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Exclusive: Over the last year Sony has been globalizing the studio’s marketing department in how they approach, position and promote their tentpoles. As such, Deadline learned today that industry vets Andre Caraco and Paul Noble have been named Sony Co-Presidents of Global Marketing. In addition, Mari Gastineau is being promoted to Evp, Global Marketing and will support Caraco and Noble on daily marketing ops.

The studio has a hot film on their hands today with the opening of Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Spider-Man: Far From Home. The pic was already on fire this weekend with a near $111M gross from China, Hong Kong and Japan. In an age when reviving beloved franchises at the box office is key for new generations and growing overseas markets, Sony has accomplished that feat three times with Spider-Man, twice with Jumanji (the Dec. 13 sequel Jumanji: The Next Level dropped a trailer yesterday) and...

Dr. Phil and Jay McGraw have sold two hourlong projects to CBS via their Stage 29 Productions, faith-themed medical drama Chaplain with Nick Weiss (Drunk Wedding), Isaac Laskin and Reign co-creator/executive producer Laurie McCarthy; and legal drama Melanie, with Scott Prendergast (Silicon Valley). Both projects hail from CBS TV Studios, where the McGraws’ Stage 29 has a deal, with Phil and Jay McGraw executive producing alongside Stage 29’s head of scripted Julia Eisenman.

The sales expand the McGraws’ relationship with CBS where Stage 29 produces legal drama series Bull, which was based on Dr. Phil McGraw’s experience.

Written by Weiss and Laskin, Chaplain centers around a talented, scientifically minded ICU doctor and her free-thinking, faith-oriented brother clash over the best approach to the business of saving lives when he is hired as chaplain at her hospital.

Weiss executive produces with McCarthy, while Laskin is co-executive producer.

Written/executive produced by Prendergast,...

Dr. Phil and his son Jay McGraw are developing two new drama series at CBS, Variety has learned.

Both projects will be produced by CBS Television Studios, where the McGraws are set up under an overall deal.

The first project is titled “Chaplain.” It follows a talented, scientifically minded ICU doctor and her free-thinking, faith-oriented brother. They clash over the best approach to the business of saving lives when he is hired as chaplain at her hospital.

The series hails from writers Nick Weiss and Isaac Laskin, with Weiss set to executive produce and Laskin co-executive producing. The McGraws will executive produce along with Julia Eisenman via their Stage 29 Productions banner, with Laurie McCarthy also executive producing.

The other project is titled “Melanie.” In the series, a scattered but astute criminal defense attorney who uses her seemingly inept methods to disarm judges, charm juries, and win cases returns home...

CBS has put in development Rosarito Beach, a comedic drama from Jennifer Lopez and Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas’ Nuyorican Productions and Universal Television. Created by Nick Weiss and Isaac Laskin with Matt Lopez supervising and showrunning, Rosarito Beach is described as a light one-hour procedural that will challenge cultural assumptions. It pairs a disgraced, loose cannon female attorney from California with an ambitious, tightly wound Latino lawyer who is intent on…...

Hail Caesar!

"Hail, Caesar!," the Coen brother's latest feature, will open the 66th edition of the Berlin International Film Festival next year on February 11th - six days after its U.S. premiere. The story follows a single day in the life of a studio fixer (Josh Brolin) who gets a call that star Baird Whitlock (George Clooney) disappeared from the shooting of the studio's latest sand-and-sandles epic. [Source: THR]

Quentin Tarantino

Quentin Tarantino has revealed he's planning a special screening event featuring 1970s Australian westerns "The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith" and "Mad Dog Morgan" during his visit to Australia next month to promote "The Hateful Eight" release. [Source: Smh]

Just Cause 3

Avalanche Studios has posted an update on the Steam page for the just released video game "Just Cause 3", the update apologising for the various bugs that have impacted primarily the game's frame-rate and server log-in issues. A patch is reportedly coming soon...

CBS is developing Hot Sauce, a half-hour comedy from Drunk Wedding filmmaker Nick Weiss, writer-actor Gary Lundy and ABC Studios. Co-written by Weiss and Lundy, Hot Sauce follows a high-powered, no-nonsense mom who relocates her family to small-town Louisiana to work for the most popular hot sauce company in the world. There she finds herself pitted against a culture and community she doesn't want infiltrating her family. Weiss will direct the potential pilot and…...

Have you ever wanted to spend a tequila-fueled weekend with the worst people in the worldc Well, have I got the film for -- oh... what's thatc That sounds like a horrible way to spend your timec I am so happy to hear you say that. Then I do not have to recommend you see the found footage "comedy" that has sat on Paramount's shelf for two years, Drunk Wedding. And that's a good thing, because this is a film that should not be recommended under any circumstance whatsoever. This is a film that made me angry people now have the capabilities to make a movie whenever they want, not just because it isn't funny, but because it screams, "Qualityc You want qualityc How about I sh*t on your facec" Adam Sandler is often criticized that his films feel like he is just getting paid to go on vacation...

Earlier this month, we showed you the exclusive Drunk Wedding poster. Today, we have the first trailer for this wild and raunchy comedy about a destination wedding ceremony that goes completely off the rails. The film marks the directorial debut of Nick Weiss, who scrapped together a hundred grand of his own money to shoot the movie in central America. It must have turned out great, as Paramount was quick to snatch it up for theatrical distribution.

Drunk Wedding centers on a couple with the perfect destination wedding. The problem is that all of their friends from college are coming and when this crew gets together, the only thing that is promised is that everything that can go wrong will go wrong. What is the worst that can happen with 12 friends, too much tequila, and everything caught on tape? It's a wedding video everyone will want to forget, if only they can find it.

Like Area 51 this weekend, Drunk Wedding is going to have a limited release in Alamo Drafthouse theaters day-and-date with a Video On Demand release on May 22 and today Paramount has released the first red band trailer for the Nick Weiss directed found footage comedy starring Christian Cooke, Dan Gill, Victoria Gold, Anne Gregory, Genevieve Jones and Nate Lang. Jon and Elissa (Cooke and Gold) dreamed of having an epic destination wedding surrounded by their best friends. But their trip to paradise turns into an outrageous drunken weekend they wish they could forget. One hilarious bad decision leads to another as the jaw-dropping debauchery escalates into chaos that threatens to derail their wedded bliss. Check out the not safe for work trailer below. sb id="1522981" height="360" width="640"...

What's a good wedding without a little alcohol? That's the question posed in director Nick Weiss' directorial debut, the new comedy Drunk Wedding! We have the exclusive poster debut for this good time turned bad, which offers plenty of evidence as to why you don't have an open bar during your nuptuals. The party kicks off May 22 in theaters and on VOD.

Marriage.&#160One of the biggest decisions of a person's life. An event that requires careful consideration and planning. Jon and Elissa dreamed of having an epic destination wedding surrounded by their best friends.&#160But their trip to paradise turns into an outrageous drunken weekend they wish they could forget.&#160One hilarious bad decision leads to another as the jaw-dropping debauchery escalates into chaos that threatens to derail their wedded bliss.

Come celebrate and party with our exclusive one-sheet for Drunk Wedding! The film was hatched by Nick Weiss and an old friend,...

ABC Studios has signed a two-year overall deal with up-and-coming writer-director Nick Weiss (Drunk Wedding) to develop for network and cable as well as direct existing ABC series and future pilots. ABC Studios first got in business with Weiss late last year when the studio commissioned an off-cycle comedy pilot, Family Reunion, co-written by Weiss & Josh Friedlander and directed by Weiss. It was presented as ‘found footage’ shot by a group of cousins at their…...

Paramount Insurge today announced that Area 51 and Drunk Wedding will receive one-weekend-only limited engagements exclusively at 16 Alamo Drafthouse Cinema locations in May. Additionally, the films will be available day-and-date on VOD and all digital platforms.

Area 51 will debut Friday, May 15th and run through Sunday, May 17th with one showtime daily. Tickets are on sale online and at participating Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas box offices beginning Monday, May 11th. The found footage horror film will also be available May 15th on VOD and all digital platforms.

Area 51 is directed by Oren Peli, written by Oren Peli and Christopher Denham and produced by Jason Blum and Steven Schneider. The film follows Reid, who has always been obsessed with UFOs. While on a weekend trip to Vegas, he convinces two friends to join him on a mission to break into Area 51, where they find terrifying proof of alien presence.

Nicholas Weiss has been named Svp Creative Advertising at Sony Pictures Entertainment, the latest exec hire in the studio’s marketing division. He will report to Michael Pavlic, who in July was promoted to replace the departing President of Worldwide Advertising Tommy Gargotta. Pavlic made today’s announcement along with Theatrical Marketing President Dwight Caines, who came from the digital side to land the top job after Marc Weinstock departed in September 2013.

In September, Sony hired former Paramount marketing chief Josh Greenstein as head of worldwide marketing and distribution, replacing Jeff Blake, who exited after launching Sony’s summer box office.

Weiss comes from entertainment marketer Vibe Creative La, which helped on campaigns for Sony pics including The Amazing Spider-Man movies and 22 Jump Street as well as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Maleficent, Ted and Django Unchained. At Sony he will oversee creative advertising campaigns for projects including the untitled Cameron Crowe...

Nicholas Weiss has been named senior VP of creative advertising at Sony Pictures Entertainment, it was announced Tuesday by studio executives Dwight Caines and Michael Pavlic, Weiss will report. In his new role, for which he'll report to Pavlic, Weiss will oversee creative advertising campaigns for several of the studio's biggest titles, including the untitled film from writer-director Cameron Crowe and the 24th James Bond movie, both set for release next year. Also read: Sony Names Digital Native Dwight Caines President of Theatrical Marketing “Nick has been a close confidant of ours for years and has done stellar work for this studio.

Sony Pictures Entertainment has appointed Nicholas Weiss svp of creative advertising.

Weiss will oversee creative advertising campaigns for, among others, the untitled film from Cameron Crowe and the 24th James Bond adventure, both set for release in 2015.

He most recently served as creative director at Vibe Creative La, working on such campaigns as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, 22 Jump Street, Maleficent, The Amazing Spider-Man 1 and 2, Ted and Django Unchained.

Weiss will report to the studio’s president of theatrical marketing Dwight Caines and president of worldwide Creative Advertising Michael Pavlic.

Prior to Vibe Creative, Weiss worked as an editor at Create Advertising Group, where he helped launch various marketing campaigns for District 9, Star Trek, Iron Man 2 and Michael Jackson’s This Is It.

Paramount Pictures chose Nicaragua’s San Juan del Sur bay and its surrounding beaches as the ideal locations for its movie, Destination Wedding, filmed during the past two months and which will be presented worldwide in the upcoming months.According to the film’s director, Nick Weiss, the movie is a romantic comedy where a couple, John and Eliza, interpreted by Christian Cooke and Victoria Goldberg, decide to have a unique wedding in Nicaragua. In March, the production team visited San Juan del Sur and learned about the Nicaraguan culture, in order ...

The aliens from Sony's "District 9" scored big during The Hollywood Reporter's 39th annual Key Art Awards.

Honoring the best in movie marketing, Friday's event at Vibiana in downtown Los Angeles saw "District 9" take home 11 awards, including the best-in-show prize for its integrating marketing campaigning as well as three other best-in-show laurels for its outdoor advertising (built around its "Bus Stop for Humans Bus Shelter"), TV spots and digital campaign.

The awards ceremony culminated with Sylvester Stallone receiving the Visionary Award, given annually to a filmmaker who inspires movie marketers.

"At the end of the day, there is no question that Sylvester Stallone delivers great product," THR publisher Lori Burgess said before calling Stallone to the candlelit stage at what once was the altar of the former St. Vibiana Roman Catholic cathedral, which has been converted to a party space. "He's put his stamp on film like very few people of his generation.