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Summit/OddLot’s ‘Draft Day’ Finalizes Cast Ahead Of Real NFL Draft

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Wednesday April 24, 2013 @ 1:20pm PDTTags: Ivan Reitman, Kevin Costner, OddLot Entertainment, Summit Entertainment

Summit and OddLot Entertainment’s dramedy Draft Day began filming today in New York, timed to the real NFL Draft that begins Thursday at Radio City Music Hall. Kevin Costner stars alongside Jennifer Garner, Ellen Burstyn, Denis Leary and Frank Langella as the GM of the Cleveland Browns who tries to trade up for the first pick and save football in the city. The pic is directed and produced by Ivan Reitman from a Black List script by Rajiv Joseph and Scott Rothman. 42 star Chadwick Boseman has a small role as former star college player, and Terry Crews, Sean Combs, Josh Pence, Rosanna Arquette, Timothy Simons, David Ramsey, Wade Williams, Chi McBride, W. Earl Brown, Brad Henke, Griffin Newman, Kevin Dunn, Patrick St. Esprit, Arian Foster, Christopher Cousins, Pat Healy, Laura Steinel and Wallace Langham are also aboard. READ MORE »

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OddLot Appoints Michael Nathanson and Bill Lischak Co-Presidents

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Wednesday November 14, 2012 @ 10:31am PSTTags: Ender's Game, OddLot Entertainment

Veteran Michael Nathanson is a former president and COO of MGM Pictures and onetime worldwide production boss at Columbia Pictures, and he had been consulting for OddLot Entertainment in mapping out its business plan. Now he will join longtime OddLot exec Bill Lischak as co-presidents of the production company behind pics like Drive, Rabbit Hole and the upcoming Ender’s Game. The two will work in tandem under the direction of OddLot founder and CEO Gigi Pritzker to oversee the company’s day-to-day operations and push forward its strategy. “Bill and Michael both bring incredible strengths and complementary skill sets to the table and I am privileged to be able to work with both to implement the robust business plan we have developed over the last six months”, Pritzker said in a release announcing the news. Read More »

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OddLot To Co-Finance ‘The Way, Way Back’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Tuesday June 26, 2012 @ 12:13pm PDTTags: Big Deals Film, OddLot Entertainment, The Way Way Back

OddLot Entertainment Way Way BackEXCLUSIVE: OddLot Entertainment is partnering with Sycamore Pictures to co-finance The Way, Way Back, the comedic drama written and being directed by Oscar-winning The Descendants co-scribes Nat Faxon and Jim Rash. Production kicked off yesterday in Massachusetts … Read More »

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Nick Meyer’s New Company To Broker Foreign Deals For OddLot And Bold Films

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday January 5, 2011 @ 3:11pm PSTTags: Bold Films, Movie Deals, Movies, Nick Meyer, OddLot Entertainment, Sierra/Affinity
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LOS ANGELES — January 5, 2011 – Capitalizing on the ever-evolving global film marketplace, Sierra Pictures and Affinity International announced today the creation of a new sales company called Sierra / Affinity. The new entity will represent sales of third party films as well as act as the

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Robert Rodriguez Launches Quick Draw

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Monday November 1, 2010 @ 12:07pm PDTTags: Bold Films, Carey Mulligan, Drive, Movie Deals, Movies, OddLot Entertainment, Robert Rodriguez, Ryan Gosling

The company is a partnership between Rodriguez, OddLot Entertainment and Bold Films and will produce and finance action-oriented projects. The partnership is for multiple titles and all films will either be directed … Read More »

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