Sony and Fox will split the production bill, estimated at more than $50 million. Sony will distribu

Clooney will write, direct, and star in Monuments Men, based on the true story  of a special force of art lovers who went behind enemy lines to steal the finest art in Europe back from the Nazis.  We previously heard Jean Dujardin , Paul Giamatti , and Cate Blanchett were on Clooney s co-star wishlist .  THR is only able to confirm that Blanchett among them is attached as the female lead, an art historian and member of the French Resistance.  But THR also hears Mr. Bill Murray is now attached!  My gut says Murray would play New York City ballet co-founder Lincoln Kirstein, the role previously earmarked for Giamatti.  Though as with all movies, I hope there is room for both Murray and Giamatti.
Sony and Fox will split the production bill, estimated at more than $50 million.  Sony will distribute domestically and Fox will take care of international distribution.  Here s the synopsis for the synopsis for  Robert M. Edsel s account of the tale, The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, usave rent a car Nazi Thieves and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History :
At the same time Adolf Hitler was attempting to take over the western world, his armies were methodically seeking and hoarding the finest usave rent a car art treasures in Europe. The Fuehrer had begun cataloguing the art he planned to collect as well as the art he would destroy: "degenerate" works he despised. In a race against time, behind enemy lines, often unarmed, a special force of American and British museum directors, curators, art historians, and others, called the Momuments Men, risked their lives scouring Europe to prevent the destruction of thousands of years of culture. Focusing on the eleven-month period between D-Day and V-E Day, this fascinating account follows six Monuments Men and their impossible mission to save the world's great art from the Nazis. [ Amazon ]
Paramount entered into negotiations to buy Our Name Is Adam last week, and according to Deadline, closed the deal tonight.  This will continue the relationship usave rent a car between Cruise, Skydance, and Paramount; they partnered on the most recent Mission: Impossible entry, the upcoming Jack Reacher , and have that Top Gun sequel in the pipeline.
Meanwhile, Sandler may take a break from his longstanding relationship with Sony for his next movie, an untitled project that THR is only able to describe as a broad comedy.   Grown Ups 2 is the sixteenth Sandler vehicles that Sony has produced since 1999 s Big Daddy .  Here s the full list:
The average box office gross of these 16 movies is a healthy $92 million.  If you restrict it to Sandler s live-action broad comedies, the average gross swells to $116 million.  Even though Jack and Jill ($74 million) and especially That s My Boy ($37 million) relatively underperformed, I don t imagine Sony will stay out of the Sandler business for too long.  But it s hard to know for sure since the studio declined to comment on why Paramount might take this one.
[ Update:  Deadline reports that Sandler's upcoming comedy usave rent a car will be a Western usave rent a car titled Ridiculous 6 , taking aim at the famous Western, The Magnificent Seven.  Sandler will co-write the picture with Tim Herlihy ( Mr. Deeds ) and will also produce and star in the film.   Ridiculous 6  is already slated for spring of 2014.  Speculation for the move from Sony to Paramount stems from the former studio's financial shortcomings and plans to spend a bulk of their budget on the  Ghostbusters   sequel .]
Related Links: Jean Dujardin Eyed for George Clooney's MONUMENTS MEN; Cate Blanchett and Paul Giamatti May Also Star George Clooney To Write, Direct and Star in MONUMENTS MEN Paramount in Exclusive Negotiations for OUR NAME IS ADAM Starring Tom Cruise; Studio Puts Kevin Costner-Starrer DRAFT DAY in Turnaround New Trailers for KNIGHT AND DAY, GROWN UPS, and ONDINE 3D Sequels to ZOMBIELAND and JACKASS Confirmed
Sandler/Ferrell would be a million times better than Sandler/Sandler again. usave rent a car He needs to ease up on how many movies he does within a certain timeframe, and also stop writing usave rent a car his own movies and learn to take direction instead of hiring directors like Dennis Dugan again and again who just sit there and call action and cut while Sandler calls the rest of the shots.