Awards 2015: Best Of Phase One Quotes and BTL Stories, Rep Moves For 1/14/15, ‘Avatar’ Sequels Pushed Back a Year

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PHASE ONE WRAP-UPS

Awards 2015: The Best Of SSN Phase One Quotes From Linklater, Gyllenhaal, Aniston, and More

Before we head into round two of awards coverage, take a look at some of the best quotes and insights from our interviews with those three, as well as Eddie Redmayne, Ethan Hawke, Oscar Isaac, Alejandro González Iñárittu, and more. (SSN)

Awards 2015: The Best Stories and Solutions From SSN’s Below the Line Artists Series

As awards season heats up and guilds start flooding the news with nominations and awards, SSN has compiled the very best quotes and insights from our below-the-line talent series, which featured the talented people behind Boyhood, Birdman, The Grand Budapest Hotel, the Imitation Game, Interstellar and The Theory Of Everything. (SSN)

TODAY’S HEADLINES

Rep Moves For 1/14/15: Al Pacino Shifts From ICM To UTA, IDW Entertainment Signs With WME, and More

As the year begins, there are plenty of moves from the various agencies around town, including CAA, Paradigm, and ESA, as well as those mentioned above. Click on the link to see who moved where. (SSN)

It Appears We’re Going To Have To Wait One More Year To Return To Na’vi

James Cameron announces that he is pushing back the first Avatar sequel to 2017, because the writing of the trilogy he had envisioned is much more complicated than he had originally envisioned. The plan is still to release one film per year, starting December 2017. (MF)

Jeff Robinov’s Studio 8 Just Added Itself a Content Provider

The fledgling new studio has signed a first-look deal with Rick and Julie Yorn’s LBI Entertainment. Robinov’s new operation is meant to produce up to six films annually for the global marketplace, and LBI will help them achieve that. (DH)

It’s a Big Week For Movies. Not Only Do the Oscar Nominations Come Out Tomorrow, But Today, We Get the Razzie Noms

Transformers: Age Of Extinction leads all comers with seven nominations, but Saving Christmas also gets hit, including a nod for Worst Screen Combo of Kirk Cameron and his ego. For the first time, the Razzies are handing out a “Redeemer” award for past winners who turned their career around. (TP)

Netflix’s ‘Wet Hot American Summer’ Prequel Just Added a Whole Passel Of Big Names

Actors like Josh Charles, John Slattery, Lake Bell, Michaela Watkins, Paul Scheer, Richard Schiff and Rob Huebel are joining the eight-episode mini-series, which has begun filming with David Wain directing from scripts written by him and Michael Showalter. (COL)

Comedy Central Sure Does Love Its Broads, Renews ‘Broad City’ For Season Three

The show, which stars Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer — who also created it — has been renewed prior to tonight’s second season premiere. The third season will have 10 episodes and will premiere some time in 2016. (HP)

Joel Edgerton Is Making His Directing Debut, and He’s Getting Help From Jason Bateman

Jason Blum’s Blumhouse will be producing the film, currently with the working title Weirdo, which will also star Rebecca Hall. The two play a married couple who decide to breathe some life into their stale relationship with a fresh start in a new town. But their move takes them into the orbit of a friend from the past. Edgerton also wrote the script. (EMP)

Trailer Buzz: ‘Bosch’

The first extended look at the upcoming Amazon Prime series, starring Titus Welliver and based on the series of books about L.A. detective Harry Bosch, by Michael Connelly. The 10-episode series premieres February 13th on the streaming service. (YT)