AWARDS HEADLINES
Critics’ Choice Awards Nominations: ‘Mad Max’ Leads Film; ABC, HBO, FX Networks & ‘Fargo’ Top TV
The nominees have been announced on both the film and TV sides for the Critics’ Choice Awards, the newly combined honors from the Broadcast Film Critics Association and Broadcast Television Journalists Association. Winners will be announced at the 21st annual Critics’ Choice Awards set for January 17. (AL)
‘Carol’ Tops Toronto Film Critics Association’s 2015 Awards
Todd Haynes’ romance notched another win, but the 6’s critics broke fresh ground with awards for Tom Hardy and Shaun the Sheep. (IW)
Cruz, Binoche, Darin, Robbins In Goya Running
Penelope Cruz (Ma ma), Juliette Binoche (Nobody Wants the Night), Ricardo Darin (Truman) and Tim Robbins (A Perfect Day) all feature among nominations for 2016’s 30th Spanish Academy Goya Awards. (VAR)
OTHER HEADLINES
Box Office: Ron Howard’s ‘Heart of the Sea’ Capsizes With $11M U.S. Debut
Hunger Games: Mockingjay 2 narrowly beats the seafaring epic — starring Chris Hemsworth — to stay at No. 1; Adam McKay’s The Big Short mints money in specialty box office debut after earning multiple Golden Globe nominations. (THR)
MGM Buys Sci-Fi Action Pitch From Matthew Orton
MGM has acquired an untitled sci-fi action pic from UK scribe Matthew Orton in a preemptive deal for mid-six figures. It comes after the studio last month made a pre-emptive deal for his untitled spec script about the team that hunted down and captured Adolf Eichmann. (DH)
Brad Pitt to Adapt ‘He Wanted the Moon’ By Mimi Baird
Brad Pitt has optioned Mimi Baird’s He Wanted the Moon, the true story of her father, Dr. Perry Baird, and her quest to get to know him fifty years following his death. (WF)
‘Mike & Molly’ Cancelled?
Mike & Molly, the CBS sitcom starring Melissa McCarthy and Billy Gardell, is entering its sixth season, which will be its final season, according to co-star Rhondi Reed. (VUL)
Trailer Buzz: ‘Independence Day: Resurgence’
Twenty years after the citizens of Earth foiled the plans of an invading extraterrestrial force, a new battalion of conquering beings are coming back for revenge in Independence Day: Resurgence. Watch the first full trailer here. (CB)