Dumb and Dumber To beats out
Big Hero 6 with $38 million, while
Interstellar comes in third with a big drop off, ends up with $29 million.
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The company unveiled PlayStation Vue, and will unroll it later this month as an invite-only beta preview. The cloud-powered service will run on PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3 consoles.
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Shailene Woodley is in talks to join Joseph Gordon-Levitt in the untitled film, which will be based on the books
The Snowden Files and
Time of the Octopus.
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The Mouse House becomes the second studio this year to cross the $4 billion mark, following 20th Century Fox. It’s the second time the studio has crossed that threshold.
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The deal, which covers non-prime time shows, goes to the union’s board of directors and, if approved there, on to the union’s members for ratification.
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The company’s current president and CEO, Rio Caraeff, is leaving the company at the end of this year. Alan Price has been tapped as interim CEO, but the company is looking for someone permanent.
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The directors of
Captain America: The Winter Soldier and 2016’s
Captain America: Civil War could also be tapped to take over for Joss Whedon if the
Avengers 2: Age of Ultron director doesn’t return.
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CBS cancels the Greg Garcia sitcom, starring Will Arnett, Margo Martindale and Beau Bridges, midway through its second season. Tonight’s episode will still air.
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More than in any other form of storytelling, in screenwriting it is vitally important to get your story going and keep it going at a crisp, efficient pace, without meandering or dawdling.
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