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'Moana' Sing-Along Version to Hit Theaters in Late January
13 hours ago | The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News | See recent The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News news »
A sing-along version of Moana is headed for theaters.
Disney announced Tuesday that the interactive take on the animated film will play in an exclusive run at the Disney-owned El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood beginning on Jan. 20, followed by a nationwide rollout on Jan. 27.
The sing-along version includes the full feature film with onscreen lyrics.
Featuring original songs and a score by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Mark Mancina and Opetaia Foa'i, Moana features Dwayne Johnson, who voices a demigod enlisted by a fierce young Polynesian princess voiced by newcomer Auli'i Cravalho.
Moana scored the second-biggest Thanksgiving debut ever with $82 million and has grossed »
- Ashley Lee
Lionsgate Offers New Details About ‘Power Rangers,’ ‘Robin Hood,’ ‘Kingkiller Chronicle’
12 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Lionsgate executives touted their upcoming movie slate to investors, focusing primarily on “Power Rangers,” “Robin Hood,” and “Kingkiller Chronicle,” on Tuesday during the company’s inaugural Investor Day.
“La La Land” won a record seven Golden Globes on Sunday and has already grossed almost $52 million at the U.S. box office after only a month in limited release. The musical is playing at 1,515 North American locations and is expanding its run in coming weeks.
“We’re embracing unique filmmaker visions and are the first port of call,” said motion picture group president Erik Feig.
Lionsgate is also handling the release of Mel Gibson’s “Hacksaw Ridge,” which has topped $65 million at the domestic box office. The solid performances have helped reverse momentum at the studio, which saw under-performances by “The Divergent Series: Allegiant” and “Gods of Egypt.”
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- Dave McNary
'Rogue One' Leads Visual Effects Society Feature Competition With 7 Nominations as 'Doctor Strange,' 'Jungle Book' Grab 6 Each
16 hours ago | The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News | See recent The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News news »
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story on Tuesday led the 15th annual Visual Effects Society Awards' feature film nominations with seven, followed close behind by Doctor Strange and The Jungle Book, with six apiece in the photoreal feature categories.
Kubo and the Two Strings earned six nominations in the animated feature categories, leading that field, while in television, Game of Thrones received 11 mentions, the most overall.
Rogue One, Doctor Strange and The Jungle Book are all nominated in the top category of outstanding VFX in a »
- Carolyn Giardina
Producers Guild Nominates ‘Deadpool’ Along With ‘La La Land’ and ‘Moonlight’
16 hours ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
The Producers Guild of America has nominated “Deadpool,” “Arrival,” “Hacksaw Ridge” and “Hell or High Water” as the best-produced films of 2016, an honor that typically means the films are in line to receive Best Picture nominations at this year’s Academy Awards. Oscar frontrunners “La La Land,” “Moonlight” and “Manchester by the Sea” were also nominated by the PGA, as were “Fences,” “Hidden Figures” and “Lion.” Missing from the PGA list: Martin Scorsese’s “Silence,” Jeff Nichols’ “Loving,” Clint Eastwood’s “Sully” and Pablo Larrain’s “Jackie,” among others. In the animated-feature category, the nominees were three Disney/Pixar films — “Finding Dory, »
- Steve Pond
‘Handmaiden,’ ‘Bovary,’ ‘Train’ Lead Asian Film Awards Nominations
1 hour ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Korea’s “The Handmaiden” leads the nominations for the Asian Film Awards, which took a strongly North East Asian tilt this year. Feng Xiaogang and his socio-political drama “I Am Not Madame Bovary” ranked second among the nominees.
The Afa nominations were announced Wednesday in Hong Kong. The prizes will be presented on March 18 at a ceremony that returns to Hong Kong after excursions in previous years to Macau.
Lesbian fantasy drama “The Handmaiden,” which debuted in Cannes competition, earned six nominations for performance and design, but Afa selectors omitted the celebrated Park Chan-wook from the best director category. Nor was the film was among the five best picture nominees.
In the running for best picture are “The Wailing,” and “The Age of Shadows” from Korea, “Harmonium” from Japan, “Godspeed” from Taiwan, and China’s “Bovary.”
Feng’s most art house picture to date, gained five nominations including best film, »
- Patrick Frater
‘Arrival,’ ‘xXx,’ ‘Sing’ Get China Release Dates, ‘La La Land’ Heads for Valentine’s Day
2 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
A slew of Hollywood movies has secured release dates in the crucial mainland Chinese market. Their box office prospects, however, are unclear given their proximity to each other and the current malaise among Chinese cinema-goers.
Biggest among the confirmed new titles, Donnie Yen-starring “xXx: The Return of Xander Cage” will release in China on Friday Feb. 10, some three weeks after its North American outing. It may benefit from being the first major Hollywood title to release into the market after the Chinese New Year holidays, which are usually reserved for Chinese-language fare.
(One exception this year to the normal blackout is French-Canadian co-production “Ballerina,” getting a Feb. 1 release. Local distributor Hishow told Variety that it is preparing a release with 6,600 DCPs.)
Before Chinese New Year kicks off on Jan. 28, brainy thriller “Arrival” has been given a Jan. 20 release. Like Sony’s “Passengers,” which was belatedly given a Jan. 13 slot, »
- Patrick Frater
Japan Box Office: ‘Resident Evil,’ ‘Yokai Watch’ Sequels Share Holiday Honors
2 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Tokyo – “Resident Evil: The Final Chapter” took $2.5 million on 186,000 admissions to be the highest earner in Japanese theaters over the three day holiday weekend. (Local charts show which count admissions rather than revenue, place it second.)
As of Jan. 9 the film has made $28.5 million, compared with the $33 million final total of the series’ previous entry, the 2012 “Resident Evil: Retribution.”
“Yo-Kai Watch the Movie: The Flying Whale and the Grand Adventure of the Double Worlds, Meow!,” the third in a feature animation series based on a popular role-playing game, in its fourth weekend on release.
After falling to number five last weekend, the film earned $1.95 million from 194,000 admissions for the Jan. 7-8. With Toho distributing, the film has driven its cumulative to $17 million.
Hanging onto the number three rung was Toho’s megahit animation “Your Name,” which boosted its total to $198 million as of Jan. 9.
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- Mark Schilling
‘Monster Trucks’ Review: This Kid-Friendly Creature Feature Drafts Off A Dozen Better Movies
4 hours ago | Indiewire | See recent Indiewire news »
The story of a hunky high school senior who discovers an oil-guzzling sea beast (think “Sesame Street” meets the Kraken), and then knots its tentacles around the chassis of his custom jalopy in a perverse attempt to pimp his ride, “Monster Trucks” seems like such an impossibly stupid idea for a movie that it’s easy to forget how it derives from a rather proud history of Hollywood entertainment. After all, there have been any number of studio spectacles about a young boy, or a teenage boy, or — in this case — an obviously grown-ass man doing a hilarious job of pretending to be a teenage boy — whose frustrated small town existence is turned upside down when he befriends a strange and unexpectedly sweet creature that teaches him about growing up or whatever. “Monster Trucks,” however aimless and confused it may be, rolls down a road paved by verified hits like “E.T., »
- David Ehrlich
President Obama’s Farewell Address: The Best Motivational Speech TV Has Ever Seen
5 hours ago | Indiewire | See recent Indiewire news »
Over the course of his eight-year term, discussion surrounding President Barack Obama’s speech-making skills has always touched on one recurrent point: The man knows how to inspire. His speeches are legendary both for their content and craft, with nearly everyone in agreement over his extraordinary oratory capabilities.
So heading into the president’s farewell address Tuesday evening, a disheartened nation looked once more for that motivation, that inspiration, that secret power only the best speeches contain — the ones usually given by fictional TV presidents, and rarely matched by their real-life counterparts.
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Only this time, the bar that needed to be met seemed too high. Not only has fear caked the nation since election day, but mere hours before President Obama took the stage at McCormick Place in Chicago, a story »
- Ben Travers
Panasonic GH5 Raises the Bar with 6K and Much More
5 hours ago | Filmmaker Magazine - Blog | See recent Filmmaker Magazine news »
Panasonic’s GH4 has been a hit with documentary and low-budget indie filmmakers thanks to its small size, internal 4K recording and low cost. But it’s now over two and a half years old, and in today’s world that can be a lifetime for a camera. Fortunately, Panasonic has a replacement coming that looks like it could be as popular as the GH4, not only because it improves on the original capabilities but because it also marks a first step to 6K capture. Panasonic first teased the GH5 in September, but at CES they announced the feature list, along with planned […] »
- Michael Murie
/Filmcast Ep. 400 – Silence
6 hours ago | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »
David, Devindra and Jeff reflect on 400 episodes of the /Filmcast, discuss the Golden Globes, and also reflect on how the television format is changing. Be sure to read about the relevance of Children of Men as well as Jen Yamato’s review of Silence. You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(At)gmail(Dot)com, or call and leave a voicemail at 781-583-1993. Also, like […]
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- David Chen
HFPA Sends Love Letter To Meryl Streep In Response To Donald Trump Fracas
7 hours ago | Deadline | See recent Deadline news »
Hollywood Foreign Press Association president Lorenzo Soria sent an email to Meryl Streep this evening, telling her the org stands proudly behind its choice to give her this year’s Cecil B. DeMille Award, Potus-elect Donald Trump’s remarks notwithstanding. The Golden Globe-dispensing organization called her a “class act, in and out of character.” (Read the full note below.) Twelve days before Donald Trump is sworn in as the 45th President of the United States, Meryl Stree… »
The Bart & Fleming Podcast #10: Has Meryl Streep’s Trump Diatribe Elevated Her Oscar Chances?
7 hours ago | Deadline | See recent Deadline news »
Peter Bart is down with the flu, so Deadline’s Awards Columnist and Oscar expert Pete Hammond stepped in for Episode #10 of The Bart & Fleming Podcast. Sitting down with Deadline co-Editor in Chief Mike Fleming Jr, the pair discuss Sunday’s Golden Globes, and whether Meryl Streep’s hot-button speech accepting the Cecil B DeMille Award has actually improved her chances with the Oscars. Topics also include how the BAFTA and PGA nominations impact the awards-season race, and… »
Coen brothers turn to TV with western series The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
8 hours ago | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
The film-making brothers join the golden age of television with an anthology miniseries set in the old west that could have a theatrical release
The Coen brothers will take their first steps into television with a miniseries set in the old west, which could also be released in cinemas and will be called The Ballad of Buster Scruggs.
Variety reports that the film-making duo will come to the small screen and once again focus on the western genre after their 2011 film, True Grit.
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- Guardian staff
Joel and Ethan Coen Tackle TV with Western Anthology ‘The Ballad of Buster Scruggs’
8 hours ago | Indiewire | See recent Indiewire news »
The Coen brothers are taking another stab at the TV biz.
Joel and Ethan Coen are developing the limited series “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs” through Annapurna’s new TV division. The Coens wrote the script and will direct the project, which Annapurna describes as a “Western anthology.”
The Coens were given executive producer credit on FX’s “Fargo,” but were not actually involved in the development or production of that series (which was loosely inspired by their iconic film).
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“Buster Scruggs” reps the latest attempt by the Coen brothers to move into TV, a trend that has increased in recent years among auteur filmmakers. In 2011, the Coens developed the hour-long single-camera comedy “HarveKarbo” for Fox. The project, which they co-created with Phil Johnston, was developed through Imagine TV but ultimately didn’t move forward.
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- Michael Schneider
La wins battle to host Star Wars creator George Lucas's $1bn museum
8 hours ago | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, nearly a decade in the making, became the subject of a rivalry between San Francisco and La as both vied for the project
The force, it seems, was with Los Angeles.
Star Wars creator George Lucas and his team chose La over San Francisco on Tuesday as the home of a museum that will showcase his life’s work and huge film history collection.
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- Associated Press
The Coen Brothers Saddle Up To Write & Direct Western TV Series
8 hours ago | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
Westerns have been riding hard back onto the big screen over the past few years, it looks like the small screen is next fertile ground for the genre. This year alone we’ll have Scott Frank‘s “Godless” on Netflix and “The Son” on AMC, and now the Coens are getting in on the game.
The duo are set to write and direct “The Ballad Of Buster Scruggs,” which will aim to have both a television and film component.
Continue reading The Coen Brothers Saddle Up To Write & Direct Western TV Series at The Playlist. »
- Kevin Jagernauth
Superhero Bits: Superman Spin-Off Chances, Days of Future Present, Agents of Shield Season 5 & More
9 hours ago | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »
Would you like to see White Tiger get a Netflix series? How many things does Cinema Sins find “wrong” with Suicide Squad? Does The CW want to give Tyler Hoechlin his own Superman spin-off series? Could 20th Century Fox pull off a Days of Future Present adaptation with X-Men, New Mutants, X-Force and Fantastic Four? […]
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- Ethan Anderton
Coen Brothers to Write and Direct Their First-Ever TV Series, ‘Buster Scruggs’ (Exclusive)
9 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Joel and Ethan Coen are the latest auteurs moving into television, with a new event anthology set in the Old West.
Annapurna Television is partnering with the Coen brothers on a limited series Western called “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs.” Sources tell Variety that Annapurna intends to pursue an innovative approach that could combine television and theatrical.
Joel and Ethan Coen wrote the script from an original idea and will direct the project.
The Coens will produce “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs” through their Mike Zoss Productions label. Megan Ellison and Annapurna Television’s president of television, Sue Naegle, will serve as executive producers.
“We are very excited to be working with Megan and Sue on this project,” the Coen brothers said in a statement to Variety.
It’s still unclear how theatrical distribution could play a part in the project, but the intent is to shoot “Buster Scruggs” as a miniseries. »
- Justin Kroll
Chris DeFaria Named New President Of DreamWorks Animation Film Group
9 hours ago | Deadline | See recent Deadline news »
Updated with Universal confirmation, adds info: Chris deFaria, the president of Animation and Innovative Technology at Warner Bros Pictures, has been named president of Universal’s DreamWorks Feature Animation Group, the film side of DreamWorks Animation in its new incarnation as a part of NBCUniversal. Deadline earlier today confirmed that deFaria is making the move to DreamWorks Animation, with Universal confirming later in the afternoon. We’re hearing deFaria is… »
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