Relativity Sets 2017 Release Date For Halle Berry’s ‘Kidnap’ As Title Is Shopped Around
Relativity Media’s Halle Berry thriller Kidnap is now scheduled to be released on March 10, 2017. The movie is also being shopped around town to potential distributors. (DH)
Sony Business Affairs Chief Andrew Gumpert Exits Studio
Sony Pictures Business Affairs head Andrew Gumpert is leaving the studio. Columbia Pictures EVP Mike Marshall will replace him. (WRAP)
Seth Rogen And Evan Goldberg Are Developing Comedies At Fox And ABC
Rogen and Goldberg have two single-cam comedies in the works at Fox and ABC. The Fox project is written by Mike Rosolio and t he ABC comedy is written by Brad Copeland. (SS)
Conviction: ABC Opts Against Ordering More Season 1 Episodes
The freshman drama won’t get an order for more episodes this season. However, the eight remaining episodes of the initial 13-episode order will air. (TVL)
Keisha Castle-Hughes And Will Brittain RSVP For ‘The Divorce Party’
Keisha Castle-Hughes and Will Brittain have been cast in the Hughes William Thompson-directed dramady The Divorce Party from Sprockerfeller Films and 2020 Production. (DH)
Fox’s X-Men Issues: Jennifer Lawrence Unsigned, ‘Deadpool’ Defections, ‘Gambit’ On Hold
A reboot of the diminishing mutant movie series is in the works as Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine heads for retirement and a studio’s $4 billion franchise sits in flux. (THR)
Freeform Cancels ‘Dead of Summer’
Freeform has canceled teen horror series Dead of Summer. Executive produced by Edward Kitsis, Adam Horowitz, Ian Goldberg, Steve Pearlman, the show was set in the late 1980s at Camp Stillwater. (VAR)
‘Now You See Me 3′ Finds Script Writers
Lionsgate has brought in Neil Widener and Gavin James to write the script for Now You See Me 3, which will be directed by Jon M. Chu. (CB)
Next Gen Talent 2016: Hollywood’s Rising Stars 35 And Under
For the 23rd annual Next Gen issue, THR swiped right on 20 actors who not only got that break but are breaking out. (THR)