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Olivia Wilde And Jason Sudeikis Star In Agoraphobe Meets Anxiety-Prone Hottie In ‘Relanxious’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday March 13, 2012 @ 2:52pm PDTTags: Brie Larson, Daniel Dubiecki, Fred Armisen, Jason Sudeikis, Lorene Scafaria, Olivia Wilde
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EXCLUSIVE: Olivia Wilde, Jason Sudeikis, Brie Larson and Fred Armisen will star in Relanxious, a relationship comedy that marks the directorial debut of writer Christopher Storer. The film will be produced by Daniel Dubiecki, who recently launched The Allegiance Theater; and Lorene Scafaria, writer/director of the upcoming Seeking a Friend for the End of the World. Relanxious will shoot this summer in Chicago.

Wilde plays Barrett, an anxiety-ridden woman who meets and is smitten with George. Played by Sudeikis, George is agoraphobic and so their courtship is limited to phone conversations in which they discuss the dates they would go on if their phobias didn’t stand in the way. As the fantasies develop, the two must decide if they can put aside their fears in order to find real-life romance. Larsen plays Barrett’s sister, and Armisen plays George’s friend and only contact with the outside world. Wilde recently wrapped the Steve Carell-Jim Carrey comedy Burt Wonderstone, while Saturday Night Live castmember Sudeikis starred in Horrible Bosses. Larsen is in 21 Jump Street and Sudeikis’ fellow SNL castmember Armisen is moonlighting on the IFC series Portlandia. WME packaged the film.

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Focus Features Buys Steve Carell Pic ‘Seeking A Friend For The End Of The World’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Monday May 9, 2011 @ 3:27pm PDTTags: Cannes, Keira Knightley, Lorene Scafaria, Mark Roybal, Steve Carell, Steve Golin, Steven Rales
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Focus Features acquired U.S. distribution rights to the Lorene Scafaria-directed Seeking a Friend for the End of the World, which is Steve Carell’s first project since leaving The Office. He stars with Keira Knightley and shooting begins this month … Read More »

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Anonymous Content Lands Management Trio To Bolster Talent Roster

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday April 14, 2011 @ 1:21pm PDTTags: Adrianne Palicki, Anna Faris, Anonymous Content, Bill Condon, Cary Fukunaga, David Slade, Doug Wald, Emma Stone, Jonathan Groff, Joseph Kosinski, Katie Cassidy, Lorene Scafaria, Marc Webb, Matt Bomer, Max Minghella, Nathan Lane, Patrick Wilson, Paul Dano, Penn Badgley, Richard Linklater, Robert Pulcini, Robin Wright, Sam Worthington, Samuel L. Jackson, Sandra Chang, Scott Z. Burns, Shari Springer Berman, Stanley Tucci, Steve Golin, Steven Soderbergh, Tony Lipp, William Monahan
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Management/production company Anonymous Content is about to make a major play in the talent game. I’m hearing that Doug Wald is leaving his partnership at Raw Talent, Sandra Chang is leaving as partner at Industry Entertainment, and Tony Lipp is leaving CAA. The trio will lead Anonymous Content’s talent division and create a major infusion of acting clients. It is all taking shape today.

Lipp announced internally on Tuesday that he would leave CAA to be a manager. Wald and Chang dropped the bombshells this morning at their respective management companies. Anonymous has a modest talent business that included four managers and clients like Samuel L. Jackson, Robin Wright, Katie Cassidy, Omar Epps and Adrianne Palicki (just cast as Wonder Woman). The newcomers will greatly expand that list, and a lot of it is emerging talent. Among the actors already set to join: Sam Worthington, Paul Dano, Emma Stone, Penn Badgley, Anna Faris, Max Minghella, Jack Quaid, Patrick Wilson, Justin Chambers, Jessica Walter, Jaime King, Matt Bomer, John Cleese, Blythe Danner, Jonathan Groff, Mamie Gummer, Nathan Lane, Simon Russell Beale and Stanley Tucci. Read More »

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