Exec Shuffle for 12/14/15: Richard Fox Heading to China for WB, Scripps...
Company Launches & Partnerships Music video-focused MCN Vevo has bought out ShowYou. ShowYou launched in 2011 as a tool to aggregate multiple social media feeds and has expanded its features to...
View ArticleAwards 2016: ‘Sicario’ Writer Taylor Sheridan, ‘Mad Max’ Wins Another Prize,...
AWARDS HEADLINES Awards Feature: Actor-Turned-Screenwriter Taylor Sheridan Opens Up About His Writing Process On ‘Sicario’ In his first ever produced screenplay, Sheridan explores a lawless world on...
View ArticleInside the ‘Star Wars’ Premiere, ‘Fantastic Beasts’ Trailer Hits, Kiefer...
AWARDS HEADLINES Foreign Language Oscar Shortlist: The Top 10 Contenders The Foreign Language Oscar race consistently serves up a cornucopia of interesting auteur fare from around the world. Here’s the...
View ArticleTV Development for 12/15/15: MTV Orders Female Vigilante Series, Kiefer...
2 Black Dudes Network: Fox Broadcasting Company Studio: 20th Century Fox Television Production Company(s): Fuzzy Door Productions Executive Producer(s): Seth MacFarlane, Michael A Mariano Writer(s): J....
View ArticleAwards 2016: He Said/She Said, Oscar Names Makeup/Hair Finalists, BTL...
AWARDS HEADLINES Awards 2016: He Said/She Said: Deconstructing the SAG and Golden Globe Nominations For their second installment of the mighty He Said/She Said column, SSN Editors Neil Turitz and Dina...
View ArticleFilm & TV Deals for 12/16/15: Spielberg Launches Amblin Partners, Trio of...
Participant Media, the Reliance Group and Entertainment One have partnered to create Amblin Partners, a new film, television and digital content company. Dreamwork’s Steven Spielberg finalized the deal...
View ArticleAwards 2016: ‘The Revenant’s Native American Themes, Roger Deakins, AFI Top...
AWARDS HEADLINES Awards 2016: How the Film Team’s Mission for Native American Authenticity Created the Stunning Look of ‘The Revenant’ It’s been 25 years since Dances With Wolves hit movie screens,...
View ArticleOscar Best Original Score Qualifiers, Carolyn Bernstein to Nat Geo, Jason...
AWARDS HEADLINES Academy Releases List Of Best Original Score Qualifiers The Academy has released the 112 scores in contention or Best Original Score during February’s 88th Academy Awards. Star Wars:...
View ArticleFilm Development for 12/17/15: Sony Calling for 3 Separate Drafts for Barbie...
New Attachments Braven Logline: A logger who lives on the U.S./Canada border is confronted by a group of drug runners in his secluded mountain cabin, and must do everything he can to protect his...
View ArticleAwards 2016: ‘Carol’ Director Todd Haynes, Early Oscar Nom Predictions, Music...
AWARDS HEADLINES Awards 2016: Director Todd Haynes Finds Inspiration For ‘Carol’ In Obscure Docudrama’s “Lost Language Of Femininity” The director is no stranger to stories about the social mores of...
View Article‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Begins Epic Box Office Run, 9 Foreign Films...
AWARDS HEADLINES ‘Son of Saul’ and These 8 Other Foreign Films Inch Closer to Oscar Nominations Out of 80 accepted Oscar submissions, nine features have been shortlisted to advance to the next round of...
View ArticleOn the Set for 12/18/15: Chadwick Boseman Starts on ‘Marshall’, ‘Fantastic...
STARTS All Eyes On Me 12/14/2015 Logline: This biopic will follow rapper Tupac Shakur’s career, including his time at Death Row Records and his involvement in the rivalry between East coast and West...
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SSN Box Office Trending Report for 12/18/15: What Slice of the Pie Will Films...
-In our latest weekly series, SSN Insider will take a deep dive into the film ticket sales of the week leveraging data from the powerhouse ticketing website, MovieTickets.com. Not only will the...
View ArticleAwards 2016: ‘The Revenant’s Natural Draw, ‘He Named Me Malala’, BFCA Could...
AWARDS HEADLINES Awards 2016: Nature Calls — How ‘The Revenant’ Filmmakers Made an Immersive Experience For Moviegoers There aren’t a lot of mainstream movies that engulf the viewer in nature to such a...
View Article‘Star Wars’ Breaks Box Office Records, Strategic Keys to Winning at the...
AWARDS HEADLINES The 2016 Oscar Shortlist Cues Innovative Theatrical Distribution in Arab Markets The 2016 Oscars shortlist has prompted the theatrical re-release in the region of Jordanian director...
View ArticleExec Shuffle for 12/21/15: Mark Burnett Named President of MGM TV & Digital,...
Company Launches & Partnerships MCN Fullscreen has launched a new SVOD service and hired three executives. Martin Keely, previously of MLB Advanced Media, will serve as General Manager of the new...
View ArticleAwards 2016: VFX Contenders Narrowed To 10, Campaigning Over the Holidays,...
AWARDS HEADLINES Awards 2016: The Academy Narrows Down Its VFX Finalists, Names the Final 10 Contenders The list includes films that were mostly expected to be there, including Ant-Man, Ex Machina,...
View Article‘Star Wars’ Paydays Leaked, 11 Shows Receive CA Tax Credit, Cloud 9’s New...
AWARDS HEADLINES Black Film Critics Names Their Top Ten Films of the Year The Black Film Critics Circle has voted Creed as the best film of 2015, but which nine films also made their list? Click here...
View ArticleTV Development for 12/22/15: David Fincher & Charlize Theron’s ‘Mindhunter’...
American Lion Network: HBO Network Studio: Lionsgate Executive Producer(s): Doug Miro, Carlo Bernard, Matt Jacobson, Sean Penn Writer(s): Doug Miro, Carlo Bernard Logline: The story of Andrew Jackson,...
View ArticleAwards 2016: BCFA Adds ‘Force Awakens’ To Choice Nominees, Cinematography and...
AWARDS HEADLINES Awards 2016: Broadcast Critics Decide To Change Their Rules, Include ‘Star Wars’ In Their Best Picture Race In an unusual move, Star Wars: The Force Awakens has received an 11th-hour...
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