‘Rogue One’ Tops The New Year’s Box Office
The Star Wars spinoff currently ranks as the year’s second highest-grossing domestic release, with $425 million. (TM)
J.J. Abrams Named Filmmaker Of The Year By American Cinema Editors
The Star Wars: The Force Awakens director has been selected by the American Cinema Editors as the Golden Eddie Filmmaker of the Year. Abrams will receive the honor at the 67th Annual ACE Eddie Awards, set for Jan. 27 in Los Angeles. (EW)
‘Same Kind Of Different As Me’ Exits Paramount Slate
Same Kind of Different as Me, the film that is an adaptation of a book and stars Greg Kinnear, Renee Zellweger, Jon Voight, Djimon Hounsou and Olivia Holt has been moved off the Paramount Pictures 2017 slate and picked up by Pure Flix for distribution. (DH)
German Network RTL Exits High-Profile Hitler Series
Amazon or Netflix could now board the 10-part limited series on the life of Adolf Hitler. (THR)
A ‘Mean Girls’ Musical Aims For Fall Run
The creative team includes Tina Fey, producer Lorne Michaels and the director Casey Nicholaw. The show is scheduled to premiere in the fall at the National Theater in Washington. (NYT)
Michael Keaton, Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone Win Capri Festival Awards
Michael Keaton, Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone won the acting awards at this year’s Capri Hollywood International Film Festival. (VAR)
‘My Life As A Zucchini’ Exclusive Featurette
Claude Barras’ stop-motion animated film My Life as a Zucchini premiered at this year’s Cannes Film Festival in the Directors’ Fortnight section. It is currently nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Animated Film and was acquired by GKIDS for U.S. distribution in August. (IW)
Screenwriters: ’20th Century Women’
Undated, unspecified draft script by Mike Mills. The story of three women who explore love and freedom in Southern California during the late 1970s. (SS)