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Ava DuVernay’s ‘Wrinkle in Time’ Sets Release Date
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Ava DuVernay’s “A Wrinkle in Time” will pull up to theaters on April 6, 2018. The sci-fi adventure from Walt Disney stars Oprah Winfrey, Reese Witherspoon, Mindy Kaling, Chris Pine and Gugu Mbatha-Raw have already joined the project, along with young actress Storm Reid. Reid will play the book’s famed main character, a high school-aged girl named Meg Murry who has been struggling ever since her scientist dad (Pine) went missing. Meg finds herself transported on an adventure through time and space with her younger brother, Charles Wallace, and her friend, Calvin O’Keefe, to find her father and rescue him from the evil. »
- Matt Donnelly
Judge Orders ‘Making a Murderer’s’ Brendan Dassey Be Released From Prison
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A judge ordered Monday that “Making a Murderer” subject Brendan Dassey be released from prison, under supervision, following the overturning of his conviction, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
Dassey, 27, has been serving a life sentence since 2007 after he was convicted on accusations of helping his uncle, Steven Avery, kill 25-year-old photographer Teresa Halbach in 2005. Avery remains in prison.
The order, issued by U.S. District Judge William Duffin, comes with several conditions, including that Dassey may not travel beyond the court’s Eastern District of Wisconsin, he may not obtain a passport, and he may not possess a gun or any controlled substances. He is also prohibited from contacting Avery, as well as the family of Halbach.
Dassey will be supervised by the U.S. Probation Office. It was not clear whether Dassey will be released immediately, or if his release could be delayed if the State of Wisconsin files an appeal.
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- Alex Stedman
Critics’ Choice TV Awards: HBO Leads With 22 Nominations
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The 22nd Annual Critics’ Choice Awards announced its list of nominees Monday, with HBO leading the pack with 22 nominations. ABC and Netflix received 14 nominations each, followed by FX with 12. The winners will be announced at the Critics’ Choice Awards gala in Santa Monica on Sunday, December 11. T.J. Miller will serve as the show’s host.
The awards show has been swirled in controversy since sealing an exclusive partnership with Entertainment Weekly earlier this month. The surprise decision essentially turned the Critics Choice Awards into an Entertainment Weekly event. Journalists who quit the Broadcast Television Journalists Association as a result include IndieWire’s Michael Schneider, TVLine’s Michael Ausiello, Variety’s Debra Birnbaum, Buzzfeed’s Jarett Wieselman, TV Guide Magazine’s Matt Roush, Variety’s Maureen Ryan, Media Village’s Ed Martin, and Us Weekly’s John Griffiths. »
- Graham Winfrey
Diablo Cody-Tig Notaro Comedy ‘One Mississippi’ Renewed at Amazon
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“One Mississippi” is getting a second season on Amazon Prime. Season 2 of the critically acclaimed comedy will premiere in 2017 on Prime Video in the U.S., U.K., Germany, Austria and Japan.
Created by Oscar winner Diablo Cody and Emmy nominated comedian Tig Notaro, “One Mississippi” follows a fictionalized version of Notaro as she returns to her Mississippi hometown after her mother suddenly passes away. Kate Robin (“Six Feet Under”) serves as showrunner.
“Making a show as comic and tragic as ‘One Mississippi’ is a risk. Pulling it off with such intelligence and nuance is rare,” said Joe Lewis, Amazon Studios’ head of comedy and drama. “We’re grateful for the audience response and we’re excited to bring them more of Tig and Kate’s brilliance in Season 2.”
Variety‘s Maureen Ryan offered effusive praise for the series when it first hit Amazon Prime in September. “The cumulative power of “One Mississippi” is almost breathtaking, given »
- Oriana Schwindt
‘Ghost in the Shell’ Director Defends Scarlett Johansson After Whitewashing Claims
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Scarlett Johansson’s new film “Ghost in the Shell,” based on the popular manga and anime of the same name, has received its fair share of controversy over the past year from critics who argue that casting Johansson as the film’s protagonist is an act of whitewashing. Though people on the film’s creative team have tried to stymie the controversy, it nevertheless persists. Now, according to The Verge, the director Rupert Sanders has come out and defended his choice of casting in an on-stage interview in Tokyo when the film’s first trailer premiered.
“To me, you know, I cast very much from the gut and I think I was very lucky to be able to get an amazing international cast of people that I’ve always really wanted to work with, »
- Vikram Murthi
HBO Renews ‘Westworld,’ ‘Divorce,’ ‘Insecure’ for Second Seasons
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HBO has given second season pickups to its trio of new fall series — fantasy drama “Westworld” and comedies “Insecure” and “Divorce.”
The renewals are a welcome relief for HBO and its new programming president, Casey Bloys, after a tough year in which HBO suffered a big miss with the period drama “Vinyl,” amid internal changes. “Westworld” in particular had a lot riding on its success as HBO looks to restock its drama series bench with its tentpole original “Game of Thrones” now heading into its final two seasons, starting next summer.
“It’s fantastic to have a broad-based cultural and ratings hit to build from,” Bloys said of “Westworld.” “That’s a great, great luxury.”
“Westworld” has quickly developed a fanatical following among viewers who parse every detail of the show described as a puzzle-within-a-puzzle set in a resort where humanized robots cater to the out-there whims of high-end patrons. Bloys »
- Cynthia Littleton
CBS Gives Full-Season Orders to ‘Man With a Plan’ and ‘The Great Indoors’
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CBS has given full season orders to Matt LeBlanc’s “Man With A Plan” and Joel McHale’s “The Great Indoors,” picking up an additional six episodes of each of the freshman comedies, Variety has learned.
With the additional episode orders, now all five of CBS’s new fall series have landed full-season orders, joining “Kevin Can Wait,” “Bull” and “MacGyver,” which were all recently picked up with 22 episodes. “Man With A Plan” and “The Great Indoors” will have slightly shorter first seasons with a total of 19 episodes for each.
Additionally, CBS has also given a shortened full season order for medical drama “Code Black” for its second season, ordering three more episodes for a total of 16 for Season 2.
A favorite of the network, “Code Black’s” numbers have fallen from its first season, but is averaging 7.94 million viewers and a 1.5 in its Wednesday night time slot in the adults 18-49 demo. The »
- Elizabeth Wagmeister
‘Hacksaw Ridge,’ ‘Allied’ Secure China Release Dates
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Mel Gibson’s “Hacksaw Ridge” and Robert Zemeckis’ “Allied” have both landed theatrical release dates in China this year. They add to an already bulging calendar in late November and December.
“Allied” will get an outing on Wednesday Nov. 30 through China Film Co. “Hacksaw Ridge” will release on Thurs Dec. 8 through the other state-owned vehicle Huaxia Distribution. Earlier this year sales agent Im Global announced that it had licensed the film to China’s YooZoo.
A recent confirmation that Clint Eastwood’s “Sully” was to get a Dec. 9 release appeared to show China’s import quotas being stretched beyond their normal 34 films per year. Hollywood titles also appear to be being given release slots deeper into December.
Normally the last month of the year is the busiest at Chinese cinemas as companies and spectators cash in coupons and other incentives that only last until the end of the calendar year. »
- Patrick Frater
Dog Eat Dog: Is Paul Schrader the world's best bad director?
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The Nic Cage-starring thriller is a complete mess, but has moments of audacious brilliance. It shows that, at 70, Schrader is still taking creative risks
Age is not mellowing 1970s wunderkind writer-director Paul Schrader one bit. Now aged 70 and essentially an outcast in Hollywood, he’s spent the past few years, the sunset of his career, doing what his contemporaries were doing at the dawn of theirs half a century ago for Roger Corman: savouring the untold creative freedoms available to inspired artists on Z-movie budgets. Since The Canyons – in which he cast the most mercurial household name in the States, Lindsay Lohan, and its most famous (and, as it turned out, most creepy) male porn star, James Deen – he’s been making his movies like a film student, improvising, stunt-casting, rewriting on set, »
- John Patterson
Nat Geo’s ‘Mars’ Liftoffs Tonight: Astronaut Compares Accuracy to ‘The Martian,’ ‘Interstellar’
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John Grunsfeld has spent nearly two months in outer space, which makes him pretty darn qualified to break down “Armageddon,” we’d say. His extensive resume also impressed the National Geographic channel, which is why producers asked Grunsfeld to be one of their on-camera “big thinkers” for scripted-documentary hybrid series, “Mars,” which launches tonight. The debut officially kicks off Nat Geo’s rebrand, which is encased in spirit by new tagline, “Further,” and aims to increase the cable network’s premium content count. TheWrap welcomed the physicist, who is currently on hiatus as Nasa’s Associate Administrator for the Science Mission Directorate, »
- Tony Maglio
How Steve Bannon Made a Fortune Off of ‘Seinfeld’
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Steve Bannon has turned himself into one of the most prominent — and controversial — figures in American media today, but less prominent is his unique role in the history of the TV series “Seinfeld.” Long before he became the chief strategist of Donald Trump’s White House and the executive chairman of Breitbart News, Bannon was an investment banker. After a stint at Goldman Sachs, he launched his own firm called Bannon & Co. in 1990. Fast forward a few years, Bannon was brought in to help negotiate the sale of Castle Rock Entertainment for parent company Westinghouse Electric. Ted Turner sought to buy the. »
- Joe Otterson
Watch Kevin Hart Try to Steal ‘Sex Symbol’ Title From Trey Songz in ‘Push it on Me’ (Video)
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We may need to start taking Kevin Hart’s rap persona, Chocolate Droppa, a little more seriously because it looks like the artist is here to stay and attempting to crown himself the new “sex symbol” of R&B. Droppa released a music video for his single titled “Push it on Me,” which is off his “Kevin Hart: What Now? (The Mixtape Presents Chocolate Droppa)” mixtape, where he challenges Trey Songz for the “Mr. Steal Your Girl” title. Once the video opens, Hart — uhh sorry, Droppa — FaceTimes Songz, who is taking a nice walk on the beach and tells him: “You. »
- Rasha Ali
‘Deadliest Catch’ Star Suffers ‘Cracked Skull’ During Beating
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“Deadliest Catch” star Jake Harris is in intensive care following a violent beating on Saturday, according to a Facebook post by his brother, Josh. “My brother was jumped last night, and some individuals decided to beat him pretty good,” Josh Harris said in a Facebook live video posted to the “Deadliest Catch – F/V Cornelia Marie” page on Sunday. He said that his brother suffered a cracked skull and “some brain trauma” during the attack after being beaten and thrown from a moving vehicle along the freeway. Harris also identified two of the alleged attackers, warning fans to “stay away from them. »
- Reid Nakamura
Dr Seuss-‘Star Trek’ Mashup Book Sparks Copyright Lawsuit
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Steal your style from Dr. Seuss? You’ll land in court, you thieving goose! The owner of children’s author Dr.Seuss’ copyrights has filed an infringement lawsuit against a company over a yet-to-be-published Dr. Seuss/”Star Trek” mashup book, “Oh, the Places You’ll Boldly Go!” According to the suit, the book “purports to be an amalgamation of the Dr. Seuss works and certain characters, imagery, and other elements from ‘Star Trek,’ the well-known science fiction entertainment franchise created by Gene Roddenberry.” Also Read: Donald Trump Gets the Dr Seuss Treatment on Twitter in Poetic Rhymes The suit alleges »
- Tim Kenneally
Breitbart to Expand to Europe in Time for Key Elections (Report)
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Breitbart, the so-called alt-right news organization that is often described as “misogynist, racist and xenophobic,” is expanding to Europe, according to the New York Times. The Times said that there is talk of Breitbart bureaus opening in Paris, Berlin and Cairo, all regions where populist-right movements have gained acceptance. “There’s an underserved readership” in Europe, Breitbart editor-in-chief Alexander Marlow told the Times, pointing out the recent “Brexit” vote specifically. Also Read: 8 of Donald Trump's Most Surprising '60 Minutes' Answers Breitbart is known for sensationalized headlines that often mock minorities, Democrats and even establishment Republicans. The international expansion is tied to upcoming elections. »
- Brian Flood
TV’s New Matter-of-Fact Abortion Subplots
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In Friday’s episode of “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend,” a mother of two who dreams of law school chooses to get an abortion — and the twist is that it’s not really that big of a deal. Paula (Donna Lynne Champlin), already a mother of two, discovers she’s pregnant just days after applying to law school — a lifelong dream, finally realized. After nearly giving up law school to have the baby, she’s so bowled over by early admission and high praise from a judge that she chooses to terminate her pregnancy, with the support of her husband. In the final moments of the episode, she nearly tells her best friend Rebecca (Rachel Bloom) about it, but ultimately doesn’t even lend the decision that much weight: “I just … you know, I had a thing, I figured it out.”
“Paula is a woman trying to pursue her dreams,” co-creator and showrunner Aline Brosh McKenna told Variety. “One »
- Sonia Saraiya
Mexico’s Labodigital, Colombia’s Onset Labs Create Joint Venture For Colombia (Exclusive)
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Los Cabos, Mexico — Mexico-based Labodigital, a leading, ambitious and highly diversified Latin American film services group, is expanding into Colombia, teaming with Bogota-based Onset Labs, to launch the joint venture Labodigital Colombia.
A Labodigital office in Brazil is also under negotiation, Charles Barthe, Labodigital CEO, said at Los Cabos Film Festival where Labodigital was one of the festival’s main sponsors, backing a string of post-production and distribution awards.
Founded in 2006, Labodigital currently operates three business lines: Post-production services; Dcp duplication and provision to distributors; exhibition services, including screen calibration and quality systems, digital integration, and image and sound for festivals; film library and heritage feature restoration.
Onset Labs is Colombia’s leading on-set data management servicing company. Its clients include MGM.
The consolidation of the Labodigital’s Colombia business is just one instance of a company exploring the multiple opportunities that have opened up for companies in a post 35mm world, here »
- John Hopewell
Mexico’s Labodigital, Colombia’s Onset Labs Create Joint Venture For Colombia (Exclusive)
3 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Los Cabos, Mexico — Mexico-based Labodigital, a leading, ambitious and highly diversified Latin American film services group, is expanding into Colombia, teaming with Bogota-based Onset Labs, to launch the joint venture Labodigital Colombia.
A Labodigital office in Brazil is also under negotiation, Charles Barthe, Labodigital CEO, said at Los Cabos Film Festival where Labodigital was one of the festival’s main sponsors, backing a string of post-production and distribution awards.
Founded in 2006, Labodigital currently operates three business lines: Post-production services; Dcp duplication and provision to distributors; exhibition services, including screen calibration and quality systems, digital integration, and image and sound for festivals; film library and heritage feature restoration.
Onset Labs is Colombia’s leading on-set data management servicing company. Its clients include MGM.
The consolidation of the Labodigital’s Colombia business is just one instance of a company exploring the multiple opportunities that have opened up for companies in a post 35mm world, »
- John Hopewell
Bernie Sanders: Trump ‘Touched a Nerve,’ FBI Involvement ‘Unacceptable’
3 hours ago | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »
Bernie Sanders appeared on “The View” Monday to discuss the outcome of the presidential election and Donald Trump’s victory.
The Vermont senator, who lost the Democratic nomination to Hillary Clinton, said Trump was able to connect with the working class in a way the Democratic Party could not.
“Trump touched a nerve on the part of millions of people,” Sanders explained. “You have a middle class for the last forty years that has been shrinking … You got millions of people living in extraordinary economic anxiety, and meanwhile, the very richest people and largest corporations are doing phenomenally well. And people are saying all over this country — black and white and Latino — ‘What about me? Whose going to stand up for me?,'” Sanders said. “In my view, the Democratic Party has not been as strong as it should be in saying it will stand with the working people.”
Joy Behar asked Sanders what he thought about »
- Lawrence Yee
Samuel L. Jackson, Joan Cusack Join Brie Larson’s ‘Unicorn Store’
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Samuel L. Jackson, Joan Cusack and Bradley Whitford have joined the cast of Brie Larson’s feature directorial debut “Unicorn Store.” Larson also stars in the comedy, which begins shooting this month in Los Angeles. Based on an original screenplay by Samantha McIntyre, “Unicorn Store” focuses on a grown woman (Larson) who moves back in with her parents. She receives an invitation to a store that will test her ideas of what it really means to grow up. Also Read: Brie Larson Confirmed to Play Captain Marvel Hercules Film Fund is fully financing with Rhea Films producing. Larson, Lynette Howell Taylor, »
- Thom Geier
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