DiCaprio Circles ‘Truevine,’ Netflix Gets ‘Seven Seconds,’ Joe Johnston...
Leonardo DiCaprio Circles ‘Truevine’ Adaptation For Paramount Leonardo DiCaprio is looking to star in an adaptation of Beth Macy’s celebrated historical novel Truevine: Two Brothers, A Kidnapping, And...
View ArticleNew ‘Willy Wonka’ From Warner Bros, Jodie Foster to Direct ‘Black Mirror’...
‘Willy Wonka’ New Film In The Works From David Heyman And Warner Bros. Warner Bros. has acquired the rights to the Willy Wonka IP from the Roald Dahl Estate and is planning a new movie. David Heyman...
View ArticleGotham Award Noms, ‘Sinbad’ Movie to Studio 8, Dana Brunetti on the PGA, Tom...
‘Manchester by the Sea,’ ‘Moonlight’ Lead Gotham Awards Nominations Kenneth Lonergan’s dark drama “Manchester by the Sea” led all films in nominations for the 26th Gotham Independent Film Awards....
View ArticleYouTube Streaming Service Offers CBS, Conan’s Digital Brand, Razer Acquires...
Branded Entertainment News YouTube’s TV Streaming Service Will Offer CBS YouTube is reportedly working on a standalone TV streaming service that’s slated to be launched next year and has signed CBS to...
View ArticleCarol Burnett Returning to TV, Marisa Tomei in ‘War With Grandpa,’ King Bach...
Carol Burnett To Star In Amy Poehler-Produced ABC Comedy Pilot The acclaimed comedian is set to star in an untitled multi-camera comedy from executive producers Amy Poehler and Michael Saltzman. (EW)...
View ArticleWeekend Box Office, AT&T/ Time Warner Merger, Tim Miller Exits ‘Deadpool,’...
Weekend Box Office Wrap-up: October 23, 2016 In first is Boo! A Madea Halloween, which made $27.6 million. In second place is the action film Jack Reacher: Never Go Back. The sequel grossed $23...
View ArticlePeter Jackson Adapting ‘Mortal Engines,’ Chris McCarthy to Oversee MTV,...
Peter Jackson And Fran Walsh Adapting ‘Mortal Engines’ Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh are making the feature Mortal Engines, based on the award-winning book series of the same name from British author...
View Article‘Shaun of the Sheep 2′ Announced, Antoine Fuqua Pulls Back on ‘Ice,’‘Knight...
Aardman Announces ‘Shaun the Sheep 2′ Aardman and StudioCanal have announced that they are once again teaming on a sequel to the Oscar-nominated animated feature Shaun the Sheep Movie. (DAR) ‘Ice’:...
View ArticleBranded Content on SNL, ‘Doctor Strange’ Mention on ‘General Hospital,’...
Branded Entertainment News This Is What Branded Content Looks Like On Saturday Night Live While the absence of breaks may not have seemed overtly noticeable over the past three Saturdays, the addition...
View ArticleNew ‘Oliver Twist,’ Shawn Levy Directing ‘Uncharted,’ Fox Animation Gets...
Disney Plans Musical ‘Oliver Twist’ With Ice Cube, ‘Hamilton’ Director Disney Studios is teaming with Ice Cube and Thomas Kail, the Tony-winning director of Hamilton, for a modern and musical take on...
View ArticleHBO Gets J.K. Rowling Crime Novels, Matthew Weiner Project to Amazon, Kevin...
HBO Picks Up ‘Cormoran Strike’ Drama Based On J.K. Rowling’s Crime Novels HBO has acquired US and Canadian rights to Cormoran Strike, BBC One’s high-profile new limited series based on J.K. Rowling’s...
View ArticleBryan Fuller Steps Down on ‘Star Trek,’ Doug Liman on ‘Unearthed,’ ABC to...
Bryan Fuller Steps Down As ‘Star Trek Discovery’ Showrunner Fuller will continue to be involved in breaking stories on the series as an executive producer, but showrunning duties have been handed over...
View ArticleSoda Brands Started Product Placement, Facebook Includes Profiles in Branded...
Branded Entertainment News You Can Blame Soda Brands For The Rise Of Product Placement In Entertainment Coca-Cola’s presence in moviemaking starting in the 80’s with the brands’ purchase of Columbia...
View ArticleJennifer Lopez Starring in ‘Bye Bye Birdie,’‘Good Time’ Acquired by A24,...
Jennifer Lopez Will Star In NBC’s Next Live Musical, ‘Bye Bye Birdie’ Bob Greenblatt just revealed that the network will be taking on Bye Bye Birdie in December of next year, with Jennifer Lopez set to...
View ArticleWeekend Box Office, Tom Hardy in ‘Fonzo,’ Kellee Stewart Creates ‘BBF,’ Tom...
Weekend Box Office Wrap-up: October 30, 2016 Coming in first once again is Boo! A Madea Halloween, which brought in $16.6 million in its second weekend. Opening in second is Inferno, the latest...
View Article‘Escape Plan’ Sequel, Sony Woes, ‘Lucifer’ Season 2 Pickup, Altitude Acquires...
‘Escape Plan’ Sequel From Emmett/Furla/Oasis; Sylvester Stallone Reprising Emmett/Furla/Oasis Films has green lit a sequel to their 2013 film Escape Plan, with Sylvester Stallone prepared to reprise...
View ArticleLive-Action ‘Snow White,’ Tim Miller Joining ‘Sonic’ Movie as EP, Amy Pascal...
Disney Developing Live-Action ‘Snow White’ The Girl on the Train screenwriter Erin Cressida Wilson will pen the script for the project, which will feature new original songs. (THR) ‘Deadpool’ Director...
View ArticleHollywood is the Best Advertisement, ‘Transformers 4′ Product Placement...
Branded Entertainment News Why Marketers Must Move Beyond ‘Branded Content’ And Create Entertainment Hollywood is responsible for today’s best adverts and promotional films, not advertisers. The Lego...
View ArticleJohnny Depp in ‘Fantastic Beasts’ Sequel, Sony Launches China Writers...
Johnny Depp To Co-Star In JK Rowling’s ‘Fantastic Beasts’ Sequel The actor, who has a cameo in the first film, will take a prominent role alongside Eddie Redmayne in the second in JK Rowling’s...
View ArticleJohn Singleton Drama at CW, TriStar Re-Ups Minghella, NBC Nabs Sisters...
John Singleton Drama ‘Straight Outta Heaven’ In Development At CW Singleton is writing and executive producing with Dallas Jackson. (WRAP) TriStar Pictures President Hannah Minghella Re-Ups With Sony...
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