Paula Wagner

Death Race 2 prequel currently shooting in South Africa

Universal Studios announced today that Death Race 2 began principal photography recently in Cape Town, South Africa. The prequel to Paul W.S. Anderson’s re-imagining of Roger Corman’s grindhouse cult classic stars Luke Goss (Hellboy 2: The Golden Army), Ving Rhames (Con Air, Pulp Fiction), Sean Bean (National Treasure, Lord of the Rings trilogy), Danny Trejo ….

Director James Cameron, Variety’s Peter Bart, Precious director Lee Daniels, uber-producer Lauren Shuler Donner to speak at Produced By Conference 2009

In June of 2009, the entire producing community will gather in one place for an extraordinary weekend of discovery, learning and creative inspiration. Presented by the Producers Guild of America and hosted by Sony Pictures Studios, the Produced By Conference brings together the entire producing profession—from acclaimed Oscar and Emmy winners, to experienced team members, ….

Tom Cruise producing partner leaves UA and Valkyrie returns to 08

United Artists co-owner and Tom Cruise producing partner Paula Wagner is in talks with MGM to leave the company, according to Variety. She will continue to produce projects with UA, and continue working with Cruise and MGM on various films she already has in the development pipeline, including Guillermo del Toro’s adaptation of the 1960’s ….

New Mission Impossible 3 Photos

We have posted over 30 new images from Mission Impossible 3, certain to be one of the biggest films of this year. There’s a great shot of Maggie Qabout to kick ass, with a rifle bigger than she is. M:I 3 is directed by J.J. Abrams, from a screenplay written by Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci andJ.J. Abrams, based on the television series created by Bruce Geller. The ….