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UPDATE: Fox Wins Rights To Matthew Vaughn’s Next Pic ‘The Secret Service’, Sets November 2014 Release Date

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday March 27, 2013 @ 4:35pm PDTTags: 20th Century Fox, Big Deals Film, Dave Gibbons, Mark Millar, Matthew Vaughn, The Secret Service
Mike Fleming

UPDATE, 4:35 PM: Fox has just confirmed Deadline’s earlier scoop and set a November 14, 2014 wide release date for The Secret Service.

PREVIOUS EXCLUSIVE, 11:43 AM: After scrapping with Universal Pictures, 20th Century Fox has just closed a deal for worldwide distribution rights to The Secret Service, the next directorial outing by Matthew Vaughn, who most recently helmed X-Men: First Class for Fox, and Kick-Ass.

Vaughn has already completed the script for this film with his writing partner Jane Goldman, and his Marv Films will finance and produce the film, based on the comic series by Kick-Ass creator Mark Millar and Dave Gibbons. Fox is going to date it quickly for next year, and production will begin in August.

The drama closely follows the comic, about a veteran secret agent who leads a young protege into the shadowy business. Back when Deadline broke news that Vaughn was handing the directing reins of X-Men: Days Of Future Past to Bryan Singer, I noted that he was eyeing The Secret Service as his next film. READ MORE »

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Matthew Vaughn Boards Fox’s ‘Fantastic Four’ Reboot

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Friday February 22, 2013 @ 11:55am PSTTags: Fantastic Four, Fox, Matthew Vaughn
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: X-Men: First Class‘s Matthew Vaughn has come aboard as producer on Fox’s Fantastic Four reboot. Chronicle‘s Josh Trank is directing from a script by Jeremy Slater. It’s set for a March 6, 2015 release.

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For Career Suicide, Nothing Beats The Web

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Friday November 30, 2012 @ 9:37am PSTTags: Angus T. Jones, James Gunn, Matthew Vaughn, Star Wars
Mike Fleming

I am endlessly fascinated by the number of artists who damage their careers with dumb, self-important expressions of thought on Twitter, Facebook and other viral outlets. You don’t have to be Jack Kevorkian to see that the misguided need to service ego with viral expression is becoming a fantastic way to attempt career suicide. This week alone, we’ve seen Two And A Half Men’s Angus T. Jones flat-line his professional future like he was drinking tiger blood, after condemning as “filth” the show that pays him over $8 million a year. He did this in a taped testimonial for something called the Forerunner Christian Church.

Then, writer-director James Gunn found himself hoping Marvel won’t fire him from its next big superhero franchise Guardians Of The Galaxy because obscure bloggers dredged up a two-year old Tumblr blog post Gunn wrote in jest. In it, he described in detail which superheroes he would most like to bed, mixing in homophobic references for good measure. Finally, British actor Jason Flemyng, most often seen in films directed by Guy Ritchie and Matthew Vaughn, got into a playful conversation with some website guys with a camera-phone. As he cagily parried a question on whether Vaughn might direct the next Star Wars and hire him as an actor, Flemyng might have validated all the speculation. Or did he?

Celebrities have been strung up forever for saying dumb things in interviews while out promoting projects, but I find myself shaking my head when they fashion the noose themselves in web postings delivered when they have nothing to gain. Maybe it’s because I push words around for a living and maybe it’s because I’m lazy, but if I wasn’t being paid to write, I wouldn’t scribble a grocery list. For the life of me, I just don’t get the obsession with Twitter, Facebook and these other viral forms that celebs use to validate and sometimes snare themselves. I was taught long ago that it is fine to write stuff while your emotions are high and when you are riled up, but you should never publish until you’ve stepped away and taken the opportunity to consider all the angles, the potential for shrapnel, and consider the people your words might offend or alienate. I did find it interesting to observe this week’s blowback from celebs who didn’t do that. Read More »

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Matthew Vaughn Won’t Direct ‘X-Men: First Class 2′; Will Bryan Singer Replace Him?

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday October 25, 2012 @ 12:31pm PDTTags: 20th Century Fox, Big Deals Film, Bryan Singer, Matthew Vaughn, X-Men: Days Of Future Past
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Matthew Vaughn has decided not to direct the sequel to 20th Century Fox‘s hit spinoff X-Men: First Class. Ready for the next shocker? Atop the studio’s replacement short list is Bryan Singer, who launched the X-Men feature franchise with the first two superb films and who has been a guiding influence in this spinoff by writing the treatment and producing. If this works out, Singer and Vaughn would essentially be switching roles. Vaughn, who wrote the treatment for the sequel for X-Men: Days Of Future Past that was scripted by Simon Kinberg, would step back to produce the film with Kinberg and Lauren Shuler Donner.

Vaughn will do another film for Fox, and I’m hearing it will be the drama Secret Service, an adaptation of the Mark Millar comic book series that Vaughn has been working on with the author. Read More »

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‘X-Men: First Class’ Helmer Matthew Vaughn Options Max Barry Thriller Novel ‘Lexicon’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday May 30, 2012 @ 5:15pm PDTTags: Big Deals Film, Matthew Vaughn, X-Men: First Class
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Using his own money, Matthew Vaughn has optioned Lexicon, the new thriller novel by Max Barry that will be published next year by Penguin in the U.S. and Mulholland in the UK. Vaughn is writing the script to direct.

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20th Century Fox Production President Emma Watts Reups Through 2015; Sets Matthew Vaughn For ‘X-Men: First Class’ Sequel

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Monday January 30, 2012 @ 8:30am PSTTags: 20th Century Fox, Emma Watts, Josh Trank, Matthew Vaughn
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: 20th Century Fox has re-upped production president Emma Watts to a new multi-year deal that will keep her in the post through 2015. The new deal was made by Tom Rothman and Jim Gianopulos, co-chairmen and CEOs of Fox Filmed Entertainment. Since taking over as sole production president in 2009, Watts has made it a priority to populate the studio’s slates with elite filmmakers, and keep them coming back for more. The studio in past years had the reputation of being very hands-on. That kept budgets in check, but didn’t make Fox a haven for major directors. Read More »

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‘X-Men: First Class’ Scribe Jane Goldman Scripting ‘Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Friday December 2, 2011 @ 1:00pm PSTTags: Dylan Clark, Jane Goldman, Jenno Topping, Matthew Vaughn, Peter Chernin, Ransom Riggs, Tim Burton
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: While screenwriter Jane Goldman and director Matthew Vaughn are expected to return for the sequel to X-Men: First Class, Goldman is in talks with 20th Century Fox on another priority project with a major director. She’ll adapt Miss Peregrine’s … Read More »

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‘X-Men: First Class’ Writing Credit Dispute Resolved

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Friday April 29, 2011 @ 2:49pm PDTTags: Ashley Miller, Bryan Singer, Jane Goldman, Matthew Vaughn, Sheldon Turner, X-Men: First Class, Zack Stentz
Mike Fleming

A Writers Guild arbitration upheld the WGA decision that Ashley Miller & Zack Stentz and Jane Goldman & Matthew Vaughn deserve screenplay credit on X-Men: First Class, with Sheldon Turner (who wrote an origin film about Magneto) and Bryan Singer (who wrote an outline for the film at the beginning) … Read More »

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Matthew Vaughn Seeks Retired Superheroes

By TIM ADLER in London | Wednesday February 16, 2011 @ 11:33am PSTTags: Clint Eastwood, Jack Nicholson, Jonathan Ross, Matthew Vaughn, Matthew Vaughn - The Golden Age, Movie Deals, Movies, superheroes, Warren Beatty

EXCLUSIVE: Kick-Ass and X-Men: First Class writer/director/producer Matthew Vaughn tells me that a major Hollywood studio is very keen to fully fund his next big project: The Golden Age about a retirement home where superheroes end up. And the title is also a reference to early comic books of the 1930s when Superman and Batman first … Read More »

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Warner Bros/Legendary Land Jonathan Liebesman For 3D ‘Clash’ Sequel

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday August 31, 2010 @ 6:13am PDTTags: Clash of the Titans Sequel, Darren Aronofsky, David Slade, Directors, Hugh Jackman, Hugh Jackman X-Men Sequel, Jonathan Liebesman, Legendary Pictures, Louis Leterrier, Matthew Vaughn, Robert Rodriguez, Ryan Reynolds, Warner Bros
Mike Fleming

2ND UPDATE: Warner Bros closed a deal late last night for Battle: Los Angeles director Jonathan Liebesman to direct Clash of the Titans 2. Production begins February 1 in the UK and possibly Iceland at a budget comparable to the $130 million spent on the original. I’d written yesterday about the ongoing talks that were stuck on money. Later in the day, they found a common ground–the studio came up with more dough. The sequel is a natural considering that the protagonists played by Sam Worthington and Gemma Arterton survived, and the original grossed nearly $500 million worldwide. But Clash benefited by being one of the first major live action films to get a 3D retrofit. Read More »

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Matthew Vaughn’s UK-Hollywood Film Plan

By TIM ADLER in London | Saturday August 28, 2010 @ 1:04pm PDTTags: Matthew Vaughn, UK Film Council, UK Film Funding, UK Film Tax Credit

This is exclusive to Deadline and updates Director Matthew Vaughn Pitches Film Fund That’s “Win/Win For Britain And Hollywood”:

PROPOSAL FOR A UK GOVERNMENT FILM FUND

Introduction
This paper sets out the rationale for creating a UK Government film fund using

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Vaughn Pitches UK-Hollywood Film Fund

By TIM ADLER in London | Friday August 27, 2010 @ 6:20am PDTTags: Matthew Vaughn, Pinewood Shepperton Film Studios, UK Film Funding, UK Film Tax Credit, X-Men:First Class

Details Of Matthew Vaughn’s UK-Hollywood Film Plan

Hollywood studios have a long history of shooting blockbusters in England. For instance, Britain’s Pinewood Shepperton has been the location of choice for big Hollywood blockbusters like … Read More »

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January Jones Set For ‘X-Men: First Class’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday August 17, 2010 @ 5:30pm PDTTags: 20th Century Fox, January Jones, Matthew Vaughn, Movie Casting, X-Men: First Class, X-Men:First Class Casting
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: 20th Century Fox has rounded out the cast of X-Men: First Class, and the big surprise is that Mad Men star January Jones has been signed to play the role of Emma Frost, the gorgeous mutant with telepathic powers. At the same time, director Matthew Vaughn has set Zoe Kravitz to play Angel; Salvadore; Jason Flemyng will play Azazel, the father of Nightcrawler; Bill Milner to play the young version of Magneto (Michael Fassbender), and Morgan Lily to play the Young Raven. They join Fassbender, James McAvoy (Xavier), Nicholas Hoult (Beast) Jennifer Lawrence (Mystique), Caleb Landry Jones (Banshee), Lucas Till (Havoc), Edi Gathegi  (Darwin), who round out the mutant contingent. Kevin Bacon is playing the villain, Rose Byrne will play McAvoy’s love interest Moira MacTaggert, and Oliver Platt is playing The Man in Black. Production begins August 23 in London.

UTA client Jones, who plays Mad Men‘s Betty Francis — the recently divorced wife of Don Draper (Jon Hamm) — will emerge from that 1960s setting to play Emma Frost, the mutant also known as the White Queen. While speculative reports had Alice Eve playing that role, no deal was concluded. Mad Men wraps its fourth season in early September, and she will be able to jump right into the role. Jones received her first Emmy nomination for Lead Actress in a Drama, for Mad Men.

Kravitz (the daughter of singer and Precious star Lenny Kravitz) is set to star in the upcoming George Miller-directed Mad Max: Fury Road; Flemyng most recently starred in Kick-Ass, Milner is best known from Son of Rambow Read More »

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Oliver Platt Joins ‘X-Men: First Class’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Monday August 16, 2010 @ 10:14am PDTTags: 20th Century Fox, Matthew Vaughn, Movie Casting, Oliver Platt, X-Men:First Class, X-Men:First Class Casting
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Add Oliver Platt to the cast of X-Men: First Class, the Matthew Vaughn-directed spinoff that 20th Century Fox puts into production next month in London. I’m told that Platt will play a role called The Man in Black, who is not a mutant. The film stars James McAvoy as Xavier, Michael Fassbender as Magneto, Alice Eve as Emma Frost, Nicholas Hoult as Beast, Jennifer Lawrence as Mystique, Caleb Landry Jones as Banshee, Lucas Till as Havoc, and Edi Gathegi as Darwin. Kevin Bacon is playing the villain and Rose Byrne will play McAvoy’s love interest Moira MacTaggert. Read More »

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‘X-Men: First Class’ Drafts Twilight Vampire Edi Gathegi To Play Biracial Mutant Darwin

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday July 27, 2010 @ 3:41pm PDTTags: Alice Eve, Atlas Shrugged, Caleb Landry Jones, James McAvoy, Jennifer Lawrence, Kevin Bacon, Lucas Till, Matthew Vaughn, Michael Fassbender, Movie Casting, Nicholas Hoult, Twilight, X-Men:First Class Casting
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Edi Gathegi, who played a chillingly evil vampire in Twilight and Twilight Saga: New Moon, is joining X-Men: First Class in the role of Darwin. That character, the first bi-racial mutant (in the comic series), has the power of … Read More »

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WME Signs ‘Kick-Ass’ Scribe Jane Goldman

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday July 27, 2010 @ 2:01pm PDTTags: Agents, Daniel Radcliffe, Jane Goldman, Kick-Ass, Matthew Vaughn, The Debt, The Woman in Black, WME, X-Men: First Class
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Screenwriter Jane Goldman has signed with WME. The British scribe is best known for teaming with director Matthew Vaughn to write Stardust and Kick-Ass. They are now scribbling away on X-Men: First Class as Vaughn heads to the starting gate. They also scripted The Debt, the John Madden-directed … Read More »

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Kevin Bacon In Talks For ‘X-Men: First Class’ Baddie

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Friday July 9, 2010 @ 12:00pm PDTTags: Actors, Alice Eve, Caleb Landry Jones, James McAvoy, Kevin Bacon, Lucas Till, Matthew Vaughn, Michael Fassbender, Movie Casting, Nicholas Hoult, X-Men:First Class, X-Men:First Class Casting
Mike Fleming

kevin_baconI’m told that Kevin Bacon has the offer and is negotiating to play the villain role in X-Men: First Class. Not sure of his character, and they have to make his deal, but Bacon would line up nicely alongside James McAvoy … Read More »

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‘X-Men: First Class’ Finds A Beast In Nicholas Hoult

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday July 8, 2010 @ 12:16pm PDTTags: 20th Century Fox, Alice Eve, Clash of the Titans, James McAvoy, Mad Max: Fury Road, Matthew Vaughn, Movie Casting, Nicholas Hoult, X-Men:First Class
Mike Fleming

get-attachment.aspxEXCLUSIVE: 20th Century Fox is setting Nicholas Hoult for the role of Beast in the Matthew Vaughn-directed X-Men: First Class. Hoult made his first screen impression playing the bullied school kid reluctantly adopted by Hugh Grant in About a Boy. But … Read More »

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Alice Eve, Tommy Lee Jones Take Marvel Superhero Turns

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Monday June 28, 2010 @ 10:50am PDTTags: 20th Century Fox, Actors, Alice Eve, Casting, Matthew Vaughn, Superhero, Tommy Lee Jones, X-Men:First Class
Mike Fleming

Alice Eve262px-Emma_Frost_in_current_costumeAlice Eve is now in negotiations to play Emma Frost in X-Men: First Class, the 20th Century Fox prequel that Matthew Vaughn will direct. Her power in the mutant universe … Read More »

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