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16 June 2011 12:18 PM, PDT | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »

Lasse Hallstrom is adapting another Nicholas Sparks novel -- "Safe Haven" -- for Relativity Media, the studio announced Thursday. He directed 2010's "Dear John," also based on a Sparks novel, and has directed a raft of adaptations, including the 1985 "My Life as a Dog," the 1999 "The Cider House Rules," the 2001 "The Shipping News" and the 2000 "Chocolat." And Sparks's novels have been adapted quite a few times. In addition to "Dear John," he wrote "The Notebook," "The Last Song" and "Nights in Rodanthe." "Safe Haven" is a love story about »

- Joshua L. Weinstein

9 February 2011 1:19 PM, PST | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »

"Gone' has found Amanda Seyfried. The "Letters to Juliet" and "Dear John" actress will star in the Summit Entertainment, Lakeshore Entertainment Group and Sidney Kimmel Entertainment thriller "Gone," the companies announced Wednesday. “Amanda has had a remarkable career in such a short time and she is the perfect actress to play the smart and fearless heroine in 'Gone,'" Lakeshore’s Tom Rosenberg said in a written statement. "She has proven to be an extraordinary talent and we’re excited to be working with her. The film will be directed by Heitor Dhalia from a script by »

- Joshua L. Weinstein

6 February 2011 7:55 AM, PST | Deadline Hollywood | See recent Deadline Hollywood news »

Saturday PM/Sunday AM: Yes, I went AWOL from Friday night's North American box office. But can you blame me? With these two pics opening this Super Bowl weekend? Update: So Sony Pictures spinmeisters respond: "Clint Culpepper is one of the most successful executives in this industry. The film over performed. He makes genre movies and he makes them well. Easy A was one of the best films of the year. What was mysoginistic about that, or Burlesque or Country Strong or Dear John. And if strong women characters at the center of two very popular franchises (Resident Evil and Underworld) is somehow demeaning to women, I would love to understand why."   Increasingly, Sony Pictures' Screen Gems has become the Odd Lots of movie divisions: you never know what you're going to find there, but you know it's cheap crap. Worse, Clint Culpepper is one misogynist dude when it comes »

- NIKKI FINKE

3 items from 2011