‘Exodus’ Tops BO, Media’s Sony Hypocrisy, Sony Films Still Shooting Despite Hack, Critics’ Choice Noms Announced

Exodus Flees the Competition To Take Top Spot At This Weekend’s Box Office

Ridley Scott’s Bible epic pulls in $24 million to knock The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1 out of first place for the first time since it opened in November. Penguins of Madagascar came in third. (SSN)

The Morality, Sexism and Lawfulness Of Media Outlets That Publish Sony's Emails

The thinking here is, if it was a crime to publish the photos from the celebrity phone hack, why is it okay to publish the emails from Sony? This piece suggests the media is engaging in total hypocrisy. (BB)

Contrary To Published Reports, Sony Films Are Still Shooting, In Spite Of Hack

The James Bond film Spectre is shooting in the UK; the untitled Peter Landesman-directed film about football concussions that stars Will Smith is shooting in Pittsburgh, and YA novel adaptation The Fifth Wave,  about an alien invasion, is shooting in Atlanta. (DH)

The Critics’ Choice Awards Nominations Have Been Announced. Did Your Film Make the List?

Birdman again leads the way with 13 nominations, while The Grand Budapest Hotel lands 11 and Boyhood gets eight, further showing who leads the pack in this year’s awards race. (CC)

Another Travesty Coming Out Of the Sony Hack: ‘Spectre’ Script Among Things Stolen

The next Bond film’s producers, EON Productions, has put out a rather straightforward warning that they will take stiff legal action against anyone who might want to publish the screenplay. (THR)

It’s Official: There Are 79 Original Songs and 114 Original Scores In Contention For the Oscar Race

“Everything Is Awesome” might be the front runner for the top song, but the list of scores is impressive and shows it is entirely possible that Alexandre Desplat could end up with two nods for Best Score. (COL)

A Short List Has Emerged For Who Will Play Benedict Cumberbatch’s Mentor In That ‘Doctor Strange’ Movie

Morgan Freeman, Ken Watanabe and Bill Nighy are the three actors currently in the running to play The Ancient One in the flick, which will be directed by Scott Derrickson for a November 4th, 2016 release. (TP)

That ‘King Kong’ Prequel Has Been Re-Titled and Moved Back to 2017

The movie formerly known as Skull Island is now called Kong: Skull Island, and has been moved off its originally scheduled November 4th, 2016 date to the following March. Jordan Vogt-Roberts will direct. (GR)

First Look: ‘The Jungle Book’

The initial look at the concept art for Jon Favreau’s retelling of the timeless Rudyard Kipling story. The Disney film will swing into theaters October 9th, 2015. (SF)

Screenwriters: Dream Career Toolkit — What Win/Win Really Means

If you grow up with the idea that there is always a winner and a loser in every competitive situation, that life is a zero sum game, how do you reconcile the concept of everyone winning?What does that look like? (SM)