Awards 2016: Academy Overhaul, Campaign Costs, ‘Avatar 2′ Pushes, Universal’s...
AWARDS HEADLINES Academy Overhaul: Vows To Double Number Of “Women And Diverse Members”, Amends Oscar Voting Rules The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Board of Governors voted unanimously...
View ArticlePGA Awards Winners, Weekend Box Office, Sundance Deals, Sony Options ‘Red...
AWARDS HEADLINES PGA Awards Winners: ‘The Big Short’, ‘Inside Out’, and ‘Game of Thrones’ Triumph The PGA put their crown on Adam McKay‘s The Big Short, the entertaining financial-crisis dramedy,...
View ArticleExec Shuffle for 1/25/16: China’s Perfect World Pictures & Universal Circling...
Company Launches & Partnerships Sky Atlantic will be the exclusive home to Showtime programming in major European markets under Sky’s new long-term licensing agreement with CBS Corp. The deal...
View ArticleAwards 2016: ‘Room’s Jacob Tremblay, Demien Bichir Weighs In On Diversity, a...
AWARDS HEADLINES Awards 2016: ‘Room’s’ Nine-Year-Old Stand-Out & SAG Nominated Actor Jacob Tremblay Talks Fake Crying, Auditioning & His Love of Macaroons Often times during Hollywood’s movie...
View Article‘Birth of a Nation Sells to Searchlight, ‘Ghost in the Shell’ Moves to...
Nate Parker’s ‘Birth Of A Nation’ Benefits From #OscarsSoWhite The $10 million passion project, which Nate Parker produced, wrote, and directed, is sparking a bidding war which culminated in a...
View ArticleTV Development for 1/26/16: ‘Kicking & Screaming’ Heading to TV, ABC...
A.P.B. Network: Fox Broadcasting Company Studio: 20th Century Fox Television Production Company(s): Sketch Films, Storied Media Group Executive Producer(s): David Slack, Len Wiseman, David Bernardi,...
View ArticleAwards 2016: Best Picture Nominees Offer Clues To Race, Donna Langley’s...
AWARDS HEADLINES A Look At How the Nominees For Best Picture Serve Up Clues To the Big Race Since the indie revolution of the early ’90s, the Academy’s best picture nominees have come to represent a...
View ArticleGolden Reel Noms, Cesar Noms, GLAAD Noms, The Orchard Nabs ‘Hunt for the...
AWARDS HEADLINES ‘Mad Max,’ ‘Star Wars,’ ‘Martian’ and ‘Revenant’ Get Nods For Sound Editing Mad Max: Fury Road, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, The Martian and The Revenant led all films in nominations...
View ArticleRep Moves for 1/27/16: CAA Scoops up Zoe Saldana, UTA Snags Two Sundance...
CAA: Oscar winning actress Emma Thompson has shifted from WME to CAA. She will next be seen as Mrs. Potts in Disney’s live action Beauty and the Beast and the Berlin competition film, Alone in Berlin,...
View ArticleFilm & TV Deals for 1/27/16: Pinewood Television Launches, CBS Increases...
Aaron Korsh, creator and executive producer of USA’s hit drama series Suits has signed a two-year overall deal with Universal Cable Productions. Korsh has been under an overall deal at UCP since...
View ArticleAwards 2016: ’99 Homes’ Michael Shannon, Foreign Film Race, Academy Behind...
AWARDS HEADLINES Awards 2016: SAG Nominated Actor Michael Shannon Discusses ‘99 Homes’ & Its No-Holds-Barred Look into the Housing Crisis The Screen Actors Guild award winner took home two actor...
View ArticleJulia Roberts to Star/Produce HBO Film, Byron Allen Suing the FCC, Paramount...
AWARDS HEADLINES The House of Mouse Rules at the Advanced Imaging Society Awards Star Wars: The Force Awakens, The Martian and Inside Out were big winners at the Advanced Imaging Society’s Creative...
View ArticleFilm Development for 1/28/16: All the Sundance Acquisitions in One Place...
New Attachments All Eyez on Me 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...
View ArticleAwards 2016: Who Will Win SAG Awards? Which Sundance Films Are 2017 Oscar...
AWARDS HEADLINES Looking For Some Inside Dope On Who Will Win the SAG Awards on Saturday Night? This Might Help The 22nd annual Screen Actors Guild Awards are set for Saturday night, as industry...
View ArticleMore Sundance Acquisitions, Pilot Pickups, ‘Official Secrets’ Movie Gets More...
Sundance: Nick Jonas Fraternity Drama ‘Goat’ Nabbed By Paramount’s MTV Films Paramount/MTV Films has acquired worldwide rights to Sundance darling Goat. The purchase price is just south of $3 million....
View ArticleOn the Set for 1/29/16: Danny Glover Starts on ‘The Good Catholic’, Emily...
STARTS The Good Catholic 01/25/2016 Logline: An idealistic young priest is dedicated to his calling until he meets a woman in confession, so he seeks guidance from his fellow priests. Production...
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SSN Box Office Trending Report for 1/29/16: ‘Deadpool’ Sneaks In While ‘Kung...
-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: Sci-Tech Award Hosts Named, Appraising Art Director Guild Noms,...
AWARDS HEADLINES The Academy’s Sci-Tech Awards Have Found Their Hosts In the Form Of Olivia Munn and Jason Segel The pair are set to host the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Scientific and...
View ArticleSAG Winners, ADG Winners, ACE Winners, Weekend Box Office, Sundance Winners,...
AWARDS HEADLINES SAG Awards Winners 2016: Complete List Spotlight was the big winner by the end; it won the best ensemble prize for film. On the television side, Downton Abbey edged past Mad Men for...
View ArticleExec Shuffle for 2/1/16: Fox to Cut $250M from Staff Budget, IMAX Partnering...
Company Launches & Partnerships ComScore has completed the stock swap acquisition of Rentrak it spoke of last fall. The deal will allow comScore to measure more than 260 million desktop screens,...
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