MTV Movie Awards: ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Tops Nominations
Star Wars: The Force Awakens scored a leading 11 nominations. It is also up for best female performance (Ridley), breakthrough performance (Ridley and Boyega), best action performance (Boyega), best hero (Ridley), best villain (Driver), best virtual performance (Serkis and Nyong’o), ensemble cast and best fight. (BILL)
Adam Sandler And Ben Stiller To Lead Noah Baumbach’s Next Movie…Which Is Already Filming
The secretive director has started production on his next feature, Yen Din Ka Kissa, via production notices on the streets of New York City and the cast includes Adam Sandler, Ben Stiller, Emma Thompson, and Dustin Hoffman. (COLL)
‘Straight Outta Compton’ Scribe Jonathan Herman To Adapt ‘The Travelers’ At DreamWorks
DreamWorks has hired Oscar nominee Jonathan Herman to adapt The Travelers, the thriller novel by bestselling author Chris Pavone. (DH)
Les Moonves Says CBS Plans To Renew All Active Freshman Series
Les Moonves announced plans to renew each of five new CBS series from this season, i.e. Supergirl, Limitless, Life in Pieces, and Code Black for starters. (WRAP)
Amanda Seyfried Boarding Andrew Niccol And K5’s ‘Anon’ Opposite Clive Owen
Amanda Seyfried is re-uniting with her In Time director Andrew Niccol to star in Anon opposite Clive Owen. K5 Film is producing. (DH)
Annabelle Wallis In Talks To Join Tom Cruise In ‘The Mummy’
Annabelle Wallis (Peaky Blinders) is in talks to feature opposite Tom Cruise in Universal’s The Mummy, being directed by Alex Kurtzman. (THR)
Nicolas Cage To Direct Thriller ‘Vengeance: A Love Story’
Cage was already on board to play a detective in the film, but is now also directing from a John Mankiewicz screenplay, based on Joyce Carol Oates’ 2003 novel Rape: A Love Story. (VAR)
Slate of Stars Join ‘Tangled: Before Ever After’ Cast
Disney TV has announced a slew of voice cast members for the upcoming Disney Channel animated series Tangled: Before Ever After. Joining Mandy Moore (Rapunzel) and Zachary Levi (Flynn Rider) — will be Ashley Judd, Broadway star Eden Espinosa, comedian Jeff Ross and Richard Kind. (AM)
Amazon To Launch Its First Live Show
Amazon is set to debut a live, daily show dedicated to fashion and beauty. Style Code Live a 30-minute show, will stream starting today. (VAR)