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Toby Jones and Rafe Spall in Talks to Join Sequel to ‘Jurassic World’ (Exclusive)
3 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Toby Jones and “Prometheus” actor Rafe Spall are in talks to join Universal and Amblin Entertainment’s next chapter in the “Jurassic World” franchise.
Jones and Spall join Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard, who are returning to star. Sources say producers are also getting ready to test for two other key roles in the project but wanted to get these offers out of the way first before making choices.
Plot details are unknown at this time, including who Jones and Spall will be playing in the sequel to the 2015 hit.
J.A. Bayona is on board to direct with Frank Marshall producing along with Pat Crowley and Belén Atienza. Colin Trevorrow, who helmed “Jurassic World,” penned the script with his writing partner Derek Connolly.
Trevorrow will also exec produce with Steven Spielberg.
“Jurassic World” blew away box office records, scoring the biggest domestic opening of all time with $205 million. The »
- Justin Kroll
‘Stranger Things’ Season 2 Casts Sean Astin, Paul Reiser, Linnea Berthelsen
3 hours ago | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »
The shape of “Stranger Things” to come is becoming a little clearer. Season 2 of the Netflix horror thriller will include Sean Astin, Paul Reiser, and Linnea Berthelsen in the cast.
Astin will play Bob Newby, a kind hearted former nerd who went to high school with Joyce Byers (Winona Ryder) and Sheriff Hopper (David Harbour). Bob is now the manager of the Hawkins RadioShack. Astin’s ’80s and ’90s bona fides (“The Goonies,” “Rudy”) and “Lord of the Rings” stardom fit well with the “Stranger Things” aesthetic.
Reiser is Dr. Owens, a Department of Energy muckety muck who is tasked with “containing” the events of the previous year, when a murderous being from another dimension came through to our own, kidnapping young Will Byers (Noah Schnapp). In addition to “Stranger Things” and his current role on Amazon’s “Red Oaks,” Reiser will debut an eight-episode scripted series set at “The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson” on NBCU »
- Oriana Schwindt
Live-Action ‘Voltron’ Is Ready To Form At Universal
6 hours ago | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
Among the many pieces of IP that Hollywood has been trying to big the screen, “Voltron,” of all things, has been one of the toughest nuts to crack. Stuck in development hell for at least a decade if not longer, it’s one of those projects that rears its head every couple of years only to disappear again. So before you exclaim “Childhood ruined!” just bear in mind this thing has been moving along for years, you just might not have known about it.
Continue reading Live-Action ‘Voltron’ Is Ready To Form At Universal at The Playlist. »
- Kevin Jagernauth
Tyler Perry to Produce English-Language Remake of Korean Film ‘Miss Granny’ With CJ E&M
19 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
“Madea” star Tyler Perry has teamed with Cj E&M, Korea’s largest entertainment conglomerate, to produce an English-language remake of Korean hit film “Miss Granny.”
The production, targeted at the African-American community, will be a co-venture between Cj, and Tyler Perry Studio’s 34th Street Films.
Cj has also pacted with actor-director Eugenio Derbez’s 3 Pas Studios to produce a Spanish-language version. Both films are set for release in 2018 and both are aimed primarily at the North American market.
“Miss Granny” is a body-swap romantic comedy featuring a 70-year-old woman who transforms into a young woman in her 20s. It was released in January 2014 in Korea and earned $53.7 million from 8.65 million admissions, before going on to be remade in Chinese and Vietnamese.
“We could not find a partner more suitable for the English-language remake of ‘Granny,’ than Tyler Perry Studio,” Cj said in a statement. “We expect to see a great English remake, »
- Sonia Kil
Exclusive: Charlie Heaton Dishes on 'Stranger Things' Time Jump in 'Darker' Season 2: 'It's Gonna Be a Ride'
22 hours ago | Entertainment Tonight | See recent Entertainment Tonight news »
The second season of Netflix's breakout hit Stranger Things is on its way, and it sounds like fans have an even bigger adventure waiting for them.
Charlie Heaton, who stars as the reclusive Jonathan Byers, spoke with Et at a junket for his new thriller, Shut In, on Saturday, where he revealed that the upcoming episodes are going to "slightly darker" than the already-terrifying first season.
"You follow these characters a year later, and you're straight back in the world of Hawkins, [Indiana], which we know and love so well," he explained. "The scope feels bigger this year."
The whole cast recently got together for the first table read, and the second season hits the ground running, with Heaton teasing, "From episode one through four, it's gonna be a ride."
While he couldn't »
‘Gilmore Girls’: Alexis Bledel Felt Pressure for the Final 4 Words Scene to Be ‘Awesome’
8 hours ago | Indiewire Television | See recent Indiewire Television news »
The final four words spoken in “Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life” had better be good.
The Netflix revival series has only been a couple years in the making, but the original show’s creator Amy Sherman-Palladino has known how she wanted it to end since 2006. After a fateful reunion panel at the Austin Television Festival in 2015, the fan reaction was so fervent that the revival had to happen. When the Netflix deal came along, Sherman-Palladino finally got her wish to work those four words into a final farewell script.
Alexis Bledel, as the bookworm-turned-journalist Rory Gilmore, felt the weight of those years and fans’ expectations while shooting the scene, in which she may or may not be the one uttering those final words.
“I felt a lot of pressure to try to get it right, to make it awesome, »
- Hanh Nguyen
Yahoo’s Katie Couric Dodges ‘Uptight TV Formats’ During ‘First Cord-Cutter Election’
23 minutes ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
Katie Couric has been in the news business for 35 years but thinks the “first cord-cutter election” on Tuesday night will give Yahoo a chance to show viewers that online newscasts aren’t as stale and boring as typical coverage. “It feels intimate, a little more casual, frankly,” Couric told TheWrap. “For whatever reason, perhaps because I did broadcast television for so long, there is something very forgiving about being online… We all feel much more liberated to be ourselves in a way that uptight TV formats don’t allow.” Couric, the face of Yahoo News, said people are “increasingly discovering »
- Brian Flood
‘The Jinx’ Subject Robert Durst Tells Judge: ‘I Did Not Kill Susan Berman’
33 minutes ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
Accused murderer Robert Durst told a Los Angeles court on Monday he was not guilty in the 2000 killing of Susan Berman. “I do want to say here and now, I am not guilty. I did not kill Susan Berman,” Durst said. The Durst defense indicated they would plead not guilty on Friday. Attorneys for the unwitting star of the February 2015 hit series said Durst was hard of hearing — he also appeared in a neck brace, and addressed the court with a strained voice. “Bob Durst didn’t kill Susan Berman, doesn’t know who did and he’s eager to get to. »
- Matt Donnelly and Pamela Chelin
TV Land Greenlights Alicia Silverstone, Mena Suvari’s Dramedy ‘American Woman’
51 minutes ago | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »
TV Land has greenlit “American Woman,” the 1970’s period dramedy inspired by the real life of “Real Housewives” star Kyle Richards, Variety has learned. The series stars Alicia Silverstone and Mena Suvari.
“American Woman” has landed a 12-episode order. No premiere date has been set yet.
Set amid the sexual revolution and the rise of second-wave feminism, “American Woman” follows Bonnie (Silverstone), an unconventional mother struggling to raise her two daughters (Makenna James and Lia Ryan McHugh) after leaving her husband. With the help of her two best friends, Kathleen (Suvari) and Diana (Bartels), these three women will each discover their own brand of independence in a world reluctant to give it.
The show is inspired by the upbringing of Richards’, who is known from Bravo’s “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.” She will serve as co-executive producer on the series.
John Riggi is writer and will serve as executive producer, alongside »
- Elizabeth Wagmeister
AMC Entertainment Sets Q3 Records Off ‘Suicide Squad’ Strength
53 minutes ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
Thank god for “Suicide Squad.” Reporting a record-setting third quarter across all business segments, AMC Entertainment made a revenue of $779.8 million and earnings of 31 cents a share, the company said on Monday. That represents a 13.2 percent increase from the same period a year ago, when it recorded $689 million in revenue. It’s also a huge 158.3 percent increase over the 12 cents a share reported in Q3 2015. Also Read: 6 Reasons Why 'Doctor Strange' Overperformed at the Box Office Revenue came in just shy of analyst estimates of $782 million; but the company was more profitable than Wall Street expected, coming »
- Meriah Doty
TV Land Orders Kyle Richards Dramedy ‘American Woman’ to Series
53 minutes ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
TV Land ordered the dramedy “American Woman” based on the life of “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” star Kyle Richards to series, the network announced Monday. Set amid the sexual revolution and the rise of second-wave feminism, the half-hour show follows Bonnie (Alicia Silverstone), a mother struggling to raise her two daughters (Makenna James and Lia Ryan McHugh) after leaving her husband. With the help of her two best friends, Kathleen (Menua Suvari) and Diana (Jennifer Bartels), each woman will try to discover her own brand of independence in a male-centric world. Also Read: TVLand's 'Heathers' Reboot Has Found Its »
- Joe Otterson
What the Hell is the Mannequin Challenge? A Short Explainer
56 minutes ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
Another day, another challenge — the newest craze to hit the internet is the Mannequin Challenge. While there have been numerous “challenges” that call for their players to do some outrageous things (pour a bucket of ice over their heads, eat a Carolina Reaper pepper, etc), this one is quite simple. The viral challenge requires participants to stay absolutely still while holding a pose — like, say, a mannequin — usually over Rae Sremmurd’s “Black Beatles” ft. Gucci Mane. Meanwhile someone else weaves in and out of the group capturing the dramatic poses. Also Read: What the Hell Is the 'So Gone' Challenge? »
- Rasha Ali
‘Big Bang Theory’ Spinoff Series Based on Young Sheldon in the Works
2 hours ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
A “Big Bang Theory” spinoff series based around a young Sheldon Cooper is in the early stages of development, TheWrap has confirmed. The series would follow Sheldon during his formative years as a socially awkward genius in Texas, which has been a source of a lot of comedic fodder already on “Big Bang.” Jim Parsons, who plays the idiosyncratic genius on the megahit CBS sitcom and won three Emmys while doing so, would executive produce along with original series executive producers Chuck Lorre and Steve Molaro, with Molaro writing the script. Also Read: 'Big Bang Theory' Stars Kaley Cuoco and Johnny Galecki Do. »
- Joe Otterson
Nicolas Puenzo’s ‘Los Ultimos,’ Natalia Beristain’s ‘The Goodbyes,’ Kiki Alvarez’s ‘Soul Sister’ Selected For Ventana Sur’s Primer Corte
2 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Madrid — Nicolas Puenzo’s “Los Ultimos,” Natalia Beristain’s “The Goodbyes” and Kiki Alvarez’s “Soul Sister” have made the cut of Ventana Sur’s 8th Primer Plano, its traditionally arthouse pix-in-post showcase which is one of the Latin American movie market’s main industry draws.
Curated by Cannes’ Cinefondation’s Georges Goldenstern, Primer Corte highlights the awaited feature movie directorial debut of Nicolas Puenzo, a cinematographer on “The German Doctor,” the buzzed up bio from Mexico’s Beristain, the latest from Cuba’s Kiki Alvarez, whose steamy “Venecia” played Toronto. But it also takes in two broader comedies, Bolivia’s “Las Malcogidas” and “Las Oriyinales” as comedy continues to break out of home territories, scoring pan-Latin American and remake deals.
Written by Nicolas and Lucia Puenzo, and helmed by the former, Nicolas, a co-director of TV series “Cromo,” “Los Ultimos” is set in the near future, turning on a couple, »
- John Hopewell
‘The Big Bang Theory’ Spinoff About Young Sheldon Eyed at CBS, Warner Bros. TV
2 hours ago | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »
Warner Bros. TV and CBS are in the early stages of developing a spinoff of “The Big Bang Theory” that would revolve around the Sheldon Cooper character as a youth.
The project is nearing a script deal, sources tell Variety.
Jim Parsons, who plays Sheldon on the flagship series, is attached to executive produce the spinoff along with Chuck Lorre and “Big Bang” showrunner Steve Molaro. “Big Bang” co-creator/exec producer Bill Prady is likely to be on board as an exec producer as well.
Molaro will write the script focusing on Sheldon, the idiosyncratic and neurotic genius, as a youth growing up in Texas. The character’s colorful family and formative years in the Lone Star state have often been referenced on “Big Bang Theory.” Laurie Metcalf earned an Emmy nomination this year for her recurring guest star role as Sheldon’s mother, Mary Cooper.
CBS and Warner Bros. TV declined to comment.
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- Elizabeth Wagmeister
'Big Bang Theory' Sheldon Prequel Series in the Works at CBS
2 hours ago | The Hollywood Reporter | See recent The Hollywood Reporter news »
CBS is looking to keep TV's No. 1 comedy series going — with a twist. The network is developing a spinoff of The Big Bang Theory, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. Sources say the comedy, from Big Bang co-creators Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady and overseen by showrunner Steve Molaro, will center around the young version of Emmy winner Jim Parsons' Dr. Sheldon Cooper. Insiders describe the project as Malcolm in the Middle but with a young and potentially teenage version of Sheldon. None of the Big Bang Theory cast are said to be involved in the potential prequel
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Wolverine Prowls the Night in new ‘Logan’ Image (Photo)
2 hours ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
Wolverine wastes a bad guy in a menacing new image promoting “Logan.” Based on previous released information, Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) looks like he is either protecting a safehouse in the movie or is undertaking a raid on Donald Pierce’s (Boyd Holdbrook) compound. It is pretty safe to say that regardless of his dwindling physical abilities, Logan’s capacity to kill is effectively intact. Also Read: New 'Logan' Images Paint a Bleak Picture for Hugh Jackman (Photos) Silence A photo posted by @wponx on Nov 7, 2016 at 7:23am Pst The film will revolve around the aging mutant living in solitude, »
- Umberto Gonzalez
AFI Conservatory Dean Jan Schuette to Exit Post
3 hours ago | The Hollywood Reporter | See recent The Hollywood Reporter news »
Jan Schuette, dean of the AFI Conservatory, is stepping down as dean at the end of the current academic year, the American Film Institute announced Monday. Schuette will have completed three years as head of the film school when he departs. According to the AFI, he informed the Institute this week that he plans to continue his work in academia and also resume his career as a filmmaker and producer. Schuette, 59, a native of Mannheim, Germany, who previously taught at institutions in his native country as well as Harvard University and Dartmouth College, was recruited to become dean of
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Bleecker Street Nabs Charles Dickens Biopic With Dan Stevens, Christopher Plummer
3 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Bleecker Street has acquired U.S. rights to “The Man Who Invented Christmas,” a look at the creation of “A Christmas Carol.”
The indie label also nabbed distribution rights in certain other select territories, such as Eastern Europe, Benelux, Scandinavia, and Latin America. The film begins production in December and will hit theaters in 2017 just in time for the holidays.
“Downton Abbey’s” Dan Stevens will star as Charles Dickens, with Christopher Plummer playing Scrooge and Jonathan Pryce taking on the role of Dickens’ father. Bharat Nalluri, who previously guided “Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day,” will slide behind the camera. The film unfolds over six weeks as Dickens labors to complete his Yuletide masterpiece. It finds the author at a low point, still bruised from the commercial failures of several books. With publishers rejecting his latest work, he sets out to cook up a story he hopes will keep his family solvent. »
- Brent Lang
Fan Bingbing Exits WME for CAA
3 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
CAA has signed international superstar Fan Bingbing for representation.
The multihyphenate star is an actress, producer, and philanthropist, as well as one of the most successful Chinese movie stars in the world. Best known to domestic audiences for “X-Men: Days of Future Past,” she has more than 30 films to her credit, which have collectively generated more than $1.2 billion at the worldwide box office.
Bingbing ranks fifth on Forbes’ 2016 list of the highest-paid actresses, and is the only Chinese thesp on the list.
She recently won the Silver Shell for best actress at San Sebastian Film festival for her performance in “I Am Not Madame Bovary,” directed by Feng Xiaogang. She was previously with Wme.
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- Justin Kroll
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