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'Transcendence' Tanks, 'Cap' Holds Off 'Rio' on Good Friday
23 hours ago | Box Office Mojo | See recent BoxOfficeMojo.com news »
For the second week in a row, the top spot is going to be a toss-up between Captain America: The Winter Soldier and Rio 2. Meanwhile, Johnny Depp's Transcendence got off to a horrible start on Good Friday, and is now on pace for an opening weekend around $12 million.Captain America: The Winter Soldier took first place with an estimated $9.6 million. In its 15th day in theaters, it passed the lifetime gross of the first Captain America ($176.7 million). So far, it's earned $184.5 million, and could cross $200 million on Sunday.Rio 2 was a close second with $9.2 million, which is off from the first Rio's $10.7 million Good Friday gross. For the weekend, Rio 2 should wind up with at least $23 million.After putting up strong mid-week numbers, Heaven is for Real continued to attract large crowds on Good Friday. The faith-based true story added $7.9 million, which brings its three-day total to nearly $15 million. »
- Ray Subers <mail@boxofficemojo.com>
Bryan Singer Accuser's Lawyer Says More Sex Abuse Lawsuits Against ‘Hollywood Insiders’ Coming in CA
18 April 2014 7:39 PM, PDT | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
The attorney for Michael F. Egan III, the man who is suing “X-Men” director Bryan Singer for sexual abuse, says that there is more legal action coming — not just in Hawaii, where the first lawsuit against Singer was filed, but potentially also back in California. “I'm going to file three more lawsuits Monday in Hawaii alleging three other Hollywood insiders who were participating in the abuses of Mike Egan… did the trips to Hawaii and he was abused there as well,” Jeff Herman, a lawyer who specializes in sex abuse cases, told TheWrap late on Friday. Also read: Bryan Singer's Lawyer:. »
- Jordan Zakarin
Gwen Stefani in Talks to Join NBC's 'The Voice'
18 April 2014 6:18 PM, PDT | The Hollywood Reporter | See recent The Hollywood Reporter news »
Gwen Stefani may be headed for The Voice. The No Doubt singer is in talks to join the NBC competition series for season seven as a coach, multiple sources tell The Hollywood Reporter. She would take over for Christina Aguilera, who announced in February that she was pregnant with her second child. Photos: 'The Voice': Meet the Season 6 Singers The season, which begins shooting in June, will also see Pharrell Williams taking over the big red chair for Cee Lo Green. Coaches Adam Levine and Blake Shelton are expected to return. Last Saturday at Coachella, Williams brought Stefani out as
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- THR Staff
Happy Easter! Check Out Christian Bale, Will Ferrell and More Stars Who Have Played Jesus
40 minutes ago | E! Online | See recent E! Online news »
Happy Easter! While you're decorating eggs, indulging in chocolate bunnies and biting the cute heads off of marshmallow Peeps this Sunday, you may also want to feast your eyes on these devilishly handsome actors who've all portrayed the Son of God in film. From Christian Bale in the Biblical TV movie Mary, Mother of Jesus to funnyman Will Ferrell's turn as Jesus Christ in Superstar; we've resurrected these holy hunks' former films in observance of this festive holiday. O Come let us adore them...the suave, the good-looking and of course, the blessed stars who have played the righteous role of Jesus. »
‘Crouching Tiger’ Sequel to Shoot in New Zealand, China
1 hour ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Beijing – The Weinstein Company’s “Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon II – The Green Destiny” is expected to shoot in New Zealand and China later this year.
The film is to be directed by Yuen Woo-ping, the veteran martial arts ace who was action choreographer on the original 2000 film. Donnie Yen and Michelle Yeoh are set to star.
Much of the principal photography will take place at Auckland Film Studios in New Zealand, with some two weeks shoot in China.
Shooting a large budget film in New Zealand unlocks substantial production incentives. Under new rules introduced at the beginning of this month, called the New Zealand Screen Production Grant, feature films which spend more than Nz$15 million (Us$12.8 million) in the country can receive a rebate of 20% of local expenditure. Under previous rules the rebate was worth 15%.
Producers had given serious consideration to filming at the new Pinewood Iskandar Malaysia studios, but »
- Patrick Frater
Inside the Dallas Easter Egg Hunt Specially Designed for Visually Impaired Kids
1 hour ago | PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news »
Thanks to the efforts of the Dallas Junior Chamber of Commerce, nearly 100 blind and visually impaired children got to experience an Easter egg hunt of their very own on Saturday. In the long-running Beeping Easter Egg Hunt, held in Dallas's Nash-Davis Park, the children used their sense of hearing to seek out special noise-making Easter eggs specially constructed for the occasion. "We make our own eggs with a solder gun and glue," Djcc chairman Ponce Duran explained to People. "We go to RadioShack, get a small beeper and glue it to a switch." At the end of the hunt, the »
- Nate Jones
Prince George Spends Easter at Australian Zoo
1 hour ago | PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news »
George, meet George. Prince William and wife Kate took turns holding their son George on Sunday as they visited a part of Sydney's Taronga Zoo, named for the little prince. There, George came face-to-face with George the Bilby, a rat-like marsupial, which is also Australia's version of the Easter bunny. And the prince squealed with delight as he excitedly pawed at the fury creature. George, who will be 9 months old on Tuesday, and his parents officially opened the Prince George Bilby Exhibit at the Sydney landmark, which lies across the harbor from the famous Opera House, part of the royal family's tour Down Under. »
- Simon Perry
Coachella: Pharrell Taps Jay Z, T.I., Usher for Guest-Filled Set
1 hour ago | The Hollywood Reporter | See recent The Hollywood Reporter news »
Following his set at last week's Coachella Festival, fans wondered if Pharrell Williams could possibly have any more surprises up his sleeve. After all, his hour on April 12 included sit ins from Gwen Stefani (“Hollaback Girl”), Nelly (“Hot in Herre”), and Snoop Dogg (“Drop It Like It's Hot”); anyone else would either have called in all of their favors or have the same ones returned in their second week. Not so for Williams: his eminently likeable set was propelled by a phalanx of multi-cultural dancers, a spot-on band, Williams' winning, charming personality, and another onslaught of special
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- Jeff Miller, Billboard
What Does Heaven Look Like in the Movies?
1 hour ago | Vulture | See recent Vulture news »
Filmmakers have been trying to crack heaven’s code for decades. Do you include pearly gates? Angels with golden halos? Just lots of people dressed in white? In the case of Heaven Is for Real, a new movie based on the best-selling novel of the same name, heaven is described as the stereotypical, above-the-clouds place where the Holy Spirit doles out help for those on Earth and God lounges around all day in a giant chair. Though star Greg Kinnear has said that the movie is not just for religious folks, it is still being marketed at faith-based viewers as a story that challenges our thoughts on death and what exists after we shuffle off. Of course, not every movie that depicts heaven is intended to spark a conversation about religion. Here is a (non-comprehensive) look at how some movies tried to illustrate the afterlife.All Dogs Go to Heaven »
- Alex Suskind
Happy Easter! Life of Brian, The Nativity Story and More Jesus-Inspired Movies
1 hour ago | E! Online | See recent E! Online news »
Happy Easter! 'Tis the day to celebrate the King of Kings, so we come bearing our pick of pics—the 10 must-see Jesus films. God bless us. It was a holy challenge compiling this list. We could've chosen all the expected Messiah movies: The Greatest Story Ever Told, Jesus of Nazareth, The Passion of the Christ and countless others. Instead, we're mixing it up, combining literal interpretations (like The Nativity Story) with those that are satirical, allegorical, and even musical. Ready to lift your spirits? Hallelujah! Open the pearly gates and enter our gallery of Jesus-Inspired movies. »
Orphan Black Season 2 Premiere Recap: The Death Chakras
2 hours ago | Vulture | See recent Vulture news »
Hello! I’m Danielle. There’s nothing I love more than feminism, television, and watching people get kicked in the face, so Orphan Black is the heart-quickening apex of my ball-breaking dreams. I used to write Feminist Ryan Gosling and, before I left graduate school, a ton of papers, but now I’m the Arts & Culture editor for The Stranger here in Seattle and I write about television for Vulture (Scandal, Orange is the New Black, The Real Housewives of Atlanta, The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, and other things). I think of recaps as a good base for your in-depth comments and observations, so I’m incredibly excited to dig into this show with you each week.The frantic uneasiness of Sarah’s search for Kira in the rain-soaked streets is tempered by the very Wong Kar Wai-ish red and green tones in the diner she ducks into, »
- Danielle Henderson
New Lego Movie Hits Tribeca – But This One's a Documentary
2 hours ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
Fans of February's big hit “The Lego Movie” – and those $400 million-plus in worldwide grosses suggest there are a lot of them – won't have to wait three years for more big-screen adventures, even though the movie's sequel isn't scheduled to come out until 2017. That's because there's already another Lego movie ready to go – a documentary called “Beyond the Brick: A Lego Brickumentary,” which premieres at the Tribeca Film Festival on Sunday night and seems likely to find a distributor in short order. The film is the product of two documentary directors better known for tougher subject matter: »
- Steve Pond
These Animals Love Easter and Are Just Too Cute for Words
2 hours ago | E! Online | See recent E! Online news »
A gorilla playing with a piñata Easter egg? Yes, please. It's Easter Sunday, and we can't help but feast our eyes on a slew of adorable animal pics because, apparently, animals love hunting for Easter eggs just as much as we do! And come on, who doesn't love a photo of a dog wearing a crown of Easter peeps?! Seriously, we had no idea our lives were missing this pic. Heck, even chimpanzees love Easter, as evidenced by the adorable ape Viktoria's enthusiasm. While there may be no bunny in sight, these animals are seriously killing us with cuteness and proving that tigers indeed have their own version of Reese's Peanut Butter Cup Eggs (or whatever your favorite candy may »
Once in a Lifetime 'The Hateful Eight' Live Read with "Tarantino superstars!"
5 hours ago | Thompson on Hollywood | See recent Thompson on Hollywood news »
Some three weeks back over chili cheese fries, Quentin Tarantino suggested to his buddy, interviewer Elvis Mitchell, that he might want to do a live read of his first-draft screenplay of "The Hateful Eight." Director Jason Reitman has been staging Hollywood classics at Film Independent at Lacma for the past three years, including Tarantino's "Pulp Fiction" and "Reservoir Dogs." Needless to say, Mitchell and his team made it happen. "I'm wondering why I thought this was a good idea three weeks ago," admitted a nervous Tarantino as he doffed his black cowboy hat to a crowd of revved-up fans and Hollywood hipsters downtown at the refurbished United Artists Theatre at the Ace Hotel. "We've been rehearsing this for the last three days." He also warned that nobody else will ever see the final chapter of this typically verbose five-part western, which plays like a twisted post-Civil War sequel to "Django Unchained. »
- Anne Thompson
Inside Tarantino's 'Hateful Eight' Reading: Director Reveals He's Writing Second Draft, With New Ending
6 hours ago | The Hollywood Reporter | See recent The Hollywood Reporter news »
Quentin Tarantino told a standing-room-only crowd gathered for a staged reading of his latest film script, The Hateful Eight, that this was the one and only time they would see it with the current ending, in which all of the movie’s major characters die. Speaking to an eclectic crowd that included only a handful of prominent industry-ites (among them Harvey Weinstein and Tarantino’s Wme agent, Mike Simpson), he said the movie was divided into five parts, or “chapters,” and that “I am working right now on a second draft. This is the first draft.” Analysis:
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- Stephen Galloway.
Quentin Tarantino’s Still Working on ‘The Hateful Eight’
7 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
After the script of Quentin Tarantino’ s “The Hateful Eight” was leaked in January, the director said he had “no desire to make it.” Well, it’s safe to say he’s reconsidered. At Film Independent’s staged reading of “The Hateful Eight” on Saturday at Downtown L.A.’s Ace Hotel, Tarantino said he was working on a second draft and a third would also come.
“This is the first draft,” he clarified. Tarantino noted that the final chapter, chapter five titled “Black Night, White Hell,” has been rewritten and “this is the only time you’ll see” this version.
In a black cowboy hat and western shirt, the director introduced in order of appearance “the Tarantino All-Stars,” all alums of his previous films: Samuel L. Jackson as Major Marquis Warren, James Parks as the driver O.B., Kurt Russell as bounty hunter John Ruth also known as “The Hangman, »
- Janine Lew
Todd McCarthy on Tarantino's 'Hateful Eight': 'Samuel L. Jackson Would Have a Field Day With This'
8 hours ago | The Hollywood Reporter | See recent The Hollywood Reporter news »
Most writer-directors like to keep their scripts out of the public eye until their films come out. So did Quentin Tarantino, at least until his latest, a Western called The Hateful Eight, was notoriously posted online a few months ago, sparking a lawsuit and an initial peevish reaction by the author to abandon making the film altogether. Then Tarantino decided to go the other way and do something possibly unprecedented, to hold a star-studded public reading of the script prior to shooting the film, which he presently intends to do next winter. Most screenwriters would be lucky to
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- Todd McCarthy
Bryan Singer's Attorney: Accuser's Witnesses are 'Liars' (Exclusive)
8 hours ago | The Hollywood Reporter | See recent The Hollywood Reporter news »
The lawyer for director Bryan Singer, who is accused by Michael Egan, III, of forcible sexual abuse of a minor, fired back at Egan’s counsel’s claim that witnesses saw Singer at 1999 sex parties in Hawaii, where some of the abuse is alleged to have taken place. “Any person who claims to be a witness to Bryan Singer being in Hawaii with Michael Egan is a bold face liar,” said Singer’s lawyer Marty Singer (no relation). “My client was never with Mr. Egan in Hawaii during the time period alleged or at any other time. We have documentary evidence
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- Jonathan Handel
New 'Fantastic Four' will be a more 'gritty' and 'realistic' movie than the original
8 hours ago | Hitfix | See recent Hitfix news »
Anaheim - First thing's first. The new "Fantastic Four" movie is definitely happening. No delays, no recasting. Josh Trank's vision is going to come to fruition. That's the word from the movie's screenwriter and producer Simon Kinberg who was on the Baton Rouge, La set two days ago and reveals that production begins in earnest in two weeks. Kinberg was at this year's WonderCon to speak primarily about 20th Century Fox's expected blockbuster "X-Men: Days of Future Past," but he also took a few minutes to talk about Marvel Comics' most famous family. He says the chance to create a "unique tone" is what excites him most about the reboot. "As Singer created with the original 'X-Men' movies, Christopher Nolan created with the 'Dark Knight' movies, Jon Favreau and Marvel created with the 'Iron Man' movies, all the best superhero franchises - Sam Raimi did it »
- Gregory Ellwood
Tribeca: Scorsese's Longtime Editor Thelma Schoonmaker Dissects 'Raging Bull'
9 hours ago | The Hollywood Reporter | See recent The Hollywood Reporter news »
Martin Scorsese's longtime editor Thelma Schoonmaker delivered the Tribeca Film Festival's first-ever masterclass Saturday. But while she was expected to discuss the many films she and the legendary director worked on over the past 50 years, Schoonmaker cut her area of focus down to just Raging Bull, in honor of the film's star and Tribeca co-founder Robert De Niro. Schoonmaker also explained that she thought the film was worthy of being the sole subject of her talk. Q&A: Martin Scorsese Defends 'The Wolf of Wall Street': 'The Devil Comes With a Smile' "I'm doing this because it's one
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- Hilary Lewis
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