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Box Office: 'Hunger Games' Cinches Holiday Victory Over 'Creed,' 'Good Dinosaur'
14 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
“The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 2” continues to vanquish its Thanksgiving holiday box office competitors, tracking for a five-day total of $74 million.
The Jennifer Lawrence starrer generated $21.5 million at the Friday box office in 4,175 locations. “Mockingjay — Part 2” also dominated Thanksgiving day ticket sales, bringing in $10.4 million on the holiday. The Lionsgate release is the fourth and final chapter in the “Hunger Games” films; the fourth installment bowed to $102.7 million last weekend, the lowest opening in the franchise. “Mockingjay — Part 1” opened ahead of Thanksgiving in 2014 to $121.9 million.
Behind Katniss Everdeen is Disney/Pixar’s “The Good Dinosaur,” which took in $15.6 million on Friday from 3,749 locations. The animated feature is on track to finish the five-day holiday weekend with a U.S. gross around $55 million. Pixar’s 16th pic follows dinosaur Arlo, who befriends a caveboy in an alternate history of Earth.
In third place for the holiday weekend is “Creed,” the »
- Marianne Zumberge
Ron Howard Directing Thriller ‘The Girl Before’ for Universal
27 November 2015 3:13 PM, PST | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Ron Howard will direct a movie adaptation of the J.P. Delaney thriller “The Girl Before” for Universal.
Michael De Luca is producing with Imagine Entertainment’s Howard, Brian Grazer and Erica Huggins. Imagine’s Tyler Michael will be exec producer and Elishia Holmes will exec produce for Michael De Luca Productions.
Universal bought the movie rights to “The Girl Before,” a novel that Ballantine Bantam Dell Random House will publish in the fall of 2016. The story involves a traumatized woman who falls in love with a minimalist house and the man who designed it — only to discover that another woman died at the house three years earlier.
Delaney is believed to a pen name for novelist Tony Strong.
Howard directed Warner Bros.’ “In The Heart Of The Sea,” which opens on Dec. 11, and Sony’s “Da Vinci Code” follow-up “Inferno,” which launches Oct. 14, 2016. De Luca is a producer on »
- Dave McNary
What Is This ‘Project Delirium’ Jennifer Lawrence Wants To Direct?
27 November 2015 12:54 PM, PST | Deadline | See recent Deadline news »
Jennifer Lawrence, out promoting the final installment of The Hunger Games, that disclosed she wants to make her directing debut on a picture called Project Delirium. What exactly is going on with this? It’s set up to be financed by 2929, with Lawrence and her partner Justine Ciarrocchi producing along with Todd Wagner and Ben Cosgrove. Lawrence doesn’t plan to act in it. Although the pickup the trades gave the story after Lawrence made comments in EW has her defining the… »
‘Gods Of Egypt’: ‘Selma’ Director Ava DuVernay Responds To Alex Proyas & Lionsgate Apology For Lack Of Diversity – Update
7 hours ago | Deadline | See recent Deadline news »
Updated, 3:01Pm Saturday: Selma director Ava DuVernay took time out today to Tweet her responses to Friday’s post about the conspicuously non-diverse casting of Gods Of Egypt, and Lionsgate and Alex Proyas’ uncharacteristically quick public acknowledgement of the matter. This kind of apology never happens – for something that happens all the time. An unusual occurrence worth noting. https://t.co/xRTEy7woWs — Ava DuVernay (@Avaetc) November 28, 2015 Gods Of Egypt makes… »
Jennifer Lawrence, Bradley Cooper Unveil ‘Joy’ to Oscar Buzz
30 minutes ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
Jennifer Lawrence will continue to make movies with David O. Russell until the day the director dies, she said in a Q&A following a screening of “Joy” on Saturday night. The relationship between the director and the actress, she added with a grin, warranted a pair of adjectives: “sweet” and “fucked up.” Lawrence plays the title role in “Joy,” the third collaboration between her and Russell, after “Silver Linings Playbook” (for which she won an Oscar) and “American Hustle.” The new movie is one of the last big 2015 awards hopefuls to be unveiled for the press and for guild. »
- Steve Pond
Jennifer Lawrence Says ‘Joy’ Is Salute to ‘Women Who Are Unsung Heroes’
46 minutes ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Jennifer Lawrence on Saturday said her film “Joy” is a tribute to “women who are the unsung heroes of their households.” She also paid tribute to writer-director David O. Russell, saying she would do “anything with David until the day I die.”
Russell in turn said that in their third film collaboration, “She’s the first character we’ve done together who’s not crazy.”
The remarks came after simultaneous screenings in New York and L.A. of the film, which is the last big Oscar hopeful of 2015 to be unveiled. The Q&A session in N.Y. was satellite-fed to the Zanuck Theatre on the Fox lot. “Joy” opens on December 25.
Lawrence said the character, inspired by the real-life inventor Joy Mangano, “had a fire and gift that she had buried for 17 years.” The film is loosely based on Mangano’s life as a single mother of three »
- Tim Gray
Jennifer Lawrence on 'Joy': "I Got to Play a Woman Across Four Generations"
1 hour ago | The Hollywood Reporter | See recent The Hollywood Reporter news »
David O. Russell’s Joy, one of the last of the year-end awards hopefuls still awaiting release, held its first screenings today in Los Angeles and New York. Loosely based on the life of Joy Mangano, the inventor and entrepreneur behind the Miracle Mop and a string of other household products, the film stars Jennifer Lawrence as the title character, a woman determined to forge her own way in life and business. The film, which Fox will release Dec. 25, marks Lawrence’s third collaboration with Russell, following 2011’s Silver Linings Playbook, for which she won the best actress Oscar, and
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- Gregg Kilday
Ash vs. Evil Dead Recap: Shoot First, Think Never
3 hours ago | Vulture | See recent Vulture news »
Awaking from his spirit-quest-gone-bad, Ash starts this week tied to a pole. As mind demons are wont to do, Eligos has successfully dominated Kelly’s mind and tricked Pablo and Brujo into believing Ash is the one possessed. Classic mind-demon business, just classic.Much like “Bait” felt like a bit of a coda to the propulsive series premiere, “The Host” feels a bit like a coda to the hallucinatory shenanigans and demon-possession shell game of “Brujo”. Other than a brief scene between Ruby and Amanda about the power of just, like, going with the flow, man, our entire action stays with Pablo, Kelly, Ash and Brujo finally putting a stop to Eligos. I appreciate the half-hour format of the show generally doesn’t allow for squeezing too much action into each episode (and generally think it’s a good thing!) – but it’s still leading to some episodes feeling under-stuffed »
- Chris Wade
Doctor Who Recap: Echoes of Death
3 hours ago | Vulture | See recent Vulture news »
When you’ve been plotting and writing Doctor Who for as long as Steven Moffat has, you inevitably must stumble across an idea that’s so mad you have no choice but to see it through to its finish. What will the people who so often chant for Moffat’s dismissal from the series – those who claim he has run out of ideas – make of this intimately epic hour that delves deep into the psyche of the show’s central figure? Perhaps they will say that it is nothing more than a rip-off of Groundhog Day or Edge of Tomorrow or any of the myriad films or TV shows that have exploited the time loop gimmick in this manner. If it were done poorly, we may have cause to tear into it, but when it’s done to such aching perfection as this, we must stand back, catch our breath, »
- Ross Ruediger
Film Review: ‘The House by the Bamboo Grove’
4 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Hovering between folkloric myth and psychosexual reverie, Philippine helmer Alvan B. Yapan’s “The House by the Bamboo Grove” depicts a woman who develops an all-consuming attachment to her home. Though less visually rhapsodic than Yapan’s previous film, “Debosyon,” this sensual tale basks in the same pagan animism, and intrigues by its very simplicity. Although the opague ending doesn’t totally deliver on the promise of its suspenseful start, this arthouse curio, which features a sex scene that will leave audiences literally bamboozled, should leave home for a busy festival itinerary.
Like the helmer-novelist-scholar’s other works, his fourth is set in his hometown of Baao, in the province of Camarines Sur. Since losing all contact with her parents after they left to work abroad, Michelle (Mercedes Cabral, “Sapi,” “Thy Womb”) has become reclusive, devoting all her time to the art of Calado embroidery, which her mother taught her. »
- Maggie Lee
Adele’s ’25’ Sells More Than 3 Million Copies in First Week
4 hours ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
Say “Hello” to another sales record, Adele. The singer’s latest album, “25” sold 3.38 million copies in its first week of sales in the U.S., Billboard reports, marking the largest single-week sales figure for an album since Nielsen started tracking point-of-sale purchases back in 1991. It’s also the first album to pass the 3-million sales mark in a week in Nielsen history. Also Read: Adele Says She'll 'Probably' Stream More '25' Songs (Video) The previous record-holder was *Nsync’s 2000 offering “No Strings Attached,” which moved 2.42 million copies in its first week of release. And for the year, “25” is the biggest-selling album to. »
- Tim Kenneally
Adele's '25' Official First Week U.S. Sales: 3.38 Million
5 hours ago | The Hollywood Reporter | See recent The Hollywood Reporter news »
It’s official: Adele’s 25 album sold 3.38 million copies in its first week in the U.S., according to Nielsen Music. That’s the largest single sales week for an album since Nielsen began tracking point-of-sale music purchases in 1991. 25 is the first album to sell more than 3 million copies in a week in Nielsen history, and only the second to surpass 2 million sold in a single frame. Nielsen Music’s tracking week runs from Friday to Thursday each week, so 25’s opening frame ended at the close of business on Nov. 26. The new set, which is Adele's third studio album, was
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- Keith Caulfield, Billboard
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