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Yadacity updates…….. Pilot Casting News
“Chuck” alum Tony Hale and “Eli Stone” co-star Matt Letscher have been tapped to co-star opposite Danny Wallace on ABC’s hybrid comedy pilot “Awkward Situations for Men.”

Run kids get that work!

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/television/news/e3i1422a94252b075b837689f5705c6113a
Acquisitions/Film Festivals
Plenty More Buying Action at Sundance and hope for indies!

A new distributor has made its mark in the Sundance marketplace, film and video division of independent book publisher Hannover House ponied up about $2 million for “Twelve,” director Joel Schumacher’s look at drug-dealing among privileged Manhattan teens, which will play the fest as its closing feature Friday.

Newmarket Films also re-entered the fest market, picking up domestic rights to the Natalie Portman-produced drama “Hesher,” starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, in a deal in the $1 million range.

Yadacity heads up on Joseph Gordon-Levitt, he is good!!!
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/film/news/e3i662cd5cc93e7334334ac3689d4d9c48d





Disney Shuts Down Miramax for Good
The Miramax offices in New York and Los Angeles closed their doors today. Cry for the little people not for the big boys.

It would not be a surprise if Disney decided to sell off those half-dozen Miramax titles that remain in the works. Asking price for the Miramax name and 500-title library’s believed to be a bracing $1.5 billion.

Cry for the little people!

Go get the money on NBC: Greenlights on Two More Pilots
NBC on Thursday picked up two more pilots: drama “The Cape” and comedy “Outsourced.” “The Cape,” from “Empire” creator Tom Wheeler, is a light drama with a comic book sensibility.

Call your agents and managers and hire a very talent publicist – I know a great one. Hint-hint.

Hoffman’s Production Company Getting Busy with Projects
Philip Seymour Hoffman and Emily Ziff’s production shingle Cooper’s Town Prods. is pushing ahead with a handful of projects, including psychological thriller “The Well,” comedy “Mr. Crumpacker and The Man From The Letter,” the untitled Mississippi Basketball Project, an atypical sports drama set on cusp of the civil rights movement and based on Dean Colvard’s tome “Mixed Emotions,” and also is developing “The Farm” for the bigscreen, based on the New York Magazine cover story and upcoming book by Manny Howard. Scribe Donal Lardner Ward has been set to adapt the story of a Brooklyn husband and father of two who, battling a career downturn, finds a renewed sense of purpose when transforming his backyard into a working, urban farm.

Phil, hire Anthony Alessandro. You know he is good!
Technology/Multi-Platform Content
Netflix on Its Way to World Domination
Netflix’s fourth-quarter performance sparkled as its DVD-by-mail service surpassed 12 million subscribers.

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