Young lions gain entry to studio dens
Warner's deal with Zac Efron is only the latest example
by Justin Kroll


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From DH:

UPDATE: Warner Bros has been as stingy as any major on producing deals in recent years. But I've learned the studio has just given a first look 2-year deal to Zac Efron. The studio plans to buy pitches, spec scripts, and books for Efron and his still unformed company to develop as star vehicles.
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From Nikki Finke/Deadline Hollywood:


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In the long history of attractive young actors and the girls who scream and stalk them, few can translate that teen adoration into leading man respect ( Read more... )

From Hollywood Outbreak:


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So Disney recently fired their chairman Dick Cook. It upset a lot of people because he was this really cool fellow who had worked for them forever (ie since he started as a ride operator at Disneyland). Well yesterday, to no one's surprise, they promoted to the position one of the guys who was instrumental in making HSM a global juggernaut ( Read more... )

From the LA Times:

Will Richard Linklater's 'Me and Orson Welles' have a wonderful new life?September 15, 2009 | 6:00 am ( Read more... )

Excerpt from indieWIRECinetic Media brought the film to TIFF last year along with its high profile stars, but the feature did not find a traditional distribution deal. Today’s announcement brings Linklater’s feature, which also stars Christian McKay as Orson Welles, to screens via a partnership that includes Schwartz, who in 2008 joined a team to ( Read more... )

One year after it launched at Toronto, Richard Linklater’s Me And Orson Welles has found US distribution through an alliance assembled by UK finance and production company Cinemanx (NX).


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