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Adam Driver Going From Lena Dunham’s Cad Boyfriend In ‘Girls’ To Indie Pic ‘Coward’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday February 28, 2013 @ 8:46am PSTTags: Adam Driver, Big Deals Film, Coward, Max Winkler
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: In his first film lead since his breakout turn in the HBO series Girls, Adam Driver has signed on to play the lead role in Coward, a period comedy feature that will be directed by Max Winkler. Winkler wrote the script with Matt Spicer, based on a play by Nick Jones that was produced for Lincoln Center’s LCT3. Big Beach is financing.

The comedy takes place in 18th century England and is considered a match between Barry Lyndon and Trading Places. Driver plays Lucidus, a nobleman who hails from a family with a track record of men who came out on the losing end of to-the-death duels. When Lucidus is challenged to trade pistol shots, he panics and hires a common criminal to take his place in the duel. Trouble is, that criminal decides the life of a nobleman is a step up and he steals his employer’s identity. READ MORE »

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Fox Buys Underdog Comedy From ‘New Girl’ Co-Star Jake Johnson, Max Winkler, Imagine

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday October 22, 2012 @ 3:27pm PDTTags: Big Deals TV, Fox, Max Winkler, New Girl
Nellie Andreeva

EXCLUSIVE: New Girl co-star Jake Johnson is expanding his relationship with Fox, the network behind the quirky comedy. Johnson has teamed with writer-director Max Winkler for The B Team, a single-camera comedy produced by 20th Century Fox TV and Imagine TV. Johnson and Winkler are co-writing the project, about five regular underdogs who, sick of getting screwed over, come together and form a real-world version of The Avengers. But, lacking any actual superpowers, they must rely on their intelligence and cunning to turn the tables on those who take advantage of the powerless. Winkler is attached to direct the potential pilot, while Johnson is poised to make his directorial debut with an episode if the project goes to series. The two executive produce with Imagine’s Brian Grazer and Francie Calfo. Read More »

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Max Winkler & Matt Spicer Adapting ‘The Coward’

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Friday June 29, 2012 @ 3:20pm PDTTags: Big Deals Film, CAA, Max Winkler, Steve Carell

EXCLUSIVE: Max Winkler and Matt Spicer are on board for The Coward. The duo will co-write the adaptation of Nick Jones’ comic play about … Read More »

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NALA Sets Steve Carr To Direct Rob Riggle And Thomas Lennon In ‘The Boondoggle’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday June 22, 2011 @ 1:02pm PDTTags: Ben Garant, Joe Roth, Max Winkler, Palak Patel, Rob Riggle, Steve Carr, Thomas Lennon, Will Ferrell
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: NALA Films has set Paul Blart: Mall Cop helmer Steve Carr to direct and Rob Riggle and Thomas Lennon to star in The Boondoggle, the comedy that the producer/financier bought in January as a spec. Riggle and Lennon … Read More »

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Paramount Buys ‘First Man’ For Johnny Knoxville, Ramps Up ‘Mustache Riders’ For The ‘Jackass’ Gang

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday March 3, 2011 @ 4:04pm PSTTags: CAA, Jason Reitman, Johnny Knoxville, Jonah Hill, Lee Pace, Max Winkler, Michael Angarano, Principato Young, Uma Thurman
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Paramount Pictures has acquired a new project and  made forward progress on another that will star Johnny Knoxville, who has made the studio huge money with the Jackass films. Best of all for Knoxville, both comedies are scripted, which … Read More »

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Hot Trailer: ‘Ceremony’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday February 8, 2011 @ 10:26am PSTTags: Ceremony, Magnolia Pictures, Max Winkler, Movie Trailers, Movies, Video
Mike Fleming

Magnolia has released a trailer for Max Winkler’s feature directing debut Ceremony, one of the films that came out of the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival. Here it is:

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