‘Suicide Squad’ Drops Big But Holds Top Spot, Patty Jenkins Refutes ‘Wonder...
Box Office: Suicide Squad’ Drops Big, But Remains #1 as ‘Sausage Party’ Eats Up the Box Office Despite Squad‘s large, to-be-expected second weekend drop, the film pulled in more than enough to hold off...
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Robert Downey Jr. Developing ‘Perry Mason’ Reboot With Nic Pizzicato For HBO The True Detective creator may not be involved with season three — which itself is still far from a certainty — but his...
View ArticleWB’s New Woman In China, Olympic Study Cites Digital, Bieber Leaves...
BRANDED ENTERTAINMENT NEWS Warner Bros Names Gillian Zhao As Its First Country Manager For China Zhao will have general oversight of all of Warner Bros’ businesses in China, including theatrical...
View ArticleLady Gaga Joins ‘Star’, Ferrell & Reilly Reunite For ‘Homes and Watson’,...
Lady Gaga To Star In ‘A Star Is Born,’ Will Write and Perform Her Own Songs Following months of speculation, Lady Gaga has officially signed on to star opposite Bradley Cooper in a remake of the film,...
View ArticleNYFF Projections Lineup, ‘Inside Amy Schumer’ Not Done Yet, Marvel’s...
NYFF: Film Society Announces 2016 Projections Section Lineup The Film Society of Lincoln Center has announced the complete lineup for the Projections section of the 54th New York Film Festival. Heading...
View ArticleTIFF Lists Speakers, Pivot’s Demise, Canvas Media’s Development Deal, BMW’s...
BRANDED ENTERTAINMENT NEWS Toronto: Cheryl Boone Isaacs, David Glasser, Jonathan Demme Among Speakers at Industry Conference Fest organizers also announced master classes by Invisible director Doug...
View ArticleViacom Drama: Dauman Finally Ousted, Shake-Up At Fox, Affleck To Remake...
Philippe Dauman Ousted From Viacom, Ending Nasty Feud With Redstone Family Anasty protracted war for control of Viacom appeared over last night, with a preliminary legal settlement that forced the...
View ArticleWeekend Box Office, ‘MI 6′ Delayed, Charlie Hunnam and Lea Seydoux Cast in...
Weekend Box Office Wrap-up: August 21, 2016 Pulling off the three-peat is Suicide Squad, which made $20.7 million in its third weekend. To date, David Ayer’s DC Extended Universe installment has...
View ArticleMcG Inks Overall, WME Buys RWSG, Black Label Acquires ‘First Comes Love,’...
McG Inks Overall Deal With 20th Century Fox Television Director-producer McG has signed an overall deal with 20th Century Fox TV. Under the multi-year pact, McG will develop, direct and produce...
View ArticleNew Toronto Films, ‘Florence Foster Jenkins’ to Open Tokyo, ‘Cops’ Movie Gets...
Toronto Adds Mark Wahlberg Conversation, Mireille Enos-Starrer ‘Katie Says Goodbye’ To Lineup Chinese star Zhang Ziyi also will participate in a conversation as the festival added 35 films by first-...
View ArticleLessons for Brands, MTV Using Influencers for VMA’s, ‘The Voice’ on Snapchat,...
Branded Entertainment News AI, VR, Diversity, Partnerships: The Themes of 2016 The creative discussions and debuts at Cannes Lions have yielded a few key lessons for brands, influencers and...
View ArticleStacy Snider Taking Over Fox, ‘Croods 2′ Gets New Writers, Jon Huddle Forms...
Stacey Snider To Take Over As Fox Film Chief Sooner Than Expected Snider will take over as chairman and chief executive of 20th Century Fox Film on Sept. 1. She had originally been expected to assume...
View ArticleFox Nabs ‘I Spy’ Pilot, Neil Burger Directing ‘Intouchables,’ Favreau...
Fox Nabs Buddy Drama Loosely Based On ‘I Spy’ A hot action drama from House creator David Shore, Charlie’s Angels director McG and John Davis’ Davis Entertainment, has landed at Fox with a put pilot...
View Article‘Lion’ Movie Based on Google Ad, Amazon and One-Click Prod Placement, Honey...
Branded Entertainment News Oscar Contender Starring Dev Patel And Rooney Mara Was Also A 2013 Google Maps Ad Watch the trailer for Lion, based on the story of Saroo Brierley, who also told his...
View ArticleSam Mendes and ‘James and the Giant Peach,’ Demi Moore in ‘Rock That Body,’...
Sam Mendes In Talks To Helm Live-Action ‘James And The Giant Peach’ For Disney Sam Mendes is in early talks to develop and direct a live-action adaptation of James and the Giant Peach with Brooklyn and...
View Article‘Don’t Breathe’ Wins Weekend, VMA Winners, Overbrook’s New Counterfeiter...
A Horror Movie Finally Beat ‘Suicide Squad’ For The Weekend Box Office Don’t Breathe, a twisty story of a group of teenage delinquents who pick the wrong house to burglarize, dominated the late summer...
View ArticleZach Braff Show Gets Put Pilot, ‘Pretty Little Liars’ Ending, ‘Monster Calls’...
ABC Nabs ‘Start Up’ Comedy Starring & Directed By Zach Braff As Put Pilot Scrubs star Zach Braff is returning to series television and to ABC as the star of Start Up, a single-camera comedy, which...
View ArticleWarner Bros. Gets Book for Anne Hathaway, ‘Kin’ Movie Rounds Out Cast, ‘Age...
Warner Bros, Anne Hathaway & Gail Berman Spark To Jenny Mollen Book ‘Live Fast Die Hot’ Warner Bros has acquired rights to Live Fast Die Hot by bestselling author Jenny Mollen. Anne Hathaway has...
View ArticleConnecting with Young Creatives, How Late Night Makes Money, Josh Brolin and...
Branded Entertainment News How Can Advertising Invent New Ways To Connect With Young Creatives? J. Walter Thompson worldwide chief creative officer Matt Eastwood outlines the challenge of finding the...
View ArticleTaylor Kitsch Playing David Koresh, Kerry Washington in ‘Patrol,’ Fox...
Taylor Kitsch To Play David Koresh In Weinstein Co. Limited Series ‘Waco’ Michael Shannon will play lead FBI negotiator Gary Noesner, while Ludacris is being eyed to portray Branch Davidian member...
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