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Hannibal Classics Sets Cast For Nic Cage Pic ‘Tokarev;’ Image Buys North America

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday May 23, 2013 @ 5:23am PDTTags: Big Deals Film, Cannes Film Festival, Hannibal Classics, Nicolas Cage, Tokarev
Mike Fleming

Hannibal Classics has set Danny Glover, Peter Stomare, Aubrey Peebles, Patrice Cols and Max Fowler to join Nicolas Cage in the action thriller Tokarev. The film, which starts June 8 in Alabama, marks the American debut of Spanish helmer Paco Cabezas. Cage plays a reformed criminal whose daughter is kidnapped by the Russian mob. To find her, he must leave his respectable life behind, round up his old crew and seek his own brand of justice. Funding comes from Union Patriot Capital Management LLC. Image Entertainment has acquired North American rights and the Hannibal Classics sales division is selling it around the world.

“We couldn’t be happier with our cast, a combination of audience favorites and fresh young talent, said Riionda Del Castro. Danny and Peter are recognized and loved all over the world. And in Max Fowler, Aubrey Peeples and Patrice Cols we feel we have found the stars of tomorrow.” Rionda Del Castro and Michael Mendelsohn are producing the feature film that was written by Jim Agnew & Sean Keller. Executive Producers are Patricia Eberle, Mike Nilon, Hayley Magouirk, Jim Agnew, Sean Keller, Cam Cannon, Frederico Lapenda and Martin J. Barab, David Milner is associate producing and the Cinematographer is Andrzej Sekula.

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Cannes: Image Entertainment Acquires Nicolas Cage Thriller ‘Tokarev’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Wednesday May 15, 2013 @ 9:16am PDTTags: Cannes Film Festival, Cannes Wrap-Up, Image Entertainment, Nicolas Cage, Tokarev

Related: Berlin: Nicolas Cage Joins Thriller ‘Tokarev’

CANNES, France, May 15, 2013 – Image Entertainment, an RLJ Entertainment (NASDAQ: RLJE) brand, has acquired all US and Canadian rights to Hannibal Classics’ new action-thriller Tokarev, starring Nicolas Cage. Tokarev (working title) is scheduled for release in the first quarter of 2014. The deal was announced today by Image Entertainment’s Chief Acquisitions Officer, Bill Bromiley.

“We are excited to add this action-thriller to our slate next year,” said Bromiley. “Nicolas Cage elevates the film to new heights, reaching a wider audience not only domestically but internationally as well.”

Tokarev begins physical production in Alabama in June. Hannibal Classics’ sales division will handle worldwide sales and will be selling the film in Cannes.

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Cannes: Nic Cage Checks Into ‘Hotel 33′

By NANCY TARTAGLIONE, International Editor | Friday May 10, 2013 @ 8:06pm PDTTags: Cannes Wrap-Up, Emmett/Furla Films, Foresight Unlimited, Nicolas Cage

UPDATE: While they were quick to announce Hotel 33 with Nicolas Cage, Foresight Unlimited has the benefit of hindsight and is backing off a bit. “We have learned that the … Read More »

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Berlin: Nicolas Cage Joins Thriller ‘Tokarev’

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Tuesday February 12, 2013 @ 12:05pm PSTTags: Nicolas Cage

Nicolas Cage has signed on to Tokarev, playing the lead role of Paul Maguire in the thriller. Tokarev tells the tale of Maguire, a former crook trying to find his daughter’s kidnappers and avoid falling back … Read More »

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Ashley Tisdale Joins ‘Left Behind’

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Thursday January 3, 2013 @ 11:42am PSTTags: Ashley Tisdale, Left Behind, Nicolas Cage

EXCLUSIVE: Ashley Tisdale has signed up for Left Behind, which is being toplined by Nicolas Cage. The actress, who stars in the upcoming Scary Movie 5, will play Chloe Steele, the daughter of Cage’s … Read More »

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Chad Michael Murray In Talks For ‘Left Behind’

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Saturday December 22, 2012 @ 11:35am PSTTags: Big Deals Film, Big Deals TV, Left Behind, Nicolas Cage

Chad Michael Murray is in negotiations to join the cast of Left Behind. The former One Tree Hill actor would be playing the role of journalist Cameron “Buck” … Read More »

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Nicolas Cage ‘Expendables 3′ Reports False, Says Sylvester Stallone

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Tuesday November 6, 2012 @ 2:47pm PSTTags: AFM, Nicolas Cage, Sylvester Stallone, The Expendables

Sylvester Stallone says he “has no knowledge of Nic Cage joining Expendables 3,” the actor told Deadline today, and that reports of negotiations for … Read More »

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Tye Sheridan Joins Nic Cage In ‘Joe’

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Monday October 22, 2012 @ 2:47pm PDTTags: Joe, Nicolas Cage

The Tree Of Life actor will join the Oscar winner in Joe, the Southern drama directed by David Gordon Green. Tye Sheridan will play Gary Jones, the … Read More »

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TOLDJA! William Friedkin Negotiating To Helm Nic Cage In ‘I Am Wrath’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Monday October 1, 2012 @ 11:45am PDTTags: Emmett/Furla Films, I Am Wrath, Nicolas Cage, William Friedkin
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: When Deadline revealed in Toronto that Emmett/Furla Films had set Nicolas Cage for the action thriller I Am Wrath, we told you that William Friedkin was circling to direct the project. I’m hearing that Friedkin is pretty much committed to do the film. Friedkin, who has helmed some of the great action crime thrillers – To Live And Die In LA and The French Connection – will make this his follow-up to Killer Joe.

Following the murder of his wife, Stanley (Cage) finds that the police are unable to catch the perpetrators. He uncovers a thick plot of police corruption and realizes that he will have to find justice on his own. As he awakens to the level of degradation of the people sworn to serve and protect, we get a little Rage in the Cage as he becomes a vigilante out to destroy those who abuse their power. Paul Sloan wrote the script based on a story by Yvan Gauthier. Lionsgate will release domestically on a film that begins production in February. Emmett and Furla are producing with Cheetah Vision Films’ Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, Grindstone’s Barry Brooker & Stan Wertlieb, Vallelonga Productions’ Nick Vallelonga, Richard Salvatore & David Omston. Read More »

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Toronto: Nicolas Cage Back With Emmett/Furla For ‘I Am Wrath’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday September 11, 2012 @ 10:00am PDTTags: Emmett/Furla Films, I Am Wrath, Nicolas Cage, Toronto Film Festival
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Emmett/Furla Films has set Nicolas Cage for the action thriller I Am Wrath. This comes after Cage starred with John Cusack and Vanessa Hudgens in The Frozen Ground for Emmett/Furla co-founders Randall Emmett and George Furla. William Friedkin, who knows his way around taut crime thrillers with films like To Live And Die In LA and The French Connection, is circling to make the film his follow to Killer Joe, I’m told. Paul Sloan wrote the script based on a story by Yvan Gauthier. Lionsgate will release the film domestically on a film that begins production in February.

Following the murder of his wife, Stanley (Cage) finds that the police are unable to catch the perpetrators. He uncovers a thick plot of police corruption and realizes that he will have to find justice on his own. As he awakens to the level of degradation of the people sworn to serve and protect, we get a little Rage in the Cage as he becomes a vigilante out to destroy those who abuse their power. Read More »

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Toronto: Worldview Funds ‘Joe’ With Nic Cage Starring & David Gordon Green Directing

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Friday September 7, 2012 @ 11:18am PDTTags: David Gordon Green, Joe, Nicolas Cage, Toronto Film Festival, WorldView
Mike Fleming

Nicolas Cage Joe MovieWorldview Entertainment will finance and produce the David Gordon Green-directed Joe, a Southern drama to star Nicolas Cage. Gary Hawkins adapted from the novel by Larry Brown. Principal photography is scheduled to begin in early November in Texas. London-based WestEnd Films will handle international sales and introduce the film to foreign buyers this week at the Toronto Film Festival. CAA, which packaged and arranged financing for Joe, represents the film’s domestic distribution rights. Joe is the story of an ex-con who becomes the unlikeliest of role models to 15-year-old Gary Jones, the oldest child of a homeless family ruled by a drunk, worthless father. Together they try to find a path to redemption and the hope for a better life in the rugged, dirty world of small-town Mississippi. Read More »

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Serial Killer Pic ‘Frozen Ground’: Photos

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Wednesday July 18, 2012 @ 10:52am PDTTags: John Cusack, Nicolas Cage, The Frozen Ground, Vanessa Hudgens

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EXCLUSIVE: Here’s a first look at stills from Frozen Ground, the based-on-a-true-story thriller starring John Cusack, Nicolas Cage and Vanessa Hudgens. The movie written and directed by Scott Walker revolves around … Read More »

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Universal Close To ‘Kick-Ass 2′ Deals With Aaron Johnson, Chloe Moretz, Others

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday May 31, 2012 @ 4:35pm PDTTags: Aaron Johnson, Big Deals Film, Chloe Moretz, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Kick-Ass 2, Nicolas Cage
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: After Deadline revealed that Universal Pictures was stepping in to finance Kick-Ass 2 with Jeff Wadlow directing his script, the big question was whether the original Kick-Ass cast of Aaron Johnson, Chloe Moretz and Christopher Mintz-Plasse, among … Read More »

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Nicolas Cage, Juno Temple And Johnny Knoxville Headed For ‘Wild Side’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday May 8, 2012 @ 11:10am PDTTags: Big Deals Film, Johnny Knoxville, Juno Temple, Nicolas Cage
Mike Fleming

BREAKING… Nicolas Cage, Juno Temple and Johnny Knoxville will star in Wild Side, a road trip action film to be directed by Jesse Baget from a script he wrote with Stefania Moscato. Zero Gravity Management’s Mark Holder and Christine Holder are producing and financing with Hollywood Media Bridge’s Phillip B. Goldfine and Oak Street Films. Arclight Films is selling international and Lionsgate is handling domestic. Shooting begins July 23 in Louisiana. Read More »

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Paramount-MGM ‘Valley Girl’ Musical Redo To Be Helmed By Clay Weiner. Who?

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday February 16, 2012 @ 3:40pm PSTTags: MGM, Nicolas Cage, Paramount
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Paramount has joined MGM’s effort to mount a musical film remake of 1983′s Valley Girl, the film that helped launch the career of Nicolas Cage. The remake will launch a new feature directing career, as the studios chose Clay Weiner over a number of well-established helmers who wanted the job. Who is Clay Weiner and how did this happen?

Weiner is a prolific commercials director — he helmed the Super Bowl spot for Time Warner Cable with Ricky Gervais and Mary Louise Parker — but his only real credit is the Nickelodeon film Fred: The Movie. He was determined to win the Valley Girl job, and his reps were able to include him among a bunch of helmers who met with studio executives before the holiday. Weiner was the only one who spent the two-week holiday break putting together a three-minute demo reel, paid for out of his own pocket, that featured choreographed dance routines set to a mash-up of the 1980s tunes that will be sung in the film. He demonstrated the spirit, design, costuming and camera work that reflected his vision for the film. It told the studio execs everything they needed to know. This week, they gave Weiner the job and it was the reel that won it for Weiner. Negotiations are now getting underway between the studios and Weiner’s reps at UTA and Brillstein Entertainment Partners. Read More »

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Hot Trailer: ‘Ghost Rider: Spirit Of Vengeance’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Monday December 19, 2011 @ 9:56pm PSTTags: Ghost Rider: Spirit Of Vengeance, Nicolas Cage

Sony updated this one today on its website and we know how much you enjoy telling us what you think. Here’s Nicolas Cage in Ghost Rider: Spirit Of Vengeance. Directed by Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor, screenplay by Scott M. Gimple & Seth Hoffman and David S. Goyer. Opens … Read More »

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Anchor Bay Acquires Nicolas Cage Pic ‘Seeking Justice’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday December 14, 2011 @ 12:30pm PSTTags: Anchor Bay Films, Nicolas Cage
Mike Fleming

Anchor Bay Films has landed U.S. rights to the Nicolas Cage thriller Seeking Justice and has slated it for a March 16 theatrical release. January Jones and Guy Pearce co-star in the film, which was directed by Roger Donaldson. The … Read More »

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Agencies Hot For ‘Frozen Ground’ Helmer; WME Signs Scott Walker

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Monday October 3, 2011 @ 1:48pm PDTTags: John Cusack, Nicolas Cage, Scott Walker, The Frozen Ground, Vanessa Hudgens, WME
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: WME has signed Scott Walker, who took time from prepping his next film, The Frozen Ground, to meet with the major agencies last week. Walker is making his directorial debut on his scripted drama about the hunt for … Read More »

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‘Broken City’ Scribe Brian Tucker Sells Spec ‘Expiration’ To Emmett/Furla Films

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday September 29, 2011 @ 2:08pm PDTTags: Allen Hughes, Brian Tucker, George Furla, John Cusack, Mark Wahlberg, Nicolas Cage, Randall Emmett, Remington Chase, Russell Crowe, Vanessa Hudgens
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: In a mid-six-figure against seven-figure deal, Emmett/Furla Films has acquired Expiration, an action script by Brian Tucker. He scripted Broken City, a drama that EFF is financing for a November 7 start date with Mark Wahlberg and Russell Crowe starring … Read More »

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