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Jacki Weaver To Star In Indie ’6 Dance Lessons In 6 Weeks’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Thursday April 4, 2013 @ 4:54pm PDTTags: 6 Dance Lessons In 6 Weeks, Cheyenne Jackson, Gena Rowlands, Jacki Weaver

EXCLUSIVE: Jacki Weaver is set to star opposite Gena Rowlands in the indie film 6 Dance Lessons In 6 Weeks based on Richard Alfieri’s play. Directed by Arthur Allan Seidelman from a screenplay by Alfieri, 6 Dance Lessons In 6 Weeks is described as a touching comedy about a retired woman, Lily Harrison (Rowlands), who hires a handsome, energetic dance instructor, Michael Minetti (Cheyenne Jackson), to give her private dance lessons — one per week for six weeks — in her gulf-front condo in St. Petersburg Beach, Florida.  What begins as an antagonistic relationship blossoms into an intimate friendship as these two people from very different backgrounds reveal their secrets, fears, and joys while dancing. Weaver will play the role of sassy vixen, Irene, one of Michael’s dance students. Andras Somkuti is producing, with Marc Platt and Jerry Offsay executive producing. Weaver is represented by ICM Partners, Elevate Entertainment and Felker Tocezk. Jackson and Rowlands are also repped by ICM Partners.

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AFM: Paul Giamatti, Billy Bob Thornton and Jacki Weaver Set For ‘Parkland’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Tuesday October 30, 2012 @ 3:22pm PDTTags: Billy Bob Thornton, Jacki Weaver, Parkland, Paul Giamatti

Paul Giamatti, Billy Bob Thornton and Jacki Weaver have signed on for Parkland, a film about the John F. Kennedy assassination. Playtone partners Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman are producing in association with Exclusive Media, which will also … Read More »

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Dimension Films Acquires ‘Wild Oats’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Monday April 9, 2012 @ 2:10pm PDTTags: Alan Arkin, Dimension Films, Jacki Weaver, Shirley MacLaine
Mike Fleming

New York, NY, April 9, 2012 – Dimension Films continues its acquisitions streak with the pick up of the road-trip comedy WILD OATS featuring a talented cast including Academy Award® winner Shirley MacLaine, Academy Award® nominee Jacki Weaver and Academy Award® winner Alan Arkin . The film is directed

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Australian Academy Of Cinema Names First International Awards Nominees

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Saturday January 14, 2012 @ 9:00pm PSTTags: Hugo, Jacki Weaver, Margin Call, Melancholia, Midnight In Paris, Moneyball, The Descendants, The Ides of March, The Tree of Life, We Need To Talk About Kevin
Mike Fleming

The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television, which previously honored Aussie productions, has launched five new award categories that will recognize international product in Best Film, Best Direction, Best Screenplay, Best Actor and Best Actress. In other words, the Aussies are going Hollywood. The nominees were announced tonight by Jacki Weaver, the Aussie actress who was Oscar nominated for Animal Kingdom. I am not sure how these will factor into the Oscar conversation, but here are the nominees:

INAUGURAL AACTA INTERNATIONAL AWARDS NOMINEES

BEST FILM

The Artist – Thomas Langmann (The Weinstein Company)

The Descendants - Jim Burke, Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor (Fox Searchlight Pictures)

Hugo – Graham King, Tim Headington, Martin Scorsese, Johnny Depp (Paramount Pictures)

The Ides of March – George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Brian Oliver (Columbia Pictures)

Margin Call - Robert Ogden Barnum, Michael Benaroya, Neal Dodson, Joe Jenckes, Corey Moosa, Zachary Quinto (Roadside Attractions)

Melancholia – Meta Louise Foldager, Louise Vesth (Magnolia Pictures)

Midnight In Paris – Letty Aronson, Stephen Tenenbaum, Jaume Roures (Sony Pictures Classics)

Moneyball - Michael De Luca, Rachael Horovitz, Brad Pitt (Columbia Pictures)

The Tree of Life – Bill Pohlad, Dede Gardner, Sarah Green (Fox Searchlight Pictures)

We Need to Talk About Kevin – Jennifer Fox, Luc Roeg, Bob Salerno (Oscilloscope Pictures)
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Jacki Weaver Joins Fox Searchlight Thriller

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday July 27, 2011 @ 4:15pm PDTTags: Chan-wook Park, Jacki Weaver, Mia Wasikowska, Michael Costigan, Nicole Kidman, Ridley Scott, Stoker, Tony Scott, Wentworth Miller
Mike Fleming

Jacki Weaver, whose murderous matriarch earned her an Oscar nomination for Animal Kingdom, has signed on to star in Stoker, the Fox Searchlight thriller that was written by actor Wentworth Miller under the pseudonym Ted Foulke. Weaver joins Nicole … Read More »

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‘Animal Kingdom’ Matriarch Jacki Weaver Joins ‘Five Year Engagement’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday April 20, 2011 @ 11:44am PDTTags: Alison Brie, Chris Pratt, Emily Blunt, Jacki Weaver, Jason Segel, Judd Apatow, Rhys Ifans
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Universal Pictures has set Oscar-nominated Animal Kingdom star Jacki Weaver to join the cast of Five Year Engagement, the Judd Apatow-produced comedy that stars Jason Segel, Emily Blunt, Alison Brie, Chris Pratt, Rhys Ifans and Lauren Weedman. Nicholas Stoller … Read More »

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ICM Signs Oscar Nominee Jacki Weaver

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Wednesday February 2, 2011 @ 11:40am PSTTags: Animal Kingdom, ICM, Jacki Weaver

The agency now represents three nominees in the Best Supporting Actress category – Jacki Weaver for Animal Kingdom, Melissa Leo for The Fighter, and Hailee Steinfeld for True Grit, not to mention nominations for Jesse Eisenberg and director Tom Hooper. Yesterday, Weaver signed with Alex Cole from Elevate Entertainment for … Read More »

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Oscar Nominee Jacki Weaver Gets U.S. Representation Via Elevate

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday January 31, 2011 @ 6:29pm PSTTags: Animal Kingdom, Jacki Weaver, Movies
Nellie Andreeva

Australian actress Jacki Weaver, a supporting actress Oscar nominee for Animal Kingdom, has landed U.S. representation, signing with Alex Cole from Elevate Entertainment for management. Weaver, a seasoned theater, film and TV actress in her native Australia, has won three … Read More »

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