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'Serena' First Look: See Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper in 1929 Splendor

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Bradley Cooper and current "Hunger Games" it-girl Jennifer Lawrence are starting production on 2929 Productions' "Serena" in Prague. Oscar-winner Susanne Bier (“In a Better World,” “Things We Lost in the Fire”) directing the screenplay by Christopher Kyle (“Alexander”), who adapted Ron Rash's 2009 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction-nominated novel.

By Maggie Lange
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April 11, 2012 5:14 PM
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IN THE WORKS: Fukunaga, McConaughey & Harrelson Go TV with 'True Detective' plus Wahlberg's 'Partner' and Camargo's 'Seagull'

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Now this is an exciting pairing: Cary Fukunaga ("Jane Eyre") will direct Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson in an eight-part TV series written by Nic Pizzolatto, "True Detective." McConaughey and Harrelson will play two cops, Rust Cohle and Martin Hart, respectively, whose lives intertwine through a seventeen-year search for a Louisiana serial killer. The story spans the 1995 murder to the reopening of the case in 2012.

By Sophia Savage
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April 11, 2012 2:24 PM
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Behind the Lionsgate/Ross Breakup on the "The Hunger Games" Sequel

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It's deja vu all over again. The director that established the first installment of a franchise is moving on. On April 6, The Playlist scooped the news that Gary Ross would leave "The Hunger Games" trilogy, and would not direct the "Catching Fire" sequel.

By Anne Thompson
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April 11, 2012 1:44 PM
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'Prometheus': Blow by Blow on London's Footage Screening and Q & A with Scott, Theron, Fassbender, Rapace

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This morning in London, Twentieth Century Fox held the world’s first screening of 3-D footage from “Prometheus,” treating an early-morning crowd to three scenes and thirteen minutes followed by a Q&A session with director Ridley Scott (“Please stop calling me Sir Ridley”) and stars Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender and Charlize Theron.

By Matt Mueller
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April 10, 2012 12:46 PM
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Media Watch: Brian Brooks Returns To New York as Managing Editor, But Not at Deadline

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When veteran managing editor Brian Brooks left Indiewire in January to move to Los Angeles, he was hired by Deadline editrix Nikki Finke to be her west coast editor. Well, three months later, Brooks is back in his Manhattan apartment (which he never let go).

By Anne Thompson
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April 9, 2012 9:12 PM
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Brit Week Takes Over Los Angeles, Because Somehow They Need More Attention

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The British Are Coming! Brit Week takes over Los Angeles April 24 - May 7 to promo everything Brit, from films, fashion and stars from across the pond to the sovereign state's top innovators and artists. This celebration of greatness and prosperity reads like a marketing grab for attention and respect for still being one of the great world powers.

By Sophia Savage
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April 9, 2012 5:43 PM
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Lionsgate and Summit Move Back Release of 'Ender's Game' as Merger Shakes Out, with Changes on International Side

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To most observers January's Lionsgate Summit merger couldn't have worked out better; Summit sold at the top of their game with one last "Twilight" still to come, and the merger went through before the launch of expected franchise "Hunger Games," which did not disappoint. But integrating two organizations is not easy.

By Anne Thompson
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April 9, 2012 5:16 PM
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Scorsese Talks Sinatra Biopic Possibilities: HBO Miniseries vs. Movie? 'Now's The Time to Execute It On The Page'

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After his positive experience with HBO on "Boardwalk Empire" and the prestigious Oscar-winning money-loser "Hugo," Martin Scorsese is reconsidering the way to proceed with his Frank Sinatra biopic.

By Sophia Savage
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April 9, 2012 1:41 PM
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Mike Wallace Obits (Video)

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When someone like Mike Wallace dies, you feel the loss. That's because the CBS "60 Minutes" newsman, who died at 93 after a long illness, fearlessly practiced a level of rigorous stand-up journalism that rarely exists anymore.

By Anne Thompson
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April 8, 2012 11:58 AM
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Amazon Studios Director Roy Price Talks Second-Year Changes

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It's more than a year since Amazon Studios launched its radical new approach to making movies. Where are they now? Well, Amazon Studios director Roy Price has finalized a development slate of fifteen projects in the works.