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The actor-comedian, who has won a Golden Globe for
Brooklyn Nine-Nine and an Emmy for writing the
Dick-in-a-Box video sketch for
Saturday Night Live, will take his first major hosting gig when he handles the responsibilities for the upcoming awards show. The show will air on Fox on September 20th.
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Warner Bros. will distribute
Batkid Begins: The Wish Heard Around the World, directed by Dana Nachman. Julia Roberts is attached to produce and star in the narrative feature, through her Red Om Films banner, along with partners Lisa Gillan and Marisa Yeres Gill. Nathan will executive produce the narrative feature, which will be overseen by Michael Disco and Josh Mack at New Line.
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Showrunners David Benioff and Dan Weiss had discussed a plan to conclude the show in 2017 at the conclusion of the seventh season. A few months ago, HBO took a step toward reaching that mark by optioning the cast for another two rounds. Now, HBO programming president Michael Lombardo has stated that he would like the show to go 10 seasons.
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During an interview with a New York Hip-Hop station, the Oscar-winning actor revealed that he went into Paramount with the director and former heavyweight champion, and confirmed that the studio will be making the film, with Foxx starring and Scorsese directing. No word on a shooting schedule or release date. Scorsese is currently shooting
Silence.
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Stephen King’s 1981 short story about teleportation travel gets the option treatment from the production shingle, run by Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner, and have attached Muschietti and his sister and producer Barbara Muschietti, the duo behind the hit 2013 horror flick
Mama, to adapt the story.
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Get Shorty helmer Sonnenfeld has signed on to an adaptation of the real-life ruse, mounted by enigmatic magician and skeptic James "The Amazing" Randi. Known as "Project Alpha," the deception employed two fake psychics to fool paranormal researchers into believing they could bend spoons, blow fuses, and move objects inside sealed, transparent containers. Producers Justin Weinstein and Tyler Measom recounted it in their documentary
An Honest Liar.
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Called
Rings, the story will revolve around the years before the dreaded VHS tape was actually created, and it will explain how Samara was able to begin her spooky antics. Spanish filmmaker F. Javier Gutierrez will oversee the project, which does not yet have a release date or any casting news.
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It seems Don Draper lived on hard drives for half a decade before anybody paid him any notice. Matthew Weiner's Madison Avenue opus is now a pop cultural phenomenon that not only has made stars out of its cast of unknowns — Jon Hamm, Christina Hendricks, January Jones, Vincent Kartheiser, Elisabeth Moss and John Slattery — but also transformed AMC into one of the most influential networks on the dial and set off cable TV's gold rush for scripted dramas.
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More pictures have been released from Josh Trank’s highly anticipated superhero flick. The pictures feature Miles Teller, Michael B. Jordan and Kate Mara in still images from the film, which will hit theaters August 7th.
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The 110-page screenplay to the horror remake, by Wesley Strick, based on the original screenplay
A Nightmare On Elm Street by Wes Craven. Unspecified draft by Eric Heisserer, dated January 14th, 2009.
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