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'Finding Dory' #1 Again, Topping All Four of the Weekend's New Wide Releases Combined
19 hours ago | Box Office Mojo | See recent BoxOfficeMojo.com news »
Twenty six weeks into 2016 and Disney's year continues to impress as the studio has the #1 film at the weekend box office for the twelfth time. Finding Dory topped the weekend chart with one of the ten best second weekends of all-time as the animated feature has now grossed over $286 million domestically and nearly $400 million worldwide. As for the weekend's new wide releases, the results weren't quite as pretty as three out of the four struggled in a competitive marketplace. Independence Day: Resurgence was unable to match the opening weekend of its 20-year-old predecessor, Free State of Jones didn't capture the attention of its target audience and The Neon Demon wasn't able to come close to expectations. The only bright spot among the weekend's new wide releases was the "terror in the water" thriller The Shallows, which scored well with audiences and critics, all on a meager budget. Taking the number »
- Brad Brevet <mail@boxofficemojo.com>
Box Office: ‘Finding Dory’ Drowns Out Disappointing ‘Independence Day: Resurgence’
20 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
“Finding Dory” showed plenty of box office staying power with $73.2 million in an otherwise modest weekend at the North America box office as “Independence Day: Resurgence” invaded with a disappointing $41.6 million.
A week after energizing the summer season, Disney/Pixar’s “Finding Dory” declined only 46% and generated the eighth-highest second weekend of all time, edging “Captain America: Civil War.” It’s also the best second weekend for an animated title.
“Finding Dory,” the sequel to 2003’s “Finding Nemo,” is already the sixth-highest domestic grosser of 2016 after ten days with $285.6 million — less than $100 million short of the final total for “Nemo.”
Fox’s “Independence Day: Resurgence” finished about 20% below recent forecasts, which had pegged the sequel to match the $50 million opening weekend from the 1996 original. It edged “Kung Fu Panda 2” as the eighth-largest opening of 2016.
“Resurgence” brought back the same fearsome aliens from the original, again bent on destroying the Earth. »
- Dave McNary
John Boyega Hints at Upcoming Collaboration with ‘Attack the Block’ Director Joe Cornish
14 hours ago | Indiewire | See recent Indiewire news »
John Boyega has awakened. After his breakthrough performance in the latest “Star Wars” film, everyone’s favorite stormtrooper-turned-Resistance fighter was recently cast in both the upcoming sequel to “Pacific Rim” and Kathryn Bigelow’s untitled film about the Detroit riots of 1967. In a semi-cryptic tweet, Boyega has hinted at another collaboration with “Attack the Block” director Joe Cornish.
Read More: John Boyega To Star In Kathryn Bigelow’s Untitled Detroit Crime Drama
“Saw Joe Cornish the other day. Yes. We are brainstorming. #somethingnew,” the actor wrote yesterday. A cult favorite from 2011 that put Boyega on the map and saw him nominated for several first-time-performer awards, the sci-fi horror/comedy project wasn’t financially successful upon its initial release but amassed favorable reviews — and, not long later, a substantial following online.
Read More: John Boyega Will Play Lead Role In ‘Pacific Rim 2’
No details on the potential project are officially available, »
- Michael Nordine
‘Independence Day: Resurgence’ Hits $102 Million Internationally
19 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
“Independence Day: Resurgence” has launched impressively in international markets with $102.1 million in 57 markets with 21,872 screens.
China led the way with $37.3 million at 6,047 sites, representing the fourth-highest weekend in that market for a Fox title. That nearly matched the somewhat disappointing U.S. opening of $41.6 million.
South Korea led the rest of the pack with $7.4 million at 926 sites, followed by the U.K. with $7.3 million from 1,555, Mexico with $6.8 million at 2,783 and Taiwan with $3.7 million at 300. India opened with a bang, generating $3.5 million for the biggest Fox opening of all-time in the market.
Fox also reported “terrific” results across Asia and Latin America, with numerous markets generating the biggest opening weekend ever for a Roland Emmerich movie. The film opens in 11 new markets next weekend, including Spain and Sweden.
Imax locations generated $10.8 million internationally on 533 screens for “Independence Day: Resurgence.” That was a record-opening international weekend for a Fox release in Imax, »
- Dave McNary
Warner Bros. Wants Justin Lin to Direct the Live-Action ‘Akira’ Adaptation
17 hours ago | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »
For years, Warner Bros. has desperately been trying to figure out how to make a live-action adaptation of the iconic cyberpunk manga Akira. There have been various iterations of the project over the years, but the most recent attempt may finally get some traction. A report surfaced a year ago this month that Warner Bros. […]
The post Warner Bros. Wants Justin Lin to Direct the Live-Action ‘Akira’ Adaptation appeared first on /Film. »
- Ethan Anderton
Olga Kurylenko joins Antonio Banderas in Simon West’s 'Salty'
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Shoot underway in Chile on crowd-funded action-comedy from Con Air director.
Olga Kurylenko (Quantum Of Solace) will star opposite Antonio Banderas in Simon West’s (Con Air) action-comedy Salty, which begins principal photography today in Chile.
Kurylenko will play Sheila Enry wife of Banderas’ Turk Enry, an ageing rock star and reformed sex addict married to a supermodel who is abducted by pirates on holiday in Chile.
The partly crowd-funded film is being produced by Los Angeles and UK-based production company, Simon West Productions and is adapted from the novel by Mark Haskell Smith.
Producers are Jib Polhemus (Lara Croft: Tomb Raider) and Harry Stourton (Lara Croft: Tomb Raider) with screenplay by Mark Haskell Smith (TV series Star Trek Voyager) and Toby Davies (The Mitchell and Webb Look).
Director West said: “‘I’m delighted Olga has joined Antonio and the rest of the cast. Her talents in both action and comedy make her the perfect ‘Sheila’. I’m excited »
- andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
‘Star Trek Beyond’ Trailer: Rihanna Brings A ‘Sledgehammer’
3 minutes ago | Deadline | See recent Deadline news »
Paramount Pictures has dropped the third trailer for Star Trek Beyond, this time featuring pop superstar Rihanna and her tune “Sledgehammer” which will appear on the film’s soundtrack. International rollout of Stb begins on July 19 with the domestic release to hit warp speed on July 22. The global icon last night teased the new trailer release via social media: #Sledgehammer @StarTrekMovie fans, be up tomorrow by 8am Est for a special premiere! ð.–– pic.twitter.com/5ANOYlE »
Watch A New Trailer For ‘Star Trek Beyond’ With Chris Pine, Zoe Saldana, Idris Elba & A New Rihanna Song
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It’s going to be hard for “Star Trek Beyond” to escape the sadness of the death of one of the film’s stars Anton Yelchin, who passed away just a week in a tragic accident. But short of pushing the release date back, which is unlikely this close, it’s going to have to be business as […]
The post Watch A New Trailer For ‘Star Trek Beyond’ With Chris Pine, Zoe Saldana, Idris Elba & A New Rihanna Song appeared first on The Playlist. »
- Oliver Lyttelton
Glavonic's Depth Two wins at Open City
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The London-based documentary festival gives its emerging talent prize to Algerian director Hassan Ferhani.
Serbian director Ongjen Glavonic’s Depth Two won the grand jury award at the Open City Documentary Festival in London.
The film investigates the story behind a mass grave discovered in 2001 in a suburb of Belgrade.
Jury chair Penny Woolcock said: “It was a unanimous decision to give the grand jury award to Ognjen Glavonic for Depth Two, which tells a complex and horrifying story in a truly compelling way. It’s hard to describe the experience of watching this film — at one level it’s a forensic telling of a dreadful story that gradually reveals its secrets, while simultaneously creating a space for reflecting on universal themes of violence and complicity.”
Glavonic said: “My idea with this film was to uncover and give a voice to this case and the stories behind it which for years have been silenced. This award will »
- wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
Network to handle Dogwoof, Peccadillo home ent sales
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Titles will include Michael Moore’s Where To Invade Next.
Network’s sales division has struck a deal to represent the home entertainment rights to Dogwoof and Peccadillo Pictures titles.
Network will start repping Peccadillo titles from July 1 and Dogwoof films after Aug 1.
Network currently represents its own catalogue of titles as well as labels including Medium Rare, Fabulous Films and WWE.
Claire Bailey, Network’s head of sales, said: “We’re thrilled to welcome Dogwoof and Peccadillo Pictures to Network and start working on an incredible array of titles from both labels, comprising an already established catalogue and some very exciting new releases.”
Daniel Green, home entertainment manager at Dogwoof, added: “Network’s fresh approach to the ever-changing market consistently proves the value of home entertainment, and it’s just one of the many reasons why we’re looking forward to working together.”
“We’ve had a fantastic year so far with the release of [link »
Emma Stone and Alicia Vikander set for rival Agatha Christie biopics
27 minutes ago | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Paramount is believed to be courting the Amazing Spider-Man actor, while Sony has reportedly sounded out the Danish Girl star
The Danish Girl star Alicia Vikander and The Amazing Spider-Man’s Emma Stone have both been lined up to play a young Agatha Christie in biopics being developed at rival Hollywood studios.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, Vikander has been approached by Sony to play the celebrated crime author in her formative years as a “proto-feminist” unhappy with traditional wife-and-mother expectations. Stone, on the other hand, has been pencilled in for Paramount’s take on Christie’s “missing” 11 days in 1926 – a subject already covered in Michael Apted’s 1979 film Agatha, which starred Vanessa Redgrave and Dustin Hoffman.
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- Andrew Pulver
Toni Erdmann wins top prize in Brussels
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Mirjana Karanovic’s A Good Wife wins best first film; audience award goes to Iciar Bollain’s The Olive Tree.
The 14th edition of the Brussels Film Festival closed with the Golden Iris award going to Maren Ade’s Toni Erdmann, with a prize of €10,000 to distributor September Film. The film also won best screenplay and the Rtbf Vt Prize of best film.
The jury was comprised of Flemish actress Natali Broods, Italian director Emanuele Crialese, Belgian actor Pierre Dherte, Dutch actor Derek De Lint and Croatian director Ivona Juka.
The White Iris award for best first film in competition went to A Good Wife by Mirjana Karanovic.
The jury award went to Callback by Carles Torras; best photography went to Giorgos Arvanitis for Blind Sun; the Cineruopa award went to Pikadero by Ben Sharrock; Ups cinephile award went to Suntan by Argyris Papadimitropoulos.
The audience award went to The Olive Tree by Iciar Bollain, which also won »
- wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
BBC reveals first Screenplay Award winners
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Exclusive: Playwright Charlotte Josephine has won the inaugural BBC Screenplay First Award, bestowed by BBC Films and BBC Writersroom.
The prize was set up to reward UK writers with previous credits in theatre, TV or radio, who were yet to have a feature film produced.
A total of 445 scripts were submitted to BBC Writersroom for consideration, with the applications judged by Anne Edyvean, head of BBC Writersroom, and Beth Pattinson, development executive, BBC Films.
Josephine, co-artistic director of Snuff Box Theatre, will receive the £10,000 Award and get support from BBC Films development team to develop her original feature screenplay.
Playwright Patricia Cumper was awarded a runner up prize of £5,000.
Edyvean said: “The standard of submissions was incredibly high, making it difficult to decide on the shortlist, let alone a single winner…In the end, we created a Runner Up award so as to offer both Charlotte and Pat a development opportunity with BBC Films!”
Pattinson added: »
- andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
Michael Haneke’s Calais-set 'Happy End' secures deals as shoot begins
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Exclusive: Les Films du Losange secures key deals; Matthieu Kassovitz joins cast also featuring Jean-Louis Trintignant and Isabelle Huppert.
Paris-based Les Films du Losange has unveiled pre-sales on Michael Haneke’s next film Happy End as the first day of shooting begins in the northern French region of the Nord-Pas-de-Calais today.
Few details on the production have been revealed publicly bar that the film will revolve around a well-off French family living in a bourgeois bubble in northern France, oblivious to the human misery unfolding in migrant camps around the port town of Calais, a few miles from their home.
As previously reported by one French media outlet, Matthieu Kassovitz has recently joined the cast which also features the previously announced Jean-Louis Trintignant and Isabelle Huppert as well as a host of younger new faces.
A number of distributors who released Haneke’s 2013 Palme d’Or and Oscar-winning Amour – which made $34m at global box office — have »
Michael Haneke’s Calais-set 'Happy End' secures key deals as shoot begins
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Exclusive: Les Films du Losange secures deals; Matthieu Kassovitz joins cast also featuring Jean-Louis Trintignant and Isabelle Huppert.
Paris-based Les Films du Losange has unveiled pre-sales on Michael Haneke’s next film Happy End as the first day of shooting begins in the northern French region of the Nord-Pas-de-Calais today.
Few details on the production have been revealed publicly bar that the film will revolve around a well-off French family living in a bourgeois bubble in northern France, oblivious to the human misery unfolding in migrant camps around the port town of Calais, a few miles from their home.
As previously reported by one French media outlet, Matthieu Kassovitz has recently joined the cast which also features the previously announced Jean-Louis Trintignant and Isabelle Huppert as well as a host of younger new faces.
A number of distributors who released Haneke’s 2013 Palme d’Or and Oscar-winning Amour – which made $34m at global box office — have signed »
European Animation Awards To Launch In 2017
1 hour ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Brexit notwithstanding, Europe looks set to have a new prize event, the European Animation Awards (Eaa), which are inspired by America’s Annie Awards and backed by many of the preeminent figures in Europe’s animation industry.
The new plaudits come after a period of “massive growth” of Europe’s animation industry, which merits broader kudos recognition, said Jean-Paul Commin, Eaa secretary general, who added that the United Kingdom “is and will remain, despite Brexit, an active player in our project.”
“There has been a huge improvement not only in the quantity but quality of animation in Europe. We have some of the best animation schools and European animated features are travelling better,” he said.
The first European Animation Awards gala ceremony will take place in 2017. Peter Lord, creative director of Aardman Animations and producer of many of Europe’s most-watched animated movies – such as the stop-motion “Chicken Run” and »
- Emilio Mayorga
Michael Sheen to direct true-crime thriller Green River Killer
1 hour ago | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
The acclaimed Welsh actor’s first film as director – in which he will also star – tells the story of a trucker who killed dozens of women in Washington in the early 1980s
Michael Sheen will make his directorial debut with Green River Killer, a true-crime thriller about Gary Ridgway, America’s most prolific serial killer.
Ridgway, a trucker who carried out the majority of his crimes during the early 1980s, claimed to have killed as many as 71 women, but also said during police questioning that he had “lost count”. He was convicted of murdering 49 women in 2003, and was spared the death sentence through a plea deal by which he agreed to lead the police to the remains of missing victims.
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- Henry Barnes and agencies
Recap: ‘Game of Thrones’ Season 6 Season Finale Welcomes ‘The Winds of Winter’
2 hours ago | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
Who run the world? Girls. David Benioff and D.B. Weiss must have been immersing themselves in the teachings of Queen Bey, because by the end of Season 6 of “Game of Thrones,” women are ruling basically every land. The show, which has been described as “just tits and dragons” by guest star Ian McShane, just upended […]
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- Katie Walsh
Las Vegas Magic Show Duo ‘Siegfried and Roy’ to Get Biopic Treatment
2 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Rome — The German-American duo known as Siegfried and Roy, whose magic show with its trademark white tigers was one of the oldest and most popular in Las Vegas for more than two decades, will be getting the biopic treatment.
Ufa Group, which is FremantleMedia’s German production arm, has secured film rights for the biopic, to be directed by Philipp Stoelzl and scripted by Jan Berger, who both worked on Ufa’s epic “The Physician.”
The rights deal was brokered by Ufa producer and co-ceo Nico Hofmann. FremantleMedia International will handle international distribution.
The “Siegfried & Roy Show” was a major money-maker for MGM Mirage, the company that owns the Mirage Casino and Resort, where it was based between 1990 and 2003. The show was shut down after a white Bengal tiger called Mantecore grabbed Roy Horn by the neck and dragged him offstage during a performance. Roy survived the attack but was partially paralyzed by it. »
- Nick Vivarelli
Three rules the Absolutely Fabulous movie must follow to avoid being awful
3 hours ago | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Spin-off movies of TV sitcoms do not have a great track record – and many of them fail for the same, endlessly repeated reasons
Related: Jennifer Saunders: ‘It's still easier for a gang of boys to get a TV show’
The Absolutely Fabulous movie might be brilliant. Given the general state of the world at the moment, the sight of two ungracious old codgers wobbling around anarchically on a screen for an hour and a half might be exactly what everyone needs.
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- Stuart Heritage
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