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1 hour ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »

The galaxy far, far away is inching closer. The “Star Wars” Han Solo spinoff has tapped Emilia Clarke as its female lead.

The “Game of Thrones” actress will star opposite Alden Ehrenreich and Donald Glover, who play Solo and fellow smuggler Lando Calrissian, respectively.

“Selma” and “Creed” star Tessa Thompson, “Power Rangers” actress Naomi Scott, and Zoe Kravitz tested for the role in October. Another group, which included Clarke, Kiersey Clemons, and Jessica Henwick, tested in London with Clarke ultimately landing the role.

Execs and directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller, who are also penning the script, had tested another group in September, but settled on another round after struggling to make their choice.

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- Justin Kroll

5 hours ago | The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News | See recent The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News news »

Marc Forster has come aboard to direct Christopher Robin, Disney’s live-action fantasy project centering on the human character in Winnie the Pooh.

Brigham Taylor, who produced Disney’s recent mega-hit The Jungle Book, is producing Robin, which has a script by Alex Ross Perry.

The story centers on Robin, the adult version of the boy who in the A.A. Milne books shares his adventures with the animals of the Hundred Acre Wood. Robin has grown out of the joyful imagination he had as a young boy and is now a businessman who prioritizes work over his wife and daughter. With his »

- Borys Kit

9 hours ago | Deadline | See recent Deadline news »

The Thanksgiving moviegoing stretch began last night, and nobody has even sat down for dinner yet. Warner Bros’ Harry Potter spinoff Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them grossed $8.75 million from Thursday showings starting at 6 Pm. All in after two days abroad in 47 territories, Fantastic Beasts is flying to $32.25M worldwide at this point in time. We’re hearing that early matinees are strong near Doctor Strange levels, but it’s too early to call whether it Fantastic B… »

17 November 2016 1:40 PM, PST | Box Office Mojo | See recent BoxOfficeMojo.com news »

Fifteen years ago J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series made the leap from its place in literary history to its place in film history. Since then, the eight-film franchise has generated nearly $2.4 billion domestically and over $7.7 billion worldwide with the last of the Harry Potter films being released five years ago. This weekend a new adventure within J.K. Rowling's Wizarding World begins in the form of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, a prequel to the Harry Potter franchise, debuting in over 4,000 theaters and looking at a #1 opening that could top $90 million. Meanwhile, fellow new releases this weekend include the coming-of-age dramedy The Edge of Seventeen starring Hailee Steinfeld and Bleed for This starring Miles Teller. Additionally, Sony's Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk expands into over 1,100 theaters and limited release standout Moonlight gets a moderate nationwide release into 650 theaters. As already mentioned, it has been five years since the last Harry Potter film, »

- Brad Brevet <mail@boxofficemojo.com>

6 hours ago | Deadline | See recent Deadline news »

Exclusive: Rachel Goldenberg has been attached to direct MGM's musical adaptation of the 1983 romantic comedy Valley Girl, about a teenage valley girl who begins to question the life she's always known when she falls in love with a punk rocker from Hollywood. Goldenberg most recently helmed A Deadly Adoption for Lifetime starring Will Ferrell and Kristen Wiig. The remake of the old Martha Coolidge-directed film that starred and helped launch the career of Nicholas Cage… »

6 hours ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »

November 22 marks the 25th anniversary of “Beauty and the Beast.” TheWrap teamed up with IMDb to give you these 15 facts you may not have known about the Oscar-winning film. Belle was the first brown-haired Disney princess. The smoke during the transformation of the beast is not animated — it was real smoke originally used in 1985’s “The Black Cauldron.” Although Angela Lansbury is famous for singing the “Beauty and the Beast” ballad, she originally thought another actor would be more suited. The director asked her to make at least one recording of her singing the song, which ended up in »

- Beatrice Verhoeven

14 minutes ago | Gold Derby | See recent Gold Derby news »

During our recent webcam chat (watch above), “Nocturnal Animals” editor Joan Sobel admits that upon first reading director Tom Ford‘s screenplay for the film, “I cried. It was that powerful.” This Focus Features release stars Amy Adams as an art gallery owner haunted by her ex-husband’s (Jake Gyllenhaal) violent novel about a man’s (Gyllenhaal) desperate search for his wife […] »

- Zach Laws

23 minutes ago | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »

Jeremy Clarkson was with James May and Richard Hammond in Victorville, Calif. in September shooting the first episode of their new Amazon series, “The Grand Tour.” The segment features Clarkson, May, and Hammond each behind the wheel of a Ford Mustang, leading a pack of cars across the desert to the foot of a stage where a raucous, massive crowd awaits. The three aging Brits, who together look like the Google image-search results for “older dad,” receive a greeting normally afforded rock stars.

“Everybody was saying welcome back,” Clarkson says. “That was genuinely touching. I and Hammond did well up properly.”

“It is nice to be liked,” May says.

“It’s unusual for us to be liked,” Clarkson says.

Not that unusual. For 12 years, Clarkson, May, and Hammond hosted “Top Gear,” the BBC automotive show that was ostensibly about cars but in reality was about three guys — sometimes talking about cars, sometimes »

- Daniel Holloway

30 minutes ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »

New York’s Museum of the Moving Image and the India Center Foundation are starting a festival to show regional-language films from the sub-continent.

Running Dec.8-11, India Kaleidoscope will show eight films, of which one is a classic and the rest are premieres at the Sumner Redstone Theater in Astoria, Queens. Kicking off with “India in a Day,” a doc initiated by Google and put together by Richie Mehta, the fest will show “Loktak Lairembee” (Lady of the Lake), directed by Haobam Paban Kumar in Manipuri language; Marathi-language “Lathe Joshe,” directed by Mangesh Joshi; “The Violin Player,” helmed in Hindi by Bauddhayan Mukherji; the Tamil “Sila Samayangalil” (Sometimes), helmed by Priyadarshan; Girish Kasaravalli’s classic “Ghatashraddha” (The Ritual) in Kannada; his daughter Ananya Kasaravalli’s “Harikatha Prasanga” (Chronicles of Hari), also in Kannada; and the Bengali “Tope” (The Bait, pictured) by Buddhadeb Dasgupta.

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- Shalini Dore

34 minutes ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »

Simon McQuoid, best known for directing commercials, is in talks to helm the “Mortal Kombat” reboot for New Line.

James Wan is producing the movie, along with Michael Clear for Atomic Monster, and Todd Garner and Jeremy Stein through their Broken Road banner. Lawrence Kasanoff is executive producing. Greg Russo penned the most recent draft.

Based on the classic ’90s arcade game, “Mortal Kombat” has generated numerous pop culture properties, including the best-selling video game in its franchise, “Mortal Kombat X.” The “Mortal Kombat” games are currently developed by NetherRealm Studios, owned by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, with a team led by co-creator and creative director Ed Boon.

Paul W.S. Anderson’s 1995 movie revolved around some of the game’s classic characters, like Liu Kang and Johnny Cage, who were invited to a tournament on a mysterious island only to find out that the fate of the world hung in the balance. »

- Justin Kroll

42 minutes ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »

Netflix’s sci-fi drama “Black Mirror” offers scarily close-to-home commentary about how technology changes our lives, and now it’s taking on the technology that lets us watch “Black Mirror.” A new online ad for the series imagines a world in which everyone can watch Netflix through contact-lens-like devices, activated by an implant in our necks. The fake (so far) technology is called “Netflix Vista.” The ad shows people using Netflix Vista to watch scenes from our favorite episodes of “Black Mirror,” including the one that inspired Netflix Vista. Also Read: 'Black Mirror': 5 Real-Life Inspirations for the Mind-Bending »

- Tim Molloy

46 minutes ago | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »

Bruce Rosenblum will be succeeded by Screech.

The Television Academy on Thursday night elected Hayma “Screech” Washington as its new chairman. Washington is a seven-time Primetime Emmy Award winner as executive producer on “The Amazing Race,” and will soon be the Academy’s first African-American chair. He will take over for Rosenblum, the newly minted business-operations president for Disney/ABC Television Group and former Warner Bros. television chief who brought long-absent clout to the unpaid role and successfully delivered on an impressive slate of initiative and reforms.

With the transition, leadership of the Academy will pass from a prestige TV power player to a lesser-known industry professional whose top qualification is prior service to the organization. It is by no means an unprecedented shift. But it is one that will shape the Academy’s immediate future — and whose success or failure may depend on how ambitious Washington proves to be.

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- Daniel Holloway

55 minutes ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »

A white Christmas came early for those living in San Jose, California, when testing of fire suppression foam at a plant went wonky, sending a wall of suds bubbling throughout nearby streets on Friday. The foamy mess originated at Signature Flight Support near the San Jose-Santa Clara border, where the company was testing its emergency fire suppression system, according to Santa Clara Police. Video shot by local news teams showed the foam spilling out entrances and vents, thick and deep enough to cover cars. A hazardous materials team was sent to the scene with a San Jose fire crew to clean up. »

- Rosemary Rossi

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