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Focus Acquires Hot Cannes Title ‘Black Sea’ With Kevin Macdonald Directing Jude Law

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday April 25, 2013 @ 9:14am PDTTags: Black Sea, Cannes Film Festival, Cannes Wrap-Up, Focus Features, Jude Law, Kevin Macdonald
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EXCLUSIVE: As distributors line their coffers with big films for Cannes, Focus Features has grabbed one, acquiring worldwide rights to Black Sea, an adventure thriller that Kevin Macdonald will direct with Jude Law starring. It’s contemporary, and Law will play a submarine captain who is laid off by a salvage company and makes a deal with a shadowy backer to look for a storied sunken sub reputed to be loaded with gold at the bottom of the Black Sea. Since this find would get him even with his ex-bosses, he puts together a crew of English and Russian sailors for the task, taking off to uncharted depths with his motley crew. The closer they get to the prize, the riskier it becomes to trust one another.

Law just starred for Focus Features in Anna Karenina. Film 4 developed, co-produced and is co-financing Black Sea with Focus, and Macdonald has committed to make it next. Macdonald, who helmed the Oscar-winning docu One Day In September and Touching the Void, and who directed The Last King Of Scotland and State Of Play and The Eagle, last helmed the Saoirse Ronan/Tom Holland-starrer How I Live Now and the docu Marley. Focus holds worldwide rights — excluding the U.K. free-TV rights held by Film4, and international sales will begin at Cannes. Macdonald and Charles Steel are producing. Dennis Kelly, who recently authored the book of the acclaimed stage musical adaptation of Matilda, is writing the Black Sea script. READ MORE »

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‘Jane Got A Gun’ Has A New Bad Guy; Bradley Cooper Filling Jude Law Role

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Friday April 5, 2013 @ 5:09pm PDTTags: Bradley Cooper, Gavin O'Connor, Jane Got A Gun, Jude Law, Lynne Ramsay
Mike Fleming

Bradley Cooper Jane Got A Gun ReplaceEXCLUSIVE: Bradley Cooper is poised to join the cast of Jane Got A Gun, stepping in to play the bad guy role that Jude Law exited shortly after We Need To Talk About Kevin helmer Lynne Ramsay‘s abrupt exit. Cooper joins Natalie Portman and Joel Edgerton in the film that Warrior helmer Gavin O’Connor took over.

Related: ‘Jane Got A Gun’ Loses Director Lynne Ramsay On First Day

Despite a tough start, the film is now two weeks into production. The producers, including Scott Steindorff, Portman, Terry Dougas and Aleen Keshishian, have pulled off a minor miracle here. As Deadline revealed exclusively, the cast and crew found out the morning of the first day of shooting that Ramsay had withdrawn from the film. They managed to keep the crew and cast from scattering until they could set O’Connor. Then Law exited, because he wanted to work with Ramsay. I’ve seen independent films fall apart with less adversity, but these guys persevered. They got the film started, but needed to find a replacement with someone with comparable value to Law in the overseas marketplace. They’ve overachieved in landing Cooper. Read More »

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More Fallout On ‘Jane Got A Gun:’ Jude Law Exits Picture

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday March 20, 2013 @ 10:02am PDTTags: Gavin O'Connor, Jane Got A Gun, Jude Law, Lynne Ramsay
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EXCLUSIVE: While the troubled independent feature Jane Got A Gun got a new director this morning in Gavin O’Connor, fallout continues from Monday’s abrupt exit of helmer Lynne Ramsay. I’m told that Jude Law has formally … Read More »

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AFM: Jude Law Joins Werner Herzog’s Gertrude Bell Pic ‘Queen Of The Desert’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Friday November 2, 2012 @ 4:28pm PDTTags: Jude Law

LOS ANGELES November 2, 2012 – Academy Award® nominee Jude Law has joined Oscar® nominee Naomi Watts and Robert Pattinson in QUEEN OF THE DESERT, a period drama written and directed by Academy Award nominee Werner Herzog. Nick

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Jude Law In ‘Dom Hemingway’: First Photo

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Sunday October 14, 2012 @ 11:30pm PDTTags: Dom Hemingway, Jude Law, Richard Shepard

Jeremy Thomas’ Recorded Picture Co. released this photo of Jude Law and Richard E. Grant on location in the South of France shooting writer-director Richard Shepard’s black comedy Dom Hemingway. Law plays a notorious safecracker looking for payback from … Read More »

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Demian Bichir, Emilia Clarke Join Jude Law In Richard Shepard’s ‘Dom Hemingway’

By NANCY TARTAGLIONE, International Editor | Thursday October 4, 2012 @ 7:37am PDTTags: Demian Bichir, Dom Hemingway, Jude Law

Demian Bichir Joins 'Dom Hemingway'Oscar nominee Demian Bichir will play a crime boss in black comedy Dom Hemingway from The Matador writer-director Richard Shepard. Jude Law and Richard E. Grant were already on board the revenge story which now has Game Of Thrones‘ Emilia Clarke along with Jumyan Hunter and Madalina Ghenea rounding out the cast. Law plays the eponymous larger-than-life safecracker who’s back on the streets of London after 12 years in prison and eager to collect for keeping his mouth shut. Things take a turn when he sets off to visit Bichir’s capo in the south of France.

Jeremy Thomas’ Recorded Picture Company is producing with partners BBC Films, CinemaNX/Isle of Man Film, Pinewood Films and Lionsgate. This marks the latest indie that studio facilities operator Pinewood is involved in as part of a plan to support about 4 films a year. Shooting starts Oct. 15 in the south of France. HanWay Films is handling worldwide sales. Read More »

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Jude Law, Daniel Radcliffe, Judi Dench Board London Plays; John Logan Returns

By NANCY TARTAGLIONE, International Editor | Friday June 15, 2012 @ 7:09am PDTTags: Daniel Radcliffe, John Logan, Jude Law, Judi Dench

Veteran theater director Michael Grandage announced a star-studded line-up to launch his new company in London’s West End. Daniel Radcliffe, Judi Dench, Jude Law and Ben Whishaw are among the actors who will tread the boards in a series of … Read More »

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Cannes Roundup: New Projects To Star Jude Law, Steve Coogan, Peter Mullan

By NANCY TARTAGLIONE, International Editor | Wednesday May 16, 2012 @ 2:57am PDTTags: Cannes Film Festival, Jude Law, Steve Coogan

HanWay and BBC Films are partnering on Don Hemingway, a black comedy that will star Jude Law and Richard E. Grant. The Matador’s Richard Shepard is directing the London-set pic about a larger than life safecracker with a short fuse. Jeremy Thomas’ Recorded Picture Company is producing with shooting to start in the fall. HanWay is handling sales.

Steve Coogan has signed on for Northern Soul, a film about the underground music movement in 1970s England. Coogan is best known to US audiences as the director who gets blown up in Ben Stiller’s Tropic Thunder – and for his Michael Caine impression in last year’s The Trip. In the Loop director Armando Iannucci is also prepping a feature based on Coogan’s UK TV personality, Alan Partridge. Elaine Constantine is directing Northern Soul which will be produced by Debbie Gray. Elliot James Langridge, Josh Whitehouse, James Lance, Christian Mckay, Roisin Murphy and singer Lisa Stansfield also star. The Little Film Company is handling sales in Cannes with shooting to start in June. Read More »

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Open Road Sets Steven Soderbergh’s ‘Bitter Pill’ For February 8, 2013 Release

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Monday April 16, 2012 @ 11:09am PDTTags: Bitter Pill, Channing Tatum, Jude Law, Rooney Mara, Steven Soderbergh
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EXCLUSIVE: Open Road is setting a February 8, 2013 release date for Bitter Pill, the film that Steven Soderbergh began shooting in New York. The film stars Rooney Mara, Jude Law, Channing Tatum, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Vinessa Shaw. Lorenzo di … Read More »

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U.K. Lawyer Poised To Target Murdoch In U.S. With Celeb Phone-Hacking Suits

By NANCY TARTAGLIONE, International Editor | Thursday April 12, 2012 @ 2:28am PDTTags: David Beckham, Jude Law, Mark Lewis, News Corp

British attorney Mark Lewis will arrive in the US today as he prepares to speak on a panel at UC Berkeley titled: “The Murdoch Effect: The News At Any Price?” He’s also expected to begin legal discussions that could lead … Read More »

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Judge Orders News International To Search Laptops; FBI Now Planning Probe In U.S.?

By NANCY TARTAGLIONE, International Editor | Friday January 20, 2012 @ 8:22am PSTTags: Jude Law, News of the World, Sienna Miller

Following yesterday’s revelations of settlements in the News Of The World phone hacking scandal, it’s now reported that News Corp’s News International could face an FBI investigation over a possible offense on US soil involving Jude Law. According to The Telegraph, the potential FBI probe relates to a 2003 News Of The World article that News International has acknowledged was the result of phone hacking. The article contains references to phone calls Law’s assistant made to the actor when he arrived at an airport believed to be New York’s JFK. According to the Telegraph report, if Law’s phone was on a US network, it could mean an offense under US law. The FBI confirmed it was looking into the situation. In related news, News International has been ordered to search more computers for evidence of attempts by former employees to perpetrate a cover up of phone hacking schemes. Read More »

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News Of The World Settles With Dozens Of Phone Hacking Victims Including Jude Law

By NANCY TARTAGLIONE, International Editor | Thursday January 19, 2012 @ 3:51am PSTTags: Jude Law, News of the World, Sienna Miller

UPDATE, 10:30 AM: Payout amounts of some 15 of the now 37 claims to be settled today have been revealed. According to The Associated Press, Jude Law received £130,000 and his ex-wife Sadie Frost got £50,000, while … Read More »

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Open Road Making Deal For Steven Soderbergh’s ‘Side Effects’; Film To Star Blake Lively, Jude Law, Channing Tatum

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday January 18, 2012 @ 9:18am PSTTags: Blake Lively, Channing Tatum, Jude Law, Open Road, Side Effects
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EXCLUSIVE: Open Road is locking a distribution deal for Side Effects, the Scott Z. Burns script that Steven Soderbergh will direct as his next film. Blake Lively, Jude Law and Channing Tatum will star. The film is being financed by Megan Ellison’s Annapurna Pictures, with production to start in April on a thriller that has a budget in the $30 million range. This is a surprise outcome. Deadline revealed in early December that Summit was the frontrunner for a script (which had been called The Bitter Pill at the time). The script wasn’t distributed widely, at least initially. David Linde’s Lava Bear and Paramount were the other initial places (producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura’s deal is there), though a few equity financiers mulled the project as well. Soderbergh sparked to the film after Warner Bros halted The Man From U.N.C.L.E. after disagreements over budget and difficulty finding the lead after George Clooney dropped out because he was having surgery. Read More »

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Murdoch Apology Was “Tense” But “Sincere” – Murdered Schoolgirl’s Family Tells UK Inquiry

By DAVID LIEBERMAN, Executive Editor | Monday November 21, 2011 @ 5:31am PSTTags: Hugh Grant, Hugh Grant Phone Hacker, Jude Law, Milly Dowler, News of the World, News of the World Hacking, News of the World Phone-Hacking Scandal, Rupert Murdoch

The parents of Milly Dowler told a UK inquiry into the News Of The World hacking scandal this morning that the family admonished Rupert Murdoch to “set things right” in July when he visited to apologize for the tabloid’s actions … Read More »

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Hugh Grant And J.K. Rowling To Join Other Celebs Testifying About News Corp Scandal

By DAVID LIEBERMAN, Executive Editor | Sunday November 20, 2011 @ 8:04am PSTTags: Hugh Grant, Hugh Grant Phone Hacker, J.K. Rowling, James Murdoch, Jude Law, News of the World, News of the World Hacking, News of the World Phone-Hacking Scandal, Steve Coogan

This will be another bad week for James Murdoch and News Corp as 21 witnesses including several celebs line up to tell a government inquiry how overzealous and unethical reporters turned their lives upside down. The investigation is led by Lord Justice Leveson who Prime Minister David Cameron asked to examine both the phone hacking at News Of The World, and problems with the country’s press culture. The parents of Milly Dowler, a 13-year-old who was murdered in 2002,  will kick things off tomorrow. The NOTW scandal broke open this past July when it was disclosed that after Dowler was missing the tabloid hacked into the girl’s phone and deleted messages, giving her parents false hope that she might still be alive. Grant will follow them, and is expected to continue his assault on reporting tactics used by NOTW and the Daily Mail. Also due on Monday is the lawyer for actor Jude Law. On Tuesday the panel will hear from actor Steve Coogan and soccer star Garry Flitcroft. On Thursday Harry Potter author Rowling and one time Formula One chief Max Mosley will testify. Next Monday singer Charlotte Church and UK TV personality Anne Diamond will appear.

Coogan outlined his views in a biting commentary he wrote for The Guardian on Friday. “No amount of respectable, well-modulated management-speak from James Murdoch can disguise the direct link between Read More »

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Toronto: Magnolia Acquires U.S. Rights To Fernando Meirelles Drama ’360′

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Monday October 24, 2011 @ 12:42pm PDTTags: Anthony Hopkins, Ben Foster, David Linde, Eamonn Bowles, Fernando Meirelles, Film Acquisition, Jude Law, Magnolia Pictures, Peter Morgan, Rachel Weisz
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Magnolia Pictures bought U.S. rights to 360, the Fernando Meirelles-directed ensemble drama that stars Rachel Weisz, Anthony Hopkins, Jude Law, Ben Foster, Jamel Debbouze and Moritz Bleibtreu. The film is a series of intersecting storylines that deal with love … Read More »

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Warner Bros Ready For ‘Sherlock Holmes 3′

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Sunday October 23, 2011 @ 12:14pm PDTTags: Guy Ritchie, Jude Law, Noomi Rapace, Rachel McAdams, Robert Downey Jr.
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Warner Bros has set Drew Pearce to write Sherlock Holmes 3, continuing the Guy Ritchie-directed series that stars Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law. The deal will soon be sealed with Pearce, who is currently writing Iron Man 3, … Read More »

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Hot Trailer: ‘Sherlock Holmes 2′

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Wednesday October 19, 2011 @ 4:45pm PDTTags: Guy Ritchie, Jude Law, Movie Trailer, Robert Downey Jr., Sherlock Holmes: A Game Of Shadows, Warner Bros

Warner Bros. put up a new trailer today for the return of Robert Downey Jr and Jude Law as Holmes and Watson in Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, which opens December 16. Opinions?

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Magnolia Closing In On LFF Opener ‘360’

By TIM ADLER in London | Thursday October 13, 2011 @ 5:38am PDTTags: 360, Anthony Hopkins, Jude Law, London Film Festival, Magnolia Pictures, Rachel Weisz

EXCLUSIVE: I’m hearing that Magnolia Pictures is set to close a U.S. deal for Fernando Meirelles’ sexual drama 360, which opened the 55th BFI London Film Festival last night. Artificial Eye is also in talks to release 360 here in the UK on March 3 2012, I understand. Co-produced by Revolution Films, the UK production company behind IFC’s The Trip, the Peter Morgan-scripted feature follows a sexual circle of prostitution, infidelity and true love. Anthony Hopkins, Rachel Weisz and Jude Law star. Paris-based sales agent Wild Bunch is selling the BBC Films-backed project internationally. Reviews here this morning have been pretty muted: The Daily Telegraph summed up the film as a “glossily unengaging trudge through other people’s love lives,” describing one moment where a character imagines a plane carrying away his lover as “spectacularly stupid.” The Times of London gives the film a pretty dismissive 3-star review, calling the plot improbable, and said the merry-go-round structure “crushes performances into twenty-minute slots that often fail to elicit our sympathy.. The Evening Standard though was much more positive, calling 360 “a well-crafted package” and “a film of beautiful moments, elegant structure and vivid locations.” Read More »

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