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Mike Epps to Play Titular Star on ABC’s ‘Uncle Buck’ Comedy Pilot
Nia Long co-stars on the project, adapted from John Hughes’ popular 1989 film starring John Candy
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NBC Orders Drama Pilot ‘Game of Silence’ From ‘CSI,’ ‘Friday Night Lights’ Producers
Project revolves around rising attorney whose perfectly crafted life when his long lost childhood friends threaten to expose a dark secret
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NBC Orders 2 Comedy Pilots From ‘Friends,’ ‘Wedding Ringer’ Producers
The projects follow a couple telling their son about being raised in the 90s, and the another that ventures into taboo subjects
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Kevin Hart Is the Best Thing to Happen to Josh Gad in ‘The Wedding Ringer’ Trailer (Video)
Hart plays a man who hires himself out as best man for weddings, befriending new groom Gad along the way
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‘No Good Deed’ Producer Sells Father-Son Comedy to NBC
The project is part of Will Packer’s first-look deal with Universal Television
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How ‘No Good Deed’ Pulled Off Its Box-Office Breakout
Timing, star power and Will Packer came into play as the low-budget thriller from Screen Gems surprised with a $24 million upset win
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‘No Good Deed’ Blows Out ‘Dolphin Tale 2’ at Box Office (Video)
African-American audiences drive Idris Elba-Taraji Henson thriller past family sequel for $24 million victory
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‘Dolphin Tale 2’ Should Dunk ‘No Good Deed’ and ‘Guardians’ at Box Office This Weekend
The Warner Bros. family film aims for a $20 million opening and Screen Gems hopes its Idris Elba-Taraji P. Henson thriller will hit $15 million
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Ice Cube, Dr. Dre Find Their MC Ren, DJ Yella for N.W.A. Biopic
Aldis Hodge and Neil Brown Jr. join Universal and director F. Gary Gray’s “Straight Outta Compton”
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‘Think Like a Man Too’ Producers Sued by Former Business Partner
“We wish only the best for Bernard and all the other Rainforest shareholders,” Will Packer and Rob Hardy say in a joint statement to TheWrap
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Box Office By the Numbers: ‘Think Like a Man Too’ Will Be Kevin Hart’s Fifth No. 1 Hit
Despite all the supposed problems at Warner Bros., the studio still boasts four of the year’s 12 biggest movies
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Josh Gad Pays Kevin Hart to Be His Best Man in ‘The Wedding Ringer’ Trailer (Video)
Jeremy Garelick directed the Screen Gems/Miramax comedy, which has been testing through the roof
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Corey Hawkins to Play Dr. Dre in N.W.A. Biopic ‘Straight Outta Compton’
Ice Cube’s son, O’Shea Jackson Jr., will play him in the drama, while Jason Mitchell will play Eazy-E
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Ice Cube’s Son, O’Shea Jackson Jr., to Play Rapper in N.W.A. Biopic ‘Straight Outta Compton’ (Exclusive)
Ice Cube, Dr. Dre and Eazy-E’s widow are producing the Universal movie, which F. Gary Gray is directing
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Will Packer to Produce Female Road Comedy ‘Me Time’ for Universal
Ken Marino and Erica Oyama’s pitch is described as being in the vein of “Planes, Trains and Automobiles”
