John Lithgow is set to play former Fox News chief Roger Ailes, who was responsible for the conservative-leaning network’s rise, in Annapurna’s upcoming untitled film about the sexual harassment scandal that put an end to his career,
The film, directed by Jay Roach, will tell the story from the point of view of the women who took on the toxic male culture of Fox News and ultimately led to Ailes’ downfall.
The script is being penned by Academy Award-winner, Charles Randolph (“The Big Short”), and Annapurna is producing the film along with Charlize Theron, Beth Kono, and Aj Dix of Denver and Delilah.
Also Read: Margot Robbie Joins Charlize Theron, Nicole Kidman in Movie About Fox News Scandal
The film features an ensemble cast with characters portraying all of those involved at Fox News during Ailes’ tenure. Lithgow joins a cast that already boasts Theron as Megyn Kelly,...
The film, directed by Jay Roach, will tell the story from the point of view of the women who took on the toxic male culture of Fox News and ultimately led to Ailes’ downfall.
The script is being penned by Academy Award-winner, Charles Randolph (“The Big Short”), and Annapurna is producing the film along with Charlize Theron, Beth Kono, and Aj Dix of Denver and Delilah.
Also Read: Margot Robbie Joins Charlize Theron, Nicole Kidman in Movie About Fox News Scandal
The film features an ensemble cast with characters portraying all of those involved at Fox News during Ailes’ tenure. Lithgow joins a cast that already boasts Theron as Megyn Kelly,...
- 8/22/2018
- by Trey Williams
- The Wrap
John Lithgow will play Roger Ailes, the Fox News chief who masterfully exploited the country’s political divisions to rise to the top of the cable news heap, in Annapurna’s upcoming drama about the sexual harassment scandal that ended his career.
The Tony and Emmy winner joins a cast of heavyweights that includes Nicole Kidman, Margot Robbie, and Charlize Theron. The currently untitled film focuses on Ailes’ downfall, zeroing in on a group of female employees who bucked the culture of sexism at the network to oust the news baron from power. Kidman will play Gretchen Carlson, the Fox News anchor who sued Ailes for harassment in July 2016, and Charlize Theron will portray Megyn Kelly, a star at the network whose decision to go public with her own story of abuse was seen as a key turning point. Robbie’s character is said to be a fictional Fox News associate producer.
The Tony and Emmy winner joins a cast of heavyweights that includes Nicole Kidman, Margot Robbie, and Charlize Theron. The currently untitled film focuses on Ailes’ downfall, zeroing in on a group of female employees who bucked the culture of sexism at the network to oust the news baron from power. Kidman will play Gretchen Carlson, the Fox News anchor who sued Ailes for harassment in July 2016, and Charlize Theron will portray Megyn Kelly, a star at the network whose decision to go public with her own story of abuse was seen as a key turning point. Robbie’s character is said to be a fictional Fox News associate producer.
- 8/22/2018
- by Brent Lang and Justin Kroll
- Variety Film + TV
John Lithgow, Hugh Dancy, Veep‘s Reid Scott and I, Tonya actor Paul Walter Hauser have come aboard the comedy feature Late Night, written by Mindy Kaling, who also stars alongside Emma Thompson. Nisha Ganatra is attached to direct the project, which follows a late-night talk show host (Thompson) who is at risk of losing her long-running show right when she hires her first female writer (Kaling), who revitalizes her show and her life.
Filming is slated to begin next week, with Kaling producing the pic alongside Howard Klein, Imperative Entertainment and FilmNation Entertainment, which is handling international sales as well as financing the project with 30West. In addition, 30West and CAA are repping the U.S. rights.
Lithgow joins the film after recently starring in FilmNation’s Beatriz at Dinner with Salma Hayek and Connie Britton, as well as Daddy’s Home 2 and Netflix’s The Crown, which earned him an Emmy.
Filming is slated to begin next week, with Kaling producing the pic alongside Howard Klein, Imperative Entertainment and FilmNation Entertainment, which is handling international sales as well as financing the project with 30West. In addition, 30West and CAA are repping the U.S. rights.
Lithgow joins the film after recently starring in FilmNation’s Beatriz at Dinner with Salma Hayek and Connie Britton, as well as Daddy’s Home 2 and Netflix’s The Crown, which earned him an Emmy.
- 4/16/2018
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
John Lithgow, Hugh Dancy, Reid Scott, and Paul Walter Hauser have joined the cast of Mindy Kaling’s comedy “Late Night,” directed by Nisha Ganatra.
The film stars Kaling and Emma Thompson. 30West and FilmNation Entertainment are financing the upcoming comedy. Kaling wrote the script and is also producing with Howard Klein, alongside Imperative Entertainment and FilmNation Entertainment, who are handling international sales. 30West and CAA are handling U.S. rights.
“Late Night” centers on a late-night talk show host (Thompson) who is at risk of losing her long-running show right when she hires her first female writer (Kaling), who revitalizes her show and her life. Principal photography is set to commence this week.
Lithgow most recently starred in FilmNation’s “Beatriz at Dinner” alongside Salma Hayek and Connie Britton, as well as “Miss Sloane” with Jessica Chastain. He won the Emmy Award and the Screen Actors Guild Award for his performance in “The Crown.
The film stars Kaling and Emma Thompson. 30West and FilmNation Entertainment are financing the upcoming comedy. Kaling wrote the script and is also producing with Howard Klein, alongside Imperative Entertainment and FilmNation Entertainment, who are handling international sales. 30West and CAA are handling U.S. rights.
“Late Night” centers on a late-night talk show host (Thompson) who is at risk of losing her long-running show right when she hires her first female writer (Kaling), who revitalizes her show and her life. Principal photography is set to commence this week.
Lithgow most recently starred in FilmNation’s “Beatriz at Dinner” alongside Salma Hayek and Connie Britton, as well as “Miss Sloane” with Jessica Chastain. He won the Emmy Award and the Screen Actors Guild Award for his performance in “The Crown.
- 4/16/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Martin Campbell is attached to direct Paramount Pictures' 36, a remake of the 2004 French-language thriller 36 quai des orfevres. Author-screenwriter Richard Price has been tapped to do a rewrite.
The story revolves around two detectives who try to solve a series of armored car robberies in the hopes of landing a promotion promised to whoever catches the perpetrators.
Robert De Niro, who is producing the project through his Tribeca Films banner, had been attached to star. But sources said that Price will pen an overhaul of Dean Georgaris' screenplay and reimagine the two detectives in their 30s.
Campbell, whose credits include The Legend of Zorro and The Mask of Zorro, most recently helmed Sony/MGM's international hit Casino Royale. He is prepping 20th Century Fox's thriller Unstoppable.
The New Zealand-born director is repped by CAA and attorney Walter Teller.
Price, whose screenwriting credits include Freedomland and Mad Dog and Glory, also is a best-selling author who has penned such novels as Clockers and The Wanderers.
He is handled by CAA.
The story revolves around two detectives who try to solve a series of armored car robberies in the hopes of landing a promotion promised to whoever catches the perpetrators.
Robert De Niro, who is producing the project through his Tribeca Films banner, had been attached to star. But sources said that Price will pen an overhaul of Dean Georgaris' screenplay and reimagine the two detectives in their 30s.
Campbell, whose credits include The Legend of Zorro and The Mask of Zorro, most recently helmed Sony/MGM's international hit Casino Royale. He is prepping 20th Century Fox's thriller Unstoppable.
The New Zealand-born director is repped by CAA and attorney Walter Teller.
Price, whose screenwriting credits include Freedomland and Mad Dog and Glory, also is a best-selling author who has penned such novels as Clockers and The Wanderers.
He is handled by CAA.
- 6/13/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Denzel Washington is set to star in Inside Man, which Spike Lee is directing for Universal Pictures and Imagine Entertainment. Clive Owen is in negotiations to join the movie, which Brian Grazer is producing. Inside takes place during a tense hostage situation in which a tough cop matches wits with a clever bank robber, who sets out to pull off the perfect robbery. Russell Gewirtz and Menno Meyjes wrote the screenplay. Daniel Rosenberg will executive produce. Scott Stuber, vice chairman of worldwide production, and Donna Langley, executive vp production, will oversee the project for Universal. Karen Kehela-Sherwood and Kim Roth will oversee the project for Imagine. Inside would be the fourth Washington-Lee pairing. The two teamed up on 1990's Mo' Better Blues, 1992's Malcolm X and 1998's He Got Game. Washington, repped by ICM and attorney Walter Teller, stars on Broadway as Brutus in Julius Caesar. Last year, the actor starred in Man on Fire and The Manchurian Candidate. Owen, repped by CAA, was nominated for a best supporting actor Oscar for his performance in Closer. He appears in Sin City and next stars in Derailed. WMA-repped Lee's recent credits include 25th Hour, She Hate Me and the upcoming Showtime limited series Sucker Free City.
Edward Scissorhands scribe Caroline Thompson has been hired to adapt the high-profile project Lionboy for DreamWorks and studio-based producers Team Todd. Thompson, who will receive high-six against low-seven figures, will pen a screenplay based on the novel written by Louisa Young and her daughter Isabelle. It's set in London in the near future and centers on a boy named Charlie Ashanti who was scratched by a leopard when he was a baby and thus can communicate with cats. As a child, he teams up with a band of circus lions to track down his parents, who have been kidnapped. Lionboy, which has drawn comparisons to Harry Potter, is the first of three books in a series and is expected to launch a franchise for the studio. The latter two books have yet to be published and are still untitled. The tone and genre of the book are said to fit into Thompson's body of work, which includes such family adventure and fantasy films as The Addams Family, The Secret Garden, Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey and The Nightmare Before Christmas. Team Todd sisters Suzanne and Jennifer Todd will produce Lionboy. At the studio, production executive Claire Rudnick-Polstein is overseeing. Thompson is repped by ICM and attorney Walter Teller.
- 4/16/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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