Latest in Emmett/Furla Oasis Films

EXCLUSIVE: Vertical Entertainment has swooped on U.S. rights to Open Source, the upcoming action thriller starring Bruce Willis and Jesse Metcalf. Pic is being directed by Matt Eskandari, from a screenplay by Chris LaMont and Joe Russo. Also starring are Natalia Eva Marie (Inconceivable) and Lala Kent (Trauma Center)…

MoviePass parent Helios and Matheson saw its third-quarter losses more than triple to $137.2 million from $43.5 million in the same quarter a year ago. Despite the gloss by Helios chairman and CEO Ted Farnsworth that the executive team is “very encouraged” by the results, the company’s quarterly SEC filing contains a…

MoviePass parent company Helios & Matheson Analytics has launched a new subsidiary, MoviePass Films, and said it is acquiring Emmett Furla Oasis Films, producer of movies including Lone Survivor. The deal encompasses the EFO Films library as well as the company’s current slate, which includes Gotti, the John Travolta…

EXCLUSIVE: The Hangover & Dr. Ken actor Ken Jeong and newcomer Mathilde Ollivier are set to play opposite Mel Gibson, Frank Grillo and Naomi Watts in Boss Level, the Emmett/Furla/Oasis Films’ action thriller directed by Joe Carnahan. The pic centers on Roy (Grillo), a retired Special Forces veteran who is trapped in a…

EXCLUSIVE: Emmett/Furla/Oasis Films and mega-producer Irwin Winkler are reteaming to develop a feature film based on the Dwayne J Clark’s book My Mother, My Son. Oscar winner Winkler (Rocky, Raging Bull) will co-write and direct the drama based on the 2012 memoir centering on Clark, an entrepreneur in the senior…

Paramount Pictures is in talks to acquire U.S. distribution rights to Silence, and the tentative plan is to release the film November 2015, right in that holiday corridor where awards-bait pictures dwell. Silence is one of those pictures on Scorsese’s bucket list, an adaptation of the Shusako Endo novel that Scorsese…

EXCLUSIVE: Film and television production/financing company Emmett/Furla/Oasis Films is making its first foray into unscripted TV, inking a first-look deal with Pilgrim Studios, the company of top reality producer Craig Piligian. Under the deal, producers Randall Emmett and George Furla will develop and produce…

EXCLUSIVE: Emmett/Furla/Oasis Films has set Robert De Niro to star in Bus 757, a Stephen Sepher-scripted action thriller that Scott Mann (The Tournament) will direct. The film, which shoots in September in Baton Rouge, will be distributed by Grindstone/Lionsgate Films with Hannibal Classics’ Richard Rionda Del Castro…

EXCLUSIVE: After slicing and dicing his way through a dozen feature films, Jason Voorhees is ready to slash his way to small-screen stardom. Emmett/Furla/Oasis Films and Crystal Lake Entertainment have set a deal to produce a new hourlong dramatic series based upon the characters and settings of Friday The 13th. Sean S…

Social experiment format Utopia is getting a German version. The ProSiebenSat.1 Group has acquired rights with the local version to be a co-production between Talpa Media and its German partner, Schwartzkopff TV. In the States, Talpa Media U.S. is working with Fox on the American version for launch later this year…

Emmett/Furla/Oasis Films will produce and finance the action thriller Bus 757 from a script by Stephen Sepher, who’ll produce with Randall Emmett, George Furla, Alexander Tabrizi and Stephen Sepher. The $15 million pic will shoot next year. A Las Vegas card dealer puts a crew together to rob a bank and hijack a city…

If you missed Deadline's top film stories this week, check them out here: UNIVERSAL SHAKEUP: Adam Fogelson Out, Donna Langley Sideways, Jeff Shell In, And Ron Meyer Up As Studio Taken By Surprise By Mike Fleming Jr – BREAKING… SHOCKER! In a shocking development, Adam Fogelson will exit his post as Universal…