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With a three-day take of $54.2 million, the dinosaur flick held off
Inside Out, which came in a close second with $52.1 million. The Colin Trevorrow-directed fourth installment in the popular franchise has now amassed $500 at the domestic box office in just 17 days.
Ted 2 debuted in third place with a soft $33 million, while the heartwarming family tale
Max finished fourth with $12.2 million and Spy did $7.8 million to finish fifth.
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Breaking an industry record, studio exceeded $1 billion at the domestic box office Friday, becoming the only studio ever to reach that benchmark 15 years in a row. It is also the fastest the Studio has ever climbed to the billion dollar sum. Next up for Warner is the much-anticipated July 1st release of
Magic Mike XXL, starring Channing Tatum, reprising the title role under the direction of Gregory Jacobs.
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Bryan Fuller, who will oversee the upcoming series based on Gaiman’s classic novel, revealed that he and his writing team are hard at work on the first few episodes and that Gaiman himself will be part of the process and write multiple teleplays. The show will premiere on the cable network some time in 2016.
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Jessica Lucas, who recently wrapped a run on Fox’s
Gracepoint, has landed the Season 2 role of Tabitha Galavan aka Tigress. On the DC Comics-based drama, Tabitha is the sexy and violent lead enforcer for her brother Theo, a billionaire industrialist hell-bent on taking over Gotham (and to be played by James Frain).
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Horror film
Lights Out finds a young boy and his estranged sister confronting a terrifying menace that – as you might be able to guess – only appears when the lights go out. Wan’s Atomic Monster company is co-producing is handling the film for New Line. Eric Heisserer is also aboard to produce and has written the script, which adapts Sandberg’s 2013 short.
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Charlize Theron is producing the film, based on Susannah Cahalan’s memoir, while Gerard Barrett has been hired to direct.
Me & Earl & The Dying Girl’s lead Thomas Mann has already signed on for the feature, as well. Story revolves around a young woman’s struggles with a mystery illness, which results in her going insane.
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Jeremy Podeswa, Daniel Sackheim, Jack Bender, Mark Mylod and Miguel Sapochnik are the gentlemen in question. Three of the names are
Thrones veterans, and two are newcomers to the series. Once again, each will helm two episodes. If you’re wondering why each director films two back-to-back episodes, it’s due to the uniquely complex nature of the show that makes
Thrones an extremely time-intensive directing gig.
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Besson’s EuropaCorp, the largest film studio in Europe, revealed its upcoming schedule, and it includes the news that both
Lucy 2, a sequel to his 2014 Scarlett Johansson film, and
Columbiana 2, a follow-up of the 2011 Zoe Saldana vehicle, are moving forward. No word yet on the involvement of either actress.
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Universal Pictures has released the first look at its upcoming real life crime thriller, starring Tom Hardy in the dual roles of Ron and Reggie Kray, legendary twin London gangsters of the 1960s. Emily Browning, David Thewlis, Christopher Eccleston, Chazz Palminteri, Tara Fitzgerald, and Taron Egerton also star in the film, which opens October 2nd.
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Every year brings the possibility of great things. Every year you should look to understand what your goals are for the year and what you can do better and differently to bring them about. Columnist Shawn Tolleson has five keys to success, and these five keys are absolutely critical to you accomplishing anything of scope or magnitude, and accomplishing it fast.
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