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Studio is broadening the franchise, and the first order of business will be an action-centric comedy that is a counterpart to the Melissa McCarthy-led version going into production in June. Original
Ghostbusters architects Ivan Reitman and Dan Aykroyd will help develop a movie that will be written by Drew Pearce, directed by the Russo Brothers, produced by Channing Tatum, and his partners Reid Carolin and Peter Kiernan, and will ideally start Tatum.
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Eisenberg worked with Woody on
To Rome With Love, and with Stewart on
Adventureland, but this will be his first time working with the
Die Hard star. Of course, there is no word on plot details or what characters these actors will be playing, because it’s a Woody Allen film and those things are always kept under wraps.
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Lorenz’s new shingle is called Stonehouse Motion Pictures, and has inked a first-look deal with Warner Bros. For the first project under the new deal, Lorenz, who helmed
Trouble with the Curve, will direct an untitled military special ops film, which will be written by Vlas and Charles Parlapanides and Scott Charnick.
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Aside from new shows, the network also announced key finale dates for current shows:
Backstrom on April 30th;
Gotham on May 4th;
New Girl and
Weird Loners (which bows on March 31) on May 5th;
American Idol on May 12th (9-10 p.m.) and 13th (8-10 p.m.);
The Simpsons,
Brooklyn Nine-Nine and
Family Guy on May 17th;
The Following on May 18th;
Bones on June 4th; and
Hell’s Kitchen on June 9th.
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The
Xena: Warrior Princess star joins the Starz series as "a mysterious figure who is myopic in her quest to hunt down the source of the recent Evil outbreaks. The only problem: she believes that Ash (Bruce Campbell) is the cause of it all.” Ray Santiago, Dana DeLorenzo, and Jill Marie Jones also star. The series is expected to debut in late 2015.
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The comedienne will headline her own politically themed talk show on TBS later this year, thus becoming 2015's sole female late-night host. The untitled series, currently in early development, will be created and executive produced by Bee alongside her husband Jason Jones. The couple will also pen the pilot of and serve as EPs for another TBS series, a darker sitcom based on their experiences vacationing as a family.
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Company is introducing what it says is its first marketing campaign in five years to start a conversation about the need for better media measurement. TV networks hardly need the encouragement -- many executives already regularly complain about Nielsen's failure to track viewers on internet-connected devices or outside the home -- but Nielsen's "Total It Up" video tries to put everyone on the same side.
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The latest action-packed trailer for the upcoming disaster thriller, starring Dwayne Johnson, Carla Gugino and Alexandra Daddario, directed by Brad Peyton and due in theaters May 29th.
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An initial look at the new film from director Gary Ross, starring Matthew McConaughey, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Keri Russell, and Mahershala Ali. Oscar-winner McConaughey plays Newton Knight, who leads the residents of Jones County, Mississippi in a bid to secede from the Confederacy. Film will hit theaters March 11th, 2016.
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In the wake of the filmmaker’s death, it’s worth noting that he was one of the most influential documentarians ever. The director of
Grey Gardens and
Gimme Shelter leaves quite a legacy, and offers plenty of teaching moments with his work.
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