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Robert Downey Jr. doubts there will be an 'Iron Man 4'
5 hours ago | Hitfix | See recent Hitfix news »
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?
21 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
23 hours ago | Deadline | See recent Deadline news »
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
23 hours ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
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’?
13 March 2016 3:35 PM, PDT | 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
‘Assassin’s Creed’ Movie Getting Expensive Pre-Order Bonuses
37 minutes ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
Throwing in pre-order bonuses and selling high-priced special editions are standard practice with new video game launches, but not so with theatrical movie releases. Ubisoft, being the publisher of the “Assassin’s Creed” video game series and producer of the Michael Fassbender-starring film adaptation, is pulling out the standard tricks in promoting the movie even as we sit nine months from its release. Also Read: 'Assassin's Creed' First Look at Michael Fassbender in Character, New Plot Details (Photo) In conjunction with Kernel, which has done a bit of this sort of thing previous with the “Point Break” remake in December and “The. »
- Phil Owen
Richard Del Belso, Film Industry Market Research Exec, Dies at 76
41 minutes ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
Warner Bros. Marketing executive Richard Del Belso died on March 5 at the age of 76. His husband, jazz singer and lyricist Mark Winkler, confirmed the news on Monday. Del Belso, who spent 25 years at the company working on every major release including four Best Picture winners “Chariots of Fire,” “Driving Miss Daisy,” “Unforgiven,” and “Million Dollar Baby,” died in his Los Angeles home following a year-long battle with lung cancer. “Richard was the best research guy I’ve ever come across,” former Warner Bros. Chairman Bob Daly said in a statement. “He was smart and thorough; he spoke his mind, and he was. »
- Reid Nakamura
SXSW: Nicolas Cage ‘Deeply Aware’ He’s an Internet Icon (Video)
45 minutes ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
It’s no secret that the Internet loves Nicolas Cage. The actor’s deep commitment to excitable, often distressed characters is fodder for countless memes and GIFs. And we mean countless. The directors and co-star of his latest effort, a pot-boiler called “The Trust” making the rounds at this year’s South By Southwest conference in the film block, visited TheWrap’s Austin, Texas, studio and revealed that Cage is more than in on the joke. “He’s deeply aware of that, and not afraid to talk about it. In a way, I think he does feel a sense of »
- Matt Donnelly
Brian Grazer, Ron Howard Call Sean Parker’s Screening Room ‘Only Solution’ for Movie Industry
51 minutes ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
Brian Grazer and Ron Howard are just two of the A-list filmmakers supporting Sean Parker and Prem Akkaraju’s Screening Room, a proposed service to offer new movies in the home for $50 on the same day they hit theaters. “When we met Sean and Prem last year it was clear Screening Room was the only solution that supports all stakeholders in the industry: exhibitors, studios and filmmakers,” Grazer and Howard said in a statement. “The Sr model is fair, balanced and provides significant value for the entire industry that we love. We make movies for the big screen and for. »
- Beatrice Verhoeven
Ron Howard, Brian Grazer Defend Sean Parker Home Movie Plan
51 minutes ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Brian Grazer and Ron Howard confirmed their involvement in Screening Room, saying that the controversial start-up aimed at providing new releases in the home is a way to bring theater owners and studios together.
Backed by Sean Parker and Prem Akkaraju, Screening Room rents films for $50 while they are still in theaters. Exhibitors have long resisted any attempt to shorten the length of time between a film’s theatrical debut and its release on home entertainment platforms, but Screening Room tries to entice theaters and studios by cutting them in on a slice of the revenue.
“When we met Sean and Prem last year it was clear Screening Room was the only solution that supports all stakeholders in the industry: exhibitors, studios and filmmakers,” Grazer and Howard said in a joint statement. “The Sr model is fair, balanced and provides significant value for the entire industry that we love. We »
- Brent Lang
Sean Parker Upended the Music Industry, Now He Wants to Do the Same for Movies
58 minutes ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
Sean Parker wants to help the film industry. And if history is any indication, the film industry might want to worry about that. Napster founder Sean Parker recently met with studios to drum up interest in his start-up Screening Room, which would offer first-run movies for home viewing on the day of their theatrical release for $50. The idea has already gained support from a handful of movie business bigwigs including Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson. Theoretically the service, still in a very nascent stage, would benefit movie theaters and distributors, which would each receive a $20 cut each time a »
- Tim Kenneally
Get lost in 'Brooklyn' all over again with this exclusive deleted scene
1 hour ago | Hitfix | See recent Hitfix news »
HitFix is pleased to debut this exclusive deleted scene from the Oscar-nominated drama Brooklyn, which stars Saoirse Ronan as an Irish woman whose past catches up with her after she immigrates to New York City and falls in love with a local. If you couldn't get enough of Ronan's performance the first time around, here's another morsel to chew over. Brooklyn is available now on Digital HD and will be out tomorrow on Blu-ray/DVD courtesy of Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment »
- HitFix Staff
FilMart: Taiwan’s MandarinVision Launches Int’l Sales Operation
1 hour ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Taiwan-based production firm MandarinVision has launched its own international sales operations. The new unit is unleashing two comedy films this week at Hong Kong’s FilMart.
Former Atom Cinema sales head, Desmond Yang has been appointed to oversee international sales. The company’s film development and production part is led by producer Yeh Jufeng.
Light-hearted comedy “Ace of Sales” is about a young female home shopping host, who is held hostage during a live show and becomes top sales person. “Ace” is directed by Cho Li, who previously directed 2015 Berlinale Panorama entry “Rice Bomber.”
“Godspeed” centers around a punk and a cab driver who are joined in an involuntary journey that changes their lives forever. Starring veteran Hong Kong comedian Michael Hui, the dark comedy is directed by Chung Mong-hong. Chung hit the headlines with “Parking” and “the Fourth Portrait. His horror film “Soul” was Taiwan’s contender for the 2013 Oscars foreign-language category. »
- Sonia Kil
FilMart: Lotte Launches Kim Han-min’s ‘The Hunt’
1 hour ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Lotte Entertainment, South Korea’s second largest vertically integrated film conglomerate, is launching action thriller “The Hunt” at this week’s FilMart. It is produced by Kim Han-min, director of “Roaring Currents,” the biggest film ever at the Korean box office.
The story sees a hunter risk his life to protect his village neighbors, who witness strange gold miners and find themselves in danger. Currently in post-production, the film stars veteran Ahn Sung-ki (“Revivre”) and in-demand supporting actor Cho Jin-woong (“Assassination”).
FilMart is Lotte’s 2016 sales market debut, having skipped Berlin’s European Film Market last month. And the company is keeping things tight with only a modest four titles on its Hong Kong slate.
Other titles included “The Last Princess” is Hur Jin-ho’s first Korean-language feature since 2009’s “A Good Rain Knows,” which it launched at last year’s Asian Film Market in Busan. The historical melodrama focuses on the life of Deok-hye, »
- Sonia Kil
Marwan Kenzari Joins Tom Cruise in ‘The Mummy’ Reboot
1 hour ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Marwan Kenzari has joined the cast of Universal’s “The Mummy” reboot starring Tom Cruise.
Annabelle Wallis and Sofia Boutella also star. The film is set to bow on June 9, 2017.
The studio tapped Alex Kurtzman and Chris Morgan last summer to help develop a monster universe for Universal with rebooted versions of the studio’s classic monster movies. Kurtzman is also on board to direct, and will produce alongside Morgan and Sean Daniel.
Jon Spaihts is penning the script. Plot details are vague other than the fact that the pic will be set in the present day, unlike the previous three installments starring Brendan Fraser.
Universal executive VP of production Jon Mone and VP of development Jay Polidoro will oversee the project for the studio.
Kenzari also has key roles in Terry George’s “The Promise” opposite Christian Bale and Oscar Isaac and MGM’s “Ben-Hur” retelling, which stars Jack Huston. »
- Justin Kroll
‘Birth of a Nation’s’ Nate Parker Writing Paralympic Wrestling Movie ‘Carry On’
1 hour ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
“The Birth of a Nation” filmmaker Nate Parker will write the movie adaptation of the inspirational wrestling story “Carry On.”
Walden Media will develop, finance and produce “Carry On,” based on Lisa Fenn’s upcoming memoir that’s due to be published by Harper Collins in August.
Parker wrote, directed and starred in “The Birth Of A Nation,” which debuted at Sundance in January and won the audience award and grand jury prize.
Apex Entertainment Co-Founder/President/CEO Mark Ciardi (“McFarland, USA”) and Identity Films Founder Anthony Mastromauro (“Louder Than Words”) will produce. Campbell McInnes will oversee for Apex and executive produce.
Fenn is an Espn producer who went back to her hometown of Cleveland in 2009 to pursue a story about two disabled wrestlers who attended an impoverished public high school. Dartanyon Crockett, legally blind yet the best wrestler on the team, would carry Leroy Sutton, who had lost both »
- Dave McNary
Johnny Depp: Donald Trump Is a Brat
1 hour ago | Rollingstone.com | See recent Rolling Stone news »
During a recent appearance at Arizona State University, Johnny Depp spoke candidly about his disdain for Donald Trump. The actor had previously imitated the frontrunner for the Gop's presidential nomination in a Funny or Die film.
Depp was part of a Q&A at Asu where he discussed his role in the comedy website's faux-biopic based on Trump's business book Art of the Deal. The Hollywood Vampires guitarist used the platform to condemn the real estate mogul-turned-politician. "It's not just about being a rich kid or anything like that," he said. »
Film Market Researcher Richard Del Belso Dies at 76
1 hour ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Richard Michael Del Belso, who helped revolutionize movie market research, died on March 5 after a yearlong battle with lung cancer. He was 76.
His death was confirmed by his husband, jazz singer and lyricist Mark Winkler.
He was born in Albany, N.Y. Del Belso attended Vincentian Institute where he was the valedictorian of his graduating class. He earned a Bachelor’s degree from Fordham University and a Master’s degree in industrial and organizational psychology from New York University School of Arts and Entertainment.
Del Belso began his career in the early 1970s in New York at Benton & Bowles before moving to Grey Advertising, where he handled aspects of major automobile and national brand packaged-goods campaigns.
In 1976, Universal Pictures brought him to Los Angeles as its research director. He worked on “Animal House,” “The Wiz,” “The Jerk,” “Coal Miner’s Daughter” and Oscar best picture winner “The Deer Hunter.”
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- Dave McNary
Anti-Trump Ad Is Just Things He Has Said About Women, Repeated by Women (Commentary)
1 hour ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
It seems like the best way to attack any politician is by using their own rhetoric against them. Old stump speeches, old voting records, old e-mails or campaign ads – just bundle them up and hand them to opposition candidates when you enter the presidential race, because nothing stays buried in the digital age. Today’s best act of self-sabotage comes by way of the Super Pac Our Principals, a conservative group that exists specifically to “prevent Donald Trump from hijacking our great Party.” In an ad called “Quotes,” a handful of women read remarks that Donald Trump has made »
- Tim Molloy
‘11.22.63’ Episode 5 Recap: Jake Bears All in ‘The Truth’
1 hour ago | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »
Spoiler warning: Do not read on unless you’ve seen “11.22.63,” episode 5, titled “The Truth.”
Episode five begins right where episode four left off: Sadie confronting Jake after finding a recording in his basement of Oswald and Marina speaking Russian.
Sadie makes a pretty wild first leap after finding the recording. “Everything you say is a lie,” she tells him as Jake tries to explain. While that’s mostly true, Sadie may have skipped a few steps between finding a recording of a couple speaking Russian and accusing Jake of being a serial liar. Though her experience with previous men, namely Johnny Clayton, has put her justifiably on edge and she has no time for questionable character. She storms off before Jake can explain.
The next day Jake finds out that Sadie spilled the beans on his Russian recording to Principal Deke. Between this and the brothel incident, Deke invokes the »
- Jacob Bryant
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