‘X-Men’ Takes Top Spot As ‘Alice’ Flops At Memorial Day Box Office
X-Men: Apocalypse took the top spot with an estimated $80 million at North American box office over the four day weekend. (CNN)
Dwayne Johnson To Star In Shane Black’s ‘Doc Savage’ Film
The actor said on Monday that he would be teaming with director Shane Black to bring the pulpy action hero to life in a new film, which had been in development at Sony Pictures. (THR)
Don Johnson, Rupert Grint & Nick Frost Get A ‘Sick Note’ In Sky Atlantic Series
Created and written by Nat Saunders and James Serafinowicz, Sky Atlantic’s Sick Note is a six-part comedy starring Harry Potter‘s Rupert Grint, Nick Frost and Don Johnson. An early 2017 airdate is planned. (DH)
Melissa McCarthy To Play Novelist And Literary Forger Lee Israel
Melissa McCarthy will star in Fox Searchlight’s adaptation of Lee Israel’s memoir Can You Ever Forgive Me? with The Diary of a Teenage Girl director Marielle Heller attached to helm. (VAR)
Disney’s ‘Zootopia’ Is Now The Second-Biggest Original Movie Ever
Disney’s Zootopia is on the cusp of crossing the $1 billion mark worldwide. With $991 million worldwide, it’s the fourth-biggest animated film ever behind Toy Story 3 ($1.063b), Minions ($1.159b), and Frozen ($1.276b). (FOR)
‘Transparent’ Renewed For Season 4
Amazon has greenlit a fourth season of Transparent well ahead of its Season 3 premiere. (TVL)
Jeff Bridges Infiltrates ‘Kingsman: The Golden Circle’
Jeff Bridges has joined the cast of Kingsman: The Golden Circle, Matthew Vaughn’s follow up to his 2014 spy actioner Kingsman: The Secret Service. (DH)