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Aaron Sorkin’s HBO Series Gets New Title?

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday December 5, 2011 @ 12:01pm PSTTags: Aaron Sorkin, HBO, Jeff Daniels, Keith Olbermann
Nellie Andreeva

UPDATED: Has Aaron Sorkin’s upcoming HBO drama series, known as More As This Story Develops gotten an official title? That’s according to TV Newser, which says the show will be titled Newsroom. That indeed is the top choice for a title but it has not been cleared, so it is not clear if it will work. The project stars Jeff Daniels as Will McCallister, anchor of a primetime program on cable news network UBS; Emily Mortimer as his new executive producer; Alison Pill, John Gallagher, Jr., Olivia Munn, Dev Patel and Thomas Sadoski as newsroom staffers; and Sam Waterston as UBS News president Charlie Skinner. The West Wing creator Sorkin, an Oscar winner for his The Social Network screenplay, executive produces the new series with Scott Rudin.

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Peter And Bobby Farrelly Plan More ‘Dumb And Dumber’ For Jim Carrey & Jeff Daniels

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday October 26, 2011 @ 3:30pm PDTTags: Bobby Farrelly, Jeff Daniels, Jim Carrey, Peter Farrelly, The Three Stooges
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Now that they have wrapped their dream project The Three Stooges after a decade of trying, Peter and Bobby Farrelly are moving forward with another project they’ve long wanted to do: a second installment of the New Line 1994 … Read More »

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HBO Picks Up Aaron Sorkin Pilot To Series

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday September 8, 2011 @ 10:50am PDTTags: Aaron Sorkin, Alan Poul, Emily Mortimer, Greg Mottola, HBO, Jeff Daniels, Scott Rudin
Nellie Andreeva

It’s official: HBO has picked up Aaron Sorkin’s hourlong cable news network pilot to series. The now untitled drama (formerly More As This Story Develops), which has been a virtual lock for a series order, centers … Read More »

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UTA Signs ‘Breaking Bad’s Aaron Paul

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Friday August 5, 2011 @ 10:01am PDTTags: Aaron Paul, Breaking Bad, Jeff Daniels, Tom Berenger, UTA, Wes Craven
Mike Fleming

UTA has just signed Aaron Paul, the Emmy-winning Breaking Bad co-star. It was a competitive signing among the major agencies after Paul shook loose from ICM. Paul is best known for TV; before his turn as a drug dealer on … Read More »

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CANNES: FilmDistrict Acquires U.S. Rights To Joe Gordon-Levitt/Bruce Willis Sci-Fi Action Film ‘Looper’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Saturday May 14, 2011 @ 2:41pm PDTTags: Amy Pascal, Bruce Willis, CAA, Cannes, Emily Blunt, Gary Oldman, James Stern, Jeff Daniels, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Megan Ellison, Michael Benaroya, Paul Dano, Peter Schlessel, Piper Perabo, Rian Johnson, Shia la Beouf, Tom Hardy
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: A frenzied Saturday auction on the Croisette has ended with FilmDistrict in final negotiations for U.S. distribution rights to Looper, the Rian Johnson-directed science fiction film that stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Emily Blunt and Bruce Willis. There were at least six bidders spanning major studios and independents, and it sounds like some serious upfront money was paid. But the intriguing part is that the deal orchestrated between CAA and FilmDistrict’s Peter Schlessel will likely end in FilmDistrict using an option with Sony Pictures, which would release and market the film through the TriStar label. That replicates the distribution structure of District 9, which Schlessel acquired while he was at Sony. The picture has a similarly brainy construct and is also reminiscent of the first Terminator.

Johnson wrote the script, about a contract killer who works for the mob of the future, and who kills victims  that are sent back in time 30 years, so there is no trace of the crime in the future. It’s a great gig, until the killer (Gordon-Levitt) recognizes that one of his targets (Willis) is a futuristic version of himself. Piper Perabo, Paul Dano and Jeff Daniels also star. The film was financed by Endgame’s James Stern, who produced with Johnson’s partner Ram Bergman.

CAA still has to paper the deal, but that likely gives Sony and Amy Pascal its second release schedule addition in the last 24 hours. As Deadline revealed early Saturday, the studio acquired the David Frankel-directed Great Hope Springs with Meryl Streep, Tommy Lee Jones and Steve Carell starring. Read More »

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Sony Classics Nears ‘God Of Carnage’ Deal

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday April 7, 2011 @ 12:49pm PDTTags: Christoph Waltz, God of Carnage, Hope Davis, ICM, James Gandolfini, Jeff Daniels, Jodie Foster, John C. Reilly, Kate Winslet, Marcia Gay Harden, Michael Barker, Sony Pictures Classics, Tom Bernard, Yasmina Reza
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: I’m told that Sony Pictures Classics partners Michael Barker and Tom Bernard are tying up a deal to acquire US rights to God Of Carnage, the  Roman Polanski-directed feature adaptation of Yasmina Reza’s Tony-winning play. Polanski shot the film … Read More »

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HBO CASTINGS: Jeff Daniels Closes For Sorkin Pilot, Five Join Returning Series

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday April 1, 2011 @ 5:15pm PDTTags: Aaron Sorkin, Bored to Death, How to Make It In America, Jeff Daniels
Nellie Andreeva

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Greg Mottola To Direct Aaron Sorkin’s HBO Pilot

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday March 28, 2011 @ 5:29pm PDTTags: Aaron Sorkin, Greg Mottola, HBO, Jeff Daniels, Pilot, Scott Rudin
Nellie Andreeva

Greg Mottola is set to direct Aaron Sorkin’s HBO drama pilot set behind the scenes at a cable news show. The project, which recent Oscar winner Sorkin is executive producing with Scott Rudin, centers on news anchor … Read More »

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Jeff Daniels In Negotiations For Aaron Sorkin’s HBO Pilot

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday March 21, 2011 @ 12:04pm PDTTags: Aaron Sorkin, HBO, Jeff Daniels
Nellie Andreeva

Jeff Daniels is in negotiations for the male lead in Aaron Sorkin’s HBO drama pilot set behind the scenes of a cable news show. The project, which recent Oscar winner Sorkin is executive producing with Scott Rudin, centers on news … Read More »

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‘God of Carnage’ Original Cast Returns For LA Run

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday January 12, 2011 @ 9:50am PSTTags: God of Carnage, Hope Davis, James Gandolfini, Jeff Daniels, Marcia Gay Harden, Theater, Yasmina Reza
Mike Fleming

With a foot of snow on my Long Island doorstep, it’s already easy to envy anyone in Los Angeles. Now, the original cast of Yasmina Reza’s Tony-winning play God of Carnage has agreed to reunite for a six-week run at … Read More »

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Showtime Reels In Talent: Inks Deals For Projects With Mark Ruffalo & Anthony Edwards, Jeff Daniels & Timothy Busfield

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday September 24, 2010 @ 4:52pm PDTTags: Anthony Edwards, Cable TV, David Nevins, David Nevins Showtime, Jeff Daniels, Mark Ruffalo, Showtime Development, TV, TV Deals
Nellie Andreeva

EXCLUSIVE: Two months into the job, Showtime entertainment president David Nevins is already hard at work building a development slate with some big-name auspices. Among the latest to sign up for projects at the pay cable networks are Mark … Read More »

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