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Post by The Ultimate Nullifier on Jan 12, 2015 20:22:00 GMT -6
deadline.com/2015/01/barry-sonnenfeld-europacorp-nine-lives-1201348574/EuropaCorp Sets Barry Sonnenfeld For Cat-astrophic Comedy ‘Nine Lives’ After EuropaCorp generated another hit in Taken 3, Luc Besson and Christophe Lambert’s company has hired Barry Sonnenfeld to direct Nine Lives, a high-concept comedy scripted by Daniel Antoniazzi and Ben Shiffrin. The film is about a workaholic businessman who has to figure his way out of a dilemma: A terrible accident leaves him trapped in the body of the family cat. Pic’s being shepherded by EuropaCorp U.S. film president Lisa Ellzey. The film will be financed and produced by EuropaCorp and will be one of the early releases through Red, the distribution pipeline that EuropaCorp co-owns with Relativity. The distribution venture gets underway with The Transporter Legacy, with the Steven Quale-directed The Lake and the Naomi Watts starrer Shut In coming right behind. “I’m very excited to be working with Christophe, Lisa, Luc and the rest of the EuropaCorp team on this funny, emotional, commercial comedy,” said Sonnenfeld, who last helmed 2012’s Men In Black 3. “Perhaps I’ll also get over my severe allergy and dislike of cats.” Taken 3 opened at a weekend-topping $40 million, following the success of EuropaCorp’s smash Lucy. Sonnenfeld’s repped by WME, Mosaic and Ziffren, while the scripters are with UTA, Gotham Group and McKuin, Frankel Whitehead. The writers last worked with EuropaCorp on DNA.
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Post by The Ultimate Nullifier on Mar 26, 2015 7:47:56 GMT -6
variety.com/2015/news/malina-weissman-to-co-star-with-kevin-spacey-in-nine-lives-exclusive-1201459343/Malina Weissman to Co-Star with Kevin Spacey in ‘Nine Lives’ Malina Weissman is set to join EuropaCorp’s “Nine Lives” opposite Kevin Spacey. Barry Sonnenfeld is directing the pic, which revolves around a workaholic businessman who has to figure out how to redeem himself after a terrible accident leaves him trapped in the body of his family’s cat. EuropaCorp is distributing, financing and producing the film from a script by Daniel Antoniazzi and Ben Shiffrin. “Nine Lives” joins other upcoming EuropaCorp films including “The Transporter: Refueled,” the start of a new trilogy in the studio’s highly profitable action franchise that debuts June 19, 2015; “Shut In,” starring Naomi Watts, which will be released on Feb. 19, 2016; and “The Lake,” starring Sullivan Stapleton and J.K. Simmons, which will be released on July 15, 2016. Weissman recently landed a role in the CBS pilot “Supergirl” as the younger version of the title character. She made her acting debut in Paramount’s “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” as Young April O’Neil and prior to that had an extensive modeling career that includes campaigns for DKNY, Calvin Klein, Gap Kids, H&M and Apple. She is repped by Paradigm and Principato-Young Entertainment.
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Post by The Ultimate Nullifier on Apr 1, 2015 7:08:17 GMT -6
deadline.com/2015/03/christopher-walken-kevin-spacey-nine-lives-eddie-the-eagle-hugh-jackman-1201402220/Christopher Walken Adds ‘Nine Lives’, Jumps Into ‘Eddie The Eagle’ Christopher Walken is joining Kevin Spacey in EuropaCorp’s high-concept comedy Nine Lives directed by Barry Sonnenfeld, written by Daniel Antoniazzi and Ben Shiffrin. In the pic, a workaholic businessman (Spacey) must figure out how to redeem himself after a terrible accident leaves him trapped in the body of his family’s cat. Walken plays Felix Grant, the owner of a mystical pet shop, who assists the businessman during his feline time of stress. EuropaCorp is financing, producing and distributing Nine Lives. This is the first time that Walken and Spacey have worked together onscreen in feature film (in fact, Spacey is known for his killer Walken impersonation). Walken has also joined Fox’s Eddie The Eagle which tells the true story of Britain’s first Olympic ski jumper, Michael Edwards (Taron Egerton), who rose to fame as the very-last-place finisher in two events at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary. He left the Games as a scene-stealing poster boy for never-say-die underdogs everywhere. In the film, directed by Dexter Fletcher and produced by Matthew Vaughn, Walken will play mentor to Hugh Jackman’s character, who coaches Fletcher. Walken is repped by ICM Partners.
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Post by The Ultimate Nullifier on Apr 9, 2015 22:14:29 GMT -6
deadline.com/2015/04/jennifer-garner-nine-lives-kevin-spacey-europacorp-1201407441/Jennifer Garner To Star In EuropaCorp’s ‘Nine Lives’ Jennifer Garner is set to star alongside Kevin Spacey, Christopher Walken and Robbie Amell in the Barry Sonnenfeld-directed EuropaCorp comedy Nine Lives. Daniel Antoniazzi and Ben Shiffrin wrote the script. Spacey plays a workaholic businessman who has to figure out a way to redeem himself following an accident that leaves him trapped in the body of his family’s cat. Garner is coming off Dallas Buyers Club, Men Women And Children and Alexander And The Terrible, Horrible, No Good Very Bad Day and next stars alongside Al Pacino in Danny Collins. She’s repped by WME and Management 360
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