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Robert Downey Jr. doubts there will be an 'Iron Man 4'
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It looks like Iron Man won’t be flying solo again any time soon. In an recent interview with USA Today, Robert Downey Jr. said that the billionaire industrialist/superhero he’s played in three highly-successful movies probably won’t see a fourth film with him behind the mask. When asked about another in the series, Downey Jr. said, “I don’t think that’s in the cards.” He added, “In a way it’s Cap 3, but for me it’s like my little Iron Man 4 and then it's back to the thing we all recognize. Everything pulls over to the side of the road when the thunder of an Avengers thing comes through because that’s how it is until it changes. If it changes." Since the Iron Man movie franchise began in 2008, the films have grossed nearly $2.5 billion. Downey Jr. has also brought the armored suit and his »
- David Eckstein
What has 'The Walking Dead' done to its best character?
18 hours ago | Hitfix | See recent Hitfix news »
A review of tonight's The Walking Dead coming up just as soon as I want to be the coffee beans... "The Same Boat" did a lot of very smart and necessary things, continuing the creative roll Walking Dead has been on since we moved past all the stupidity of the fall half-season. On a pure episodic level, it was a simple but tense hour of Maggie and Carol matching wits and wills against the handful of Saviors who had captured them. Keep It Simple, Stupid isn't a rule that saves this show from its worse creative impulses, but this was clean and taut and a good showcase for Melissa McBride and guest star Alicia Witt as Paula. For budget reasons, the show sometimes has to pare things down in terms of both actors featured and the scope of the story to accommodate bigger episodes like the mid-season premiere; more often than not these days, »
- Alan Sepinwall
‘Allegiant’ Pledges $26.7M; ‘Zootopia’ Hops With $83M 5th Frame – Intl B.O. Update
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2nd Update, 4:40 PM PT: After being edged out for the top spot last week by the now-embattled Hong Kong actioner Ip Man 3, Zootopia claimed No. 1 international box office bragging rights this frame — thanks in large part to China. In its 2nd week of PROC release, the Disney charmer jumped 139% from last session's opening in what is a rare feat in that market. With a $56.5M weekend, the Middle Kingdom total is now $109M, setting the film on a potential path to becoming the… »
Steven Spielberg, Peter Jackson Face Down Studios and Theater Owners Over Screening Room
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Seventeen years after he shook up the music industry by co-founding Napster, Sean Parker is trying to disrupt the movie industry with Screening Room, a service that aims to offer new movies in the home for $50 on the same day they hit theaters. Parker has enlisted the support of nearly a dozen industry heavyweights, including directors Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson, but most exhibitors remain opposed to the idea, and studios aren’t quite sure what to make of it given their different business models. Spielberg, Jackson and fellow A-listers J.J. Abrams, Martin Scorsese, Ron Howard, Brian Grazer and Frank Marshall. »
- Jeff Sneider
How Much Is the Best Picture Oscar Really Worth to ‘Spotlight’?
21 hours ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
After winning the Best Picture award for Spotlight two weeks ago, domestic distributor Open Road Films and foreign distributor eOne have earned far more than mere bragging rights. “Spotlight” has taken in roughly $4.8 million — almost 11 percent of its $43 million total domestic box office haul — since its triumph on Feb. 28. And overseas, where eOne shepherded post-Oscar expansions in more than 30 foreign markets, the film added another $3.7 million this weekend, lifting its foreign grosses to $38.2 million. That means that the R-rated drama about the Boston Globe’s uncovering of the Catholic Church sex abuse scandal has grossed »
- Todd Cunningham
What TV Can Learn From ‘The 100’ Mess
33 minutes ago | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »
Spoiler warning: Do not read if you haven’t seen “The 100” season 3, episode 7, titled “Thirteen.”
If you wanted to come up with a playbook for how to handle TV promotion and publicity in the age of social media, a few of the major rules might look like this:
Don’t mislead fans or raise their hopes unrealistically. Don’t promote your show as an ideal proponent of a certain kind of storytelling, and then drop the ball in a major way with that very element of your show. When things go south, don’t pretend nothing happened. Understand that in this day and age, promotion is a two-way street: The fans that flock to your show and help raise its profile can just as easily walk away if they are disappointed or feel they’ve been manipulated.
It all sounds like common sense, right? Except that “The 100” managed »
- Maureen Ryan
‘Orphan Black’ Season 4 Trailer Teases Delphine’s Fate
35 minutes ago | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »
The new trailer for “Orphan Black” season four is punctuated by Sarah’s screams and baby talk.
The latest video also teases Delphine’s fate, hinting that Evelyne Brochu’s character may be alive, after all. A shot of her employee personnel record shows her status as “suspended” instead of “deceased.”
Emmy-nominated actress Tatiana Maslany returns for a fourth season of BBC America’s hit show, which premieres on a new night — Thursday, April 14 at 7 p.m. Pt.
The new installment in the series finds clones Sarah, Alison, Helena and Cosima (all played by Maslany) settling into normalcy after facing extermination last season. Sarah is reunited with her foster mom Mrs. S (Maria Doyle Kennedy), daughter Kira (Skyler Wexler) and clone original Kendall Malone. Alison, meanwhile, is enjoying the spoils of the drug trade with her husband Donnie (Kristian Bruun). Cosima, on the other hand, is hard at work finding a cure for her illness. »
- Lamarco McClendon
Outrage Watch: Is it wrong to be entertained by 'The People v. O.J. Simpson'?
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Welcome to Outrage Watch, HitFix's semi-regular rundown of entertainment-related kerfuffles. Not feeling anxious enough already? Get your fix of righteous indignation below, and stay posted for outrage updates throughout the week. The People v. O.J. Simpson has won critical acclaim and become a ratings hit for FX, but at least two people in America aren't singing its praises: Fred and Kim Goldman, father and sister of Ron Goldman, whose murder alongside Nicole Brown Simpson kicked off the most sensational court case of all time. "I don’t know what the probative value is of the show," says Kim Goldman in a preview clip from Tuesday's episode of Steve Harvey (embedded below). "It’s everywhere all over again and people are, ‘Oh, the acting is riveting and this is such a great plot line,’ and I’m thinking, ‘These are murders.'” Goldman added that the show has "ripped the Band-Aid »
- Chris Eggertsen
John Boyega Delivers ‘Star Wars’ Toys to Children at a London Hospital
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In costume as Finn,”Star Wars: The Force Awakens” actor John Boyega paid a visit to the children at the Royal London Hospital Friday.
With the help of two young patients dressed as Rey and a stormtrooper, Boyega distributed “Star Wars” toys to the kids on behalf of the Rays of Sunshine Children’s Charity. The miniature stormtrooper, a five-year-old boy diagnosed with a brain tumor, was granted his wish of meeting Boyega’s character and helping him deliver toys to other children at the hospital.
“When I heard about Daniel’s wish to meet Finn, I jumped at the chance to make it come true,” Boyega told Belfast Telegraph. “It was fantastic to be a part of his very special wish with Rays of Sunshine [and] it was also great to meet the children at The Royal London Hospital and be a part of something so positive.”
Boyega documented special moments from the hospital visit, »
- Alyssa Sage
‘Shadowhunters’ Renewed for Season 2 by Freeform
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“Shadowhunters” will return for a second season on Freeform, the show’s cast announced on Monday. “We have some very special news for you guys,” series star Katherine McNamara said in a live Facebook chat with fans. “We are all here as a team to announce that we are picked up for Season 2 of ‘Shadowhunters.'” The Ya fantasy drama based on Cassandra Clare’s popular “The Mortal Instruments” series of novels is currently in the midst of its first season run, which will wrap on April 15. Also read: Wrapid Fire: 'Shadowhunters' Star Dominic Sherwood Talks Runes, Costumes »
- Reid Nakamura
Ratings: Wgn America’s ‘Underground’ Premiere Sets Network Record
1 hour ago | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »
Wgn America’s new drama “Underground” got off to a great ratings start last week, with time-shifting and encores helping it to become the network’s most-watched original scripted entertainment program to date.
In Nielsen’s “live plus-3” estimates, the regular-timeslot debut of the period drama about a group of slaves planning a 600-mile escape from a Georgia plantation averaged 2.3 million total viewers, including 985,000 adults 25-54 (0.83 national rating) — roughly 10 times the network’s primetime average season-to-date. It grew from its same-day averages by 60% in total viewers (from 1.42 million) and by 68% in the demo (from 585,000 or 0.49 rating).
The 2.3 million viewers in L+3 for its regular timeslot premiere puts “Underground” ahead of numerous recent high-profile premieres. It outdrew, for example, Showtime’s “Billions” by 54%, HBO’s “Vinyl” by 105%, Starz’ “Ash vs. Evil Dead” by 256% and FX’s “Baskets” by 30%.
When including three encores last Wednesday, “Underground’s” totals rose to 3.5 million total »
- Rick Kissell
Lu Chuan to Direct Adaptation of Peter Hessler’s ‘River Town’
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Chinese director Lu Chuan is attached to helm and produce Tristine Skyler’s adaptation of the award-winning memoir “River Town” by Peter Hessler.
Jamie Gordon and Courtney Potts of Fugitive Films are producing.
“River Town” depicts a celebrated American writer’s journey to China for the long-awaited Chinese publication of his first book, triggering memories from twenty years earlier when he taught English literature to Chinese college students while on the brink of a nation’s unprecedented change.
Chuan is one of China’s most well known filmmakers, known for such films as “The Missing Gun,” “Kekexili: Mountain Patrol,” “City of Life and Death” and “The Last Supper.” Most recently, Chuan directed “Chronicles of the Ghostly Tribe,” which grossed $106 million Usd in mainland China within its first weeks of release. He is currently in post-production on “Born In China” for Disneynature, which will be released this summer in China and April 2017 in the U. »
- Justin Kroll
Brazil’s Globosat Acquires Canal Plus’ ‘Spotless’ From Studiocanal
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Recently airing on NBC Universal’s Esquire Network, the Studiocanal-sold crime dramedy “Spotless,” a Canal Plus Original Series produced by Tandem Productions, has been licensed to Brazilian TV giant Globo’s pay TV service Globosat, the biggest cable-satellite operator in the country.
Tandem’s first production for Canal Plus after it was purchased in January 2012, by Studiocanal, owned in turn by Vivendi’s Canal Plus Group – an early example of synergies within Vivendi companies. “Spotless” also marks a new step in Canal Plus’ international production of original content, as Fabrice de la Patelliere, director of French drama and co-productions at Canal Plus said when “Spotless” was announced at 2014’s Mip TV in April 2014.
With Vivendi looking to broaden dramatically its talent base and boost a show’s lure far outside its native France, that international drive is instanced by cast – star Marc-Andre Grondin (“C.R.A.Z.Y.”) is Canadian, »
- John Hopewell
‘Holidays’ Horror Anthology Grabbed for Release In Advance of Tribeca Film Festival Premiere
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“Holidays,” the horror anthology that includes material from Kevin Smith, has been picked up for a day-and-date release from Vertical Entertainment and Xyz Films, an acquisition made in advance of the feature’s premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival April 14.
Vertical and Xyz will capitalize on the publicity from the debut screening at Tribeca to release the movie on digital and VOD April 15, with a limited theatrical release set for April 22.
The collection of stories in “Holidays” put a scary spin on annual holidays like Halloween, Valentine’s Day, Labor Day and Mother’s Day. The team of directors involved includes Smith, Gary Shore, Scott Stewart and Sarah Adina Smith. John Hegeman’s Distant Corner Entertainment produces with Xyz.
At Tribeca, “Holidays” will open the Midnight section of genre films. The festival’s Virtual Arcade area of new-media programming will also include virtual reality offering “H0lidays: Christmas Vr,” which »
- Gordon Cox
‘People v. Oj Simpson’ Blasted by Ron Goldman’s Family (Video)
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Ron Goldman’s father and sister apparently aren’t among the many fans of FX’s “The People v. Oj Simpson.” Fred Goldman and Kim Goldman are appearing on “Steve Harvey” on Tuesday, and a preview snippet reveals that they’re not happy with their family tragedy playing out all over again on the small screen. Kim Goldman, in particular, compared the experience to having “gallons of salt” poured in a newly re-opened wound. Also Read: Sarah Paulson on 'Outrageous' Sexism Marcia Clark Faced During Oj Simpson Trial “I don’t know what the probative value is of the show. »
- Tim Kenneally
Emmy Awards 2016 Best Movie/Mini Actress preview: Top 24 Users predict Sarah Paulson, Kirsten Dunst ...
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Having trouble narrowing down this year's crop of Emmy contenders to the six that'll earn Best Movie/Mini Actress nominations? Well, look no further than last year's Top 24 Users, the two-dozen contest entrants who did the best predicting 2015's Emmy nominations. They are now showcased in a league to forecast who will earn nominations on July 14. Scroll down to see their picks for Best Movie/Mini Actress and then make your own using our easy drag-and-drop menu at the bottom of this post. -Break- Subscribe to Gold Derby Breaking News Alerts & Experts’ Latest Oscar Predictions 1. Sarah Paulson ("The People v. O.J. Simpson") - 3/1 odds to earn nomination Paulson has been nominated at the Emmys for the last four years in a row, and 2016 is likely to be her fifth. She could be nominated for both "American Horror Story: Hotel" and "The People v. O.J. Simpson," but it's the latter anthology, »
Emmy Awards 2016 Best Movie/Mini Actor preview: Top 24 Users predict Bryan Cranston, Courtney B. Vance ...
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Having trouble narrowing down this year's crop of Emmy contenders to the six that'll earn Best Movie/Mini Actor nominations? Well, look no further than last year's Top 24 Users, the two-dozen contest entrants who did the best predicting 2015's Emmy nominations. They are now showcased in a league to forecast who will earn nominations on July 14. Scroll down to see their picks for Best Movie/Mini Actor and then make your own using our easy drag-and-drop menu at the bottom of this post. -Break- Subscribe to Gold Derby Breaking News Alerts & Experts’ Latest Oscar Predictions 1. Bryan Cranston ("All the Way") - 3/1 odds to earn nomination Cranston has had a very good decade. After winning six Emmys for "Breaking Bad" (four acting, two producing) and a Tony for "All the Way," he began this year with an Oscar nomination for "Trumbo." Now, Cranston is en route to winning Emmy #7 for the »
‘Holidays’ Horror Anthology Unveils Trailer, Distributor, Release Date (Video)
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Vertical Entertainment and Xyz Films are partnering on the global release of the horror anthology film “Holidays,” which will have its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 14, the companies announced Monday. Vertical and Xyz will coordinate a global day-and-date release, which will begin the next day on April 15 with worldwide digital and VOD platforms, followed by a targeted U.S. theatrical release on April 22. This will be one of the first global launches of a day-and-date independent film campaign following a festival world premiere. Produced by John Hegeman’s Distant Corners Entertainment in association with Xyz Films, »
- Jeff Sneider
Peter Gallagher Cast in NBC’s ‘Cruel Intentions’ Revival (Exclusive)
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Peter Gallagher has been cast in NBC’s revival of “Cruel Intentions,” Variety has learned exclusively.
“The O.C.” alum joins Sarah Michelle Gellar as a series regular in the pilot. One of the biggest casting announcements this pilot season, Gellar is reprising her role as Kathryn Merteuil in the TV adaptation of the ’90s film.
NBC’s “Cruel Intentions” kicks off 15 years after the film ended, centering around Gellar’s all-grown-up Kathryn, as she vies for control of Valmont International as well as the soul of Bash Casey (newcomer Taylor John Smith), the son of the late Sebastian Valmont (the character that was played by Ryan Phillippe in the original film) and Annette Hargrove (the character played by Reese Witherspoon). Upon discovering his late father’s legacy in a hidden journal, Bash is introduced to a world of sex, money, power and corruption he never could have imagined.
Gallagher will play Edward Valmont, »
- Elizabeth Wagmeister
Fox’s ‘Rocky Horror Picture Show’ Casts Ivy Levan as Usherette
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Fox has cast Ivy Levan in its “Rocky Horror Picture Show” live musical. She’ll play Usherette, who bookends the show with performances. Levan will join the previously announced Laverne Cox, Victoria Justice, Adam Lambert, Christina Milian, Tim Curry, Ryan McCartan, Reeve Carney, Staz Nair, Annaleigh Ashford and Ben Vereen. Levan is a Los Angeles-based singer, songwriter and actress originally from Bentonville, Ark. Levan released her debut album, “No Good,” in August 2015. Also Read: Michael White, 'Rocky Horror,' 'Monty Python' Producer, Dies at 80 “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” hails from Fox 21 Television Studios and The Jackal Group. Lou Adler, »
- Tony Maglio
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