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Village Roadshow And Warner Bros Extend $1.125 Billion Co-Fi Deal Through 2017

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Monday November 26, 2012 @ 4:38pm PSTTags: Big Deals Film, The Great Gatsby, Warner Bros
Mike Fleming

BREAKING: Warner Bros. Entertainment and Village Roadshow Pictures Group have extended to 2017 their long-standing arrangement to co-produce and co-finance films. VRPG also renewed and upsized its now 15-year film production facility to $1.125 billion through that date. JPMorgan Chase and Rabobank continue as joint syndication agents.

The VRPG and Warner Bros co-financing arrangement has spanned 15 years and 68 films so far, with global hits that have included The Matrix trilogy, the Ocean’s Eleven films, Sherlock Holmes and Happy Feet. The co-financing program has been a cornerstone of the Warner Bros program, with Legendary Pictures also emerging as a significant player in allowing the studio to share risk in tent pole fare. Upcoming Warner Bros/VRPG films include the Ruben Fleischer-directed Gangster Squad and the Baz Luhrmann-directed The Great Gatsby. READ MORE »

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CAA Signs ‘Great Gatsby’ Actor Callan McAuliffe

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Monday November 5, 2012 @ 11:54am PSTTags: CAA, Callan McAuliffe, The Great Gatsby

CAA has signed Australian actor Callan McAuliffe, who stars as the young Jay Gatsby in the Baz Luhrmann-directed The Great Gatsby out on May 10, 2013. Leonardo DiCaprio portrays the adult Gatsby in … Read More »

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Australia Eyes Increased Incentives As Studios Face Make-Or-Break Point

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Thursday October 25, 2012 @ 1:22am PDTTags: The Great Gatsby, The Wolverine

Don Groves is a Deadline contributor based in Sydney

With The Wolverine, The Great Gatsby, Peter Jackson’s Hobbit movies and the Evil Dead remake shooting in the southern hemisphere, it might appear that all is rosy on the location front Down Under. But the reality is that as the Oz dollar has soared since 2010 – it’s currently about even with the greenback – all but two major Hollywood productions have bypassed Australia as a shooting location. With the New Zealand dollar trading at only 83 U.S. cents, the exchange rate there is better. And, after Hobbiton packs up, James Cameron will crank up the two Avatar sequels, filling a potential gap.

But a chorus of execs at major Oz studios, post houses and Ausfilm, the group that markets Australia as a location, warn that Australia won’t attract large-scale international productions unless the location tax credit is lifted to 30%. The Oz government is considering calls to raise the offset from 16.5% as part of a new national cultural policy that’s due to be announced soon. “It’s make-or-break,” says Fox Studios Australia chief exec Nancy Romano, who has two U.S. features potentially lined up for 2013, but only if the incentive is raised. Read More »

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Warner Bros To Release ‘The Great Gatsby’ On May 10, 2013

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Thursday September 20, 2012 @ 9:57am PDTTags: The Great Gatsby, Warner Bros

BREAKING…. The Great Gatsby will be released on May 10, 2013 in North America, Warner Bros announced today, with an international rollout to follow the next week. The Baz Luhrmann-directed 3D adaptation from Warners and … Read More »

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Village Roadshow Profits Up 20.2% In Oz; Distribution Pact With Warner Bros. Extended

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Thursday August 23, 2012 @ 2:52am PDTTags: Big Deals Film, The Great Gatsby, Village Roadshow, Warner Bros Pictures

Don Groves is a Deadline contributor based in Sydney

Village Roadshow LimitedCo-producing the box office under-achievers Happy Feet Two, The Lucky One and Dark Shadows with Warner Bros. doesn’t seem to have hurt Australia’s Village Roadshow Ltd, which today announced a net profit of $A33.8M ($33.5M) for the year to June 30. That’s a 20.2% rise on the previous year. The company didn’t break out the results of its 47.6%-owned Village Roadshow Entertainment Group, which consists of Village Roadshow Pictures and the Concord Music Group. But managing director Graham Burke tells Deadline he’s happy with Village Roadshow Pictures’ performance, “We take a long-term perspective on our relationship with Warner. We put our money as a chip on the table with them.”

Burke highlighted the success of VRP’s Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, which grossed $544M worldwide, and prospects for upcoming releases including Gangster Squad, The Great Gatsby, All You Need Is Kill, Lego and Fury Road. Burke says the 20 minutes of Great Gatsby he’s seen are “breathtaking” and he fully supports the decision to delay the release till summer 2013 to give Baz Luhrmann more time. In Oz, Roadshow Films continued as the top theatrical Read More »

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Warner Bros Moves ‘The Great Gatsby’ Release Date

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Monday August 6, 2012 @ 10:23am PDTTags: The Great Gatsby

BURBANK, CA, August 6, 2012 – Warner Bros. Pictures and Village Roadshow Pictures have moved the release date of “The Great Gatsby” to Summer 2013. The announcement was made today by Dan Fellman, President of Domestic Distribution, and Veronika Kwan Vandenberg, President of International Distribution, Warner Bros. Pictures.
In making the announcement, Fellman stated, “Based on what we’ve seen, Baz Luhrmann’s incredible work is all we anticipated and so much more. It truly brings Fitzgerald’s American classic to life in a completely immersive, visually stunning and exciting way. We think moviegoers of all ages are going to embrace it, and it makes sense to ensure this unique film reaches the largest audience possible.”

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Tobey Maguire Moves From CAA To WME

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Friday July 13, 2012 @ 10:29am PDTTags: The Great Gatsby, Tobey Maguire, WME
Mike Fleming

Tobey Maguire WMEBREAKING: Tobey Maguire, who parted ways yesterday with CAA, has just signed with WME. His run with CAA went back to 2003, and the agency repped him through his Spider-Man years (though the deals were made … Read More »

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Tobey Maguire Joins Jason Reitman’s ‘Labor Day’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday July 11, 2012 @ 12:46pm PDTTags: Big Deals Film, Indian Paintbrush, Jason Reitman, Labor Day, The Great Gatsby, Tobey Maguire
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Tobey Maguire has joined the cast of the Jason Reitman-directed Labor Day, which begins shooting this month in Massachusetts. Mr. Mudd’s Lianne Halfon and Russ Smith are producing along with Helen Estabrook and Reitman. Indian Paintbrush … Read More »

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Hot Trailer: ‘The Great Gatsby’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Tuesday May 22, 2012 @ 6:10pm PDTTags: Baz Luhrmann, The Great Gatsby, Warner Bros

Warner Bros today released the first trailer for Baz Lurhmann’s take on The Great Gatsby, the adaptation of the F. Scott Fitzgerald novel that stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Carey Mulligan, Tobey Maguire and Joel Edgerton. Luhrmann’s visual style takes on an extra dimension with 3D — even if you think … Read More »

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Baz Luhrmann Injured On ‘The Great Gatsby’

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Friday December 23, 2011 @ 9:09pm PSTTags: Baz Luhrmann, Leonardo DiCaprio, The Great Gatsby

This week Warner Bros released the first official stills for Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby. Now Australian news reports say an on-set injury to the filmmaker forced an early end to this year’s shooting of the pic due in theaters next … Read More »

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WB To Open ‘Great Gatsby’ Dec. 25, 2012

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Friday October 14, 2011 @ 4:19pm PDTTags: Baz Luhrmann, Carey Mulligan, Isla Fisher, Jason Clarke, Joel Edgerton, Leonardo DiCaprio, The Great Gatsby, Tobey Maguire

Warner Bros. has set The Great Gatsby to open Christmas Day 2012. Director Baz Luhrmann began filming his adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel  last month in Australia. The 3D production stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, Joel Edgerton, Carey Mulligan, Isla Fisher, Jason Clarke and Elizabeth Debicki.

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Global Showbiz Briefs: France, Australia, Korea, China

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Friday September 9, 2011 @ 3:45am PDTTags: Baz Luhrmann, Canal Plus, Leonardo DiCaprio, The Great Gatsby, Vivendi, Warner Bros

Canal Plus Eyes Vincent Bollore’s Channels In Free TV Push
Vivendi’s Canal Plus said today it is working to take a majority stake in channels owned by French billionaire Vincent Bollore, as part of a push into free TV. Its proposed deal would give Canal Plus 60% of Direct 8 and music-focused Direct Star in exchange for Vivendi shares. Canal Plus has an option to buy the remainder within the next three years, its head Bertrand Meheut told French daily Les Echos. The deal, subject to approval by the government and employee reps, values the Bollore assets at about $650M. Canal Plus wants to defend itself against new players in France such as Netflix, Google and Apple.

WB’s ‘Great Gatsby’ Adds Indian Icon Amitabh Bachchan
Bollywood legend Amitabh Bachchan is making his Hollywood debut in Warner Bros’ new adaptation of The Great Gatsby. He’ll play Meyer Wolfsheim, a Jewish man described as a gambler in F Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel. The $126M film, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and directed by Baz Luhrmann, has begun shooting in Australia. Bachchan, 68, has acted in more than 180 Indian films over a 40-year period. He remains Indian’s most popular actor and recently returned as the celebrity host of the Indian version of Who Wants to Be A Millionaire. Read More »

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Joel Edgerton Gets Tom Buchanan Role In ‘The Great Gatsby’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday May 17, 2011 @ 4:15pm PDTTags: Baz Luhrmann, Ben Affleck, Carey Mulligan, Elizabeth Debicki, Isla Fisher, Joel Edgerton, Leonardo DiCaprio, The Great Gatsby, Tobey Maguire
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Joel Edgerton has been set by director Baz Luhrmann to play Tom Buchanan in The Great Gatsby. He will join Leonardo DiCaprio as Gatsby, Tobey Maguire as Nick Carraway, Carey Mulligan as Daisy Buchanan, Isla Fisher as Myrtle (Tom’s mistress), and Australian newcomer Elizabeth Debicki as Jordan Baker. Edgerton, the Australian actor who was on the short list to star in The Bourne Legacy spinoff at Universal and other plum roles, takes a part that was going to Ben Affleck until his schedule didn’t work when he committed to direct and star in Argo for Warner Bros. Luhrmann’s update of the F. Scott Fitzgerald classic will be made for Warner Bros, which will release it in 3D. Edgerton next stars with Tom Hardy in Warrior, the Gavin O’Connor-directed drama about brothers who square off in the mixed martial arts arena. Edgerton has an imposing physicality that makes him an intriguing choice for the role of Tom, played by Bruce Dern in the 1974 film.

Luhrmann, who took the above photo of Edgerton as Buchanan, confirmed he’d found his man: “In casting Tom one had to find an actor who could credibly be (as Fitzgerald describes him) ‘one of the most powerful ends that ever played football at New Haven,’ had five-star acting chops and in the big dramatic showdown scenes between Gatsby and Tom, hold the screen against Leonardo DiCaprio, in the appropriate age group. Read More »

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Newcomer Elizabeth Debicki To Play Jordan Baker In ‘The Great Gatsby’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday May 11, 2011 @ 2:46pm PDTTags: Baz Luhrmann, Elizabeth Debicki, Film Casting, The Great Gatsby, Warner Bros
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Baz Luhrmann has found his Jordan Baker for The Great Gatsby, his 3D adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s famed novel for Warner Bros. She’s newcomer and fellow Aussie Elizabeth Debicki, who’s coming straight from the Victorian College of the … Read More »

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Ben Affleck Circling Big ‘Great Gatsby’ Role

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday April 7, 2011 @ 6:05pm PDTTags: Baz Luhrmann, Ben Affleck, Bruce Dern, Carey Mulligan, Catherine Knapman, Catherine Martin, Craig Pearce, Doug Wick, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Leonardo DiCaprio, Lucy Fisher, The Great Gatsby, Tobey Maguire
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Ben Affleck is in talks to play the role of Tom Buchanan in The Great Gatsby, the Baz Luhrmann-directed 3D adaptation of the F. Scott Fitzgerald literary classic at Warner Bros. Now, Affleck will have to work to fit … Read More »

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Long Island Starts Gold Coast Film Festival

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday December 9, 2010 @ 11:06am PSTTags: Film Festivals, Movies, The Great Gatsby
Mike Fleming

Hey, New York, ready for another film festival? The Gold Coast International Film Festival will launch in June through the Great Neck Arts Center. The festival’s executive director will be  GNAC founder Regina Gil. Senior programmer will be Sean McPhillips, the former Miramax acquisitions executive who most recently programmed the … Read More »

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Baz Luhrmann Tells Deadline: Carey Mulligan Is My Daisy Buchanan

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Monday November 15, 2010 @ 6:35pm PSTTags: Baz Luhrmann, Baz Luhrmann Workshops The Great Gatsby, Carey Mulligan, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Leonardo DiCaprio, Movie Deals, Movies, The Great Gatsby, The Great Gatsby Casting, The Great Gatsby Daisy Buchanan, The Great Gatsby Remake
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Filmmaker Baz Luhrmann has found his Daisy Buchanan. He has officially given the starring role in The Great Gatsby to Carey Mulligan, the Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps and Never Let Me Go star who’ll play the manipulative heroine … Read More »

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Baz Casting Wider Daisy Net For ‘Gatsby’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Monday November 1, 2010 @ 11:28am PDTTags: Abbie Cornish, Amanda Seyfried, Baz Luhrmann, Baz Luhrmann The Great Gatsby, Baz Luhrmann Workshops The Great Gatsby, Blake Lively, Craig Pearce, Keira Knightley, Leonardo DiCaprio, Michelle Williams, Movie Casting, Movies, Rebecca Hall, Scarlett Johansson, The Great Gatsby, The Great Gatsby Casting, The Great Gatsby Daisy Buchanan
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Baz Luhrmann Workshops ‘The Great Gatsby’ In New York

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Monday October 18, 2010 @ 5:23pm PDTTags: Baz Luhrmann, Baz Luhrmann The Great Gatsby, Baz Luhrmann Workshops The Great Gatsby, Craig Pearce, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Leonardo DiCaprio, Movie Deals, Movies, Rebecca Hall, Sony Pictures Entertainment, The Great Gatsby, Tobey Maguire
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: While Baz Luhrmann hasn’t settled on whether he’ll make The Great Gatsby his next film, he workshopped the adaptation of the F. Scott Fitzgerald novel that he wrote with … Read More »

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