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Universal Pictures Chairman Adam Fogelson Re-Upped Through 2014

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Monday September 19, 2011 @ 12:37pm PDTTags: Aaron Johnson, Adam Fogelson, Akiva Goldsman, Alexander Skarsgard, Benicio Del Toro, Blake Lively, Brian Grazer, Carl Rinsch, Charlize Theron, Chris Hemsworth, Daniel Espinosa, Denzel Washington, Don Winslow, Guillermo Del Toro, Hugh Jackman, Jeff Bridges, Jeremy Renner, Joseph Kosinski, Keanu Reeves, Kristen Stewart, Liam Neeson, Mark Wahlberg, Michael Bay, Mila Kunis, Oliver Stone, Peter Berg, Rihanna, Robert Schwentke, Ron Howard, Ron Meyer, Rupert Sanders, Russell Crowe, Seth MacFarlane, Shane Salerno, Stephen King, Steve Burke, Taylor Kitsch, Tom Cruise, Tom Hooper, Tony Gilroy, Universal Pictures
Mike Fleming

BREAKING: NBCUniversal’s new owners at Comcast have given a vote of confidence to the studio’s feature film operation. They’ve exercised an option on Universal Pictures’ Chairman Adam Fogelson and extended his contract through 2014. I’m told that Fogelson is, in turn, in the process of exercising the option of Donna Langley and she will continue as the studio’s co-chairman. They will also keep their executive team intact. Fogelson will continue to have full day-to-day operating responsibility for the Motion Picture Group, reporting to Universal Studios President and Chief Operating Officer Ron Meyer (whose contract was recently re-upped through 2015) and will now also report to NBCUniversal Chief Executive Officer Steve Burke.

While Universal has had its ups and downs, higher-ups are clearly convinced that Fogelson, Langley and their team are making progress. They’ve had recent hits –Bridesmaids, Hop! and Fast Five– but also had some recent misses that include The Dilemma, Change-Up and Cowboys & Aliens. In the latter case, the studio was on the hook for one-third of the film, and shared that third with Relativity Media. It has also been a year in which Fogelson and his team have made some painful decisions and let pricey productions go. That began with the Guillermo Del Toro-directed At the Mountains of Madness, which Universal developed for years and which was ready to go with Tom Cruise, until the studio made a late decision not to go forward because of the possibility the $150M film could carry an R-rating. Universal also dropped two projects that were in advanced  stages of development: The Dark Tower, the Akiva Goldsman-directed adaptation of the Stephen King novel series that was to be made into three feature films and two limited-run TV series, with the first film and TV segment directed by Ron Howard and produced by Brian Grazer and Goldsman; and Oiuja, the Hasbro board game that had McG directing and Michael Bay and his Platinum Dunes partners producing with Hasbro. The moves were surprising because Howard and Grazer are cornerstone filmmakers for Universal; and Del Toro and Hasbro have overall deals there. Ouija is one of several Hasbro properties the studio dropped, the others being the Gore Verbinski-directed Clue, the Ridley Scott-directed Monopoly and Magic, The Gathering. These were part of a groundbreaking deal the studio made with the toymaker several years ago, but the studio and Hasbro have re-focused their attention solely on Battleship, Stretch Armstrong, and Candy Land. READ MORE »

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‘Twilight’ Trailer Preview: ‘Breaking Dawn — Part 1′

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Sunday September 11, 2011 @ 10:28am PDTTags: Kristen Stewart, Movie Trailers, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Twilight

For Twilight fans who can’t wait until the full one is released Tuesday, here’s Summit’s short snippet of the Breaking Dawn — Part 1 trailer, with a newlywed Bella in peril.

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Sony Pictures Acquires Action Pitch Vehicle For ‘Thor’s Chris Hemsworth

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday June 29, 2011 @ 3:00pm PDTTags: Beau Flynn, Carl Rinsch, Charlize Theron, Chris Hemsworth, Hossein Amini, Keanu Reeves, Kenneth Branagh, Kristen Stewart, Ryan Gosling, Sony Pictures, Tripp Vinson
Mike Fleming

Sony Pictures has acquired Shadow Runner, a pitch for an action thriller that will star Thor’s Chris Hemsworth. Beau Flynn and Tripp Vinson will produce through the Contrafilm banner with ROAR’s Will Ward. Studio’s keeping the fictional project under wraps, but this deal has taken awhile to come together, and its original genesis was an idea by Drive scribe Hossein Amini. The inspiration was an incident in which an Israeli assassination team targeted a Hamas leader whom the Israelis believe murdered several soldiers and helped stockpile Iranian-made missiles. He was tracked to Dubai, and the Israelis managed to smuggle in an entire 17-person hit team to take him out in the corridor of a five-star hotel. The operatives were captured on a hotel security camera trailing after the victim, reemerging and getting on the elevator after he was killed. I’m told that the film won’t replicate those events, but Hemsworth will lead an elite team of operatives who take on impossible tasks. Amini will be exec producer. Read More »

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Hossein Amini Doing Rewrite On ‘Snow White And The Huntsman’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday June 14, 2011 @ 6:41pm PDTTags: Armie Hammer, Carl Rinsch, Charlize Theron, Chris Hemsworth, Hossein Amini, Julia Roberts, Keanu Reeves, Kristen Stewart, Lily Collins, Nicolas Winding Refn, Rupert Sanders, Ryan Kavanaugh, Tarsem Singh
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Bracing for its race against Relativity Media on rival Snow White films, Universal Pictures has hired Hossein Amini to do a rewrite of Snow White and the Huntsman, the Rupert Sanders-directed film that stars Charlize Theron, Kristen Stewart and … Read More »

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CANNES: Weinstein Company Near Deal For ‘Wettest County’ While Distribs Fret Over Buying Pics Sight-Unseen

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Monday May 16, 2011 @ 3:28am PDTTags: Amy Adams, CAA, Cannes, Cannes Film Festival, Cassian Elwes, Charlie Hunnam, Eric Bana, Garrett Hedlund, Jack Kerouac, Joe Carnahan, Kirsten Dunst, Kristen Stewart, Liam Neeson, Olivia Wilde, Ryan Kavanaugh, The Wettest County in the World, Viggo Mortensen, Walter Salles
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: The Weinstein Company, already on a Cannes acquisition spree, has emerged as the clear frontrunner for  domestic distribution rights on The Wettest County in the World, after another all-night bargaining session between Harvey Weinstein’s acquisition team and CAA. I’m … Read More »

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Snow White Battle Intensifies As Universal Moves Its Pic One Month Before Relativity Rival

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Sunday May 15, 2011 @ 11:33pm PDTTags: Armie Hammer, Cannes, Charlize Theron, Chris Hemsworth, Judd Apatow, Julia Roberts, Kristen Stewart, Snow White and the Huntsman, Tarsem Singh, Universal Pictures
Mike Fleming

BREAKING:Since neither Universal Pictures nor Relativity Media are blinking about going ahead with rival Snow White films, it seemed inevitable that Universal would not be content for its film to come out six months later. So the studio has just … Read More »

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Sam Claflin Crowned Prince For ‘Snow White And The Huntsman’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday May 4, 2011 @ 11:32am PDTTags: Charlize Theron, Chris Hemsworth, Jeff Bridges, Julianne Moore, Kristen Stewart, Rupert Sanders, Snow White and the Huntsman
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Universal Pictures is setting Sam Claflin to play the role of the prince in Snow White and the Huntsman, the Rupert Sanders-directed re-imagining of the fairy tale that stars Kristen Stewart as Snow White and Charlize Theron as the … Read More »

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‘Thor’ Star Chris Hemsworth Eyeing ‘Huntsman’ Role In Universal’s Snow White Saga

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Monday May 2, 2011 @ 11:49am PDTTags: Charlize Theron, Chris Hemsworth, Kristen Stewart, Snow White and the Huntsman
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: ‘Thor’ star Chris Hemsworth has emerged as a front runner to star in Snow White and the Huntsman, the Universal fairy tale that also Charlize Theron and Kristen Stewart. Rupert Sanders is directing. Hemsworth’s stock is up as Thor … Read More »

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Universal Targets Hugh Jackman For ‘Snow White And The Huntsman’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday April 6, 2011 @ 10:41am PDTTags: Charlize Theron, Darren Aronofsky, Hossein Amini, Hugh Jackman, Kristen Stewart, Rupert Sanders, Snow White and the Huntsman
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Sensing a possible opening with Hugh Jackman because The Wolverine lost its director and a plan to shoot in Japan turned precarious, Universal Pictures has offered Jackman the huntsman role in Snow White and the Huntsman. The Rupert Sanders-directed film has Kristen Stewart and Charlize Theron ready to star. Also, I’ve heard Universal is in talks with Hossein Amini to come aboard and do some script work on a project slated to begin production mid-September.

Whether Jackman accepts is unclear. Jackman would obviously have to be paid a premium to pump up the star power of a film that will  reach theaters after its rival, Relativity Media’s The Brothers Grimm: Snow White. That film has Julia Roberts playing the evil queen, but unproven thesps Armie Hammer and Lily Collins in the leads. Clearly, Jackman’s priority is his signature  razor-clawed X-Men mutant hero. He has been very hands on developing The Wolverine with screenwriter Christopher McQuarrie, and he himself drafted Darren Aronofsky, who exited earlier this month. Jackman and the studio are just getting started on finding a replacement. I’ve heard names like Duncan Jones, director of the well-reviewed Source Code, and David Slade, the Twilight Saga: Eclipse helmer who was in the mix before Aronofsky got hired. Read More »

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‘Tron: Legacy’s Joseph Kosinski Passes JJ Abrams To Become King Of First-Timers

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday April 5, 2011 @ 4:10pm PDTTags: Adam Horowitz, Carl Rinsch, Charlize Theron, Chris Nolan, Disney, Edward Kitsis, Guillermo Del Toro, JJ Abrams, Joseph Kosinski, Kristen Stewart, Rupert Sanders, Sam Mendes, Sean Bailey, Tom Cruise, Travis Beacham, Tron: Legacy, Viggo Mortensen
Mike Fleming

Before it got released on DVD today, Tron: Legacy managed to play in theaters long enough to establish Joseph Kosinski as the highest-grossing first-time director of a live-action film in Hollywood history. The film’s $399 million global gross recently eclipsed … Read More »

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‘True Grit’ Teen Hailee Steinfeld Attached To ‘Sleeping Beauty’ Spec Script

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday March 29, 2011 @ 1:14pm PDTTags: Armie Hammer, Channing Tatum, Charlize Theron, Hailee Steinfeld, Jeremy Renner, Julia Roberts, Kristen Stewart, Sleeping Beauty
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: True Grit star Hailee Steinfeld is attached to Sleeping Beauty, a spec package that is going out to buyers as we speak. Screenwriter Lindsay Devlin has written a revisionist take on the fairy tale that will give Steinfeld a … Read More »

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TOLDJA! Kristen Stewart Closing ‘Snow White’ Deal

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Friday March 4, 2011 @ 11:35am PSTTags: Charlize Theron, Julia Roberts, Kristen Stewart, Snow White and the Huntsman, Viggo Mortensen
Mike Fleming

Deadline was first to tell you in January that despite Universal Pictures’ testing of young actresses, Twilight Saga’s Kristen Stewart had materialized as a likely candidate to play the lead role in  the Rupert Sanders-directed Snow White and the … Read More »

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James Franco Closing Disney Deal For ‘Oz: The Great And Powerful’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Friday February 25, 2011 @ 8:25am PSTTags: Alex Pettyfer, Anne Hathaway, Catherine Hardwicke, Charlize Theron, David Cromer, David Lindsay-Abaire, Famke Janssen, Gemma Arterton, James Franco, Jeremy Renner, Julia Roberts, Kristen Stewart, Michael Fassbender, Movie Deals, Movies, Nicholas Hoult, Nicole Kidman, Oz: The Great and Powerful, Sam Raimi, Scott Rudin, Tennessee Williams, Vanessa Hudgens
Mike Fleming

While James Franco and Anne Hathaway have been busy pulling it together to host Sunday’s Oscarcast, Franco’s CAA reps and Disney have closed his deal to play the title role in Oz: The Great and Powerful. That puts the … Read More »

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Update: Relativity Confirms Julia Roberts In Snow White Pic

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday February 8, 2011 @ 5:12pm PSTTags: Baz Luhrmann, Charlize Theron, Julia Roberts, Kristen Stewart, Leonardo DiCaprio, Movie Deals, Movies, Rupert Sanders, Ryan Kavanaugh, Tarsem Singh, The Brothers Grimm: Snow White, Universal Pictures, Viggo Mortensen
Mike Fleming

UPDATE: Relativity confirmed they’ve signed Julia Roberts, and have set a June 29, 2012 release date. That puts The Brothers Grimm: Snow White six months ahead of the preliminary release plan for Universal’s Snow White and the Huntsman. … Read More »

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TOLDJA!: We Already Reported About Kristen Stewart (And Julia Roberts) In ‘Snow White’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday February 3, 2011 @ 4:45am PSTTags: Julie Roberts, Kristen Stewart, Movie Deals, Movies, The Brothers Grimm: Snow White
Mike Fleming

UPDATE: While we’re at it, Vulture is citing an exclusive that Julia Roberts will play the evil queen in Relativity Media’s The Brothers Grimm: Snow White. Deadline told you that on December 13. All this begs two … Read More »

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Jackie Earle Haley And Bella Heathcoate In ‘Dark Shadows’ Talks

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday February 2, 2011 @ 2:17pm PSTTags: Bella Heathcote, Jackie Earle Haley, Johnny Depp, Kristen Stewart, Tim Burton
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: I’m told that Jackie Earle Haley is in talks to play Willie Loomis in Dark Shadows, the Tim Burton-directed horror film for Warner Bros, based on the 60s TV soap that will star Johnny Depp as Barnabas Collins. At … Read More »

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Will Kristen Stewart Follow Viggo Mortensen Into ‘Snow White And The Huntsman?’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday January 26, 2011 @ 7:43pm PSTTags: Charlize Theron, Kristen Stewart, Michael Fassbender, Movies, Noomi Rapace, Snow White and the Huntsman, Twilight Saga, Viggo Mortensen
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: With word circulating that Viggo Mortensen is in talks to play one of the title characters in the Rupert Sanders-directed Snow White and the Huntsman for Universal Pictures, will Twilight Saga‘s Kristen Stewart end up with playing Snow White? … Read More »

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Kristen Stewart Talks ‘Breaking Dawn, Pt 1′

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Tuesday October 19, 2010 @ 1:52am PDTTags: Kristen Stewart, Movies, Video


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‘ECLIPSE’ KEEPS BREAKING RECORDS: Twilight Saga Threequel Sets Best Ever Wednesday Opening Of $68.5M; Thursday $24.2M; Six-Day July Fourth Holiday Estimated At $178M; Twi-Hards Mob Theaters In U.S., Canada, Overseas

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Thursday July 1, 2010 @ 8:02am PDTTags: David Slade, Eclipse, Hollywood History, Horror, Kristen Stewart, Melissa Rosenberg, Movies, Robert Pattinson, Stephenie Meyer, Summer Movies, Taylor Lautner, Twilight, Twilight Saga, Vampires, Werewolves

twilight-saga-eclipse-poster10TH UPDATE, THURSDAY 11 PM: No. 1 at the North American box office was the Twilight Saga: Eclipse with what looks like $24.2M today for a new cume of $92.8M and $110M for 5 days with a total of $178M for the 6-day July Fouth Holiday since Wednesday. That would put the pic just shy of Spider-Man 2 which holds the July 4th holiday record with $180M.

9TH UPDATE, THURSDAY 3:30 PM: Summit Entertainment is disclosing that THE TWILIGHT SAGA: Eclipse had “an incredible start” internationally. Despite great weather and the World Cup, Eclipse launched with an estimated $19M from 22 markets. The only major territories that opened on June 30th were Italy, Brazil, and Russia. Other majors like Spain, Australia and Mexico launch today. France, Germany, S. Korea and Japan will launch in the weeks to come. Here are some highlights of opening day results: Eclipse Kicks Off Big International Run

8TH UPDATE, THURSDAY 8 AM: I can report now that the 3rd film in Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight Saga series of novels is off to a record-breaking start at the North American box office. Summit Entertainment’s ECLIPSE opened to $68.5 million today which shattered the best-ever $62 million for a Wednesday single day opening set last summer by Paramount’s Transformers 2. That $68.5M included Eclipse‘s record-setting $30M from Wednesday 12:01 AM and 3 AM showings at more than 4,000 theaters in the U.S. and Canada. Eclipse also registered the biggest single day opening during the summer play period, besting The Dark Knight‘s $67.2M. But the Twilight saga’s 2nd film, New Moon, still holds the largest single day opening record of $72 million. Eclipse is playing in 4,416 domestic locations, which sets another record for the biggest ever release in Hollywood history, surpassing Iron Man 2‘s 4,380 venues. 

eclipse orange2Stay tuned for the David Slade-directed Eclipse starring Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, and Taylor Lautner from Melissa Rosenberg’s script to set more records over this 6-day July 4th holiday weekend. I’ve learned that 57% of the audience attending opening day did so because of the “subject matter”, while 36% did so because of the actor in the lead role, and 15% because of the actress in the lead role. Eclipse received a Cinemascore overall grade of “A” with 92% of moviegoers giving the pic an A or B. Read More »

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