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Tony Scott Has To Choose Among Pic Trio

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday August 4, 2010 @ 9:31pm PDTTags: John Grisham, Mickey Rourke, Ridley Scott, Shia LaBeouf, The Associate, Tony Scott
Mike Fleming

It is decision time for director Tony Scott. Tracking board missives made the rounds today that Scott might direct an adaptation of the John Grisham novel The Associate for Paramount, which has a script by William Monahan and a longstanding attachment by Shia LaBeouf. The story was picked up tonight by the LA Times. This has been something Scott has been mulling for weeks,  but nobody would confirm because Scott has others he has to decide between for his next slot. Top of that list is Potzdamer Platz, the drama financed through True Romance producer Sammy Hadida, and the Fox 2000 drama Hell’s Angels. The latter project has a script coming in imminently by Scott Frank, with Mickey Rourke and La Beouf as Scott’s choices to play the two lead roles. READ MORE »

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William Monahan To Anonymous Content

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Monday July 12, 2010 @ 1:37pm PDTTags: Anonymous Content, Colin Farrell, GK Films, John Grisham, Keira Knightley, London Boulevard, Michael Sugar, Paramount, The Associate, The Departed, William Monahan
Mike Fleming

monahan_williamWilliam Monahan, the Oscar-winning screenwriter of The Departed, has signed with management firm Anonymous Content’s Michael Sugar. Sugar joins WME’s Chris Donnelly and attorney David Fox on Monahan’s rep team. Monahan is in post-production on London Boulevard, making his directing debut … Read More »

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