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CAA Signs ‘Karate Kid’ Helmer Harald Zwart

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday August 14, 2012 @ 12:54pm PDTTags: CAA, Harald Zwart, The Mortal Instruments: City Of Bones
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: CAA just signed Harald Zwart, who is following up the hit remake The Karate Kid with Mortal Instruments: City Of Bones, the adaptation of the first novel in the Cassandra Clare series that will star Jamie Campbell Bower, Lilly Collins, Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Leana Headey for Constantin Films and Screen Gems.

Zwart, who was last repped at ICM Partners, comes to CAA with his production company, Zwart Arbeid. Zwart founded that shingle and runs it with producer Veslemoey Ruud Zwart. The Karate Kid, which starred Jaden Smith and Jackie Chan, grossed $343 million globally, and before that Zwart directed the films The Pink Panther 2, Agent Cody Banks and One Night At McCool’s. Zwart continues with Warren Dern as his lawyer.

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Sony-Based Screen Gems Closing On ‘The Mortal Instruments’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday March 29, 2012 @ 7:23pm PDTTags: Harald Zwart, Lily Collins, Sony Pictures
Mike Fleming

With franchise fever heavy in the air after last weekend’s The Hunger Games opening and the big auction for Fifty Shades of Grey, I’m hearing that Screen Gems is closing a deal to partner with Constantin on the live action … Read More »

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Constantin Sets Lily Collins For Harald Zwart-Helmed ‘Mortal Instruments’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Friday March 16, 2012 @ 9:13am PDTTags: Harald Zwart, Lily Collins
Mike Fleming

Lily Collins The Mortal Instruments(Los Angeles, CA) March 16, 2012 – Putting to rest weeks of rampant speculation about director and cast, Constantin Film and Unique Features announced today that Harald Zwart will direct actress Lily Collins in the hotly anticipated film adaptation of Cassandra Clare’s #1 best-selling book series “The Mortal Instruments.”

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