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Post by The Ultimate Nullifier on Aug 26, 2015 11:48:31 GMT -6
deadline.com/2015/08/joaquin-phoenix-m-night-shyamalan-jason-bloom-reunite-wayward-pines-the-visit-1201505677/Joaquin Phoenix, M. Night Shyamalan & Jason Blum In Talks To Reunite On New Project Joaquin Phoenix is in negotiations to reunite with M. Night Shyamalan for a new feature project that will start shooting in November in the director’s hometown of Philadelphia. The project will also bring Shyamalan back together with Jason Blum, who will produce. The two worked together most recently on upcoming Universal release The Visit. Marc Bienstock also produces, while Ashwin Rajan and Steven Schneider are on board as exec producers. As with most Shyamalan projects, the logline is being kept fiercely under wraps. Deadline understands that the new project will be on the lower end of the budgetary scale, more in keeping with The Visit (budgeted at $5 million and fully financed by Shyamalan) than, say, the likes of The Last Airbender ($150 million). Phoenix and Shyamalan worked together previously on Signs in 2002 and The Village in 2004. The director looks set to enjoy something of a renaissance. The Visit, about a single mother who finds that things in her family’s life go very wrong after her two young children visit their grandparents, has been generating strong buzz. Wayward Pines, the TV series Shyamalan exec produced and directed the pilot for, has also been a ratings winner for Fox. The Phoenix-Shyamalan-Blum reunion is not set up at a particular studio. Phoenix and Shyamalan are both repped by WME. Phoenix is also with Sloane Offer.
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Post by The Ultimate Nullifier on Oct 2, 2015 20:03:38 GMT -6
deadline.com/2015/10/james-mcavoy-replaces-joaquin-phoenix-in-m-night-shyamalans-new-film-1201566186/James McAvoy In Talks To Replace Joaquin Phoenix In M. Night Shyamalan’s New Film James McAvoy is in talks to set into the role previously being eyed by Joaquin Phoenix in M. Night Shyamalan’s new feature project, which will go before the cameras in November. Jason Blum, who paired with the director on Universal’s recent horror film The Visit, is producing the project. Marc Bienstock also produces, while Ashwin Rajan and Steven Schneider are on board as exec producers. The logline for the new project is being kept under wraps, but Deadline has learned that it will be on the lower end of the budget scale, more in keeping with The Visit (budgeted at $5 million and fully financed by Shyamalan) than, say, the likes of The Last Airbender ($150 million). McAvoy, who just completed X-Men: Apocalypse for Fox and Victor Frankenstein for that studio and Davis Entertainment, is repped by United Agents in the UK and UTA. Shyamalan is repped by WME.
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