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Rob Reiner In ‘Wolf Of Wall Street’ Talks

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Wednesday June 20, 2012 @ 12:37pm PDTTags: Leonardo DiCaprio, Martin Scorsese, Rob Reiner, The Wolf of Wall Street

Rob Reiner is in negotiations to join Martin Scorsese’s The Wolf Of Wall Street. The director and All In The Family star would play “Max” the father of Leonardo DiCaprio’s Jordan Belfort character. Except for the “Screwie” character voiceover in 2006′s Everybody’s Hero, Reiner hasn’t played an on-air feature role since 2003. He did appear on NBC’s 30 Rock back in 2010. Jonah Hill, The Walking Dead’s Jon Bernthal and Pan Am’s Margot Robbie join DiCaprio in The Wolf of Wall Street cast. The film is based on the memoir by Belfort with the script being written by Boardwalk Empire creator Terence Winter. The film’s being financed by Red Granite and produced by Riza Aziz and Joey McFarland, DiCaprio, Scorsese and Emma Koskoff, and Alexandra Milchan.

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Magnolia Takes Rights To Rob Reiner’s ‘Magic Of Belle Isle’

By BRIAN BROOKS | Wednesday February 8, 2012 @ 10:29am PSTTags: Magnolia Pictures, Morgan Freeman, Rob Reiner

U.S. rights to Rob Reiner’s The Magic Of Belle Isle have been picked up by Magnolia Pictures. Magnolia plans a theatrical and VOD release in its Ultra VOD program in the summer. Starring Morgan Freeman, Virginia Madsen, Madeline … Read More »

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Longtime CAA Agent Rand Holston Leaving

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Monday November 28, 2011 @ 1:37pm PSTTags: CAA, Ed Zwick, John Moore, Marshall Herskovitz, Rand Holston, Rob Reiner, Robert Towne, Stephen King
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Rand Holston is leaving CAA, the talent agency where he spent the last 28 years. I’m hearing this might be one of several exits to take place over the next three weeks. The agency confirmed that Holston is leaving. … Read More »

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AFM: Industry Conversations Series Set

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Monday October 31, 2011 @ 11:59am PDTTags: AFM, American Film Market, Columbus Circle, Rob Reiner

AFM: Panels And Speakers Schedule Set

The American Film Market has released the schedule for its new Industry Conversations program, which will spotlight prominent biz players, is free to attendees and runs November 2-8. AFM begins Wednesday and runs through November 9. Here’s the lineup:

Thursday, 3 November, 2011

“Columbus Circle” – A Conversation with Actor Kevin Pollak (co-writer & producer), Actress Selma Blair, director and co-writer George Gallo; TBD executive from Lightning Entertainment or another Producer.

“Columbus Circle” is a stylish and riveting thriller about a reclusive young heiress, Abigail, who lives a guarded and sheltered life in a luxurious New York penthouse. But when she is befriended by Lillian and Charlie, the glamorous new owners of the apartment next door, Abigail’s safe and secure existence is suddenly threatened. The film stars Selma Blair, Amy Smart, Giovanni Ribisi, Jason Lee and Kevin Pollak. (Lightning Entertainment; American Film Market World Premiere).

Flights. Camera. Action. How to make it all happen – A Conversation with Bertram von Munster, Co-creator and Executive Producer, “The Amazing Race.” Hosted by Jack Gonzales, Former Travel Director, Sony Pictures.

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After Getting Close On Several Big Jobs, Director Bryan Barber’s Taking His Next Meetings With ‘Gigantor’ In His Corner

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday October 20, 2011 @ 4:27pm PDTTags: Frank Darabont, Rob Reiner, Tate Taylor, Tom Cruise, Zack Snyder
Mike Fleming

As fewer movies get made these days, the hardest thing for a director or a writer is just getting hired. Bryan Barber, who went from helming videos for bands like Outkast to making his feature debut with  the stars of that group on the 2006 Prohibition Era musical Idlewild, grew so tired of getting close and losing out on big directing jobs that he hunted and secured a film-centric property to improve his odds. After the lengthy courtship of an 86-year old voiceover artist who controlled the rights, Barber will go to his next studio meeting flanked by Gigantor, the giant flying robot star of the 60s Japanese cartoon import with a catchy theme song and a family-friendly premise. Barber controls the movie, merchandise and videogame rights, and will shop a $60 million live action film he calls Transformers meets Goonies. And guess who’ll be attached as director?

Considering that robots remain hot—Hasbro told shareholders this week that another Transformers is in the offing and a Real Steel sequel is also a possibility—Barber figures there should be interest in this story of a 12-year old boy who ends up with the controls to the giant weaponized world-saving robot. Barber hopes to take the same proactive route that allowed Tate Taylor to direct the summer sleeper hit The Help (he optioned the book before it had a publisher) and years ago got Frank Darabont his directing debut on The Shawshank Redemption (Darabont had written a superb script and controlled the book, and refused to step aside even when Rob Reiner and Tom Cruise were ready to re-team after A Few Good Men). Read More »

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