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Sony Re-Ups Escape Artists’ First-Look Deal

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Tuesday December 13, 2011 @ 12:31pm PSTTags: Great Hope Springs, Sony

Sony has extended its first-look non-exclusive deal with Escape Artists, the indie film and TV production outfit that has been headquartered at the studio since 1998. Escape Artists, topped by Todd Black, Jason Blumenthal and Steve Tisch, is behind such recent films as The Pursuit Of Happyness, Seven Pounds and The Taking Of Pelham 1 2 3 and is working on several projects including the Meryl Streep-Tommy Lee Jones-Steve Carell starrer Great Hope Springs, which is set for next December. “We have been partners with Todd, Jason, and Steve for more than a decade and we trust them implicitly for a simple reason: they have first-rate taste,” said Sony Pictures Entertainment co-chair Amy Pascal, who made the announcement of the three-year extension today alongside Columbia Pictures president Doug Belgrad. “They carefully choose the projects that they want to make and they have a very focused and disciplined development process. We couldn’t be more thrilled to continue our collaboration with them.” The group’s other projects in development include the Nicholas Stollar and Jason Segel collaboration Sex Tape; The Equalizer, an adaptation of the TV series; and Masters Of The Universe, based on the Mattel toy line. Escape Artists also has projects set up at other studios including Gospel For Teens, based on a 60 Minutes segment that will be produced with Chris Meledrandi and Illumination Entertainment at Universal.

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Tommy Lee Jones Squares Off With Meryl Streep In ‘Great Hope Springs’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday May 19, 2011 @ 2:13pm PDTTags: Cannes, David Frankel, Great Hope Springs, Meryl Streep, Steve Carell, Tommy Lee Jones
Mike Fleming

Deadline told you back in March that Tommy Lee Jones was looking good to star as Meryl Streep’s husband in the David Frankel-directed Great Hope Springs, and now Mandate has confirmed it. Steve Carell also stars. It has shaped up as a strong cast and was one of the hot titles at the Cannes Film Festival market. Deadline revealed last Saturday that Sony Pictures took it off the table for North American distribution with a huge offer. Here is the official announcement:

 

Los Angeles, CA (May 19, 2011) – Tommy Lee Jones has closed a deal to star in GREAT HOPE SPRINGS, to be directed by David Frankel. The comedy also stars Meryl Streep and Steve Carell. Sony Pictures holds North American distribution rights to the film which will be released in the 4th quarter of 2012. The screenplay by Vanessa Taylor and featured on the prestigious Black List, follows a middle-aged couple who after thirty years of marriage attend an intense counseling weekend to examine the intimacy issues that are threatening their marriage.

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Cannes: Sony Pictures Closing Deal For Meryl Streep Comedy ‘Great Hope Springs’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Saturday May 14, 2011 @ 1:52am PDTTags: Amy Pascal, David Frankel, Great Hope Springs, Harvey Weinstein, Mandate Pictures, Margaret Thatcher, Meryl Streep, Steve Carell, Todd Black, Tommy Lee Jones, Vanessa Taylor
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: The majority of deal buzz at the Cannes Film Festival market is where the Megan Ellison-financed Wettest County in the World will be dealt for distribution, I’m told the next big deal to come together will be a Sony … Read More »

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Tommy Lee Jones For ‘Great Hope Springs’?

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday March 16, 2011 @ 3:30pm PDTTags: David Frankel, Great Hope Springs, Mandate Pictures, Meryl Streep, Tommy Lee Jones
Mike Fleming

I’m told that Tommy Lee Jones has surfaced as the front-runner to play Meryl Streep’s husband in the David Frankel-directed Great Hope Springs. Mandate Pictures recently set Streep as one half of the troubled couple and Steve Carell to … Read More »

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Steve Carell In Talks To Join Meryl Streep In ‘Great Hope Springs’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Friday February 18, 2011 @ 9:32am PSTTags: David Frankel, Great Hope Springs, Mandate Pictures, Meryl Streep, Steve Carell, Will Ferrell
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Steve Carell has begun negotiating to star with Meryl Streep in the David Frankel-directed Great Hope Springs, I’m told. Mandate Pictures is in talks with Carell to play Dr. Feld, a marriage therapist who tries to help a couple … Read More »

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Meryl Streep, David Frankel Re-Team On ‘Great Hope Springs’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday February 8, 2011 @ 10:43am PSTTags: David Frankel, Great Hope Springs, Mandate Pictures, Meryl Streep, Movie Deals, Movies, Vanessa Taylor
Mike Fleming

Meryl Streep is in final negotiations to star in Great Hope Springs, reuniting with The Devil Wears Prada helmer David Frankel-directed comedy for Mandate Pictures. Streep has been expected since last summer to star in the Vanessa Taylor-scripted comedy about … Read More »

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Barry Levinson Directs On Big Screen Again, Nick Cassavetes Acts, Jeff Bridges Walks

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday July 8, 2010 @ 11:02am PDTTags: Atlas Shrugged, Barry Levinson, Biopic, Columbia Pictures, Directors, Great Hope Springs, Harley Peyton, Jeff Bridges, Mosaic, Nick Cassavetes, You Don't Know Jack
Mike Fleming

Some action on the feature front. Sony’s Columbia Pictures attached Barry Levinson to direct Brother Jack, a  Mosaic-produced drama based on the life of human rights activist Jack Healey. Harley Peyton wrote the script and Kelly Masterson is rewriting. Levinson’s got a little momentum from the Jack Kevorkian biopic You … Read More »

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