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How High Will 'Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2' Fly?
5 hours ago | Box Office Mojo | See recent BoxOfficeMojo.com news »
The next 2015 blockbuster is upon us. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 marks the final installment in the adaptation of Suzanne Collins' novels and looks to become the first $100+ million opener since Minions back in July. Joining the pre-Thanksgiving fray is the Secret in Their Eyes remake and The Night Before starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogen and Anthony Mackie. Meanwhile, Spectre hopes to maintain some kind of a foothold as audience competition heats up. Ending any kind of made up suspense, yes, Mockingjay 2 will become 2015's fifth $100+ million opener. Part 1 opened with $121.8 million last year and Part 2 should be in that same vicinity this year. The plus-minus, however, is up for debate. The first Hunger Games opened with $152.5 million back in 2012 and Catching Fire topped that by six million a year-and-a-half later and still holds the November opening weekend record with $158 million. Mockingjay - Part 1 was unable to match that, »
- Brad Brevet <mail@boxofficemojo.com>
Sam Riley to Play Villain in Scarlett Johansson’s ‘Ghost in the Shell’
9 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Sam Riley is in talks to co-star with Scarlett Johansson in DreamWorks’ “Ghost in the Shell,” sources tell Variety.
Rupert Sanders (“Snow White and the Huntsman”) is directing the adaptation of the popular anime film, with Paramount on board to co-finance.
Avi Arad and Steven Paul are producing, while Michael Costigan, Jeffrey Silver, Tetsu Fujimura and Mitsuhisa Ishikawa are exec producing.
The story follows the exploits of a female member of the Japanese National Public Safety Commission’s covert ops unit, which specializes in fighting technology-related crime.
“Borgen” alum Pilou Asbæk recently joined the cast as well. The film hits theaters on March 31, 2017.
Riley can be seen next as Mr. Darcy in “Pride and Prejudice and Zombies” and just finished “Free Fire.”
He is stepped by Wme.
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- Justin Kroll
Christopher McQuarrie Eyeing Return for ‘Mission: Impossible 6’ (Exclusive)
1 hour ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Following the massive success of “Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation,” Paramount and Skydance are hoping to stay in business with writer-director Christopher McQuarrie. According to sources close to the situation, McQuarrie will return to write “Mission: Impossible 6,” as well as possibly direct the next installment.
The studio and reps for McQuarrie have declined to comment, but several sources with knowledge of the situation say talks are progressing towards a deal being closed, with one insider saying that the studio plans to get production up and running by next August.
Tom Cruise is set to star with the studio also holding an option for Rebecca Ferguson to reprise her “Rogue Nation” role of Ilsa Faust. Cruise is currently filming “Jack Reacher: Never Go Back” in New Orleans. Following the success of “Rogue Nation,” Paramount made it clear they wanted to move fast to get the next installment of the popular “M:i »
- Justin Kroll
T.J. Miller to Write and Star in His Own Action Comedy, the First Step to Chris Pratting Himself
10 hours ago | Vulture | See recent Vulture news »
Not every beloved comedic actor gets handpicked to become a gigantic action star. Some of them must Chris Pratt themselves. National treasure and Silicon Valley star T.J. Miller is taking an important step toward Next Pratt status by starring in DreamWorks's Ex-Criminals, an action-comedy he co-wrote with cousin M. Miller Davis. The movie will feature Miller as one half of "a dysfunctional bank robbing couple," and follow "what happens when the duo break up on the eve of their biggest heist to date," which means there will also be a romance. A comedian positioning himself as an acting star and a romantic lead? Look, at the end of the day, some of us are born Chris Pratt. Others have Chris Pratt thrust upon us. That sounded ... look, you pervs know what I mean. »
- Halle Kiefer
Amazon Expands Script Submissions & Launches Screenwriter Tool
9 hours ago | Deadline TV | See recent Deadline TV news »
Amazon wants your screenplay, and it’s trying to make it easier for you to create it. The company said today that it is broadening its script-submission policy and also introduced formatting software to help writers with their work. Amazon also said it will start accepting drama scripts for the first time — in addition to movie, primetime comedy and kids shows — and no longer will take a free option on any works submitted directly to amazonstudios.com. Amazon Storywriter… »
Oscar Isaac Circles Lead Role in Paramount’s ‘A Foreigner’ (Exclusive)
7 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Oscar Isaac is in early talks to star in Paramount’s political thriller “A Foreigner,” sources tell Variety.
“Me and Earl and the Dying Girl” helmer Alfonso Gomez-Rejon is directing with Steve Zaillian producing through his Film Rites banner along with Steven Rayles and Mark Roybal. Chris Terrio penned the script.
The film revolves around a murdered Guatemalan man who has videos of his killers distributed after his death in order to uproot the corruption that led to the death of many others, and is based David Grann’s 2011 New Yorker article “A Murder Foretold.”
Paramount has been working on getting this through the door for sometime with Matt Damon at one point being courted to direct the pic. When Gomez-Rejon dropped out of “Collateral Beauty,” Paramount quickly attached him as director and offered Isaac the lead role.
Sources say a deal is still far apart but a recent meeting »
- Justin Kroll
HBO CEO Says Lena Dunham Calls the Shots on When Girls Ends
7 hours ago | Vulture | See recent Vulture news »
Lena Dunham has said that she’s planned out the narrative for her HBO show Girls to wrap up in season six, which would air around the time she’s 30. But is the network willing to let go of Dunham so easily? “I am leaving this decision up to the artist, because [Lena] has an arc in mind of how she wants to continue with the show and eventually finish telling her story,” HBO CEO Richard Plepler told Vulture at the roast of Vice’s Shane Smith. “She will make that determination. We love her. More importantly, I really do trust her voice and her instincts. So, however she wants to proceed and close her story, it’s her decision.” »
- Jamie Sharpe
Tallinn: Estonian Actress Pohla Scores Hat Trick at Festival
19 minutes ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Versatile actress Mirtel Pohla appears in three new Estonian films this year, all of which are competing for the Tridens Estonia prize at the Black Nights Film Fest. In the hit children’s film “Secret Society of Souptown,” helmed by Margus Paju, she plays a cunning villain who wants to cash in on a cure for an insidious disease. In the atmospheric, dystopian drama “Roukli,” pictured, her third outing with auteur Veiko Ounpuu, she is a restless woman who returns to her ex-husband in the countryside as war wages in the city. Finally, she coolly portrays a lying receptionist, a bit part in the touching coming-of-ager “Zero Point,” directed by newcomer Mihkel Ulk.
“Souptown,” set in her own hometown of Tartu, marks her first time working with child performers. “They were incredible and their presence on the set required total presence from everybody else as well,” she says. “I admired »
- Alissa Simon
Donald Trump’s ‘SNL’ Hosting Gig Prompts NBC Negotiations With Gop Candidates Over Equal Time Requests
34 minutes ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
Negotiations are underway as NBC is looking to grant an Equal Time request in local markets made by Republican candidates following Donald Trump’s appearance on “Saturday Night Live” on November 7. An insider with one of the campaigns told TheWrap details over the final deal are still being worked out with NBC. In order to honor the request affiliates would need to provide candidates who filed a request 12 minutes and five seconds of airtime. Former New York Gov. George Pataki sent a request to 16 NBC affiliates, including stations in New England, South Carolina, Iowa and his home state of New York. »
- Itay Hod
Richard Gere Gets Too Close to Dakota Fanning, Theo James in Trailer for ‘The Benefactor’ (Video)
41 minutes ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
Samuel Goldwyn Films has released the first trailer for Andrew Renzi’s well-reviewed directorial debut “The Benefactor,” which features a dynamite performance from Richard Gere. Originally known as “Franny,” the indie drama stars Gere as a wealthy yet troubled philanthropist who enters the lives of a young married couple played by Dakota Fanning and rising star Theo James. Gere’s character, Franny, is wracked with guilt as he holds himself responsible for the deaths of Fanning’s parents. Five years later, after learning of her new beau, he reaches out to help them but gets a little too close, a little too quickly. »
- Jeff Sneider
Michelle Rodriguez Bullying Drama ‘Milton’s Secret’ Bought by Momentum
42 minutes ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Momentum Pictures has acquired worldwide distribution rights to bullying drama “Milton’s Secret,” starring Michelle Rodriguez, Donald Sutherland and William Ainscough.
The movie, currently in post-production, is based on the 2008 children’s book “Milton’s Secret: An Adventure of Discovery Through Then, When, and the Power of Now” by Eckhart Tolle and Robert S. Friedman. Ainscough plays an eight-year-old who’s bullied at school with Rodriguez as his teacher trying to lift his spirits while his grandfather (Sutherland) shows him the secret to finding true happiness.
Buck Productions and Hulo Films are the production companies. Producers are Sean Buckley for Buck Productions, Fred Fuchs for Riverside Entertainment, as well as Stephen Huszar and Ryan Lockwood for Hulo Films.
Barnet Bain directed from a script he wrote with Donald Martin and Sara B Cooper. David Sutcliffe, Mia Kirshner, Sheila McCarthy and Hays Wellford also star.
“I am thrilled with the way »
- Dave McNary
Rosie O’Donnell’s Lawyers Blast Ex-‘View’ Producer’s ‘Inflammatory and Defective’ Lawsuit
44 minutes ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
Attorneys for Rosie O’Donnell are firing back at a lawsuit filed against the ex co-host of “The View” by a former producer of the show, calling the complaint “inflammatory and defective.” O’Donnell is being sued by former “View” senior producer Jennifer Shepard-Brookman, who claims that she was fired after O’Donnell accused her of leaking confidential information about the show to the media. However, in a memorandum supporting O’Donnell’s motion to dismiss the suit filed Thursday in New York Supreme Court, O’Donnell’s lawyers say she had no authority over ABC’s employment decisions, »
- Tim Kenneally
‘Sivas’ Director Reveals Soundtrack Includes 500 Real Dogfights
44 minutes ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
Perhaps the scariest performers in the Oscar race are the hundreds of fighting dogs whose gory combat was recorded by director Kaan Mujdeci for “Sivas,” Turkey’s Best Foreign Language Film Oscar entry, about a boy and his fighter dog. “I went to over 500 fights to collect sound from different animals, at different weights, different shapes,” Mujdeci told TheWrap’s deputy managing editor Thom Geier at Los Angeles’s Landmark Theater Wednesday as part of TheWrap Screening Series. The dogs seen inflicting horrific wounds in the film actually had their fur daubed with bloody makeup and their mouths swabbed with lotion to make. »
- Tim Appelo
The Bronze Trailer: Melissa Rauch Gets a Bronze in Gymnastics, But a Gold in Dropping F-Bombs
50 minutes ago | Vulture | See recent Vulture news »
The Bronze got a lot of attention at Sundance for its crazy sex scene, but since it can't exactly lead with that in a trailer — or possibly it could, but then it would seem like a very different kind of movie — it's leading with its second most notable asset: Tons and tons of F-Bombs. Yes, Melissa Rauch, that nice Bernadette from The Big Bang Theory (this is a safe space, you can admit you've watched a few episodes) had a whole bunch of fucks ready to drop all along, like a stealth B-2 F-bomber. »
- Jackson McHenry
Tallinn: Debut Helmer Jelinek Hits the ‘Road-Movie’ Genre
51 minutes ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
“Let’s go, then.” First-time director Martin Jelinek sets out his intent with three simple words in his Tallinn Black Nights Festival Tridens Competition entry “Road-Movie.” From the Czech Republic, the film stars Matej Marunka as Jakub, the co-owner of a Prague travel agency who, ironically enough, is stuck in his job. Taking the weekend off to visit his hometown for his mother’s birthday, he meets Ilona (Agata Krystufkova), an old childhood friend, and together they make plans to drive off and escape.
Jelinek acknowledges that the road-movie genre is generally viewed as an American genre. “But, paradoxically,” he says, “the films that come to mind and that inspired me aren’t American — like (Wim Wenders’) ‘Alice in the Cities’ or ‘Kings of the Road.’ Of the American ones I’d mention just the one, (Vincent Gallo’s) ‘The Brown Bunny.’ European filmmaking was always capable of delving into genres and, »
- Damon Wise
‘The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2’ Trending On Par With Previous Film
58 minutes ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
After a fiery world premiere last week, “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2” jumped to #2 on the Dar-Film leaderboard as opening weekend approaches. The highly anticipated finale to “The Hunger Games” franchise currently matches last year’s “Mockingjay -Part I” across key social and digital indicators.
At the close of the campaign, “Part 2’s” strengths are Twitter, Instagram and review-based metrics, when compared against the prior release. Preceding installments of “The Hunger Games” did see slightly higher search volume and YouTube viewership, but when looking at tracking holistically the releases are shockingly similar.
On top of comparable performance throughout the campaign to date, each film’s momentum is also aligned; both “Mockingjay – Part I” and “Mockingjay – Part 2” activity has soared by the same percentage across key metrics throughout the week leading up to release. Time will tell, but current tracking confirms that Lionsgate has successfully drummed up “Hunger Games” buzz »
- Jason Klein
‘#Horror’ Review: Chloe Sevigny Gets Embroiled in Cyber-Bullying That Escalates
59 minutes ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
Cyber-bullying, eating disorders, affluenza, self-harm, parental neglect — the tony 12-year-old girls at the center of “#Horror” are already besieged by everyday nightmares when they find themselves at the wrong end of a killer’s knife and camera phone. More concerned with who’s fat, who’s poor, and who’s the real bully (oof, take your pick), the six preteens — well, five after one of them is kicked out for being too much of a mean girl even for this clique — don’t realize that their private moments, and eventually their murders, are recorded, uploaded, hashtagged and “liked” by the dozens. »
- Inkoo Kang
The host of 'Supermarket Sweep' says avoid meats and cheeses, pick hair products
1 hour ago | Hitfix | See recent Hitfix news »
"Supermarket Sweep" is one of the most memorable game shows of the '90s. Who doesn't want to race through the aisles of Whole Foods and shove bricks of cheese into their cart? But in a new featurette starring host (and "Three's Company" alum) David Ruprecht, we learn a secret that could've helped a lot of contestants: Avoid those hams and stick to hair products for maximum cart efficiency. How disappointing is it that the meats and cheeses were fake? Wouldn't you love to come home from a game show with five country hams, five uncooked geese, and five hunks of beef? I guess $5,000 isn't bad either. »
- Louis Virtel
NBC Begins Making Equal Time Offers After Donald Trump’s ‘SNL’ Gig
1 hour ago | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »
NBC is proposing giving free airtime to campaigns on Nov. 27 and Nov. 28 after a number of Republican candidates requested it following Donald Trump’s hosting gig on “Saturday Night Live.”
The network’s proposal is for each of the candidates who requested time to get a 12-minute slot between 9 p.m. and 10 p.m. on Friday night and 12 minutes during the “Saturday Night Live” time period on Saturday night, according to a source with one of the campaigns, who did not want to be identified because negotiations are ongoing. The equal time arrangement was offered to at least two campaigns, with their time airing on 18 affiliates with a coverage area of Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina, the source said.
Trump hosted “Saturday Night Live” on Nov. 7, but appeared on camera for a total of 12 minutes and five seconds. The source said the reason for the offering of two time »
- Ted Johnson
Digital Single Market Debate Dominates Industry Talk at Tallinn
1 hour ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
If you were only passingly familiar with the words “Digital Single Market” heading into Tallinn Black Nights, a firm education awaited at the festival’s two-day European Film Forum. A host of speeches and panel discussions weighed up the pros and cons of the European Commission’s planned strategy to bring borderless EU market rules to digital media — allowing consumers throughout the content equal access to online viewing content.
It’s a proposal that strikes fear in the hearts of many European filmmakers, concerned that unrestricted digital distribution will make it harder than it already is for them to promote and monetize their art. “If we disrupt the distribution part of the value chain, and risk completely upsetting the financing part of it, the creators cannot create,” protested Pauline Durand-Vialle, CEO of the Federation of European Film Directors, in the Forum’s most heated session. “Directors want their films to be seen, »
- Guy Lodge
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