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‘The Conjuring 2’ Scares Up $50M With Records In Over 26 Markets – Intl Box Office
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Refresh for latest… International estimates are rolling in on another busy weekend that saw the China rollout and offshore expansion of Legendary/Universal’s Warcraft; as well as the wide debut of Warner Bros/New Line's The Conjuring 2. We are still waiting on Warcraft which will be the weekend leader in offshore play having already amassed $144.7M in China alone by Saturday night local. Poised to be No. 2 for the international frame, James Wan’s follow-up to his 2013… »
UTA Signs Ai Weiwei As Artist Mobilizes Global Refugee Crisis Docu ‘The Human Flow’
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UTA has signed Beijing-born artist and social activist Ai Weiwei. Among the creative initiatives the agency will assist in is to help with the financing and distribution strategy of The Human Flow, the tentative title of a feature documentary about the global refugee crisis that Weiwei is shooting in France, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey and locations in Africa. This is the first time Weiwei has signed with a Hollywood agency and he will be repped by a… »
‘Warcraft’ At $144.7M In China Through Saturday; Offshore Headed Past $250M; ‘Conjuring 2’ Scares Up Strong Start
11 June 2016 8:17 AM, PDT
Update, Saturday Am Pt: Warcraft's China invasion continued Friday and Saturday with a cume through 10:15Pm local time tonight of $144.7M (950M rmb). That makes it the fastest film ever to cross 900M rmb in the Middle Kingdom, passing the previous four-day record of 891M rmb set by Furious 7 last year. Saturday's China gross on Warcraft was $23.1M for a roughly 50% drop from Thursday. The Legendary/Universal title is a Legendary release in the Proc, going out via China… »
Is Sumner Redstone Planning His Own Paramount Deal?
10 June 2016 2:57 PM, PDT
Here’s the latest potential monkey wrench in Viacom CEO Philippe Dauman’s plan to sell a 49% stake in Paramount Pictures: Sumner Redstone’s National Amusements is talking to investment bankers about other options “including possibly selling a stake in the film studio or some of its Los Angeles real estate,” Reuters reports, citing unnamed sources. If true, then it might scare anyone looking to make a deal with Dauman. National Amusements owns 80% of Viacom’s voting… »
Chinese Film & TV Star Angelababy Signs With UTA
10 June 2016 2:55 PM, PDT
Exclusive: Continuing the agency’s expansion into the Asian market, UTA has signed Chinese film and TV star Angelababy in all areas, becoming the actress’ first American representation. One of China’s biggest entertainers, Angelababy also has an enormous presence on Chinese social media, with more than 70 million followers on Weibo, China’s equivalent to Twitter. She also was the only Chinese actress to make this year’s Forbes 30 Under 30 list. Angelababy currently… »
John Williams’ AFI Gala Had The Ultimate Hollywood Soundtrack
10 June 2016 12:15 PM, PDT
“When [AFI board chair] Sir Howard Stringer rang me about this event my first thought was, ‘I’m really much too young for a thing like this’,” 84-year-old maestro John Williams told a heavyweight industry crowd packed into the Dolby Theatre on Thursday night for the presentation of the 44th AFI Life Achievement Award ( airing on TNT June 15 and later on TCM). He accepted it anyway at the end of a very special — and uncharacteristically musical — evening for these… »
‘Conjuring 2’ Thrills $33M-$35M, ‘Warcraft’ Solid $31M, ‘Now You See Me 2’ Steals $20M-$25M – Friday Noon B.O. Update
10 June 2016 12:12 PM, PDT
2Nd Update, Friday 12:12 Pm: Don’t underestimate the power of Universal-Legendary’s $160M beast Warcraft. The movie adaptation of the Blizzard Entertainment video game franchise is coming on strong in its matinees, potentially slotting second place with $31M for the weekend behind Warner Bros./New Line’s The Conjuring 2, which is eyeing $33M-$35M. Heading into the weekend, the assessment was that interest in Warcraft had waned among its fan base, which peaked back in 2010… »
Cinema Guild Acquires Cannes Pic ‘The Death Of Louis Xiv’; FilmBuff Pulls Trigger On ‘I Am Gangster’
10 June 2016 11:30 AM, PDT
Cinema Guild has acquired all U.S. distribution rights to Albert Serra's The Death of Louis Xiv, starring French New Wave legend Jean-Pierre Léaud. The film premiered as an Official Selection at Cannes, where Léaud was awarded an Honorary Palme d'Or, 57 years after his first appearance at the fest at age 14 in Francois Truffaut's 400 Blows. Cinema Guild will release Death of Louis Xiv theatrically in early 2017. Set in Versailles in August 1715, the film centers on Louis… »
‘The Shield’ Actor Michael Jace Sentenced To 40 Years To Life In Wife’s Murder – Update
10 June 2016 10:41 AM, PDT
Update With Prison Sentence The Shield actor Michael Jace was sentenced to 40 years to life today in a Los Angeles court for the murder of his wife April Jace two years ago. Previous Actor Michael Jace has been found guilty of second-degree murder in connection with the shooting death of his wife two years ago. Jace, who played a cop on 89 episodes of FX's The Shield, will be sentenced on June. 10. He faces up to 40 years in prison. Jace told arresting detectives that he… »
‘Genius’ Of Colin Firth, Jude Law & Nicole Kidman; Anthony Hopkins & Julia Stiles In ‘Blackway’: Specialty Preview
10 June 2016 10:31 AM, PDT
A-listers pack this weekend's bounty of new Specialty theatrical titles. Roadside Attractions and Lionsgate are jointly opening Genius with Colin Firth, Nicole Kidman, Jude Law, Laura Linney and Guy Pearce in over a dozen locations, while distribution newcomer Electric Entertainment is heading out with its first release Blackway, which it produced, starring Anthony Hopkins and Julia Stiles. And narratives don’t have a monopoly on Hollywood notables. A24 is opening De Palma… »
Black Bear Pictures Lands 10 Downing Street Thriller Spec ‘Reason Of State’
10 June 2016 9:01 AM, PDT
Exclusive: Black Bear Pictures has acquired the Matthew Orton spec script Reason Of State and will produce and fully finance a taut political thriller unfolding over 24 hours inside one of the world’s most famous addresses: 10 Downing Street. Black Bear’s Teddy Schwarzman and Ben Stillman will produce with Silvertown Films' Bennett McGhee and Wildgaze Films’ Finola Dwyer and Amanda Posey. Reason Of State is the second recent spec to sell by the UK-based Orton, whose… »
Joel Edgerton In Talks For Thriller ‘It Comes At Night’ By ‘Krisha’ Helmer Trey Edward Shults
10 June 2016 8:36 AM, PDT
Exclusive: Joel Edgerton is in talks to star in It Comes At Night, a thriller written and to be directed by Trey Edward Shults, which A24 will produce and distribute domestically. Edgerton will play a father who will stop at nothing to protect his wife and son from a malevolent, mysterious presence terrorizing them right outside their doorstep. Shults wrote and directed Krisha, which became part of a two-picture deal with A24 along with this new pic, which is being… »
‘Descendants 2’ Greenlighted By Disney Channel For 2017, New Characters Added
10 June 2016 8:00 AM, PDT
Disney Channel has greenlighted a sequel to its hit 2015 musical fantasy original movie about the teenage children of classic Disney villains, with production on Descendants 2 set to begin this summer. The project, which had been in development, will premiere in summer 2017 with China Anne McClain joining the main cast as Uma, daughter of The Little Mermaid‘s big, bad Ursula. She joins returning cast members Dove Cameron, Cameron Boyce, Booboo Stewart, Sofia Carson as the… »
Angelina Jolie In Talks To Board Kenneth Branagh’s ‘Murder On The Orient Express’
10 June 2016 5:23 AM, PDT
Angelina Jolie is in talks to board Kenneth Branagh’s adaptation of Agatha Christie’s classic whodunit Murder on the Orient Express. The actress would join what likely will be an all-star cast as Branagh assembles members from his repertory, both theatrical and big-screen. Christie’s tale features Hercule Poirot, the erstwhile Belgian detective of curly mustache and inquisitive demeanor. Branagh will embody Poirot, who is called into action after an American tycoon is… »
Uncork’d Finds ‘The Shelter’; Production Wraps On ‘The Archer’ As Cast Unveiled
9 June 2016 7:49 PM, PDT
Exclusive: Uncork'd Entertainment has acquired Us and Canadian rights to John Fallon’s survival horror pic The Shelter, with plans for theatrical and digital release this fall. Starring Michael Paré (Eddie and the Cruisers, The Virgin Suicides), the story follows widower and homeless man Thomas Jacobs (Paré), who finds shelter for the night when he discovers a vast two-story house with the lights on and the front door open. Thinking he just caught a lucky break, it soon… »
Kenneth Choi Joins Sony/Marvel’s ‘Spider-Man: Homecoming’
9 June 2016 5:37 PM, PDT
Exclusive: Kenneth Choi who portrayed Judge Lance Ito in FX’s popular The People vs. O.J. Simpson has just been cast in Marvel/Sony’s Spider-Man: Homecoming. That puts Choi in some rarefied air playing two separate characters in the Marvel universe. He also was in Captain America: The First Avenger in 2011. Sources said he will be playing the school principal in Spider-Man. Spider-Man: Homecoming, which is set to open July 17, 2017, stars Tom Holland as Spider-Man in a… »
Peter Bart: A Resurgent MGM Builds Clout For New Film & TV Acquisitions
9 June 2016 5:12 PM, PDT
Once the noisiest studio in town, MGM has become the quietest, but also — to the surprise of many — one of the most consistently profitable. As such, it reflects the personality of its CEO, Gary Barber, a modest South African who believes that CEOs should be seen but not heard — well, not seen too much either. In its own quiet way, MGM produces 5-7 movies a year, has 14 TV shows on the air, has earned a profit of $124 million in its first quarter, and is positioned to… »
‘Battlestar Galactica’ Movie Sets ‘Westworld’s Lisa Joy To Write; Director Francis Lawrence Orbiting
9 June 2016 4:28 PM, PDT
Exclusive: The long awaited big screen transfer of the Glen Larson 1978 TV series is moving forward at Universal. Lisa Joy, who scripted and is exec producer on HBO’s series Westworld, is writing the script. Francis Lawrence is circling the movie to direct. Bluegrass Films partners Scott Stuber and Dylan Clark are producing with Michael De Luca through his Michael De Luca Productions. Bluegrass is currently awaiting release on The Free State of Jones and Central Intelligen… »
Laff Awards: Docu ‘Political Animals’ Takes Jury & Audience Prizes, ‘Blood Stripe’ Wins U.S. Fiction
9 June 2016 3:54 PM, PDT
The winners and grant recipients of the 2016 Los Angeles Film Festival were announced today, with the top awards going to films that premiered at the annual event. The single biggest winner was the documentary Political Animals, which took the Audience Award and the Jury Award for Best Documentary. The film tracks the careers of civil rights pioneers Carole Migden, Sheila Kuehl, Jackie Goldberg, and Christine Kehoe, the first four openly gay elected California state… »
IFC Midnight Delivers Rights To Horror Pic ‘Antibirth’
9 June 2016 1:31 PM, PDT
Exclusive: IFC Midnight has acquired U.S. rights to the body horror film Antibirth from writer-director Danny Perez. Starring Natasha Lyonne, Chloë Sevigny, Meg Tilly, and Mark Webber, the story follows trailer dweller Lou (Lyonne) and her best friend Sadie (Sevigny). Spending their nights in pot and booze-fueled marathon TV binges, they leave only to party with a desolate community of drug-addled ex-marines and other outcasts. Following one such night, Lou experiences… »
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