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TNT & TBS Announce Development Slates
16 May 2012 5:33 AM, PDT | Deadline TV | See recent Deadline TV news »
Ahead of their upfront presentation later this morning, TNT and TBS have unveiled their development slates, which include projects from David Baldacci, Michael Bay, Shane Brennan, Steven Bochco, Tom Clancy, James Duff, Howard Gordon, Norm MacDonald, Matthew McConaughey, Conan O’Brien, Michael Ovitz, Robert Port, Michael M. Robin, Ron Shelton, Greer Shephard, Don Todd, Dick Wolf and Nigel Lythgoe. “At TNT, whatever the form or genre, we’re using what we call the ‘popcorn mindset’ as the guiding principle behind all our development,” Michael Wright, president, head of programming for TNT, TBS and Turner Classic Movies (TCM). The network’s development slate include two drama projects originally set up at the broadcast networks this past season, David Baldacci/Shane Brennan’s King And Maxwell, which was at CBS, and Howard Gordon/Jeffrey Nachmanoff’s Legends, which was at NBC. It also features an competition reality project from Matthew McConaughey and »
- NELLIE ANDREEVA
Exclusive: ICM’s Chris Silbermann Nearly Completed With Management Buyout
26 April 2012 5:14 PM, PDT | Deadline Hollywood | See recent Deadline Hollywood news »
ICM Implosion Stopped: Chris Silbermann Stays, Less Power For Jeff Berg ICM Part 3: Agency Board & Rizvi Blow Off Silbermann’s Demands ICM Part 2: Silbermann Forces Decision By Rizvi; Relying On Mike Ovitz ICM Imploding! Silbermann & Berg Battle For Control Exclusive: Insiders are telling me that ICM President Chris Silbermann has completed his management buyout except for the “little legalities”, thus putting an official end to what was a destabilizing period for the agency. The tenpercentery is going to be 100% owned and operated by its agents as soon as the lawyers “put in the periods and semicolons” on the contracts. ”This is truly exciting to be able to say to agents, ‘You’re going to own your company.’” It will emphasize ICM’s entrepreneurial culture and begin an expansion,” a source tells me. I understand that some agents are going to be exiting as a result. (“Those agents not »
- NIKKI FINKE
Exclusive: ICM’s Chris Silbermann Nearly Completed With Management Buyout
26 April 2012 5:14 PM, PDT | Deadline TV | See recent Deadline TV news »
ICM Implosion Stopped: Chris Silbermann Stays, Less Power For Jeff Berg ICM Part 3: Agency Board & Rizvi Blow Off Silbermann’s Demands ICM Part 2: Silbermann Forces Decision By Rizvi; Relying On Mike Ovitz ICM Imploding! Silbermann & Berg Battle For Control Exclusive: Insiders are telling me that ICM President Chris Silbermann has completed his management buyout except for the “little legalities”, thus putting an official end to what was a destabilizing period for the agency. The tenpercentery is going to be 100% owned and operated by its agents as soon as the lawyers “put in the periods and semicolons” on the contracts. ”This is truly exciting to be able to say to agents, ‘You’re going to own your company.’” It will emphasize ICM’s entrepreneurial culture and begin an expansion,” a source tells me. I understand that some agents are going to be exiting as a result. (“Those agents not »
- NIKKI FINKE
Screenwriter Joe Eszterhas Has Tape of Mel Gibson's 'Violent' Threats
13 April 2012 9:02 AM, PDT | Extra | See recent Extra news »
Screenwriter Joe Eszterhas, best known for penning "Basic Instinct" and "Flashdance," has accused Mel Gibson of anti-Semitism and "violent" rants.
The two were in Costa Rica, collaborating on the film "The Maccabees," a story of Jewish heroism, which Gibson was set to direct. Warner Bros. rejected Eszterhas' script, which then apparently kicked off the current brouhaha.
According to Eszterhas, things in Costa Rica were intolerable, prompting him to write a nine-page letter to Gibson with his accusations. »
Anti-Defamation League comments on Mel Gibson accusations: 'It fits nicely into a pattern of a serial offender, a serial hater, and a serial bigot.'
12 April 2012 2:07 PM, PDT | EW - Inside Movies | See recent EW.com - Inside Movies news »
The Anti-Defamation League and Mel Gibson have such a long history of trading press releases, at this point the Adl must have a special Gibson Division. With his latest PR implosion – screenwriter Joe Eszterhas’ nine-page accusatory letter reviving discussions of Gibson’s bigotry, as well as detailing the breakdown of their joint Maccabees project — the organization decided to respond.
“Had these allegations been made against any other actor, we would be skeptical, and certainly one could chalk them up to the words of a disgruntled screenwriter whose script was rejected. But with Mel Gibson, they follow a distinct pattern of anti-Semitic conduct… »
- Keith Staskiewicz
Essential Viewing for fans of ‘The Raid: Redemption’ – 15 Classic Martial Arts Films
5 April 2012 10:42 PM, PDT | SoundOnSight | See recent SoundOnSight news »
The release of The Raid: Redemption has made us revisit our favourite martial arts flicks and pick five favourite films to suggest for Sound on Sight readers.
Before I give my five picks though, I would like to turn the floor over to a man who has been a friend of mine since grade seven at Oxford Street Junior High School in Halifax. As the line editor for Steve Jackson Games’ “Generic Universal RolePlaying System”, Sean Punch aka Dr. Kromm has been directly or indirectly responsible for a number of source-books on the Martial Arts including writing and editing Gurps Martial Arts.
I asked him earlier this week what films he would put on his list. He named three.
You’re not looking for goofy, cinematic Asian martial arts are you? Because I tend to like stuff that is more realistic, more like what commandos would use. You mentioned Steven Seagal »
- Michael Ryan
Img Fallout: JPMorgan's Greg O'Hara Out After Ovitz Maneuver (Exclusive)
1 February 2012 5:06 PM, PST | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
Gregory O’Hara, the head of JPMorgan Chase’s special investment group and once a rising star at the bank, is leaving, TheWrap has learned. "He's going to do something different," said Joe Evangelisti, a spokesman for the bank. O'Hara (pictured far left) had risen to be chief investment officer of the special investments group, but angered JPMorgan Vice Chairman James Lee (pictured far right) when he associated with Michael Ovitz to take over Img, three individuals with knowledge of the situation told TheWrap. The deal was attemped as Img CEO Teddy Forstmann lay »
- Sharon Waxman & Brent Lang
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