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Johnny Knoxville And Patton Oswalt Play Squabbling Sibs In Big Beach Comedy

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Monday August 22, 2011 @ 8:02am PDTTags: David Gordon Green, Johnny Knoxville, Marc Turtletaub, Patrice O'Neal, Patton Oswalt, Paul Rudd, Peter Saraf, Rob Riggle
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EXCLUSIVE: Johnny Knoxville and Patton Oswalt have signed on to star in an untitled comedy that will be directed by Todd Rohal and financed by Marc Turtletaub and Peter Saraf’s Big Beach Films. Knoxville and Oswalt will play battling brothers who attempt to honor their ailing father by taking a troop of boys on a camping trip. It all goes awry. Rob Riggle, Maura Tierney and Patrice O’Neal also star.

Rohal, who originally wrote the script under the title Scout Master, most recently directed The Catechism Cataclysm. Production on the new comedy starts this week. Turtletaub and Saraf are producing with Lisa Muskat, David Gordon Green is exec producer, and Big Beach’s Michael Clark and John Hodges are overseeing production. Big Beach produced the Paul Rudd comedy Our Idiot Brother, which The Weinstein Co launches on Aug. 26. Rohal, Knoxville and Oswalt are repped by CAA, Knoxville’s managed by 3 Arts and Oswalt by Generate.

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Sundance: Weinstein Company And Ron Burkle Make Big Buy Of ‘My Idiot Brother’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Sunday January 23, 2011 @ 4:58pm PSTTags: David Glasser, Fox Searchlight, Harvey Weinstein, Jesse Peretz, Marc Turtletaub, My Idiot Brother, Paul Rudd, Peter Saraf, Relativity Media, The Weinstein Company
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EXCLUSIVE: The Weinstein Company has closed a deal for the Paul Rudd comedy My Idiot Brother that will amount to a minimum guarantee of $6 million-$7 million, and a $15 million P&A commitment for a wide theatrical release. That … Read More »

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Mike Sitrick, Shame On You…

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Thursday July 12, 2007 @ 5:31pm PDTTags: ABC Dreama Walker, ABC Studios Sander/Moses, Adam Sztykiel, Akiva Goldsman Director, Allison Ellwood, Andrew Lazar, Anne Damato, Annette Bening Q&A, Another Earth, Barbara Billingsley June Cleaver, Barry Sloane, Bethenny, Big Ang, Bill Murray Ghostbusters, Bill Todman Jr., Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular Host, Cable TV Premiere, Cable TV Sports, Casey Anthony attorney Jose Baez, Casting Director Standoff, CBS Spec Scripts, Christina Aguilera Super Bowl, Christopher Borrelli, Colorworks, David Guarascio, Der Spiegel, DGA Collective Bargaining Agreement, Ed Romano Warner Bros CFO, Elija Wood Frodo, Embryo Mix-Up, Eric Roberts Grace, Good Times, Grimm, Harry Potter BAFTA Award, Henry Colman, Hey, iPad Mini, Jane Levy, Jane Seymour, Jay Asher, Jeff Fager CBS News, Jeff Gregor TCM Marketing, Jessica St. Clair, Jo Baker, Joe Kavanagh, John Larroquette, Jordana Brewster, Jusrin Timberlake, King Abdullah II, Lenore Moritz, Mafia Comedy, Marc Turtletaub, Marcus Wiley Fox, Maria Schneider Death, Mark O'Rowe, Martin Pakledinaz, Martin Weiss, Marty Callner, Mary Sweeney, Matt Weiner Lionsgate, Matthew Singer, Matthew Vaughn - The Golden Age, Max Botkin, Misconception, Movies, Nicholl Committee, Noel Gallagher, Online News, P.R., Patriots, Peter Dinklage, Philip Eisner, Pulp Fiction, Reba, Red Zone Channel, Ron Moore 17th Precinct, Roseanne Barr Farming, Russo The Council of Dads, S.I.L.A., Scott Mitchell Rosenberg, Shannon and Paul Morrell, Shawn Levy Family Album, Sprawl, Summit Entertainment Finance, The Butterworth Brothers, The Cape Ratings Slide, Tomorrowland, Tyne Daly, Universal Soldier: Day Of Reckoning, Vicangelo Bulluck, Walden Media Simon Bloom, WME Logo Design

sitrick.jpgI’ve known Mike Sitrick for a long time. He’s a PR maven who prides himself on being a family man. Which is why he should be filled with self-loathing for allowing his firm to promote a torture porn pic like Captivity, … Read More »

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