EXCLUSIVE: Following an intense multi-studio bidding war that went into the weekend, Warner Bros. has landed the package ‘Maude v Maude’ that has Halle Berry and Angelina Jolie attached to star
The package hit the market last week and wrapped over the weekend, with Warner Bros getting aggressive and putting in the winning bid. Since taking over as co-studio heads, Michael De Luca and Pam Abdy having been pushing to get more movie star-centric packages into their future slate.
While it’s become more common for streamers like Apple or Netflix to make aggressive plays for packages like this, De Luca and Abdy have never shied away from going after a project if they believe in the talent around it. They were two of the more active buyers in the market when the were running MGM, outbidding the competition for similar hot packages like Ridley Scott’s. This latest sale shows they aren’t changing that strategy anytime soon.
Berry and Jeter joined forces in January 2022 when the two formed the HalleHolly banner with plans to a wide array of projects from hard-hitting dramas to light-hearted comedies, action, horror, and more with a focus on elevating complex, strong, women and women of color in leading roles both in front of and behind the camera. Berry is currently filming the Lionsgate picwith her and Jeter exec producing. Alex Aja is directing the pic with 21 Laps producing.
As for Jolie, the Oscar-winner continues to stay busy especially on the director front where she recently directedEternals.starring Chloe Moretz. The film won the People’s Choice Midnight Madness Award at the 2020 Toronto International Film Festival. The package marks one of the first majors sales for Mosier as a writer who cut his teeth working for Kevin Smith helping produce some of his classic films likeHe would eventually jump into the world of animation, co-writing and producing the 3D animated picThe Grinch,Berry and HalleHolly are repped by WME, Range Media Partners and attorney Tara Kole, Liang is repped by WME and Grandview and Mosier is repped by CAA and Range.
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