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TNT is aggressively stoking its original-series pipeline. The cable network Thursday picked up to series all three of its pilots: the Steven Spielberg-produced alien-invasion drama starring Noah Wyle; the George Clooney-produced “Delta Blues,”...
Alfre Woodard is the latest addition to ‘Delta Blues,’ the TNT pilot executive produced by George Clooney. The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed that she will play a tough police lieutenant who attempts to exert her will over her subordinates,...
George Clooney’s next directorial effort, “Hamdan V. Rumsfeld,” which would now star Matt Damon? Once titled, “The Challenge,” and scripted by Aaron Sorkin, the story centers on Osama Bin Laden’s chauffeur, who was...
The Daily Beast’s Kim Masters wonders why the studio canned Brad Pitt’s Moneyball when it’s bankrolling a staggeringly expensive James L. Brooks comedy—and has just inked a production deal with the money-losing George Clooney. With her last-minute...
SONY PICTURES ENTERTAINMENT TO INK DEAL WITH GEORGE CLOONEY AND GRANT HESLOV’S  SMOKEHOUSE PICTURES CULVER CITY, Calif., June 30, 2009 – George Clooney and Grant Heslov’s Smokehouse Pictures are in final negotiations to sign an exclusive two-year...
Warner Bros. has set Aaron Sorkin to write “The Challenge,” a courtroom drama for George Clooney’s Smoke House shingle. Clooney is producing with Smoke House partner Grant Heslov. Clooney may direct and hopes to play Navy lawyer Charles...
The Responsibility Project Presents “TONY” from Academy Award-Nominated Producer Grant Heslov Film Short Written and Directed by Heslov; Features Tate Donovan. Social Media Release PDF with live links attached. (PRWEB) October 30, 2008 —...
Hollywood buys option to film bin Laden driver’s story GUANTANAMO BAY NAVY BASE, Cuba — It’s true that a production company owned by Hollywood heartthrob George Clooney optioned the story of Osama bin Laden’s driver. Not quite...
George Clooney and Grant Heslov are assembling an all-star cast for their Mandate Pictures-produced The Men Who Stare at Goats, says The Hollywood Reporter. Ewan McGregor, Kevin Spacey and Jeff Bridges are in negotiations to star opposite Clooney in the...
By Nellie Andreeva and Borys Kit LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) – Ewan McGregor is in talks to join George Clooney in the Iraq-set drama “The Men Who Stare at Goats.” Based on the book by the Guardian columnist Jon Ronson, the Mandate...