Warner Bros Responding To Fans & Critics With DC Films Shakeup
A reorganization is imminent at DC Films with Chief Content Officer Geoff Johns and WB EVP Jon Berg co-running DC Films. While DC Films has long been a production banner within Warner Bros, it will now exist as a formal division. (DH)
CBS’ Fall Schedule: NCIS: LA On Move, Michael Weatherly’s Bull Paired With NCIS, Limitless Still In Limbo
Michael Weatherly’s new drama Bull will be paired with his former series NCIS on Tuesdays; NCIS: LA will succeed The Good Wife on Sundays-at-9; and Joel McHale’s new sitcom The Great Indoors has landed the coveted post-Big Bang Theory slot on Thursdays. (TVL)
CBS Recast Jenna Fischer Over Chemistry Issues With Matt LeBlanc in ‘Man With A Plan’
Jenna Fischer was set to star opposite Matt LeBlanc in CBS’ Man With a Plan, but the Office alum will be recast for the comedy’s debut season due to a chemistry issue. (WRAP)
TNT Picks Up Young Shakespeare Series, Orders Modern Civil War Drama Pilot
‘Will’ marks the cabler’s latest pickup as the Turner-owned network continues to expand its slate of originals. (THR)
Rob Corddry’s New Adult Swim Pilot Is About The Hindenburg And Boy
The 15-minute pilot from the Childrens Hospital creator, co-written by Josh Perilo and Jonathan Stern, follows the Hindenburg’s 1937 maiden voyage from Germany to New Jersey. (VUL)
Cannes: Amazon, Cohen Media Group Nab Asghar Farhadi’s ‘The Salesman’
Amazon Studios and Cohen Media Group have landed domestic rights to Oscar-winner Asghar Farhadi’s The Salesman. (VAR)
How Lucasfilm’s Kathleen Kennedy Rediscovered The Magic Of The Force
After taking the torch from George Lucas, the veteran producer immediately got to work building a new future for Star Wars. (FCC)
Trailer Buzz: Second ‘Ghostbusters’ Trailer
The film’s latest trailer also offers an additional glimpse at the new big screen version of the iconic Ghostbusters ghoul Slimer, as well as what appears to be the reboot’s version of the infamous Stay Puft Marshmallow Man from the original Ghostbusters movie. (SR)
Screenwriters: ‘Popeye’
An undated first draft by Jules Feiffer (based on the characters by E. C. Segar) (DS)