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Andrew Plotkin To Run New Regency’s Relaunched Television Division

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday June 4, 2012 @ 3:56pm PDTTags: Andrew Plotkin, New Regency
Nellie Andreeva

After a lengthy search, New Regency has found an executive to lead the company’s return to television. Syfy programming executive Andrew Plotkin has been named EVP Television for New Regency. The move comes five years after New Regency’s previous TV outfit, Regency Television, a co-venture with Fox TV Studios, was shut down. Regency’s nearly 10 years of operation produced such series and Malcolm In The Middle and The Bernie Mac Show. Plotkin will oversee New Regency’s original television production, co-finance, and domestic and international distribution activities, reporting to CEO Brad Weston. “We set out to grow our television business in much the same way that we have built our film business — through a talent-driven and hands-on approach that allows Regency to be a part of projects and partnerships that we believe in,” said Weston. “Andrew brings immense talent and unparalleled enthusiasm to Regency. We could not be more thrilled to have him on our team as we re-energize our television division.”

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‘SNL’s Taran Killam Joins ‘Twelve Years A Slave’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday May 24, 2012 @ 1:06pm PDTTags: New Regency, Saturday Night Live, Taran Killam, Twelve Years A Slave
Mike Fleming

Taran Killam Twelve Years A SlaveEXCLUSIVE: Saturday Night Live cast member Taran Killam will spend his hiatus doing a prominent movie. He’ll join the cast of Steve McQueen’s Twelve Years A Slave, which stars Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Fassbender, … Read More »

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Anthony Mackie In Step With ‘Runner Runner’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday May 17, 2012 @ 3:59pm PDTTags: Anthony Mackie, Ben Affleck, Big Deals Film, Justin Timberlake, New Regency
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Anthony Mackie is in talks to join Justin Timberlake and Ben Affleck in Runner Runner, the New Regency drama to be directed by Lincoln Lawyer helmer Brad Furman. Production begins next month.

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Navid McIlhargey Named FilmEngine President

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday May 2, 2012 @ 4:46pm PDTTags: FilmEngine, New Regency
Mike Fleming

LOS ANGELES, CA – May 2, 2012 – FilmEngine Entertainment announced today that Navid McIlhargey has joined as the company’s President, reporting to FilmEngine’s CEO and founder Anthony Rhulen. McIlhargey, who most recently served as Senior Vice President

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New Regency Sets Justin Timberlake, Ben Affleck For ‘Runner Runner’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Friday April 13, 2012 @ 4:43pm PDTTags: Ben Affleck, Big Deals Film, Justin Timberlake, New Regency
Mike Fleming

BREAKING: New Regency has set Justin Timberlake and Ben Affleck to star in Runner Runner, a drama that will be directed by Lincoln Lawyer helmer Brad Furman. Production will begin … Read More »

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New Regency In Talks To Co-Finance, Distribute ‘Twelve Years A Slave’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Monday April 9, 2012 @ 4:57pm PDTTags: Big Deals Film, Brad Pitt, Michael Fassbender, New Regency, Steve McQueen, Twelve Years A Slave
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: New Regency is in talks to co-finance and distribute (through its output deal with 20th Century Fox) the Steve McQueen-directed Twelve Years A Slave, an adaptation of the Solomon Northup memoir originally published in 1853. Chiwetel Ejiofor will play … Read More »

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New Regency To Finance ‘True Story’ With Jonah Hill And James Franco

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday March 29, 2012 @ 9:18am PDTTags: Big Deals Film, Brad Pitt, James Franco, Jonah Hill, New Regency, Rupert Goold, True Story
Mike Fleming

James Franco True StoryJonah Hill True StoryEXCLUSIVE: New Regency has made a deal to fully finance True Story. That is the Rupert Goold-directed adaptation of a memoir by Michael Finkel, a disgraced New York Times journalist who discovered that an accused murderer had stolen his identity. Once caught, the fugitive would only talk to the journalist. Jonah Hill is playing Finkel and James Franco is set to play Christian Longo, who was captured in Mexico after rising near the top of the FBI Ten Most Wanted List for allegedly killing his family. Production will begin in July and Fox will distribute. Dave Kajganich wrote the script.

True Story MoviePlan B’s Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner and Brad Pitt will produce with New Regency. It’s a fascinating and bizarre true story. Finkel was a writer at The New York Times Magazine in 2002 when he learned of Longo’s capture and that the accused killer had taken the journo’s name. The very next day, the real Finkel was fired by Times editors, right after they ran an editor’s note declaring that he had falsified parts of an investigative article. His career seemingly over, Finkel was given a shot at some redemption when Longo declared that Finkel was the only journalist he would talk to. That led to a surreal relationship with the accused murderer, who was trying to declare his innocence. Unraveling the mystery was a chance for Finkel to salvage something of his career. Read More »

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New Regency COO/CFO Louis Santor Leaving After 20 Years

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Monday March 12, 2012 @ 11:26am PDTTags: Arnon Milchan, New Regency
Mike Fleming

LOS ANGELES, CA (March 12, 2012) – New Regency COO/CFO Louis Santor is exiting his post this July, it was announced today by company president and CEO, Brad Weston. Over the past month, the seasoned executive has worked with company chairman Arnon Milchan and Weston to help select his successor, Jonathan Fischer, who has been appointed to the post of chief financial officer. Santor will be staying on for a transitional period through the summer, as a consultant working alongside Fischer.

Santor, a 20-year veteran of the company, is moving on to pursue a number of opportunities and new challenges which have presented themselves over the past several months. He has been instrumental in the company’s past successes, including most recently securing the renewal of the bank line of credit. Long-time deputy CFO, Robert Corzo, will be staying on in an increased capacity.

Fischer most recently served as president of Groundswell Productions, a position he held for two years. His New Regency appointment is effective immediately and he will report to Weston.

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Arnon Milchan Having Wine With His Whine?

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Monday February 13, 2012 @ 10:03am PSTTags: Arnon Milchan, Hollywood moguls, New Regency

This mean-mail from Arnon Milchan to his New Regency staff was all over the Twentieth Century Fox lot 2 weeks ago. (I received it, thought it was ridiculous, and can’t believe others are touting it – so here it is…) Fox film … Read More »

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New Regency Inks First-Look Deal With Israel Content Developer ADD

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Monday February 6, 2012 @ 10:10am PSTTags: Brad Weston, New Regency

The success in the U.S. of Showtime’s Homeland and HBO’s In Treatment, two shows based on Israeli series, has made other American companies look in that direction for ideas. The latest sees New Regency Productions announcing today a first-look deal with … Read More »

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HBO Lands Leonardo DiCaprio Project With New Regency Titled ‘Beat The Reaper’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday December 14, 2011 @ 2:49pm PSTTags: HBO, Leonardo DiCaprio, New Regency
Nellie Andreeva

Leonardo DiCaprioEXCLUSIVE: In a competitive situation, HBO has bought Beat The Reaper, a drama series project from New Regency executive produced by Leonardo DiCaprio. The project, which feature scribes Brian Koppelman and David Levien (Ocean’s Thirteen) are writing, executive producing and attached to direct, is based on the debut book by physician/novelist Josh Bazell. It is a criminal/medical thriller about a young ER doctor whose life is upended when a patient comes through his ward that recognizes the internist from his old life — when he used to work for a notorious crime family. As his past comes crashing back and his enemies from his old life try to destroy him, he tries to hold his new life together while discovering that everything he knew about his past may have been wrong.

New RegencyNew Regency co-produces the HBO project with DiCaprio’s Appian Way and Rick Yorn’s LBI Entertainment. The three companies first came together three years ago when New Regency acquired  rights to the book just as it was published in January 2009 for a feature film. Julie Yorn, DiCaprio and Appian Way’s Jennifer Davisson Killoran were attached to produce the movie, once eyed as a potential starring Beat The Reapervehicle for DiCaprio, with Koppelman and Levien set to write. DiCaprio, Koppleman, Levien, Davisson Killoran and Julie Yorn will now executive produce the HBO series version, along with New Regency founder/majority owner Arnon Milchan and former chairmen Bob Harper and Hutch Parker who brought the book to the indie production company. Harper and Parker left New Regency at the end of August and were succeeded by new president/CEO Brad Weston. As part of his review of the company’s development slate, Weston identified Beat The Reaper as better suited as a TV series. The project garnered interest from four networks before landing at HBO. Read More »

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New Regency Signs Len Wiseman’s Sketch Films To First-Look Producing Pact

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday December 1, 2011 @ 5:03pm PSTTags: Arnon Milchan, Brad Weston, Colin Farrell, Len Wiseman, New Regency
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: New Regency has signed a two-year first look producing deal with Len Wiseman and David Bernardi’s Sketch Films. The deal was made by New Regency CEO Brad Weston, whose mandate under Arnon Milchan is to turn New Regency into … Read More »

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New Regency Acquires Aron Eli Coleite Pitch ‘Hellbent’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Monday November 21, 2011 @ 12:11pm PSTTags: Aron Eli Coleite, Brad Weston, Michael Green, New Regency
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: New Regency closed a mid-six figure deal for Hellbent, a thriller pitch that will be written by Aron Eli Coleite. Erwin Stoff and Michael Green will produce and New Regency CEO Brad Weston took it off the table as … Read More »

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Fox 2000 EVP Carla Hacken Becomes New Regency Production President

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Friday November 18, 2011 @ 12:15pm PSTTags: Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Alexandra Milchan, Arnon Milchan, Bob Harper, Brad Pitt, Brad Weston, Darren Aronofsky, Elizabeth Gabler, Hutch Parker, James Gray, Jim Gianopulos, Laura Ziskin, Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Wahlberg, New Regency, Rodney Ferrell, Russell Crowe, Sanford Panitch, Sean Penn, Tom Rothman
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Longtime Fox 2000 EVP Carla Hacken is leaving the studio to become president of production for New Regency. It is the latest move in a restructuring of the company since Arnon Milchan reemerged as an active chairman and installed … Read More »

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New Regency Lands ‘Fraggle Rock’ Feature Rights Auction

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Friday October 28, 2011 @ 4:51pm PDTTags: Arnon Milchan, Brad Weston, Montecito Picture Company, New Regency
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: New Regency today acquired rights to turn the Jim Henson series Fraggle Rock into a feature film. The property was shopped and caught the interest of studios, before New Regency made the deal for a film that will be … Read More »

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New Regency Joins Mark Wahlberg-Russell Crowe Drama ‘Broken City,’ Fox To Distribute

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Friday October 7, 2011 @ 7:19pm PDTTags: Allen Hughes, Arnon Milchan, Brad Weston, George Furla, Mark Wahlberg, New Regency, Randall Emmett, Russell Crowe
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: In one of its first moves since Brad Weston was named CEO and Arnon Milchan reinserted himself as the active head of the company, New Regency has come aboard the producing roster of Broken City, the Allen Hughes-directed drama … Read More »

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Alexandra Milchan Rejoins New Regency As Executive Vice President

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Friday September 16, 2011 @ 5:19pm PDTTags: Alexandra Milchan, Arnon Milchan, Brad Weston, Michael Mann, New Regency
Mike Fleming

After Arnon Milchan reconstituted New Regency with a new $500 million credit line and plans to reemerge at the helm with former Paramount production president Brad Weston as CEO, Alexandra Milchan has returned to the company as executive vice … Read More »

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Copyright Curmudgeon Harlan Ellison Sues To Halt Release Of New Regency’s ‘In Time’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Thursday September 15, 2011 @ 5:24pm PDTTags: Andrew Niccol, In Time, New Regency

If director Andrew Niccol and New Regency’s Justin Timberlake thriller In Time is based on a pilfered idea, as is claimed in a copyright suit filed yesterday in L.A. federal court, they may have picked on the wrong guy. At the wrong time. … Read More »

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Former Paramount Production President Brad Weston In Talks For New Regency CEO

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday September 1, 2011 @ 8:06am PDTTags: Andrew Rona, Arnon Milchan, Bob Harper, Brad Weston, Hutch Parker, New Regency, Rupert Murdoch, Sanford Panitch
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Hours after Deadline revealed the impending exit of New Regency chairmen Bob Harper and Hutch Parker, I’m told that former Paramount Pictures production president Brad Weston is in deep negotiations to run the production/financing company as president/CEO. That … Read More »

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