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Mike Epps is officially playing Richard Pryor in Lee Daniels’ biopic

Posted 12 years ago

A few weeks ago we told you that comedian Mike Epps was the frontrunner to take on the role of the legendary comic Richard Pryor. Now after beating out other hopefuls for the role including Eddie Murphy, Chris Rock, Marlon...

International trailer for Jonas Arnby’s When Animals Dream has bite

Posted 12 years ago

Earlier this year we learned that Radius -The Weinstein Company had secured US rights for the latest foreign werewolf import from Jonas Alexander Arnby, the Danish horror-thriller WHEN ANIMALS DREAM, a film we have been following since November of last...

Radius-TWC takes werewolf tale When Animals Dream

Posted 12 years ago

Radius -The Weinstein Company has secured US rights for the latest foreign werewolf import from Jonas Alexander Arnby, the Danish horror-thriller WHEN ANIMALS DREAM, according to Variety. We first brought WHEN ANIMALS DREAM to your attention back in November of...

The Weinsteins developing TV projects based on The Mist and Sin City

Posted 12 years ago

Harvey and Bob Weinstein of The Weinstein Company are making big plans to bolster their presence on the television scene with several projects in the pipeline, including a proposed 10-part series with Frank Darabont based on Dimension’s film version of...

Vampire Academy: Blood Sisters adds Gabriel Byrne, Sarah Hyland and more

Posted 13 years ago

The Weinstein Company’s adaptation of VAMPIRE ACADEMY: BLOOD SISTERS is coming along nicely, adding a few cool names to the bloodsucking proceedings. According to Deadline, Gabriel Byrne, “Modern Family” star Sarah Hyland, Joely Richardson and Dominic Sherwood have all come...

Weinstein Company picks up the rights to Blood Sisters, first adaptation from the “Vampire Academy” Series

Posted 13 years ago

If you’re a struggling writer trying to get published it may be in your best interest to start a young adult novel series. You don’t have to take any real time or effort, just throw a bunch of ideas together...

Blood Sisters: Vampire Academy picked up by Weinstein Company, given 2014 release date

Posted 13 years ago

BLOOD SISTERS: VAMPIRE ACADEMY, the Mark Waters-directed flick based on Richelle Mead’s best-selling “Vampire Academy” series, has been picked up by The Weinstein Company in a deal worth around $30 million, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The brothers snatched up...

Julianne Moore’s Shelter finally being released in the US, is now called 6 Souls

Posted 13 years ago

When I read the press release for 6 SOULS, I was hit with a heavy case of deja vu. A psychological thriller starring Julianne Moore and Jonathan Rhys Meyers about a mental patient with multiple personalities – sounds awfully familiar....