‘Jason Bourne’ Tops Weekend With $60M; ‘Star Trek Beyond’ Suffers Big Second Weekend Drop
With the second largest opening for a film in the Bourne franchise, Jason Bourne topped the weekend. STX’s ensemble comedy Bad Moms delivered a third place finish and while Lionsgate’s Nerve fell a bit below expectations. (BOM)
Teen Choice Awards 2016: The Complete Winners List
Captain America: Civil War star Chris Evans picked up the Choice Sci-Fi Movie Actor to kick off this year’s Teen Choice Awards, while Neighbors 2 co-stars Chloe Grace Moretz and Zac Efron took home the comedy movie acting prizes. (WRAP)
Critics’ Choice Group Announces Documentary Awards
The organization behind the Critics’ Choice Awards is launching a documentary awards show on Nov. 3 at BRIC in Brooklyn to honor documentary features and non-fiction television. (VAR)
TNT Orders ‘The Last Ship’ Season 4 And ‘Monsters Of God’
Joe Carnahan To Write Film Version Of Playstation’s ‘Uncharted’ Series
The Bad Boys 3 helmer will not be directing the video game adaptation due to scheduling conflicts. (IW)
‘Jason Bourne,’ ‘Rogue One’ Actor Riz Ahmed Planning U.K. TV Series
The U.K. actor hopes to direct the series about three generations of a British-Pakistani family. (THR)
Graham Yost, Bruce C. McKenna To Adapt Michael Crichton Manuscript ‘Dragon Teeth’ For Nat Geo
National Geographic Channel has closed a drama series script development deal with Amblin Television, Sony Pictures Television and CrichtonSun for a global limited series based on the soon-to-be-published Michael Crichton manuscript Dragon Teeth. (DH)
The Gnome Life Launches: Geek Content Brand Built On Diversity
Looking to fill a need in nerd culture, Big Boots Studios is launching a new multi-platform content brand called The Gnome Life. (WRAP)
Screenwriters: Alternative Forms Of Structure
Jacob Krueger discusses a valuable lesson, whether you’re writing an art film, like The Tree of Life, or are simply in an early draft of a more linear story, exploring alternate forms of structure is important. (SM)