By Ramin Setoodeh
"Independence Day: Resurgence" didn't set off any early fireworks at the U.S. box office over the weekend. The sequel to the 1996 hit (the highest-grossing movie of its year) only opened with $41.6…
By Dave McNary
Ivanhoe Pictures and Sidney Kimmel Entertainment are co-financing and co-producing the baseball movie “Superfan” with Korean financing-production company CJ E&M. Ivanhoe and SKE are participating…
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By Todd Spangler
Adult Swim, Turner’s cartoon block for grownups, is leaning into the novelty factor of becoming the first TV network to release a full episode on Vine — Twitter’s video app that was previously…
By Cynthia Littleton
USA Network has ordered a pilot for the 1930-set drama “Damnation,” created by “Longmire” alum Tony Tost. The project hails from Universal Cable Productions. Tost and James Mangold are exec producing…
By Dave McNary
Abramorama has acquired U.S. theatrical rights to Kim A. Snyder’s documentary “Newtown” about the aftermath of the 2012 shooting massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newton, Conn. The Orchard…
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By Mark Schilling
TOKYO — "Too Young to Die," the new comedy by veteran hit-maker Kankuro Kudo, premiered atop the Japanese box office this weekend. Released on 288 screens, with Toho and Asmik Ace distributing, the…
By Brian Steinberg
CBS expects to wrap its upfront sales with a greater volume of advance ad commitments than it did last year, one of the first tangible signs that advertisers are moving money back into TV after…
By Ted Johnson
A federal judge will decide whether to give the final sign off to the settlement of a class action lawsuit challenging Warner/Chappell Music’s claim to the song “Happy Birthday to You” after a group…
By Dave McNary
Vanessa Redgrave has joined Annette Bening, Jamie Bell and Julie Walters in the romantic drama “Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool” for James Bond producer Barbara Broccoli and Colin Vaines. Shooting…
By Elsa Keslassy
PARIS — Vincent Bollore, the controversial boss of media conglomerate Vivendi, strongly suggested Monday that he would soon step down from the supervisory board of pay-TV service Canal Plus, which…