Liza Chasin: Last News

EXCLUSIVE: Dawnn Lewis (This is Us) and Jude Elizabeth Mayer (Crime That Pays) are set as series regulars opposite Tate Donovan and Melissa Leo in Fox drama pilot Blood Relative in recastings. The forensic genealogy-themed crime drama hails from writer-producer Chris Levinson and producer Liza Chasin.

EXCLUSIVE: Ben Radcliffe (Pandora) is set for a recurring role opposite Sienna Miller and Michelle Dockery in Anatomy of a Scandal, Netflix’s six-part anthology series based on Sarah Vaughan’s bestselling novel, from Big Little Lies creator David E Kelley, former House of Cards showrunner Melissa James Gibson, Liza Chasin’s 3dot Productions and Bruna Papandrea’s Made Up Stories.

Channing Tatum is in final talks to co-star opposite Sandra Bullock in The Lost City of D, the forthcoming Paramount Pictures feature, which is being directed by Adam and Aaron Nee. Bullock is also producing the pic via her Fortis Films along with Liza Chasin of 3dot Productions

Channing Tatum is in final negotiations to star opposite Sandra Bullock in the Paramount Pictures film “The Lost City of D,” multiple sources tell Variety.Bullock is producing the project through her company Fortis Films, along with Liza Chasin and her 3dot Productions.To be directed by filmmakers Adam and Aaron Nee, Bullock will star as a reclusive romance novelist who was sure nothing could be worse than getting stuck on a book tour with her cover model (Tatum), until a kidnapping attempt sweeps them both into a cutthroat jungle adventure, proving life can be so much stranger — and more romantic — than any of her paperback fictions.The romantic action adventure is based on an idea by Seth Gordon, with an updated script from Dana Fox

Mike Fleming Jr Co-Editor-in-Chief, FilmParamount Pictures has set up and coming directors Adam & Aaron Nee to direct Lost City Of D, a Romancing The Stone-style romantic comedy/action film that the studio hopes will re-team Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds. Neither has a deal and the latter’s availability is questionable because the studio is looking to move quickly.Bullock and Reynolds starred together in the 2009 hit The Proposal.The film is based on an idea by Seth Gordon, and Oren Uziel wrote the first draft, with the most recent draft by Dana Fox.

Justin Kroll Senior Film ReporterEXCLUSIVE: Netflix has acquired the rights to a pitch from Ben Queen, which is loosely based on the novel A Note of Explanation to be adapted into a feature film with Queen also penning the script.A Note of Explanation, a previously unknown work by famed writer Vita Sackville-West and written in 1922, was recently rediscovered as a miniature book in Queen Mary’s dollhouse in Windsor Castle, and tells the story of a time-travelling sprite who inhabits the dollhouse.Liza Chasin will produce for 3dot Production under her overall deal with Netflix. 3dot’s Margaret Chernin will oversee for the company.

Nellie Andreeva, Denise Petski EXCLUSIVE: Orange is the New Black alumna Dascha Polanco is set as a lead opposite Tate Donovan and Melissa Leo in the Fox pilot Blood Relative.

Netflix is lacing up its cleats for a new project about the 1999 U.S. Women's Soccer team.

Netflix has set in motion a feature centered on the 1999 U.S. Women’s Soccer team winning the FIFA World Cup. Who can forget the iconic moment when Brandi Chastain scored the winning penalty shootout goal and took her jersey off in celebration?

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