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Today Disney releases the latest remake of the classic fairytale,
Cinderella. The story dates back to the 1
st century in Egypt, but Disney took its cues from the 1697 French version by Charles Perrault that introduced a fairy godmother, pumpkin carriage and those stylin’ but not so comfortable glass slippers.
Cinderella is only the latest in a string of live-action fairytale adaptations on the slate at Disney and other studios. But, do these films make it to a happy ending or turn into a pumpkin at the stroke of midnight? SSN is here to find out.
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Here at SSN we’re well aware that our readers have something in common – they’re all busy! oday people publish millions of clips, sound-bites, tweets, pictures, status updates, instagrams, vines, articles and snapchats every week. Within those are hidden gems of creativity and talent waiting to be found, better utilized, or contacted for a collaboration. SSN has put together a list of the top online finds so you can get #inspired, #creative, #productive, or #curious. Enjoy.
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Another busy week sees lots of action in the executive world, including the usual batch of company launches and hirings and firings. Check out the link to get the full skinny.
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TODAY’S HEADLINES
Reeves is narrating Winter's documentary
Deep Web, about the arrest of Ross William Ulbricht, recently convicted of being "Dread Pirate Roberts," the creator and operator of online drug market Silk Road. Winter wrote, directed and produced the film, which premieres at SXSW on Sunday and will make its world television premiere on Epix this spring.
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The Emmy-winning
Game of Thrones star is in early talks to join Christian Bale in Fox 2000’s
The Deep Blue Good-by. Rosamund Pike with James Mangold directing. Dennis Lehane wrote the script with Scott Frank writing the latest draft. Pic is based on the Travis McGee series by author John D. MacDonald. Written by MacDonald in 1964, the novel is the first in a series of 21 books that followed Travis McGee (Bale), a self-described “salvage consultant” who recovers others’ property for a fee and along the way gets into trouble fighting bad guys and wooing women.
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Christin Milioti has joined the second season of the FX anthology crime series, written and show run by Noah Hawley. She joins Patrick Wilson, Jesse Plemons, Kirsten Dunst, Ted Danson, Nick Offerman, Amy Smart, Brad Garrett, Kieran Culkin, Jeffrey Donovan and Bokeem Woodbine. No word yet on a premiere date.
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Beau Knapp is the latest to join the film, adapted by Simon Beauty from Ben Fountain’s novel. He will play Crack (as in Cracker?), a cocksure good ol’ Alabama boy with violent tendencies. Garrett Hedlund and Steve Martin are also in the cast.
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Hotel Transylvania director Genndy Tartakovsky had signed to helm the Sony Pictures Animation project, but has walked away because of the age old problem: creative differences. They signed to bring the concept to life, and last fall we got a look at the first footage from the This despite initial footage that was thought to be impressive. Tartakovsky also blamed the recent change in leadership at the studio.
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It is well established that networks, agencies, and advertisers can better understand how audiences on Twitter are interacting with TV programming by delving into the endless conversations taking place there. Now, new research shows that Twitter TV activity can also tell us just how engaged the general viewing population is with the programming it watches. In fact, it now stands as a bellwether for general audience engagement.
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The first look at the upcoming HBO movie starring Queen Latifah, Michael Kenneth Williams, Mo'Nique, Mike Epps, and more, the film tells the tale of "The Empress Of The Blues," Bessie Smith, tracking her rise from a struggling young singer to the icon and one the most successful artists of the 1920s that she became. It premieres on the cable net May 16th.
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