'Die in a Gunfight' has taken another step forward per Deadline Hollywood/NY which posted:

Media Rights Capital is negotiating to acquire Die in a Gunfight
This probably means that 'The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman' is off the table for Zac. In fact, that project was actually removed from his SS/BL I think about a week or so ago (the ( Read more... )

So a couple days ago another project popped up on Zac's SS/BL:


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Though the story was picked up all over, a rep for the Hughes Brothers, who are directing the live action film, tells Gossip Cop that rumors about Efron starring in Akira are “not true.”

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this is why i kept my posts on it locked until it was officially confirmed but then people decided to publicize what was basically quiet industry info ( Read more... )

from SlashFilm (via tracking board):

Another rumor which is making the tracking board rounds today is that Zac Efron has apparently been offered the lead role in Albert Hughes’ upcoming live-action adaptation of the popular anime/Katsuhiro Otomo‘s six-volume manga Akira. I’m not able to confirm the offer, but one source tells me Efron is in talks ( Read more... )

lol.


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Countryman.

Perhaps you were expecting something else there, lol. I swear I'm going to slip with that one day.

But this post is about a totally different, possibly upcoming, project that was added to Baseline last week.

Funnily enough though, this Charlie also sees dead people. And apparently gets told he looks like Chandler from TV. (I ( Read more... )

This is friends only cause this info should still be kept kind of low-key. It is from a publication that has relatively limited access, mostly industry people, and it is not set in stone yet ( Read more... )

From pajiba (via jeezbee):
Back in February we announced that Warner Brothers had optioned Ally Carter’s Heist Society, to be written for the screen by Shauna Cross (Whip It). Today, the Hollywood Cog informs me that Blake Lively and Zac Efron have expressed interest in the roles to Warners. Here’s the funny part: Back in February, in a comment ( Read more... )

To be honest, I don't know how much of this is hype to draw attention to Memphis and how much is Zac legitimately being interested. With Adam there though it definitely seemed to increase the possibility that he was attending with an eye on developing it. The story sounds good... I haven't listened to the songs yet.
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... as long as they don't eat me :D

From the Daily Mail (hence my hesitance, lol):
Lion’s rip-roaring tale wins £25m film dealIt began with a scratchy homemade film shot in the African bush almost 40 years ago ( Read more... )