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Universal Talks ‘Kick-Ass 2′ To Build Franchise; Jeff Wadlow Eyed To Direct

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday May 8, 2012 @ 2:35pm PDTTags: Jeff Wadlow, Kick-Ass, Universal Pictures
Mike Fleming

Kick-Ass UniversalEXCLUSIVE: Universal Pictures is in talks to make Kick-Ass 2, with Jeff Wadlow directing his script. I’m told the intention is to get the film in production by August. Discussions are just getting underway with such original castmembers as Aaron Johnson, Chloe Moretz and Christopher Mintz-Plasse, and they will have to be signed to new deals to reprise their roles. The raucous 2010 film was directed by Matthew Vaughn; it was made for $28 million and grossed $48.1 million domestic and $103 million worldwide. The original was released by Lionsgate but became a free ball controlled by Vaughn. He can’t direct the sequel because of his commitments to his X-Men: First Class follow-up, but he is backing it and is fully supportive of handing over the reins. Wadlow, who wrote and directed 2005′s Cry Wolf, wrote the Kick-Ass 2 script for Vaughn, and it has already come before Universal’s green-light committee. I expect a deal to be closed shortly. Wadlow is repped by WME.

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Sony Pictures Taps Valiant Comics Character ‘Bloodshot’ For Live Action Feature

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday March 1, 2012 @ 9:08am PSTTags: Jeff Wadlow, Neal Moritz, Sony Pictures
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Sony Pictures has closed a deal to acquire Bloodshot, the Valiant Comics series. The deal came out of a spec script written by Jeff Wadlow, who is being paid  $450,000 against $1 million, I hear. Neal Moritz will produce … Read More »

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Minnie Driver To Star In CBS Private Eye Drama Pilot, Alan Tudyk Joins ABC Comedy

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday February 21, 2011 @ 8:30pm PSTTags: Emily Kapnek, Hail Mary, Hail Mary Casting, Hail Mary Pilot, Ilene Chaiken Hail Mary, Jeff Wadlow, Minnie Driver, Suburgatory, Suburgatory Casting, Suburgatory Pilot, TV, TV Deals, TV Pilots
Nellie Andreeva

Minnie Driver is returning to series television as star of CBS’ drama pilot Hail Mary. The project, created by Jeff Wadlow and executive produced by Ilene Chaiken, is a buddy P.I. show set in Atlanta that focuses on a … Read More »

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Ilene Chaiken To Run CBS Drama Pilot ‘Hail Mary’, Alex Graves To Direct ABC’s ‘Poe’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Sunday February 6, 2011 @ 4:00pm PSTTags: ABC Pilots, ABC Poe, CBS Pilots, Hail Mary, Hail Mary Jeff Wadlow, Hail Mary Pilot, Ilene Chaiken Hail Mary, Jeff Wadlow, Poe Drama Pilot, TV, TV Deals
Nellie Andreeva

The L Word co-creator/executive producer Ilene Chaiken has joined CBS’ private eye drama pilot Hail Mary as executive producer/showrunner. The project, created by Jeff Wadlow, is a buddy P.I. show set in Atlanta that focuses on a suburban … Read More »

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‘Odds’ Creator Jeff Wadlow Sells 2 Projects

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday October 18, 2010 @ 11:56am PDTTags: CBS Hail Mary, CBS Pilots, CW Pilots, Hail Mary, Hail Mary Jeff Wadlow, Hail Mary Pilot, Jeff Wadlow, Rush, Silver Pictures, TV, TV Deals, Warner Bros. TV
Nellie Andreeva

EXCLUSIVE: On the heels of his first pilot order last season, CBS’ The Odds, Jeff Wadlow has landed two projects this season, Hail Mary at CBS and Rush at the CW. Both are from Warner Bros. TV and Silver Pictures, which also produced The Odds. Hail Mary is about a female P.I. in the South who partners with her murdered son’s best friend. Rush is about undercover cops working the New York nightclub scene. Wadlow is writing and executive producing both projects with an eye to direct the potential pilots. Beau Bauman is also producing. Read More »

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