Dave McNary

Anne Fletcher is in negotations to direct Reese Witherspoon and Sofia Vergara in MGM 's comedy "Don't Mess With Texas." Universal Pictures won the rights to the project last June...

Lionsgate has hired " Catfish " directors Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman to helm its film adaptation of Jeanne Ryan's young-adult novel "Nerve." Liosngate-based Allison Shearmur is producing via her...

Ineffable Pictures is developing young-adult novel "Hungry" as a movie, tapping writer Derek Simon to adapt Heather Swain 's dystopian story. Ineffable's Raphael Kryszek and Jesse Israel will produce with...

Pointing to the successes of "Frozen" and "The Nut Job," Wrekin Hill Entertainment has acquired all North American rights to Christian De Vita's 3D animated feature "Yellowbird" from TeamTO and...

Former "Tonight Show" clip producer Steve Kozak has been tapped to head North American operations for Paris-based Novovision , effective March 1. Kozak spent the last 10 years on the...

Filling out next year's awards season calendar, the Producers Guild of America has selected Jan. 24, 2015 for its next awards show at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in Los...

John Turturro and Vanessa Paradis have joined the anthology film "Rio, I Love You," the third in the "Cities I Love" series. U.S. and international sales are being handled by...

Two years after the creation of SAG-AFTRA , national executive director David White has reorganized the top staff of the performers union. White made the disclosure at Saturday's meeting of...

Jennifer Aniston has come on board to star in the movie " Cake " with Daniel Barnz directing in the first title of a five-film co-financing pact between After Dark...

In a major Berlin sale, the Weinstein Co. has bought U.S. rights to Alan Turing drama "The Imitation Game," with Benedict Cumberbatch and Keira Knightley starring, for $7 million. Morten...