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Can 'Blair Witch' Scare 'Sully' from the Weekend's Top Spot?
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Lionsgate's Blair Witch arrives seventeen years after the original film and it's hoping to become the third horror film to top the weekend box office this year. Standing in its way is last weekend's champ, Sully, which has delivered record results over the past few days and is looking at a $20+ million second weekend. Other new wide releases include Universal's Bridget Jones's Baby, arriving twelve years after the last film, and Open Road's Snowden. Meanwhile, Pure Flix debuts the documentary Hillsong: Let Hope Rise in over 800 theaters and Freestyle releases Mr. Church starring Eddie Murphy into approximately 300 theaters. Overall, while there could be a fight at the top with a couple of $20+ million weekends, this weekend's top twelve looks like it will be down from last year by about 10-11% with the top twelve generating around $89 million compared to $98.6 million over the same weekend last year. 2016 has already seen 11 films »
- Brad Brevet <mail@boxofficemojo.com>
Newcomer Cailee Spaeny Lands Female Lead in ‘Pacific Rim: Maelstrom’ (Exclusive)
11 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Actress and pop singer Cailee Spaeny has landed the female lead in Legendary’s “Pacific Rim: Maelstrom,” the sequel to the 2013 sci-fi hit.
John Boyega will play the male lead in “Maelstrom” and Scott Eastwood also stars. Steven S. DeKnight is directing.
Thomas Tull, Mary Parent, Jon Jashni, and Guillermo del Toro will produce the action adventure film along with Boyega and Femi Oguns under their Upper Room Productions shingle. Cale Boyter will serve as the film’s executive producer.
The first “Pacific Rim,” directed by del Toro, also starred Charlie Hunnam, Rinko Kikuchi, Idris Elba, Charlie Day and Robert Kazinsky.
“Pacific Rim” was set in the near future with Earth at war with the Kaiju, monsters that emerged from an interdimensional portal at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. The movie went on to gross more than $410 million at the worldwide box office.
Plot details are vague on this »
- Justin Kroll
Amazon Cancels ‘Hand of God’ After 2 Seasons
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Amazon’s “Hand of God” will come to an end after its second season, TheWrap has learned. “Hand of God,” which stars “Sons of Anarchy” vet Ron Perlman and “Body of Proof’s” Dana Delany, is set to return for a second season next year, which will conclude the drama’s run. The show centers on Judge Pernell Harris (Perlman), a hard-living, law-bending married man with a high-end call girl on the side, who suffers a mental breakdown and goes on a vigilante quest to find the rapist who tore his family apart. With no real evidence to go on, »
- Reid Nakamura
Spike Lee's She's Gotta Have It Snags 10-Episode Series Order at Netflix
15 hours ago | TVLine.com | See recent TVLine.com news »
Netflix is officially a Spike Lee joint.
The streamer has placed a 10-episode series order for "She’s Gotta Have It", a contemporary remake of Lee’s 1985 seminal debut feature film. Lee will direct all 10 half-hour episodes and serve as an Ep with his producer-wife Tonya Lewis Lee.
The project had originally been eyed at Showtime.
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The series, similar to the film, centers on Nola Darling, a Brooklyn-based artist in her late twenties struggling to define herself and divide her time amongst her Friends, her Job and her Three Lovers: The Cultured Model, »
Toronto: Eva Green, Emmanuelle Seigner Star in Roman Polanski-Olivier Assayas’ ‘True Story’ (Exclusive)
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Emmanuelle Seigner and Eva Green are set to star in Roman Polanski’s psychological thriller “Based on a True Story (“D’apres une histoire vraie”), which will be sold internationally by Lionsgate.
Olivier Assayas, who nabbed the best director prize at Cannes for supernatural drama “Personal Shopper” starring Kristen Stewart, is co-writing the film with Polanski. “True Story” tells the tale of a writer (Emmanuelle Seigner) whose life and mind are endangered by an obsessive woman (Eva Green).
Marking Polanski’s return to film-making since his 2013 drama “Venus in Fur,” the French-language “Based on a True Story” is an adaptation of Delphine de Vigan’s critically acclaimed novel of the same name. The book was published last year and won the Prix Renaudot and high school prize Goncourt des Lyceens.
“True Story” is Wassim Beji’s first collaboration with Assayas and Polanski. Beji is producing the film via his Parisian outfit Wy Productions, »
- Elsa Keslassy
Review: Oliver Stone's 'Snowden' is a return to form for Hollywood's master of agit-prop
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At first glance, there is little about Snowden that would seem to distinguish it from some of this year’s other “I’m not sure there’s a movie in that true story” based-on-a-true-story movies like Sully and Deepwater Horizon, especially in the wake of the Wikileaks film The Fifth Estate or the exceptional documentary Citizenfour. But Snowden has a secret weapon, and it’s one that I wasn’t expecting: a fully-engaged and on-his-game Oliver Stone. And when Oliver Stone is on his game and fully engaged, there are few filmmakers who are more interesting or provocative. I have been a fan of his work for most of the time I have been a film fan, even before I knew fully who he was. I was drawn to films he had written, and when he made the jump to directing full-time with the back-to-back accomplishment of Salvador and Platoon, »
- Drew McWeeny
Latido, LopezLi, Version Digital Ink U.S., 24-Territory Distribution for ‘Bosch’ (Exclusive)
27 minutes ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
San Sebastian — Jose Luis Lopez Linares’ “Bosch: The Garden of Dreams” will receive a theatrical release in 24 international territories, thanks to a pioneering agreement between production house LopezLi, Madrid-based sales agent Latido and foreign distributor Version Digital.
Territories in which “Bosch” will open in cinema theaters include the U.S., the U.K., Latin America, Scandinavia and Eastern Europe.
Based out of Valencia, and positioning itself as Spain’s leading event cinema distributor, both for Spain and in international markets, Version Digital distributes and programs international ballet, opera – such as retransmissions from London’s Royal Opera House and the Sydney Royal Opera House – as well as theater work and concert recordings, HD art exhibitions docs-features and heritage cinema. In Spain, it works with cinema chains, cheaters and cultural centres.
Capitalising on its contacts, Version Digital has also built up a network of national and international theatrical outlets for event cinema from Spain. »
- John Hopewell
San Sebastian: Argentina’s Diego Dubcovsky Co-Produces Carlos Ameglio’s ‘Kiken’ (Exclusive)
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Varsovia Films, the Buenos Aires-based outfit run by Argentine producer Diego Dubcovsky (“The Motorcycle Diaries,” “The Broken Embraces,” “Truman”) has boarded Carlos Ameglio’s project “Kiken,” which marks Uruguayan outfit Salado’s first foray into genre film production.
As a project, “Kiken” featured last year at both the San Sebastian’s Europe-Latin America Co-production Forum and Austin’s Fantastic Market. The entry of Mexican and German co-production partners in the project is currently under negotiations.
A first draft of the script has been penned by Salado founder Carlos Ameglio alongside Argentine film and TV writer Leonel D’Agostino (“Black Snow”).
Described as a visceral film, and conceived as a rollercoaster whose energy never wanes, “Kiken” follows a couple attempting to rekindle their relationship in a small fishing village, where a mysterious Japanese ship runs aground and releases a substance which mutates the hamlet’s inhabitants.
Set to partially shoot in »
- Emiliano De Pablos
Sean Hannity ‘Would Love to Sue’ CNN After Brian Stelter Says He Wants Clinton ‘On Her Death Bed’
2 hours ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
CNN media reporter Brian Stelter told PBS’s “Charlie Rose” on Wednesday night that conservative figures like Sean Hannity, Rush Limbaugh and Alex Jones would like to see Hillary Clinton dead. Hannity for one is not taking the comments lightly, and is now threatening to sue CNN for slander. “What does — how do I get an apology from CNN? I would love to sue them for slander when they say, ‘oh he wants Hillary on her deathbed and dead,’ when I said just the opposite,” he said on Premiere Radio Networks’ “The Sean Hannity Show” Thursday. Also Read: Hillary Clinton »
- Debbie Emery
Jessica Alba’s Honest Co in $1 Billion Takeover Talks With Unilever
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Jessica Alba‘s fledgling consumer-products startup, Honest Co., could be acquired by industry giant Uniliver. The maker of Dove soaps and Axe body sprays is in talks with Honest for a deal valued at over $1 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. However, the figure is significantly lower than the $1.7 billion valuation that was placed on Honest in a fundraising round last year. While the talks are at an early stage, Honest hasn’t ruled out instead opting for an initial public offering instead, according to WSJ insiders. Also Read: Jessica Alba's Honest Company Sued for Allegedly Selling Baby Formula »
- Debbie Emery
‘American Horror Story’ Breathing-Earth Scene Isn’t All Fiction – Here’s Proof (Video)
4 hours ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
In the eerie finale to the Season 6 premiere of “American Horror Story,” there were a lot of creepy things that happened. Kathy Bates got hit by a car and walked away unscathed. An evil cult carrying torches was closing in on Shelby (Sarah Paulson), who was attacked by a man that had the top of his head chopped off. But perhaps the creepiest scene was the one that was all too similar to an actual event that got filmed on a smartphone last year. While stumbling through the woods, Shelby noticed that the very forest itself seemed to be alive, »
- Jeremy Fuster
Emmy-Nominated Actor James Stacy Dies at 80
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James Stacy, who was Emmy-nominated for his role as a wheelchair-bound amputee in TV movie “Just a Little Inconvenience” and starred in Western series “Lancer,” died Thursday in Ventura, Calif. He was 80.
His turbulent life included being married to actresses Connie Stevens and Kim Darby, becoming a double amputee after a motorcycle accident, and serving prison time for child molestation.
His partner Antigoni Tsamparlis confirmed his death and said he had possibly suffered an allergic reaction after being admitted to the hospital.
Born Maurice W. Elias in Los Angeles, Stacy appeared on “The Donna Reed Show” (1958) and “The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet” (1952), and had a recurring role in “Wiseguy” (1990). He also appeared in numerous episodes of “Bonanza” (1973), “Gunsmoke” (1964-73) and received a producing credit for the film “My Kidnapper, My Love” (1980).
Appearing as a wounded Vietnam vet in “Just a Little Inconvenience” opposite Barbara Hershey, he hoped to encourage other amputees and persons with disabilities to fulfill »
- Joshua Terry
Jessica Alba's Honest Co. in $1B Takeover Talks (Report)
4 hours ago | The Hollywood Reporter | See recent The Hollywood Reporter news »
Jessica Alba's consumer goods company Honest Co. is the subject of a $1 billion takeover from European giant Unilever according to a report on Thursday in the Wall Street Journal. Unilever, the company behind Axe men's grooming products and Dove soap, is in talks to acquire Honest significantly below its $1.7 billion valuation that was set during a fundraising round last year sources familiar with the matter told the WSJ. Takeover talks are at an early stage and Honest could still rule out a deal and go ahead with an Ipo. Alba co-founded Honest Co. in
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- Abid Rahman, Paul Bond
Former FCC Chairman Among Top Democratic Donors, Leaked DNC Docs Suggest
4 hours ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
Documents obtained by hacker “Guccifer 2.0” purport to show that Julius Genachowski, who was FCC chairman from 2009 to 2013, donated nearly $3.5 million to the Democatic National Committee and another group supporting President Obama. The New York Observer — owned by Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner — has gone so far as to call it pay-for-play. The documents do not say when Genachowski purportedly made the donations. The documents also identified other high-ranking Obama appointees as top donors. Also Read: Debbie Wasserman Schultz Won't Speak at DNC Genachowski did not respond to a request for comment for this story. DNC interim chair Donna Brazile issued a statement cautioning. »
- Oriana Schwindt
Ed Helms and Owen Wilson Look for Their Father in ‘Bastards’ Trailer
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Ed Helms and Owen Wilson think former NFL quarterback Terry Bradshaw may be their father in the first trailer for Alcon Entertainment’s comedy “Bastards.”
Helms and Wilson play brothers whose mother Helen Baxter (portrayed Glenn Close) admits at her wedding that she stretched the truth about their father dying when they were young. “I’m not sure who your father was,” she adds.
The duo take off on a road trip to find their real father with evidence pointing to Bradshaw (playing himself) and J.K. Simmons. Ving Rhames, June Squibb and Katt Williams also star.
“Talk about a blast from the past,” Bradshaw responds. “She damn near cost us the Super Bowl.”
Rhames says of the name Helen Baxter, “It does more than ring a bell.”
The film is rated R for language and sexual references throughout.
Lawrence Sher, who shot the “Hangover” films, directs from a screenplay by Justin Malen. »
- Dave McNary
Donald Trump Lets Jimmy Fallon Mess Up His Famous Hairdon’t (Video)
5 hours ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
During a Thursday taping of NBC’s “The Tonight Show,” host Jimmy Fallon had an important question for Donald Trump … Could he mess with his hair? While Trump looked apprehensive, Fallon promised: “I’ll be gentle.” The Gop candidate finally agreed, awarding Fallon a rare opportunity, while adding that he hoped voters in New Hampshire, his next stop, wouldn’t mind. Also Read: Hillary Clinton Debates Jimmy Fallon's Fake Donald Trump (Video) That’s when Fallon went where few have gone before, putting his fingers through Trump’s famous yellow hair. He gave it a good shake, as the strands of hair topped over. »
- Itay Hod
Emmys 2016: 36 Nominees Who Could Become First-Time Winners (Photos)
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Anthony Anderson and Tracee Ellis Ross, “Black-ish” If Anthony Anderson were to win for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series this year, it would mark his first win after one previous nomination. His co-star Tracee Ellis Ross could also become a first-time winner this year for her role on the ABC family comedy. Emmys 2016 Ellie Kemper and Tituss Burgess, “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” After missing the cut for nominations last year, Ellie Kemper could snag her first Emmy for her role on Netflix’s “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.” Tituss Burgess is also up for an Emmy in the supporting category. Emmys 2016 Aziz Ansari, »
- Reid Nakamura
All 20 of Oliver Stone’s Movies Ranked: From ‘Savages’ to ‘Born on the Fourth of July’ (Photos)
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Oliver Stone Films, Ranked – Love him or hate him, writer-director-provocateur Oliver Stone has been going strong for over four decades. With “Snowden” out in theaters, here’s a chance to get reacquaint yourself with his varied filmography (save for documentaries), from worst to best. 20. “Savages” (2012) The most joyful moment of watching movies in 2012 came in the form of one word, delivered by Blake Lively: “war-gasm.” That term describes the type of orgasms soldiers have upon coming home from war. When it comes to “Savages,” that’s essentially all you need to know. For Stone, it’s a peculiarly inept crime drama: humorless, »
- Sam Fragoso
Sandra Lee Sells Memoir to Sony TV (Exclusive)
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Sandra Lee is moving from the kitchen to behind the scenes. The celebrity chef is turning her life story into a TV movie, Variety has learned exclusively.
Her 2007 best-selling memoir “Made from Scratch” has been optioned by Sony for the small screen. The book chronicles Lee’s troubled childhood, as she coped with an abusive, drug-addicted mother and the responsibility then placed on her to take care of her siblings.
Helen Verno, Sony’s executive vice president of movies and miniseries, bought the rights to Lee’s memoir after a chance meeting with Lee on a recent business trip. Judith Verno (“The Lizzie Borden Chronicles,” “Masters of Sex”) will serve as executive producer, as will Lee. The search is now underway for a writer to develop the screenplay.
“I’m so honored that Sony has optioned the rights to my life story, and to have Judith Verno confirmed as this project’s executive producer is an absolute »
- Debra Birnbaum
From 'Raw' to 'The Bad Batch,' the arthouse cannibal film is on the rise
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As I reported earlier this week, "multiple" audience members passed out at the Toronto International Film Festival screening of Julia Ducournau's debut feature Raw, a film about a 16-year-old vegetarian who develops a sudden taste for human flesh following a gruesome hazing ritual at her new school. In addition to a number of allegedly disgusting scenes, the film is also, apparently, very good, with critics and general viewers alike singing the film's praises in print and on social media. With all the current hullabaloo around that film, it's interesting to note that another movie revolving around cannibalism, Ana Lily Amirpour’s The Bad Batch, also had its North American premiere at Tiff this week before being picked up for U.S. distribution by Screen Media Films. That film, billed as a "dystopian love story set in a Texas wasteland amongst a community of cannibals," is Amirpour's followup to 2014's »
- Chris Eggertsen
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