Box Office: ‘Ride Along 2’ Shoots for $38 Million, Topping ‘The Revenant,’ ‘Star Wars’
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Kevin Hart and Ice Cube’s cop sequel “Ride Along 2” will top the box office over the Martin Luther King, Jr., holiday weekend, with studio estimates projecting the laffer will have taken in $38 million by Monday’s end.
“Ride Along 2” nabbed $12 million on Friday from 3,175 locations. The Universal comedy, a follow-up to the 2014 original, which grossed $135 million at the domestic box office, kicked off the weekend with a take of $1.26 million in Thursday night previews, portending a healthy four-day total.
Just behind “Ride Along 2” is Fox’s survivalist drama “The Revenant,” which pulled in $9 million from 3,559 locations on Friday, putting it on track for a four-day haul of $37 million. The brutal epic was nominated for a year-best 12 Oscars, including nods for best picture, director Alejandro Inarritu and lead actor Leonardo DiCaprio.
In third place for the weekend is “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” which generated $6 million on »
- Marianne Zumberge
George Miller Says He Was Misquoted, Is Definitely Not Done with Mad Max Franchise
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Another Mad Max film may not be the next thing George Miller works on, but he does want to return to his iconic franchise, despite reports to the contrary. Miller, 70 - who co-wrote, directed and produced last summer's Fury Road, the series' fourth installment - said he was recently misquoted on the question of whether he would make more Max movies. "That was a completely garbled interview," he told The Wrap. "I was in New York and it was so noisy and the journalist was asking me questions on a red carpet at the National Board of Review. "She completely »
- Adam Carlson, @acarlson91
Netflix Developing 'The Punisher' Spinoff Series
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Last summer, rumors floated that now that they've established their first slate of Netflix programming including "Daredevil," "Jessica Jones," "Luke Cage," and "Iron Fist," Marvel was beginning to take a look at their Phase II slate of shows. And among the contenders to get their own series was The Punisher, Blade and Ghost Rider, which as you might've noticed, have all previously had big screen incarnations (albeit from different studios). Well, it looks like one of them might be on the way. TVLine reports that Netflix is developing "The Punisher," after seeing Jon Bernthal's performance as the character in the upcoming second season of "Daredevil." It seems to pretty early stages as no showrunner or writers have been revealed, but my guess is that they are starting the wheels in motion and perhaps waiting to see what audience response is before giving the whole thing a firm greenlight. But it says something. »
- Kevin Jagernauth
‘The Simpsons’ Creator Matt Groening Is Making a New Animated Series for Netflix
18 hours ago | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »
As the creator of The Simpsons and Futurama — two of the most beloved animated series of… well, ever — Matt Groening‘s name will always loom large in pop culture. And now he’s preparing to add one more show to his already impressive legacy. Groening is reportedly in talks with Netflix to create a new […]
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- Angie Han
Tracy Morgan to Make Sitcom Return in Jordan Peele-Penned Series
14 hours ago | Rollingstone.com | See recent Rolling Stone news »
After Tracy Morgan triumphantly returned to television in October with a Saturday Night Live hosting gig, the comic will soon be back on TV on a more regular basis after Morgan signed on for a new FX sitcom from Key & Peele's Jordan Peele and Eastbound & Down writer John Carcieri. FX already gave the pilot the green light, with production on the still-untitled series set to begin this summer, Deadline reports. Both Morgan and Peele confirmed the project on Twitter.
The sitcom centers on a career criminal (played by Morgan) who »
Donald Glover Celebrates ‘Absurdity of the World’ in FX’s ‘Atlanta’
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Donald Glover has graduated from “Community” to FX’s “Atlanta,” a naturalistic look at two cousins on the rise in the city’s vibrant music scene.
The half-hour series allows Glover to flex his multi-hyphenate muscles as a writer, actor and a musician who records under the name Childish Gambino.
Most of all, Glover wanted to capture the pulse of the title city and an unvarnished look at the lives of two ambitious but very different young men. His cousin is played by Brian Tyree Henry.
The series opener parachutes viewers into the world of two young men on the cusp of successful without spending much time explaining who they are and where they came from. Glover and the “Atlanta” team — including showrunner Paul Simms and director Hiro Murai, trust that the audience will come along for the ride. There’s no word yet on a premiere date, but it »
- Cynthia Littleton
Adam Driver Hosts ‘SNL': Kylo Ren Attacks 30 Rock
2 hours ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
After the NFL playoffs went into overtime, the Internet was buzzing with speculation that emo Kylo Ren was destroying the green room at 30 Rockefeller Center. Stakes were high with “Star Wars: The Force Awakens”star Adam Driver‘s hosting debut. After all, this was the first time somebody involved in a “Star Wars” film was to host the show while promoting said movie. (Natalie Portman didn’t host until 2006, when she was promoting V for Vendetta, nearly a year after “Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith” came out.) Also, the possibility of the cast creating some magic like. »
- Pat Healy
'SNL' Pays Homage to David Bowie With "Man Who Sold the World" Clip (Video)
3 hours ago | The Hollywood Reporter | See recent The Hollywood Reporter news »
Fred Armisen returned to Saturday Night Live to remember David Bowie. Towards the end of the Adam Driver-hosted episode, the SNL alum appeared on the darkly lit stage to speak about the impact of the late musician, who died Jan. 10 after a battle with cancer. "When I was in high school and living in Long Island, I stayed up to see David Bowie play on Saturday Night Live," he said. "And watching him was, for me, a life-changing experience. He had these back-up singers that were like choir singers from the future, and a toy
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- Jackie Strause
DreamWorks Animation Celebrates ‘Kung Fu Panda 3’ With Chinese Performers, Dragons and Noodles
3 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
DreamWorks Animation pulled out all the stops for its premiere of “Kung Fu Panda 3,” with Chinese performers and dragons wowing the crowd — which included stars Angelina Jolie, Jack Black, Dustin Hoffman, Bryan Cranston, J.K. Simmons and Kate Hudson — at the pre-screening party outside the Tcl Chinese Theater on Saturday. There was something for everyone: activity stations for the kids, costumed characters for photo ops, and plenty of Po’s favorite foods, especially noodles.
Dwa’s “noodle dream” for the pic is for auds to love it as much as they loved the first two films, and co-president of feature animation Bonnie Arnold says she doesn’t think they’ll be disappointed. “We were just telling Jack Black that there’s a big ‘wanna see’ on the movie and we feel good about that,” she said. But does this mark the end of the adventures for Dragon Warrior Po and his Furious Five friends? »
- Terry Flores
NFL Playoffs Delay Adam Driver's 'SNL,' Twitter Reacts
3 hours ago | The Hollywood Reporter | See recent The Hollywood Reporter news »
The Arizona Cardinals beat the Green Bay Packers in overtime in what is being touted by many as a thrilling night of football — but that doesn't include the Star Wars-loving fans of Saturday Night Live. Saturday night’s NFL playoff game and post-game report on NBC pushed the 11 p.m. local news and subsequently SNL to a start time of 12:15 a.m. for East Coast viewers. Those viewers quickly took to Twitter to vent their frustrations over the delay for the episode hosted by Adam Driver, who plays Kylo Ren in The Force Awakens. "I wonder
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- Jackie Strause
‘Straight Outta Compton’ Producer Calls Oscar Noms "Embarrassing"
7 hours ago | The Hollywood Reporter | See recent The Hollywood Reporter news »
Straight Outta Compton executive producer Will Packer is chiming in on the #OscarsSoWhite discussion. In a lengthy post on his Facebook page Friday, Packer called out the lack of diversity among the 88th Academy Award nominees, which were announced Thursday. "To my #OscarsSoWhite folks who are angry at the absurd lack of diversity highlighted yet again by this year's Oscar noms. Trust me, I get it," he wrote in reference to black actors and movies focused on black stories being snubbed for the second year in a row. Packer congratulated all of the nominees, including Compton screenwriters Jon Herman
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- Jackie Strause
Ryan Murphy on ‘Making A Murderer:’ ‘How Is the Judicial System So Broken?’
8 hours ago | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »
“Making A Murderer” and “The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story” have a lot in common: though different formats, both projects question the justice system, and both undoubtedly center around subjects that the public just can’t get enough of, whether it’s one month or two decades later.
Well, it’s not just you who can’t get enough of “Making A Murderer” — the producers behind the upcoming FX series are also among the mass obsession with the Netflix documentary.
“I tore through those episodes over the Christmas break. I was so fascinated by that show,” said “American Crime Story” exec producer Ryan Murphy on Saturday at the Television Critics Association press tour in Pasadena, Calif. “You end up watching that show and you ask, how is the judicial system so broken?”
“When I was watching that show, I wanted to talk to more than one juror »
- Elizabeth Wagmeister
‘People v. O.J. Simpson’: Cuba Gooding Jr. Calls It ‘Hardest Character I’ve Ever Played’
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One of the most highly anticipated series of the new season is FX’s “The People v. Oj Simpson: American Crime Story,” the re-telling of the trial of O.J. Simpson, based on the book “The Run for His Life” by Jeffrey Toobin. The cast spoke poignantly about the challenge of bringing the real people to life in a panel Saturday at the Television Critics Assn. press tour in Pasadena, Calif.
“It’s the hardest character I’ve ever played,” said Cuba Gooding Jr., who portrays O.J. Simpson. “It was six months of an emotional roller coaster.”
He said, though, he had no desire to meet the man himself, given that he’s playing him as he was in 1994 — “charismatic, flamboyant, braggadocious, egotistical” — and not as he is today. “I had no desire to visit him in his present condition being incarcerated, being a shell of a man,” he said. “I »
- Debra Birnbaum
John Travolta Talks Going "Full-Court Press" For 'The People v. O.J. Simpson'
9 hours ago | The Hollywood Reporter | See recent The Hollywood Reporter news »
For his first TV role in three decades on FX's highly anticipated The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story, John Travolta went all out. "I decided to tackle it with a full-court press, if you will," the Oscar-nominated actor told reporters Saturday at the Television Critics Association winter press tour. In the 10-part anthology series exec produced by American Horror Story mastermind Ryan Murphy and The Hunger Games' Nina Jacobson, Travolta plays one of the many defense attorneys on Simpson's "dream team." In the role of Shapiro, the actor undergoes a physical transformation that
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- Kate Stanhope
'The Americans' Could End After Fifth or Sixth Season, Says Ep
9 hours ago | The Hollywood Reporter | See recent The Hollywood Reporter news »
The pressure is building in The Americans. When the FX spy drama starring Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys returns for a fourth season on March 16, it will largely focus on the threat of bioweapons and the Jenning’s big secret getting out. Executive producer Joel Fields, on hand at the Television Critics Association winter press tour to promote the series, suggested that he and creator Joe Weisberg are about two-thirds of the way through the story they want to tell. Fields acknowledged on stage that he isn’t sure how long the series will run. “What we do know is
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- Bryn Elise Sandberg
Why Ryan Murphy ‘Was So Fascinated’ by ‘Making a Murderer’
9 hours ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
Ryan Murphy, the executive producer of the FX anthology series “People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story,” admitted Saturday that he has been fascinated by another recent true crime story: “Making a Murderer.”” “I tore through those episodes over Christmas,” Murphy said at a TCA panel. “I was so fascinated with that show. And for me…you end up watching that show and you ask, ‘How is the judicial system so broken?’ When I was watching that show I wanted to talk to every juror and see inside the courtroom.” Brad Simpson, another executive producer on the project, echoed Murphy’s sentiment, »
- Joe Otterson
‘The People v. Oj Simpson’ EPs Explain Their ‘Little Sprinkling’ of Kardashian Kids
10 hours ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
Executive Producers on “The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story” are happy to have a few minutes of Kardashian kids on their upcoming FX miniseries — but certainly no more than that. “We thought it’d be valuable just to have them there for a little sprinkling,” executive producer and writer Scott Alexander said Saturday at the show’s Television Critics Association press junket. “They’re probably in no more than five minutes out of the 10 hours.” He added: “They were sort of emblematic of the sort of beginning of this era, when someone like Kato Kaelin or Faye Resnick would become. »
- Tony Maglio
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