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Producers Guild Nominates ‘Deadpool’ Along With ‘La La Land’ and ‘Moonlight’
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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
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.
In a press release, »
- Michael Schneider
‘Legion’ Showrunner Addresses X-Men Crossover Potential
8 hours ago | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »
Shared universes in TV and film have become more and more common over the years, specifically when it comes to the superhero genre.
When FX announced it was developing “Legion,” a story about troubled man David Haller (Dan Stevens) who struggles with mental illness for years before learning the voices and visions he hears and sees may be real, for the small screen it seemed the X-Men franchise would be expanding as well. Would it follow the lead of the Marvel Cinematic Universe films, which connect to ABC’s “Agents of Shield” and Netflix’s “Daredevil,” “Jessica Jones,” and “Luke Cage”? Showrunner Noah Hawley apparently has other plans. He spoke with Entertainment Weekly about whether a crossover will in the cards.
“I’m firm believer the show has to stand on its own two feet,” Hawley said. “For a crossover to be possible we have to earn that right through the quality of our storytelling and hopefully »
- Jacob Bryant
'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
‘American Crime’ Creator John Ridley Focuses on Immigration in Season 3: ‘That Conversation Is Not New’
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The third season of ABC’s critically acclaimed series “American Crime” will explore labor issues.
Set in North Carolina — where, last year, the issue of Lgbt rights dominated the headlines — the new season of John Ridley’s anthology series will focus on workers’ rights, reproductive rights, human trafficking, and immigration.
The inclusion of immigration issues made its way into the “American Crime” writers’ room long before the 2016 election, which saw Donald Trump named President-elect of the United States, following inflammatory comments made about Mexican immigrants during his campaign.
“We started production on this way before the election,” Ridley said on Tuesday at the Television Critics Association press tour in Pasadena, Calif.
Addressing Trump-prodding reporters in the room, Ridley said, “I know there have been a lot of questions…based on what’s happened over the past couple of months since November.” He added, “The urgency that I approach storytelling, the issues that are out there have been »
- Elizabeth Wagmeister
‘Handmaiden,’ ‘Bovary,’ ‘Train’ Lead Asian Film Awards Nominations
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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
'La La Land' Scores Awards-Season Release in China
2 hours ago | The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News | See recent The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News news »
La La Land is on a roll.
After winning a record seven awards at the Golden Globes on Sunday, Damien Chazelle’s modern musical just received some more good news — this time from China, the world's second-largest film market.
The Lionsgate movie has gotten the official green light for local distribution from China's film regulators, according to multiple local media reports.
No release date has yet been announced, but a source with knowledge of the decision at state-backed distributor China Film Group tells THR the plan is to open La La Land on »
- Patrick Brzeski
Read Penthouse’s Letter About the Donald Trump- ‘Golden Showers’ Claim (Exclusive)
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“Golden Showers” was the hot phrase of the night on Tuesday after BuzzFeed published a collection of memos accusing President-elect Donald Trump of improper contact with Russian officials — and alleging the former reality TV star arranged “golden showers” with prostitutes in a Moscow hotel room. While the unverified claims were shared by countless news outlets and mocked mercilessly on social media, Penthouse took a unique approach by offering “$1 million for exclusive rights to the Fsb tapes of Donald Trump’s #goldenshowers,” via Twitter. Kelly Holland, CEO Penthouse Global Media, explained in an exclusive statement to TheWrap why the adult publication »
- Debbie Emery
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
Japan's Hirokazu Kore-eda Reveals Plans for Next Film
3 hours ago | The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News | See recent The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News news »
International festival favorite Hirokazu Kore-eda's new film will center on a court case in which Masaharu Fukuyama plays a successful lawyer defending a convicted murderer, played by Koji Yakusho (Memoirs of a Geisha).
Fukuyama also starred in Kore-eda's Like Father, Like Son, which won the grand jury prize at Cannes in 2013 and was picked up by Steven Spielberg, who headed the jury that year, for a DreamWorks remake.
Kore-eda's films have been selected for competition at Cannes four times, the most recent entry being Our Little Sister in 2015.
The story is based on an original script »
- Gavin J. Blair
Penthouse Offers $1M for ‘Exclusive Rights’ to Tapes of ‘Donald Trump’s Golden Showers’
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Twitter was flooded with jokes about Donald Trump’s alleged “Golden Showers” on Tuesday night, but one social media post included a serious offer of cold, hard cash. “Attention: We are offering up to $1-million for exclusive rights to the Fsb tapes of Donald Trump’s #goldenshowers,” Penthouse tweeted. If you’re wondering about the origin of this strange six-figure offer, it stemmed from a BuzzFeed report Tuesday that a dossier “making explosive — but unverified” allegations has been circulating for weeks among elected officials, intelligence agents and reporters. Also Read: Here's Why 'Golden Showers' Is Trending (Yes, It Involves Trump »
- Debbie Emery
Gun Violence in PG-13 Movies Continues Rise Past R-Rated Films
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As gun violence continues to escalate in the U.S. — so does gun violence in movies, a new study shows. The amount of gun violence in top-grossing PG-13 movies has continued to exceed gun violence that appears in the biggest box-office R-rated films, according to an updated study by Annenberg Public Policy Center (Appc) of the University of Pennsylvania. The latest study updates findings the group published in 2012 and covers films through 2015. Also Read: 'Star Wars Top recent offenders are “The Divergent Series: Insurgent” (2015), “Mission Impossible – Rogue Nation” (2015), and “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” (2015) — all three »
- Meriah Doty
‘Taboo': The Real History of Nootka Sound, James Delaney’s Contested Land
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If you watched the premiere of Tom Hardy’s new miniseries “Taboo” on FX, you might be wondering what that piece of land that everyone’s fighting over is. It’s called Nootka Sound, and it’s an actual place you can visit near Vancouver. Nootka Sound is a small inlet of land on the western coast of Vancouver Island. It was known as “Mowichat” by the Nuu-chah-luuth, the tribe that has called it home for centuries. The mother of Tom Hardy’s character, James Delaney, on “Taboo” was a member of that tribe. Delaney’s recently deceased father held »
- Jeremy Fuster and Phil Owen
Obama Says Goodbye: ‘It Has Been the Honor of My Lifetime’
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Exactly 2,989 days after he addressed thousands of supporters in Chicago’s Grant Park on election night in 2008, President Barack Obama returned to the Windy City on Tuesday to give his farewell address to the nation. The speech, which began at 9 p.m. Et., comes as President-elect Donald Trump is working with Republicans to repeal the Affordable Care Act, Obama’s signature healthcare achievement. “I first came to Chicago when I was in my early 20s, still trying to figure out who I was, still searching for a purpose to my life,” Obama told a crowd of supporters in Chicago’s McCormick Place convention center. »
- Itay Hod
U2 Delay New Album After Trump’s Election Victory: ‘World Is a Different Place’
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U2 fans rejoiced this week when the Irish rockers announced their upcoming Joshua Tree 2017 Tour, but they’ve got to wait a little longer for the band’s next album — and can blame Donald Trump for the delay. Guitarist The Edge told Rolling Stone that he and his U2 bandmates needed some “breathing space” after Trump’s presidential election win in order to decide what they wanted to say about his road to the White House. “We just went, ‘Hold on a second — we’ve got to give ourselves a moment to think about this record and about how it relates to. »
- Debbie Emery
Watch Joseph Fiennes as Michael Jackson in ‘Urban Myths’ Trailer (Video)
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Wow, the resemblance is remarkable. Or remarkably difficult to detect, depending on one’s perspective. The internet was treated to a meaty look at Joseph Fiennes’ portrayal of deceased King of Pop Michael Jackson on Tuesday, as the trailer for his his episode of Sky Arts’ “Urban Myths” came online like 2.5 metric tons of Wtf. In his installment of the British anthology series, Fiennes plays Jackson as described in a story first reported in Vanity Fair. Also Read: Joseph Fiennes on Playing Michael Jackson: We Need 'Colorblind Casting at All Levels' In the magazine story, a former employee of Jackson’s claimed that the. »
- Tim Kenneally
Here’s Why BuzzFeed’s Ben Smith Published the ‘Golden Showers’ Dossier
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BuzzFeed sent the internet into a frenzy when it published a collection of memos accusing President-elect Donald Trump of improper contact with Russian officials — and alleging the former reality TV star arranged “golden showers” with prostitutes in a Moscow hotel room. CNN posted a story early Friday evening on the East Coast citing documents that included allegations that Russian operatives have compromising personal information on the president-elect, but declined to publish the raw files. BuzzFeed had no such compunction, publishing the full, unverified document from a person purporting to be a former British intelligence agent. In a tweet, Trump declared, »
- Matt Pressberg
Golden Globes Group Sends Meryl Streep Letter Thanking Her for "Unwavering Support for the Arts"
7 hours ago | The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News | See recent The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News news »
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association's president is grateful to Meryl Streep.
In a personal showing of support, the HFPA's Lorenzo Soria has reached out to the actress, who was honored by the group with the Cecil B. DeMille Award as she delivered the Golden Globes' highest profile and most emotional moment on Sunday night, with an email offering his thanks.
In the note, obtained by The Hollywood Reporter, Soria congratulates the actress and thanks her for supporting the press.
In her acceptance speech, Streep took aim at Donald Trump and stressed the importance for the press to stand up to »
- Chris Gardner,Jennifer Konerman
Meryl Streep’s Golden Globes Speech: Read HFPA President’s Thank You Note
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HFPA President Lorenzo Soria wrote Meryl Streep a delightful thank you note on Tuesday for her “defense of free expression” in her poignant and pointed speech during Sunday’s Golden Globes. “We stand proudly behind our choice, and we applaud your 40 years of captivating work. You’re a class act, in and out of character,” Soria told the Cecil B. DeMille Award recipient in the email obtained by TheWrap. Streep referenced President-Elect Donald Trump in her now-historic speech without even mentioning his name — prompting praise from Hollywood and criticism from conservatives. Also Read: Late-Night Hosts Have a Ball With Donald Trump »
- Mikey Glazer
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