Latest Hollywood script deals
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Lionsgate has acquired  the script "The Escape Artist," which centers on a relationship  consultant who gets paid to break people up. It was written by  brothers Jim and Brian Kehoe, while producer Todd Garner helped  develop the script and will produce.
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Striking Hollywood writers have reached a deal with Tom Cruise's production outfit United Artists Films to resume working while the strike continues against other studios.
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RKO Pictures has signed an interim deal with the striking Writers Guild of America.
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No. 1 video rental chain says price would be $11.50 cash for each share of Hollywood, possibly more. NEW YORK  - Blockbuster Inc.
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Hollywood directors reached a tentative contract deal Thursday with studios, a development that could turn up the pressure on striking writers to settle their 2-month-old walkout that has crippled the entertainment industry.
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Hollywood directors have reached a tentative contract deal with studios after five days of negotiations, the directors union said Thursday.
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Hollywood is taking advantage of the first holiday frame of 2005, offering four new wide releases to duke it out over what should be a competitive extended weekend.
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The Coming Soon! Box Office Report has been updated with the studio estimates for the weekend. Be sure to stay tuned there for the final figures on Monday afternoon.
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LOS ANGELES  - With a new labor contract for the Directors Guild of America expected to be announced imminently, Hollywood's top screenwriters could turn up the heat on their union to end its 11-week-old strike.
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Hollywood writers are optimistic the end of the three-month strike is in sight after reviewing a proposed deal from studios that increases their payments for online use of TV shows and movies.
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LOS ANGELES  - Hollywood is taking  advantage of the first holiday frame of 2005, offering four new  wide releases to duke it out over what should be a competitive  extended weekend.
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[Hollywood News]: London, Nov 9 : Soccer star David Beckham has reportedly signed a deal to star in a Hollywood trilogy about football.
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The head of the Motion Picture  Association of America said on Saturday a recent labor contract  between major studios and film and TV directors offers a  template for deals with striking writers and other guilds.
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Hollywood's two major actors unions announced late Thursday they have agreed to a new contract with film and TV producers worth &#36;200 million over three years.
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Why didn&#39;t shares of video rental chain Hollywood Entertainment (Nasdaq: HLYW) move much yesterday on news that Blockbuster (NYSE: BBI) plans to make a tender offer for its shares next
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United Artists, the film studio  backed by actor Tom Cruise, and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc, said  on Monday it had reached a deal enabling striking Hollywood  screenwriters to work on the company's films.
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