Comic Book Movie Showdown!, On The Set 10/20/14, CAA Sells Majority Stake to TPG, Another VOD Service Coming

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SSN ORIGINALS

The Comic Book Movie Showdown — How Warner/DC Stacks Up Against Disney/Marvel

With last week’s huge announcement that Warner has no less than 10 movies coming out between 2016 and 2020, the game has very much changed. (SSN)

On the Set 10/20/14: J.J. Abrams and Bad Robot Start Shooting ‘The Cellar,’ Tom Hiddleston Begins ‘I Saw the Light,’ and More

Kate Winslet stars in The Dressmaker with Judy Davis and Liam Hemsworth, Brie Larson headlines Room, and One & Two and My Name is Emily wrap. (SSN)

TODAY’S HEADLINES

CAA Sells Majority Stake in Agency to Private Equity Firm

TPG is spending $225 million to up its stake in the agency from 35 percent to 53, making this the first time CAA is not owned by its operating principals. (DH)

Lionsgate and Tribeca Enterprises Are Now the Latest to Set Up a Branded VOD Service

The service, called Tribeca Short List, will include a selection of titles from the two companies, as well as films from around the world, as curated by Tribeca and various influencers. (THR)

Could It Be? Is It Possible? Have We Potentially Found the Next ‘Frozen’? Disney Thinks So

CG-animated Moana will open in late 2016 from John Musker and Ron Clements, the duo that wrote and directed The Little Mermaid, Aladdin and The Princess and the Frog. (HP)

Fox May Be Losing ‘Glee,’ But It Is Staying in Business With Its Creators

Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk and Ian Brennan sell Scream Queens to network, an American Horror Story–like anthology series that will mash up comedy and horror into 15 hour-long episodes. (VUL)

Warner May Be Pursuing Margot Robbie to Play a Supervillain, But She Could End Up a ‘Ghost in the Shell’

Wolf of Wall Street star circles DreamWorks’ live action adaptation of the famed anime property, which has Rupert Sanders attached to direct. (IO9)

In Light of Poor First Season Ratings, Lifetime Loses ‘The Lottery’ 

The freshman drama, about a dystopian future in which women have stopped having children, earned only 700,000 viewers in Live+Same Day. (TVW)

More ‘80s Fare Will Be in Your Movie Theaters, as ‘My Little Pony’ Is Headed to the Big Screen

With the success of the Transformers series, Hasbro has delved into its files for this property, which should be out in 2017. (EMP)

Messrs. Key and Peele Have Themselves a Green-Lit Movie, and It’s About a Cat Named Keanu

Comedy Central stars’ feature will follow a feline kidnapped by a street gang, with Key & Peele show director Peter Atencio in talks to direct. (UR)