SSN July Events Calendar, TV Development 6/30/15, Don Harris Steps Down at Paramount, Focus Circles ‘Jurassic World’ Directors Next Movie, Jackie Chan’s Big Bucks

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SSN Events Calendar: 'Magic Mike', 'Minions' & 'Mission Impossible' Along with Comic-Con & More in July

Time to bust out the AC, as temperatures rise in the month of July. The summer has been hotter than hot for Universal and Disney and there’s still more to come. What better time to hit the movie theaters with Magic Mike XXL, Minions and Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation all releasing. If you want to surround yourself with movies, TV shows and comic books galore though there’s the annual San Diego Comic-Con, this time a couple weeks early. We’ve also listed submission deadlines for Oscar qualifying film festivals. Check out SSN's event calendar for July’s events. (SSN)

TV Development for 6/30/15: Jason Katims Gets HBO Pilot Order, New Regency Searching for Next 'Mr. and Mrs. Smith' & More

Also, the Weinsteins get an Antoine Fuqua pilot, TBS gets a Funny or Die comedy-reality competition series and Comedy Central gives a series order to an alien comedy. (SSN)

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Don Harris Exiting As Domestic Distribution President At Paramount

Don Harris is leaving Paramount Pictures as president of domestic distribution after 14 years of working at the studio. He will be staying through the release of Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation on July 31st. The studio will replace him and expect to have the new exec announced in the next 60 days. (DH)

Focus Circles ‘Jurassic World’ Director Colin Trevorrow’s ‘Book of Henry’

Focus Features is in discussions to acquire domestic distribution rights to Trevorrow’s next movie, Book of Henry.  Sidney Kimmel Entertainment will finance and co-produce the film with Double Nickel Entertainment. Sidney Kimmel will produce, along with Double Nickel’s Jenette Kahn and Adam Richman. SKE’s Carla Hacken and Jim Tauber are executive producers. (VAR)

Big Bucks For Big Brother: Why Jackie Chan Is The World's Second-Highest Paid Actor

Once ubiquitous in Hollywood, Chan hasn’t had an American live action hit in five years. Yet he’s earned an estimated $50 million over the past 12 months, more than any actor in the world besides Robert Downey Jr. and enough to land him the No. 38 spot in the Forbes Celebrity 100, right behind Tiger Woods. (FORBES)

Turner Taps WB Animation to Fill Revamped Boomerang Pipeline

Turner Broadcasting and Warner Bros. announced a global agreement to strengthen the pipeline of original content being developed for the recently rebranded Boomerang.  The agreement —the first-ever deal for original content developed exclusively for Boomerang — includes nearly 450 half-hours of programming from Warner Bros. Animation. (AM)

Michael Bay’s Benghazi Movie Gets an Early 2016 Release Date

Michael Bay has shot his Benghazi movie, based on the Mitchell Zuckoff‘s book about the dual 2012 attacks on American compounds in Libya that took four American lives and created a political firestorm.  The film, formerly called simply 13 Hours, now has a longer title. It also has a release date, as Paramount will get the film into theaters in January 2016. (THR)

Did You Catch All of Pixar Animation’s ‘Inside Out’ Easter Eggs?

Like every Pixar movie, Inside Out is ripe with easter eggs referencing all of the animation studio’s movies that came before it. Some are hard to spot, others are pretty easy to see.  SlashFilm runs through as many of them as possible.  (SLASH)

Comic-Con 2015: Hall H Wristband Rules

There are some changes coming to the current wristband system for Comic-Con's dreaded Hall H, aka the “Toucan Trackers”, that aim to ease concerns about sleeping out overnight, line-cutters, and scheduling conflicts. Collider has all the particulars. (COLL)