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Ruben Fleischer To Direct Danny McBride In 30 Minutes Or Less Ruben Fleischer the director behind Zombieland got his eye on directing 30 Minutes Or Less starring Danny McBride from the HBO's hit Eastbound and Down and such films as Tropic Thunder and Pineapple Express. Sony Pictures Entertainment is acquiring distribution rights on the movie, This puts Fleischer back into business with Columbia Pictures and co-prexy Matt Tolmach, who was heavily involved in Zombieland and the sequel they are developing. Matthew Sullivan and  Michael Diliberti wrote 30 Minutes Or Less. Reports that picked up my original break note the script made the Black List and is about a pizza guy on a caper. Please Leave A Comment- Source- Deadline

Lionsgate Leads The Bid For The Terminator Franchise So what's a stalking horse bid? An initial bid on a bankrupt company's assets from an interested buyer chosen by the bankrupt company. This allows the distressed firm to avoid receiving lowball bids on its assets. That said, I hear Lionsgate will be named the stalking horse bidder in the bankruptcy sale of the Terminator franchise. Sources tell me it wasn't a competitive auction. (Sorry, Joss Whedon, your $10,000 offer for the rights didn't cut it.) When last we left the tug of war over the future of The Terminator franchise, Halcyon Holding Group announced it was contemplating a sale of the rights after filing for Chapter 11 protection last August as a result of a dispute with Pacificor, a Santa Barbara-based hedge fund that lent Halcyon the sum to buy the Terminator rights in the first place. All the big studios, with Sony leading the way as well as Summit Entertainment and Media Rights Capital, were interested in...