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Warner Bros, Greg Berlanti Grow ‘Little Shop Of Horrors’ Revamp
6 hours ago | Deadline | See recent Deadline news »
Exclusive: Warner Bros is moving forward with a new incarnation of Little Shop of Horrors, with Greg Berlanti set to direct and Matthew Robinson writing the script. This one will be a musical, a fresh version of the 30-year old Frank Oz-directed film. That was based on the Roger Corman-directed 1960 low budget sci-fi campy tale about a clumsy young man who raises a plant, discovers it is carnivorous, and kills to keep it fed. There is a memorable scene with Jack Nicholson… »
‘Train to Busan’ English-Language Remake Rights Go to Gaumont
7 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Hit Korean zombie film “Train to Busan” will be remade in English by French studio Gaumont.
The deal was unveiled Wednesday jointly by Gaumont and the film’s Korean distributor-financier Next Entertainment World. The film premiered in the midnight screening section of the Cannes festival in May and attracted immediate sales and remake interest. Fox and Sony were among the Hollywood studios known to have pursued a deal. Bidders also included Studiocanal and EuropaCorp, two French companies that regularly produce English-language genre fare.
“We are more than happy to start our business with Gaumont, one of the greatest film companies with rich experience in terms of global projects. We hope this opportunity could let Korean films get more attention and be familiar with the audience all over the world,” said Kim Woo-taek, CEO of New.
In Korea, the film was seen as an allegory for the turbulent political situation currently gripping the coountry, »
- Sonia Kil
‘Good Fight’ Sets Premiere Date on CBS All Access
10 hours ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
“The Good Fight,” the upcoming “Good Wife” spinoff, has an official premiere date on CBS All Access. The original drama series will premiere on Feb.19. The series premiere will be available on-demand on CBS All Access beginning at 8 p.m. Et. In addition, a special broadcast preview of the premiere will air on CBS that same night at 8 p.m./7c. After premiere night, all new episodes will be available weekly on Sundays exclusively for CBS All Access subscribers. The show picks up one year after the events of the final broadcast episode of “The Good Wife.” In the new series, »
- Joe Otterson
Exclusive: Mark Hamill Weighs in on Harrison Ford & Carrie Fisher's 'Star Wars' Affair
18 hours ago | Entertainment Tonight | See recent Entertainment Tonight news »
Carrie Fisher recently revealed that she and Harrison Ford carried on a wild affair on the set of the original Star Wars back in the 1970s, but the whole thing apparently flew under Mark Hamill's radar.
The iconic star spoke with Et's Ashley Crossan at the premiere event for launch of the Comic Con HQ network at the Paley Center in Los Angeles on Tuesday where he said he "was blissfully unaware" that his co-stars were having a fling.
"I was so self-involved at that point, they could've been doing it in front of me and I wouldn't have noticed," Hamill, 65, joked. "I was single and had my own agenda."
While he says that on-set romances are "commonplace," Hamill explained how "tricky" they can end up being for everyone involved.
"If the relationship doesn't last and you're on a TV series and you got four »
Adam Driver Confirms Terry Gilliam’s ‘The Man Who Killed Don Quixote’ Is Still Delayed
6 hours ago | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
If there’s one director who really deserves a Christmas miracle, it’s Terry Gilliam. For years upon years, the filmmaker has persistently and stubbornly continued to try and mount “The Man Who Killed Don Quixote,” and even as each iteration fell apart, he’s managed to always find collaborators to help him try and get the project to the top of the mountain. And this year, it all seemed so promising that it would actually finally happen, until producer Paolo Branco reportedly failed to make good on his many promises, and the production collapsed just as it was going to shoot.
Continue reading Adam Driver Confirms Terry Gilliam’s ‘The Man Who Killed Don Quixote’ Is Still Delayed at The Playlist. »
- Kevin Jagernauth
‘Tiny Beautiful Things’ Theater Review: Nia Vardalos Is No Miss Lonelyhearts
17 minutes ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
Back in 1980, the late, great film critic Vincent Canby wrote in The New York Times that Michael Cimino must have made a bargain with the devil when he directed the Oscar-winning “The Deer Hunter,” because his follow-up effort, “Heaven’s Gate,” was so stupendously awful. You might consider Canby’s musings on a Faustian bargain when seeing “Tiny Beautiful Things,” which opened Wednesday at the Public Theater in New york City, and is directed and co-conceived by Thomas Kail, whose most recent Broadway venture is “Hamilton.” 2016 is coming to an end, so it’s safe to say that “Things,” adapted, »
- Robert Hofler
Watch a Harlem Globetrotter Make a 583-Foot Trick Shot (Video)
59 minutes ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
Is it better to be lucky than good? You’ll never have to answer that question if you’re a Harlem Globetrotter, because you’re clearly both. Take Anthony “Buckets” Blakes, who made a trick shot from nearly 600 feet in the air. Buckets made the shot off the roof of the Tower of the Americas in San Antonio, a building that once held the record for the tallest observation tower in the U.S. until the Stratosphere Hotel was built in Las Vegas in 1996. The Globetrotter had to wear a harness while leaning out over the railing to shoot at »
- Jeremy Fuster
‘Blair Witch’ Director Dan Myrick Launches Indiegogo Campaign for Docu‐Drama ‘Skyman’
1 hour ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
“The Blair Witch Project” director Dan Myrick is launching an Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign for his upcoming docu‐drama “Skyman.”
“Skyman” will follow Carl Merryweather, a man who had an alien encounter as a 10-year-old boy and now believes he has an opportunity to reconnect with this same alien at the same location.
The Indiegogo campaign has set a goal of $50,000, which will primarily fund the pre‐production of the project. Donation incentives include an invitation to the cast and crew’s weekly “UFO soirees” in the desert during production, dinner with Myrick, and original 1999 posters from the Sundance Film Festival premiere of the “The Blair Witch Project.”
Producers are also planning to offer online auditions for particular roles and for “recreations” of what happened to Merryweather as a child. Myrick used a similar process in 2008 on the movie “The Objective.”
Merryweather claims that he came into contact with an “alien »
- Dave McNary
‘Pete’s Dragon’ Tops Disney Trio of Best-Selling Discs
1 hour ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
After two weeks at No. 1, Walt Disney Studios’ “Finding Dory” finally slipped a notch on the national home video sales charts – replaced at the top by another Disney film, “Pete’s Dragon,” a remake of the 1977 musical that earned nearly $77 million in U.S. theaters.
Disney also claimed the No. 3 spot, with “The Bfg,” on both the Npd VideoScan overall disc sales chart, which tracks combined Blu-ray Disc and DVD sales, and the dedicated Blu-ray Disc sales chart.
A theatrical underperformer with a domestic gross of less than $56 million, “The Bfg” is a fantasy about an orphan girl who befriends a kindly giant, known as the “Big Friendly Giant.” It was directed and coproduced by Steven Spielberg and is based on the 1982 children’s book of the same name by the late Roald Dahl.
Rounding out the top five were the Sony Pictures horror film “Don’t Breathe,” about three friends who break into, »
- Thomas K. Arnold
Sofia Vergara Sued by Her Own Frozen Embryos
1 hour ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
Oh, baby — Sofia Vergara’s frozen embryos have given birth to one seriously unconventional lawsuit. “Modern Family” star Vergara was sued Tuesday by two of the frozen embryos resulting from her relationship with Nick Loeb. In the suit, filed in district court in Louisiana, the human embryos –identified as “Emma” and “Isabella” — claim that their expected inheritance is being “blocked” by “Vergara’s refusal to allow them to be transferred to a uterus so they may continue to develop and be born as was intended for them by both their natural parents, Nick Loeb and Vergara, as is mandated by Louisiana. »
- Tim Kenneally and Pamela Chelin
'Bang! The Bert Berns Story': Film Review
1 hour ago | The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News | See recent The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News news »
Connoisseurs of documentaries about the Golden Age of the music business may feel they've heard this one before: Jewish kid, born in the '20s to outer-borough New Yorkers; gets a crippling disease and shouldn't live past high school; survives to be the unsung genius behind countless hits you know by heart. Bang! The Bert Berns Story has much in common with 2012's A.K.A. Doc Pomus and, even if it's a bit less polished, will be received just as warmly by music lovers, especially those with a nose for the lore of '60s powerhouse Atlantic Records.
Like Pomus and plenty other »
- John DeFore
'7 Days' ('Sette giorni'): Film Review | Tallinn 2016
1 hour ago | The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News | See recent The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News news »
A pair of world-weary, middle-aged dreamers behave like horny adolescents in Swiss director Rolando Colla’s latest romantic reverie, with predictably messy results. Set on an idyllic Mediterranean island, 7 Days is Colla’s follow-up project to his 2011 coming-of-age drama Summer Games, which screened in Venice and Toronto. Sensually rich and sumptuously shot, this sun-drenched two-hander is a poetic love letter to love itself, but also a wry critique of romantic fantasy. Following its international debut in competition at Black Nights Film Festival in Estonia last week, more festival bookings should follow. The evergreen theme, stunning scenery and hedonistic mood could also »
- Stephen Dalton
‘Rogue One’ Star Donnie Yen Is Hollywood’s Perfect Breakout Star for 2017
2 hours ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
Donnie Yen pushed two of the fastest hands in the world into wet cement outside of the Tcl Chinese Theater in Hollywood on a cold November morning, becoming the 298th person since 1927 to have his prints immortalized alongside some of the biggest names in show business. But Yen, who stars as blind warrior Chirrut Îmwe in Disney’s “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story,” can still stand on Hollywood Boulevard and get the type of curious looks passersby give when they know they’re looking at someone famous but can’t quite place the face — although that probably won’t be the. »
- Matt Pressberg
‘Hairspray Live!': You Can’t Stop the Beat – or the Live Blog (Updating)
2 hours ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
It’s early December and musical theater fans know that means NBC is offering another throwback live performance of a hit Broadway staple: This time, it’s “Hairspray Live!” Newcomer Maddie Baillio stars as Tracy Turnblad, the plus-size girl in 1960s Baltimore who wants nothing more than to dance on the “Corny Collins Show.” The production also stars Harvey Fierstein, who will re-create his iconic Tony Award-winning role as Edna; Oscar, Golden Globe winner Jennifer Hudson as Maybelle; Emmy and Tony Award winner Kristin Chenoweth as Velma Von Tussle; Ariana Grande as best friend Penny Pingleton; Tony and Emmy winner Martin Short as. »
- Thom Geier
‘Jeopardy!’ Contestant Who Died a Week Before Her Episode Airs Will Make Posthumous Appearance
2 hours ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
A “Jeopardy!” contestant who died from cancer on Monday will make the show’s first posthumous appearance on the Dec. 13 episode. Cindy Stowell, a science-content developer from Austin, Texas, lost her battle with cancer at age 41, but not before she achieved her dream of competing on “Jeopardy!” the New York Post reported. She filmed her episode in August, although only host Alex Trebek and a few staffers knew of her diagnosis at the time. Stowell was allowed to tape her appearance just three weeks after auditioning because she told a producer she only had six months to live. Also Read: 'Jeopardy' Host Alex Trebek Raps. »
- Debbie Emery
Kardashian Sisters Try to Block Blac Chyna From Trademarking Their Name
2 hours ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
This could make things awkward around the Kardashian household this holiday season — as if it hasn’t been a tumultuous enough year for the Kardashian krew already. Companies owned by Kim, Khloe and Kourtney Kardashian are trying to block their sister-in-law to-be, Blac Chyna, from registering a trademark for her future married name, arguing that it would damage their own brands. Chyna, who’s engaged to Rob Kardashian and whose real name is Angela Renee White, applied for the trademark Angela Renee Kardashian back in May. It took several months for the Kardashian camp to complain, but on Dec. 1, the »
- Tim Kenneally
'Star Wars': X-Wing Zooms In To Hollywood for 'Rogue One' Premiere
2 hours ago | The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News | See recent The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News news »
Star Wars has definitely landed in Hollywood.
Preparations for Saturday's Rogue One: A Star Wars Story premiere have already seen some big road closures on Hollywood Blvd. — and on Tuesday, an X-Wing was spotted in the area where the stars of the film will gather in a few days.
Pictures quickly spread on social media, as apparently keeping an X-Wing secret is even trickier than keeping plans for the Death Star under wraps.
The red-carpet premiere itself also prompted major road closures in Hollywood, with the X-Wing now clogging streets up further. Road closures will last until »
- Aaron Couch
Condola Rashad Joins Chiwetel Ejiofor’s ‘Come Sunday’ for Netflix
3 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Condola Rashad has joined Chiwetel Ejiofor in Netflix’s religious drama “Come Sunday,” with Joshua Marston directing.
Ejiofor stars as Carlton Pearson, a popular evangelical minister of the Higher Dimensions Family Church in Tulsa, Okla., whose services drew as many as 5,000 people. He was deemed a heretic by his peers in 2004 as a result of his decision to begin preaching the doctrine of universal salvation — based on the concept that there is no hell — as what he called “the gospel of inclusion.”
Rashad will portray Pearson’s wife Gina, who filed for divorce from him last year, citing “incompatibility issues.”
The script was written by Marcus Hinchey, based on a 2005 “This American Life” radio episode. Endgame Entertainment’s James D. Stern is producing alongside Ira Glass and Alissa Shipp of “This American Life.”
Rashad worked with Marston on “Complete Unknown,” which he directed and co-wrote. She appeared earlier this year »
- Dave McNary
'Abattoir': Film Review
3 hours ago | The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News | See recent The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News news »
Viewers shouldn't get too excited, or too dismissive, when the opening scenes of Darren Lynn Bousman's Abattoir suggest it may intend to dress its swampy ghost story up in the clothing of a '30s screwball comedy. Though its plucky reporter heroine (Jessica Lowndes) displays a love for all things retro throughout, the film drops its newsroom-banter conceit early on to focus on a less familiar angle. Horror buffs may warm to the moody film, especially with few thrillers currently competing in the market; more important, journalists working the real-estate beat will have the rare thrill of seeing their career glamorized.
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- John DeFore
Scott Snyder, Jeff Lemire Comic 'A.D.: After Death' Headed to the Big Screen (Exclusive)
3 hours ago | The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News | See recent The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News news »
Sony has picked up the film rights to A.D.: After Death, a buzzy comic book miniseries from two of the industry's leading creators, Scott Snyder and Jeff Lemire.
Josh Bratman is attached to produce the adaptation. Snyder and Lemire will serve as executive producers.
The comic, whose first issue just hit stores in November, is set in a future where a genetic cure for death has changed society and centers on a man frustrated by his never-ending life.
The three-issue book has weighty issues on its mind — aging (or lack thereof) and mortality — and »
- Borys Kit
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