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Dimension Acquires ‘The Black Marks’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday January 4, 2012 @ 11:46am PSTTags: Dimension Films, Kurt Russell, The Black Marks
Mike Fleming

New York, NY, January 4, 2012 – Dimension Films announced that it has acquired U.S. distribution rights to the heist comedy THE BLACK MARKS from Darius Films starring Kurt Russell (DEATHRPROOF), Matt Dillon (CRASH, THERE’S SOMETHING ABOUT MARY) and Jay Baruchel (KNOCKED UP). The film is written and directed by Jonathan Sobol (A BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO ENDINGS). The announcement was made today by Bob Weinstein, co-chairman of The Weinstein Company.

Crunch Calhoun (Russell), a third rate motorcycle daredevil and semi-reformed art thief, agrees to get back into the con game and pull off just one more lucrative art theft with his untrustworthy brother Nicky (Dillon). Crunch reassembles the old team and comes up with a plan to steal a priceless historical book, but the successful heist leads to another, far riskier, plan devised by Nicky. What the brothers don’t realize is they each have their own agenda and their plan goes awry in this con movie about brotherhood, honor and revenge. READ MORE »

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Anchor Bay Acquires Kurt Russell-Starrer ‘Touchback’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday November 16, 2011 @ 11:33am PSTTags: Anchor Bay, Don Handfield, Kurt Russell
Mike Fleming

Anchor Bay has acquired North American distribution rights to Touchback, the Don Handfield-directed gridiron drama that stars Kurt Russell, Brian Presley, Melanie Lynskey, Christine Lahti, Drew Powell, Kevin Covais and Marc Blucas. The plan is to release the film next … Read More »

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Quentin Tarantino Setting Don Johnson For ‘Django Unchained’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday October 11, 2011 @ 3:38pm PDTTags: Christoph Waltz, David Carradine, Django Unchained, Don Johnson, Jamie Foxx, John Travolta, Kurt Russell, Leonardo DiCaprio, Quentin Tarantino, Samuel L. Jackson
Mike Fleming

Django Unchained director Quentin Tarantino has offered the role of wealthy plantation owner Spencer Bennett to Don Johnson, and they are negotiating for Johnson to join a cast that includes Leonardo DiCaprio, Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Samuel L. Jackson and … Read More »

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New Line Dropping ‘Escape From New York’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday July 20, 2011 @ 1:51pm PDTTags: Allan Loeb, Breck Eisner, Jamie Moss, John Carpenter, Kurt Russell, Neal Moritz, New Line, Tom Hardy, Warner Bros
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: If eye patch-wearing antihero Snake Plissken is going to slither in a reboot, it won’t be at New Line and Warner Bros. They’ve allowed the option to drop on a remake they’ve been developing, meaning that the reboot of … Read More »

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