Star Wars: Mark Hamill On Being Luke Skywalker, ‘Episode VIII’
New behind-the-scenes footage and an official poster for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story have been released. Watch the footage here. (VAR)
Tommy Lee Jones, Alec Baldwin & Milla Jovovich In Talks For Rob Reiner’s ‘Shock And Awe’
Tommy Lee Jones, Alec Baldwin and Milla Jovovich are in talks to board Rob Reiner’s Iraq War pic Shock and Awe. If deals make with all three, they will join Woody Harrelson and James Marsden. (DH)
‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ TV Premiere Set For Starz
Star Wars: The Force Awakens will premiere on Starz Sept. 10. The record- breaking movie will air on all six Starz channels at 9 p.m. ET and will be available for download via the Starz mobile app on that day. (EW)
Lionsgate To Make Chinese Spinoff Of ‘Now You See Me’
The studio and Chinese film company Leomus Pictures are also exploring producing Escape Plan 2 as a U.S.-Chinese co-production. (THR)
Film Acquisition Roundup: Oscilloscope Dates ‘Girl Asleep,’ 26 Aries Sets First Theatrical Release And More
Keep up with the wild and wooly world of indie film acquisitions with IndieWire’s rundown of everything that’s been picked up around the globe. (IW)
Anchor Bay And Byron Allen’s Entertainment Studios Join In Multi-Year Deal
Anchor Bay Entertainment, a big distributor of independent feature films and home entertainment product sealed a multi-year agreement with Byron Allen’s Entertainment Studios, Inc. (DH)
Jason Schwartzman And Jacki Weaver Join Jack Black’s In ‘The Man Who Would Be Polka King’
Jason Schwartzman and Jacki Weaver have joined Black’s upcoming dark comedy, The Man Who Would Be Polka King, which is based on the documentary of the same name and written and directed by Infinitely Polar Bear‘s Maya Forbes and Wally Wolodarsky. (VUL)
Trailer Buzz: ‘Rules Don’t Apply’
Screenwriters: ‘Office Space’
The December 9, 1997 first revised draft by Mike Judge. (DS)