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Nia Long Joins Terrence Howard In ‘Life In A Year’ In ‘Empire’ Mini-Reunion
4 hours ago | Deadline | See recent Deadline news »
Exclusive: On Empire this season, Nia Long plays maybe the best female foe Taraji P. Henson's Cookie Lyon has ever had. But she's now going to be Terrence Howard's wife in Life In A Year, Sony’s romantic drama starring Jaden Smith and Cara Delavigne. Howard, of course, plays Cookie’s ex-husband and music mogul Lucious Lyon on the Fox series. In Life In A Year, Long (The Best Man) will play Catherine, the spouse of Howard's no-nonsense patriarch and the supportive mother… »
'Smurfs 3' and 'Going in Style' Debut as Moviegoers Await 'Fast and Furious 8'
8 hours ago | Box Office Mojo | See recent BoxOfficeMojo.com news »
We've already seen some strong performances at the box office this year all of which have contributed to the yearly domestic box office topping $3 billion in ticket sales faster than it ever has before. Last weekend, The Boss Baby became the fifth release of 2017 to top $50 million at the weekend box office and while this weekend won't see similar returns for the week's new wide releases, it's the relative calm before the storm as Universal's The Fate of the Furious debuts next weekend, sure to become the year's second $100+ million opener. As for this weekend, the top twelve may struggle to reach $120 million collectively as both Smurfs: The Lost Village and Going in Style are looking at relatively soft openings while Pure Flix's The Case for Christ should find a spot in the lower half of the weekend top ten. At the top of the box office it's looking like »
- Brad Brevet <mail@boxofficemojo.com>
‘Pirates’ Helmer Joachim Rønning To Direct ‘Micro,’ Last Michael Crichton Novel
7 hours ago | Deadline | See recent Deadline news »
Exclusive: Amblin Entertainment is negotiating with Joachim Rønning to direct Micro, the final novel written by Michael Crichton, author of Jurassic Park and the screenwriter and director of Westworld. Darren Lemke has written the script. Frank Marshall is producing and Sherri Crichton and Laurent Bouzereau are the executive producers. This has been a passion for Amblin’s Steven Spielberg and Michael Wright, who bought the book two years ago. The studio also owns the… »
Arnold Schwarzenegger Won’t Make ‘Predator’ Reboot Unless ‘They Rewrite It’
8 hours ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
Arnold Schwarzenegger says he won’t return to the “Predator” franchise in Shane Black’s upcoming reboot unless changes are made. “They asked me, and I read it, and I didn’t like it — whatever they offered,” he told Yahoo Movies. The actor added: “Except if there’s a chance that they rewrite it, or make it a more significant role. But the way it is now, no, I won’t do that.” TheWrap can confirm that Dutch Schaefer, Schwarzenegger’s character from the John McTiernan-directed 1987 original, appears at the very end of Black and Fred Dekker’s latest screenplay draft for the reboot. »
- Umberto Gonzalez
‘Get Out’ Leads First-Ever MTV Movie and TV Awards Nominations
12 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
The annual MTV Movie Awards have a makeover coming this year as for the first time ever, movie and television categories will both be represented on the show.
Nominees were unveiled Thursday. Jordan Peele’s “Get Out” led the pack with six mentions. Additionally, the actor and actress categories have been combined into non-gendered fields for movies and TV shows.
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Two more categories will be announced closer to the ceremony. Voting is open now at MTV.com.
The MTV Movie & TV Awards will be held on May 7. Full list of nominees below.
Movie of the Year
“Get Out”
“Logan”
“Rogue One: A Star Wars Story”
Best Actor in a Movie
Emma Watson – “Beauty and the Beast”
Hailee Steinfeld – “The Edge of Seventeen”
Hugh Jackman – “Logan”
James McAvoy – “Split”
- Kristopher Tapley
Christian Bale, Steve Carell, and Amy Adams Circling Adam McKay’s Dick Cheney Biopic
5 April 2017 5:24 PM, PDT | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
After diving into the economic crisis of 2008, “The Big Short’s” Adam McKay is taking aim at one of Washington’s most polarizing figures.
Sources tell Variety that Christian Bale, Steve Carell, and Amy Adams are in talks to star in McKay’s untitled Dick Cheney biopic for Paramount. Sources say Bale is on board to play the former vice president, Carell would portray Donald Rumsfeld, and Adams would play Lynne Cheney.
McKay’s Gary Sanchez Productions and Brad Pitt’s Plan B is on board to produce. »
- Justin Kroll
Arnold Schwarzenegger’s ‘The Legend of Conan’ May Not Happen After All
5 hours ago | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »
Do you hear that sound? That’s the lamentation of Conan fans across the world after reading this headline. After spending years in development, it sounds like Arnold Schwarzenegger’s long-brewing sequel The Legend of Conan is finally dead at Universal. But Arnold, ever the optimist, seems to still be holding on to some tiny sliver of hope. Entertainment Weekly caught up with producer Chris […]
The post Arnold Schwarzenegger’s ‘The Legend of Conan’ May Not Happen After All appeared first on /Film. »
- Ben Pearson
‘Kong: Skull Island’ Crosses $500M With China Audiences’ Help
7 hours ago | Deadline | See recent Deadline news »
Kong: Skull Island has crossed the $500M mark at the worldwide box office thanks to a stellar showing in China, where it is on its way to the 1B Rmb milestone there. Although it was released in 65 countries, in China — where it the film is being distributed directly by Wanda-owned Legendary — it is expected to become one of the top 10 English-language releases of all time. Last weekend it was at 852M Rmb ($124M). In Vietnam, one of the movie's primary filming locations… »
Understanding the Marilyn Monroe phenomena – archive, 1961
42 minutes ago | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
7 April 1961: In his biography, Maurice Zolotow’s tries to explain the aura that surrounds Miss Monroe
The British intelligentsia are suckers for the Cinderella myth. Show them a pin-up girl turned movie star and they will rush to recognise her as a “natural actress,” “a born comedienne,” or “artlessly touching.” One can think of at least three beautiful women, with no acting capabilities whatsoever, who have been acclaimed as actresses by the serious British critics. The same critics had very probably jeered at these same girls when they were merely “sex symbols.”
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- Richard West
Insult comic Don Rickles dies aged 90
1 hour ago | ScreenDaily | See recent ScreenDaily news »
Martin Scorsese pays tribute: “It was like listening to a great jazz musician wail.”
Don Rickles, legendary comedian and actor, died on Thursday in Los Angeles of kidney failure. He was 90.
Born in New York City, Rickles began his career in nightclubs where he earned his reputation as an insult comic after his manner of responding to hecklers became as popular as the material itself.
Rickles’ career spanned more than six decades and included continued stand-up routines, acting in television and film, as well as regular appearances on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson and Late Show with David Letterman.
The comedian may be best known to contemporary audiences as the voice of Mr. Potato Head in Pixar’s Toy Story films, including the latest instalment, Toy Story 4, due to hit theatres in 2019.
He got his break in the 1958 war film Run Silent Run Deep alongside Clark Gable and Burt Lancaster, followed by dramatic »
Film Review: ‘Going in Style’
2 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
In “Going in Style,” the 1979 Hollywood fable of old age in America that’s still remembered with a certain scrappy fondness, George Burns, Art Carney, and Lee Strasberg play brittle old fogies who team up to rob a bank, but it wouldn’t be quite accurate to call the result “a heist movie.” The three hatch their crime as a way to escape loneliness, and to get their juices flowing — to rage against the dying of the light — and the robbery itself is mostly a ramshackle joke, with our cranky stooped codgers barely disguised by Groucho glasses.
The slick new remake of “Going in Style,” on the other hand, really is a heist movie. Our heroes, now played by Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman, and Alan Arkin, team up to rob the Williamsburg Savings Bank in their native Brooklyn, and we see them prepping for the crime in a full-on, split-screen montage of strategic training rituals. »
- Owen Gleiberman
‘Crazy Ex-Girlfriend’ Welcomes New Cast Regulars the Only Way It Knows How: Through Song
2 hours ago | Indiewire | See recent Indiewire news »
TV shows usually aren’t able to turn a discussion of two seasons of television into a thoroughly enjoyable low-key cabaret night. But that’s precisely what the cast and crew of “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” did on Wednesday at the Television Academy in North Hollywood.
Gathering in front of TV Academy voters for their 2017 For Your Consideration event, the “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” cast performed eight songs from the show’s sophomore season, weaving in a discussion of the various challenges that the latest run of episodes provided for the whole team. In a surprise move (that, in retrospect, is the only way that one of these things should start), writer/co-creator/star Rachel Bloom introduced the evening’s participants via a re-worked version of the show’s song “I Have Friends.”
Though the audience had trouble getting the song’s distinct clapping rhythm in unison, stars Vincent Rodriguez III (Josh Chan), Donna Lynne Champlin »
- Steve Greene
‘Kong: Skull Island’ Tops $500 Million in Worldwide Box Office
3 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
King Kong is still a box office giant. “Kong: Skull Island” has crossed the $500 million mark at the worldwide box office.
It’s the third 2017 title to hit the milestone, after Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast” and Fox’s “Logan.” Production companies Warner Bros. Pictures, Legendary Pictures, and Tencent Pictures made the announcement Thursday.
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The domestic total has topped $150 million in its first four weeks, while the international take has reached $358.7 million, led by $123 million in China. “Kong: Skull Island” took in $22.5 million on its opening day in China, the second-largest English-language film launch of the year in the country, behind “Resident Evil: The Final Chapter,” and the fifth-biggest Friday debut ever for a U.S. title in the Middle Kingdom.
It’s also become the highest grosser of all time in Vietnam, one of »
- Dave McNary
Ed Asner To Star In ‘The Santa Files’; ‘Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda’ Adds Clark Moore
4 hours ago | Deadline | See recent Deadline news »
Illustrious Hollywood actor Ed Asner, known for classics like The Mary Tyler Moore Show and it’s spin-off Lou Grant, has been tapped for the title role in the upcoming family film The Santa Files. From writer-director Tom Denucci, the pic is about a group of outcast kids who go on a holiday adventure hunt to find Santa Claus. Production is slated to being this month in Providence, Ri. Phillip Goldfine and David Gere are producing while Benjamin Sacks and Jason Hewitt will… »
Filming begins on 'Collateral' starring Carey Mulligan, Billie Piper and John Simm
4 hours ago | ScreenDaily | See recent ScreenDaily news »
Trio set to appear in BBC Two thriller from renowned playwright David Hare.
Filming has begun on BBC Two mini-series Collateral, starring Carey Mulligan and written by renowned playwright David Hare.
The Oscar-nominated actress is joined in the cast by John Simm, Nicola Walker and Billie Piper.
Sj Clarkson (Love Nina, Toast) will direct the four-part drama, which started shooting this week.
Hare is writing the script and producing, alongside Clarkson, Lucy Richer for the BBC and George Faber and Mark Pybus for The Forge.
The series was commissioned by Piers Wenger, controller of BBC Drama and Charlotte Moore, director of BBC Content, and is co-produced by The Forge and Netflix.
Set in present day London, the plot revolves around the repercussions surrounding the fatal shooting of a pizza delivery man.
Mulligan plays the detective inspector investigating the crime, Simm is a politician embroiled in a scandal and Piper his unpredictable ex-girlfriend.
Hare’s stage »
- orlando.parfitt@screendaily.com (Orlando Parfitt)
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