Scott Stuber Closing Deal To Revive United Artists

Former Netflix Chairman Film and Universal Vice Chairman Scott Stuber is near a deal to revive United Artists under the Amazon MGM umbrella, sources said.

Stuber left in January, though he stayed on a bit to help the transition that led to former Warner Bros exec Dan Lin taking the film reins at the streamer. Stuber was expected to form his own company, and Deadline revealed that his first project would be Deliver Me From Nowhere. That is the Scott Cooper-directed film that will star Emmy winning The Bear’s Jeremy Allen White as Bruce Springsteen. The film covers how the singer came out of the depths of depression writing and recording his seminal album Nebraska. 20th Century’s David Greenbaum and Steve Asbell landed the film in heated competition, and Stuber produces with Gotham Group’s Ellen Goldsmith-Vein and Eric Robinson.

United Artists is the storied brand that boasts films ranging from Apocalypse Now to 12 Angry Men and The Good, The Bad and the Ugly, but not much recently. Seeing the label reemerge under a talent friendly go-getter like Stuber would be a shot of good news for a movie industry still struggling to regain its footing after last year’s double strike.