Mashable’s Big Layoffs, ‘Fast 8’s Villain, ‘Cleopatra’s New Writer, Freeform...
SSN ORIGINALS Film Development For 4/7/16: Speedy Gonzales Headed to the Big Screen, Charlize Theron Reteams with Jason Reitman on ‘Motherhood’ Project Among the other bits and pieces and various...
View ArticleMcCarthy Joins ‘Gilmore Girls’, Paramount & Appian Way Join ‘The...
Big News For ‘Gilmore Girls’ Fans, as Melissa McCarthy Confirms She Will Be Returning For the Netflix Series She joins the entirety of the returning original cast (RIP Edward Herrmann), including...
View ArticleOn the Set for 4/8/16: Ridley Scott & Michael Fassbender Start ‘Alien:...
STARTS A Prayer Before Dawn 04/04/2016 Logline: After Billy Moore is incarcerated in one of Thailand’s most barbaric prisons, he discovers the deadly martial art of Muay Thai Boxing, and begins...
View ArticleWeekend Box Office, New Line Acquires Melissa McCarthy Project, Tribeca Hit...
Box Office: Melissa McCarthy And ‘The Boss’ Narrowly Beat ‘Batman v Superman’ Melissa McCarthy’s star power lifted The Boss to an estimated $23.5 million opening weekend despite bad reviews and rough...
View ArticleExec Shuffle for 4/11/16: Thomas Staggs Leaving Disney, Harper Collins Closes...
Company Launches & Partnerships After a competitive auction, Harper Collins will be the home of Michael Mann Books with worldwide rights to multiple books in a multi-million-dollar deal. Harper...
View ArticleDisney Eyes ‘Jungle Book’ Sequel, Marvel’s ‘Inhumans’&‘Defenders’ Plans,...
Exec Shuffle For 4/11/16: Thomas Staggs Leaving Disney, Harper Collins Closes Michael Mann Books Deal, New Aussie Mentor LA Program Plenty of action this week, including a new deal between Nielsen and...
View ArticleSpielberg Sets Next Project, Barbra Streisand in for ‘Gypsy’, Paramount at...
CinemaCon: Paramount Holds Back ‘Star Trek Beyond’ But High-Intensity ‘Story of Your Life’ Makes Waves Paramount Pictures kicked off the first day of CinemaCon 2016 with a preview of their upcoming...
View ArticleTV Development for 4/12/16: Spike Orders Adam Carolla Live Series, MadTV...
Adam Carolla And Friends Build Stuff Network: Spike TV Production Company(s): Embassy Row, LLC Executive Producer(s): Adam Carolla, Michael Davies Logline: Adam Carolla takes on building projects with...
View ArticlePeabody Finalists Announced, Showtime Ends ‘Episodes’, Fox Renews ‘New Girl’,...
TV Development for 4/12/16: Spike Orders Adam Carolla Live Series, MadTV Returning, Also Freeform Sets ‘Marvel’s Cloak and Dagger’ Among the other items announced this week are a new sitcom for MTV, an...
View ArticleMPAA Chief To Meet With Screening Room Execs, Sony Titles Its Spidey Movie,...
MPAA Chief Agrees to Meet With Screening Room Execs Over $50 Home Movie Service In what some might view as a surprise turn, Motion Picture Association of America chairman Chris Dodd will take a meeting...
View ArticleFilm & TV Deals for 4/13/16: Director Antoine Fuqua Signs with Weinstein, New...
The NCAA has extended its pact for the men’s basketball tournament with CBS and Turner for an another eight years, to run through 2032. Eight seasons remain on the original 14-year contract. The deal...
View ArticleRep Moves for 4/13/16: Roger Deakins Shifts to UTA, ‘Magic Mike’s’ Alex...
CAA: Writer-director Stella Meghie has signed with the agency for representation in all areas. Her first feature Jean Of The Joneses premiered in the Narrative Spotlight section at SXSW this year. The...
View ArticleDisney Sets ‘Peter Pan’ Director, ‘Game of Thrones’ 360-Degree Video, David...
SSN ORIGINALS Film & TV Deals for 4/13/16: Director Antoine Fuqua Signs with Weinstein, New Film VR Company Scenic Launches, ‘2 Broke Girls’ EP Inks Deal with WBTV In other news, producer Danielle...
View ArticleCannes 2016 Lineup, New Young Hans Solo, Fox and Regency to Release Howard...
2016 Cannes Film Festival Announces Lineup The 69th edition of the festival announced its main slate this morning, including both competition and out of competition titles. (IW) Young Han Solo: Alden...
View ArticleFilm Development for 4/14/16: Spielberg in for ‘Kidnapping’ Pic, ‘Jungle...
New Attachments A Futile and Stupid Gesture Studio/Distributor(s): Netflix Logline: The tragic story of Doug Kenney, co-founder and editor of the National Lampoon magazine and a major force in 1970s...
View ArticleCannes Snubs and Surprises, ‘Deadpool 2′ Officially a Go, Fourth ‘Avatar’...
Film Development for 4/14/16: Speilberg in for ‘Kidnapping’ Pic, ‘Jungle Book’ Sequel in the Works, Benedict Cumberbatch Set to Play the Grinch Lots of stuff happening this week, including a bunch of...
View ArticleDreamworks Nabs Sam Mendes Project, Bidding War Over Pokemon Movie Rights,...
DreamWorks Snaps Up ‘Voyeur’s Motel’ For Sam Mendes To Direct The studio has bought the film rights to the Gay Talese-penned article that ran in the April 11 issue of The New Yorker. Mendes is attached...
View ArticleOn the Set for 4/15/16: Idris Elba Starts Shooting ‘The Dark Tower’, James...
STARTS A Futile and Stupid Gesture 04/13/2016 Logline: The tragic story of Doug Kenney, co-founder and editor of the National Lampoon magazine and a major force in 1970s comedy, who tragically died at...
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SSN Box Office Trending Report for 4/15/16: ‘The Jungle Book’ Fires Up the...
In this trending report, SSN Insider takes a deep dive into the film ticket sales of the week leveraging data from the powerhouse ticketing website, MovieTickets.com. The infographic below pinpoints...
View ArticleAMC Backtracks On Texting Plan, Verizon Readies Next-Gen TV Service, Marvel...
SSN ORIGINALS SSN Box Office Trending Report for 4/15/16: ‘The Jungle Book’ Fires Up the Box Office While ‘Captain America: Civil War’ Readies for Battle In our ongoing weekly series, SSN Insider will...
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