‘Rothko’: Sam Taylor-Johnson To Direct Art-World Drama With Russell Crowe, Aisling Franciosi, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, More — EFM Hot Package

Apple is circling Peter Farrelly’s Green Book follow-up,The Greatest Beer Run Ever, with Zac Efron and Russell Crowe now attached to star. The Skydance project is based on the book by Joanna Molloy and John “Chickie” Donohue,The Greatest Beer Run Ever: A True Story of Friendship Stronger Than War.

EXCLUSIVE: Director Peter Farrelly finally is ready to follow his Best Picture Oscar winner Green Book. Apple Studios is in talks to finance The Greatest Beer Run Ever, with Zac Efron and Russell Crowe in talks to star and Bill Murray is being courted for a supporting role.

Zac Efron is about to take on a new role!

Also Read: Vera Farmiga to Star in Apple's Hurricane Katrina Series 'Five Days at Memorial'Farrelly adapted the screenplay along with Brian Currie and Pete Jones based on the book “The Greatest Beer Run Ever.”The film will produced by Andrew Muscato alongside David Ellison, Dana Goldberg and Don Granger on behalf of Skydance, which originally developed the film.Farrelly’s “Green Book” was nominated for five Academy Awards and won three, including Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay and Best

20 years ago, when you mention the name Peter Farrelly, you automatically think of him and his brother, co-directors of slapstick comedies such as “There’s Something About Mary” and “Me, Myself, and Irene.” Now, when you mention Peter Farrelly, you think of “Green Book” and the Oscars debacle from a couple of years ago.

Also Read: How 'Extraction' Director Sam Hargrave Went From Captain America's Stunt Double to Directing Thor (Video)Michael Russell Gunn will adapt the the screenplay. The New York Times bestselling true account of John Chapman, Medal of Honor recipient and Special Ops Combat Controller, and his heroic one-man stand during the Afghan War, as he sacrificed his life to save the lives of twenty-three comrades-in-arms.Endeavor Content brokered the sale to MGM.

The Queen’s Gambit co-creator Scott Frank is heading back to the 1960s. Clive Owen is set to star in Monsieur Spade, a one-hour drama series from Frank and City On a Hill showrunner Tom Fontana, which is currently being pitched, generating a lot of interest from buyers, Deadline has learned.

After his debut feature, “Shithouse,” won the Grand Jury Prize at last year’s SXSW festival, Cooper Raiff is getting ready for his next endeavor, and he’s got some great company.

EXCLUSIVE: Following a competitive bidding situation, Picturestart and Endeavor Content are set to co-finance with Endeavor Content Cha Cha Real Smooth. Cooper Raiff, whose debut film Shithouse won the Grand Jury Prize at last year’s SXSW, will direct a script he has written. Raiff will star with Dakota Johnson.

Sam Taylor-Johnson has assembled an impressive cast for her next feature film, “Rothko,” which is set in the art world. The ensemble cast includes Russell Crowe, as well as Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Michael Stuhlbarg, Aisling Franciosi, and Jared Harris.

Nowhere Boy and Fifty Shades of Grey director Sam Taylor-Johnson has amassed a major team of on-screen talent for her next feature, The Hollywood Reporter can confirm.

Husband and wife duo Aaron and Sam Taylor-Johnson have a new movie in the works!

Also Read: Russell Crowe Says Original 'Gladiator' Script Was 'So Bad' (Video)The film is being introduced to buyers at the European Film Market, with Rocket Science representing international sales rights and CAA Media Finance representing U.S. rights.Jared Freedman, David Silverton, Sam Taylor-Johnson and Aaron Taylor-Johnson will produce the film, which will shoot in Summer 2021.

Also Read: 'The Boys' Gets Early Season 3 Renewal From Amazon, Sets Aisha Tyler-Hosted Aftershow“Silent John” is a production of Hidden Empire Film Group. Tyler developed the film along with John Doherty and David Jacobson.

EXCLUSIVE: Aisha Tyler is set to direct Silent John, a socially conscious psychological thriller that explores the unholy fanaticism of a man lost in the chasm between faith, the church, and madness. Hidden Empire Film Group is producing the film, which will begin shooting in Summer 2021 and will take place in County Galway, Ireland.

It’s A Sin will not happen, the show’s creator has confirmed.Russell T Davies said that the hit Channel 4 drama “said everything I wanted to say” and as such will not be renewed for a follow-up.Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, the Queer As Folk and Cucumber writer explained why he wouldn’t pursue things further. “There isn’t a second season.

Christopher Vourlias Polish director Paweł Maślona (“Panic Attack”) is prepping a lavish period drama about the American Revolutionary War hero Tadeusz Kościuszko.Produced by Leszek Bodzak and Aneta Hickinbotham for Aurum Film, the production house behind Jan Komasa’s Oscar-nominated “Corpus Christi,” the historical epic — with the working title “Scarborn,” from a script by Michał A. Zielinski — received development funding from the Polish Film Institute.