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Post by Admin on Mar 3, 2018 4:26:51 GMT
deadline.com/2018/03/warner-bros-pegs-memorial-day-2019-for-six-billion-dollar-man-dates-other-films-1202308701/Warner Bros. Pegs Memorial Day 2019 For ‘Six Billion Dollar Man,’ Dates Other Films It’s a big week for release dates. Following Disney and Sony pegging dates for their films, Warner Bros. is now adding to the fray. The Six Billion Dollar Man, the Mark Wahlberg project based on the popular 1970s TV show that was supposed to come out from TWC/Dimension is now being released by Warner Bros. on May 31, 2019. There is only one other Blumhouse horror picture on that date from Universal. In addition, the studio has put the Nicola Yoon-authored romance drama The Sun is Also a Star, which it has been partnered on with MGM May 17, 2019 which is interesting in that her first novel Everything Everything was turned into a film as well and was released on May 19, 2017 release. The Sun is Also a Star was a finalist for the 2016 National Book Award, has a timely premise: Two teens fall in love on one fateful day as she fights against her family’s deportation. Also, New Line Cinema will release two as yet untitled horror films — one on April 19, 2019 and another on July 3, 2019. They have already scheduled It: Chapter 2, starring Jessica Chastain, for Sept. 6, 2019. An untitled event film has been taken off its 2019 schedule as it was previously scheduled for Sept. 27. Lastly, the Melissa McCarthy and Tiffany Haddish drama The Kitchen from New Line Cinema and DC Entertainment, has now been pegged for release on Sept. 20 2019. The Kitchen is an Irish mafia story set in Hell’s Kitchen, New York in the 1970s.
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Post by Admin on Mar 3, 2018 17:13:39 GMT
variety.com/2018/film/news/mark-wahlberg-six-billion-dollar-release-1202716312/Mark Wahlberg’s ‘Six Billion Dollar Man’ Set for 2019 Summer Release Warner Bros. has set an early summer release date of May 31, 2019, for Mark Wahlberg’s sci-fi action movie “The Six Billion Dollar Man.” Warner Bros. bought the rights to the project late last year from the Weinstein Company, which had been developing the movie with “Wild Tales” director Damian Szifron. “The Six Billion Dollar Man” is based on the science-fiction television series “The Six Million Dollar Man,” about a former astronaut, Colonel Steve Austin, portrayed by Lee Majors. Austin’s character had superhuman strength due to bionic implants and was employed as a secret agent. The series ran for five seasons on ABC between 1973 and 1978 and was based on the Martin Caidin novel “Cyborg.” In November, 2016, Wahlberg and Bob Weinstein made a presentation of the project to buyers at the American Film Market. Wahlberg had asserted that he was not interested in most superhero projects, adding, “I don’t care what it is, how much I’m getting paid, I’m not leaving my trailer in a cape.” Warner Bros. made the announcement Friday. “The Six Billion Dollar Man” is the second title to land on the date after an untitled Blumhouse project. Warner Bros. also said its romance drama “The Sun Is Also a Star” would be released two week earlier on May 17, 2019. Yara Shahidi, star of “Black-ish” and “Grown-ish,” is in negotiations to star in the movie adaptation of the bestselling YA novel for Alloy Entertainment, Warner Bros., and MGM. Additionally, the studio set the Melissa McCarthy-Tiffany Haddish mob drama “The Kitchen” for release by New Line on Sept. 20, 2019. McCarthy joined the project on Feb. 13 with “Straight Outta Compton” writer Andrea Berloff directing from her own script, in which a group of Irish mobsters sent to prison and their wives take over their jailed spouses’ organized crime operation in 1970s Hell’s Kitchen.
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Post by Admin on Apr 4, 2018 23:09:45 GMT
deadline.com/2018/04/sue-kroll-production-slate-1202358635/Sue Kroll Announces Slate For Kroll & Co.: ‘Nemesis’ With Ridley Scott; Untitled Sandra Bullock Comedy; ‘Six Billion Dollar Man’ With Wahlberg & More Former Warner Bros. global marketing and distribution boss Sue Kroll has announced her upcoming production slate in her new role as producer on the lot with her shingle Kroll & Co. Entertainment. While it has already been announced that Kroll will be an EP on the upcoming Oct. 5 Bradley Cooper movie A Star Is Born starring Cooper and Lady Gaga, her upcoming slate will include the sci-fi action thriller Nemesis, with producers Ridley Scott and Jules Daly; the YA drama The Selection with producers Denise Di Novi and Pouya Shahbazian; an untitled comedy starring Sandra Bullock, who will also produce with Michael Bostick; and the action thriller The Six Billion Dollar Man, soon going into production starring Mark Wahlberg, who also produces alongside Stephen Levinson, Bill Gerber, Scott Faye and Karen Lauder. Six Billion Dollar Man was previously located at TWC-Dimension before the company came apart in recent months. Six Billion Dollar Man is scheduled to come out on May 31, 2019. “My passion for film and television and for telling great stories is not only the cornerstone of my wonderful career, but has also been a huge part of my life since I was a young girl enthralled by the moving image,” stated Kroll. “I am excited to be collaborating in this new capacity with amazing, visionary filmmakers, many of whom I have known and worked with, and to also champion new and unique voices. This is just the beginning and I am thrilled about our slate of films and our incredible filmmaking partners.” Kroll is also serving as EP on Edward Norton’s Motherless Brooklyn, inspired by Jonathan Lethem’s award-winning book, which Norton adapted for the screen. This project was also announced under her watch back in January when the news broke about her segue from the executive to producer offices on the lot. Kroll is teaming with producers Norton, William Migliore, Gigi Pritzker and Rachel Shane, and EPs Michael Bederman, Adrian Alperovich, Robert F. Smith, Brian Sheth and Daniel Nader. Currently in production, the film stars Norton, Bruce Willis, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Willem Dafoe and Alec Baldwin. In addition, Kroll is an EP on The Goldfinch, the film version of Donna Tartt’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, being directed by John Crowley, and starring Ansel Elgort and Nicole Kidman. Nina Jacobson and Brad Simpson are producing, and Mari Jo Winkler-Ioffreda is also serving as an executive producer. Goldfinch will open on Oct. 11, 2019. Rounding out Kroll & Co Entertainment, are SVP of Development and Production Jennifer Malloy, Creative Executive Olivia Heighten, longtime Kroll staffer Chelsea Bradshaw as Operations / Production Executive, and administrative assistant Nicole Kraft.
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Post by Admin on May 8, 2018 22:58:56 GMT
deadline.com/2018/05/damian-szifron-off-of-six-billion-dollar-man-1202385611/ Damián Szifron Off Of 'Six Billion Dollar Man' EXCLUSIVE: We are hearing reports that Argentinean filmmaker Damian Szifron has been moved off from Warner Bros’ The Six Billion Dollar Man. The movie which is set for release on May 31 next year was set to go before the cameras in two months. We understand that Szifron was pulled from the project owing to creative differences on his script. There are also reports that Szifron was let go due to the language barrier. Six Billion Dollar Man is the Mark Wahlberg project that was originally set up at Dimension. Bob Weinstein had to sell the project to Warners to get working capital for the Weinstein Co. The project was expected to return Dimension to its blockbuster status. Szifron boarded the project three years ago to adapt the 1970s Lee Majors series for the big screen. Szifron directed the Oscar foreign film nominee Wild Tales. TBD on who will next helm The Six Billion Dollar Man.
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