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Universal And Marc Forster Team On ‘Cowboy Ninja Viking’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday February 28, 2012 @ 12:50pm PSTTags: Marc Forster, Paul Wernick, Rhett Reese
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Universal Pictures has acquired the action film Cowboy Ninja Viking and has Marc Forster ready to make the graphic novel adaptation his next film. The graphic novel and a Disney-developed script by Zombieland writers Paul Wernick and Rhett Reese were acquired by Universal after the script came in and was deemed too edgy for Disney’s family film mandate. The intention is to begin production later this year, after Forster completes the Brad Pitt-starrer World War Z for Paramount and Skydance. The hope is to spawn a franchise.

Cowboy Ninja Viking is based on the Image Comics graphic novel by AJ Lieberman and artist Riley Rossmo. The title character comes from a secret government program to turn schizophrenics into assassins. The protagonist comes through the program with the skill sets of a cowboy, ninja and a viking. While most of the patients involved in the program are sent back to insane asylum after the program went awry in Iraq, he escapes and uses his skills to track down the billionaire who masterminded the program. READ MORE »

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Sony’s ‘Angelology’ Gets Black List Scribe

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday February 2, 2012 @ 10:58am PSTTags: Marc Forster, Will Smith
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Sony Pictures set Larry Brenner to write a draft of Angelology, based on the Danielle Trussoni novel. Will Smith and James Lassiter’s Overbrook Entertainment and Marc Forster’s Apparatus is producing. Brenner wrote Bethlehem, a script that made the most … Read More »

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Paula Patton Joins ‘Disconnect’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday September 21, 2011 @ 7:45am PDTTags: Alexander Skarsgard, Andrea Riseborough, Andrew Stern, Disconnect, Frank Grillo, Henry Alex Rubin, Jason Bateman, Marc Forster, Mickey Liddell, Paula Patton
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Paula Patton has joined the cast of Disconnect, the indie drama that’s being directed by Murderball‘s Henry Alex Rubin. She joins Alexander Skarsgard, Andrea Riseborough, Frank Grillo and Jason Bateman in the Andrew Stern-scripted drama about disparate lives that … Read More »

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Bumble Ward Buzzing Into Fox PR Post

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday August 25, 2011 @ 7:23pm PDTTags: 20th Century Fox, Bumble Ward, James Mangold, Marc Forster, Paul Thomas Anderson, Peter and Bobby Farrelly, Quentin Tarantino, Sofia Coppola, Stephen Gaghan, Tim Burton, Tony Scott
Mike Fleming

Bumble Ward, who halted her career as a personal publicist to take up creative writing in 2005, is in negotiations to head up film publicity at 20th Century Fox, I’m told. She would replace Carol Sewell and report to Oren … Read More »

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Hot Trailer: ‘Machine Gun Preacher’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Saturday August 20, 2011 @ 8:53am PDTTags: Gerard Butler, Machine Gun Preacher, Marc Forster, Movie Trailer, Relativity Media
Mike Fleming

Relativity Media is up with a trailer for Machine Gun Preacher, the Marc Forster-directed drama that’s based on the true story of Sam Childers, a rough guy who changed his life and found purpose in establishing a haven for Sudanese children. Gerard Butler, Michelle Monaghan and Michael Shannon star in … Read More »

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Paramount Sets Zombie-Infestation Pic ‘World War Z’ For December 21, 2012

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday August 9, 2011 @ 3:10pm PDTTags: Django Unchained, Film Release Date, GK Films, Hemisphere Media Capital, Hunter Killer, Life of Pi, Lone Ranger, Marc Forster, Max Brooks, Paramount Pictures, Skydance Productions, The Hobbit, World War Z
Mike Fleming

Paramount Pictures has set Dec. 21, 2012 as the release date for World War Z, the Marc Forster-directed adaptation of the Max Brooks zombie-infestation novel. The film is in production now, with Brad Pitt and Mireille Enos and James Badge … Read More »

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Relativity Media Taking Over Distribution Of Gerard Butler-Starrer ‘Machine Gun Preacher’ From Lionsgate

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday June 14, 2011 @ 5:13pm PDTTags: Gerard Butler, Lionsgate, Machine Gun Preacher, Marc Forster, Relativity Media
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Relativity Media will be taking over from Lionsgate the North American distribution of the Marc Forster-directed Machine Gun Preacher. Relativity Media will set a fall release and is expected to platform the picture for Oscar season. Early word is … Read More »

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‘World War Z’ Casts ‘The Killing’s Mireille Enos As Brad Pitt’s Wife

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Monday April 25, 2011 @ 5:31pm PDTTags: Brad Pitt, Marc Forster, Max Brooks, Mireille Enos, World War Z
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Paramount Pictures, once shaky about the prospects of the Marc Forster-directed zombie extravangza World War Z, is now on track to make the picture this summer. I’m told that Mireille Enos, star of the AMC hit series The Killing, … Read More »

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‘Murderball’ Helmer Henry-Alex Rubin Takes On ‘Disconnect’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Friday April 15, 2011 @ 8:59am PDTTags: Brad Simpson, Liddell Entertainment, Marc Forster
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Murderball helmer Henry-Alex Rubin will make his narrative  feature directing debut on Disconnect, a drama being financed by Liddell Entertainment and Wonderful Films. Scripted by Andrew Stern, Disconnect tells the linked stories of a group of contemporary characters searching … Read More »

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‘World War Z’ With Brad Pitt And Marc Forster Regroups; Can It Beat Imminent Zombie Pic Infestation?

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday March 29, 2011 @ 11:53am PDTTags: Brad Pitt, Danny Boyle, David Ellison, Jonah Hill, Marc Forster, Max Brooks, Michael Bay, Nicholas Hoult, Paramount Pictures, Robert Schwentke, Ryan Reynolds, Seth Grahame-Smith, Skydance, World War Z, Zach Galifianakis, Zack Snyder
Mike Fleming

While there have been reports that Paramount might kill World War Z because of a $125 million budget and no partners, I’m hearing that hot and heavy talks are going on with David Ellison’s Skydance and as many as two … Read More »

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Disney Acquires ‘The Runner’ For Marc Forster, Brian Grazer And Blacklight Transmedia

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday March 8, 2011 @ 12:35pm PSTTags: Brad Simpson, Brian Grazer, CAA, Gerard Butler, Joseph Kosinski, Management 360, Marc Forster, Sean Bailey, Walt Disney Pictures, William Monahan
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Walt Disney Pictures has acquired The Runner, a pitch for a futuristic science fiction film that will be written by Dave Andron as a potential directing vehicle for Marc Forster.  Imagine Entertainment’s Brian Grazer is producing with Forster’s Apparatus … Read More »

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Berlin: Gerard Butler Set For Walden Media Surf Pic ‘Mavericks’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Friday February 11, 2011 @ 12:21pm PSTTags: Brandon Hooper, Curtis Hanson, Gerard Butler, Kario Salem, Marc Forster, Walden Media
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Gerard Butler has been set to star in Mavericks, the Curtis Hanson-directed fact-based drama for Walden Media. The film is based on the true story of Santa Cruz surf phenom Jay Moriarity and his quest to ride the treacherous … Read More »

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A Post Comic-Con Wish List of 15 Films The Geek Crowd Really Wants To See

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Monday July 26, 2010 @ 8:21am PDTTags: Akira, At the Mountains of Madness, Bioshock, Brian K. Vaughan, Comic-Con, Comic-Con Convention, Gore Verbinski, Guillermo Del Toro, Isaac Asimov, Katsuhiro Otomo, Marc Forster, Mark Protosevich, Max Brooks, Neil Gaiman, Neill Blomkamp, Sam Raimi, Stephen King, The Dark Tower, World War Z
Mike Fleming

Studios brought stars and film clips to Comic-Con, seeking geek love for all of its superhero and fantasy projects. While they’re paying attention, how about some of the more ambitious films these die-hards have waited years to see? After … Read More »

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Public Radio’s Ira Glass Producing Film Based On ‘This American Life’ Episode

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Tuesday July 13, 2010 @ 2:37pm PDTTags: Endgame Entertainment, Marc Forster

ira_lJames D. Stern’s Endgame Entertainment, plus “This American Life” producer-writer-host Ira Glass and his producing partner Alissa Shipp, announced today they are teaming with Marc Forster and Bradford Simpson’s Apparatus to produce a film. It’s titled Heretics, based on the “This American … Read More »

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