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‘Jungle Book’ Goes Wild With $87M to $88M; ‘Barbershop’ Snips $19.4M; ‘Criminal’ Handcuffed — Box Office Saturday Am
19 hours ago | Deadline | See recent Deadline news »
1st Writethru Sat. 8:23 AM, Previous Friday, 11:24 PM: Disney’s The Jungle Book will become one of the highest April debuts ever with an estimated three-day gross of around $87M to $88M, according to estimates, surpassing Fast Five from 2011 which held the No. 3 spot with $86.19M. (Captain America: The Winter Soldier is No. 2 with $95M in 2104 and Furious 7 is No. 1 at $147.1M last year). Incredibly well reviewed and with an A CinemaScore from an audience pretty evenly… »
Louis C.K. Cancels ‘Horace and Pete’ After One Bizarre, Money-Losing Season
15 hours ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
Louis C.K. announced the self-cancellation of his money-losing web series “Horace and Pete” on Saturday. The comedian last week released the 10th (and now final) episode of the dramedy in which he starred with Steve Buscemi as the co-owners of a downmarket Brooklyn bar, but sent a follow-up email to his fans on Saturday stating that the show would not be returning. The move is not a surprise given the shaky finances for the project. On Monday, C.K. told Howard Stern that he’s “millions of dollars in debt right now” because he self-financed the series and distributed it on his own. »
- Thom Geier
Star Wars: J.J. Abrams discusses Rey's parents during Tribeca talk
16 April 2016 3:40 AM, PDT | ScreenDaily | See recent ScreenDaily news »
Star Wars: The Force Awakens director dropped hints during a Tribeca talk with actor-comedian Chris Rock; both men revelead the actors they would most like to work with.
Director J.J Abrams dropped a hint as to the identity of Rey (Daisy Ridley)’s parents - one of the key questions to emerge from the latest Star Wars installment A Force Awakens - during a Tribeca talk in New York.
Taking part in a Q&A with comedian Chris Rock at the Tribeca Film Festival, Abrams told the audience: “Rey’s parents are not in Episode VII. So I can’t possibly say in this moment who they are. But I will say it is something Rey thinks about too.”
The admission that her parents didn’t feature in A Force Awakens seemed to rule out a number of likely suspects including Luke Skywalker, Han Solo or Princess Leia.
However, while the comments »
- sarah.cooper@screendaily.com (Sarah Cooper)
When Nick Fury Will Return To The Marvel Movies, According To Samuel L. Jackson
19 hours ago | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »
Samuel L. Jackson's Nick Fury has become a staple of the Marvel Cinematic Universe since its creation. He's a character that could appear in almost any Marvel film, serving as a connective bridge between all the movies. That was what his role was largely in Phase One and his appearance meant that it was all connected. His role diminished a little in Phase Two with his last appearance in Avengers: Age of Ultron serving as more of a souped-up cameo. Many have wondered what Nick Fury's role will be in Phase Three and how many movies Jackson is still contracted to appear in. Now the actor has given us some definitive information on when we can next see the ex-Director of Shield. Speaking with Fandango for his upcoming role in this summer's The Legend of Tarzan, Samuel L. Jackson answered some questions on which Marvel movie his »
The Next X-Men Movie May Be About This Epic Storyline
19 hours ago | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »
Fox's X-Men movies have a somewhat hit or miss history with iconic Marvel storylines. Sometimes they get them right, while other times they find themselves way off the mark. Luckily for the studio, the newly rebooted timeline offers chances for them to correct errors of the past . and it seems that's exactly what they intend to do. New rumors seem to indicate that Fox will use Sophie Turner's Jean Grey for an adaptation of The Dark Phoenix Saga following the events of X-Men: Apocalypse. This rumor comes to us courtesy of Heroic Hollywood. During a recent episode of Scoop Drop, it came forth that Fox may in fact attempt to once again try The Dark Phoenix Saga, and that the events of Apocalypse will lead to that storyline. The episode also cites quotes from director Bryan Singer, who recently alluded to something dark and malicious growing inside »
‘Mena’ Producers Sued Over Fatal Plane Crash During Production Of Tom Cruise Pic
15 April 2016 5:49 PM, PDT | Deadline | See recent Deadline news »
The family of the veteran Hollywood stunt pilot killed in a plane crash near the set of the Tom Cruise movie Mena is suing producers for wrongful death. Alan Purwin was a passenger in the twin-engine Aerostar on September 11 when it went down in foggy conditions in the rugged Andes near Medellin, Colombia. Another man, Carlos Berl, also died in the crash, while a third survived. In the suit filed today in Los Angeles Superior Court (read it here), Purwin’s widow Kathryn… »
Italy’s Giuseppe Tornatore to Shoot Movie for China’s Alibaba Pictures
39 minutes ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Italy’s “Cinema Paradiso” director Giuseppe Tornatore has struck a deal to make a movie with China’s Alibaba Pictures Group, the film making arm of e-commerce giant Alibaba.
The deal was symbolically signed by Tornatore and Zhang Qiang of Apg at the end of a forum on co-productions Sunday on the first full day of the Beijing International Film Festival. Among the witnesses to the signing was Miao Xiaotian, VP of China Film Co-production Corporation.
“The deal is an agreement in principal (without a specific project that is yet agreed),” Tornatore told Variety. He said that it will likely happen within the next two to three years and be a majority Chinese-financed picture.
It was unclear whether the film will use the bilateral co-production treaty between Italy and China that was signed in 2014. The first film that used the treaty was Cristiano Bortone’s “Coffee.”
Tornatore, who has other credits including “Malena, »
- Patrick Frater
China is the New Hollywood, Says James Schamus
3 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Leading U.S. independent producer James Schamus proclaimed Sunday that “China is becoming the new Hollywood.”
The former head of Focus Features and producer of “Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon” was speaking in Beijing at a set-piece seminar on Chinese co-production at the first full day of the Beijing International Film Festival.
He and other speakers who included Chinese producers Yu Dong and Huang Jianxin, and British producer Iain Smith, argued that co-productions have qualitatively changed as the Chinese film industry has hurtled through multiple stages of development in just a few years.
Two years ago at the same seminar, Oliver Stone embarrassed his hosts by flat out saying that co-productions don’t work, and that China needs to learn to examine its own history more critically.
Schamus, who is involved in a partnership with China’s Meridian Entertainment, offered a perspective that was music to the ears of China’s »
- Patrick Frater
Tribeca Film Review: ‘Dean’
5 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Familiar as a stand-up performer, a “Daily Show” correspondent, the host of his own Comedy Central show, a musician, a supporting player and a sketch comedian (in that he literally draws sketches), Demetri Martin adds “writer-director” to his resume with “Dean,” which finds his characteristic slightness both a virtue and a liability. Martin stays within his comfort zone as a New York-based illustrator still processing his mother’s death, but the tyro helmer struggles to square his distinct minimalist charm with the second-hand influence of standard-bearers like Woody Allen and Wes Anderson.
An ace supporting cast, led by Kevin Kline, Gillian Jacobs and Mary Steenburgen helps carry his observations on love and grief, but this East Coast/West Coast melan-comedy can’t quite escape the long shadow of “Annie Hall.” Distribution seems certain after this handsome, assured production bows at Tribeca, even if the hope for another “Garden State” phenomenon appears dim. »
- Peter Debruge
‘Docu-Fiction’ Movie Confuses Tribeca Film Festival Audience – and That’s the Point
5 hours ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
The Tribeca Film Festival put “Houston, We Have a Problem” in its Viewpoints section, which the fest describes as “films with a distinct perspective.” Unquestionably, that’s the right place to put it, even if most audience members probably arrived at Saturday night’s world premiere thinking they were about to see a documentary, and left two hours later wondering what the hell they’d just seen. “Houston” acts like a doc but works as myth, not fact; director Ziga Virc doesn’t want audiences to believe what he’s telling them so much as he wants them to think »
- Steve Pond
‘Confirmation’ Fact Check: What HBO’s Anita Hill Movie Got Right and Wrong (Photos)
5 hours ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
(Spoiler alert: Please don’t read this if you haven’t yet seen “Confirmation.”) Some moments in HBO’s “Confirmation” seem too wild to be true: Did senators really talk about porn stars and pubic hair on the Senate floor? They did. And those weren’t the only bizarre moments during the fight over Clarence Thomas’ Supreme Court nomination after Anita Hill accused him of sexual harassment. Also Read: George H.W. Bush Lawyer: Anita Hill Film 'Confirmation' Is as Realistic 'as Game of Thrones' Truth is crucial to the success of “Confirmation,” which stars Kerry Washington as »
- Itay Hod
Julia Louis-Dreyfus Brings Back Elaine Benes While Hosting ‘SNL’ (Video)
6 hours ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
Julia Louis-Dreyfus brought former characters of many different spheres to this week’s “Saturday Night Live,” beginning with the very top of the show. In a cameo-rich episode, it was Louis-Dreyfus who dominated. The show opened with the Democratic presidential debate in NYC. Kate McKinnon‘s Hillary Clinton squared off with Larry David‘s Bernie Sanders, both impersonations spot-on caricatures, as the debate devolved into Clinton rapping “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” theme and giving Sanders a noogie. And then came a question from audience member and “longtime New Yorker” Elaine Benes, the character Louis-Dreyfus made famous on the show David co-created, »
- Pat Healy
Hillary Clinton Holds Private Meeting With Hollywood Big Wigs
6 hours ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
Hillary Clinton held a private two-hour meeting on Saturday with high-powered Hollywood moguls at Jeffrey Katzenberg‘s Beverly Hills home right before her fundraiser at George and Amal Clooney‘s home, a person with knowledge of the meeting told TheWrap. Among those at Katzenberg’s were director George Lucas and wife Melody Hobson, mogul Haim Saban, director Steven Spielberg and actress Kate Capshaw, director James Cameron, sports marketing executive Casey Wasserman, longtime Clinton adviser and fundraiser Andy Spahn and actor-director George Clooney and his wife, Amal. After the meeting, the group headed over to the Clooneys’ home in Studio City, »
- Itay Hod
Tribeca Film Festival’s Love Stories Get Messy and Sad
6 hours ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
What is this thing called love? That’s a question art has been wrestling with for decades. Countless works of literature have taken a crack at finding an answer, and just about every pop song ever written dwells on the topic, or at least fusses around the borders of the question. And at the Tribeca Film Festival this week, lots of filmmakers have tackled the elusive subject — including two very different films that took an episodic approach, and found common ground mostly in their depiction of love as a messy, sad and formidable struggle with occasional moments of transcendence. Also Read: Robert. »
- Steve Pond
'SNL' Reunites 'Seinfeld's' Larry David and Julia Louis-Dreyfus
6 hours ago | The Hollywood Reporter | See recent The Hollywood Reporter news »
Seinfeld's Larry David and Julia Louis-Dreyfus held a mini-reunion during Saturday Night Live's debate-themed cold open April 16. Beck Bennett (as CNN's Wolf Blitzer) first introduced the candidates. “Hello, Brooklyn! I cannot wait to be your next president," said Hillary Clinton (played by SNL's Kate McKinnon). "If I'm elected, of course – not getting ahead of myself ... in public. In private I’ve been president for 15 years.” Bernie Sanders (played by David) told the audience: “I’m not fancy, I’m not the elite. I put on my pants just like all of you. I sit on the
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- Jennifer Konerman
George Clooney’s Next-Door Neighbor in La Throws Dueling Fundraiser for Bernie Sanders
7 hours ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
And you thought the Republican presidential race was bonkers. As Hollywood’s royalty marched over to George Clooney and his wife Amal‘s house for the fundraising event of the 2016 season, a multimillion-dollar party for Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign, the actor’s next door neighbor in Studio City is holding his own soiree… for her rival, Bernie Sanders. Howard Gold, whose family founded the 99 Cent Only Store franchise, is hosting a fundraiser/protest event provocatively dubbed the “99% Party,” with tickets priced at a very Sanders-like $27, according to The Hill. That’s a far cry from Clooney’s pricey party, »
- Itay Hod
‘Confirmation’ Fact Check: What HBO’s Anita Hill Movie Got Right and Wrong
8 hours ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
(Spoiler alert: Please don’t read this if you haven’t yet seen “Confirmation.”) Some moments in HBO’s “Confirmation” seem too wild to be true: Did senators really talk about porn stars and pubic hair on the Senate floor? They did. And those weren’t the only bizarre moments during the fight over Clarence Thomas’ Supreme Court nomination after Anita Hill accused him of sexual harassment. Also Read: George H.W. Bush Lawyer: Anita Hill Film 'Confirmation' Is as Realistic 'as Game of Thrones' Truth is crucial to the success of “Confirmation,” which stars Kerry Washington as »
- Itay Hod
Tribeca Film Review: ‘Solitary’
9 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
There’s little hope, but considerable insight, found in “Solitary,” Kristi Jacobson’s documentary about Wise County, Virginia’s Red Onion State Prison, a supermax facility where convicts are holed up for 23 hours a day in separate 8′-by-10′ cells. Shot over the course of a year, the film presents an unfiltered insider’s view of their colorless day-to-days, which are largely spent trying to stave off madness. Although its perspective is a tad too unbalanced, this unflinching look at inmate isolation will — after its premiere at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival — prove yet another sturdy addition to HBO’s nonfiction slate.
Jacobson utilizes a sparse score for glimpses of her setting’s surrounding rural landscape: a gray, misty locale where the closing of local coal mines motivated many to embrace employment at the penitentiary. The majority of “Solitary,” however, is awash in the unholy din of Red Onion, where inmates scream, »
- Nick Schager
‘Confirmation’ Fact Check: Is ‘Erotomania’ Really a Thing?
9 hours ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
(Spoiler alert: Please don’t read this if you haven’t yet seen the HBO movie “Confirmation.”) In one of the most shocking scenes during HBO’s “Confirmation,” Missouri Sen. John Danforth (played by Bill Irwin) accuses Anita Hill (Kerry Washington) of suffering from a condition called “Erotomania,” a delusion in which a person thinks that someone, usually of higher social status, is in love with them. Danforth, Hill’s leading critic on the Senate Judiciary Committee, found an effective way to discredit Hill’s claims, essentially branding her a stalker. Though the condition sounds contrived, it’s actually quite real. »
- Itay Hod
Max Landis Blames Scarlett Johansson ‘Ghost in the Shell’ Casting Controversy on ‘Broken System’ in Hollywood (Video)
9 hours ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
Hollywood. You either know how it works or you don’t. Most people commenting on Scarlett Johansson‘s casting in director Rupert Sanders‘ “Ghost in the Shell” have no idea how Hollywood really works, but thankfully, screenwriter Max Landis isn’t one of them. Landis is the prolific writer of “Chronicle, “American Ultra” and “Victor Frankenstein” who just sold two seven-figure specs — “Bright” to Netflix with Will Smith attached to star, and “Deeper” to MGM with Bradley Cooper attached to star. He’s young but he knows what he’s talking about, and judging by his rainbow-striped mohawk, it’s »
- Jeff Sneider
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