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Justin Kroll Senior Film ReporterEXCLUSIVE: Even as the industry slowly gets back to work, Clint Eastwood looks to be moving quickly to get his next movie going. Deadline hears the iconic director is coming on to direct and star in Cry Macho for Warner Bros.

Justin Kroll Senior Film ReporterEXCLUSIVE: Verve continues to build out its core business, adding Agent Viviane Telio to its Feature Literary team.Telio began her career in finance at JP Morgan and then transitioned to the entertainment industry. She previously worked at CAA, in both the Talent and Motion Picture Literary departments.

Justin Kroll Senior Film ReporterEXCLUSIVE: After landing coveted directing job for upcoming Marvel series She-Hulk, Kat Coiro continues to stay busy as she has come on to direct the pilot of Girls5eva, the upcoming Peacock comedy from Tina Fey, Robert Carlock and Meredith Scardino.The story follows a one-hit-wonder girl group from the 90’s who gets sampled by a young rapper, leading to its members reuniting to give their pop star dreams one more shot.

Justin Kroll Senior Film ReporterEXCLUSIVE: After learning three crew members tested positive for COVID-19, sources tell Deadline production on the action movie Cop Shop starring Gerard Butler and Frank Grillo, has been brought to halt.“We learned this morning that three crew members have tested positive for Covid -19″ producer Warren Gotz told Deadline in a statement. “We immediately paused production proactively.

Justin Kroll Senior Film ReporterBREAKING: Idris Elba will star in Universal Pictures’ Beast, a thriller based on an original idea by Jaime Primak-Sullivan. Baltasar Kormakur will direct.Rampage scribe Ryan Engle wrote the script.Will Packer and James Lopez will produce through their Will Packer Productions.

Justin Kroll Senior Film ReporterEXCLUSIVE: Kast Media is partnering with Sarah Silverman to launch her first podcast, The Sarah Silverman Podcast.

Justin Kroll Senior Film ReporterEXCLUSIVE: Netflix has set a killer cast for Spiderhead, landing Chris Hemsworth, Miles Teller and Lovecraft Country breakout Jurnee Smollett to star in the Joseph Kosinski-directed adaptation of the George Saunders short story.

Justin Kroll Senior Film ReporterEXCLU: Disney continues to make strides in diversifying its classic characters and is doing it once again as sources tell Deadline Yara Shahidi is set to play Tinkerbell in David Lowery’s Peter Pan and Wendy.

Justin Kroll Senior Film ReporterEXCLUSIVE: Harold Torres has signed with ICM Partners for representation in all areas. Torres is currently receiving rave reviews for his chillingly brilliant turn as a Narco enforcer in Amazon’s limited series ZeroZeroZero. The series was created by Stefano Sollima, Leonardo Fasoli, and Mauricio Katz; Andrea Riseborough and Dane DeHaan also star.While the show features incredible performances across the board, Torres stole every scene he was in.

Justin Kroll Senior Film ReporterEXCLUSIVE: Michelle Monaghan will star in the psychological thriller Blood with Brad Anderson directing.Will Honley penned the script which follows Jess (Monaghan), a separated mother and nurse who moves with her daughter and young son Owen back into her old family farmhouse. Shortly after settling in, Owen is bitten by the family dog, resulting in a mysterious infection from the bite.

Justin Kroll Senior Film ReporterWarner Bros is putting the wheels in motion on new Father of the Bride movie, with Matt Lopez penning the script. This latest reboot will revolve around a Latinx family, a first for the franchise.This marks the third retelling of the story that began with the Spencer Tracy original in 1950 and was most recently remade by Disney in 1991 starring Steve Martin.

Justin Kroll Senior Film ReporterCAA has promoted 29 trainees to either Agent/Executive.“We couldn’t be more thrilled about the next generation of agents and executives, bringing new voices, perspective, and expertise to our teams and clients, and continuing to drive the company forward,” said CAA Board Member Sonya Rosenfeld.

Justin Kroll Senior Film ReporterEXCLUSIVE: Cherry Jones and Segel are set to join Grace Kaufman in The Sky Is Everywhere, a new Apple Original film that hails from Apple’s existing partnership with A24.Based on the novel by Jandy Nelson, she will adapt the script from her own novel, and Josephine Decker, who helmed Madeline’s Madeline and the Elisabeth Moss-starrer Shirley, is attached to direct. The novel follows a teen as she works through the loss of her sister.

Justin Kroll Senior Film ReporterEXCLUSIVE: In a competitive bidding situation, Legendary Entertainment has acquired Crosby Selander’s debut spec script Bring Me Back. The logline is being kept under wraps but is described as an epic love story.The deal closed Friday night with Legendary beating out a number of buyers in the auction with sources saying the deal closed in the seven-figure range.Selander is a New York based writer, director, and producer.