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Indie distributor has acquired U.S. distribution rights for the romantic comedy, starring Julia Roberts, Kate Hudson, Jennifer Aniston and Jason Sudeikis. The movie marks the third ensemble holiday film from Marshall after
Valentine's Day and
New Year's Eve, though it's the first one that will not be distributed by Warner Brothers Pictures.
(IW)
Studio has put in a straight-to-series order for the one-hour comic-thriller
BrainDead, from the creators of
The Good Wife. The series will center on a young staffer whose first day on the job in Washington D.C. alerts her to the fact that the government is no longer performing at full capacity and that many of the Congressmen and other faculty members have had their brains eaten by aliens. Show will mix up the worlds of comedy, sci-fi and suspense.
(CB)
The former ESPN columnist and editor of the Grantland website left the Disney company earlier this year after a contract dispute. At the pay cable net, Simmons will have a weekly talk show centered not only on sports but on all parts of the cultural landscape; the show will debut in 2016. On top of this, Simmons will serve as a consultant and producer on a myriad of projects for HBO Sports, including documentaries and other programs.
(COL)
“You decide if #AprilLives or #AprilDies,” the network promised viewers after they saw a large-ish bit of space shuttle flotsam careening toward April Wexler, aka Tara Reid, at the end of last night’s
Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No! “Life Or Death? You Decide!” Syfy said, telling viewers if they were anti-tweet voters they also could vote on sharknado.syfy.com. “Her fate will be revealed in
Sharknado 4 … because we’re not done yet!”
(DH)
Lost and
Parenthood alum Sonya Walger is boarding ABC's Shondaland drama
The Catch as a series regular. She replaces
One Tree Hill's Bethany Joy Lenz, who played the role in the pilot.
The Catch is described as a thriller about Alice Vaughan (Mireille Enos), a fraud investigator who is poised to be the victim of a fraud by her fiancé. Between cases, she's determined to find him before it ruins her career.
(TLF)
The former president of programming at MTV, who announced her departure yesterday, will be joining YouTube as vice president originals. She will report directly to YouTube head of content Robert Kyncl and will oversee the originals team run by Alex Carloss. In her new role, Daniels, who spent three years at MTV after stints at Lifetime and WB, will manage YouTube's small but growing pipeline of original projects, overseeing development and production.
(THR)
Tom Braidwood, Dean Haglund, and Bruce Harwood (aka the Lone Gunmen) are set to appear in at least one episode of the revival, despite the fact that their characters were — spoiler alert! — killed off in the show’s ninth season. The news was broken on Twitter by Haglund, himself. The popular trio was given a short-lived, self-titled spinoff in 2001; it was cancelled after 13 episodes.
(TVL)
With
Trainwreck opening to an impressive $30.2 million, Illumination's animated spin-off comedy
Minions going strong ($625 worldwide so far) and blockbuster
Jurassic World hitting on all cylinders ($1.5 billion worldwide and counting), 2015 will be a profitable year indeed for veteran studio chief Ron Meyer and his chairman Donna Langley, who has shepherded a diverse and varied slate that has worked with audiences.
(TOH)
Summit Entertainment has released the first trailer for the upcoming drama, based on real events, starring Julianne Moore, Ellen Page, Steve Carell, and Michael Shannon, plus a score by Hans Zimmer. It hits theaters October 2nd.
(TP)
In this past year, three very different documentaries, portraying a musical artist have been released:
What Happened, Miss Simone?,
Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck, and
A Poem is a Naked Person. While some very broad comparisons can be made in some choices made, the more specific comparisons can be found in the fact that each director has a unique vision and voice.
(SM)
