Sidney Kimmel Entertainment Movie Updates

Brad Pitt, Ben Stiller and Mike White are teaming up for Brad’s Status, a comedy from Sidney Kimmel Entertainment.

Anne Hathaway is adapting a movie version of George Brant’s celebrated play Grounded, Variety has learned exclusively.

Sidney Kimmel Entertainment has acquired the film rights to the No. 1 New York Times best-selling children’s book Pax from author Sara Pennypacker.

Focus Features is in discussions to acquire domestic distribution rights to Colin Trevorrow’s next movie, Book of Henry.

James Marsden has signed on to star opposite Elizabeth Banks in Lakeshore Entertainment and Sidney Kimmel Entertainment's Walk of Shame.

After languishing in development for years, Misha Green's script Sunflower, which appeared on the 2008 Black List, has new momentum in the form of Adam Blaiklock, who has come on to direct the thriller for Twentieth Century Fox and Red Hour Films.

In a competitive situation, Sidney Kimmel Entertainment has acquired Comancheria, a feature spec script by actor Taylor Sheridan.

Sidney Kimmel Entertainment will finance and produce the thriller Paper Trail, with Danish director Ole Christian Madsen set to helm.

Sidney Kimmel Entertainment and Charles Segars are ramping up development of action-thriller The Immaculate, tapping writer-producer Kamran Pasha to rewrite.

Sidney Kimmel Entertainment plans to be Borrowing Girls, acquiring the psychological sexual thriller spec script by David Schickler.

Bradley Cooper is getting serious following "The Hangover Part II," closing a deal to topline multi-generational crime drama "The Place Beyond the Pines" opposite Ryan Gosling.

Jason Statham is in negotiations to star in the thriller Parker with Taylor Hackford directing for Sierra/Affinity, Incentive Filmed Entertainment and Sidney Kimmel Entertainment.

Mark Waters is in negotiations to direct the Beatles-themed comedy Get Back for Sidney Kimmel Entertainment.

Paul Verhoeven is feeling "Eternal," signing to direct the supernatural thriller for Sidney Kimmel Entertainment. "Eternal" will be produced by Kimmel, John Penotti of Greene Street, Peter Block of A Bigger Boat and Charles Segars of Sparkler Entertainment.

Channing Tatum is set to star in The Contortionist’s Handbook, the film adaptation of the Craig Clevenger novel that will be financed by GreeneStreet Films and Sidney Kimmel Entertainment as a co-production between those companies and DAS Films.

Lionsgate is getting into further into business with Katherine Heigl, one of the few actresses who has proven some box office drawing power. Lionsgate has closed a deal to acquire U.S. distribution rights to "One for the Money", an adaptation of the Janet Evanovich crime novel series that Heigl will star in.

Sidney Kimmel Entertainment is close to acquiring a spec from scribe Carey Malloy and "Paranormal Activity" producers Steven Schneider and Jason Blum titled “The Jealous One."