Local 600 Launches Set Safety App, Academy’s Doc Short List Narrowed, ‘SNL’ Hires Jones, Momoa’s ‘Aquaman’ Ideas

Safety For Sarah: Local 600 Launches Its Own App for Reporting Unsafe Sets

The International Cinematographers Guild is the latest to release an app to ensure its members can anonymously report on TV or film sets that do not meet safety requirements. (DH)

The Academy Has Announced Its List of Potential Documentary Short Nominees

Original list of 58 submitted films has been narrowed down to just eight, with anywhere from three to five will earn nominations, which will be announced in January. (TOH)

‘Saturday Night Live’ Adds Diversity, Promotes Leslie Jones to Full Cast Member

Writer and occasional ‘Weekend Update’ guest will become official this weekend, on the October 25th telecast with host Jim Carrey. (HP)

Jason Momoa Has Some Very Interesting Ideas About What an ‘Aquaman’ Movie Might Entail

Star will first appear in 2017’s Justice League movie before he shoots the Aquaman solo film, in which he’ll play the title character for a 2018 release. (CB)

If You Were Hoping to See That Sequel to ‘The Conjuring’ Next Fall, You’re Going to Have to Wait an Extra Year

New Line pushes the release to 2016, announces an untitled horror film will take the previously targeted October 23, 2015 date. (VAR)

David Ayer Is Ready and Excited to Take on the ‘Suicide Squad’

The filmmaker, whose Fury was the top movie at this weekend’s box office, calls the team “a Dirty Dozen with supervillains.” (EMP)

The 2014 Young and Hungry List Is Out. Are You On It?

Tracking Board has the list of the top 100 writers on the verge, voted on by Hollywood’s most influential players. (TB)

Richard Gere’s New Flick, ‘Time Out of Mind,’ Sells to IFC

Indie distributor picks up the drama featuring Gere, who also produced, as a homeless man living in New York. Film will hit theaters in 2015. (THR)

As We Approach Halloween, It’s Time for an Oral History of ‘Nightmare on Elm Street’

Writer-director Wes Craven, producer Bob Shaye, stars Robert Englund and Heather Langenkamp and others recall the making of the horror classic. (VUL)

Screenwriters: ‘Ali’

Shooting script, by Stephen J. Rivele & Christoper Wilkinson and Eric Roth & Michael Mann, story by Gregory Allen Howard (DS)