MARCI COOPERSTEIN PROMOTED TO VICE PRESIDENT, PROGRAMMING AND DEVELOPMENT, ABC FAMILY Marci Cooperstein has been promoted to Vice President, Programming and Development, ABC Family, it was announced today by Kate Juergens, Executive Vice President, Original Programming and Development, ABC Family to whom she reports. “Marci has a proven ability to
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Hugh Laurie in Talks to Play Villain in Brad Bird’s ‘Tomorrowland’
The more I hear about Brad Bird’s upcoming sci-fi film, ‘Tomorrowland’, formally known as ‘1952’, the more excited I become. The film already landed George Clooney to star, and now it looks like we may have our villain, and I think it’s the best choice possible. The Hollywood Reporter has exclusively
Disney to Develop Space Sci-Fi Adventure ‘Paladin’
Walt Disney Pictures is set to develop an original space set sci-fi adventure titled Paladin. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Disney has tapped Max Borenstein an up and coming writer to pen the script. While details about Paladin are being kept under wraps for the time being, the studio has said that
Disney’s ‘Maleficent’ to Begin Filming in June
This is the news I’ve been waiting to hear. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Disney’s live action version of Maleficent will begin filming in June. Angelina Jolie will star as the title villain and is reportedly excited about the film because of the relationship the movie will explore between Maleficent and
Disney Announces Another New Movie Project – Hovercar
Disney movie project announcements keep coming. Earlier this week Disney found directors for two long awaited projects, Maleficent and the as yet titled Matterhorn movie. The newest announcement from The Hollywood Reporter is that Disney has brought on Dan Harris (X2, Superman Returns) to work on the script for Hovercar.
Jerry Bruckheimer: ‘Pirates 5’ Being Rewritten, Speaks out on the ‘Lone Ranger’ Issues
Jerry Bruckheimer is one of Hollywood’s hottest producers, and one of Disney’s biggest collaborators. He is the man behind the highly successful ‘Pirates of the Caribbean‘ franchise, and has just offered updates on two of his upcoming projects ‘Pirates of the Caribbean 5’ and ‘The Lone Ranger’ in a recent interview with
Disney Working on Time Travel Movie ‘Time Zones’
Walt Disney Pictures has begun work on a very cool sounding time travel film titled ‘Time Zones’, written by Marc Guggenheim, who is also doing an untitled detective movie that we reported on last week. Guggenheim was the writer of this summers ‘Green Lantern’, and has done quite a bit of
Disney Working on New Female Detective Movie
It looks like Disney has their sites on a new potential franchise. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Disney has acquired an untitled project from a new screenwriter named Ashley Bradley. The film is set to be produced under Marc Guggenheim, co-writer of this summer’s ‘Green Lantern’.
Disney Picks Up Sci-Fi Project ‘The Runner’
According to the Hollywood Reporter Disney has picked up a new sci-fi series called ‘The Runner’. Here are the details: Disney has picked up a sci-fi adventure project from Dave Andron, the developer of NBC’s recent Knight Rider reboot, titled The Runner, with Marc Forster attached to direct. Brian Grazer and his
Disney to launch “Disney Channel Russia”
Walt Disney Company expects to launch the Russian version of Disney Channel this year and plans to produce two to three theatrical movies a year for the local market. “We are planning to follow upon the success of our first movie for the Russian market, ‘The Book of Masters,’ further
