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Tomorrow at the DGA Theater, USC is holding the animation component of their First Look Festival and the event is open to the public. First Frame stems from John C. Hench Division of Animation & Digital Arts (Hench-DADA), in the USC School of Cinematic Arts and the division will celebrate their 20
th anniversary this year. Here, SSN picks the seven best.
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Lots of other stuff happening this week, including Chris Pratt and
The Real McCoy, a Josh Gad project, a new director for
Wonder Woman, writers for
Captain Marvel, and plenty of casting news all abound. Click on the link for all the details.
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TODAY’S HEADLINES
The prestigious prizes were handed out to shows like include
The Honorable Woman,
Inside Amy Schumer,
Jane the Virgin,
The Americans,
Fargo,
Rectify,
Black Mirror,
The Knick and
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver. These and other winners of the 74th annual awards will be presented with their statuettes on Sunday, May 31, at the first-ever nighttime, red-carpet Peabody ceremony, hosted by Fred Armisen.
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The actor is in negotiations to star in the film. Denis Villeneuve is directing the sci-fi thriller for Alcon Entertainment with Ridley Scott exec producing. Written by Hampton Fancher and Michael Green, the
Blade Runner sequel will take place several decades after the 1982 original. Ford will reprise his role as Rick Deckard in the film, which originally took place in a dystopian 2019 Los Angeles. It’s unknown who Gosling will play.
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Sony predictably condemned the move, saying in a statement, “The cyber-attack on Sony Pictures was a malicious criminal act, and we strongly condemn the indexing of stolen employee and other private and privileged information on WikiLeaks. … We vehemently disagree with WikiLeaks’ assertion that this material belongs in the public domain and will continue to fight for the safety, security, and privacy of our company and its more than 6,000 employees.”
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With the news about Fillion also comes word that showrunner David Amann is stepping down from the top creative post on the series. This is the second such
Castle shakeup within the past year. Last June, Amann replaced series creator Andrew Marlowe as showrunner. No word yet on who will replace him, though there is also no confirmation the show is definitely returning. Also, co-star Stana Katic has not yet renewed her own contract.
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The adaptation’s cast, which already includes Tom Hiddleston, Hugh Laurie, Olivia Colman, Tom Hollander and Elizabeth Debicki, has now added David Harewood, Neil MOrrisey, Katherine Kelly and Tobias Menzies. With a script by David Farr and the shot-calling services of Susanne Bier, story finds Hiddleston as a former soldier who now works as a night manager in a luxury hotel, who must go back undercover to help take down an evil weapons merchant.
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The Hollywood thriller produced by Ridley Scott was inspired by the brutal crimes of Soviet serial killer Andrei Chikatilo. Now it has been banned in Russia. Culture minister Vladimir Medinsky claimed that the film Russia look like "Mordor," and Russian citizens like "physical and moral subhumans, a bloody mass of orcs and ghouls."
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Disney and Pixar have released an extended clip from their upcoming animated film, starring the voices of Amy Poehler, Bill Hader, Lewis Black, Mindy Kaling and Phyllis Smith, and in theaters June 19th.
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The second teaser trailer for one of the year’s most highly anticipated films, this version is longer, gives a little more screen time to familiar faces, as well as the first glances at some fan favorites, including … Han Solo. The movie hits theaters December 18th.
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