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Box Office: ‘The Dark Tower’ Looms Over $19 Million Opening, ‘Kidnap’ Lost
2 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
“The Dark Tower” should have had no problem easily winning its opening weekend due to its name recognition, star power, and next-to-zero competition from the other major studios. However, a box office win for the Stephen King adaptation is proving more difficult than imagined, as “Dunkirk” could potentially upset the sci-fi epic for its third straight No. 1 spot.
Sony and Mrc’s ambitious actioner starring Matthew McConaughey, Idris Elba, and newcomer Tom Taylor took in $7.8 million from 3,451 locations on Friday, including Thursday night previews. That number will translate to an unimpressive $19 million opening off a $60 million budget by weekend’s end. “Dark Tower” had been plagued by reshoots, which in turn brought along loads of negative reviews — it currently has an 18 percent approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
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Should the estimate hold, “The Dark Tower” will post the second-lowest total of a weekend winner this year, above »
- JD Knapp
James Gunn on 'Guardians 3' and Marvel's Cosmic Plans
2 hours ago | The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News | See recent The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News news »
There's no rest for the captain of one of Marvel's biggest franchises.
Just months after the release of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, writer-director James Gunn is hard at work penning Guardians Vol. 3, while also helping Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige plot out the future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe's cosmic properties.
“Those scripts are already in the works. Kevin and I talk about it all the time, we just had a meeting today. Discussing what is the next iteration of cosmic characters and where are the characters that’ve we’ve already created going to go in the next »
- Byron Burton
Emmys: 'House of Cards' Receives Nom in Wake of 'This Is Us' Disqualification (Exclusive)
16 hours ago | The Hollywood Reporter - TV News | See recent The Hollywood Reporter - TV News news »
The Netflix drama series House of Cards is picking up an unexpected seventh 2017 Emmy nomination, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.
On Friday, more than three weeks after the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced its annual nominations, the TV Academy rescinded This Is Us' nomination for the Emmy for outstanding contemporary costumes for a series, limited series or movie because — as first reported by THR — the majority of the episode did not take place in the required contemporary time period. That opened up a slot in the category alongside HBO's Big Little Lies, Fox's Empire, Netflix's »
- Scott Feinberg
Jay-Z Drops Star-Studded, ‘Friends’-Themed ‘Moonlight’ Video
20 hours ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
Rapper Jay-Z just dropped the music video for his song “Moonlight,” off his latest album, 4:44 –and there’s some familiar-looking characters in it. The video, directed by “Master of None” alum Alan Yang, reimagines the classic sitcom “Friends” with an entirely black cast. The cast features Issa Rae (“Insecure”) as Rachel, Tiffany Haddish (“Girls Trip”) as Phoebe, Tessa Thompson (“Dear White People”) as Monica, Lil Rel Howery (“Get Out”) as Joey, Lakeith Stanfield (“Atlanta”) as Chandler and Jerrod Carmichael (“The Carmichael Show”) as Ross. Also Read: Can Beyonce and Jay-z Trademark Names of New Twins Sir and Rumi? As to be expected, »
- Ashley Eady
‘Mad Men’ Alums Christina Hendricks, John Slattery Join Matthew Weiner Amazon Series
22 hours ago | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »
A “Mad Men” reunion of sorts is in the works at Amazon.
Christina Hendricks and John Slattery will reunite with “Mad Men” creator Matthew Weiner as cast members of Weiner’s upcoming Amazon anthology series “The Romanoffs,” Variety has learned.
The new series will consist of eight hourlong episodes, each of which will tell a standalone story with no recurring plot elements or actors. Each episode will tell the stories of people in contemporary times who believe they are descendants of the imperial family that ruled Russia from 1613 until the Bolsheviks seized power in 1917. In addition to Hendricks and Slattery, the series has also cast Academy Award nominee Isabelle Huppert, “Boardwalk Empire” alum Jack Huston, “Togetherness” alum Amanda Peet, and Golden Globe nominee Marthe Keller.
The castings of Slattery and Hendricks come just over 10 years after the series premiere of “Mad Men,” which launched on AMC on July 19, 2007. The series would go on to garner 116 Emmy nominations »
- Joe Otterson
Whoopi Goldberg to Return for ‘The View’ Season 21 (Exclusive)
22 hours ago | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »
Whoopi Goldberg is ready to ring in her 10th anniversary at “The View.” The Oscar-winning actress will return as the moderator for the show’s 21st season this fall, Variety has learned.
Her contract renewal is an important one for ABC, as Goldberg has been the glue that’s kept “The View” together since creator Barbara Walters retired in 2014.
By focusing on political stories under Trump’s presidency, ratings for “The View” this season are at its highest in three years. The show averaged 2.6 million viewers last week, beating “The Talk,” which tends to veer away from politics in favor of pop culture. And “The View” has landed big guests over the last year, such as Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, Senator Elizabeth Warren, and former secretary of state Condoleezza Rice.
A spokesperson for ABC declined to comment.
Goldberg joined “The View” in the late summer of 2007, and she’s been at the Hot Topics table for »
- Ramin Setoodeh
Marwan Kenzari in Talks to Join Disney’s Live-Action ‘Aladdin’ Remake as Villain Jafar
23 hours ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
Marwan Kenzari is in talks to join Disney’s “Aladdin” remake as the villain Jafar, an individual with knowledge of the project tells TheWrap. Johnathan Freeman voiced Jafar in 1992 original animated film. Guy Ritchie is set to direct from a script by John August (“Big Fish”). Dan Lin (“Sherlock Holmes”) is producing. Jonathan Eirich is exec producing. Disney announced at the recent D23 Expo in Anaheim that Will Smith has officially been cast to play Genie. Read More See Marwan Kenzari's latest Power Move. PowerRank: 7477 The studio also announced that »
- Umberto Gonzalez
Abigail Spencer Joins ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ in Recasting, Replacing Bridget Regan
4 August 2017 9:25 AM, PDT | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
“Timeless” star and “Rectify” alum Abigail Spencer will join “Grey’s Anatomy,” replacing Bridget Regan as Megan Hunt in a recasting ahead of Season 14, an ABC spokesperson told TheWrap. The actress will star in a multi-episode arc on the ABC-Shondaland drama, stepping in for Regan as Owen’s sister following a scheduling conflict. Regan currently stars on the TNT drama “The Last Ship” alongside “Grey’s” alum Eric Dane. The character, Owen’s sister and an army medic, had previously been presumed to be dead in a helicopter crash, but was revealed to be alive in last season’s finale. »
- Reid Nakamura
Usher To Be Sued By Three People For Not Disclosing Std Before Sex
30 minutes ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
Attorney Lisa Bloom announced on Twitter Friday that she will be filing a lawsuit on behalf of three people against R&B star Usher on Monday for failing to disclose that he had genital herpes at the time they had sexual contact. Bloom tweeted out the announcement, which says there will be a press conference Monday where one accuser will speak; the other two accusers are named as Jane Doe and John Doe. “Many news organizations have recently reported that musician Usher was diagnosed with herpes in approximately 2009, and in 2012 settled a case with a woman who claimed he’d. »
- Ashley Boucher
Is ‘America’s Got Talent’ 2017 advancing multiple child singers to find the next Grace VanderWaal? [Poll]
31 minutes ago | Gold Derby | See recent Gold Derby news »
“America’s Got Talent” 2017 appears to be the season of child singers, based on the results so far. While we have seen a few comedy, dance and magic acts advance to the Season 12 live shows, the majority have been singers — specifically, child singers. Is the show stacking the deck to find the next […] »
- Kevin Jacobsen
Stephen Colbert Urges White House Staff to ‘Change the Locks’ While Trump’s on Vacation (Video)
57 minutes ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
Stephen Colbert took shots at President Donald Trump on “The Late Show” Friday night for taking a 17-day vacation. “He’s earned it…” Colbert paused, “…is a phrase you don’t say about Donald Trump.” The late night host pointed out a tweet from Trump in 2011 in which he mocked Barack Obama for a (shorter) vacation. “@BarackObama played golf yesterday. Now he heads to a 10 day vacation in Martha’s Vineyard. Nice work ethic,” the tweet said. “I know, I know, but let’s focus on the bright side of that tweet,” Colbert said, assuaging “boos” from the audience. “Donald Trump has heard. »
- Ashley Boucher
Tim Gunn Says Trump’s Wardrobe ‘Might Suit Him When He’s Hospitalized for Mental Incompetence’ (Video)
1 hour ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
“Project Runway” host Tim Gunn has some fashion advice for President Donald Trump. On “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” Friday, Fallon asked the fashion guru if he had any style tips for the president. “I think he needs some help, ’cause I have a couple of issues,” Fallon said. “Don’t mince words.” And Gunn delivered. “Here’s my issue, and it’s plain and simple: His suit is entirely too big, it’s entirely too boxy and, I have to tell you, look at where the hem of the jacket lands relative to his hands,” Gunn said, looking »
- Ashley Boucher
Fox News Investigating if Eric Bolling Texted Genitalia Pics to Colleagues
1 hour ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
Fox News is investigating claims that host Eric Bolling sent an unsolicited photo of male genitalia in text messages to at least three colleagues, which the HuffPost reported on Friday. Citing “a dozen sources,” the HuffPost reported that the messages were sent several years ago and the women found them “deeply upsetting and offensive.” “We were just informed of this late Friday afternoon via the Huffington Post inquiry and plan to investigate the matter,” a Fox News spokesperson told TheWrap. Also Read: How 'Fox News Specialists' Emerged as Potent, Youthful Face of Network in Post-o'Reilly Era The HuffPost is »
- Brian Flood
Locarno: 6 Things Many Up-and-Coming Producers Around the World Have in Common
1 hour ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Locarno, Switzerland — The producers hail from far-flung places such as Tel Aviv, Santiago de Chile, Warsaw, Rome, Mexico City and Sao Paulo. But, however disparate their origins, in film industry terms, increasingly, young production companies from Latin America, Europe and the Middle East speak very much the same language.
That much is clear at Locarno’s 3rd Match Me!, the festival’s backbone networking initiative which hosting 19 producers from often young production houses in Brazil, Chile, Israel, Italy, Mexico and Poland, all with “some international experience and interesting line-ups in development,” said Match Me! project manager Markus Duffner.
Since Friday, they have plunged into tailor-made one-to-one meetings with potential co-producers, funds heads, distributors or sales agents at Locarno, talking up their production slates, and engaging in lengthy conversations about their company ambitions which would simply be impossible at far more-pressured events such as Cannes.
“What links Match Me! participants is their vision,” said Duffner. »
- Emilio Mayorga and John Hopewell
Idris Elba Is Too Good for 'The Dark Tower'
2 hours ago | The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News | See recent The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News news »
In a perfect world, The Dark Tower would exist as the beginning of a well-deserved blockbuster run for Idris Elba. Elba plays the gruffly heroic Roland Deschain in the Nikolaj Arcel film, adapted from the series of novels by Stephen King. Roland is the last in the line of Gunslingers, making him an expert with any kind of gun, and Elba is more than able to communicate this kind of weighty power with few words. The good news about The Dark Tower is that Elba is the best thing in the film. The bad news about The Dark Tower is that Elba is the only good thing in »
- Josh Spiegel
Should White Filmmakers Be Telling the Story of ‘Detroit’?
2 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Do white filmmakers have the right to make a movie like “Detroit”? The moral right, that is? Set during the Detroit riots of 1967, the movie tells an essential true story about the brutalization of African-Americans. The fact that the issue of the filmmakers’ race is out there at all — and will be even more so now that the critically acclaimed drama has finally opened wide — tells you how far we’ve travelled as a society from just a few years ago: toward a heightened sensitivity about who controls the levers of expression in America, and toward rigorous new codes of conduct built around issues of race, gender, and sexual identity.
The reason I ask whether white filmmakers have the right is that if we’re going to discuss the topic at all, we shouldn’t kid ourselves: The flavor of absolutism is in the air. The fact that some have questioned whether Kathryn Bigelow, the »
- Owen Gleiberman
Sublime Enlists Oscar-Winning Director for Band Documentary
2 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Beloved Southern California rock-reggae group Sublime, whose lead singer Bradley Nowell died of a drug overdose in 1996, is teaming up with Oscar-winning director Bill Guttentag for a full-length documentary on the band. Guttentag will write and direct. He’ll also produce along with attorney Peter Paterno, Sublime managers Dave Kaplan and Scott Seine (Dkm/Surfdog), and Nayeema Raza.
The film has the full cooperation of the Nowell estate and is targeting a theatrical release in 2018, with production set to start imminently. In addition, the doc will delve deep into the band’s archives with never-before-seen footage and rare recordings.
Sublime, founded in 1988 by Eric Wilson, Bud Gaugh and Nowell, released its debut album, “40oz. to Freedom,” in 1992 on its own label, Skunk Records. Later signing with major label McA, they became a Kroq favorite, which drove hit singles like “What I Got,” “Santeria »
- Variety Staff
‘Flip or Flop’ Stars Tarek and Christina El Moussa Producing New Hgtv Show Together
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“Flip or Flop” stars Tarek and Christina El Moussa are teaming up to produce a new Hgtv show, Variety has learned.
The new series marks a continuing professional relationship for the “Flip or Flop” co-stars and former couple who are parents to two young children. Last year after a highly publicized domestic altercation, the El Moussas announced their separation after seven years of marriage, but the reality stars are currently in production on Season 7 of their hit Hgtv series, which is slated to return at the end of this year.
“It has absolutely been a challenge, and some of it has been truly ridiculous,” Tarek El Moussa tells Variety when asked how he and his ex-wife have been dealing with the heightened media attention since their split. He adds, “I would not wish it on anyone.”
Despite the tabloid press surrounding their lives, El Moussa says that he and Christina are committed to working together and expanding »
- Elizabeth Wagmeister
‘Big Brother’ 19 power rankings: With Josh Martinez as Hoh, Paul Abrahamian remains in control
2 hours ago | Gold Derby | See recent Gold Derby news »
In a “Big Brother” first on Thursday night, the live eviction was stopped by nominee Jessica Graf when she cashed in on her Den of Temptation power, the Halting Hex. Because the eviction was nullified, the house remains 12 players strong. Will newly crowned Head of Household Josh Martinez stir things up by continuing to […] »
- benutty
Anthony Scaramucci’s Time in the White House May Soon Be Turned Into a Movie
2 hours ago | Vulture | See recent Vulture news »
Yeah, we’d watch it. »
- Lisa Miller
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