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Looks Like Nathan Fillion Is Playing 'Spoiler' In Marvel's Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2
17 hours ago | ComicBookMovie.com | See recent ComicBookMovie news »
It would seem James Gunn has drafted his old pal Nathan Fillion (Serenity, Slither) in for an appearance in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, playing none other than Simon Williams, aka Wonder Man. In the comics Williams started out as a villain before putting his wicked ways behind him and joining The Avengers. He later retired to pursue and acting career, which is referenced by these mock movie posters that were sent to Comicbook.com. Whether Fillion actually shows up onscreen as Williams in the movie or not remains to be seen of course, as there's every chance these posters will just be used as background easter eggs. Still, pretty cool I'm sure you'll agree. Set to the all-new sonic backdrop of Awesome Mixtape #2, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 continues the team’s adventures as they unravel the mystery of Peter Quill’s true parentage. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 »
'Jungle Book' Repeats, 'Huntsman' Falls On His Axe and 'Zootopia' Tops $900M Worldwide
24 April 2016 9:29 AM, PDT | Box Office Mojo | See recent BoxOfficeMojo.com news »
The Jungle Book remained in first place in its second weekend by a large margin over the weekend runner up as it tripled the opening weekend for Universal's The Huntsman: Winter's War. Meanwhile, Pantelion's Compadres finished among the weekend top ten while Roadside's release of A Hologram for the King finds itself in a battle for tenth position. With an estimated $60.8 million, Disney's The Jungle Book dropped only 41.1%, the fourth smallest second weekend drop for a film that opened over $100 million as its domestic cume now climbs to over $191 million. Internationally the film took in an additional $96 million this weekend as its global take is now over $528 million, fifth largest for the year so far. In second place, Universal's prequel The Huntsman: Winter's War struggled out of the gate. With an estimated $20 million it brought in only 36% of the opening weekend total of its 2012 predecessor Snow White and the Huntsman. »
- Brad Brevet <mail@boxofficemojo.com>
Jennifer Hudson and Harvey Fierstein to Star in NBC’s ‘Hairspray Live’
17 hours ago | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »
Jennifer Hudson and Harvey Fierstein have signed on to NBC’s "Hairspray Live!,” the network’s next live Broadway musical.
Hudson will play Motormouth Maybelle, while Fierstein will play Edna Turnblad, the role he won a Tony for in the stage version. He will also write the teleplay.
“We are beyond thrilled with this incredibly talented duo of stars for 'Hairspray Live!,’” said NBC entertainment chairman Robert Greenblatt. “Harvey Fierstein created the role of Edna Turnblad on Broadway in an indelible Tony-winning performance that demanded to be memorialized on film, and we’re happy he wanted to step into her shoes one last, unforgettable time. We’re also so grateful that the incomparable Jennifer Hudson will play Motormouth Maybelle and we know her rendition of ‘I Know Where I’ve Been’ will literally stop the show.”
Based on the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical, “Hairspray Live!” takes place in 1962 Baltimore. Teenager »
- Debra Birnbaum
Twin Peaks Revival: Complete Cast List Revealed (and It's Bananas)
17 hours ago | TVLine.com | See recent TVLine.com news »
It’s not quite a cast of thousands, but it’s damn near close.
Showtime on Monday released the official cast list for its upcoming Twin Peaks revival and it contains a staggering 217 names.
While the lineup includes a few dozen veterans from the original series (many of which we previously reported), the list is dominated by Twin Peaks newbies. A few standouts: Ashley Judd, Michael Cera, Trent Reznor, Jessica Szohr, Jane Levy and Richard Chamberlain.
The cabler also announced that principal photography on the continuation has concluded, with a »
Kim Jee-woon’s ‘Age of Shadows’ Picked up by Finecut
40 minutes ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Leading independent sales house, Finecut has picked up international rights to “The Age of Shadows,” the new period action film by top Korean director Kim Jee-woon. The film is the first produced and presented in Korea by Warner Bros.
Previously known only by its Korean title “Mil-Jung,” the film is a 1920s set story of secret agents attempting to smuggle explosives in order to destroy facilities controlled by occupying Japanese forces. It stars Song Kang-ho as a Korean-born Japanese officer who has divided loyalties and Gong Yoo as the leader of the Korean resistance group.
The film is now in post-production ahead of a release later this year. Finecut will show footage of the incomplete movie in the Cannes Market next month. Song, star of “The Host” and “Snowpiercer,” also appears in “Train to Busan,” which plays in Cannes Midnight Screening section.
Kim previously directed “I Saw The Devil,” and “The Good, »
- Patrick Frater
Los Cabos Winners ‘Habitacion,’ ‘Carrion,’ ‘William’ Head to Cannes
57 minutes ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Madrid – Eight-part “La Habitación,” Sebastian Hiriart’s “Carrion” and Ricardo Silva’s ‘William, el Nuevo Maestro de Judo,” all winners at Los Cabos in Progress last November, will now segue from Mexico to Cannes to feature in the Cannes Film Market pix-in-post initiative Los Cabos Goes to Cannes.
They will be accompanied by Astrid Rondero’s “The Darkest Days of Us,” chosen by the Tribeca Film Institute from Los Cabos 2014 lineup to feature in the Tfi’s Latin American Fund initiative.
Much expanded, and a highlight of this year’s Cannes Film Market – the Goes To Cannes work-in-progress initiative kicked off with just one showcase in 2013 – the Goes to Cannes showcases feature brief introductions to excerpts from films presented by their producer and/or director.
Los Cabos Goes to Cannes kicks off an eight-strand program of movies in rough-cut tapping into some of world’s fastest-growing events – Los Cabos, Panama – regions – Central America, »
- John Hopewell
Cassel-starrer ‘Movie Life,’ ‘Attitude Test,’ ‘Butterflies’ Make Guadalajara Goes To Cannes Cut
1 hour ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Madrid – Brazilian Selton Mello’s “A Movie Life,” starring Vincent Cassel (“Black Swan”), “Attitude Test,” from Chilean producer-turned director Augusto Matte, and Colombian Juan Zapata’s English-language globetrotting love story “Butterflies” all feature at the 2016 Guadalajara Goes to Cannes, a Cannes Film Market pix-in-post showcase ranging across Latin America.
Featuring five titles in all, the May 17 work-in-progress sneak peek underscores not only the stylistic breadth of Latin American filmmaking as film-makers attempt to reach broader and new audiences.
Also playing Guadalajara Goes To Cannes is one title which went to Guadalajara’s own work-in-progress competition last month, Tomas de Leone’s “El Aprendiz,” winning $10,000 worth of counseling on securing a sales agent and festival strategy from Tom Davila’s consultancy Cinemaven Media.
Mello’s third feature, after “The Clown” punched exceptional B.O. for an arthouse feature in Brazil, “A Movie Life” is a rites-of-passage and family drama set in »
- John Hopewell
Cannes: Wide-Range of Arabic Films set for Cannes Market Showcase
1 hour ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
The Cannes Film Market will showcase a wide-range of upcoming titles by directors from the Arab world, including prominent Egyptian auteur Yousry Nasrallah’s bucolic “Brooks, Meadows and Lovely Faces,” about a family of cooks who cater for weddings in the Egyptian countryside.
The Marche du Film is set to host a Dubai Film Market presents selection of works-in-progress and also a Liban Cinema presents selection. Both are screening at the mart on Monday, May 16.
The work-in-progress of Nasrallah’s “Brooks,” his followup to post-Arab Spring drama “After the Battle,” which competed in Cannes in 2012, is in the Dubai section. That section also includes Syrian director Maisa Safadi’s “4 Seasons, 2 Brothers and a Border,” produced by U.S. producer Soloman Goodman’s Railroad Films. Pic is about the impact of the 1967 Arab-Isreali Six-Day War on the life of a Syrian village.
The Lebanese selection includes “Fallen From The Sky,” the »
- Nick Vivarelli
Tribeca Film Review: ‘Mother’
2 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Kadri Kousaar has always toyed with dark subjects — “Magnus” and “The Arbiter” both played in the shadowy areas of morality — and while “Mother” also deals with unsavory elements, it does so with a quirky, “Fargo”-like humor that’s a pleasure to watch. This amusing tale of small-town eccentrics trying to figure out what happened with the money a guy withdrew just before a gun accident will keep viewers guessing until the very end, and even though the denouement feels forced, the journey there is lighthearted despite the ostensibly disturbing subject matter. “Mother” will fit perfectly into festivals needing a bit of intelligent levity.
As in nearby Finland, Estonian humor is strong on idiosyncratic personalities negotiating emotional upheavals while maintaining a placid exterior. Such is the case with Elsa (Tiina Malberg), the titular mother forced to give up her job to care for her comatose schoolteacher son Lauri (Siim Maaten »
- Jay Weissberg
Tribeca Film Review: ‘Here Alone’
2 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
You can generally tell how seriously a zombie movie takes itself by how much it uses the Z word — and you know “Here Alone” takes itself very seriously indeed, because that word is never mentioned at all. A surprisingly sober entry in the Tribeca film fest’s midnight section, and even more surprising winner of its narrative feature audience award, this stripped-down survivalist drama about a woman carrying on after a virus has killed and/or zombified most of humanity is probably too low on conventional action to satisfy mainstream horror fans. But critical support could propel it into niche theatrical release, with specialized home-format sales more of a given.
At the outset, Ann (Lucy Walters) is conspicuously alone, living in a well-camouflaged campsite in an upstate New York forest. But flashbacks soon show her an unknown amount of time earlier, fleeing her home with husband Jason (Shane West) and »
- Dennis Harvey
Cannes: Fabien Westerhoff, Films Distribution Launch Film Constellation
3 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Seasoned international film executive Fabien Westerhoff, a former head of sales and distribution at WestEnd Films and HanWay Films, has teamed with Paris-based sales agent Films Distribution, one of France’s most prominent sales companies, to launch Film Constellation, an international licensing/film finance company.
Unveiled in the run-up to Cannes Festival, deal sees Films Distribution taking an equity investment in Film Constellation, facilitating an up-to €10 million ($11.2 million) credit facility for Film Constellation film investments, said Westerhoff.
London-based, Constellation will reveal its first titles at next month’s Cannes market. They will range from youth-orientated commercial fare to talent-driven films for mature audiences.
Film Constellation bows as the global launch of Netflix and targeted roll-out of Amazon Prime and HBO are broadening options open to producers as they seek to both finance and license their movies. As overseas markets contract for many arthouse films but the gamut of types of »
- John Hopewell
Ariana Grande Has Crazy Lip Sync Conversation With Jimmy Fallon (Video)
4 hours ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
“Lip Sync Battles” are so last week. Jimmy Fallon has now progressed to having “Lip Sync Conversations,” which he smoothly demonstrated with Ariana Grande on Monday night. The bubbly pop star and “The Tonight Show” host had a full chat with the help of lyrics from 4 Non Blondes, Mike Posner and many other artists. Also Read: NeNe Leakes, Todd Chrisley Spark Cross-Dressing Reality War on 'Lip Sync Battle' (Video) After Grande asked Fallon “Hey, what’s going on?” he replied sheepishly: “I took a pill in Ibiza to show Avicii I was cool.” The chat inevitably turned to social media, »
- Debbie Emery
China's Alibaba Pictures to Remake 'Night at the Museum'
5 hours ago | The Hollywood Reporter | See recent The Hollywood Reporter news »
Alibaba Pictures, the Chinese film studio established by Jack Ma's e-commerce giant Alibaba Group, has acquired the rights to remake 20th Century Fox's Night at the Museum franchise. The plans for a Chinese remake were mentioned in passing by Jim Gianopulos, CEO of Fox Filmed Entertainment, during a panel discussion at the Beverly Wilshire in Los Angeles on Saturday, April 16. A source in China with knowledge of the plans confirmed the agreement to THR. The project is understood to be in the early stages, with casting and a director yet to be secured. Alibaba Pictures Group declined to
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- Rebecca Sun, Patrick Brzeski
Kid Rock’s Assistant Killed in Atv Accident on His Nashville Property
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Kid Rock‘s personal assistant died at the singer’s Nashville property in an apparent Atv accident, police say. Michael Sacha (pictured below), 30, was ferrying guests to a cookout on Rock’s sprawling Whites Creek estate to an Uber at the property’s driveway in the early hours of Monday morning, according to a Metro Nashville police statement issued later that day. He apparently lost control of the vehicle and crashed on his way back to the residence. The “All Summer Long” singer, whose real name is Robert Ritchie, called authorities following the accident. They found Sacha lying face down »
- Debbie Emery
Tina Fey, Megan Hilty Fete NBC’s Bob Greenblatt at Actors Fund Gala
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Tina Fey took time out from the opening of her husband’s latest Broadway effort on Monday night to shower praise on NBC Entertainment chairman Bob Greenblatt as he received the Actors Fund’s Medal of Honor.
Fey noted that during her 19 years of working at NBC she’s seen nine heads of NBC come and go. Greenblatt, who has run the entertainment side of the network since 2011, stands out as uniquely qualified for the job, drawing an analogy to characters from her NBC comedy “30 Rock.”
“He comes from a creative background, not a corporate one,” Fey told the crowd at the Marriott Marquis. “Bob Greenblatt is much more Kenneth the Page than Jack Donaghy.”
Fey hustled across the street in Times Square to present Greenblatt’s kudo shortly after the opening of Jesse Tyler Ferguson’s one-man effort “Fully Committed,” which features original music by her husband, Jeff Richmond. »
- Cynthia Littleton
Toronto Film Fest Names Lagos, Nigeria, Selection for City to City Program
6 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
The capital of one of the world’s most prolific film industries, Lagos, Nigeria, will step into the spotlight at the Toronto Int’l Film Festival this year as the selection for its annual City to City program.
Festival artistic director Cameron Bailey, who will curate the Lagos program, made the announcement today.
Now in its eighth year, City to City features recent work from filmmakers living and working in hot spots of global cinema. Previous editions have showcased London, Tel Aviv, Istanbul, Buenos Aires, Mumbai, Athens and Seoul.
Bailey, who first visited Lagos in 2005, said he was “so impressed by the vitality of the city,” the hub of an industry considered second only to Bollywood in terms of its annual output.
While the Nigerian industry, known as Nollywood, has earned worldwide recognition — and notoriety — for its frantic shoots and shoestring budgets, Bailey says he has seen the biz mature through the years, »
- Christopher Vourlias
Prince Death Investigation Focusing on Drug Use, Percocet Problem (Report)
6 hours ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
The investigation into Prince’s death is reportedly focusing on the role that drugs may have played in both his death and his medical emergency the week before. The Star Tribune in Minneapolis reported Monday night that a longtime attorney for two of Prince’s siblings has told authorities that his clients told him over a decade ago that Prince had “substantial” drug problems, specifically with the opioid painkiller Percocet and cocaine. Attorney Michael Padden said that Lorna Nelson and Duane Nelson often discussed the “Purple Rain” singer’s drug issues with him, adding that “both were really concerned it would end his life prematurely, »
- Debbie Emery
‘Dancing With the Stars’ Sparks Another Sad Elimination on ‘Famous Dances Night’ (Video)
7 hours ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
(Spoiler alert: Please do not read on if you haven’t watched Monday’s episode of “Dancing With the Stars”) There were no eliminations on last week’s “Dancing With the Stars” — which meant that one unlucky contestant was on the chopping block Monday. With their dances inspired by movies, TV shows or music videos, the quick-footed celebrities had a lot of inspiration to choose from for the latest round on Season 22 of the ABC reality contest. Also Read: Erin Andrews Settles Peeping Lawsuit With Hotel Chain Former New England Patriots quarterback Doug Flutie has a Heisman Trophy to his name, »
- Debbie Emery
Michael Strahan Apologized to Kelly Ripa For ‘Live’ Misfire
8 hours ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
Kelly Ripa has heard a lot of “I’m sorrys” in recent days, including from her cohost Michael Strahan. Ripa, star of ABC’s morning chat show “Live with Kelly and Michael,” is due to return to the program Tuesday after sitting out most of last week. She was said to be upset that she was kept out of the loop for the network’s plan to switch Strahan to “Good Morning America” later this year. On Friday, staffers received an email from Ripa saying that she would come back to work on Tuesday. In the meantime, she got apologies from Strahan and ABC boss. »
- Scott Collins
Bias, Video Game Reviews and ‘Ashes of the Singularity’ (Commentary)
8 hours ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
People on the Internet claiming that journalists have a bias in one direction or another is as American as baseball and Apple pie. It’s part of our way of life — what else are we supposed to do all day while we mess around on Facebook? People in the world of video games take it to another level, though. Video games occupy a weird space in our culture, right in between tech and art. Developers build games the same way they would design a smartphone or word processing software, like they’re intended as nothing more than products that just need to. »
- Phil Owen
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