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Box Office: 'War for the Planet of the Apes' Beating 'Spider-Man' on Friday
15 hours ago | The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News | See recent The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News news »
Director Matt Reeves' War for the Planet of the Apes is stomping past holdover Spider-Man: Homecoming at the Friday box office for a likely No. 1 finish in its North American debut, according to early returns.
Heading into the weekend, it was unclear whether the final installment in 20th Century Fox's refurbished trilogy would be able to beat Sony's Spider-Man, which swung to a stellar $117 million last weekend.
Apes is projected to gross $18 million or more from 4,022 theaters on Friday for a domestic opening in the $50 million-$55 million range. That would be behind the 2014 sequel »
- Pamela McClintock
Disney Unveils 'Cars'/'Planes' Spinoff That Will Go to Space
11 hours ago | The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News | See recent The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News news »
Disney is heading to space.
After an emotional ceremony honoring this year's Disney Legends, D23 continued in earnest Friday with the company's animation panel — where it announced the next chapter in its Cars universe.
John Lasseter came onstage, using a merch gun to whip the crowd into a frenzy, and he showed off footage from a new Disneytoon project he dubbed "the speed test."
The footage was something akin to Top Gun on steroids, with planes that go all the way into space. The planes had faces, like those seen in the two installments of Cars spinoff Planes, »
- Borys Kit ,Aaron Couch
'Downsizing,' Starring Matt Damon, to Open Venice Film Festival
10 hours ago | The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News | See recent The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News news »
Alexander Payne's Downsizing has been selected to open the Venice Film Festival, which runs from Aug. 30 to Sept. 9.
The satire, written by Payne and his frequent collaborator Jim Taylor, stars Matt Damon as a man who decides to shrink himself in order to find a better life. The cast also includes Kristen Wiig, Christoph Waltz, Laura Dern and Jason Sudeikis.
The Venice berth is a first for Payne, whose films have played Cannes, Telluride, Toronto and Sundance, but not the Italian fest, where Downsizing's opening-night slot should position it for high-profile awards-season bid.
Paramount plans to »
- Gregg Kilday
Veteran Film Producer Evzen Kolar Dies at 67
13 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Veteran film producer Evzen Kolar died on Tuesday in Los Angeles after a brief illness. He was 67.
Born in the Czech Republic, Kolar began his film and television career as a child actor. He later became an assistant director, working throughout Europe on commercials, television projects, and features, and produced fringe theater in London before moving to the U.S. in 1979.
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In addition to his role as vice president of production at Fireline Productions and CEO at Crossover Films Ent., Kolar line-produced a number of features, including “Never Say Never Again” with Sean Connery as James Bond, “Street Smart” starring Morgan Freeman, “Bat 21” with Gene Hackman and Danny Glover, and “Storyville” starring James Spader and Jason Robards.
Kolar established his own production company, Kpi Entertainment, in 1993. There, he produced films such as “Surf Ninjas,” the cult comedy staring Rob Schneider and Leslie Nielsen; the Jean-Claude Van Damme actioner “Inferno”; and “Bride of the Wind »
- Rebecca Rubin
‘Doctor Who’: BBC America To Announce 13th Doctor This Weekend
14 hours ago | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »
“Doctor Who” fans will finally find out who their 13th Doctor will be Sunday after the Wimbledon Men’s Final on BBC America.
BBC announced the news in a video posted to the official BBC America Twitter account Friday morning. Peter Capaldi will officially be departing the cult-favorite series after three seasons as the 12th Doctor.
Exclusive News: It’s Almost Time. #DoctorWho pic.twitter.com/XyF6KPaf0b
— BBC America (@Bbcamerica) July 14, 2017
Capaldi is the fourth actor to play the hero since the 2005 reboot of the ’80s science fiction show: Christoper Eccleston played the Doctor for the first season, with David Tennant (arguably the most well-received actor) taking on the role for the second, third, and fourth seasons. Matt Smith stepped into the Doctor’s shoes for the following three seasons leading up to Capaldi’s tenure. The ability to cast different actors in the role hinges on the fact that the alien Doctor, when »
- Erin Nyren
Martin Scorsese, Leonardo DiCaprio Developing True-Crime Thriller ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ (Exclusive)
17 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Rome – Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio are developing a film adaptation of true-crime thriller “Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI” as the director’s next project after “The Irishman.”
Scorsese’s longtime production designer, Dante Ferretti, told Variety that Scorsese hoped to start shooting “Flower Moon” in the spring of next year. The project is based on the bestselling book by David Grann, a staff writer for the New Yorker and author of “The Lost City of Z.”
Rights to “Flower Moon” were snapped up by Imperative last year for a reported $5 million, and a script has reportedly been drafted by veteran Oscar-winning scribe Eric Roth (“Forrest Gump,” “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”).
Ferretti, who has worked with Scorsese on nine movies from “The Age of Innocence” through “Silence,” said he was going to “go to Oklahoma” to do preliminary location scouting for “Flower Moon.” The »
- Nick Vivarelli
‘Walking Dead’ Stuntman Dies Following On-Set Accident
19 hours ago | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »
“Walking Dead” stuntman John Bernecker has died after suffering an accident on the show’s set in Georgia, Variety has confirmed.
According to Coweta County Coroner Richard Hawk, Bernecker died at Atlanta Medical Center on Wednesday evening of blunt force drama due to his fall. His was reportedly placed on a ventilator after the accident, which was turned off on Thursday.
Bernecker fell more than 20 feet off a balcony onto a concrete floor, suffering a serious head injury that required him to be transported to a nearby hospital by helicopter. AMC announced Thursday that they had temporarily shut down production on the show’s eighth season in the wake of the tragic accident.
Bernecker is a veteran stunt performer and fight choreographer. Per his IMDb page, he has worked on projects such as “Olympus Has Fallen,” “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire” and “Mockingjay Parts 1 & 2,” and “Logan,” among many others. He is also listed as having worked on »
- Joe Otterson
Karlovy Vary Film Review: ‘The Nothing Factory’
52 minutes ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
In times of crisis, suggests a character in “The Nothing Factory,” there are various possible responses: You can shoot a gun or form a community garden. Or in Portuguese documentary director Pedro Pinho’s case, you can make your narrative debut, an occasionally inspired, but often trying three-hour-long, genre-hopping patchwork of social-realist cinema. While such a span feels like a respectful reflection of the complexity of the issues it explores, it also allows the film to come into and out of focus so often that it dulls engagement long before an unexpected musical number in the last half-hour briefly perks it up again.
Loosely inspired by an actual experiment in self-management by the employees of Portuguese elevator manufacturer Otis, the film borrows a lot of its textural details from real life. Here the factory also makes elevators, and is similarly threatened by a combination of mechanization and economic instability. Pinho populates his cast with non-professional actors, many »
- Jessica Kiang
Venice Gap-Financing Market Unveils Selected Projects, Including Vr Works
52 minutes ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Rome – The Venice Film Festival’s Gap-Financing Market, which helps indie European and international producers secure the final portion of financing for their projects, has announced the 47 feature films, documentaries, TV series, and virtual-reality projects that have made the cut.
They comprise 25 feature films and documentaries, many of which have been making the rounds of co-production forums on the festival circuit. What distinguishes the Venice market is that submissions must have at least 70% of financing in place, meaning that these projects have a better chance of actually reaching completion.
Last year the Venice Film Market — which besides the gap-financing component, also includes the Final Cut in Venice platform for films in post from countries with struggling film industries and a book rights’ mart — was re-branded as Venice Production Bridge.
The idea is that Venice, which cannot compete with Toronto in terms of bona-fide market heft, is pioneering an informal new-concept market dedicated to original works-in-progress and open »
- Nick Vivarelli
Brazilian Court Dismisses Criminal Charge Made Against Ryan Lochte Following Rio Olympics Incident
4 hours ago | Vulture | See recent Vulture news »
Oh jeah, remember that whole thing? »
- Halle Kiefer
Leonardo DiCaprio and Martin Scorsese Reportedly Double Down on True Crime With Killers of the Flower Moon Adaptation
6 hours ago | Vulture | See recent Vulture news »
David Grann’s non-fiction book recounts the investigation of a years-long string of murders targeting the Osage Nation in the 1920s. »
- Halle Kiefer
The Great British Baking Show Recap: Flower Power
7 hours ago | Vulture | See recent Vulture news »
This week, it’s all about floral cakes. »
- Molly Fitzpatrick
20 ‘Rediculous’ Typos from Trump’s White House, from ‘Attaker’ to ‘Unpresidented’ (Photos)
7 hours ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
You can’t have “the best words” if you can’t correctly spell those words. Even more serious than the Trump administration’s beef with CNN is its beef with grammar–as is evidenced by a score of tweets and official White House documents that are riddled with spelling errors, misused words, and downright gibberish. Here are 20 of the worst (and most laughable) offenses. “Innaccurately” Oh, the irony! The White House tried to call out the Congressional Budget Office for inaccuracy but inaccurately spelled the word “inaccurately.” “Honered” Before “covfefe,” there was “honered.” Of course, newly-inaugurated Trump meant to tweet that he was “honored, »
- Ashley Eady
‘Marvel’s Spider-Man’ Disney Xd Series Rounds Out Cast, Gets Premiere Date
7 hours ago | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »
Marvel announced the cast and premiere date for its new animated series “Marvel’s Spider-Man” during the the comic giant’s panel at D23 Expo in Anaheim, Calif., on Friday.
The show, premiering Aug. 19 on Disney Xd, takes a fresh look at Peter Parker as the superhero gets accepted into Horizon High, a high school for brilliant young scientific minds. He struggles to balance his social life while hiding his secret identity from his classmates while using his alter ego to take on supervillains.
“Marvel’s Spider-Man” voice cast includes Robbie Daymond (“Bread Winners”) as Spider-Man, Patton Oswalt as Uncle Ben, Max Mittelman (“Transformers: Robots in Disguise”) as Harry Osborn, Nadji Jeter (“Jessie”) as Miles Morales, and Alastair Duncan (“The Batman”) as Vulture.
A scene that screened during the D23 panel on Friday showed Spidey fighting with his Venom suit. “This is like some invasion of the body-grabbers. Get off me, you »
- Rebecca Rubin
‘Fargo’ Star Carrie Coon Talks Finale Cliffhanger: ‘I’m Captain Ambiguity’
7 hours ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
Carrie Coon is aware that you want answers about the open-ended conclusion to the “Fargo” finale that aired last month. The actress earned one of the FX drama’s 16 Emmy nominations on Thursday for her role as Gloria Burgle, the state’s most competent law enforcer who finds herself facing off against V.M. Varga (David Thewlis) in Season 3’s final scene. Varga claims he will be freed from the police station in a matter of minutes, but the season ends before viewers discover if he indeed gets his just desserts. The actress told TheWrap that she’s gotten used to her projects wrapping. »
- Ryan Gajewski
10 Things You Didn’t See at Disney’s D23 Animation Panel
7 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
No photos. No videos. No recording. Those were the ground-rules for Disney’s animation panel during D23 on Friday.
But for good reason. Over the course of the two-hour-long panel, hosted primarily by Pixar Cco John Lasseter, those inside the hall got a first look at rough footage, sometimes for films that have yet to even be named.
“Today we’re going to show you things that no one has seen outside the walls of our studio,” he said before the presentation.
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If, by chance, you were not one of the several thousand people inside the room where it happened, here are ten things you missed.
1. A glimpse of “Mary Poppins Returns”
Several seconds as part of a reel were enough to make the audience roar. “It’s a good thing you came along when you did, ‘Mary Poppins,’” Lin-Manuel Miranda »
- Seth Kelley
‘Game of Thrones’: 25 Most Devastating/Satisfying Deaths (Spoilers)
8 hours ago | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »
Of all the deaths in “Game of Thrones,” we cut it down to what we think are the 25 most devastating/satisfying ones from the series. »
- Jacob Bryant and Joe Otterson
Kendall Jenner, Andre Leon Talley Play Pretty Convincing Tribute to The Incredibles’ Fashion Designer Edna Mode
8 hours ago | Vulture | See recent Vulture news »
Her opinion on capes remains controversial, and iconic. »
- Halle Kiefer
Alexander Payne, Matt Damon open Venice Film Festival with quirky sci-fi film: Learn more about ‘Downsizing’
8 hours ago | Gold Derby | See recent Gold Derby news »
Our sister site Variety has announced that the new Alexander Payne film, “Downsizing,” will open the Venice Film Festival, which runs from August 30 to September 9 and serves as the unofficial launch of the fall awards season. Getting to open the fest is a coveted slot that often goes to eventual Oscar contenders. Six […] »
- Daniel Montgomery
‘Game of Thrones’ 101: Who’s Left in House Lannister?
8 hours ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
For most of “Game of Thrones,” House Lannisters has held the Iron Throne, following the death of King Robert (Mark Addy). They’ve also been the main drivers of back-stabbing and political machinations, and most of their enemies lay dead on the battlefield (or in brothels, back rooms, and dungeons). But the Lannisters have suffered huge losses as well, many even by the hands of other family members. After six seasons, only three people still remain in the main branch of House Lannister: Ser Jaime (the Kingslayer), Tyrion (the Imp), and Queen Cersei. Earlier in the show, the Lannisters were led by. »
- Phil Hornshaw
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