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Sundance: ‘Margin Call’ To Roadside Attractions And Lionsgate

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Sunday January 23, 2011 @ 8:43am PSTTags: Cassian Elwes, Howard Cohen, JC Chandor, Jeremy Irons, Kevin Spacey, Lionsgate, Margin Call, Mary McDonnell, Paul Bettany, Penn Badgley, Rena Ronson, Roadside Attractions, Simon Baker, Stanley Tucci, Sundance, UTA, Zachary Quinto
Mike Fleming

The JC Chandor-directed drama Margin Call sold to Roadside Attractions and Lionsgate after an all night bargaining session. The film stars Kevin Spacey, Paul Bettany, Jeremy Irons, Zachary Quinto, Penn Badgley, Simon Baker, Mary McDonnell and Stanley Tucci. That cast alone had buyers circling the modestly-budgeted film because of its ancillary prospects. Talk last night had the film in the low-seven figure range, and plans for a theatrical release that’s described as a joint release between the companies. I haven’t heard deal figures yet, but the film becomes the second Sundance sale, after Like Crazy sold to Paramount and Indian Paintbrush.

The Margin Call deal was brokered by Cassian Elwes and UTA’s Rena Ronson, with Roadside’s Howard Cohen and Lionsgate’s Steve Beeks. The film premieres Tuesday night at the Eccles. Chandor wrote the script, which takes place in a 24-hour period at the start of the financial collapse of 2008. A group of characters at a financial firm make decisions that have moral implications as the firm teeters on the brink of collapse. Myriad Pictures is selling international, and brokered many of those deals at AFM.

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Berlin Adds ‘Margin Call’ To Competition

By TIM ADLER in London | Tuesday January 18, 2011 @ 8:17am PSTTags: 61st Berlin Film Festival, Demi Moore, Jeremy Irons, Kevin Spacey, Margin Call, Movies, Unknown Liam Neeson

The Kevin Spacey/Jeremy Irons/Demi Moore financial drama joins 22 films in total, 16 of which will be competing for the Silver Bear. Unknown, the new Liam Neeson thriller with January Jones, will premiere Out of Competition at next month’s 61st … Read More »

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Confirmed: Kevin Spacey And Sam Mendes Firm Up ‘Richard III’ Dates

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday December 1, 2010 @ 7:21am PSTTags: Kevin Spacey, Kevin Spacey Richard III, Sam Mendes, Sam Mendes Richard III, Theater, William Shakepeare Richard III
Mike Fleming

American Beauty‘s Kevin Spacey and Sam Mendes have formalized their plans to re-team in a stage production of Richard III, which will premiere at Spacey’s haunt The Old Vic June 29, 2011 and transplant to the Brooklyn Academy of … Read More »

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R.I.P. George Hickenlooper

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Saturday October 30, 2010 @ 3:01pm PDTTags: Casino Jack, George Hickenlooper, George Hickenlooper Casino Jack, Jack Abramoff Casino Jack, Kevin Spacey, Kevin Spacey Casino Jack, Trailers, Video
Mike Fleming

2ND UPDATE: I’m still trying to discover how George Hickenlooper passed away, but I’m told he had been in Colorado campaigning last night for his cousin, John, who is in the final stretch run of … Read More »

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Hot Trailer: ‘Casino Jack’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday October 21, 2010 @ 1:12pm PDTTags: Casino Jack, George Hickenlooper, George Hickenlooper Casino Jack, Jack Abramoff, Jack Abramoff Casino Jack, Kevin Spacey, Movies, Trailers, Video
Mike Fleming

Here’s a new and longer trailer for Casino Jack, the George Hickenlooper-directed drama about the rise and fall of lobbyist Jack Abramoff that’s being released December 29 by ATO Pictures to take advantage of a strong performance by Kevin Spacey. Nice to see Jon Lovitz back in a movie.

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And In Other Film Deals…

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday September 29, 2010 @ 8:26am PDTTags: ATO Pictures, Casino Jack, John C. Reilly, Kevin Spacey, Movie Deals, Movies
Mike Fleming

UPDATE: Kennedy/Marshall will try to turn the life of Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger into a feature film. They’ve optioned life rights of the pilot who landed his jumbo jet in the Hudson River after the engines stalled when the plane hit a flock of birds on takeoff. He saved … Read More »

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‘Margin Call’ Director J.C. Chandor Snags Big Warner Bros Writing Gig From DiCaprio

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Monday September 13, 2010 @ 2:47pm PDTTags: Demi Moore, JC Chandor, Jeremy Irons, Kevin Spacey, Leonardo DiCaprio Appian Way, Margin Call, Paul Bettany, Stanley Tucci
Mike Fleming

TORONTO: JC Chandor, who just wrapped writing and directing the indie financial crisis thriller Margin Call, has made a two-picture writing deal at Warner Bros. His first project: Portofino, an international thriller for Leonardo DiCaprio’s Appian Way that is a potential vehicle for the star. Meanwhile, Margin Call is creating buzz in Toronto … Read More »

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TORONTO: ATO Rolls Dice On ‘Casino Jack’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday September 9, 2010 @ 7:36am PDTTags: ATO Pictures, Casino Jack, George Hickenlooper, Kevin Spacey
Mike Fleming

Casino Jack, the drama that stars Kevin Spacey as disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff, has a new home. ATO Pictures has acquired US theatrical rights to a film which was orphaned when its original distributor, Metropolitan, failed to meet its commitments … Read More »

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Sam Mendes And Kevin Spacey Reunite

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday August 26, 2010 @ 11:34am PDTTags: Kevin Spacey, Kevin Spacey Richard III, Sam Mendes, Sam Mendes Richard III, William Shakepeare Richard III
Mike Fleming

Here’s some exciting stage news. Director Sam Mendes and Kevin Spacey, who each won Oscars for American Beauty, have announced they will reunite in a production of William Shakespeare’s Richard III. Mendes will direct and Spacey will star in a … Read More »

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Kevin Spacey’s ‘Crux’ Drama Lands At HBO

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday August 17, 2010 @ 5:15pm PDTTags: Cable TV, Dana Brunetti, HBO, Kevin Spacey
Nellie Andreeva

Kevin Spacey’s and Dana Brunetti’s Trigger Street Prods have inked a first-look deal with HBO, and as part of the pact they’ll develop the drama project The Crux. There’s no pilot order. The project centers on a charismatic cult leader … Read More »

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Jeremy Irons Answers The ‘Margin Call’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday July 6, 2010 @ 3:38pm PDTTags: Demi Moore, Indie, JC Chandor, Jeremy Irons, Kevin Spacey, Margin Call, Mary McDonnell, Myriad Pictures, New York, Paul Bettany, Penn Badgley, Simon Baker, Stanley Tucci, Wall Street, Zachary Quinto
Mike Fleming

jeremy-irons-20080715-436952Jeremy Irons is the final piece of an impressive cast for Margin Call, the indie film by director JC Chandor that is shooting in New York City. Irons is the chief executive of a financial firm in a 24-hour period during … Read More »

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Jack Abramoff Pic ‘Casino Jack’ Being Shown To Distributors; Metropolitan Denies It Is Out

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Monday June 28, 2010 @ 10:47am PDTTags: CAA, Casino Jack, George Hickenlooper, Jack Abramoff, Jack Abramoff Casino Jack, Kevin Spacey
Mike Fleming

100106_CasinoJackMainEXCLUSIVE: Is Casino Jack ever going to see the light of day? The feature drama about the rise and fall of D.C. lobbyist Jack Abramoff certainly seems to have a lot going for it. Kevin Spacey in the starring role, cooperation … Read More »

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Kevin Spacey: Another Horrible Boss Turn

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Sunday June 27, 2010 @ 5:20pm PDTTags: Casting, Colin Farrell, Horrible Bosses, Jamie Foxx, Jason Bateman, Jason Sudeikis, Jennifer Aniston, Kevin Spacey
Mike Fleming

spacey-headshot2Now here is perfect casting. Kevin Spacey has joined the roster of Horrible Bosses, the Seth Gordon-directed New Line comedy that stars Jennifer Aniston, Jamie Foxx, Colin Farrell, Jason Bateman, Jason Sudeikis. Donald Sutherland has also joined the cast–playing a nice … Read More »

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