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‘Folk Hero & Funny Guy’ Exclusive Clip: Two Guys, A Girl & A Very Awkward Hook Up
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Actor Jeff Grace makes his directorial feature debut with Folk Hero & Funny Guy, a Tribeca Film Festival offering starring Girls‘ Alex Karpovsky, Wyatt Russell (Everybody Wants Some!!) and Men at Work actress Meredith Hagner. Karpovsky plays Paul, a middling standup comedian recently recently dumped by his girlfriend. Childhood pal and successful folk rock musician Jason (Russell, real-life son of Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn) scoops up Paul as a ridealong on the singer’s… »
‘The Huntsman: Winter’s War’ Waging $21.3M Weekend In Offshore Bow – Intl Box Office
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Universal’s sequel to 2012’s Snow White And The Huntsman is opening in 18 international territories this weekend ahead of its domestic debut on April 22. On Friday, The Huntsman: Winter’s War chopped down $4M for an early overseas total of $15M. That puts the weekend at an estimated $21.3M through Sunday. Across the bows, the film opened No. 1 in the UK, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Vietnam and Mexico. Competition in international… »
Why ‘Boss’ Is A Warning Sign For Melissa McCarthy’s B.O. Machine, Even If It Taps ‘Batman V Superman’ On The Chin
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3Rd Write Thru, 9:20Am Saturday: As of this morning, Universal’s R-rated comedy The Boss is literally drawing a line in the sand with Warner Bros.’ Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice with each looking at a projected weekend of $21.8M as they wrestle for No. 1. Both are coming in toward the lower end of expectations, and part of that has to do with spring breaks in slowdown mode. ComScore says 15% of all schools were out yesterday, down from 30% a week ago, while 4% will… »
Melissa McCarthy & Ben Falcone’s Next Project Is ‘Life Of The Party’
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Melissa McCarthy and Ben Falcone have set up their next film, the comedy Life of the Party, their second for New Line which, like their current The Boss out this weekend, will star McCarthy with Falcone directing. The married duo wrote the script for the film which will be produced through their On The Way banner. Plot details are under wraps for now. In addition to this weekend’s The Boss, McCarthy is soon to be seen in the Paul Feig-directed Ghostbusters remake, and… »
Sector 5 Nabs Indie Horror Pic ‘2 Jennifer’; Production Begins on Thriller ‘Applecart’
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Exclusive: Sector 5 Films has picked up World-Wide rights to the iPhone-shot indie horror pic 2 Jennifer, with plans for release later in 2016. Written & directed by Hunter Johnson, the sequel to the director James Cullen Bressack's 2013 iPhone horror film To Jennifer stars Johnson, alongside David Coupe, with rising horror newcomer Lara Jean Mummert in the title role. Shot entirely on the iPhone 6, the very meta plot sees filmmakers attempting to make the sequel to To Jen… »
‘Wolverine 3’ Sets ‘Narcos’ Boyd Holbrook As Chief Villain
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Exclusive: From the DEA to superhero nemesis, Boyd Holbrook has stepped to the other side of the law. The Narcos star has signed on as the lead villain opposite Hugh Jackman and Patrick Stewart in Fox’s Wolverine 3, I’ve learned. Holbrook will play a relentless, calculating and intense head of Security for a global enterprise who is set against Jackman’s clawed Wolverine/Logan hero. The CAA repped actor’s deal just was completed on the film, which is gearing up for a… »
Seth Green Joins Netflix National Lampoon Biopic ‘A Futile & Stupid Gesture’
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Casting continues on Netflix’s A Futile & Stupid Gesture, with Seth Green signing on to play Christopher Guest in the film based on the bestselling 2006 book by Josh Karp about the troubled life and storied career of National Lampoon co-founder Doug Kenney. Directed by The Wet Hot American Summer‘s David Wain and written by Michael Colton and John Aboud, the film will also examine how the magazine changed American comedy in 1970s and ’80s. Will Forte stars as Kenney, with… »
Comcast’s Brian Roberts Made $36.2M In 2015, Up 10%
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Comcast only had a so-so year in 2015, especially as federal officials forced it to withdraw its bid for Time Warner Cable. But CEO Brian Roberts and other top execs shouldn’t have any complaints. Roberts’ compensation rose 10% to $36.2 million, according to the company proxy just filed at the SEC. The package includes $2.9 million in salary, $5.4 million in stock awards, $5.4 million in option awards, $9.8 million in non-equity incentive compensation, $8.7 million change… »
Disney Slots Mira Nair’s ‘Queen Of Katwe’ For September 2016
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Disney has just put Mira Nair’s next picture Queen Of Katwe onto its release schedule, with a limited debut on September 23 and an expansion a week later. The film, which stars David Oyelowo (Selma), Lupita Nyong’o (12 Years A Slave) and newcomer Madina Nalwanga, is based on a true story. The film, adapted from the book by Tim Crothers with a screenplay by William Wheeler (The Hoax), tells the true story of a young girl selling corn on the streets of rural Uganda whose… »
Will Douglas Exiting Paradigm To Join Grandview
8 April 2016 12:23 PM, PDT
Exclusive: Talent manager Will Douglas is leaving Paradigm after two years to join the ambitious management company Grandview. Douglas has a strong roster of TV clients and will enable Grandview to bolster that side of its business. The hire is another step in Grandview's expansion. Brian Kavanaugh-Jones' Automatik left its joint venture with Im Global and eOne to form a partnership with Grandview in 2014, when it was set up by CAA lit agent Matt Rosen and manager Jeff… »
Kino Lorber Snags ‘As I Open My Eyes’ Ahead Of U.S. Bow At Tribeca
8 April 2016 11:28 AM, PDT
Kino Lorber has acquired U.S. and Canadian rights to Leyla Bouzid's As I Open My Eyes, which will make its U.S. debut next week at the Tribeca Film Festival. It will hit theaters beginning September 9 at New York's Lincoln Plaza Cinemas. A digital and home media release is set for early 2017. The France-Tunisia production, which won a prize at the Venice Days sidebar last fall, is set in Tunis, summer 2010, a few months before the Revolution. It depicts the clash between… »
Jake Gyllenhaal’s ‘Demolition’ & Jesse Eisenberg’s ‘Louder Than Bombs’ Hope To Make Noise: Specialty Preview
8 April 2016 10:25 AM, PDT
Spring continues to roll out a very full slate of new Specialty films, with Fox Searchlight going fairly wide with Jean-Marc Vallée's Demolition, starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Naomi Watts and a terrific Judah Lewis. The title opened last year's Toronto International Film Festival. Also taking its bow this weekend is Toronto's Closing Night feature, Mr. Right, starring Sam Rockwell, Anna Kendrick and Tim Roth via Focus World, while Cannes '15 title Louder Than Bombs with Jesse… »
‘Rogue One’ Teaser Blasts Off With Close To 30M Online Views Since Thursday Debut
8 April 2016 10:20 AM, PDT
Exclusive: Disney’s trailer for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story snared close to 30M views in its first 29 hours. Breaking that down, the Gareth Edwards-directed prequel to Star Wars: Episode IV is currently logging 16.3M YouTube views (as of 10:15 am Friday) since its 4:52Am Pst drop yesterday, and has logged another 13.2M on Facebook. Rogue One is clocking 800K views per hour, which is just 200K shy of what the November 2014 Star Wars: Force Awakens teaser was churning per… »
Golden Trailer Nominations: Universal & Fox Lead Studio Haul
8 April 2016 9:30 AM, PDT
Universal and 20th Century Fox lead the way among studios with the most nominations for the Golden Trailer Awards, the annual shindig celebrating the best in film and TV marketing. The 17th annual competition culminates with an awards gala May 4 at the Saban Theater in Beverly Hills. Universal has 46 noms including The Huntsman: Winter’s War in the action trailer category. Fox, led by Deadpool, has 44 noms, followed by Warner Bros with 37, Disney with 36 including for Star… »
‘60 Minutes’ Discovers Exploding Chinese Film Market
8 April 2016 8:30 AM, PDT
China being one of Gop front-runner Donald Trump’s big talking points this election cycle, what better time for 60 Minutes to take its first look at the film market that in February, brought in more than $1 billion in box office for the first time ever, beating the U.S. and Canada. The burgeoning Chinese industry already is causing a “mass hysteria” in the country and, with a population of 1.3 billion, it’s on track to become the biggest movie market as early as next… »
Tom Cruise’s ‘Edge Of Tomorrow’ Sequel Finds Its Scribes
8 April 2016 6:00 AM, PDT
Exclusive: Joe Shrapnel and Anna Waterhouse have been tapped to write the sequel to Tom Cruise and Doug Liman’s sci-fi sleeper hit Edge Of Tomorrow. The original film, also starring a buffed-up Emily Blunt, was a surprise and pleasure for many genre fans with its time-bending narrative and stylish chemistry between its leads. Although a slow opener domestically, it eventually hit $100 million in the U.S. More importantly, it was a bone fide smash internationally, grossing… »
‘Games Of Thrones’ Pedro Pascal To Board ‘Kingsman: The Golden Circle’
8 April 2016 4:01 AM, PDT
Exclusive: Pedro Pascal, who so flamboyantly played Oberyn Martell in Game of Thrones before meeting an infamously grisly end, has joined Matthew Vaughn’s Kingsman: The Golden Circle. Pascal’s character is believed to be called Jack Daniels. Vaughn’s second installment of the stylish spy caper, the original of which grossed over $415 million for Fox, is casting up ahead of starting production later this year. In addition to lead Taron Egerton and the returning Edward… »
Cohen Media Group’s Daniel Battsek Confirmed As Film4 Boss
8 April 2016 3:05 AM, PDT
Cohen Media Group’s Daniel Battsek has been confirmed as David Kosse’s replacement at Film4. Channel 4 chief exec David Abraham today announced that Battsek will join the corporation as Director of Film4, following David Kosse’s departure to Stx Entertainment. "Daniel Battsek's passion for independent, filmmaker driven cinema, and experience in film production, development and distribution at the highest level in both the Us and UK markets, are second to none,” Channel 4… »
Guy Pearce And Kylie Minogue To Star In Stephan Elliott’s ‘Flammable Children’
8 April 2016 2:46 AM, PDT
Guy Pearce and Kylie Minogue are set to star in Stephan Elliott’s Flammable Children opposite Radha Mitchell. It would make the first time the two appear on screen together since starring almost 30 years ago in the popular soap Neighbours. The new comedy from Elliott (The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert) takes place in 1975. The sexual revolution is in full swing; Australia is in the throes of a constitutional crisis; and in a sleepy beachside suburb, an… »
Docu Filmmaker Gary Hustwit Launches Vr Content Studio Scenic
7 April 2016 8:41 PM, PDT
Documentary filmmaker Gary Hustwit has announced the creation of Scenic, a virtual reality content studio that will produce original nonfiction documentary shorts and series for Vr platforms including Google Cardboard, Samsung Gear Vr and Oculus Rift. They’ll be released via the Brooklyn-based company’s website and app, along with exclusive distribution partners. “There’s so much focus on Virtual Reality as a technology, but Vr won’t achieve mass adoption without great… »
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