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‘True Blood’s Stephen Moyer Tied To ‘Devil’s Knot’ In Key Role

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Friday June 29, 2012 @ 1:31pm PDTTags: Atom Egoyan, Big Deals Film, Devil's Knot, Stephen Moyer, True Blood, WME

Stephen Moyer Devil's KnotEXCLUSIVE: Stephen Moyer has joined the cast of Devil’s Knot in a lead role. The True Blood star will play prosecutor John Fogelman in the film about the wrongfully convicted and imprisoned West Memphis 3. He joins Colin Firth, Reese Witherspoon Alessandro Nivola and more in the cast and will begin work on the Atom Eyogen-directed film immediately to fit in shooting around his schedule for the HBO vampire series. Devil’s Knot tells the true story of how, despite no psychical evidence, teens Jason Baldwin, Damien Echols and Jessie Misskelley were found guilty and jailed for a triple homicide in 1993. They were finally released last year. The movie is based on the 2003 book Devil’s Knot: The True Story Of The West Memphis Three by investigative reporter Mara Leveritt. Moyer is repped by WME and managed by Lubor Roklin Entertainment.

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‘Trance’ Scribe Joe Ahearne Makes Thriller Pitch Deal To Warner Bros

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Friday October 14, 2011 @ 12:40pm PDTTags: Dan Lin, Danny Boyle, Idris Elba, John Hodge, Rawson Thurber, Rosario Dawson, Stephen Moyer, Vincent Cassel, Warner Bros
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EXCLUSIVE: Hot off co-writing Trance for director Danny Boyle, Joe Ahearne has sold an untitled supernatural thriller pitch to Warner Bros. Dan Lin will produce under his Lin Pictures banner. Lin’s veep Jon Silk came up with an idea they are keeping under wraps and Ahearne expanded it before they … Read More »

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‘True Blood’ Stephen Moyer Signs With UTA

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Wednesday July 6, 2011 @ 12:47pm PDTTags: Hollywood agencies, ICM, Stephen Moyer, UTA

Last month True Blood leading man Stephen Moyer signaled his intent to exit ICM. Now the agency pursuit has ended with the UK-born actor signing with UTA. Besides Season Four of True Blood, Moyer has the indie film The Caller coming … Read More »

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Comic-Con #13: The ‘Priest’ Panel

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Sunday July 25, 2010 @ 9:43pm PDTTags: Comic-Con, Comic-Con Convention, Comics, Karl Urban, Maggie Q, Paul Bettany, Priest, Scott Stewart, Stephen Moyer, Vampires

Luke Y Thompson is covering the Con for Deadline:

PRIEST, based on the Tokyopop-published graphic novel, is brought to you by the folks behind the agreeable B-movie LEGION. While many of the original Manga take place in the past, the movie serves as a sequel, set in a post-apocalyptic world. We’re shown a clip that is “not MPAA approved.” It begins with a dark, BLADE RUNNER-style cityscape. A hooded figure carrying a rosary walks through. It’s Paul Bettany, and he has a red cross tattooed on his face. A vampire attacks – this vampire is like a wild, wet beast, with no eyes, no pigment – think the demons in CONSTANTINE, on the offchance you actually saw that. Read More »

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