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QED Prepping John Turturro Pic ‘Fading Gigolo’ For October Start

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Tuesday July 17, 2012 @ 9:48am PDTTags: John Turturro, QED, Woody Allen

John Turturro Fading GigoloJohn Turturro wrote and will direct the comedy Fading Gigolo starring Turturro, Woody Allen, Sharon Stone, Sofia Vergara, Vanessa Paradis and Liev Schreiber. An October start date is planned for the movie, which revolves around a book store owner (Allen) with a money-making scheme who convinces his friend (Turturro) that a fortune can be made by becoming a professional gigolo. Antidote Films’ Jeffrey Levy-Hinte and Cinetic Media’s Bart Walker will produce alongside QED’s Bill Block, Paul Hanson, Sasha Shapiro and Anton Lessine. Block and Chris Corabi negotiated the deal for the pic on behalf of QED, with Walker and George Sheanshang on behalf of John Turturro, and Stephen Tenenbaum.

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‘Transformers 3′ Crosses $1 Billion Worldwide

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Tuesday August 2, 2011 @ 11:00pm PDTTags: Brad Grey, Brian Goldner, Don Murphy, Frances McDormand, Ian Bryce, John Malkovich, John Turturro, Josh Duhamel, Julie White, Kevin Dunn, Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Mark Vahradian, Michael Bay, Paramount Pictures, Patrick Dempsey, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Shia LaBeouf, Steven Spielberg, Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Tyrese Gibson

HOLLYWOOD, CA (August 3, 2011) – Worldwide box office receipts for TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON, have hit $1 billion, Paramount Pictures announced today. To date, the third installment of the hit Transformers franchise, and the first shot in 3-D, has grossed $338 million in U.S. (through Monday) and $663 million internationally (through Tuesday).

“TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON is the first billion dollar grossing movie in the history of Paramount Pictures, marking a substantial milestone in the 99 year life of this legendary studio,” said Brad Grey, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of Paramount Pictures. “We are grateful for the extraordinary work of  Michael Bay and his film-making team, executive producer Steven Spielberg, and everyone at Paramount around the globe who played a part in helping make this latest TRANSFORMERS one of the 10 highest grossing films worldwide of all time.”

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3D ‘Nutcracker’ Gets Distribution

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Monday August 30, 2010 @ 11:10am PDTTags: Elle Fanning, Freestyle Releasing, John Turturro, Nathan Lane
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The Andrei Konchalevsky-directed The Nutcracker in 3D has been acquired by Freestyle Releasing and Cinemarket Films. They bought US rights and will release the film November 24. It stars Elle Fanning as young Mary, Nathan Lane as Uncle Albert and John Turturro as the Rat King. Mary’s boring Viennese Christmas … Read More »

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