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Marvel Studios and Sony Pictures Entertainment have apparently found their new webslinger, and have entered into negotiations with the actor. The character will almost certainly first appear as the character in next year’s
Captain America: Civil War, before having his own solo outing in 2017. It’s not a sure thing, but reports have Butterfield, who starred in
Hugo and
Ender’s Game, being the front runner to land the coveted role.
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Iannucci will write and direct an adaptation of Fabien Nury’s graphic novel, which opens in March 1953 during the Soviet dictator’s last days and depicts the chaos of the regime after his death. Nicolas Duval, Laurent Zeitoun and Yann Zenou are producing the film via their Paris-based company Quad Films. The project marks their first English-language production.
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Cash infusion will allow WWE Studios to extend and grow a partnership base that already includes Warner Bros., Lionsgate and 20th Century Fox. The studio will become more aggressive in a long-term growth strategy that focuses on mid-size-budget film productions —
The Call and
Oculus are two examples it has made — and expanding film acquisitions.
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Murray has been on Letterman’s show 43 times over the last 33 years. Other guests during Letterman’s final week include actor Tom Hanks and singer Eddie Vedder. Murray will appear on Letterman’s second-to-last episode. Letterman’s final show is May 20, which CBS says “which will be an hour filled with surprises [and] memorable highlights.”
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The latest installment in Lakeshore Entertainment and Screen Gems’ hit franchise will be directed by Anna Foerster, best known for her work with Roland Emmerich, most recently as the director of photography on 2013’s
White House Down. Theo James will also be returning to the franchise, reprising his role as the Vampire David, when filming starts up in Prague in October.
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Performance group comprised of Andy Samberg, Jorma Taccone and Akiva Schaffer are shooting a parody of boy bands and "fluffy music documentaries of recent years,” in a mockumentary-esque take that will follow a rapper who reunites with his former boy band to administer damage control to a dud of an album. Taccone and Schaffer are directing.
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Amazon's subscription-video service will drop several Viacom shows, including
Teen Mom and
Mob Wives, evidence that viewer fatigue with reality shows is spreading online. Amazon Prime Instant Video will spend more on original programming and buy shows from other suppliers. Amazon also declined to renew a deal with A&E Networks, which supplied
Pawn Stars and
Storage Wars. Some of the Viacom shows are still in production.
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HBO has released the first trailer from Season Two of the Emmy-winning anthology series. The new season stars Colin Farrell, Vince Vaughn, Rachel McAdams, and Taylor Kitsch, and premieres on the cable network June 21st.
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Fox has released the first trailer from Ryan Murphy’s upcoming comedy-horror mashup, which will premiere in the fall. The show stars Jamie Lee Curtis, Emma Roberts, Ariana Grande, and Lea Michele.
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The undated, unspecified, 112-page script by Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski.
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