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*Universal Pictures today closed a mid-to-high six-figure deal for an untitled pitch to be produced by George Tillman Jr., reports Deadline.com. The pitch is the story of a failed songwriter who returns home to Chicago to lead a group of at risk youth in their annual talent show. The tone is described as “Pitch Perfect” [...]
*It’s official – the 1999 romantic comedy “The Best Man” will get a sequel. Universal announced Thursday that Taye Diggs, Terrence Howard, Nia Long, Regina Hill, Morris Chestnut and Harold Perrineau have all signed on to return for “The Best Man 2,” to be released on Nov. 15, 2013. Also returning is director Malcolm D. [...]
*Universal Pictures is prepping a film adaptation of the 70s TV series “Kojak,” with Vin Diesel in the title role and producing with Samantha Vincent for their Universal-based One Race Films. Telly Savalas played tough-talking, bald-headed cop the on the CBS series, which ran from 1973-78. Screenwriters Neal Purvis and Robert Wade will re-imagine and [...]
*R&B/Pop sensation Rihanna gives a stellar performance in Universal Picture’s newest film release Battleship, based on the Hasbro classic naval-combat board game of the same name. Battleship, a powerful new take on alien contact, arrives at theaters May 18, 2012. Rihanna plays Petty Officer Second Class Cora Raikes – a weapons specialist, who assist Lt. [...]
*The Presidents Day weekend saw three holdovers – “Safe House,” “The Vow” and “Journey 2: The Mysterious Island”–top the domestic box office chart in a surprise upset over new entries, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Universal’s “Safe House,” starring Denzel Washington and Ryan Reynolds, was in a tight race with “The Vow” for much of [...]
*Christopher “Tricky” Stewart, best known as the producer of Beyonce’s “Single Ladies,” Rihanna’s “Umbrella” and Justin Bieber’s “Baby,” has signed on as executive song producer for the forthcoming animated movie “Dr. Seuss’s The Lorax,” according to the Hollywood Reporter. This will mark his second foray into film. Last year, he served as executive music consultant [...]
*Hold on to your seats. If you searching for a movie that delivers a sure fire adrenaline rush, look no further than “Contraband,” which opens nationwide today (01-13-12). “Contraband” is a fast-pace thriller set in New Orleans starring Chris Farraday (Mark Wahlberg in one of his most compelling roles to date), who has abandoned a [...]
*EW.com is reporting that Universal has decided not to release its Eddie Murphy film “Tower Heist” on-demand, a move in response to boycott threats from Cinemark and a few small theater chains across the country. The studio was planning on rolling out the comedy to Comcast digital subscribers in Portland and Atlanta just three weeks [...]
*More bad news for Eddie Murphy’s upcoming film “Tower Heist.” Several independent movie theater groups have joined Cinemark’s threatened boycott of Universal Pictures’ action-comedy over the studio’s decision to offer the film on premium video-on-demand three weeks after it hits theaters. A number of indie theater chains, such as Galaxy Theatres, Regency Theatres and Emagine [...]
*Universal Pictures is developing a third update of the “Scarface” movie to be produced by ousted former studio head Marc Shmuger and Martin Bregman, the veteran producer who made the second remake in 1983. The project is in the early stages but it being described as not a sequel or outright remake of the 1983 [...]
*A Harlem choir director recently profiled on “60 Minutes” will see her story come to the big screen. Deadline.com’s Mike Fleming reports that Universal Pictures and Illuminaton Entertainment have acquired the rights package to make a film based on the “60 Minutes” segment profiling Vy Higginsen, an accomplished gospel singer who started a program for [...]
*Universal has finally released the trailer for its long-in-development action-comedy “Tower Heist,” starring Eddie Murphy, Gabourey Sidibe, Ben Stiller, Casey Affleck, Michael Pena, Matthew Broderick and Tea Leoni. Brett Ratner directed. The film follows a bunch of blue-collar employees who are defrauded by their wealthy employer and then plot revenge against him. In a post [...]
*Vin Diesel and Paul Walker lead a reunion of returning all-stars from every chapter of the explosive franchise built on speed in Fast Five. Newly joined by Dwayne Johnson, they take the series that hooked the world on adrenaline and amp up the action and spectacle on a global scale. In Fast Five, former cop [...]
*The Tupac biopic being directed by Antoine Fuqua is experiencing a slow start since Morgan Creek and Universal Pictures, the production entities behind it, are having a hard time casting the movie. Specifically, the part of Tupac Shakur, himself. To move things along, the companies are holding online auditions for the best person to play [...]
*Universal Pictures is moving forward with “Memphis,” a feature film that explores the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Production will begin in June, according to Deadline. The script will follow the murder of the civil rights leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, who was shot down at a Memphis Motel in 1968. “Bourne [...]
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