Box Office: ‘Spectre’ Opens To $73M In U.S.; ‘Peanuts’ Grabs $45M
Overseas, Spectre took in $117.8 million for an early worldwide total of $300 million after opening in the U.K. two weeks ago; Spotlight shines at the specialty box office, where Brooklyn is also off to a solid start. (THR)
Donald Trump Gives ‘SNL’ Its Biggest Ratings In Years
According to NBC, SNL had a whopping 6.6 household rating on Saturday night, easily beating the season’s previous high: the 41st season premiere last month, hosted by Miley Cyrus and with a guest appearance by Hillary Clinton. (EW)
RealD To Go Private In $551 Million All-Cash Deal
Netflix ‘Making A Murderer’ Getting In On True Crime Racket
‘John Wicks 2’ Fills Out Cast, Old Favorites Return
Ruby Rose, Riccardo Scamarcio and Peter Stormare join the already announced Common and returning Ian McShane in John Wick 2. Also coming back from the first movie are John Leguizamo, Bridget Monahan, Tom Sadowski, and Lance Reddick. (DH)
Magnolia Pictures Nabs U.S. Rights To Thriller ‘The Ones Below’
The story of a suburban couple’s standoff with new tenants in the apartment below them marks the feature film debut of David Farr. (VAR)
Johnny Depp To Star In ‘Sherlock Gnomes’
Johnny Depp has been tapped to voice the titular role of Paramount Animation and MGM’s Sherlock Gnomes — a sequel to indie animated hit Gnomeo and Juliet from Elton John’s Rocket Pictures. (AM)
Stephanie Zacharek Will Be Time’s Film Critic
The ‘Village Voice’ critic is moving uptown, and Daniel D’Addario will be the magazine’s new TV critic. (IW)