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21 May 2013 4:59 PM, PDT | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »

Joely Richardson has joined the cast of Universal’s “Endless Love” starring Alex Pettyfer and Gabriella Wilde.

Bruce Greenwood also stars with Shana Feste helming the pic.

Scott Stuber and Pamela Abdy of Bluegrass Films and Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage from Fake Empire will produce. Tracy Falco and J. Miles Dale will executive produce.

It’s unclear how closely the new pic will follow the 1979 Scott Spencer book or the 1981 Brooke Shields movie. Studio has dated the film for Feb. 14, 2014.

Feste re-wrote the script, which was originally penned by Josh Safran. Universal’s VP of production Kristin Lowe and creative exec Chloe Yellin will oversee “Endless Love” for the studio.

Richardson appears in Lionsgate’s upcoming “Thanks For Sharing” and appeared last year in “Red Lights.” She is repped by ICM Partners, the Schiff Company and Ken McReddie Associates. »

- Justin Kroll

15 May 2013 9:57 AM, PDT | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »

Josh Gad has joined the cast of Zach Braff’s “Wish I Was Here,” on the heels of Mandy Patinkin coming on board the indie drama.

“Wish I Was Here” has raised $2.62 million in three weeks of Braff’s Kickstarter campaign from more than 38,200 fans.

Gad will play Braff’s brother. Producers plan to shoot the film in Los Angeles in the summer.

Braff announced the castings on the Kickstarter page.  He  plans to star and direct from a screenplay he co-wrote with his brother Adam. Stacey Sher and Michael Shamberg will produce via their Double Feature Films.

Braff will portray a struggling actor, husband and father trying to find his identity and purpose at age 35. He winds up trying to home school his two children when his father can no longer afford to pay for private education and the only available public school is on its last legs.

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- Dave McNary

19 March 2013 9:54 AM, PDT | Deadline New York | See recent Deadline New York news »

Exclusive: ICM Partners has just signed Tim Robbins, the actor-director who’ll next star with Mark Ruffalo, Gwyneth Paltrow, Joely Richardson and Josh Gad in Thanks For Sharing (which Roadside Attractions releases September 20) as well as the untitled film based on the Elmore Leonard novel The Switch. He’s also set to return behind the camera directing Man Under. Robbins continues to be managed by Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas. Robbins had been repped by UTA and this marks a return to ICM for him. The agency — which brokered his deals for such movies as Mystic River, Dead Man Walking and Cradle Will Rock – will not only handle him for acting and directing but also touring for his music. »

- MIKE FLEMING JR

6 February 2013 8:20 AM, PST | Deadline New York | See recent Deadline New York news »

Breaking: Not that anybody thought he was leaving, but Lionsgate has announced a contract extension for Jason Constantine to continue as President of Acquisitions and Co-Productions at the studio’s Motion Picture Group. Constantine continues to play key roles in the studio’s projects and he steers the acquisitions team. The 13-year Lionsgate veteran has helped with recent acquisitions including the Expendables franchise, Cabin In The Woods, Arbitrage and the upcoming Joss Whedon pic Much Ado About Nothing, Girl Most Likely starring Kristen Wiig and Annette Bening, and the Gwyneth Paltrow-Mark Ruffalo starrer Thanks For Sharing. What became clear to me while covering the Sundance Film Festival is how pivotal Constantine has been in working with Roadside Attractions accomplices Howard Cohen and Eric d’Arbeloff to make multi-platform releasing an eminently viable alternative for films that might not otherwise cut it as theatrical releases that need big P&A spends. »

- MIKE FLEMING JR

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