Awards 2015: He Said/She Said — Acting Races, On the Set For 1/5/15, PGA Noms Come Out, Fox Breaks Global BO Record

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ACTING WRAP-UP

Awards 2015: He Said/She Said: The Acting Races

Writers Neil Turitz and Dina Gachman continue their ongoing, awards season banter by debating the four acting categories, including Felicity Jones vs. Marion Cotillard and the merits of Jake Gyllenhaal's and Bradley Cooper’s respective Oscar chances. (SSN)

TODAY’S HEADLINES

On the Set For 1/5/15: Zac Efron and Robert De Niro Start ‘Dirty Grandpa,’ T.R. Knight Finishes ‘A Year and Change,’ and More

A trio of projects get underway and begin the new year in style, while a pair of projects complete principal photography. (SSN)

And, the Next Round Of Nominations Has Emerged, This One From the Producers Guild. There Are Surprises

While the top contenders remain the same, the biggest stunners are the inclusion of Nightcrawler and the snubbing of both Unbroken and Selma in the final list of 10 nominees. (COL)

There Is a New Record For Global Box Office In a Single Year, and the New Record-Holder Is …

Fox smashes the old record, surpassing the $5.5 billion mark in 2014, over $350 million more than the previous record, set by Paramount in 2011. The new X-Men and Planet of the Apes movies led the way with over $700 million each in worldwide grosses. (DH)

So, If You’re Keeping Score, It’s Now Scarlett Johansson In, Margot Robbit Out Of ‘Ghost In the Shell’

Now that Robbie has signed on for Suicide Squad, the lead role in the live action adaptation of Masamune Shirow’s manga stories, the Black Widow herself signs up to front the DreamWorks project. (EMP)

No Happy Ending For Chris Carter’s New Show, ‘The After,’ As Amazon Cancels It

The streaming service had debuted the pilot for the show in February and hyped it last summer at the TV Critics Association press tour, but it turns out that no additional episodes were ever filmed. (VUL)

It Appears That ‘Russ & Roger Go Beyond’ Has Found Its Roger

Josh Gad, who can be seen later this month in The Wedding Ringer, is in talks to play Roger Ebert opposite Will Ferrell in the tale chronicling Ebert’s collaboration with producer Russ Meyer on the 1967 X-rated film Beyond the Valley of the Dolls. (TOH)

Look Out, Skeletor! Jeff Wadlow Has Apparently Finished the First Draft Of His ‘Masters Of the Universe’ Script

Columbia Pictures Senior Vice President DeVon Franklin tweeted out an image of the script, written by the Kick-Ass 2 filmmaker, who will probably go on to direct this adaptation, as well. (GR)

Producing With Patience: ‘Unbroken’ Producer Matthew Baer Discuss His 17-Year Journey

How a producer who kept hearing “no” about a story that essentially hadn’t changed in 60 years was able to turn it around and, eventually, draw Angelina Jolie into the fold to direct it. (HJ)

Trailer Buzz: ‘The Peanuts Movie’

The new trailer from the upcoming movie about Snoopy, Charlie Brown and the entire Peanuts gang. The film hits theaters on November 6th. (HP)