Scott Rudin leaves ‘Reader’
After a long and bruising battle with Harvey Weinstein over Stephen Daldry’s “The Reader,” producer Scott Rudin is leaving the project and taking his name off the film. Weinstein and Rudin have never gotten along. They clashed over Daldry’s 2002 “The Hours,” also written by David Hare, and again over the post-production
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Rudin and Weinstein issue Oscars truce over ‘The Reader’
Looks like Kate Winslet will continue to ride two Oscar ponies on the best actress derby track. Forget the vicious gossip you’ve been hearing that Scott Rudin is battling behind the scenes to stop Harvey Weinstein from pushing up the release of the film they produced together, “The Reader”
Scott Rudin just wants ‘Glory’
Scott Rudin might soon be taking another stab at glory by adapting the high-society memoir “Oh the Glory of It All” for the screen. Miramax has the inside track as the most likely production partner. Sean Wilsey’s book chronicles his time growing up amid the 1980s San Francisco elite.
Scott Rudin sets up another one…
Scott Rudin, Alexandra Milchan, Aimee Peyronnet and Miramax Films are set to produce writer Ann Cherkis’ darkly comic drama “Man Under,” snagging the script in a low- to mid-six figure deal. The “American Beauty”-esque story revolves around the drab, depressed and dysfunctional
Oscar Winning Producer Scott Rudin Goes on a Shopping Spree
Scott Rudin has optioned Rudolph Delson’s novel “Maynard & Jennica” and attached scribe Liz Meriwether to pen the screenplay. The project is set up with frequent Rudin collaborator Miramax. “Maynard” tells a whimsical story about the relationship between a filmmaker-musician
Oscar winning producer Rudin lines up his 2009 Oscar Cards
Miramax Films and producer Scott Rudin have acquired screen rights to “The Unnamed,” an upcoming novel by Joshua Ferris about a man who comes down with a mysterious affliction that fractures his family. Via Variety
Scott Rudin, Superstar!
Directors Ethan Coen (L) and Joel Coen (R) pose at the Governor’s Ball after winning Oscars for best director and best adapted screenplay, next to producer