Box Office: ‘Secret Life of Pets’ Hops To $5.3 Million Thursday
Animated film The Secret Life of Pets earned a strong $5.3 million in late night shows. Comedy Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates also began rolling into theaters with $1.6 million. (THR)
‘Lego Movie Sequel’ Getting Rewrite From ‘BoJack Horseman’ Creator
Warner Bros. has hired Raphael Bob-Waksberg to rewrite the script. Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, who directed the first film, penned the original draft. Rob Schrab is directing with Lord and Miller producing. (VAR)
Kiefer Sutherland Crossing Over To ‘Flatliners’ Redo
Kiefer Sutherland is joining the cast of the reboot of the 1990 film after schedules were worked out for the actor to do both his new ABC series Designated Survivor and the Sony feature film. (DH)
Amblin Gets Back Into the Alien Invasion Business With New Script ‘The Fall’
Amblin Entertainment has snapped up the rights to a spec script about an alien invasion called The Fall, written by Australian writer Pete Bridges. (IW)
Kate Mara, Ed Helms Join ‘Chappaquiddick’
Kate Mara will play the tragic victim in Chappaquiddick. The former House of Cards star and Ed Helms have been cast in the political thriller. (EW)
Steve Rabineau Moves To WME From UTA, Reuniting With Top Partners
Steve Rabineau has just jumped from UTA to join WME as a partner in the agency’s Motion Picture Literary department. (DH)
Tomb Raider Movie Reboot Release Date Announced
The new Tomb Raider film starring Alicia Vikander will open in theaters on March 16, 2018, Warner Bros. and MGM announced. (IGN)
‘Hairspray Live’ Adds Ariana Grande In Pivotal, Pigtailed Role
The Scream Queens victim has been cast as Penny Pingleton — the best friend of leading lady Tracy Turnblad — in NBC’s upcoming Hairspray Live, airing Dec. 7. (TVL)
Screenwriters: ‘The Wild Bunch’
The February 7, 1968 unspecified draft by Walon Green & Sam Peckinpah (Story by Roy Sickner). (DS)