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Skarsgård recently wrapped production on HBO’s seven-part event series “Big Little Lies,” where he stars opposite Nicole Kidman, Reese Witherspoon, and Shailene Woodley. The series follows a group of mothers whose perfect lives slowly start to unravel. Jean-Marc Vallée directs the series which is slated to come out in 2017.

It was also announced that Skarsgård will star opposite Paul Rudd in “Mute,” for director Duncan Jones. The film follows a mute bartender, played by Skarsgård, who goes up against his city’s gangsters in an effort to find out what happened to his missing partner. Additionally, Skarsgård stars in “War On Everyone,” an action comedy that follows two corrupt New Mexico cops who blackmail and frame every criminal who crosses their path. The film premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival and was recently picked up for North American distribution by Saban Films.

Last year, Skarsgård starred in the critically acclaimed Sundance hit “The Diary of a Teenage Girl,” alongside Kristen Wiig and Bel Powley. He also starred in Lars von Trier’s “Melancholia,” opposite Kirsten Dunst, as well as “What Maisie Knew,” opposite Julianne Moore.

His additional film credits include “Hidden,” opposite Andrea Riseborough; “Disconnect,” opposite Jason Bateman; “The Giver,” alongside Jeff Bridges and Meryl Streep; “The East,” alongside Brit Marling and Ellen Page; and “Battleship,” alongside Taylor Kitsch and Rihanna.

Skarsgård’s breakthrough performance was in the critically acclaimed HBO series “Generation Kill.” He later rose to fame as one of the leads in the popular HBO series “True Blood,” which finished its successful seven season run in 2014.

Jackson has a nine-picture deal with Marvel Studios and has starred as action hero Nick Fury in three of their blockbuster franchises. Jackson has played the role in “Iron Man” and “Iron Man 2”; “Captain America: The First Avenger” and “Captain America: The Winter Soldier”; and “The Avengers,” which opened to a record-shattering $200+ million, and “Avengers: Age of Ultron.”

He has several films upcoming, including Tim Burton’s fantasy adventure “Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children,” the action adventure “Kong: Skull Island,” and the action comedy “The Hitman’s Bodyguard.” He will also appear in the actioner “xXx: The Return of Xander Cage,” reprising the role of Agent Augustus Gibbons.

His other recent films include Matthew Vaughn’s hit “Kingsman: The Secret Service”; José Padilha’s remake of the classic sci-fi actioner “RoboCop”; and the Spike Lee-directed features “Chi-Raq” and “Oldboy,” a remake of the 2003 Korean cult classic.

Jackson’s long list of credits also includes such diverse films as “Mother and Child,” receiving another Spirit Award nomination; “Lakeview Terrace”; “Soul Men”; “The Spirit”; “Jumper”; “Resurrecting the Champ”; “1408”; “Black Snake Moan”; “Snakes on a Plane”; “Freedomland”; “Coach Carter”; “Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith”; “The Incredibles”; “S.W.A.T”; “Changing Lanes”; “Formula 51”; “Stars Wars: Episode II: Attack of the Clones”; “The Caveman’s Valentine”; “Unbreakable”; “Rules of Engagement”; “Shaft”; “Deep Blue Sea”; “Star Wars: Episode I: The Phantom Menace”; “The Negotiator”; “The Red Violin”; “Sphere”; “Eve’s Bayou”; “187”; “A Time to Kill,” gaining a Golden Globe nomination; “The Long Kiss Goodnight”; “Die Hard: With a Vengeance”; “True Romance”; “Jurassic Park”; “Patriot Games”; “Jungle Fever”; “Goodfellas”; “Mo’ Better Blues”; “Sea of Love”; “Do the Right Thing”; “Coming to America”; “School Daze”; and “Ragtime.”

In 2011, Jackson made his Broadway debut in “The Mountaintop,” at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theater, where he portrayed Martin Luther King Jr. The play also starred Angela Bassett and was directed by Kenny Leon.

Jackson began his career onstage upon his graduation from Morehouse College in Atlanta with a degree in Dramatic Arts. Among his early plays were “Home,” “A Soldier’s Play,” “Sally/Prince” and “The District Line.” He also originated roles in two of August Wilson’s plays at Yale Repertory Theatre. For the New York Shakespeare Festival, Jackson appeared in “Mother Courage and Her Children,” “Spell #7” and “The Mighty Gents.”

On the small screen, Jackson starred in the 2011 HBO movie “The Sunset Limited.” He earlier starred in John Frankenheimer’s Emmy-winning “Against the Wall,” also for HBO. His performance brought him Cable ACE and Golden Globe nominations for Best Supporting Actor in a Movie or Miniseries. In addition, he served as executive producer for the Spike TV animated series “Afro Samurai,” which premiered in 2007 and ran for three seasons. The series received an Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Animated Program. The first edition of the “Afro Samurai” video game launched in February 2009.

Following “The Legend of Tarzan,” she stars as Harley Quinn in the much-anticipated action adventure “Suicide Squad,” marking the first time the fan-favorite comic book villain will be seen on the big screen. Robbie joins an ensemble cast, also including Will Smith, Jared Leto and Joel Kinnaman, in the film, directed by David Ayer and opening on August 5, 2016. She also stars in and produces the dramatic thriller “Terminal.”

In 2013, Robbie gained international attention with the female lead role in Martin Scorsese’s “The Wolf of Wall Street.” She starred opposite Leonardo DiCaprio as his character’s wife among an impressive ensemble cast, also including Jonah Hill, Matthew McConaughey, Jon Bernthal and Kyle Chandler. For her performance she won an Empire Award for Best Newcomer.

The following year, she co-starred with Michelle Williams, Kristin Scott Thomas and Matthias Schoenaerts in “Suite Fançaise,” the adaptation of Irene Nemirovsky’s acclaimed novel about a love story in Nazi-occupied France during World War II. In 2015, she played an up-and-coming con artist in “Focus,” opposite Will Smith and Rodrigo Santoro. The film was directed by Glenn Ficarra and John Requa from a script they co-wrote.

Robbie most recently reunited with Ficarra and Requa when she starred in the dark comedy “Whiskey Tango Foxtrot,” opposite Tina Fey. The film is based on journalist Kim Barker’s wartime memoir, Taliban Shuffle.

Her other film credits include “Z for Zachariah,” based on the post-apocalyptic sci-fi novel from Robert C. O’Brien and also starring Chiwetel Ejiofor and Chris Pine, and Richard Curtis’s “About Time,” with Rachel McAdams and Domhnall Gleeson.

Born in Australia, Robbie made her U.S. debut in 2011 in the critically acclaimed ABC series “Pan Am.” The period drama depicted the lives of the pilots and stewardesses who once made Pan Am the most glamorous way to fly.

In Australia, Robbie is most recognized for her role as Donna Freedman on the television soap opera “Neighbours,” which chronicled the lives of the residents of Ramsay Street in the fictional Australian suburb of Erinsborough. Her role garnered her two Logie Award nominations for Most Popular New Female Talent and Most Popular Actress.

Robbie grew up on the Gold Coast and eventually moved to Melbourne when she began acting professionally at the age of 17.
DJIMON HOUNSOU (Chief Mbonga) is a two-time Academy Award nominee who has starred in a wide range of roles. Hounsou’s upcoming films include Guy Ritchie’s King Arthur action adventure, with Charlie Hunnam and Jude Law, and Michael Carney’s drama “Same Kind of Different as Me,” with Greg Kinnear, Jon Voight and Renée Zellweger. Both films are due out in early 2017. He is currently working on the documentary “In Search of Voodoo: Roots to Heaven.”

Hounsou received his first Oscar nomination, for Best Supporting Actor, for his performance in Jim Sheridan’s “In America,” for which he also won an Independent Spirit Award. In addition, he shared in a Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Award nomination for Outstanding Motion Picture Cast for “In America.” He earned his second Oscar nod for his role in Edward Zwick’s “Blood Diamond,” with Leonardo DiCaprio. He also won National Board of Review and NAACP Image Awards, and received SAG Award and Critics’ Choice Award nominations for his work in the film.

Born in Benin, West Africa, Hounsou moved to Paris at the age of 13 to pursue a Western education. As an adult, he was discovered by fashion designer Thierry Mugler and subsequently modeled for and appeared in several iconic music videos for legendary photographer Herb Ritts and director David Fincher.

Small film roles followed before Hounsou’s breakthrough performance as Cinque, the African who leads an uprising to regain his freedom in Steven Spielberg’s “Amistad.” Hounsou earned a Golden Globe nomination and won an Image Award for his performance in that film. He went on to star with Russell Crowe and Joaquin Phoenix in Ridley Scott’s Oscar-winning Best Picture “Gladiator,” for which he and his fellow cast members received a SAG Award nomination for Outstanding Motion Picture Cast.

Hounsou more recently appeared in the blockbusters “Furious 7” and “Guardians of the Galaxy” and lent his voice to the animated hit “How to Train Your Dragon 2.” Among his other film credits are “The Vatican Tapes”; “Air”; Julie Taymor’s screen adaptation of Shakespeare’s “The Tempest,” with Helen Mirren, Russell Brand, Alfred Molina and Chris Cooper; “Eragon”; Michael Bay’s “The Island,” with Ewan McGregor and Scarlett Johansson; Francis Lawrence’s “Constantine,” with Keanu Reeves; Jan de Bont’s “Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life,” with Angelina Jolie; and Shekhar Kapur’s “The Four Feathers,” with Heath Ledger and Kate Hudson.

For television, Hounsou is co-starring with Jason Patric in the 10-episode second season of FOX’s psychological thriller event series “Wayward Pines,” executive produced by M. Night Shyamalan and based on the best-selling book series by author Blake Crouch. In his first series regular role, Hounsou will play CJ Mitchum, an original resident of Wayward Pines and a historian with extensive knowledge of its complex origins.

Hounsou also voiced Black Panther in the BET animated series, based on the Marvel Comic of the same name. He earlier starred as a refugee who was seeking asylum in a memorable six-episode arc on “ER” and played a recurring role in the series “Alias,” starring Jennifer Garner.

Apart from his acting work, Hounsou has been a celebrity ambassador for Oxfam. In 2009, he opened the UN General Assembly in New York with a speech about the impact of climate change on developing nations. He also appeared before the U.S. Senate on behalf of the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act and participated in a hearing and summit for the International Arms Ban Treaty.

Waltz is currently in production on Alexander Payne’s “Downsizing,” with Matt Damon, Kristen Wiig and Alec Baldwin. The film tells the story of an Omaha man who joins a group of people undergoing a new process that reduces people to a tiny fraction of their size. It is slated for release in December 2017.

Waltz is set to make his directorial debut later this year on “The Worst Marriage in Georgetown,” which is based an article written by Franklin Foer in The New York Times Magazine. The film is adapted by Pulitzer Prize winner David Auburn and based on the murder of Washington, D.C. socialite Viola Drath, who was killed in her Georgetown row house by her much younger husband, Albrecht Muth, to be played by Waltz.

Waltz will next be seen in the Justin Chadwick-directed period drama “Tulip Fever,” with Alicia Vikander, Dane DeHaan and Jack O’Connell. The film will be released on July 15, 2016. In 2015, he co-starred with Daniel Craig in the James Bond actioner “Spectre,” which was a worldwide hit. The previous year, he starred opposite Amy Adams in Tim Burton’s “Big Eyes.” His portrayal of Walter Keane, who claimed credit for Margaret Keane’s distinctive paintings, brought him another Golden Globe Award nomination.

Waltz’s other recent film credits include “Horrible Bosses 2,” with Jason Bateman, Charlie Day, Jason Sudeikis, Jennifer Aniston, Jamie Foxx and Chris Pine; Terry Gilliam’s “The Zero Theorem,” with Matt Damon and Tilda Swinton; and the animated feature “Epic.” His previous film work includes “Carnage,” Roman Polanski’s adaptation of Yasmina Reza’s Tony-winning play, “God of Carnage,” with Kate Winslet, Jodie Foster and John C. Reilly; “The Three Musketeers” for director Paul W.S. Anderson, with an international cast that also included Milla Jovovich, Orlando Bloom, Matthew Macfadyen, Mads Mikkelsen and Juno Temple; Francis Lawrence’s “Water for Elephants,” based on the best-selling novel by Sara Gruen; and Michel Gondry’s “The Green Hornet,” alongside Seth Rogan and Cameron Diaz.

Off screen, Waltz spent a portion of 2013 directing his first opera, Richard Strauss’s “Der Rosenkavarlier.” His production premiered in December 2013 at the Vlaamse Opera in Antwerp, with musical direction by Dmitri Jurowski and Philipp Pointner.

Waltz’s work in European television, film and theatrical productions spans three decades. His motion picture credits include “Gun-shy,” the Berlin Film Festival entry “Lapislazuli,” “Dorian,” “She,” “Falling Rocks,” “Ordinary Decent Criminal,” “Our God’s Brother, “The Beast,” “Berlin Blues” and “Angst.” On television, Waltz appeared in the Adolf Grimme Award-winning films “Der Tanz mit dem Teufel - Die Entführung des Richard Oetker” and “Dienstreise - Was für eine Nacht.” For his work in “Du Bist Nicht Allein – Die Roy Black Story,” Waltz garnered Bavarian and German TV awards and the RTL Golden Lion.

On December 1, 2014, Waltz was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Yates previously directed the last four of the blockbuster Harry Potter films, bringing the record-breaking franchise to an epic conclusion with “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2.”

Yates won his first BAFTA Award for his work on the BBC miniseries “The Way We Live Now,” a period drama starring Matthew Macfadyen and Miranda Otto. In 2003, he directed the drama series “State of Play,” for which he received a BAFTA Award nomination and won the Directors Guild of Great Britain (DGGB) Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement.

The following year, Yates directed the gritty two-part drama “Sex Traffic,” winning another BAFTA Award and earning his second DGGB Award nomination. The unflinching look at sex trafficking also won a number of international awards, including eight BAFTA and four RTS Awards, both including Best Drama, as well as the Jury Prize for Best Miniseries at the Reims International Television Festival, and a Golden Nymph at the Monte Carlo Television Festival.

Yates earned an Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or Dramatic Special for his work on the 2005 HBO movie “The Girl in the Cafe,” a love story starring Bill Nighy and Kelly Macdonald.

Yates grew up in St. Helens, Merseyside, and studied Politics at the University of Essex and at Georgetown University in Washington, DC. He began his directing career with the award-winning short film “When I Was a Girl,” which he also wrote.

Weintraub had already enjoyed tremendous success in the management and music fields when he made an auspicious motion picture producing debut with Robert Altman’s seminal 1975 feature film “Nashville.” Released to widespread acclaim, the film went on to earn five Academy Award nominations, including one for Best Picture. Over the next decade, Weintraub repeatedly demonstrated an eye for emerging talent, producing such features as “September 30, 1955,” starring Richard Thomas under the direction of James Bridges; “Oh, God!,” directed by Carl Reiner and starring George Burns and John Denver in his first acting role; Barry Levinson’s directorial debut, “Diner,” which helped launch the careers of Kevin Bacon, Paul Reiser, Mickey Rourke, Tim Daly, Ellen Barkin and Steve Guttenberg; and the inspiring drama “The Karate Kid,” which spawned four sequels, including one starring a young Hilary Swank and, most recently, Jaden Smith opposite Jackie Chan.

Heading up Jerry Weintraub Productions, he produced the features “Nancy Drew,” starring Emma Roberts; and the hit caper comedy “Ocean’s Eleven” and its sequels, “Ocean’s Twelve” and “Oceans Thirteen,” all directed by Steven Soderbergh, with an all-star ensemble cast, including George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon and Don Cheadle. He was also an executive producer on the documentary features “Red Army” about the Soviet Union’s famed hockey team and “41,” a portrait of George H.W. Bush’s life. Under Jerry Weintraub Productions television arm, he served as Executive Producer on the sci-fi actioner “Westworld,” created by Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy with an award winning cast including Ed Harris and Anthony Hopkins; HBO’s comedy series “The Brink,” starring Jack Black and Tim Robbins; Showtime’s Emmy Award winning documentary series “Years of Living Dangerously,” and HBO’s “Beyond the Candelabra,” directed by Soderbergh and starring Matt Damon, Michael Douglas and Rob Lowe, which won several Golden Globe Awards, including Best Miniseries or Movie for Television, and swept the Emmys, winning 11 awards, including Outstanding Miniseries or Movie. In addition to numerous BAFTA nominations and critics association accolades, it also won the Critics Choice Television Award for Best Movie/Miniseries and Weintraub received a PGA Award for Outstanding Producer of Long-Form Television.

Brooklyn-born and Bronx-bred, Weintraub liked to joke that his goal when starting out in entertainment was to get out of the Bronx. He began his career as a talent agent, eventually segueing to personal management. Forming Management III, he handled such names as The Muppets, Jack Paar and Norm Crosby, among others. His success opened the door to the music industry at the height of the Rock ‘n Roll revolution. He produced the legendary Elvis Presley’s first arena tour and, throughout the 1950s and ‘60s, continued to make his mark as a concert promoter for some of the biggest names in the business. Founding Concerts West, Weintraub broke new ground when he presented Frank Sinatra at Madison Square Garden in the celebrated “first around the world by satellite” concert, called “The Main Event.” He also helped boost the careers of such renowned artists as Bob Dylan, Led Zeppelin, Neil Diamond, John Denver, The Carpenters and The Beach Boys.

Weintraub went on to produce a number of high-profile television specials and movies, many starring the musical artists with whom he had worked. In addition, he produced “An Olympic Gala,” the telecast of the opening ceremonies of the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. Weintraub also produced several Broadway shows, including “Canterbury Tales” and “Starlight Express.”

Returning to the motion picture arena, Weintraub was named Chairman and CEO of United Artists. He later left to form his own film and television production company, Weintraub Entertainment Group. Three years later, he founded Jerry Weintraub Productions, based at Warner Bros. Studios.

The first film produced under the Jerry Weintraub Productions banner was 1992’s “Pure Country,” starring country legend George Strait. Weintraub subsequently produced “The Specialist,” starring Sylvester Stallone and Sharon Stone; “Vegas Vacation,” starring Chevy Chase; the big-screen version of “The Avengers,” teaming Ralph Fiennes and Uma Thurman; and the sci-fi actioner “Soldier,” starring Kurt Russell.

In addition to his professional endeavors, Weintraub was well-known for his philanthropic efforts on behalf of a wide variety of worthwhile causes, ranging from health concerns to education to the arts and more. He had most recently joined forces with George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon and Don Cheadle in “Not on Our Watch,” a humanitarian campaign to end the genocide in Darfur.

Weintraub was also the recipient of several professional honors. He was one of the first independent movie producers to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and, in 2001, won the Kodak Award for Extraordinary Achievement in Filmmaking. In 2007, he was named the ShoWest Producer of the Year by the National Association of Theatre Owners. The same year, he became the first producer ever to be “cemented” in the famous courtyard of Hollywood’s Grauman’s Chinese Theatre joining Clooney, Pitt and Damon in a Hand and Footprint Ceremony in celebration of the opening of “Ocean’s Thirteen.”
DAVID BARRON (Producer) previously produced the final four Harry Potter blockbusters “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix,” “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince,” “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1” and “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2,” all directed by David Yates. He earlier served as an executive producer on “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets” and “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.”

Barron more recently produced two films directed by Kenneth Branagh: “Cinderella,” starring Cate Blanchett, Lily James, Richard Madden, Stellan Skarsgård and Helena Bonham Carter; and “Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit,” starring Chris Pine, Keira Knightley, Kevin Costner and Branagh. He also produced the indie comedy “Frank,” directed by Lenny Abrahamson and starring Domhnall Gleeson, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Scoot McNairy and Michael Fassbender.

For television, Barron was a producer on the first installment of the Johnny Worricker spy thriller “Page Eight,” written and directed by David Hare and starring Ralph Fiennes, Rachel Weisz, Bill Nighy and Michael Gambon. He went on to executive produce the second installment and conclusion, “Turks & Caicos” and “Salting the Battlefield,” also written and directed by Hare.

Barron has worked in the entertainment industry for more than 30 years, beginning his career in commercials before moving into television and film production. In addition to his work as a producer, he has held a wide range of posts, including location manager, assistant director, production manager and production supervisor, working on such films as “The French Lieutenant’s Woman,” “The Killing Fields,” “Revolution,” “Legend,” “The Princess Bride,” “The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne,” “Hellbound,” “Night Breed” and Franco Zeffirelli’s “Hamlet.”

In 1991, Barron was appointed executive in charge of production on George Lucas’ ambitious television project “The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles.” The following year, he served as the line producer on the feature “The Muppet Christmas Carol.”

In 1993, Barron joined Kenneth Branagh’s production team as associate producer and unit production manager on “Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein.” That film began his long collaboration with Branagh, with Barron going on to produce the director’s features “A Midwinter’s Tale,” “Hamlet” and “Love’s Labour’s Lost,” as well as the more recent, aforementioned films. Barron also produced Oliver Parker’s “Othello,” in which Branagh starred with Laurence Fishburne.