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Jolie To Star In, Produce “The Kept”


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Angelina Jolie has become attached to star in and produce an adaption of James Scott’s 2014 frontier novel “The Kept” for Imperative Entertainment. Alice Birch (“Lady Macbeth”) has been set to write the script.

Set in the winter of 1897, a trio of killers descends upon an isolated farm in upstate New York. When midwife Elspeth Howell returns home, she discovers her husband and four of her children have been murdered.

Before she can discover her remaining son Caleb, alive and hiding the kitchen pantry, another shot rings out. Twelve-year-old Caleb must tend to his mother until she recovers enough for them to take to the frozen wilderness in search of the men responsible.

Dan Friedkin and Bradley Thomas will produce.
 

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“Wicked” Film Will Eventually Happen


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The long in the works film adaptation of the stage musical “Wicked” is remaining that way with show creator Stephen Schwartz confirming the film won’t arrive next year as planned.

Schwartz says the project is still very much in development and insists the film will happen, telling THR this week:

“I will tell you 100 percent there will be a movie of Wicked and it won’t be that far away, but it won’t be next year because we’re still writing. Pre-production hasn’t even begun but that could start in the not-too-distant future. That [December 2019 announced release date] was always a fake date. There wasn’t a prayer in hell.”

One of the longest running shows on Broadway, this alternate retelling of L. Frank Baum’s classic “The Wizard of Oz” follows two opposing witches from their first meeting to one’s transformation into the Wicked Witch of the West.

Stephen Daldry helms while Marc Platt, Jon B. Platt and David Stone will produce. Schwartz worked on the script which also boasts two new songs.
 

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Your thoughts on this announced film adaption.....

A series of daring Las Vegas casino robberies are masterminded by Cuban-born Jose Vigoa over a 16 month period.

Vigoa and his crew evade police as they steal millions from some of the biggest players on the strip through robberies of armoured trucks and casino heists.



 
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Sony Develops “Storming Las Vegas”


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Sony Pictures has begun development of the real-life casino robbery feature “Storming Las Vegas” with acclaimed author Dennis Lehane to pen the script.

Lehane (“Shutter Island,” “Mystic River”) is adapting John Huddy’s 2008 novel which looks at a series of daring Las Vegas casino robberies masterminded by Cuban-born Jose Vigoa over a 16 month period.

Vigoa and his crew evaded police as they stole millions from some of the biggest players on the strip through robberies of armoured trucks and casino heists. Antoine Fuqua was previously slated to direct when the project was set up at Summit Entertainment.
 
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