Exclusive: George Stephanopoulos and Ali Wentworth have launched BedBy8, a production company focused on scripted television projects, limited series and documentaries. Former White House Deputy Chief of Staff Alyssa Mastromonaco serves as President of the company.
Alyssa Mastromonaco
BedBy8 already has two projects in development at 20th Television. The first is Let’s Not Do That Again, based on Grant Ginder’s book, with Jenni Konner attached to write and executive produce, which has has been set up at Hulu. The second is Intelligence, a dark comedy based on the book by Susan Hasler, with JJ Philbin & David Feeney writing and executive producing. Husband-and-wife duo Stephanopoulos and Wentworth as well as Mastromonaco executive produce both projects for BedBy8.
The new company expands Stephanopoulos’ Disney footprint to the scripted side of the company while also doubling up on his nonfiction/documentary efforts. He anchors ABC News’ Good Morning America and This...
Alyssa Mastromonaco
BedBy8 already has two projects in development at 20th Television. The first is Let’s Not Do That Again, based on Grant Ginder’s book, with Jenni Konner attached to write and executive produce, which has has been set up at Hulu. The second is Intelligence, a dark comedy based on the book by Susan Hasler, with JJ Philbin & David Feeney writing and executive producing. Husband-and-wife duo Stephanopoulos and Wentworth as well as Mastromonaco executive produce both projects for BedBy8.
The new company expands Stephanopoulos’ Disney footprint to the scripted side of the company while also doubling up on his nonfiction/documentary efforts. He anchors ABC News’ Good Morning America and This...
- 12/2/2022
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
With the topic of immigration firmly in the headlines, most recently over President Donald Trump's decision yesterday to end the Daca program, it has become a very popular subject for TV series projects this season. The latest is an untitled single-camera comedy (aka Sanctuary Family), which has received a script plus penalty commitment at ABC. Written by David Feeney (New Girl, 2 Broke Girls) and to be directed by Christine Gernon (Speechless, New Girl), the comedy…...
- 9/20/2017
- Deadline TV
Director: Anne Fletcher; Screenwriter: David Feeney, John Quaintance; Starring: Reese Witherspoon, Sofía Vergara, Matthew Del Negro, Michael Mosley, Robert Kazinsky; Running time: 87 mins; Certificate: 12A
Reese Witherspoon and Sofia Vergara are on the lam in Hot Pursuit, an oestrogen-fuelled odd couple comedy that runs out of steam very early on. Director Anne Fletcher (27 Dresses, The Guilt Trip) drags it out with one or two jokes that revolve around the height difference and the fact that both women talk kinda funny. That's a shame because the chemistry between the two is fairly good, and perhaps could have caught fire with better material.
Witherspoon gamely offers herself as the unsexy one, a neurotic by-the-book cop in sensible shoes who is tasked with hauling state's witness, Daniella Riva (played in typical hypersexual style by Vergara) across Texas - along with her trunkful of designer heels. Riva is set to testify against a Colombian...
Reese Witherspoon and Sofia Vergara are on the lam in Hot Pursuit, an oestrogen-fuelled odd couple comedy that runs out of steam very early on. Director Anne Fletcher (27 Dresses, The Guilt Trip) drags it out with one or two jokes that revolve around the height difference and the fact that both women talk kinda funny. That's a shame because the chemistry between the two is fairly good, and perhaps could have caught fire with better material.
Witherspoon gamely offers herself as the unsexy one, a neurotic by-the-book cop in sensible shoes who is tasked with hauling state's witness, Daniella Riva (played in typical hypersexual style by Vergara) across Texas - along with her trunkful of designer heels. Riva is set to testify against a Colombian...
- 7/30/2015
- Digital Spy
Hot Pursuit has opened to critical panning and unfavorable audience reactions today. The $35 million Action-Comedy’s 6% rottentomatoes score, lack of persistent marketing and generally-unfunny jokes in its major trailer all point at a financial loss for Warner Bros. But there lies the hope for women filmmakers in this article: this movie was still released amidst all the panning, the negativity generally-aimed at female filmmakers, and the recent backlash from the leaked emails between Marvel CEOs concerning the perceived lack of appeal for female superhero films.
The leaked emails remind us of the general sexist attitude towards female filmmakers, specifically directors. The major studios, including Warner Bros, nowadays produce and distribute just a few dozen films a year with an average budget of over $100 million. All those superhero and mega-expensive films we’ve come to love, hate, and blog about are the proof. By now, we’ve all noticed that a...
The leaked emails remind us of the general sexist attitude towards female filmmakers, specifically directors. The major studios, including Warner Bros, nowadays produce and distribute just a few dozen films a year with an average budget of over $100 million. All those superhero and mega-expensive films we’ve come to love, hate, and blog about are the proof. By now, we’ve all noticed that a...
- 5/10/2015
- by Christopher Ortiz
- SoundOnSight
When Hot is Cold: Fletcher’s Tone Deaf Comedy a Frivolous Altercation
For those familiar with director Anne Fletcher’s studio track record, including the rom-com platitudes of The Proposal (2009) and the broad mother and son road trip comedy The Guilt Trip (2011), it will hardly be surprising to find a similar lack of comical finesse on hand in the shrill insistence of her latest venture, Hot Pursuit. Basically another blacktop jaunt desperately trying to amuse with a countless host of familiar squirming scenarios, television alums David Feeney and John Quintance try to inject their small screen inclined tropes into the old odd couple formula with a surprising lack of success. This had to have been something that seemed like it could have worked thanks to the talent it attracted to headline, but the vehicle serves a complete disserve to its leading ladies, on both content and visual fronts.
We’re...
For those familiar with director Anne Fletcher’s studio track record, including the rom-com platitudes of The Proposal (2009) and the broad mother and son road trip comedy The Guilt Trip (2011), it will hardly be surprising to find a similar lack of comical finesse on hand in the shrill insistence of her latest venture, Hot Pursuit. Basically another blacktop jaunt desperately trying to amuse with a countless host of familiar squirming scenarios, television alums David Feeney and John Quintance try to inject their small screen inclined tropes into the old odd couple formula with a surprising lack of success. This had to have been something that seemed like it could have worked thanks to the talent it attracted to headline, but the vehicle serves a complete disserve to its leading ladies, on both content and visual fronts.
We’re...
- 5/8/2015
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
We live in an age where I unfortunately have to preface this article by saying no, these are not sexist statements. A movie starring two female leads (Reese Witherspoon, Sofia Vergara) who were directed by a female (Anne Fletcher) in a movie written by two men (John Quaintance, David Feeney) has nothing to do with what I’m concerned about. Also, if you think I shouldn’t judge a movie by its trailer and TV spots alone. Watch this:
I read a post someone had written the other day about how they want this movie to do well because we need more female comedies, female action comedies, female buddy movies and whatever other genres that are great for the female sex to have because men have them apparently. Side note: most of those movies starring men are garbage. Let’s not think that going to see these movies starring women...
I read a post someone had written the other day about how they want this movie to do well because we need more female comedies, female action comedies, female buddy movies and whatever other genres that are great for the female sex to have because men have them apparently. Side note: most of those movies starring men are garbage. Let’s not think that going to see these movies starring women...
- 5/8/2015
- by Graham McMorrow
- City of Films
Chicago – I get it. The old fashioned buddy movie, except with the twist of the femme-flavor-of-the-moment Sofia Vergara and runty Reese Witherspoon. It practically writes itself. In fact, that might be the only legitimate excuse for the mess that is “Hot Pursuit” – it wrote itself.
Rating: 2.0/5.0
With a title so lazy it should come with its own hammock, “Hot Pursuit” recycles every plot point and joke stylings from every buddy picture ever made. What could have been an interesting twist – Sofia Vergara has established herself as a funny character on TV’s “Modern Family” – turns into a shriek fest with Vergara doing most of the unfunny shrieking, with a philosophy of “If we say the jokes louder maybe they’ll be funny…” Reese Witherspoon, who is no slouch when it comes to doing comedy (Her Tracy Flick role in “Election” is one of the funniest characters of the past 20 years), seems lost as well,...
Rating: 2.0/5.0
With a title so lazy it should come with its own hammock, “Hot Pursuit” recycles every plot point and joke stylings from every buddy picture ever made. What could have been an interesting twist – Sofia Vergara has established herself as a funny character on TV’s “Modern Family” – turns into a shriek fest with Vergara doing most of the unfunny shrieking, with a philosophy of “If we say the jokes louder maybe they’ll be funny…” Reese Witherspoon, who is no slouch when it comes to doing comedy (Her Tracy Flick role in “Election” is one of the funniest characters of the past 20 years), seems lost as well,...
- 5/8/2015
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Any movie that causes you to roll your eyes more often than it induces an audible laugh is generally considered a failure, especially if said movie is a comedy. Hot Pursuit, an action-comedy portioned like a mild rye and cola, does not lack for idiotic moments early on, like when our born and raised Texan protagonist can’t recognize a longhorn tattoo. In fact, it only gets dumber the longer it goes, forgoing any legwork that explains how certain characters arrive in situations, and why it is those situations escalate to 11 without a moment’s hesitation.
At one point, stars Reese Witherspoon and Sophia Vergara avoid a police roadblock by getting under a rug and donning decoy antlers, so as to pass themselves off as a deer, Halloween horse-style. There’s also an extended bit where the stars pretend to be lovers, and share an awkward attempted-makeout session to distract a gun-totting redneck.
At one point, stars Reese Witherspoon and Sophia Vergara avoid a police roadblock by getting under a rug and donning decoy antlers, so as to pass themselves off as a deer, Halloween horse-style. There’s also an extended bit where the stars pretend to be lovers, and share an awkward attempted-makeout session to distract a gun-totting redneck.
- 5/7/2015
- by Sam Woolf
- We Got This Covered
“Hot Pursuit” has earned the distinction of being the only film to make me amused at the prospect of “raccoon herpes.” The phrase in itself isn’t entirely unfunny (just say it to yourself), but what made me laugh out loud was Reese Witherspoon’s commitment to saying it deadpan (try doing that). She and costar Sofia Vergara take a subpar script from TV writers David Feeney and John Quaintance and run with it, showing their comedic prowess and turning cinematic lemons into Mike’s Hard Lemonade. It’s not tasty, but it gets the job done. Similar to director Anne Fletcher’s “The Proposal,” “Hot Pursuit” gets by on the charm and chemistry of its leads. This is an unsubtle, loud and not particularly bright comedy, but that’s not to say that it isn’t funny. Your head will hurt from the stupidity present throughout its 87 minutes, but...
- 5/7/2015
- by Kimber Myers
- The Playlist
Anne Fletcher has had an admirably diverse career, and as a director, she's proven herself to be at least somewhat commercially adept. "Step Up" inspired a slew of sequels, "The Proposal" was one of the biggest of Sandra Bullock's hits, and now she's back with what looks like a big easy summer comedy hit, "Hot Pursuit." It would be a lot easier to give the film a soft pass if it wasn't so aggressively lazy. I get it. Formula is easy, and there are plenty of films that exist largely to play directly to expectations. Not every film has to be some radical reinvention of the form. A movie like "Hot Pursuit" is incredibly easy for the people who are giving out the greenlights to understand. "Two stars, on the road, mistaken for bad guys, lots of jokes." If you strike gold with that basic formula, you get "Midnight Run.
- 5/6/2015
- by Drew McWeeny
- Hitfix
Chicago – In the latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 50 pairs of advance-screening movie passes up for grabs to the new action/comedy “Hot Pursuit” starring Sofía Vergara and Reese Witherspoon!
“Hot Pursuit,” which opens on May 8, 2015 and is rated “PG-13,” also stars Jodi Lyn Brockton, Robert Kazinsky, Michael Mosley, John Carroll Lynch, Matthew Del Negro and Mike Birbiglia from director Anne Fletcher and writers David Feeney and John Quaintance.
To win your free “Hot Pursuit” passes courtesy of HollywoodChicago.com, just get interactive with our social media widget below. That’s it! This screening is on Tuesday, May 5, 2015 at 7 p.m. in downtown Chicago. The more social actions you complete, the more points you score and the higher yours odds of winning! Completing these social actions only increases your odds of winning; this doesn’t intensify your competition!
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“Hot Pursuit,” which opens on May 8, 2015 and is rated “PG-13,” also stars Jodi Lyn Brockton, Robert Kazinsky, Michael Mosley, John Carroll Lynch, Matthew Del Negro and Mike Birbiglia from director Anne Fletcher and writers David Feeney and John Quaintance.
To win your free “Hot Pursuit” passes courtesy of HollywoodChicago.com, just get interactive with our social media widget below. That’s it! This screening is on Tuesday, May 5, 2015 at 7 p.m. in downtown Chicago. The more social actions you complete, the more points you score and the higher yours odds of winning! Completing these social actions only increases your odds of winning; this doesn’t intensify your competition!
Preferably, use your computer to enter rather than your smartphone.
If...
- 5/4/2015
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Wamg has your passes to the hilarious comedy Hot Pursuit, starring Academy Award winner Reese Witherspoon and Sofía Vergara.
In Hot Pursuit, an uptight and by-the-book cop (Witherspoon) tries to protect the sexy and outgoing widow (Vergara) of a drug boss as they race through Texas, pursued by crooked cops and murderous gunmen.
Anne Fletcher (“The Proposal”) directs from a screenplay written by David Feeney (TV’s “New Girl”) & John Quaintance (TV’s “Ben & Kate”). John Carroll Lynch (“Crazy, Stupid, Love.”) and Robert Kazinsky (“Pacific Rim”) also star.
From New Line Cinema and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures, Hot Pursuit opens on May 8.
Wamg invites you to enter for a chance to win passes (Good for 2) to the advance screening of Hot Pursuit on May 5th at 7Pm in the St. Louis area.
We will contact the winners by email.
Answer the following:
Name Sofía Vergara’s first two movies.
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In Hot Pursuit, an uptight and by-the-book cop (Witherspoon) tries to protect the sexy and outgoing widow (Vergara) of a drug boss as they race through Texas, pursued by crooked cops and murderous gunmen.
Anne Fletcher (“The Proposal”) directs from a screenplay written by David Feeney (TV’s “New Girl”) & John Quaintance (TV’s “Ben & Kate”). John Carroll Lynch (“Crazy, Stupid, Love.”) and Robert Kazinsky (“Pacific Rim”) also star.
From New Line Cinema and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures, Hot Pursuit opens on May 8.
Wamg invites you to enter for a chance to win passes (Good for 2) to the advance screening of Hot Pursuit on May 5th at 7Pm in the St. Louis area.
We will contact the winners by email.
Answer the following:
Name Sofía Vergara’s first two movies.
To Enter, Add Your Name,...
- 4/27/2015
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Sofia Vergara and Reese Witherspoon are giving the road trip subgenre a try with “Hot Pursuit,” coming to theaters May 8. The film, directed by Anne Fletcher and written by David Feeney, John Quaintance, Dana Fox and Katherine Silberman, puts a different twist on the subgenre by including a decent amount of danger and shootouts. Witherspoon plays a cop who is tasked with protecting Vergara’s character, the widow of a drug boss. Both of them have to make it through Texas while keeping their lives intact as they escape from gunmen and cops that have turned to the dark side. Along with Witherspoon and Vergara, the film stars John Carroll [ Read More ]
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- 4/10/2015
- by monique
- ShockYa
One of Warner Bros.’ big summer comedies packs the weight of two major headliners: Reese Witherspoon and Sofia Vergara. While the former did scoop up an Oscar a while back, she’s remained relatively low on the radar in the aftermath of her glorious win. The latter, however, has established herself as one of the highlights of ABC’s mockumentary comedy Modern Family. Put the pair together and what do you get? This year’s female buddy comedy, Hot Pursuit.
Previously titled Don’t Mess With Texas, the film might have swapped out its name, but the story remains the same. Witherspoon plays an uptight cop tasked with transferring Vergara’s glamorous moll across the country. In order to deliver Vergara, a key witness in the trial of a noted mobster’s death, Witherspoon’s fussy law enforcer must do whatever it takes to protect her. That includes all sorts...
Previously titled Don’t Mess With Texas, the film might have swapped out its name, but the story remains the same. Witherspoon plays an uptight cop tasked with transferring Vergara’s glamorous moll across the country. In order to deliver Vergara, a key witness in the trial of a noted mobster’s death, Witherspoon’s fussy law enforcer must do whatever it takes to protect her. That includes all sorts...
- 4/9/2015
- by Gem Seddon
- We Got This Covered
From New Line Cinema and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures comes the comedy Hot Pursuit, starring Academy Award winner Reese Witherspoon (“Walk the Line,” “Wild”) and Sofía Vergara (“Chef,” TV’s “Modern Family”), under the direction of Anne Fletcher (“The Proposal”).
Watch the hilarious new trailer now.
In Hot Pursuit, an uptight and by-the-book cop (Witherspoon) tries to protect the sexy and outgoing widow (Vergara) of a drug boss as they race through Texas, pursued by crooked cops and murderous gunmen.
Fletcher directs from a screenplay written by David Feeney (TV’s “New Girl”) & John Quaintance (TV’s “Ben & Kate”). John Carroll Lynch (“Crazy, Stupid, Love.”) and Robert Kazinsky (“Pacific Rim”) also star.
The film is produced by Bruna Papandrea (“Wild,” “Gone Girl”), Reese Witherspoon and Dana Fox, with Jeff Waxman, Sofía Vergara and Luis Balaguer serving as executive producers.
Set to hit theaters on May 8, 2015, the film will be distributed by Warner Bros.
Watch the hilarious new trailer now.
In Hot Pursuit, an uptight and by-the-book cop (Witherspoon) tries to protect the sexy and outgoing widow (Vergara) of a drug boss as they race through Texas, pursued by crooked cops and murderous gunmen.
Fletcher directs from a screenplay written by David Feeney (TV’s “New Girl”) & John Quaintance (TV’s “Ben & Kate”). John Carroll Lynch (“Crazy, Stupid, Love.”) and Robert Kazinsky (“Pacific Rim”) also star.
The film is produced by Bruna Papandrea (“Wild,” “Gone Girl”), Reese Witherspoon and Dana Fox, with Jeff Waxman, Sofía Vergara and Luis Balaguer serving as executive producers.
Set to hit theaters on May 8, 2015, the film will be distributed by Warner Bros.
- 4/9/2015
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
"I'm totally crushing it as a dude." Following the first mildly amusing trailer for Hot Pursuit, our friends from across the pond have just gotten a new trailer for the comedy starring Reese Witherspoon and Sofia Vergara in what's basically their own version of Midnight Run meets The Heat. There's a bunch more new footage in this UK trailer that we didn't see in the Us trailer, including new stuff with comedian Jim Gaffigan. Plus, there's a scene where Witherspoon has to dress up like a man, and ends up looking like Justin Bieber. I feel like this just might be a little too silly, but it doesn't look downright terrible. Watch? Here's the new UK trailer for Anne Fletcher's Hot Pursuit from Warner Bros. UK: You can still watch the first trailer for Hot Pursuit right here. Hot Pursuit is directed by Anne Fletcher (The Proposal, 27 Dresses) and...
- 4/9/2015
- by Ethan Anderton
- firstshowing.net
Warner Bros. has unleashed the first trailer for female buddy movie, Hot Pursuit, starring Reese Witherspoon and Sofia Vergara. In the pic, the pair appear as an unlikely duo who team up to escape a motley crew of cops and mobsters. Maintaining the comedic tradition of opposites attract, Witherspoon plays a rigid cop who sticks to the rules with Vergara alongside her as a vivacious gangster’s widow.
The pair become attached at the hip when big-time drug boss Cortez is killed and Vergara’s widow is ordered to appear at his murder trial. Enter her protective law enforcer – tasked with escorting her cross-country – and they are soon on the run from a myriad of assorted baddies out to prevent them reaching their destination.
Storywise, it’s a by-the-numbers set up that’s aided in this trailer by its leading ladies who are at the top of their game. A...
The pair become attached at the hip when big-time drug boss Cortez is killed and Vergara’s widow is ordered to appear at his murder trial. Enter her protective law enforcer – tasked with escorting her cross-country – and they are soon on the run from a myriad of assorted baddies out to prevent them reaching their destination.
Storywise, it’s a by-the-numbers set up that’s aided in this trailer by its leading ladies who are at the top of their game. A...
- 2/13/2015
- by Gem Seddon
- We Got This Covered
Reese Witherspoon is Cooper and Sofia Vergara is Daniella Riva in the first trailer for the upcoming comedy Hot Pursuit.
An uptight and by-the-book cop (Witherspoon) tries to protect the sexy and outgoing widow (Vergara) of a drug boss as they race through Texas pursued by crooked cops and murderous gunmen.
Anne Fletcher directs from a screenplay written by David Feeney (TV’s “New Girl”) & John Quaintance (TV’s “Ben & Kate”) and Dana Fox (“What Happens in Vegas”) & Katherine Silberman (TV’s “Ben & Kate”).
John Carroll Lynch (“Crazy, Stupid, Love.”) and Rob Kazinsky (“Pacific Rim”) also star.
Warner Bros. Pictures will release the film on May 8, 2015.
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An uptight and by-the-book cop (Witherspoon) tries to protect the sexy and outgoing widow (Vergara) of a drug boss as they race through Texas pursued by crooked cops and murderous gunmen.
Anne Fletcher directs from a screenplay written by David Feeney (TV’s “New Girl”) & John Quaintance (TV’s “Ben & Kate”) and Dana Fox (“What Happens in Vegas”) & Katherine Silberman (TV’s “Ben & Kate”).
John Carroll Lynch (“Crazy, Stupid, Love.”) and Rob Kazinsky (“Pacific Rim”) also star.
Warner Bros. Pictures will release the film on May 8, 2015.
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- 2/13/2015
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Reese Witherspoon and Sofia Vergara get their Thelma and Louise on — reluctantly — in the first trailer for buddy action comedy “Hot Pursuit.” Anne Fletcher directed the which MGM and Warner Bros film written by John Quaintance and David Feeney. Also Read: TheWrap’s 25 Most Anticipated Movies of 2015: From ‘Fifty Shades’ to ‘Star Wars’ and ‘Spectre’ Witherspoon plays an uptight police officer who is tasked with escorting Vergara’s character, a key witness in a drug cartel trial, across Texas to testify. Naturally, things go awry almost immediately and the two are forced to go on the run together. The shenanigans include accidental drug.
- 2/13/2015
- by Linda Ge
- The Wrap
"We have been set up, shot at and hunted down." If you watched The Heat and thought to yourself, "Hey, I wish this was more like Midnight Run," then we have some good news for you. Hot Pursuit stars Reese Witherspoon as a feisty, uptight police officer tasked with escorting the widow/potential witness (Sofia Vergara) in an important investigation of a drug lord. But of course, shit goes down, and the two are forced to go on the run. Witherspoon and Vergara seem like a fun enough mismatched pair, but the comedy is a little broad, though I do like the bit about the news messing up their height and age respectively. Watch! Here's the first trailer for Anne Fletcher's Hot Pursuit from YouTube: Hot Pursuit is directed by Anne Fletcher (The Proposal, 27 Dresses) and written by David Feeney ("New Girl") and John Quaintance ("Whitney"). An uptight and...
- 2/13/2015
- by Ethan Anderton
- firstshowing.net
For the second consecutive year, Warner Bros. Pictures International has exceeded the coveted $3 billion mark at the international box office. This benchmark comes on the heels of the release of The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies, a production of New Line Cinema and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures, which surpassed $400 million at the international box office this weekend and is still going strong.
Nine Warner Bros. Pictures films have exceeded $100 million internationally, topped by Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar (with Paramount Pictures), which has taken in an astounding $467 million outside of the U.S. to date, and Godzilla (with Legendary Pictures), which has earned $327 million overseas.
Four titles – Doug Liman’s Edge Of Tomorrow (with Village Roadshow Pictures), Phil Lord & Christopher Miller’s The Lego Movie (also with Village Roadshow Pictures), and Noam Murro and Zack Snyder’s 300: Rise Of An Empire (with Legendary), along with the 2014 spillover grosses from The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug...
Nine Warner Bros. Pictures films have exceeded $100 million internationally, topped by Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar (with Paramount Pictures), which has taken in an astounding $467 million outside of the U.S. to date, and Godzilla (with Legendary Pictures), which has earned $327 million overseas.
Four titles – Doug Liman’s Edge Of Tomorrow (with Village Roadshow Pictures), Phil Lord & Christopher Miller’s The Lego Movie (also with Village Roadshow Pictures), and Noam Murro and Zack Snyder’s 300: Rise Of An Empire (with Legendary), along with the 2014 spillover grosses from The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug...
- 12/30/2014
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Having just sat through the very strange Machete Kills, I can honestly say that I’ll never look at Sofia Vergara the same way again. As Gloria on Modern Family, she’s already proven that she can be funny; as probably the most entertaining secondary character in Machete Kills, she’s proven that she can be lewd. But as a co-star in an comedy set to premiere in the already overloaded Summer of 2015? I’m not so sure.
MGM and New Line are banking on the dual threats of Vergara and Reese Witherspoon to be able to stand up against the likes of Avengers: Age of Ultron and Jurassic World without embarrassing themselves too much. The two actresses have been cast opposite each other in an untitled buddy comedy set to premiere in 2015. The plot of the film centers around a by-the-book cop (Witherspoon) who has to protect the out-going...
MGM and New Line are banking on the dual threats of Vergara and Reese Witherspoon to be able to stand up against the likes of Avengers: Age of Ultron and Jurassic World without embarrassing themselves too much. The two actresses have been cast opposite each other in an untitled buddy comedy set to premiere in 2015. The plot of the film centers around a by-the-book cop (Witherspoon) who has to protect the out-going...
- 5/9/2014
- by Lauren Humphries-Brooks
- We Got This Covered
New Line/Warner Bros. Pictures have hopped onboard with MGM to co-produce an untitled female buddy action comedy previously titled "Don't Mess With Texas".
The story follows a by-the-book cop (Reese Witherspoon) who is trying to protect the sexy and outgoing widow of a drug boss (Sofia Vergara) as they race through Texas pursued by crooked cops and murderous gunmen.
Anne Fletcher is directing from a script by David Feeney and John Quaintance. Filming is slated to begin in May in New Orleans ahead of a May 2015 release.
Source: THR...
The story follows a by-the-book cop (Reese Witherspoon) who is trying to protect the sexy and outgoing widow of a drug boss (Sofia Vergara) as they race through Texas pursued by crooked cops and murderous gunmen.
Anne Fletcher is directing from a script by David Feeney and John Quaintance. Filming is slated to begin in May in New Orleans ahead of a May 2015 release.
Source: THR...
- 5/9/2014
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
MGM, New Line and Warner Bros. will produce a comedy starring Reese Witherspoon and Sofia Vergara, the companies said Thursday. Scheduled to open in theaters May 8 of next year, the movie will enter production in New Orleans this month. Witherspoon plays an uptight cop charged with protecting the sexy widow (Vergara) of a drug kingpin. Universal acquired John Quaintance and David Feeney's spec script last summer when it was called “Don't Mess with Texas.” MGM picked it up in February after Universal put it in turnaround. MGM allied with Warner Bros. and New Line for distribution, forming the same trio.
- 5/8/2014
- by Lucas Shaw
- The Wrap
The studios will partner on the upcoming Untitled Reese Witherspoon/Sofia Vergara Comedy.
Anne Fletcher will direct from a script by David Feeney and John Quaintance and principal photography is set to start this month in New Orleans for release on May 8, 2015.
Witherspoon and her Pacific Standard partner Bruna Papandrea will produce with Dana Fox. Vergara and her manager Louis Balaguer are executive producers.
Witherspoon will play an uptight police officer trying to protect Vergara’s sexy and outgoing widow of a drug boss as they race through Texas pursued by crooked officers and gunmen.
MGM and New Line Cinema/Warner Bros previously partnered on the blockbuster Hobbit franchise and the upcoming romance film If I Stay.
MGM will oversee production and Warner Bros will take on worldwide distribution while MGM handles select territories.
Anne Fletcher will direct from a script by David Feeney and John Quaintance and principal photography is set to start this month in New Orleans for release on May 8, 2015.
Witherspoon and her Pacific Standard partner Bruna Papandrea will produce with Dana Fox. Vergara and her manager Louis Balaguer are executive producers.
Witherspoon will play an uptight police officer trying to protect Vergara’s sexy and outgoing widow of a drug boss as they race through Texas pursued by crooked officers and gunmen.
MGM and New Line Cinema/Warner Bros previously partnered on the blockbuster Hobbit franchise and the upcoming romance film If I Stay.
MGM will oversee production and Warner Bros will take on worldwide distribution while MGM handles select territories.
- 5/8/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Deadline is reporting that Anne Fletcher, director of The Proposal and The Guilt Trip, will helm a new film titled Don’t Mess With Texas, which Reese Witherspoon and Sofia Vergara have now signed on to headline. The script comes from David Feeney and John Quaintance and is being described in the same vein as Midnight Run. Witherspoon will play a police officer while Vergara will be a prisoner, with the two teaming up to go on the run together.
Originally set up at Universal, the film is now at MGM and apparently it’s all coming together very quickly. It’s a good thing too, because with female led comedies like The Heat and Bridesmaids doing excellent at the box office, it seems like Don’t Mess With Texas has the chance to do some respectable business as well. I can definitely see moviegoers just eating this one up,...
Originally set up at Universal, the film is now at MGM and apparently it’s all coming together very quickly. It’s a good thing too, because with female led comedies like The Heat and Bridesmaids doing excellent at the box office, it seems like Don’t Mess With Texas has the chance to do some respectable business as well. I can definitely see moviegoers just eating this one up,...
- 2/11/2014
- by Matt Joseph
- We Got This Covered
Anne Fletcher ("The Guilt Trip," "The Proposal," "Step Up") is in negotations to direct the comedy "Don't Mess With Texas" at MGM.
David Feeney and John Quaintance wrote the script about a cop (Reese Witherspoon) and a prisoner (Sofia Vergara) on the run in Texas, with crooked cops in hot pursuit.
Universal won the rights to the project last June but let it slide. MGM picked it up after it went into turnaroud and is fully financing.
Witherspoon, Dana Fox and Bruna Papandrea are producing.
Source: Variety...
David Feeney and John Quaintance wrote the script about a cop (Reese Witherspoon) and a prisoner (Sofia Vergara) on the run in Texas, with crooked cops in hot pursuit.
Universal won the rights to the project last June but let it slide. MGM picked it up after it went into turnaroud and is fully financing.
Witherspoon, Dana Fox and Bruna Papandrea are producing.
Source: Variety...
- 2/11/2014
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
After taking on romantic comedy The Proposal and the road trip antics of The Guilt Trip, director Anne Fletcher is heading to action comedy territory. Deadline has word that Fletcher is currently in talks to direct Don't Mess with Texas, a new project at MGM from writers David Feeney & John Quaintance ("New Girl"). In addition, Reese Witherspoon and Sofia Vergara are in talks to star in the film which is described as being in the same vein as Midnight Run with Witherspoon taking the lead as a police officer and Vergara playing a prisoner. The two are forced to go on the run together encountering plenty of danger. Both actresses have been circling the project for awhile, but with Vegara's hiatus this summer from "Modern Family" coming up, the deals are coming together very quickly. Universal originally tried to get it off the ground, but it never came together, which...
- 2/10/2014
- by Ethan Anderton
- firstshowing.net
Anne Fletcher is in talks to direct Don’t Mess With Texas, a buddy action-comedy that will star Reese Witherspoon and Sofia Vergara. The project is set up at MGM, which recently picked it after it was put into turnaround by Universal. (Universal had picked it up as a spec package in June.) The script, by David Feeney and John Quaintance, follows a police officer and a prisoner who are on the run. Photos: Inside Reese Witherspoon's Ojai Estate Dana Fox will produce the film along with Witherspoon and Bruna Papandrea for their Pacific Standard production company. Fletcher is
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- 2/10/2014
- by Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: Anne Fletcher is in talks to direct Don’t Mess With Texas, a female-driven Midnight Run-style comedy that stars Reese Witherspoon and Sofia Vergara. MGM is fully financing the David Feeney & John Quaintance-scripted action comedy. Witherspoon will play a police officer and Vergara a prisoner forced to go on the run together. Both Witherspoon and Vergara have circled this project for some time, but these deals are coming together quickly so that the film can be shot during Vergara’s hiatus from the ABC hit Modern Family this spring. The comedy was originally bought by Universal but it shook loose and MGM put it together. The film is being produced by Witherspoon and Pacific Standard partner Bruna Papandrea, and Dana Fox. Fletcher, whose comedy credits include 27 Dresses and The Proposal, last directed The Guilt Trip. She’s repped by UTA, and both actresses are repped by CAA.
- 2/10/2014
- by MIKE FLEMING JR
- Deadline
The majority of the Tuesday comedies are back on top form this week after taking last week off.
Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Season 1, Episode 7, “48 Hours”
Directed by Peter Lauer
Written by Luke Del Tredici
Airs Tuesdays at 8:30pm Est on Fox
Brooklyn Nine-Nine‘s Halloween episode is a tough act to follow and “48 Hours” doesn’t quite deliver in the same way. What is usually enjoyable about the show is its healthy balance of silly comedy and plot progression. This week the show struggles to find that balance as most of the episode is driven by Jake and his absurd nature. “48 Hours” focuses on Jake’s mistakes and how they affect the rest of the workforce and quite frankly, it feels like a huge step back in comparison to the previous episodes. Considering the last two episodes in particular have been strong throughout, “48 Hours” is lacking somewhat. Although the episode is...
Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Season 1, Episode 7, “48 Hours”
Directed by Peter Lauer
Written by Luke Del Tredici
Airs Tuesdays at 8:30pm Est on Fox
Brooklyn Nine-Nine‘s Halloween episode is a tough act to follow and “48 Hours” doesn’t quite deliver in the same way. What is usually enjoyable about the show is its healthy balance of silly comedy and plot progression. This week the show struggles to find that balance as most of the episode is driven by Jake and his absurd nature. “48 Hours” focuses on Jake’s mistakes and how they affect the rest of the workforce and quite frankly, it feels like a huge step back in comparison to the previous episodes. Considering the last two episodes in particular have been strong throughout, “48 Hours” is lacking somewhat. Although the episode is...
- 11/6/2013
- by Catstello
- SoundOnSight
Reese Witherspoon and Sofia Vergara will team up in Don't Mess with Texas.
Universal Pictures has won a bidding war for the comedy, reports Deadline.
The film centres around a policewoman and a prisoner who go on the run from a crooked cop in Texas.
Witherspoon will serve as producer with Pacific Standard partner Bruna Papandrea and Dana Fox on the John Quaintance and David Feeney-written project.
Modern Family star Vergara will take an executive producer role in the film.
Witherspoon was recently seen in Mud and will next appear in Devil's Knot, Inherent Vice and Passengers.
Vergara will feature in Robert Rodriguez's upcoming Machete Kills.
Universal Pictures has won a bidding war for the comedy, reports Deadline.
The film centres around a policewoman and a prisoner who go on the run from a crooked cop in Texas.
Witherspoon will serve as producer with Pacific Standard partner Bruna Papandrea and Dana Fox on the John Quaintance and David Feeney-written project.
Modern Family star Vergara will take an executive producer role in the film.
Witherspoon was recently seen in Mud and will next appear in Devil's Knot, Inherent Vice and Passengers.
Vergara will feature in Robert Rodriguez's upcoming Machete Kills.
- 6/10/2013
- Digital Spy
The big Hollywood studios clearly think that John Quaintance and David Feeney’s comedy script Don’t Mess With Texas has that certain something, because they’ve all been part of a bidding war to secure the rights. Now Universal has emerged triumphant, with Reese Witherspoon and Sofia Vergara attached to star.Texas seems to tear a page out of Midnight Run’s book, albeit with a gender twist, as the actresses will play a cop and a prisoner on the run across the titular state with a gaggle of corrupt law keepers on their tail.Universal wants this one up and running quickly, with a shoot pencilled in for next March (yes, that’s what passes for quickly on a studio comedy). There’s no sign of a director attached yet, so finding someone will be the next step.Witherspoon was back on our screens last month in Jeff Nichols...
- 6/9/2013
- EmpireOnline
Universal Pictures has scored the film rights to David Feeney and John Quaintance's spec script "Don’t Mess With Texas".
The story follows a cop and a prisoner on the run in Texas, with crooked cops in hot pursuit. Reese Witherspoon and Sofia Vergara are set to star.
Witherspoon, Bruna Papandrea, and Dana Fox will produce, and shooting aims to start next year.
Source: Variety...
The story follows a cop and a prisoner on the run in Texas, with crooked cops in hot pursuit. Reese Witherspoon and Sofia Vergara are set to star.
Witherspoon, Bruna Papandrea, and Dana Fox will produce, and shooting aims to start next year.
Source: Variety...
- 6/9/2013
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Universal Pictures has just acquired the rights to the original spec script Don’t Mess with Texas by David Feeney and John Quaintance (Ben and Kate), which has Reese Witherspoon and Sofia Vergara attached to star. Universal opted to put the film on the fast track with plans to start production next March, putting release presumably in the midst of 2015′s summer blockbuster season. Witherspoon will also produce along with Dana Fox and Bruna Papandrea. Until Bridesmaids, getting female-driven comedies to the big screen has been very hard, but time has changed since then. Such is the case with Don’t Mess with Texas that will follow...
- 6/8/2013
- by Nick Martin
- Filmofilia
In what sounds like a match made in Hollywood casting heaven, Reese Witherspoon and Sofia Vergara are set to team up on the just-announced comedy "Don't Mess With Texas."
Deadline.com reports that the two funny ladies will portray a cop and a prisoner on the run from the law. There's no word yet on which actress will portray which character -- will Vergara's dominating presence lend itself to the cop role, or will Witherspoon play mother hen to Vergara's presumably silly prisoner character?
The movie finds Witherspoon returning to her Southern roots, as the actress was born in New Orleans and led the charge in 2002's popular "Sweet Home Alabama." While Vergara has expanded her résumé with movie roles in recent years, this could become her most high-profile effort to date.
Universal Pictures acquired "Texas" in what Deadline calls a "spirited bidding battle." With Vergara slated to co-produce, the...
Deadline.com reports that the two funny ladies will portray a cop and a prisoner on the run from the law. There's no word yet on which actress will portray which character -- will Vergara's dominating presence lend itself to the cop role, or will Witherspoon play mother hen to Vergara's presumably silly prisoner character?
The movie finds Witherspoon returning to her Southern roots, as the actress was born in New Orleans and led the charge in 2002's popular "Sweet Home Alabama." While Vergara has expanded her résumé with movie roles in recent years, this could become her most high-profile effort to date.
Universal Pictures acquired "Texas" in what Deadline calls a "spirited bidding battle." With Vergara slated to co-produce, the...
- 6/8/2013
- by Matthew Jacobs
- Huffington Post
Universal has won the rights to comedy spec Don’t Mess With Texas, written by David Feeney and John Quaintance. Reese Witherspoon and Modern Family's Sofia Vergara are attached to star in the project. Dana Fox will produce along with Witherspoon and Bruna Papandrea for their Pacific Standard production company. Photos: Gillian Flynn and Reese Witherspoon, Stephenie Meyer and 'The Host' Cast: Authors With Their Stars Quaintance and Feeney were executive producers and co-showrunners on Fox comedy Ben & Kate, was canceled in January. The female-centered buddy comedy will follow a police officer and a prisoner who are on
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- 6/7/2013
- by Rebecca Ford
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Reese Witherspoon and Sofia Vergara are attached to star in the buddy comedy "Don't Mess With Texas," which Universal Pictures has just acquired following a bidding war. John Quaintance and David Feeney wrote the script on spec. The female leads will put a new spin on the familiar story of a cop and a prisoner on the run from crooked cops, this time in Texas. Witherspoon and Bruna Papandrea will produce through their Pacific Standard banner along with Dana Fox, who previously worked with Quaintance and Feeney on the Fox series "Ben and...
- 6/7/2013
- by Jeff Sneider
- The Wrap
Exclusive: After a spirited bidding battle, Universal has just closed a deal for Don’t Mess With Texas, a comedy spec by John Quaintance & David Feeney that will make for an onscreen pairing of Reese Witherspoon and Modern Family‘s Sophia Vergara. Witherspoon and Bruna Papandrea will produce through their Pacific Standard banner along with Dana Fox. Vergara will be co-producer. Fox is the scripter of such features as What Happens In Vegas, and also the exec producer of the Ben And Kate, the just-canceled Fox series where Quaintance & Feeney were writers. Don’t Mess With Texas is on a fast track, with plans to begin production March, 2014. Pic is a female driven comedy about a cop and a prisoner on the run in Texas, with crooked cops in hot pursuit. Witherspoon is coming off the Jeff Nichols-directed Mud, and she will star alongside Keanu Reeves in Passengers, the...
- 6/7/2013
- by MIKE FLEMING JR
- Deadline
Reese Witherspoon and Sofia Vergara are set to team up for a buddy comedy called Don't Mess with Texas . Deadline reports that Universal Pictures today took the rights to the original spec script by David Feeney and John Quaintance. The story finds a cop and her prisoner forced to work together when they find themselves being chased by a town of crooked cops. Witherspoon recently starred in Jeff Nichol's Mud and can soon be seen in a diverse range of projects like Atom Egoyan's West Memphis Three tale Devil's Knot , Brian Kirk's science fiction romance Passengers and the Paul Thomas Anderson-directed Thomas Pynchon adaptation Inherent Vice . Vegara, meanwhile, continues to star on "Modern Family" and can be seen coming up in The Smurfs 2 and Robert...
- 6/7/2013
- Comingsoon.net
20th Television is keeping David Feeney in the house. The former Ben and Kate co-showrunner has inked a two-year overall deal with the studio, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. Photos: The Faces of Pilot Season 2013 Feeney (and John Quaintance) joined Ben and Kate in November when the studio inserted the duo to replace original showrunners Garrett Donovan and Neil Goldman, who exited citing creative differences with the Nat Faxon starrer from creator Dana Fox. Under the deal, Feeney will develop new projects for 20th and join Fox's New Girl as co-executive producer for its recently announced third season.
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- 4/16/2013
- by Lesley Goldberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Comedy writer-producer David Feeney has closed an overall deal with 20th Century Fox TV. The two-year pact stems from Feeney’s stint as executive producer/co-showrunner on the studio’s Fox freshman series Ben And Kate this past season alongside creator/executive producer Dana Fox. He will now join another 20th TV/Fox comedy series, New Girl, where he will serve as co-executive producer next season, in addition to developing new projects. “Dave proved himself invaluable on Ben And Kate, really stepping up and taking on a leadership role when Dana went on maternity leave,” said 20th TV chairman Gary Newman. “Although that show ultimately didn’t go the distance, we knew we wanted to stay in business with him.” Feeney is with UTA.
- 4/16/2013
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
It looks like "Ben and Kate" has been canceled.
The freshman comedy has been removed from Fox's schedule, a rep for the network confirmed to The Huffington Post.
"Ben and Kate" star Echo Kellum, who played Tommy on the series, tweeted in response to the cancellation:
According to The Hollywood Reporter, "Ben and Kate," which aired at 8 p.m. Est on Tuesdays, will be replaced by a second episode of its lead-in "Raising Hope" as of Tuesday, January 29. Beginning on March 12, "Hell's Kitchen" will air at 8 p.m. Est, before "New Girl" and "The Mindy Project," which seem to be staying put.
"Ben and Kate" -- which followed a young single mom (Dakota Johnson) and her kooky older brother (Nat Faxon) -- generated good buzz at the start of the 2012-2013 TV season, but failed to bring in the ratings. "Ben and Kate" debuted with a 2.0 rating in the key...
The freshman comedy has been removed from Fox's schedule, a rep for the network confirmed to The Huffington Post.
"Ben and Kate" star Echo Kellum, who played Tommy on the series, tweeted in response to the cancellation:
According to The Hollywood Reporter, "Ben and Kate," which aired at 8 p.m. Est on Tuesdays, will be replaced by a second episode of its lead-in "Raising Hope" as of Tuesday, January 29. Beginning on March 12, "Hell's Kitchen" will air at 8 p.m. Est, before "New Girl" and "The Mindy Project," which seem to be staying put.
"Ben and Kate" -- which followed a young single mom (Dakota Johnson) and her kooky older brother (Nat Faxon) -- generated good buzz at the start of the 2012-2013 TV season, but failed to bring in the ratings. "Ben and Kate" debuted with a 2.0 rating in the key...
- 1/23/2013
- by Jaimie Etkin
- Huffington Post
There's a change at the top of Fox's Ben and Kate. John Quaintance(Whitney, Perfect Couples) and David Feeney (2 Broke Girls, Love Bites) have been upped to co-showrunners of the freshman comedy, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. Photos: The Odds on Which Fall Shows Will Survive The duo replaces former showrunners Garrett Donovan and Neil Goldman (Community), who exited the modestly rated series from creator/executive producer Dana Fox last month, citing creative differences. (For their part, Donovan and Goldman recently inked a two-year overall deal with Ben and Kate studio 20th Television.) Fox picked up Ben and
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- 11/9/2012
- by Lesley Goldberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
John Quaintance and David Feeney have been elevated to executive producers and co-showrunners on Fox‘s freshman comedy Ben And Kate. They will co-run the series with a creator/executive producer Dana Fox. They succeed Garrett Donovan and Neil Goldman, who departed over a month ago. Gail Lerner, who came on board following Donovan and Goldman’s exit to lend senior-level support several days a week, is staying on. Ben And Kate is the lowest-rated member of Fox’s new Tuesday comedy block. It launched to mostly positive reviews and landed a six-episode back order from the network, bringing its freshman season to 19 episodes. CAA-repped Quaintance previously worked on Notes From The Underbelly, Perfect Couples and Whitney. Feeney’s series credits include According To Jim and 2 Broke Girls. He’s with UTA.
- 11/9/2012
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
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