Kyle Chandler is joining Jason Bateman and Rachel McAdams in the New Line comedy Game Night.
The movie is casting up as it heads toward a spring start and already has Jesse Plemons, Kylie Bunbury, Lamorne Morris, and Billy Magnussen on the call sheet.
Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley are directing the film, which follows a group of couples who gather for their regularly planned game night when something goes terribly awry. Goldstein and Daley wrote the script, with previous drafts written by Dana Fox and Mark Perez.
Chandler is also slated to star in the upcoming 2019 creature...
The movie is casting up as it heads toward a spring start and already has Jesse Plemons, Kylie Bunbury, Lamorne Morris, and Billy Magnussen on the call sheet.
Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley are directing the film, which follows a group of couples who gather for their regularly planned game night when something goes terribly awry. Goldstein and Daley wrote the script, with previous drafts written by Dana Fox and Mark Perez.
Chandler is also slated to star in the upcoming 2019 creature...
- 3/23/2017
- by Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
ABC has bought Accidentes, a Latino family comedy pitch from Mark Perez, Eric Tannenbaum and CBS TV Studios. Written by Perez, Accidentes centers on a disgraced Wall Street lawyer who had distanced himself from his Latino roots and goes back home to work at his family's strip-mall law firm in the heart of Little Havana. Perez also executive produces with the Tannenbaum Company’s Eric Tannenbaum and Kim Tannenbaum. CBS TV Studios, where the Tannenbaum Company is based, is…...
- 12/2/2015
- Deadline TV
Jennifer Lopez is one hot mother as far as Universal Pictures is concerned. The studio is developing a comedy titled “Mothers I’d Like To …” from Lopez and producing partner Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas, TheWrap has learned. Capitalizing on the success of Lopez’s recent small-budget thriller “The Boy Next Door,” Lopez will presumably take on another sexy matriarch in the project based on a pitch from Goldsmith-Thomas and Mark Perez. The plot is unknown, but has been described as “Bridesmaids” meets “The First Wives Club.” Also Read: Jennifer Lopez and Her Twins Step Out in Style for ‘Home’ Premiere (Photos) Lopez...
- 4/14/2015
- by Matt Donnelly
- The Wrap
Exclusive: After the success of their micro-budget thriller collaboration The Boy Next Door, Universal Pictures has re-teamed with Jennifer Lopez on Mothers I'd Like To…, a comedy pitch that will be developed as a star vehicle for Lopez. They are keeping mum on a logline, but I'm told it's Bridesmaids meets First Wives Club. The pitch is based on an idea by Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas, and the script will be written by Mark Perez. Lopez will produce through her Nuyorican…...
- 4/14/2015
- Deadline
The management team of Millennium Entertainment, led by CEO Bill Lee, and private investment firm Virgo Investment Group have partnered to acquire the Millennium Entertainment library and distribution platform.
The group is acquiring the assets from a consortium of investors including majority shareholder Nu Image led by Avi Lerner and Trevor Short, White Horse Pictures principals Nigel Sinclair and Guy East and Prentice Capital, who are understood to have owned 20% apiece.
The company will operate under a new name. Going forward the Millennium brand will be held solely by Nu Image subsidiary Millennium Films, the production arm that is not a part of the transaction.
Lee will continue as CEO and all existing management are expected to remain in place. The company and Virgo plan to grow the platform through investments in film content, distribution growth and corporate acquisitions. Millennium Entertainment had courted buyers since it was put up for sale in April 2013.
“I’m proud of our...
The group is acquiring the assets from a consortium of investors including majority shareholder Nu Image led by Avi Lerner and Trevor Short, White Horse Pictures principals Nigel Sinclair and Guy East and Prentice Capital, who are understood to have owned 20% apiece.
The company will operate under a new name. Going forward the Millennium brand will be held solely by Nu Image subsidiary Millennium Films, the production arm that is not a part of the transaction.
Lee will continue as CEO and all existing management are expected to remain in place. The company and Virgo plan to grow the platform through investments in film content, distribution growth and corporate acquisitions. Millennium Entertainment had courted buyers since it was put up for sale in April 2013.
“I’m proud of our...
- 8/19/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
The management team of Millennium Entertainment, led by CEO Bill Lee, and private investment firm Virgo Investment Group have partnered to acquire the Millennium Entertainment library and distribution platform.
The group is acquiring the assets from a consortium of investors including majority shareholder Nu Image led by Avi Lerner and Trevor Short, White Horse Pictures principals Nigel Sinclair and Guy East and Prentice Capital, who are understood to have owned 20% apiece.
The company will operate under a new name. Going forward the Millennium brand will be held solely by Nu Image subsidiary Millennium Films, the production arm that is not a part of the transaction.
Lee will continue as CEO and all existing management are expected to remain in place. The company and Virgo plan to grow the platform through investments in film content, distribution growth and corporate acquisitions. Millennium Entertainment had courted buyers since it was put up for sale in April 2013.
“I’m proud of our...
The group is acquiring the assets from a consortium of investors including majority shareholder Nu Image led by Avi Lerner and Trevor Short, White Horse Pictures principals Nigel Sinclair and Guy East and Prentice Capital, who are understood to have owned 20% apiece.
The company will operate under a new name. Going forward the Millennium brand will be held solely by Nu Image subsidiary Millennium Films, the production arm that is not a part of the transaction.
Lee will continue as CEO and all existing management are expected to remain in place. The company and Virgo plan to grow the platform through investments in film content, distribution growth and corporate acquisitions. Millennium Entertainment had courted buyers since it was put up for sale in April 2013.
“I’m proud of our...
- 8/19/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Game Night Aggregrate Films and Davis Entertainment are teaming to produce Mark Perez's ensemble dark comedy pitch "Game Night" at New Line.
Jason Bateman will produce and star in the story of a group of couples who get together regularly to play games. On this night, things get real and it becomes a murder mystery. [Source: Deadline]
Parkland Matt Barr ("Hatfields & McCoys") has joined the cast of JFK assassination ensemble drama "Parkland" which is set at Dallas' Parkland hospital in the hours following the fatal shooting of the President.
Barr will play surgeon Paul Mikkelson, a workmate to Zac Efron’s doctor character. The duo is in the trauma care unit when the wounded President is brought in. [Source: Deadline]
Belly Dancing for Beginners Sheridan Smith ("Quartet," "Hysteria") is to star in writer-director Debbie Isitt's new comedy "Belly Dancing for Beginners". An eight week shoot on location in Turkey begins in June.
Jason Bateman will produce and star in the story of a group of couples who get together regularly to play games. On this night, things get real and it becomes a murder mystery. [Source: Deadline]
Parkland Matt Barr ("Hatfields & McCoys") has joined the cast of JFK assassination ensemble drama "Parkland" which is set at Dallas' Parkland hospital in the hours following the fatal shooting of the President.
Barr will play surgeon Paul Mikkelson, a workmate to Zac Efron’s doctor character. The duo is in the trauma care unit when the wounded President is brought in. [Source: Deadline]
Belly Dancing for Beginners Sheridan Smith ("Quartet," "Hysteria") is to star in writer-director Debbie Isitt's new comedy "Belly Dancing for Beginners". An eight week shoot on location in Turkey begins in June.
- 2/7/2013
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Jason Bateman, who stars in this Friday's Identity Thief , has signed on for New Line Cinema's ensemble comedy Game Night , Deadline reports. The original comedy pitch arrives from Mark Perez and his tale follows a group of couples that meet every week to play board games. One evening, however, something goes wrong and the night becomes an all-too-real murder mystery. Bateman is also set to produce alongside Jim Garavente, John Davis and John Fox. (Photo Credit: Apega / WENN.com)...
- 2/7/2013
- Comingsoon.net
Jason Bateman has been cast in Game Night.
New Line Cinema has acquired the film from a pitch by Mark Perez and will develop it as an ensemble comedy, reports Deadline.
The film will centre around a group of couples that get together for regular game nights.
Things get serious when they find themselves embroiled in a real murder mystery.
Bateman will next be seen in Identity Thief, which opens this week. He recently wrapped on Bad Words, in which he starred, produced and made his directorial debut.
He has been announced to host the Independent Spirit Awards with Salma Hayek.
Watch the trailer for Identity Thief below:...
New Line Cinema has acquired the film from a pitch by Mark Perez and will develop it as an ensemble comedy, reports Deadline.
The film will centre around a group of couples that get together for regular game nights.
Things get serious when they find themselves embroiled in a real murder mystery.
Bateman will next be seen in Identity Thief, which opens this week. He recently wrapped on Bad Words, in which he starred, produced and made his directorial debut.
He has been announced to host the Independent Spirit Awards with Salma Hayek.
Watch the trailer for Identity Thief below:...
- 2/7/2013
- Digital Spy
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