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Universal Buys Novel Manuscript ‘Demonologist’ For ImageMovers

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday February 22, 2012 @ 4:16pm PSTTags: ImageMovers, Robert Zemeckis, Universal Pictures
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Universal has acquired Demonologist, a novel manuscript by Andrew Pyper. The book will be sold at auction shortly, but most important the film project will be produced by ImageMovers partners Robert Zemeckis, Jack Rapke and Steve Starkey. The studio made a preemptive deal for rights to the manuscript. The plot: When a professor who studies Paradise Lost accepts a free trip to Italy, a demonic spirit appears to kill his daughter, and he must go on a dark journey of discovery in hopes of getting her back. Pyper is repped by UTA and Toronto-based Anne McDermid & Associates.

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It’s Official: Robert Zemeckis And Denzel Washington Aboard Paramount’s ‘Flight’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Friday September 9, 2011 @ 1:26pm PDTTags: Denzel Washington, Flight, ImageMovers, John Gatins, Paramount, Robert Zemeckis

Deadline revealed a couple of weeks ago that Robert Zemeckis was dropping out of the Warner Bros drama Replay so he could direct Denzel Washington in the Paramount thriller Flight. Paramount just made that move official today:

HOLLYWOOD, CA (September 9, 2011) — Paramount Pictures announced today that Academy Award ® winner Denzel Washington will star, and Academy Award ® winning director Robert Zemeckis will helm, FLIGHT for the studio. Walter Parkes and Laurie MacDonald will produce under the Parkes/MacDonald production banner along with Zemeckis, Steve Starkey, and Jack Rapke under their ImageMovers banner. The movie is set to begin shooting this October in Atlanta, GA.

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Universal Makes Two-Year Deal With Robert Zemeckis’ ImageMovers

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday August 2, 2011 @ 4:47pm PDTTags: ImageMovers, Jack Rapke, Robert Zemeckis, Steve Starkey, Universal
Mike Fleming

Universal has closed a two-year first-look producing deal with Robert Zemeckis and his ImageMovers shingle. ImageMovers will stay in its current headquarters and will not be based on the Universal lot. There doesn’t appear to be a specific movie that … Read More »

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