Weekend Box Office Wrap-up: November 6, 2016
In first is Marvel’s Doctor Strange, which made a very strong $84.9 million in its first three days. Coming in second is Trolls, the latest film from DreamWorks Animation, making $45.6 million in its first three days. (SR)
Queen Movie Moves Forward With Rami Malek As Freddie Mercury And Bryan Singer To Direct
The film is titled Bohemian Rhapsody and is expected to begin shooting early next year. (IW)
CBS Buys Sports Agency Comedy Produced By LeBron James
CBS has put in development Thankless, a hybrid comedy from LeBron James & Maverick Carter’s SpringHill Entertainment, former How I Met Your Mother writers Craig Gerard and Matt Zinman, and Warner Bros. TV. (DH)
Gay Rom-Com ‘Family Style’ From EP Amy Poehler In The Works At ABC
ABC has given a script commitment with penalty to the single-camera comedy Family Style, from executive producer Amy Poehler. (WRAP)
Sharon Horgan’s ‘Pulling’ Is Getting An American Remake
Horgan’s popular BBC comedy series Pulling — which was her career breakthrough in the U.K. — will be getting an American remake at NBC. (VUL)
‘American Housewife’ Gets Full-Season Order — ‘Real O’Neals’ Extended, Too
The network has ordered nine additional episodes of the sitcom for a full 22-episode first season. Also, ABC has added three episodes to The Real O’Neals‘ second season. (TVL)
South Korean Film ‘Miss Granny’ To Get English, Spanish Language Remakes
Tyler Perry Studios’ 34th Street Films will co-produce the U.S. version of the comedy drama, which has already been remade in six Asian languages. (THR)
TWC’s David Glasser Praises Robust TV Division, Film Team
David Glasser shocked industry watchers when he resigned as COO/president of The Weinstein Co. He re-emerged at The 360 View, AFM’s global film financing panel, where he talked about his new feature slate, and the future of Weinstein Television and his day-and-date label, Radius-TWC. (VAR)
The Complicated Case Of Leadership And Vision At Warner Bros. And DC Entertainment
News of Rick Famuyiwa walking away from The Flash, making him the second director to do so, after Seth Grahame-Smith did the same earlier this year, begs the question on if this concerns the higher ups at Warner Bros. and what they plan on doing about it. (TB)