Awards 2016: More Oscar Presenters, Wide Open Doc Feature Race, Big Moves At...
AWARDS HEADLINES The Academy Keeps Adding To Its List Of Impressive Presenters The AMPAS has announced the second group of presenters for the 88th Academy Awards this month. They are Steve Carell,...
View ArticleRooney Mara Circling ‘Mary Magdalene’, Sundance Streaming Wrap-up, Magic Leap...
AWARDS HEADLINES Lady Gaga to Perform “Multi-Sensory” Tribute to David Bowie at the Grammy’s Lady Gaga will perform a tribute to the late David Bowie at The 58th Annual Grammy Awards on Monday,...
View ArticleTV Development for 2/2/16: ABC Orders 13 Pilots, ‘Gilmore Girls’ a Go, Amazon...
Catching Kelce Network: E! Networks Production Company(s): Current Entertainment, Grandma’s House Entertainment Executive Producer(s): Scott Langerman, Lauren Stevens, Ben Newmark, Dan Newmark Logline:...
View ArticleAwards 2016: ‘Spotlight’s Tom McCarthy, George Miller To Helm Cannes Jury,...
AWARDS HEADLINES Awards 2016: ‘Spotlight’ Writer/Director Tom McCarthy on Flipping the Script & Getting Reporters to Open Up to Make a Film with Impact Tom McCarthy had himself a pretty interesting...
View ArticleRep Moves for 2/3/16: Minnie Driver Shifts to CAA, Jason Clarke Signs with...
UTA/ Anonymous Content: Egyptian comic and satirist Bassem Youssef has signed with both agencies. Youssef rose to fame after the 2011 revolution in Egypt. He appeared in a webisode series funded by...
View ArticleFilm & TV Deals for 2/3/16: Hulu & IFC Films Team Up, XLrator Media Launches...
Hulu and IFC Films have inked a multi-year agreement. Under the deal documentaries from IFC Films, Sundance Selects and IFC Midnight Documentary Films will be released on Hulu exclusively directly...
View Article‘Star Wars’ Wins at VES Awards, Ryan Murphy Launches Half Foundation, CMT...
AWARDS HEADLINES ‘Star Wars’ Takes Home Top VES Award and Gets Closer to Oscar Win Star Wars: The Force Awakens topped the feature competition of the 14th annual Visual Effects Society Awards. In nine...
View ArticleAwards 2016: Gregory Peck’s Academy Revolution, Cox Customers Might Miss...
AWARDS HEADLINES This Has Happened Before: How Gregory Peck Led A Revolution And Infused Youth & Diversity In The Oscars For all the talk about “historic” moves to change the makeup of the...
View ArticlePhilippe Dauman to Replace Redstone, Soderbergh May End Retirement, Bryan...
Philippe Dauman Replaces Sumner Redstone As Viacom Executive Chairman Viacom CEO Philippe Dauman will replace Sumner Redstone as the company’s executive chairman, the latest in a string of revelations...
View ArticleFilm Development for 2/4/16: More Sundance Sales Including ‘Swiss Army Man’,...
New Attachments 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Logline: The classic Jules Verne story about a scientist and his adventures in his submarine is retold. Studio/Distributor(s): 20th Century Fox, Production...
View ArticleAwards 2016: Nominees’ Conundrum, a Look At Animated Shorts, Focus CEO Sets...
AWARDS HEADLINES The Plight Of the White Nominee: Or, the Conundrum Of This Year’s Nominated Actors Pity the plight of Oscar’s all-white acting nominees. Instead of celebrating, they’re entering a...
View ArticleLionsgate to Produce ‘MacGyver’ and ‘Magic Tree House’ Movies, ‘Orange is the...
Lionsgate To Produce ‘MacGyver’ Movie Lionsgate will produce a new film based on the TV series MacGyver. The film will be produced by Neal Moritz and MacGyver creator Lee David Zlotoff. (WRAP) Netflix...
View ArticleOn the Set for 2/5/16: Vin Diesel & Nina Dobrev Start Shooting ‘xXx’ Sequel,...
STARTS Ashes in the Snow 02/01/2016 Logline: A 15-year-old aspiring artist from the Baltic region is deported to Siberia during Joseph Stalin’s reign during WWII. Production Company(s): Unanimous...
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SSN Box Office Trending Report for 2/5/16: ‘Deadpool’ Killing It While ‘The...
-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: ‘Spotlight’ Forces Vatican Commission, a Look At Doc Shorts,...
AWARDS HEADLINES On the Importance Of the Moving Picture: ‘Spotlight’ Kicks Off Vatican Clerical Sex Abuse Commission As the Tom McCarthy-directed film heads toward $40 million U.S. gross and rolls out...
View ArticleDGA Winners, Annie Award Winners, NAACP Winners, Weekend Box Office,...
AWARDS HEADLINES Alejandro González Iñárritu Wins Top DGA Award; Full List Of Winners The DGAs gave their top prize to Alejandro González Iñárritu for his uphill helming of The Revenant. Iñárritu won...
View ArticleExec Shuffle for 2/8/16: Moonves & Dauman to Take Over for Redstone, Major...
Company Launches & Partnerships According to reports several companies are looking to acquire MCN Defy Media with Viacom as the likely buyer. Reportedly the asking price is in the $500 million...
View ArticleAwards 2016: AARP Prizes, Oscar Luncheon Guest List, Red Granite Money Probe,...
AWARDS HEADLINES Tonight’s AARP Movies For Grownups Awards Celebrate Mature Achievements Forget tired jokes about arthritic winners too stiff to climb up on stage, or audience members too feeble to...
View ArticleSchwentke Exits ‘Divergent’ Series, Weinstein Making Deal on Mary Magdalene...
Robert Schwentke Departs The Divergent Series: ‘Ascendant’ Robert Schwentke, who directed both Insurgent and the upcoming Allegiant, will not return for the final chapter. Schwentke was simply in need...
View ArticleTV Development for 2/9/16: ‘Cruel Intentions’ &‘MacGyver’ Get Pilot Orders,...
A Darker Shade Of Magic Production Company(s): G-BASE productions Executive Producer(s): Gerard Butler, Alan Siegel, Danielle Robinson Writer(s): V.E. Schwab’s Logline: The book is set in four parallel...
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