We recently got word that a live-action movie based on Rob Liefeld's fantasy/horror comic series Avengelyne was in development, and we have some exciting updates courtesy of Deadline.
As previously reported, the project will be directed by Olivia Wilde (Don't Worry Darling), with LuckyChap, the company Margot Robbie runs with Tom Ackerley and Josey McNamara, and Simon Kinberg, on board to produce. Now, we've learned that Warner Bros is negotiating to close a seven-figure film-rights deal for the movie, and Poor Things scribe Tony McNamara has signed on to pen the script.
The trade also confirmed that Robbie is interested in playing the title role, but it sounds like her decision will be script-dependent.
An earlier version of the movie was in the works back in 2013, with former The Mandalorian actress Gina Carano attached to star.
The comic was created by Liefeld and Cathy Christian, and focuses on...
As previously reported, the project will be directed by Olivia Wilde (Don't Worry Darling), with LuckyChap, the company Margot Robbie runs with Tom Ackerley and Josey McNamara, and Simon Kinberg, on board to produce. Now, we've learned that Warner Bros is negotiating to close a seven-figure film-rights deal for the movie, and Poor Things scribe Tony McNamara has signed on to pen the script.
The trade also confirmed that Robbie is interested in playing the title role, but it sounds like her decision will be script-dependent.
An earlier version of the movie was in the works back in 2013, with former The Mandalorian actress Gina Carano attached to star.
The comic was created by Liefeld and Cathy Christian, and focuses on...
- 4/30/2024
- ComicBookMovie.com
Earlier this month, we learned that Margot Robbie and Olivia Wilde are teaming up to bring the comic book character Avengelyne, who was created by Deadpool creator Rob Liefeld, to the big screen. Wilde, who previously directed Booksmart and Don’t Worry Darling, will be directing the film, with Robbie producing through her company LuckyChap – and there’s a chance that she’ll end up playing the title character as well, although her reps were denying that at the time of the earlier report. Now Deadline has broken the news that the Avengelyne project has landed at Warner Bros., with the studio negotiating to close a seven figure film rights deal. It makes sense that WB wanted it, since they just had a $1.4 billion success with Robbie and LuckyChap’s Barbie.
Poor Things writer Tony McNamara is working on the screenplay, and according to Deadline, Robbie will decide whether or not...
Poor Things writer Tony McNamara is working on the screenplay, and according to Deadline, Robbie will decide whether or not...
- 4/30/2024
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Olivia Wilde and Margot Robbie‘s LuckyChap are teaming up for Avengelyne, and Warner Bros is currently negotiating a 7 figure deal for the rights.
If you don’t know, Avengelyne is a comic book character created by Deadpool co-creator Rob Liefeld. According to Variety, she’s “an angel who fights the forces of evil and often finds herself face-to-face with demons and monsters.”
According to several reports, Olivia Wilde would direct the film with LuckyChap’s Margot, Tom Ackerley and Josie McNamara producing. One report from Deadline suggests that Margot could also star, pending the script from Poor Things writer Tony McNamara. That is not being widely reported at this time, so stay tuned for more casting news.
Margot and Olivia previously co-starred in 2022′s Babylon together.
If you don’t know, Avengelyne is a comic book character created by Deadpool co-creator Rob Liefeld. According to Variety, she’s “an angel who fights the forces of evil and often finds herself face-to-face with demons and monsters.”
According to several reports, Olivia Wilde would direct the film with LuckyChap’s Margot, Tom Ackerley and Josie McNamara producing. One report from Deadline suggests that Margot could also star, pending the script from Poor Things writer Tony McNamara. That is not being widely reported at this time, so stay tuned for more casting news.
Margot and Olivia previously co-starred in 2022′s Babylon together.
- 4/30/2024
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
Exclusive: Warner Bros is negotiating to close a seven-figure film-rights deal for Avengelyne — Deadpool creator Rob Liefeld’s signature comic book creation about an angel who fights the forces of evil.
Most of the deals are closed. Deadline hears Margot Robbie is eyeing to star as the title character (subject to script), Olivia Wilde will direct, and Poor Things scribe Tony McNamara will write the screenplay. Aboard to produce is LuckyChap, the shingle Robbie runs with Tom Ackerley and Josey McNamara, and Simon Kinberg and Audrey Chon through their Genre banner.
This one came to Warner Bros, and the studio pre-empted it. It is the second big deal for the studio in a week. Warner Bros has closed a 7-figure deal to secure a rights package for a movie about Chris Farley that Paul Walter Hauser will star in, with Josh Gad directing. The Avengelyne deal is even bigger.
LuckyChap is coming off Barbie,...
Most of the deals are closed. Deadline hears Margot Robbie is eyeing to star as the title character (subject to script), Olivia Wilde will direct, and Poor Things scribe Tony McNamara will write the screenplay. Aboard to produce is LuckyChap, the shingle Robbie runs with Tom Ackerley and Josey McNamara, and Simon Kinberg and Audrey Chon through their Genre banner.
This one came to Warner Bros, and the studio pre-empted it. It is the second big deal for the studio in a week. Warner Bros has closed a 7-figure deal to secure a rights package for a movie about Chris Farley that Paul Walter Hauser will star in, with Josh Gad directing. The Avengelyne deal is even bigger.
LuckyChap is coming off Barbie,...
- 4/30/2024
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Margot Robbie is getting into the musical business!
The Oscar-nominated actress’ production company LuckyChap will be producing their first-ever stage musical in New York.
The Big Gay Jamboree is the new musical from Titanique creator Marla Mindelle. She co-wrote the book with Jonathan Parks-Ramage and co-wrote the music and lyrics with Philip Drennen.
The new show, billed as a “comedy trapped inside a musical,” centers on Stacey (Mindelle), who after blacking out from 18 Jägerbombs, wakes up hungover in the most terrifying place of all: an Off-Broadway musical. With no memory of how she got there, Stacey is forced to put her Bfa in theater to use, belt her face off, and figure out how the hell she’s gonna escape this 1940′s golden age musical…while a live audience watches.
LuckyChap commented, “We’ve been admiring Marla Mindelle’s work for quite some time and our adoration only grew when...
The Oscar-nominated actress’ production company LuckyChap will be producing their first-ever stage musical in New York.
The Big Gay Jamboree is the new musical from Titanique creator Marla Mindelle. She co-wrote the book with Jonathan Parks-Ramage and co-wrote the music and lyrics with Philip Drennen.
The new show, billed as a “comedy trapped inside a musical,” centers on Stacey (Mindelle), who after blacking out from 18 Jägerbombs, wakes up hungover in the most terrifying place of all: an Off-Broadway musical. With no memory of how she got there, Stacey is forced to put her Bfa in theater to use, belt her face off, and figure out how the hell she’s gonna escape this 1940′s golden age musical…while a live audience watches.
LuckyChap commented, “We’ve been admiring Marla Mindelle’s work for quite some time and our adoration only grew when...
- 4/24/2024
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
Marla Mindelle, who starred in and co-created the Off-Broadway hit Titanique, is debuting her new musical The Big Gay Jamboree Off-Broadway this fall.
The show is co-written by Mindelle and is described as a parody of musical theater itself. Sue Wagner, John Johnson, and Margot Robbie’s production company LuckyChap are serving as producers of the show.
In 2019, LuckyChap had announced a deal to produce the title as a movie musical for Paramount, however that has not yet materialized. Their involvement in the stage show marks LuckyChap’s first foray into theater.
The Big Gay Jamboree features a book by Mindelle and by Jonathan Parks-Ramage (author of Yes, Daddy), with music and lyrics by Mindelle and Philip Drennen and direction and choreography by Connor Gallagher (Beetlejuice on Broadway). The production describes it as a show that centers on Stacey, who wakes up hungover, “in the most terrifying place of all: an Off-Broadway musical.
The show is co-written by Mindelle and is described as a parody of musical theater itself. Sue Wagner, John Johnson, and Margot Robbie’s production company LuckyChap are serving as producers of the show.
In 2019, LuckyChap had announced a deal to produce the title as a movie musical for Paramount, however that has not yet materialized. Their involvement in the stage show marks LuckyChap’s first foray into theater.
The Big Gay Jamboree features a book by Mindelle and by Jonathan Parks-Ramage (author of Yes, Daddy), with music and lyrics by Mindelle and Philip Drennen and direction and choreography by Connor Gallagher (Beetlejuice on Broadway). The production describes it as a show that centers on Stacey, who wakes up hungover, “in the most terrifying place of all: an Off-Broadway musical.
- 4/24/2024
- by Caitlin Huston
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
LuckyChap, the producing team Margot Robbie, Tom Ackerley and Josey McNamara behind Barbie and Saltburn will team with multiple-Tony-winning Broadway producing veterans Sue Wagner and John Johnson to present a world premiere stage musical next fall from Marla Mindelle, the co-author and original star of the Off Broadway hit musical-comedy Titaníque.
Directed and choreographed by Connor Gallagher (Broadway’s Beetlejuice), The Big Gay Jamboree will feature a book by Mindelle and Jonathan Parks-Ramage, with music and lyrics by Mindelle and Philip Drennen. Performances begin September 14 at the Orpheum Theatre Off Broadway, with an opening night set for October 1.
The project marks the first stage venture for LuckyChap, whose other film and TV credits include Promising Young Woman, I, Tonya and the Hulu TV series Dollface.
The Big Gay Jamboree, according to the synopsis, “centers on Stacey, who after blacking out from 18 Jägerbombs, wakes up hungover in the most...
Directed and choreographed by Connor Gallagher (Broadway’s Beetlejuice), The Big Gay Jamboree will feature a book by Mindelle and Jonathan Parks-Ramage, with music and lyrics by Mindelle and Philip Drennen. Performances begin September 14 at the Orpheum Theatre Off Broadway, with an opening night set for October 1.
The project marks the first stage venture for LuckyChap, whose other film and TV credits include Promising Young Woman, I, Tonya and the Hulu TV series Dollface.
The Big Gay Jamboree, according to the synopsis, “centers on Stacey, who after blacking out from 18 Jägerbombs, wakes up hungover in the most...
- 4/24/2024
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Josh Appelbaum and André Nemec (Citadel) have been tapped to script a live-action Space Mountain movie for Disney, Deadline can confirm.
While details as to the plot of the film are under wraps, it’s based on the theme park attraction first introduced to Disneyland on January 15, 1975. Jonathan Eirich will produce for Rideback, alongside Joby Harold and Tory Tunnell for Safehouse, with Rideback’s Ryan Halprin is exec producing. Harold also completed a previous draft of the script.
One of Disney’s most iconic and beloved attractions, Space Mountain marked a significant milestone as the world’s first indoor, fully enclosed roller coaster. Designed by Imagineer John Hench and built by Wed Enterprises, now known as Walt Disney Imagineering, its concept originated in the 1960s during the space race era, with Walt Disney himself expressing interest in creating a space-themed attraction. After its successful launch in Disneyland, Space Mountain quickly...
While details as to the plot of the film are under wraps, it’s based on the theme park attraction first introduced to Disneyland on January 15, 1975. Jonathan Eirich will produce for Rideback, alongside Joby Harold and Tory Tunnell for Safehouse, with Rideback’s Ryan Halprin is exec producing. Harold also completed a previous draft of the script.
One of Disney’s most iconic and beloved attractions, Space Mountain marked a significant milestone as the world’s first indoor, fully enclosed roller coaster. Designed by Imagineer John Hench and built by Wed Enterprises, now known as Walt Disney Imagineering, its concept originated in the 1960s during the space race era, with Walt Disney himself expressing interest in creating a space-themed attraction. After its successful launch in Disneyland, Space Mountain quickly...
- 4/19/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Not so long ago, we reported that a live-action movie based on the popular video game series The Sims is in the work and that Margot Robbie will be producing (and possibly starring?) the movie via her LuckyChap production company, along with her partners Tom Ackerley and Josie McNamara. After starring in Barbie, Robbie has been involved with other game/toy-related productions and news has broken today that another live-action adaptation is in the works, this one based on the popular board game Monopoly.
It has been confirmed that Robbie’s LuckyChap is attached to produce a live-action adaptation of the popular board game, but no specifics have been given as of the time of writing, so we don’t have any precise details to tell you at this point, but the news itself has been confirmed.
It remains to be seen how LuckyChap is going to approach the board game,...
It has been confirmed that Robbie’s LuckyChap is attached to produce a live-action adaptation of the popular board game, but no specifics have been given as of the time of writing, so we don’t have any precise details to tell you at this point, but the news itself has been confirmed.
It remains to be seen how LuckyChap is going to approach the board game,...
- 4/11/2024
- by Arthur S. Poe
- Fiction Horizon
Margot Robbie is producing a new 'Monopoly' movie.The 'Barbie' star's LuckyChap Entertainment company and her partners Tom Ackerley and Josey McNamara will produce the live-action picture based on the popular board game.Monopoly's backers Hasbro Entertainment are also producing the Lionsgate film – which has been in development for more than a decade.It is hoped that Margot and LuckyChap will be able to replicate the billion-dollar box office success of 'Barbie' with the 'Monopoly' picture, although it remains to be seen how they will form a narrative story related to the property-acquiring board game.Lionsgate movie boss Adam Fogelson suggested that LuckyChap has a "clear point of view" on the flick but did not offer any further details.He said at CinemaCon: "I could not imagine a better production team for this beloved and iconic brand than LuckyChap."They are exceptional...
- 4/11/2024
- by Joe Graber
- Bang Showbiz
Margot Robbie Is Making A Sims Movie & A Monopoly Live Adaptation After Barbie’s Success ( Photo Credit – IMDb )
Barbie is going into business! After the massive Box-office success of Greta Gerwig’s live-action iteration of the plastic doll. Margot Robbie is now eyeing to make a live-action version of the popular board game Monopoly. Along with her production house, LuckyChap Entertainment, Robbie will collaborate with Lionsgate this time to bring the economy themes board game to life. Previously, it was announced that LuckyChap would also be involved in making a Sims movie.
Everyone knows Barbie‘s success lore and how it took over the summer of 2023. Everything was pink, and we were happy because of that. From Ryan Gosling’s Kenergy to Amerca Ferera’s empowering speech, Gerwig and Margot’s Barbie made a monumental Box Office collection.
( Photo Credit – IMDb )
So, it is safe to assume that the production...
Barbie is going into business! After the massive Box-office success of Greta Gerwig’s live-action iteration of the plastic doll. Margot Robbie is now eyeing to make a live-action version of the popular board game Monopoly. Along with her production house, LuckyChap Entertainment, Robbie will collaborate with Lionsgate this time to bring the economy themes board game to life. Previously, it was announced that LuckyChap would also be involved in making a Sims movie.
Everyone knows Barbie‘s success lore and how it took over the summer of 2023. Everything was pink, and we were happy because of that. From Ryan Gosling’s Kenergy to Amerca Ferera’s empowering speech, Gerwig and Margot’s Barbie made a monumental Box Office collection.
( Photo Credit – IMDb )
So, it is safe to assume that the production...
- 4/11/2024
- by Aayushi Hemnani
- KoiMoi
Could a little of Barbie's girl power help Lionsgate finally crack the Monopoly movie adaptation out of the development limbo it's been stuck in for seemingly eons? The studio is certainly hoping so, hatching a deal with Margot Robbie and her LuckyChap team to produce the film.
Monopoly might not sound like the sort of game naturally that lends itself to a movie — you know, since it doesn't really have a narrative beyond trying to be incredibly careful with your cash and being the best a capitalism to defeat your opponents, but then Greta Gerwig spun gold out of Barbie for Warners.
Lionsgate didn't confirm who, if anyone is attached to actually make the film, but this is one that has been floating around for years, with Ridley Scott most famously looking to put together a take for 20th Century Fox in the years before it was swallowed by Disney.
Monopoly might not sound like the sort of game naturally that lends itself to a movie — you know, since it doesn't really have a narrative beyond trying to be incredibly careful with your cash and being the best a capitalism to defeat your opponents, but then Greta Gerwig spun gold out of Barbie for Warners.
Lionsgate didn't confirm who, if anyone is attached to actually make the film, but this is one that has been floating around for years, with Ridley Scott most famously looking to put together a take for 20th Century Fox in the years before it was swallowed by Disney.
- 4/10/2024
- by James White
- Empire - Movies
Following the resounding success of Margot Robbie’s blockbuster hit “Barbie,” the highest-grossing film of 2023, her production company LuckyChap is now venturing into new ventures with Lionsgate. Announced during Lionsgate’s panel today at CinemaCon 2024 in Vegas, Robbie’s company will produce an adaptation of the “Monopoly” board game, further solidifying the actor’s rising status as a mega-producer,
The classic Parker Brothers board game doesn’t have much of a narrative outside of the aim to collect all the money from other players, and the game’s primary mascot is Mr.
Continue reading Lionsgate Announces New’ Blair Witch’ From Blumhouse & ‘Monopoly’ Produced by Margot Robbie’s LuckyChap at The Playlist.
The classic Parker Brothers board game doesn’t have much of a narrative outside of the aim to collect all the money from other players, and the game’s primary mascot is Mr.
Continue reading Lionsgate Announces New’ Blair Witch’ From Blumhouse & ‘Monopoly’ Produced by Margot Robbie’s LuckyChap at The Playlist.
- 4/10/2024
- by Christopher Marc
- The Playlist
Flamethrowers, judo chops, Anjelica Huston, a Keanu Reeves cameo and ballet dancing are just some of the things you’ll see when Lionsgate drops the first trailer for Ballerina. Exhibitors got to see it first Wednesday at CinemaCon.
“You’re childhood was taken from you,” Huston’s matriarch-type tells Ana de Armas’ assassin, who is as fierce offstage as she is on.
The movie directed by Len Wiseman and produced by Chad Stahelski raises the stakes and sets itself apart from the John Wick canon with all the beloved characters starring — including the late Lance Reddick’s Charon at the Continental and Ian McShane’s Winston.
“What a pleasure to see you again!” beams Winston as Ballerina steps out of the elevator.
Related: ‘Barbie’ Producer LuckyChap Rolls Dice On ‘Monopoly’ With Lionsgate & Hasbro – CinemaCon
John Wick himself shows up to offer the Ballerina calming, nurturing advice. He does know the...
“You’re childhood was taken from you,” Huston’s matriarch-type tells Ana de Armas’ assassin, who is as fierce offstage as she is on.
The movie directed by Len Wiseman and produced by Chad Stahelski raises the stakes and sets itself apart from the John Wick canon with all the beloved characters starring — including the late Lance Reddick’s Charon at the Continental and Ian McShane’s Winston.
“What a pleasure to see you again!” beams Winston as Ballerina steps out of the elevator.
Related: ‘Barbie’ Producer LuckyChap Rolls Dice On ‘Monopoly’ With Lionsgate & Hasbro – CinemaCon
John Wick himself shows up to offer the Ballerina calming, nurturing advice. He does know the...
- 4/10/2024
- by Anthony D'Alessandro and Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
“I don’t buy into this thing that theatrical comedies aren’t a thing,” said Good Fortune director and star Aziz Ansari while presenting his Lionsgate movie Good Fortune on Wednesday at CinemaCon in what was the first look at the film.
The Parks and Rec alum came out on stage riffing, “I know what you’re thinking: Oh my God, it’s Henry Cavill in brown face, how inappropriate!”
“Adam (Fogelson)’s nickname for me is ‘Little brown Cavill’… Enough with Cavill…You’ve casted Henry Cavill in five films!” he jokingly admonished the Lionsgate Motion Picture Chair.
Ansari then thanked “all the exhibitors who left the strip club this morning to come to the presentation.”
He said his inspiration to make Good Fortune was because he “had been doing some more dramatic work recently and I really wanted to make a comedy and I wanted it to be in theaters.
The Parks and Rec alum came out on stage riffing, “I know what you’re thinking: Oh my God, it’s Henry Cavill in brown face, how inappropriate!”
“Adam (Fogelson)’s nickname for me is ‘Little brown Cavill’… Enough with Cavill…You’ve casted Henry Cavill in five films!” he jokingly admonished the Lionsgate Motion Picture Chair.
Ansari then thanked “all the exhibitors who left the strip club this morning to come to the presentation.”
He said his inspiration to make Good Fortune was because he “had been doing some more dramatic work recently and I really wanted to make a comedy and I wanted it to be in theaters.
- 4/10/2024
- by Anthony D'Alessandro and Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
At CinemaCon on Wednesday, Lionsgate showed off its recently added 2024 fall release, Alexandre Aja’s Never Let Go, a freaky tale about a mother and her fraternal twins who have never gone beyond their forested environs: Whenever they leave the cabin, they are bounded by rope as they venture into the scary woods.
“It was a creepy environment that I had never seen before,” said star Halle Berry, who reteams with the studio that notched her a Best Actress Oscar win for Monster’s Ball.
“I’m a bona fide adrenaline junkie — the bigger the zipline, the bigger the jump — I’m your girl.”
“I had to learn how to skin a squirrel” said Berry about her prep for the role. Not to mention, the characters eat raw frogs in the film.
Related: ‘Barbie’ Producer LuckyChap Rolls Dice On ‘Monopoly’ With Lionsgate & Hasbro – CinemaCon
Lionsgate Motion Picture Chair Adam Fogelson asked...
“It was a creepy environment that I had never seen before,” said star Halle Berry, who reteams with the studio that notched her a Best Actress Oscar win for Monster’s Ball.
“I’m a bona fide adrenaline junkie — the bigger the zipline, the bigger the jump — I’m your girl.”
“I had to learn how to skin a squirrel” said Berry about her prep for the role. Not to mention, the characters eat raw frogs in the film.
Related: ‘Barbie’ Producer LuckyChap Rolls Dice On ‘Monopoly’ With Lionsgate & Hasbro – CinemaCon
Lionsgate Motion Picture Chair Adam Fogelson asked...
- 4/10/2024
- by Anthony D'Alessandro and Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
Lionsgate and Hasbro announced today that they have signed a deal with LuckyChap, the award-winning production company headed by Margot Robbie, Tom Ackerley, and Josey McNamara, to produce Monopoly, a motion picture in development based on the legendary classic board game. Hasbro Entertainment will also produce.
Lionsgate extended its development rights to the beloved, multi-generational board game with its purchase of eOne, which was completed in December 2023.
Monopoly is the world’s most popular board game, with 99% global awareness. It is available in more than 100 countries and has sold nearly half a billion copies since 1935.
LuckyChap most recently produced Barbie, the Oscar-winning hit that has taken in over $1.4 billion worldwide at the global box office, as well as Emerald Fennell’s Saltburn and the upcoming release My Old Ass, a hit at Sundance starring Aubrey Plaza and Maisy Stella.
Adam Fogelson, chair of Lionsgate Motion Picture Group, said, “I could...
Lionsgate extended its development rights to the beloved, multi-generational board game with its purchase of eOne, which was completed in December 2023.
Monopoly is the world’s most popular board game, with 99% global awareness. It is available in more than 100 countries and has sold nearly half a billion copies since 1935.
LuckyChap most recently produced Barbie, the Oscar-winning hit that has taken in over $1.4 billion worldwide at the global box office, as well as Emerald Fennell’s Saltburn and the upcoming release My Old Ass, a hit at Sundance starring Aubrey Plaza and Maisy Stella.
Adam Fogelson, chair of Lionsgate Motion Picture Group, said, “I could...
- 4/10/2024
- by Mirko Parlevliet
- Vital Thrills
It's Margot Robbie's world and we're just living in it, folks. The actor-turned-producer is flying high after her work both in front of the camera and behind the scenes of "Barbie," teaming up with director Greta Gerwig to turn what many assumed would be some soulless corporate product into a bona fide sensation. Between that and her star-making performances in recent years, she's pretty much had her pick of the litter in Hollywood. And now, she's using her well-earned clout to take on another major production that most have remained skeptical of: a movie based on the popular board game Monopoly.
/Film's Ryan Scott is currently on the ground at this year's CinemaCon event and was in attendance of the Lionsgate panel, where they announced that "Monopoly" will, indeed, pass Go as the studio is joining forces with Robbie's LuckyChap production company to make this far-fetched concept into a reality.
/Film's Ryan Scott is currently on the ground at this year's CinemaCon event and was in attendance of the Lionsgate panel, where they announced that "Monopoly" will, indeed, pass Go as the studio is joining forces with Robbie's LuckyChap production company to make this far-fetched concept into a reality.
- 4/10/2024
- by Jeremy Mathai
- Slash Film
Barbie producer LuckyChap is rolling the dice once more with a classic game adaption. The banner run by Margot Robbie, Tom Ackerley and Josey McNamara has joined Hasbro Entertainment and Lionsgate’s Monopoly movie as producers.
Lionsgate announced the news at CinemaCon on Wednesday.
Hollywood has tried to crack a Monopoly adaptation for more than a decade, with Kevin Hart and filmmaker Tim Story among those who have come and gone. Lionsgate extended its rights to Monopoly when it completed its purchase of Hasbro’s film and TV arm eOne in December.
Monopoly dates back to 1935, and challenges players to acquire properties and build houses and hotels, all while avoiding bankruptcy and the dreaded “go directly to jail” card. Nearly 1 billion copies have been sold.
Lionsgate film boss Adam Fogelson said in a statement that LuckyChap “are exceptional producers who choose their projects with great thought and care, and join...
Lionsgate announced the news at CinemaCon on Wednesday.
Hollywood has tried to crack a Monopoly adaptation for more than a decade, with Kevin Hart and filmmaker Tim Story among those who have come and gone. Lionsgate extended its rights to Monopoly when it completed its purchase of Hasbro’s film and TV arm eOne in December.
Monopoly dates back to 1935, and challenges players to acquire properties and build houses and hotels, all while avoiding bankruptcy and the dreaded “go directly to jail” card. Nearly 1 billion copies have been sold.
Lionsgate film boss Adam Fogelson said in a statement that LuckyChap “are exceptional producers who choose their projects with great thought and care, and join...
- 4/10/2024
- by Aaron Couch
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
After taking on the plastic, fantastic world of Barbie Land, producer Margot Robbie is heading to the rich terrain of Monopoly.
Robbie’s company LuckyChap and her partners Tom Ackerley and Josie McNamara are producing a live-action feature film based on the ubiquitous real estate-inspired board game. Hasbro Entertainment, the backers of Monopoly, will also produce.
Lionsgate extended its development rights to the board game with its purchase of eOne, which was completed in December 2023. According to the studio, Monopoly is the world’s most popular board game brand, with 99% global awareness. It’s available in more than 100 countries across the globe, selling nearly half a billion copies going back to 1935.
It’s unclear how Robbie and company plan to spin a narrative story from the two-dimensional world of Monopoly. It’s no surprise, though, as to why Lionsgate thought of them to take on the challenge. LuckyChap recently produced a little blockbuster called “Barbie,...
Robbie’s company LuckyChap and her partners Tom Ackerley and Josie McNamara are producing a live-action feature film based on the ubiquitous real estate-inspired board game. Hasbro Entertainment, the backers of Monopoly, will also produce.
Lionsgate extended its development rights to the board game with its purchase of eOne, which was completed in December 2023. According to the studio, Monopoly is the world’s most popular board game brand, with 99% global awareness. It’s available in more than 100 countries across the globe, selling nearly half a billion copies going back to 1935.
It’s unclear how Robbie and company plan to spin a narrative story from the two-dimensional world of Monopoly. It’s no surprise, though, as to why Lionsgate thought of them to take on the challenge. LuckyChap recently produced a little blockbuster called “Barbie,...
- 4/10/2024
- by Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
Margot Robbie is sticking with toys and games after the success of “Barbie.”
Robbie, through her LuckyChap production banner, will develop an adaption of Hasbro’s classic board game, “Monopoly.” The announcement came Wednesday morning during Lionsgate’s CinemaCon 2024 presentation.
Producing “Monopoly” alongside Robbie are her partners Tom Ackerley and Josey McNamara. The upcoming “Monopoly” movie will also be produced by Hasbro Entertainment for Lionsgate, which extended its development rights to the board game adaptation after its December 2023 purchase of eOne. Hasbro had originally intended to develop a “Monopoly” movie that would star Kevin Hart.
No plot details, casting, or release date plans were announced on Wednesday.
The news comes shortly after LuckyChap announced a “Sims” movie on the heels of the blockbuster “Barbie” success and Oscar nominations.
The Hasbro board game, available in more than 100 countries, has sold nearly half a billion copies going back to 1935. Monopoly has been...
Robbie, through her LuckyChap production banner, will develop an adaption of Hasbro’s classic board game, “Monopoly.” The announcement came Wednesday morning during Lionsgate’s CinemaCon 2024 presentation.
Producing “Monopoly” alongside Robbie are her partners Tom Ackerley and Josey McNamara. The upcoming “Monopoly” movie will also be produced by Hasbro Entertainment for Lionsgate, which extended its development rights to the board game adaptation after its December 2023 purchase of eOne. Hasbro had originally intended to develop a “Monopoly” movie that would star Kevin Hart.
No plot details, casting, or release date plans were announced on Wednesday.
The news comes shortly after LuckyChap announced a “Sims” movie on the heels of the blockbuster “Barbie” success and Oscar nominations.
The Hasbro board game, available in more than 100 countries, has sold nearly half a billion copies going back to 1935. Monopoly has been...
- 4/10/2024
- by Brian Welk and Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Lionsgate and Hasbro have entered into a deal with Barbie producer LuckyChap to shepherd development and produce Monopoly, a feature based on the classic board game. The project is currently in development, with Hasbro Entertainment also producing. The news landed during Lionsgate’s presentation at CinemaCon on Wednesday morning in Las Vegas.
Lionsgate extended its development rights to the game with its purchase of eOne, which was completed in December 2023. With 99% global awareness, Monopoly is the world’s most popular board game brand and is available in more than 100 countries. It has sold nearly half a billion copies going back to 1935.
LuckyChap, the award-winning production company headed by Margot Robbie, Tom Ackerley and Josey McNamara, said in a statement today: “Monopoly is a top property – pun fully intended. Like all of the best IP, this game has resonated worldwide for generations, and we are so excited to bring this game...
Lionsgate extended its development rights to the game with its purchase of eOne, which was completed in December 2023. With 99% global awareness, Monopoly is the world’s most popular board game brand and is available in more than 100 countries. It has sold nearly half a billion copies going back to 1935.
LuckyChap, the award-winning production company headed by Margot Robbie, Tom Ackerley and Josey McNamara, said in a statement today: “Monopoly is a top property – pun fully intended. Like all of the best IP, this game has resonated worldwide for generations, and we are so excited to bring this game...
- 4/10/2024
- by Nancy Tartaglione and Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
While Amazon MGM Studios didn’t take the stage at CinemaCon, they did meet with exhibitors and key press to strut their future theatrical slate, in particular they showed off ten minutes of the Dwayne Johnson and Chris Evans’ movie Red One. While we agree to keep mum about the details of the Santa Claus rescue movie, let’s just say the originally conceived for Prime Video title is definitely meant for theatrical, which is where it’s going on Nov. 15; the only wide release currently on that weekend.
Let’s just say that Red One is a fire-breathing Christmas action movie that completely reinvents the holiday genre. There hasn’t been a mass appealing Christmas tentpole in six years, the last being Illumination/Universal’s The Grinch which made over a half billion worldwide. Red One is a really fun original action film for both Johnson and Evans, and...
Let’s just say that Red One is a fire-breathing Christmas action movie that completely reinvents the holiday genre. There hasn’t been a mass appealing Christmas tentpole in six years, the last being Illumination/Universal’s The Grinch which made over a half billion worldwide. Red One is a really fun original action film for both Johnson and Evans, and...
- 4/10/2024
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Forget Booksmart – actor-director Olivia Wilde is about to get comic-book-smart. In an unexpected but not at all unwelcome turn of events, the Don't Worry Darling filmmaker is, according to THR, set to bring Deadpool creator Rob Liefeld's cult '90s comic series Avengelyne to the big screen. And what's more, Margot Robbie — no stranger to a superhero movie or two herself — is also aboard, and will co-produce alongside Deadpool writer-producer Simon Kinberg under her LuckyChap banner.
Now, we know what you're thinking: "Who the heck is Avengelyne? An avenger? An angel?" Well try avenging angel and you're just about there. Created by Liefeld and the appropriately-named Cathy Christian, Avengelyne debuted in Avengelyne: Deadly Sins #1 in 1995. An angel cast out of heaven for questioning God's love of humanity, Avengelyne uses her divine powers — super strength, regenerative healing, necromancy, the odd holy sword, and, err, miraculous blood — to fight demons on...
Now, we know what you're thinking: "Who the heck is Avengelyne? An avenger? An angel?" Well try avenging angel and you're just about there. Created by Liefeld and the appropriately-named Cathy Christian, Avengelyne debuted in Avengelyne: Deadly Sins #1 in 1995. An angel cast out of heaven for questioning God's love of humanity, Avengelyne uses her divine powers — super strength, regenerative healing, necromancy, the odd holy sword, and, err, miraculous blood — to fight demons on...
- 4/5/2024
- by Jordan King
- Empire - Movies
Margot Robbie’s production company looks set to take on a film based on Avengelyne, a comic book character created by Deadpool’s Rob Liefeld.
If reports are accurate, Booksmart director Olivia Wilde is set to make Avengelyne, a take on the comic book character created by the mind behind Deadpool, Rob Liefeld. It’s the second project Wilde has lined up at Margot Robbie’s production company, LuckyChap Entertainment.
According to Deadline, 'Avengelyne is an angel who fights the forces of evil and often finds herself face-to-face with demons and monsters. She was the most feared warrior in Heaven’s Warhost, having single-handedly broken into Pandemonium, the outer fortress of Hell, to confront the Devil himself. She is a fallen angel, banished from Heaven by God after being tricked into questioning his love for humans. Avengelyne was stripped of all her angelic abilities, other than her great strength and her blood,...
If reports are accurate, Booksmart director Olivia Wilde is set to make Avengelyne, a take on the comic book character created by the mind behind Deadpool, Rob Liefeld. It’s the second project Wilde has lined up at Margot Robbie’s production company, LuckyChap Entertainment.
According to Deadline, 'Avengelyne is an angel who fights the forces of evil and often finds herself face-to-face with demons and monsters. She was the most feared warrior in Heaven’s Warhost, having single-handedly broken into Pandemonium, the outer fortress of Hell, to confront the Devil himself. She is a fallen angel, banished from Heaven by God after being tricked into questioning his love for humans. Avengelyne was stripped of all her angelic abilities, other than her great strength and her blood,...
- 4/5/2024
- by Dan Cooper
- Film Stories
Nineties comic book Avengelyne is heading to the big screen soon.
Multiple reports confirmed on Thursday that Olivia Wilde will direct and Margot Robbie’s LuckyChap will produce a film adaptation of the beloved comic created by Deadpool‘s Rob Liefeld.
Robbie won’t be starring in the film, but she runs LuckyChap, alongside Tom Ackerley and Josie McNamara, the production company that produced Barbie. The new film will also welcome Simon Kinberg of X-Men and Deadpool to write and produce, according to The Hollywood Reporter, which was first...
Multiple reports confirmed on Thursday that Olivia Wilde will direct and Margot Robbie’s LuckyChap will produce a film adaptation of the beloved comic created by Deadpool‘s Rob Liefeld.
Robbie won’t be starring in the film, but she runs LuckyChap, alongside Tom Ackerley and Josie McNamara, the production company that produced Barbie. The new film will also welcome Simon Kinberg of X-Men and Deadpool to write and produce, according to The Hollywood Reporter, which was first...
- 4/5/2024
- by Tomás Mier
- Rollingstone.com
Olivia Wilde’s comic book action film Avengelyne is picking up the sword with Margot Robbie’s LuckyChap production company along for the ride. Based on the signature comic book creation by Deadpool creator Rob Liefeld, rumor has it Margot Robbie could play the lead, but her reps are denying her involvement with that part of the project. LuckyChap includes Robbie, Tom Ackerley, Josey McNamara, and Simon Kinberg. LuckyChap produced Barbie, the billion-dollar barn-burner based on Mattel’s iconic blonde bombshell. With influence like that, it’s difficult not to imagine Avengelyne being a big to-do.
After directing 2019’s Booksmart and the controversial Don’t Worry Darling, Olivia Wilde is one of Hollywood’s most in-demand filmmakers. According to Deadline‘s exclusive report, Avengelyne “is an angel who fights the forces of evil and often finds herself face-to-face with demons and monsters. She was the most feared warrior in Heaven’s Warhost,...
After directing 2019’s Booksmart and the controversial Don’t Worry Darling, Olivia Wilde is one of Hollywood’s most in-demand filmmakers. According to Deadline‘s exclusive report, Avengelyne “is an angel who fights the forces of evil and often finds herself face-to-face with demons and monsters. She was the most feared warrior in Heaven’s Warhost,...
- 4/4/2024
- by Steve Seigh
- JoBlo.com
Olivia Wilde, Margot Robbie and “X-Men” producer Simon Kinberg are joining forces for a feature adaptation of “Avengelyne,” a comic book character from “Deadpool” co-creator Rob Liefeld.
Wilde, whose filmmaking credits include “Booksmart” and “Don’t Worry Darling,” is attached to direct. Robbie’s company LuckyChap and her partners Tom Ackerley and Josie McNamara are producing. Kinberg, a writer and producer of “X-Men” tentpoles, will also produce the film.
The project doesn’t have a home yet, so the creative team will try to sell the film to studios and streamers in the coming weeks. It’s unclear who will play Avengelyne, an angel who fights the forces of evil and often finds herself face-to-face with demons and monsters. Rob Liefeld, best known for bringing to life the Merc with a Mouth, a.k.a. Deadpool, co-created the character of Avengelyne in 1995.
There were prior attempts to turn Avengelyne into a big-screen star,...
Wilde, whose filmmaking credits include “Booksmart” and “Don’t Worry Darling,” is attached to direct. Robbie’s company LuckyChap and her partners Tom Ackerley and Josie McNamara are producing. Kinberg, a writer and producer of “X-Men” tentpoles, will also produce the film.
The project doesn’t have a home yet, so the creative team will try to sell the film to studios and streamers in the coming weeks. It’s unclear who will play Avengelyne, an angel who fights the forces of evil and often finds herself face-to-face with demons and monsters. Rob Liefeld, best known for bringing to life the Merc with a Mouth, a.k.a. Deadpool, co-created the character of Avengelyne in 1995.
There were prior attempts to turn Avengelyne into a big-screen star,...
- 4/4/2024
- by Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
A high-powered package is coming together to adapt Avengelyne, the ’90s comic book character from Deadpool co-creator Rob Liefeld.
Olivia Wilde, who last helmed the thriller Don’t Worry Darling, is attached to direct what would be a feature adaptation. LuckyChap, the banner run by Margot Robbie, Tom Ackerley and Josie McNamara and which shepherded last year’s biggest movie, Barbie, is producing. Simon Kinberg, who has written and produced several X-Men movies, will also produce. The package is being put together, with the hope that it will be ready to take to studios and streamers in the coming weeks.
Avengelyne debuted in 1995 and centered on a fallen angel cast to Earth. She is entrusted to find and protect The One, a person who is the key to protecting humanity from demons and other monsters.
Robbie, who is not attached to star in Avengelyne, is well-versed in comic having played Harley Quinn multiple DC films.
Olivia Wilde, who last helmed the thriller Don’t Worry Darling, is attached to direct what would be a feature adaptation. LuckyChap, the banner run by Margot Robbie, Tom Ackerley and Josie McNamara and which shepherded last year’s biggest movie, Barbie, is producing. Simon Kinberg, who has written and produced several X-Men movies, will also produce. The package is being put together, with the hope that it will be ready to take to studios and streamers in the coming weeks.
Avengelyne debuted in 1995 and centered on a fallen angel cast to Earth. She is entrusted to find and protect The One, a person who is the key to protecting humanity from demons and other monsters.
Robbie, who is not attached to star in Avengelyne, is well-versed in comic having played Harley Quinn multiple DC films.
- 4/4/2024
- by Aaron Couch and Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: In what shapes up with the potential to be a big one, The Dish hears there is film rights auction in the works for Avengelyne — an angel who fights the forces of evil — with Olivia Wilde directing, based on the signature comic book creation by Deadpool creator Rob Liefeld. Aboard to produce is LuckyChap, the shingle Margot Robbie runs with Tom Ackerley and Josey McNamara, and Simon Kinberg and Audrey Chon through their Genre banner.
I’ve heard the plan was for this to be developed for Robbie to star, but her camp is denying that part of it. A big A-list writer is circling to adapt.
The principals behind this are not commenting, but expect this one to hit the street within the next two weeks. LuckyChap is coming off Barbie, last year’s top-grossing film with eight Oscar nominations. Wilde last directed Don’t Worry Darling and before that Booksmart.
I’ve heard the plan was for this to be developed for Robbie to star, but her camp is denying that part of it. A big A-list writer is circling to adapt.
The principals behind this are not commenting, but expect this one to hit the street within the next two weeks. LuckyChap is coming off Barbie, last year’s top-grossing film with eight Oscar nominations. Wilde last directed Don’t Worry Darling and before that Booksmart.
- 4/4/2024
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
WooHoo, a film adaptation of “The Sims” is in the works!
LuckyChap principals Margot Robbie, Josey McNamara and Tom Ackerley will produce alongside Roy Lee for Vertigo Entertainment.
Kate Herron, who helmed “Loki,” is set to direct the movie and co-write with Briony Redman. The writing duo most recently collaborated on the script for a “Doctor Who” episode. Herron is next set to direct an episode on the second season of “The Last of Us.”
“The Sims” is one of the best-selling video game franchises of all time, moving more than 200 million copies since its first entry in 2000. The sandbox games from Electronic Arts allow users to control virtual “Sims,” fulfilling their needs and simulating their lives: going to work, finding love and raising families.
“The Sims” is part of the larger “Sim” series, which began in 1989 with Will Wright’s “SimCity.” There is no cast attached to the film project yet.
LuckyChap principals Margot Robbie, Josey McNamara and Tom Ackerley will produce alongside Roy Lee for Vertigo Entertainment.
Kate Herron, who helmed “Loki,” is set to direct the movie and co-write with Briony Redman. The writing duo most recently collaborated on the script for a “Doctor Who” episode. Herron is next set to direct an episode on the second season of “The Last of Us.”
“The Sims” is one of the best-selling video game franchises of all time, moving more than 200 million copies since its first entry in 2000. The sandbox games from Electronic Arts allow users to control virtual “Sims,” fulfilling their needs and simulating their lives: going to work, finding love and raising families.
“The Sims” is part of the larger “Sim” series, which began in 1989 with Will Wright’s “SimCity.” There is no cast attached to the film project yet.
- 3/21/2024
- by Katcy Stephan and Angelique Jackson
- Variety Film + TV
Maisy Stella, who delivered a star-making turn in this year’s Sundance hit “My Old Ass,” has booked the third lead in a mysterious new project from Bad Robot and Warner Bros. Pictures.
Stella joins Anne Hathaway and Ewan McGregor in the untitled feature from director David Robert Mitchell. Plot details have been under wraps since the project was announced, but the movie is categorized as a thriller in numerous film indexes.
Mitchell directs from his original script and will produce alongside J.J. Abrams and Hannah Minghella for Bad Robot and Matt Jackson of Jackson Pictures. Jake Weiner and Chris Bender of Good Fear Content will serve as executive producers. Sheila Walcott and Zach Hamby will oversee for the Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group.
Stella’s “My Old Ass” premiered in January at Sundance to strong reviews, under the stewardship of director Megan Park and producer LuckyChap. The film was...
Stella joins Anne Hathaway and Ewan McGregor in the untitled feature from director David Robert Mitchell. Plot details have been under wraps since the project was announced, but the movie is categorized as a thriller in numerous film indexes.
Mitchell directs from his original script and will produce alongside J.J. Abrams and Hannah Minghella for Bad Robot and Matt Jackson of Jackson Pictures. Jake Weiner and Chris Bender of Good Fear Content will serve as executive producers. Sheila Walcott and Zach Hamby will oversee for the Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group.
Stella’s “My Old Ass” premiered in January at Sundance to strong reviews, under the stewardship of director Megan Park and producer LuckyChap. The film was...
- 3/20/2024
- by Matt Donnelly
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Amazon MGM Studios is opening their $15M Sundance pick-up, My Old Ass, on Aug. 2 in a limited rollout.
The LuckyChap and Indian Paintbrush production comes from director/scribe Megan Park and stars Maisy Stella, Aubrey Plaza, Maddie Ziegler, Percy Hynes White and Kerrice Brooks. Pic follows bright-yet-irreverent Elliott (Stella) the summer before college as she comes face-to-face with her older self (Plaza) during a mushroom trip. The encounter spurs a funny and heartfelt journey of self-discovery and first love as Elliott prepares to leave her childhood home.
My Old Ass will serve as counterprogramming to the summer blockbuster fare. Opening on Aug. 2 wide is Sony’s Harold and the Purple Crayon and Warner Bros.’ M. Night Shyamalan movie Trap.
Producers are LuckyChap’s Tom Ackerley, Margot Robbie, Josey McNamara and Indian Paintbrush’s Steven Rales. EPs are Dan Bekerman, Bronte Payne and Park.
My Old Ass launched in the...
The LuckyChap and Indian Paintbrush production comes from director/scribe Megan Park and stars Maisy Stella, Aubrey Plaza, Maddie Ziegler, Percy Hynes White and Kerrice Brooks. Pic follows bright-yet-irreverent Elliott (Stella) the summer before college as she comes face-to-face with her older self (Plaza) during a mushroom trip. The encounter spurs a funny and heartfelt journey of self-discovery and first love as Elliott prepares to leave her childhood home.
My Old Ass will serve as counterprogramming to the summer blockbuster fare. Opening on Aug. 2 wide is Sony’s Harold and the Purple Crayon and Warner Bros.’ M. Night Shyamalan movie Trap.
Producers are LuckyChap’s Tom Ackerley, Margot Robbie, Josey McNamara and Indian Paintbrush’s Steven Rales. EPs are Dan Bekerman, Bronte Payne and Park.
My Old Ass launched in the...
- 2/23/2024
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Netflix has greenlit the next project from Maid creator and showrunner Molly Smith Metzler.
The streamer has ordered Sirens, a limited series that’s described as a dark comedy that explores “women, power and class.” The series comes from Margot Robbie’s LuckyChap banner (which also produced Maid), and the Barbie star and producer is an executive producer.
Sirens is based on Metzler’s play Elemeno Pea, which she wrote during her time as a student at Juilliard. It centers on two sisters, Devon and Simone, and Devon’s concern that Simone has an unhealthy relationship with her new boss, socialite Michaela Kell. According to the show’s logline, “Michaela’s cult-ish life of luxury is like a drug to Simone, and Devon has decided it’s time for an intervention. When Devon tracks her sister down to say Wtf, she has no idea what a formidable opponent Michaela will be.
The streamer has ordered Sirens, a limited series that’s described as a dark comedy that explores “women, power and class.” The series comes from Margot Robbie’s LuckyChap banner (which also produced Maid), and the Barbie star and producer is an executive producer.
Sirens is based on Metzler’s play Elemeno Pea, which she wrote during her time as a student at Juilliard. It centers on two sisters, Devon and Simone, and Devon’s concern that Simone has an unhealthy relationship with her new boss, socialite Michaela Kell. According to the show’s logline, “Michaela’s cult-ish life of luxury is like a drug to Simone, and Devon has decided it’s time for an intervention. When Devon tracks her sister down to say Wtf, she has no idea what a formidable opponent Michaela will be.
- 2/21/2024
- by Rick Porter
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Netflix has ordered the limited series “Sirens,” a female-driven dark comedy from “Maid” writer and showrunner Molly Smith Metzler and executive produced by LuckyChap.
The new series is the first under Metzler’s multi-year overall deal with Netflix, announced in February 2022 following the massive success of “Maid.” The series — starring Margaret Qualley and produced by LuckyChap, as well as John Wells Productions — debuted on the streamer in October 2021, where it spent 14 weeks on the streamer’s global Top 10 TV list and reached the Top 10 in 93 countries. “Maid” was also a critical hit, as Metzler — an award-winning writer and playwright whose credits also include “Shameless” and “Orange Is the New Black” — won a WGA award and the show earned multiple Emmy, Golden Globe and Critics Choice award nominations.
Under the pact, Metzler and her Quiet Coyote banner set out to develop new series and other projects for the streamer, with a...
The new series is the first under Metzler’s multi-year overall deal with Netflix, announced in February 2022 following the massive success of “Maid.” The series — starring Margaret Qualley and produced by LuckyChap, as well as John Wells Productions — debuted on the streamer in October 2021, where it spent 14 weeks on the streamer’s global Top 10 TV list and reached the Top 10 in 93 countries. “Maid” was also a critical hit, as Metzler — an award-winning writer and playwright whose credits also include “Shameless” and “Orange Is the New Black” — won a WGA award and the show earned multiple Emmy, Golden Globe and Critics Choice award nominations.
Under the pact, Metzler and her Quiet Coyote banner set out to develop new series and other projects for the streamer, with a...
- 2/21/2024
- by Angelique Jackson
- Variety Film + TV
How does one repay a team of producers for launching its highest grossing film of all time? Give them the key to the studio — literally.
On Monday, “Barbie” producers, LuckyChap’s Margot Robbie, Tom Ackerley and Josey McNamara inked a first-look deal at Warner Bros., which distributed the $1.4 billion-grossing movie. So, to celebrate, Warner Bros. Pictures Group Co-Chairs and CEO Pam Abdy and Michael De Luca decided to resurrect an old tradition, started by WB co-founder Jack Warner.
“Every once in a while, when a significant piece of talent signed a deal with the studio, he presented that company, that talent, with a key to the studio,” De Luca said as he and Abdy raised a toast to the trio. “We are so delighted to have our first key to our studio be given to LuckyChap.”
This historical artifact, De Luca noted, was particularly special, as the LuckyChap team received...
On Monday, “Barbie” producers, LuckyChap’s Margot Robbie, Tom Ackerley and Josey McNamara inked a first-look deal at Warner Bros., which distributed the $1.4 billion-grossing movie. So, to celebrate, Warner Bros. Pictures Group Co-Chairs and CEO Pam Abdy and Michael De Luca decided to resurrect an old tradition, started by WB co-founder Jack Warner.
“Every once in a while, when a significant piece of talent signed a deal with the studio, he presented that company, that talent, with a key to the studio,” De Luca said as he and Abdy raised a toast to the trio. “We are so delighted to have our first key to our studio be given to LuckyChap.”
This historical artifact, De Luca noted, was particularly special, as the LuckyChap team received...
- 2/13/2024
- by Angelique Jackson
- Variety Film + TV
Warner Bros. really likes being in the Margot Robbie business. Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group has signed a multi-year first look feature film deal with Robbie’s production company LuckyChap Entertainment. It will make WB the first stop for any film projects Robbie wishes to produce through her production arm, which she runs alongside Tom Ackerley and Josey McNamara.
It’s no big question as to why. Robbie and Ackerley together produced WB and Mattel’s “Barbie,” which grossed $1.45 billion as the highest-grossing film of 2023, and went on to earn eight Oscar nominations, including for Best Picture.
But, not so fast, “Barbie” fans. That doesn’t a sequel is incoming. The announcement made on February 12 by WB film chief heads Mike De Luca and Pam Abdy doesn’t mention any specific projects just yet, nor does it stipulate whether Robbie would star in the films.
Still, Warner Bros. loves tying...
It’s no big question as to why. Robbie and Ackerley together produced WB and Mattel’s “Barbie,” which grossed $1.45 billion as the highest-grossing film of 2023, and went on to earn eight Oscar nominations, including for Best Picture.
But, not so fast, “Barbie” fans. That doesn’t a sequel is incoming. The announcement made on February 12 by WB film chief heads Mike De Luca and Pam Abdy doesn’t mention any specific projects just yet, nor does it stipulate whether Robbie would star in the films.
Still, Warner Bros. loves tying...
- 2/12/2024
- by Brian Welk
- Indiewire
Margot Robbie’s production company is making it official with the studio that backed the Oscar-nominated blockbuster “Barbie.”
LuckyChap signed a multi-year, first-look feature film deal with Warner Bros. to collaborate on future projects. The pact follows the smash success of “Barbie,” which was distributed by Warner Bros. and produced by Robbie and her LuckyChap co-founders, Tom Ackerley and Josey McNamara. With $1.45 billion globally, “Barbie” was the highest-grossing movie of 2023 as well as the biggest film in the studio’s 100-year history. It was nominated for eight Academy Awards, including best picture.
As Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group co-chairs and CEO Mike De Luca and Pam Abdy build out the studio’s film slate, they said they’re on a mission to “invest and commit to working with the greatest partners in front of and behind the camera.”
“Margot, Tom and Josey have built a unique home for storytellers at LuckyChap,...
LuckyChap signed a multi-year, first-look feature film deal with Warner Bros. to collaborate on future projects. The pact follows the smash success of “Barbie,” which was distributed by Warner Bros. and produced by Robbie and her LuckyChap co-founders, Tom Ackerley and Josey McNamara. With $1.45 billion globally, “Barbie” was the highest-grossing movie of 2023 as well as the biggest film in the studio’s 100-year history. It was nominated for eight Academy Awards, including best picture.
As Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group co-chairs and CEO Mike De Luca and Pam Abdy build out the studio’s film slate, they said they’re on a mission to “invest and commit to working with the greatest partners in front of and behind the camera.”
“Margot, Tom and Josey have built a unique home for storytellers at LuckyChap,...
- 2/12/2024
- by Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
Warner Bros Motion Picture Group is making sure the producer of the studio’s highest-grossing movie of all time, Barbie, isn’t going anywhere.
Studio bosses Mike De Luca and Pam Abdy have closed a multiyear first-look feature film deal with LuckyChap’s Margot Robbie, Tom Ackerley and Josey McNamara on future projects. The news follows the $1.45 billion global-grossing Barbie notching eight Oscar nominations, as well as Song of the Year and Best Song Written for Visual Media Grammy wins for Billie Eilish and Finneas’ single “What Was I Made For?” in addition to two Golden Globe wins.
“Margot, Tom and Josey have built a unique home for storytellers at LuckyChap, where filmmakers are doing incredible work in a supportive and creatively freeing environment,” said De Luca and Abdy, co-chairs and CEOs of Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group. “As we build our theatrical film slate, Warner Bros Discovery continues to...
Studio bosses Mike De Luca and Pam Abdy have closed a multiyear first-look feature film deal with LuckyChap’s Margot Robbie, Tom Ackerley and Josey McNamara on future projects. The news follows the $1.45 billion global-grossing Barbie notching eight Oscar nominations, as well as Song of the Year and Best Song Written for Visual Media Grammy wins for Billie Eilish and Finneas’ single “What Was I Made For?” in addition to two Golden Globe wins.
“Margot, Tom and Josey have built a unique home for storytellers at LuckyChap, where filmmakers are doing incredible work in a supportive and creatively freeing environment,” said De Luca and Abdy, co-chairs and CEOs of Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group. “As we build our theatrical film slate, Warner Bros Discovery continues to...
- 2/12/2024
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: LuckyChap and Indian Paintbrush have teamed to option rights to Olivia Gatwood’s debut novel Whoever You Are, Honey. It will publish via The Dial Press in July 2024.
Gatwood is also set to adapt her book into a feature script.
Whoever You Are, Honey takes place on the Santa Cruz waterfront and centers on a young woman and her elderly roommate, an oddball pair who are the last vestiges of a town taken over by the tech elite. But when a new couple moves in next door, the young woman’s once secluded existence is irrevocably disrupted, and she is forced to face the fact that on the outskirts of Silicon Valley, nothing is off-limits, and what was once considered dystopia is now a reality in her own backyard.
Described as being in the spirit of Stepford Wives meets Grey Gardens for the age of artificial intelligence, Whoever You Are,...
Gatwood is also set to adapt her book into a feature script.
Whoever You Are, Honey takes place on the Santa Cruz waterfront and centers on a young woman and her elderly roommate, an oddball pair who are the last vestiges of a town taken over by the tech elite. But when a new couple moves in next door, the young woman’s once secluded existence is irrevocably disrupted, and she is forced to face the fact that on the outskirts of Silicon Valley, nothing is off-limits, and what was once considered dystopia is now a reality in her own backyard.
Described as being in the spirit of Stepford Wives meets Grey Gardens for the age of artificial intelligence, Whoever You Are,...
- 2/5/2024
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Amazon MGM Studios is in final negotiations to acquire Megan Park’s sophomore feature “My Old Ass,” starring Aubrey Plaza and Maisy Stella, following its Sundance Film Festival debut.
The high-concept film — which was produced by LuckyChap’s Margot Robbie, Tom Ackerley and Josey McNamara, with Indian Paintbrush’s Steven Rales — made its world premiere on Saturday night in a sold-out screening at the Eccles Theatre in Park City, Ut. The deal is for roughly $15 million. It is one of a handful of high-profile Sundance movies that are fielding offers from several bidders, including “Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story” and “Will & Harper,” a road trip documentary with Will Ferrell and his best friend, Harper Steele.
Amazon MGM is targeting a wide theatrical release for the film in the U.S. and Canada, with international territories still to be determined. Like all of its titles, the ultimate home will be Prime Video.
The high-concept film — which was produced by LuckyChap’s Margot Robbie, Tom Ackerley and Josey McNamara, with Indian Paintbrush’s Steven Rales — made its world premiere on Saturday night in a sold-out screening at the Eccles Theatre in Park City, Ut. The deal is for roughly $15 million. It is one of a handful of high-profile Sundance movies that are fielding offers from several bidders, including “Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story” and “Will & Harper,” a road trip documentary with Will Ferrell and his best friend, Harper Steele.
Amazon MGM is targeting a wide theatrical release for the film in the U.S. and Canada, with international territories still to be determined. Like all of its titles, the ultimate home will be Prime Video.
- 1/26/2024
- by Angelique Jackson
- Variety Film + TV
Sundance Buzz Title ‘My Old Ass’ Selling To Amazon MGM For $15M+ WW; Wide Theatrical Release Planned
Exclusive: In another big Sundance deal upwards of $15 million, Amazon MGM is in final negotiations to acquire the Sundance buzz title My Old Ass. This was a hotly contested deal that today had several suitors in the mix for a crowd-pleasing coming-of-age film that has garnered strong reviews and reaction since it launched in the Premieres category on January 20 at the Eccles Theatre.
Amazon MGM is targeting a wide theatrical release in the U.S. and Canada, and they’re working out the strategy for international. Pic will then move to Prime Video to stream globally. It is the biggest Sundance deal for a theatrical release; Netflix paid $17 million for the genre thriller It’s What’s Inside, but that film is headed for a big streamer rollout.
Directed and scripted by Megan Park, the film stars Maisy Stella, Aubrey Plaza, Maddie Ziegler and Percy Hynes White. The summer before college, bright-yet-irreverent...
Amazon MGM is targeting a wide theatrical release in the U.S. and Canada, and they’re working out the strategy for international. Pic will then move to Prime Video to stream globally. It is the biggest Sundance deal for a theatrical release; Netflix paid $17 million for the genre thriller It’s What’s Inside, but that film is headed for a big streamer rollout.
Directed and scripted by Megan Park, the film stars Maisy Stella, Aubrey Plaza, Maddie Ziegler and Percy Hynes White. The summer before college, bright-yet-irreverent...
- 1/26/2024
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Variety is celebrating the 2024 Oscar nominees who have graced the magazine’s covers, participated in Actors on Actors and Directors on Directors, and spoken on the Awards Circuit podcast this season. The nominations for the 96th Academy Awards were announced Tuesday morning, with “Oppenheimer,” “Poor Things,” “Killers of the Flower Moon,” “Barbie” and “Maestro” among the best picture contenders.
Revisit Variety‘s best coverage and interviews with the nominees below.
Variety covers:
Lily Gladstone (“Killers of the Flower Moon”), best actress: Lily Gladstone on Welcoming ‘Flower Moon’ Criticism, Mollie’s Agency and Scorsese’s Limitations While Telling an Osage Story
Christopher Nolan (“Oppenheimer”), best picture, director and adapted screenplay: Christopher Nolan on Turning ‘Oppenheimer’ Into a Near-$1 Billion Hit — And What’s Next
Margot Robbie & LuckyChap (“Barbie”), best picture: Margot Robbie & LuckyChap’s Entertainment Empire: How They’re Thriving Off ‘Barbie,’ ‘Saltburn’ Shocks and ‘Being Original Every Time’
Carey Mulligan...
Revisit Variety‘s best coverage and interviews with the nominees below.
Variety covers:
Lily Gladstone (“Killers of the Flower Moon”), best actress: Lily Gladstone on Welcoming ‘Flower Moon’ Criticism, Mollie’s Agency and Scorsese’s Limitations While Telling an Osage Story
Christopher Nolan (“Oppenheimer”), best picture, director and adapted screenplay: Christopher Nolan on Turning ‘Oppenheimer’ Into a Near-$1 Billion Hit — And What’s Next
Margot Robbie & LuckyChap (“Barbie”), best picture: Margot Robbie & LuckyChap’s Entertainment Empire: How They’re Thriving Off ‘Barbie,’ ‘Saltburn’ Shocks and ‘Being Original Every Time’
Carey Mulligan...
- 1/24/2024
- by Michaela Zee
- Variety Film + TV
Margot Robbie is looking to her next role: director.
The “Barbie” actress and LuckyChap producer told Variety that directing is a “dear ambition” of hers to add to her multi-hyphenate talents. Robbie founded LuckyChap, which produced “Barbie” and “Saltburn” in 2023, as well as past Oscar-winning film “I, Tonya.”
“The tricky thing is, as much as I say I’m strict about saying no as a producer, I also get so excited with all the things that I could produce that it ends up taking up all my time,” Robbie said. “And as an actor, I get to work with so many brilliant directors and watch them do it — it’s like having a front-row seat to the best master class in the world. So it’s really tempting to keep doing that. But directing is a dear ambition of mine.”
She added of LuckyChap’s slate, “We have a penchant for actress-turned-writer-directors,...
The “Barbie” actress and LuckyChap producer told Variety that directing is a “dear ambition” of hers to add to her multi-hyphenate talents. Robbie founded LuckyChap, which produced “Barbie” and “Saltburn” in 2023, as well as past Oscar-winning film “I, Tonya.”
“The tricky thing is, as much as I say I’m strict about saying no as a producer, I also get so excited with all the things that I could produce that it ends up taking up all my time,” Robbie said. “And as an actor, I get to work with so many brilliant directors and watch them do it — it’s like having a front-row seat to the best master class in the world. So it’s really tempting to keep doing that. But directing is a dear ambition of mine.”
She added of LuckyChap’s slate, “We have a penchant for actress-turned-writer-directors,...
- 1/4/2024
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
When pitching Warner Bros. and Mattel on their offbeat, feminist reimagining of “Barbie,” producer and star Margot Robbie and writer-director Greta Gerwig predicted that their film would make a billion dollars at the box office. They, of course, were right — and then some. But one thing about the movie’s improbable journey to cultural ubiquity and its $1.4 billion global haul has taken Robbie completely by surprise. “We didn’t say this is going to make it to the Oscars,” Robbie says, referring to the film’s awards season momentum.
Sitting on a sunny rooftop patio of her Los Angeles production company, LuckyChap, flanked by co-founders Tom Ackerley and Josey McNamara, Robbie says, “When we finished the press tour, I was like, ‘I guess I’ll throw all the pink out of my wardrobe now.’” They all laugh. “But the fact that we’re going to the Golden Globes and all that stuff?...
Sitting on a sunny rooftop patio of her Los Angeles production company, LuckyChap, flanked by co-founders Tom Ackerley and Josey McNamara, Robbie says, “When we finished the press tour, I was like, ‘I guess I’ll throw all the pink out of my wardrobe now.’” They all laugh. “But the fact that we’re going to the Golden Globes and all that stuff?...
- 1/3/2024
- by Angelique Jackson
- Variety Film + TV
Universal has landed the Christmas comedy package for Naughty, which is set to be directed by Olivia Wilde and is based on a script by Jimmy Warden.
Warden will continue writing the screenplay for Universal, while producing along with Wilde on the project. There is no word on casting, but the synopsis from Universal points to a mother, Mallory, whose only hope of securing custody of her son from her gaslighting trash-bag ex is to find Santa Claus and convince him to testify in her divorce hearing.
Margot Robbie, Tom Ackerley and Josey McNamara will produce through the LuckyChap banner after their success with Barbie. Wilde most recently directed, starred in and produced Don’t Worry Darling, which went on to earn around $90 million worldwide.
Don’t Worry Darling also starred Florence Pugh and Harry Styles and premiered at the Venice Film Festival, where it dominated media attention.
Wilde, whose debut film was Booksmart,...
Warden will continue writing the screenplay for Universal, while producing along with Wilde on the project. There is no word on casting, but the synopsis from Universal points to a mother, Mallory, whose only hope of securing custody of her son from her gaslighting trash-bag ex is to find Santa Claus and convince him to testify in her divorce hearing.
Margot Robbie, Tom Ackerley and Josey McNamara will produce through the LuckyChap banner after their success with Barbie. Wilde most recently directed, starred in and produced Don’t Worry Darling, which went on to earn around $90 million worldwide.
Don’t Worry Darling also starred Florence Pugh and Harry Styles and premiered at the Venice Film Festival, where it dominated media attention.
Wilde, whose debut film was Booksmart,...
- 12/14/2023
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: Just before the holiday break, Universal Pictures has found an exciting package under its tree. Sources tell Deadline that the studio has landed rights to the Christmas comedy Naughty, which has Olivia Wilde directing and LuckyChap producing. The package is based on a spec by Cocaine Bear scribe Jimmy Warden, and the auction saw several studios in the mix with Universal ultimately delivering the winning bid.
Margot Robbie, Tom Ackerley and Josey McNamara are producing through their LuckyChap production company along with Wilde and Warden.
Described as Bridesmaids in the North Pole, the film follows Mallory, whose only hope of securing custody of her son from her gaslighting trash-bag ex is to find Santa Claus and convince him to testify in her divorce hearing.
Between LuckyChap’s recent success with the year’s biggest film in Barbie and Wilde being one of the more sought after female directors, Universal...
Margot Robbie, Tom Ackerley and Josey McNamara are producing through their LuckyChap production company along with Wilde and Warden.
Described as Bridesmaids in the North Pole, the film follows Mallory, whose only hope of securing custody of her son from her gaslighting trash-bag ex is to find Santa Claus and convince him to testify in her divorce hearing.
Between LuckyChap’s recent success with the year’s biggest film in Barbie and Wilde being one of the more sought after female directors, Universal...
- 12/14/2023
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
Hollywood is leaving milk and cookies out for Olivia Wilde this holiday season with news that she’s striking a deal with LuckyChap to direct Naughty, a comedy described as Bridesmaids in the North Pole. Cocaine Bear writer Jimmy Warden wrote the script with Margot Robbie, Tom Ackerley, and Josey McNamara, producing through LuckyChap.
According to Deadline‘s exclusive report, Naughty follows Mallory, whose only hope of securing custody of her son from her gaslighting trashbag ex is to find Santa Claus in the North Pole and convince him to testify in her divorce hearing.
In case you forgot, LuckyChap produced Barbie, which earned $1.4 billion at the worldwide box office. Combine Barbie‘s success level with Wilde’s in-demand status as a filmmaker, and you’ve got a recipe for making money fall in a blizzard-like fashion.
Wilde’s next film is the biographical sports drama Perfect, starring McKenna Grace and Thomasin McKenzie.
According to Deadline‘s exclusive report, Naughty follows Mallory, whose only hope of securing custody of her son from her gaslighting trashbag ex is to find Santa Claus in the North Pole and convince him to testify in her divorce hearing.
In case you forgot, LuckyChap produced Barbie, which earned $1.4 billion at the worldwide box office. Combine Barbie‘s success level with Wilde’s in-demand status as a filmmaker, and you’ve got a recipe for making money fall in a blizzard-like fashion.
Wilde’s next film is the biographical sports drama Perfect, starring McKenna Grace and Thomasin McKenzie.
- 12/8/2023
- by Steve Seigh
- JoBlo.com
Don’t worry darling, Olivia Wilde is back with another movie: a Christmas comedy titled “Naughty” and backed by Margot Robbie’s production company, LuckyChap.
The film, written by “Cocaine Bear” screenwriter Jimmy Warden, is described as “Bridesmaids” in the North Pole. It follows single mom Mallory, who, in order to gain custody of her son from her awful ex, must find Santa Claus and convince him to testify in her divorce hearing.
Robbie, Tom Ackerley and Josey McNamara produce via their LuckyChap banner. A studio is not yet attached.
Despite being clouded by headline-grabbing drama for months surrounding its release, Wilde’s latest feature, “Don’t Worry Darling,” was a commercial success. The film starred Florence Pugh and Harry Styles as a married couple living in a utopian community where the all-too-perfect lifestyle begins to unravel. The mid-budget film reached $87 million at the global box office.
Meanwhile, LuckyChap has had a...
The film, written by “Cocaine Bear” screenwriter Jimmy Warden, is described as “Bridesmaids” in the North Pole. It follows single mom Mallory, who, in order to gain custody of her son from her awful ex, must find Santa Claus and convince him to testify in her divorce hearing.
Robbie, Tom Ackerley and Josey McNamara produce via their LuckyChap banner. A studio is not yet attached.
Despite being clouded by headline-grabbing drama for months surrounding its release, Wilde’s latest feature, “Don’t Worry Darling,” was a commercial success. The film starred Florence Pugh and Harry Styles as a married couple living in a utopian community where the all-too-perfect lifestyle begins to unravel. The mid-budget film reached $87 million at the global box office.
Meanwhile, LuckyChap has had a...
- 12/8/2023
- by Ethan Shanfeld
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: While the industry is starting to wind down ahead of the holiday break, a juicy package could liven things up before the new year. Deadline is hearing that Olivia Wilde is attached to direct Naughty, a Christmas comedy that has LuckyChap on as producers.
Cocaine Bear scribe Jimmy Warden penned the script, with Margot Robbie, Tom Ackerley and Josey McNamara producing through their LuckyChap production company.
Described as Bridesmaids in the North Pole, the film follows Mallory, whose only hope of securing custody of her son from her gaslighting trash-bag ex is to find Santa Claus and convince him to testify in her divorce hearing.
Between LuckyChap’s recent success with the years biggest film in Barbie and Wilde being one of the more sought after female directors in town, the package is sure to garner attention from studios.
LuckyChap has been on a roll of late, not only...
Cocaine Bear scribe Jimmy Warden penned the script, with Margot Robbie, Tom Ackerley and Josey McNamara producing through their LuckyChap production company.
Described as Bridesmaids in the North Pole, the film follows Mallory, whose only hope of securing custody of her son from her gaslighting trash-bag ex is to find Santa Claus and convince him to testify in her divorce hearing.
Between LuckyChap’s recent success with the years biggest film in Barbie and Wilde being one of the more sought after female directors in town, the package is sure to garner attention from studios.
LuckyChap has been on a roll of late, not only...
- 12/8/2023
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
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