Disney reups Mayhem Pictures deal

Ciardi GrayDisney has reupped its first-look deal with Mayhem Pictures producers Mark Ciardi and Gordon Gray, the duo most broadly noted for feel-good sports films like "Secretariat," "Invincible," "Miracle" and "The Rookie."Mayhem is constantly develop sports photos, including an uplifting tale about Greek marathoner Stylianos "Stelios" Kyriakides, who played inside the 1936 Olympics baseball project "Big Arm," and "McFarland," of a California secondary school track and area coach. Nevertheless the producers may also be branching out into other genres while using Reese Witherspoon comedy "Wish List" and fantasy series "Fallen," good youthful adult book series by Lauren Kate, along with an adventurous undertake Disneyland's Tomorrowland, all for your Mouse House.There is also the Chuck Russell-helmed actioner "Arabian Nights" inside the works at FilmDistrict, as well as the Dwayne Manley actioner thriller "Protection" with IM Global. Mayhem also labored with with Manley round the CBS Films thriller "Faster" and comedies "Your Tooth Fairy" for Fox and Disney's "The General Strategy."Mayhem showed up its deal at Disney in 2002, right after the wealth of "The Rookie." Their shingle had formerly been situated at Revolution Art galleries, where they produced "The Completely New Guy." Contact Marc Graser at marc.graser@variety.com