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NYC Police Call For Boycott Of Quentin Tarantino Films After Brutality Protest

NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 24: Director Quentin Tarantino attends a protest to denounce police brutality in Manhattan October 24, 2015 in New York City. The rally is part of a three-day demonstration against officer-involved abuse and killing. (Photo by Kena Betancur/Getty Images)

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New York City’s police union is calling for a boycott of Quentin Tarantino’s movies following the director’s remarks at a rally protesting police brutality on Saturday, the New York Post reports. The rally took place days after a police officer was shot and killed while chasing a theft suspect who has been charged with murder and robbery. Speakers at the protest said they want to bring justice for people killed by police. TV station WPIX reported Tarantino flew in from… Read

‘Spectre’ Promo Hits Snapchat For 24 Hours At Midnight Tonight

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A first-of-its-kind, 24-hour Snapchat channel devoted entirely to the new James Bond entry Spectre will go live at midnight Pacific Time, giving worldwide markets access to behind-the-scenes content, cast messages, photos like those above and more throughout Monday. The Spectre Edition Discover Channel is the social media platform’s first Discover channel created specifically for a film. "This is a fun way for current and future James Bond fans to experience Spectre,”… Read

Amy Schumer, Sen. Chuck Schumer Partner In Push For Tighter Gun Laws

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Actress Amy Schumer and her cousin U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer joined each other today on the steps of New York City Hall to announce a renewed drive for stricter gun legislation. The Democratic senator and the actress are renewing their call for legislation that would expand background checks and close a loophole that allows weapons to be purchased at gun shows and online without such checks. She began speaking out on the issue earlier this year when a gunman opened fire in… Read

‘The Martian’ Crosses $200M; ‘Ghost Dimension’ Sets Series Records; ‘Ant-Man’ Leggy In China – Intl B.O. Update

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UPDATE, SUNDAY 4:15 PM PT: Based on today's international estimates for the weekend, the frame is down about 15% from last week across the Top 10 studio titles. Looking at just the Top 3, which also led last week but in different order, The Martian ($30.2M), Hotel Transylvania 2 ($28.7M) and Ant-Man ($22M — and creeping up on $500M global), are off a slight 27%. Compared to last year, however, this week’s top trio is up about 24% from the same frame in 2014 when Annabelle… Read

Jason Blum Gets Well And Truly Real About ‘Jem And The Holograms’ Flopping – Film Independent Forum

attends day 2 of the 11th Annual Film Independent Forum at DGA Theater on October 25, 2015 in Los Angeles, California.

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Think your hangover is bad today? When Jason Blum took the stage this morning at Film Independent Forum 2015 for an in depth discussion – moderated by Daily Beast editor and former Deadline colleague Jen Yamato – of the incredible success of Blumhouse Productions, the irony of the topic was, to put it mildly, obvious as hell. Blumhouse had the unhappy distinction of debuting two box office disappointments over the weekend – Jem and the Holgrams which truly, truly, truly… Read

Jon Chu On ‘Jem And The Holograms’: “This Morning Isn’t The Best Kind Of Day”

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“Soooo, this is a bit awkward,” director Jon Chu says in his opening keynote remarks Saturday at Film Independent Forum. He and Jason Blum set out to make a live action movie adaptation of 30-year-old classic animated TV show Jem And The Holograms. They made it “with little resources, all in L.A.,” he said. “It looks like our $5 million movie … is going to make about $1.2 million this weekend.” (As of Sunday morning, an estimated $1.32 million.) “So this morning isn’t the… Read

Specialty B.O.: ‘Suffragette’ Voted Top Opener; Laurie Anderson’s ‘Heart Of A Dog’ Is Stout

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Focus Features' awards hopeful Suffragette marched atop the Specialty Box Office's sizable group of openers this weekend, just weeks after bowing at home in the U.K. The feature starring Carey Mulligan averaged over $19K in four theaters, giving the title the weekend's highest PTA as of Sunday morning overall. Laurie Anderson's personal essay doc Heart Of A Dog from Abramorama opened in a single theater grossing $14,750, while Broad Green Pictures' Sarah Silverman starrer… Read

‘The Judgment’ Named Best Narrative Feature At Heartland Film Festival

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The Heartland Film Festival chose Stephan Komandarev’s The Judgment as Best Narrative Feature last night during ceremonies at the Old National Centre in Indianapolis, Indiana. Romeo Is Bleeding, directed by Jason Zeldes, took the prize for Best Documentary Feature. Nods for The Judgment, which is Bulgaria’s entry for the Foreign Language Film category of the Academy Awards, and Romeo Is Bleeding, each come with $45,000 prizes. Best Narrative Short award went to The Way of… Read

Bart & Fleming: Is Chris Rock The Right Host For The Oscars?

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Peter Bart and Mike Fleming Jr. worked together for two decades at Daily Variety. In this occasional column, two old friends get together and grind their axes, mostly on the movie business. FLEMING: So we've got Chris Rock hosting the Oscars, returning after one so-so stint that seems so long ago, I wouldn't be surprised if you thought he was a first-timer. What do you think? BART: The last time I encountered Chris Rock, he looked uncomfortable. We were at one of those… Read

Producers Bemoan Bloated Budgets, Star Salaries, Superheroes And Jerks – Produced By: NY

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Ever wonder what movie and TV producers talk about when they’re alone? Star salaries might be near the top of the list, if a lively panel at today’s Produced By: NY 2015 conference is any indication. “Studios will pay an actor $20 million, which is f***ing crazy,” said veteran producer Paula Weinstein to audience laughter, “and then they’ll spend a million and a half on their trainers!” Weinstein, president of Spring Creek Productions (and producer of her longtime pal… Read

Michael Moore Says “Sound Is More Important Than Pictures” – Produced By: NY

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Calling filmmaker Michael Moore “a valuable thorn in the side of American complacency,” interviewer Annette Insdorf introduced the triple-threat writer-producer-director for a conversation at the Producers Guild of America’s Produced By: NY on Saturday afternoon. Moore and Insdorf stepped in at the last minute, replacing announced guest Tina Fey, unavailable after the death of her father earlier this week. Moore’s latest film, Where To Invade Next, was shown at the… Read

‘Spotlight’, ‘Carol’, ‘Room’ & ‘Trumbo’: Collaboration Made Them Happen – Produced By: NY

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Four new films that take on grand-scale social issues from the intimate perspective of the people affected by them were the subject of a too-brief, provocative panel at Saturday afternoon’s continuation of the Producers Guild of America’s Produced By: NY conference. Titled “The Power of Successful Creative Collaboration,” the panel included some of the talents behind and in front of the cameras involved in Trumbo, about the screenwriter Dalton Trumbo, blacklisted during… Read

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