Weekend Box Office: ‘Angry Birds’ Opens To $39M, ‘Neighbors 2′ And ‘Nice Guys’ Disappoint
Sony’s The Angry Birds Movie is the top film of the weekend, flying past Captain America: Civil War for a $39 million debut weekend. (FOR)
Michael Lombardo On Leaving HBO, What He Will Do Next And ‘Vinyl’ Regrets
Michael Lombardo, the HBO programming president revealed Friday that he will exit one of the most coveted jobs in television for a production deal with the network. (THR)
Here Are The Cannes 2016 Award Winners
I, Daniel Blake, directed by Ken Loach, takes home the Palme d’Or plus all the rest of the winners. (VUL)
‘X-Men: Apocalypse’ Launches With Massive $103.3 Million Internationally
Fox’s X-Men: Apocalypse has launched impressively in the international marketplace with $103.3 million in box office havoc from 20,596 screens in 75 markets — a week ahead of its U.S. opening. (VAR)
Jeff Bridges & Taylor Kitsch Answer Call For Brolin-Teller Firefighter Pic
Jeff Bridges and Taylor Kitsch have joined the cast of the untitled firefighter pic financed by Black Label Media that already has Josh Brolin, Miles Teller and James Badge Dale attached. (DH)
Nicolas Winding Refn To Produce Remake of Giallo Film ‘What Have You Done To Solange?’
Refn has signed on to produce a remake of Massimo Dallamano’s What Have You Done To Solange?, based on the Edgar Wallace novel The Clue of the New Pin. Refn’s Danish film production company Space Rocket Nation will produce. (IW)
Trailer Buzz: ‘Beauty And The Beast’
The first ever trailer for Disney’s new live action version of the classic movie Beauty and the Beast debuted exclusively on Good Morning America on Monday. (ABC)
Screenwriters: HBO Exec Chris Salvattera Offers Perspective On the Business Side of Screenwriting