nolte continues his recent career resurgence. He’s been set to join the cast of the Ruben Fleischer-directed Warner Bros drama Gangster Squad. Nolte will play Bill Parker, the new chief of police in Los Angeles, and the first … Read More »

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Eminem-Antoine Fuqua Boxing Drama ‘Southpaw’ Dropped By DreamWorks But Still Seeking To Answer Bell

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday August 11, 2011 @ 11:10am PDTTags: Antoine Fuqua, Christian Bale, David O. Russell, DreamWorks, Eminem, Gavin O'Connor, Kurt Sutter, Mark Wahlberg, Melissa Leo, Ryan Kavanaugh, Southpaw
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: DreamWorks has thrown in the towel on Southpaw, the boxing drama that has Eminem returning to the screen for the first time since 2002′s 8 Mile, and Antoine Fuqua directing a script by Sons of Anarchy creator Kurt Sutter. The plan was to start in January. DreamWorks’ Stacey Snider, who worked closely with Eminem and his team on 8 Mile while she ran Universal, basically gave the project back to the filmmakers to set up elsewhere and that’s what they are trying to do. Maybe DreamWorks was concerned the market is crowded with  brawler films after The Fighter and the upcoming Gavin O’Connor-directed mixed martial arts drama Warrior, or maybe the studio’s cautious after its big bet on Cowboys & Aliens didn’t pay off. (I’m sure it’s coincidence that Snider once unplugged the Fuqua-directed version of American Gangster before putting the picture back together with Ridley Scott). But given the appetite of a crop of distributors looking for wide release product, I’d be surprised if this one, which is fully packaged, doesn’t get off the canvas quickly. Read More »

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Fox Chooses James Mangold On ‘Wolverine’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday June 15, 2011 @ 6:26pm PDTTags: Antoine Fuqua, Christopher McQuarrie, Darren Aronofsky, Gavin O'Connor, Hugh Jackman, James Mangold, The Wolverine
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: James Mangold is 20th Century Fox’s  and star Hugh Jackman’s choice to direct The Wolverine, ending one of the most competitive contests among directors for a major studio film. Negotiations are about to get underway, but I’m told that Mangold … Read More »

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Hot Trailer: Gavin O’Connor’s ‘Warrior’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday April 7, 2011 @ 4:18pm PDTTags: Gavin O'Connor, Joel Edgerton, Nick Nolte, Tom Hardy, Warrior
Mike Fleming

Lionsgate has issued a trailer for Warrior, a film written and directed by Miracle and Pride and Glory helmer Gavin O’Connor that seems to have a bit of familial spirit of The Fighter, transplanted to the world of mixed martial arts. It’s the story of battling brothers played by Tom … Read More »

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