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Dr. Dre's Exes, Michel'le and Dee Barnes, Speak Out on Abusive Past Not Being Shown in Straight Outta Compton
6 hours ago | E! Online | See recent E! Online news »
Straight Outta Compton was greeted with massive success over opening weekend. Not only did the movie release to some pretty rave reviews, but it slaughtered the box office, blowing the competition out of the water with a $56.1 million haul. However, there are some who have their own issues with the biopic, which follows rap group N.W.A.'s rise to fame, and they're not afraid to speak on it. We're talking about two of Dr. Dre's exes, Michel'le Toussaint and Dee Barnes, who have shared their thoughts and criticism of the film for failing to recognize their respective abusive relationships with the now-billionaire producer. Michel'le, an early 90's R&B singer and »
U.N.C.L.E.: Will International Moviegoers Save WB's Domestic Box Office Flop?
8 hours ago | Alt Film Guide | See recent Alt Film Guide news »
'The Man from U.N.C.L.E.' 2015: Henry Cavill and Armie Hammer. 'The Man from U.N.C.L.E.' movie is a domestic box office bomb: Will it be saved by international filmgoers? Directed by Sherlock Holmes' Guy Ritchie and toplining Man of Steel star Henry Cavill and The Lone Ranger costar Armie Hammer, the Warner Bros. release The Man from U.N.C.L.E. has been a domestic box office disaster, performing about 25 percent below – already quite modest – expectations. (See also: “'The Man from U.N.C.L.E.' Movie: Bigger Box Office Flop Than Expected.”) This past weekend, the $80 million-budget The Man from U.N.C.L.E. collected a meager $13.42 million from 3,638 North American theaters, averaging $3,689 per site. After five days out, the big-screen reboot of the popular 1960s television series starring Robert Vaughn and David McCallum has taken in a mere $16.77 million. For comparison's sake: »
- Zac Gille
‘Compton’ To Live Large In Second Weekend As It Towers Over Three – Box Office Preview
13 hours ago | Deadline | See recent Deadline news »
Three new R-rated wide entries this weekend aren’t going to stop Universal/Legendary’s Straight Outta Compton‘s joyride at No. 1. The film is expected to decline 50%, most likely softer, from its $60.2M opening. Compton‘s momentum hasn’t ebbed one bit, racking up $7.3M Tuesday, a 2% dip from its Monday take of $7.46M. Through five days, the F. Gary Gray-directed film stands at $74.9M. With soft weekends ahead as adults head out on vacation, the anticipation is that Compto… »
Nerd Alert: Mad Max GoKart Paintball War and Kingsman Honest Trailer
14 hours ago | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »
Welcome to today's edition of Nerd Alert, where we have all the quirky, nerdy news that you crave in one convenient spot. What do we have in store for you on this wondrous Wednesday? Kingsman: The Secret Service gets an honest trailer, fans spot a baseball inaccuracy in Straight Outta Compton and Jurassic World gets the Lego treatment. We also explore the evolution of Star Wars prequel costumes. But first, it's the Mad Max GoKart Paintball War! Sit back, relax and check out all that today's Nerd Alert has to offer.
Mad Max: Fury Road GoKart Paintball War!
To promote their upcoming Mad Max: Fury Road video game, WB Games has teamed up with YouTube star Devin Super Tramp to create a wonderful new short film that reimagines George Miller's modern classic with go-karts and paintball guns. We also have a behind-the-scenes video that shows how they made all of these go-karts. »
- MovieWeb
‘Straight Outta Compton’ Will Cruise Past Trio of Newcomers at Weekend Box Office
14 hours ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
Any doubt that “Straight Outta Compton” is not your typical hip-hip movie should be erased this weekend, when the R-rated tale of the gangsta rap group N.W.A is expected to steamroll Friday’s three wide openers for its second consecutive triumph. The F. Gary Gray-directed “Straight Outta Compton” will take in roughly $30 million over the three days, analysts project. That should be more than enough to put away the Jason Blum-produced horror film “Sinister 2” from Focus Features and Gramercy Pictures and Fox’s “Hitman: Agent 47,” a thriller starring Rupert Friend and Zachary Quinto, which »
- Todd Cunningham
Box Office: ‘Straight Outta Compton’ Will Dwarf ‘Hitman: Agent 47,’ ‘American Ultra’
14 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
“Straight Outta Compton” could move from gold to platinum territory in its second weekend of release.
The rap drama from Universal and Legendary will continue to dominate the box office, earning an estimated $30 million and pushing its domestic haul past the $100 million mark. That’s a nice return, considering the fact that producing the N.W.A biopic only set the partners back $29 million. To capitalize on the strong word of mouth, the film will add more than 200 theaters to its current crop of 2,757 locations.
With its unstinting look at urban poverty, “Straight Outta Compton” may be the year’s most unorthodox blockbuster. Its continued success could spell trouble for a trio of new releases hoping to make a splash during the dog days of summer.
Of these new entrants, “Sinister 2,” a micro-budget horror venture from Blumhouse and Focus Features, should be the least impacted. The sequel to 2012’s “Sinister” should pull in $15 million, »
- Brent Lang
Jurassic World Writer Hired To Fix King Kong: Skull Island
15 hours ago | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »
Derek Connolly, one of Colin Trevorrow.s frequent collaborators, helped make Jurassic World the third highest-grossing movie of all time in co-writing the script. Can he bring the same magic touch to another island full of monsters? According to The Hollywood Reporter, Connolly has been tapped to work on the script for Kong: Skull Island, a prequel of sorts to the story of King Kong. A handful of writers worked on the script previously . Max Borenstein of Godzilla, John Gatins of Flight, and Dan Gilroy of Nightcrawler . though the trade states that Connolly.s role is to perform "some late minute work." Marvel star Tom Hiddleston and Short Term 12.s Brie Larson are headlining the creature feature alongside Corey Hawkins, who recently starred as Dr. Dre in Straight Outta Compton. In addition to the script, the casting underwent a few shakeups. Birdman.s Michael Keaton and Whiplash.s J. »
25 Fall Movies We’re Dying to See: From ‘Everest’ to ‘The Hateful Eight’
17 hours ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
A storm of fall movies is coming our way, and the lineup looks pretty impressive. From highly anticipated big-budget epics like “Everest” and “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” to smaller films such as “Truth,” there is something on the movie roster for everyone. Here, TheWrap narrows down the 25 titles with that have left us tingling with anticipation — and ready to pre-order our tickets. Also Read: Ice Cube on Why N.W.A Biopic 'Straight Outta Compton' Was Almost Doa in Hollywood (Video) Warner Bros. “Black Mass” Cast: Johnny Depp, Dakota Johnson, Joel Edgerton, Benedict Cumberbatch, Corey Stoll, »
- Wrap Film Team
Giveaway – Win Straight Outta Compton merchandise!
17 hours ago | Flickeringmyth | See recent Flickeringmyth news »
To celebrate the release of the N.W.A. biopic Straight Outta Compton – which opens here in the UK next Friday, August 28th – we’ve got a merchandise pack to give away, which includes a T-shirt, Jacket, and Record Bag.
See Also: Read our review of Straight Outta Compton here
In the mid-1980s, the streets of Compton, California, were some of the most dangerous in the country. When five young men translated their experiences growing up into brutally honest music that rebelled against abusive authority, they gave an explosive voice to a silenced generation. Following the meteoric rise and fall of N.W.A., “Straight Outta Compton” tells the astonishing story of how these youngsters revolutionized music and pop culture forever the moment they told the world the truth about life in the hood and ignited a cultural war.
The competition closes at midnight on Sunday, September 6th. UK readers only please. To enter, »
- Gary Collinson
Jurassic World screenwriter swaps dinosaurs for Kong: Skull Island
18 hours ago | Flickeringmyth | See recent Flickeringmyth news »
Jurassic World co-writer Derek Connolly is swapping dinosaurs for giant apes as the screenwriter has been brought on to work on Kong: Skull Island, reports The Hollywood Reporter.
Connolly, who also worked with Jurassic World director Colin Trevorrow on Safety Not Guaranteed, has been brought onto Kong to do some last minute tweaks on the script, with the film currently midway through casting and pre-production. Dan Gilroy (Nightcrawler), Max Borenstein (Godzilla) and John Gatins (Flight) previously worked on the script.
See Also: Casting call for Kong: Skull Island suggests it is a sequel to Peter Jackson’s film
Tom Hiddleston (The Avengers), Brie Larson (Short Term 12) and Corey Hawkins (Straight Outta Compton) have already signed on to the film, with rumours last month suggesting Samuel L. Jackson (Pulp Fiction), John C. Reilly (Step Brothers) and Tom Wilkinson (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind) are in line to join the cast, »
- Scott J. Davis
Straight Outta Compton isn't actually showing in Compton
21 hours ago | Digital Spy | See recent Digital Spy - Movie News news »
Nwa biopic Straight Outta Compton hit big at the Us box office this weekend ($67 million and counting), but residents of the California city won't actually be able to see it.
The reason? Compton itself doesn't actually have any cinemas. Dr Dre and Ice Cube fans will have to journey 4 miles east to Paramount's Bianchi Stadium theatre to witness their city depicted on-screen.
USC professor of sociology Manuel Pastor told CBS Los Angeles that Compton is "a low-income area, it's been heavily dis-invested in".
"When you live in a community that doesn't have that kind of retail, it's a sign that the community is devalued and people within the community feel devalued," Pastor said.
However, plans are underway to bring an entertainment district to the city, complete with a 16-screen multiplex cinema.
Dre, a co-producer on the film, will also donate royalties from his tie-in album Compton to fund an arts »
Ava DuVernay’s tweets about ‘Straight Outta Compton’ are worth checking out
19 August 2015 12:08 AM, PDT | SoundOnSight | See recent SoundOnSight news »
Growing up, I was a huge fan of hip-hop and a huge fan of Nwa. I still am, and I even still rock my Oakland Raiders jacket from time to time. Needless to say, I was highly anticipating Straight Outta Compton, and thankfully the movie didn’t disappoint. While the movie isn’t perfect, it is still one of the best biopics I’ve seen in quite some time and a film built to last, thanks to the confident direction, and engaging performances from a terrific cast.
Ava DuVernay, who’s best known for her work as a director and screenwriter of such films as Middle of Nowhere (which won her the Best Director Prize at the Sundance film festival), and more recently Selma (making her the first African-American female director to be nominated for a Golden Globe Award), recently took to Twitter to express her feelings about director F. Gary Gray’s Nwa bio-pic. »
- Ricky
The Muppets Lip Sync N.W.A’s ‘Express Yourself’ (Video)
18 August 2015 5:41 PM, PDT | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
Ever wondered what one of N.W.A’s biggest hits would look like if it was rapped by the Muppets? Well now is your chance to find out. While the biopic “Straight Outta Compton” is dominating the box office, Kermit the Frog and Fozzie Bear are recreating one of the groundbreaking hip-hop group’s biggest hits, “Express Yourself,” by way of cleverly edited footage from their own hit film, 1979’s “The Muppet Movie.” Fozzie proves he is a genuine gangsta rapping lines originally performed by Dr. Dre, with additional lyrics from Ice Cube and Mc Ren, as M.W. »
- Debbie Emery
‘Jurassic World’ Scribe to Do Polish on ‘Skull Island’
18 August 2015 4:37 PM, PDT | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
After helping to reboot “The Jurassic Park” franchise for Legendary and Universal, scribe Derek Connolly is now helping touch up another classic.
The “Jurassic World” co-writer has come on to do a polish on Legendary’s “Kong: Skull Island” script. Tom Hiddleston and Brie Larson star in the film, which is directed by Jordan Vogt-Roberts. “Straight Outta Compton” star Corey Hawkins also recently joined the cast.
Story is a new telling of the “King Kong” story and sees a team of explorers who venture into the mysterious island that is also the home of Kong. Samuel L. Jackson is circling another role in the tentpole.
Connolly joins a list of scribes tied to “King Kong.” Max Borenstein, John Gatins and Dan Gilroy previously worked on the script.
“King Kong” is set to bow on Mar. 10, 2017 with production set to start in the first quarter of 2016.
Legendary’s Thomas Tull and »
- Justin Kroll
You Can't Actually See Straight Outta Compton In Compton
18 August 2015 3:20 PM, PDT | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »
Straight Outta Compton has made quite a large impact since hitting cinemas on Friday. And while cities across the United States are currently reveling in the on-screen antics of Ice Cube, Eazy-e, Dr Dre, DJ Yella, and Mc Ren, there is one place that hasn.t been able to see the film yet. Almost cruelly, that place is Compton itself, because the Los Angeles neighborhood doesn.t actually have a cinema in which it can play. The F. Gary Gray-directed film is primarily set in the titular region, which is situated just south of downtown La and has a population of around 95,000 people. You.re probably wondering how such a large hub doesn.t have one cinema. Well, according to Manuel Pastor, a USC professor of sociology talking to CBS News, the lack of a cinema is because the area is a "low income area" that has "been heavily »
Dr. Dre Abuse Victim Dee Barnes: Compton Director Had a Good Reason to Hide Misogyny
18 August 2015 3:13 PM, PDT | Vulture | See recent Vulture news »
While the state violence endured by black men is a narrative that runs throughout the N.W.A biopic Straight Outta Compton, the real-life violence women experience at the hands of men — specifically, at the hands of Dr. Dre — is conspicuously missing. Dee Barnes, the former host of Fox hip-hop show Pump It Up! and one of Dr. Dre's victims, watched the film and wrote an essay for Gawker addressing the missing piece of the story line. "That event isn’t depicted in Straight Outta Compton," she says of Dre's attack on her in an L.A. nightclub in 1991. "But I don’t think it should have been, either. The truth is too ugly for a general audience. I didn’t want to see a depiction of me getting beat up, just like I didn’t want to see a depiction of Dre beating up Michel’le, his one-time girlfriend. »
- E. Alex Jung
Carl Sagan, Aretha Franklin Films Move Forward
18 August 2015 3:05 PM, PDT | Dark Horizons | See recent Dark Horizons news »
Two legends of very different fields are getting biopics.
First up, Variety reports that Warner Bros. Pictures are developing an untitled drama about legendary late astrophysicist Carl Sagan who hosted the original "Cosmos" series.
Specifics of what parts of his life the film would cover are being kept under wraps. Zach Dean ("Deadfall") penned the script while Lynda Obst and Sagan's widow Ann Druyan are producing.
Meanwhile The Wrap reports that Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson is in discussions to play Aretha Franklin in a biopic from producer Scott Bernstein ("Straight Outta Compton") for his Smb Films banner.
The film will deal with the famed singer's rise to fame in the 1960s and 1970s and delve into her relationship with her abusive ex-husband Ted White.
Hudson has not been officially cast as there is no deal in place as yet, but a rep has confirmed that conversations have taken place. »
- Garth Franklin
Dr. Dre, Ice Cube Want Out of Suge Knight-Related Wrongful Death Suit
18 August 2015 12:12 PM, PDT | Rollingstone.com | See recent Rolling Stone news »
Dr. Dre and Ice Cube have filed a motion asking a judge to remove them as defendants in a wrongful death lawsuit, stemming from the incident when rap mogul Suge Knight ran over and killed a man named Terry Carter earlier this year. The suit, which Carter's widow Lilian filed in June, alleged that the N.W.A rappers should be held accountable for the incidents that led up to the Compton businessman's death. The rappers and current Rolling Stone cover stars claim, however, that they "did not create undue risks for anyone, »
Dr. Dre and Ice Cube Want Out of ‘Straight Outta Compton’ Wrongful Death Lawsuit
18 August 2015 11:16 AM, PDT | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
Dr. Dre and Ice Cube are asking to be dropped from a wrongful death lawsuit stemming from a deadly incident that occurred during promotional shooting for the N.W.A biopic “Straight Outta Compton,” according to legal papers obtained by TheWrap. Dr. Dre (real name: Andre Young) and Ice Cube (O’Shea Jackson, Sr.) have filed a demurrer in the suit, claiming that they are free of wrongdoing in the January incident, during which disgraced former rap mogul Marion “Suge” Knight allegedly ran down Terry Carter and Cle “Bone” Sloan with his vehicle, killing Carter and injuring Sloan. In the demurrer, »
- Tim Kenneally
FX Snaps Up TV Rights To Straight Outta Compton
18 August 2015 10:33 AM, PDT | We Got This Covered | See recent We Got This Covered news »
Fresh off of a record-breaking opening weekend in the United States, where F. Gary Gray’s acclaimed rap drama stormed to $60.2 million, FX has locked down the TV premiere rights for Straight Outta Compton.
Striking while the iron is hot, it’s understood that the network also secured rights to Christopher McQuarrie’s chart-topping blockbuster Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation, Jurassic World, Minions and Universal’s billion-dollar baby, Furious 7, while Trainwreck, Adam Sandler’s derided Pixels, Terminator: Genisys, Ted 2, Pitch Perfect 2, Taken 3, Kingsman: The Secret Service, Spy and Home will also make their televised bow through FX.
Going off of Straight Outta Compton‘s strong domestic debut, not to mention its strong word of mouth, one of the network’s major coups is undoubtedly Gray’s hard-hitting biopic. Orbiting around N.W.A.’s defining rise to prominence in the late 80s, the film is a revelatory and timely »
- Michael Briers
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