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'Sense8' Two-Hour Finale Set at Netflix
1 hour ago | The Hollywood Reporter - TV News | See recent The Hollywood Reporter - TV News news »
Sense8 has a gift for its fans: A two-hour finale episode is in the works for the canceled Netflix series, the show announced on Twitter Thursday.
The news came in the form of a letter from co-creator Lana Wachowski, who helmed the most recent second season of the sci-fi series when sister Lilly Wachowski took a step back. The pair created the show with J. Michael Straczynski.
"The outpouring of love and grief that came in the wake of the news that Sense8 would not be continuing was so intense, that I often found myself unable to open my own email. I »
- Jackie Strause
Miranda’s In! Cynthia Nixon Says She’s Open to 3rd ‘Sex and the City’ Movie
3 hours ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
Actress Cynthia Nixon said “of course” she would do a third “Sex and the City” movie. Speaking Thursday at TheWrap’s Power Women Breakfast in New York, the actress told TheWrap founder and CEO Sharon Waxman that she’d be eager to reprise her Emmy-winning role as Miranda Hobbes. “It holds up. It really holds up,” Nixon said as Waxman joked that “Sex and the City” is probably on TV somewhere at this very moment. Nixon starred with Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall and Kristin Davis in the Manhattan-set comedy “Sex and the City,” which ran on HBO from 1998 to 2004 before spawning two feature. »
- Brian Flood
Gillian Anderson Rips ‘The X-Files’ Over All-Male Writers’ Room
2 hours ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
The truth is out there, and it’s not making Gillian Anderson happy. Anderson, best known for playing Federal Agent Dana Scully on the supernatural TV series “The X-Files,” lamented over the lack of gender diversity among the show’s writers and directors Thursday, saying, “I too look forward to the day when the numbers are different.” Anderson was reacting to a report that the writers’ room for the next season of “The X-Files” is, once again, completely male. Also Read: New 'X-Files' Writers Room Is 100 Percent Male So Far News broke earlier this week that series creator Chris Carter had assembled a new. »
- Tim Kenneally
Tyler Perry to Play Pioneering Filmmaker Oscar Micheaux in HBO Biopic (Exclusive)
4 hours ago | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »
HBO is developing a biopic of pioneering African-American filmmaker Oscar Micheaux that has Tyler Perry on board to star.
Craig Zadan and Neil Meron are shepherding the project for Sony Pictures TV through their Storyline Entertainment banner. Perry is set to executive produce with Zadan and Meron but does not plan to direct.
Charles Murray, an alum of “Sons of Anarchy” and History’s redo of “Roots,” is penning the script. It’s based on the 2007 biography “Oscar Micheaux: The Great and Only: The Life of America’s First Black Filmmaker” by film historian Patrick McGilligan.
“We’re thrilled to be partnering with Tyler Perry to bring Oscar Micheaux’s inspiring and trailblazing life story to HBO,” said Zadan. Added Meron: “There are so many parallels between the groundbreaking work that Micheaux pioneered and Perry’s achievements as an artist that it feels like a natural fit.”
A novelist turned director, Micheaux »
- Cynthia Littleton
Box Office: ‘Baby Driver’ Gets a $5.7 Million Head Start
5 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Edgar Wright’s “Baby Driver” has driven to a respectable $5.7 million at 3,226 North American locations on its first day on Wednesday.
Sony’s R-rated action-thriller, starring Ansel Elgort as a getaway car driver, has gotten a head start on the Independence Day weekend before “Despicable Me 3” and “The House” open on Friday. The studio is projecting an opening in the $15 million range for the five-day Wednesday-Sunday period, while other pre-release forecasts have been in the $20 million area.
The opening day number includes $2.1 million from Tuesday night previews.The film received an A CinemaScore from audiences under 25 and an A- overall.
“Baby Driver,” released from Sony’s TriStar Pictures and Mrc, has received strong critical support since its South by Southwest premiere in March and has a 98% “fresh” rating on Rotten Tomatoes. In a sign of confidence, Sony announced at CinemaCon in March that it had moved the release up by six weeks from Aug. 11 with »
- Dave McNary
Andy Serkis’ ‘Breathe’ to Open London Film Festival
11 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Love story “Breathe,” Andy Serkis’ directorial debut, is set to open the BFI London Film Festival with its European premiere.
The “Lord of the Rings” actor’s production company The Imaginarium made the movie, which is based on the story of Imaginarium co-founder Jonathan Cavendish’s parents. It follows Robin Cavendish, played by Andrew Garfield (“Hacksaw Ridge”), and the attempts by his wife Diana, Claire Foy (“The Crown”), to help him lead a normal life after he is paralyzed by polio.
Both stars, Serkis, and Jonathan Cavendish will be at the premiere at London’s Odeon Leicester Square on Oct. 4, and the film will play simultaneously in cinemas across the U.K. ahead of its Oct. 27 general release in the country by Stx International. Bleecker Street and Participant Media are distributing in the U.S., and it has already been tipped for an Oscar run.
“‘Breathe’ is a deeply personal story to all of us at The »
- Stewart Clarke
Kenneth Lonergan to Be Honored at Austin Film Festival
28 June 2017 8:00 AM, PDT | The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News | See recent The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News news »
Kenneth Lonergan, who won the best original screenplay Oscar for Manchester by the Sea, will be honored at the Austin Film Festival & Writers Conference, where he will receive the event’s 2017 Distinguished Screenwriter Award.
The festival, which celebrates writers’ contributions to film, television and new media, takes place Oct. 26-29, and Lonergan will be recognized at the Awards Luncheon on Oct. 28.
In addition to Manchester, Lonergan wrote and directed You Can Count on Me and Margaret. He also co-wrote the screenplays for Analyze This and Gangs of New York, and as a playwright, has written This Is Our »
- Gregg Kilday
Michael D Armstrong Named Bet Networks General Manager in Newly Created Role
22 minutes ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
Bet Networks has named Michael D. Armstrong to general manager in a newly created position, it was announced on Thursday. In the new role Armstrong will oversee content strategy and multiplatform scheduling, marketing, corporate communications and operations. He will being in the new role next month, reporting directly to Bet Networks Chairman and CEO Debra Lee. Armstrong most recently served as Evp and general manager of revenue & emerging brands for Viacom International Media Networks. He first joined Viacom in 1998 and held a variety sales and affiliate marketing roles for brands including MTV, VH1, Nickelodeon, Comedy Central and Cmt. Also Read: Bet Shakeup. »
- Reid Nakamura
Bet Networks Announces New Leadership Team, Michael D. Armstrong Named General Manager
33 minutes ago | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »
Bet Networks has set a new executive leadership team, the Viacom-owned network announced Thursday.
Michael D. Armstrong has been appointed general manager of Bet Networks. Based in New York and reporting directly to Bet Networks chairman and CEO Debra L. Lee, Armstrong will drive strategy and operations, with direct oversight of content strategy and multiplatform scheduling, marketing, corporate communications and operations. He will also liaise with teams across Viacom’s Media Networks, including strategy, finance and research and audience science. Programming, ad sales and digital will continue to report directly to Lee. Armstrong will officially transition from his current role as executive vice president and general manager of revenue and emerging brands for Viacom International Media Networks next month.
In addition, Jeanine Liburd has been appointed chief marketing and communications officer, a new role at Bet Networks. Liburd, who most recently led corporate communications, special events and corporate responsibility for the network, will »
- Joe Otterson
Gillian Anderson Criticizes ‘X-Files’ All-Male Writing Staff
34 minutes ago | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »
The truth is out there … and Gillian Anderson was hoping for better.
The “X-Files” star tweeted her disapproval after TVLine reported that the show’s Season 11 writer’s room is comprised of all men.
The initial report states that creator Chris Carter will be joined in the room by series veterans Glen Morgan, Darin Morgan, and James Wong. Three newcomers are also reportedly joining the team — Gabe Rotter, Benjamin Van Allen, and Brad Follmer.
“And 2 out of 207 eps directed by women,” Anderson wrote. “I too look forward to the day when the numbers are different.” She added the hastag, #TheFutureisFemale.
Anderson has spoken up for gender equality in Hollywood in the past. When it was announced that “The X-Files” would return to television following a decade-long hiatus, Anderson revealed that it took her three seasons to close the pay gap between herself and David Duchovny. What’s more, when she was approached to take part in the »
- Seth Kelley
Cynthia Nixon on Why Her Broadway Revival Is ‘Unbelievably Trumpian’ (Exclusive Video)
38 minutes ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
Cynthia Nixon said her Tony-winning role in Broadway’s “The Little Foxes” represents the era of President Donald Trump because it offers a “very brutal examination of American capitalism” — despite the fact that Lillian Hellman wrote it back in 1939. “It’s a classic America play… it’s unbelievably Trumpian in just every way,” Nixon told TheWrap CEO and founder Sharon Waxman at the site’s Power Women Breakfast in New York on Thursday. Nixon, the Emmy-winning “Sex and the City Star,” earned her second Tony Award earlier this month for her role in a play that she called “gorgeous” and an indictment of “greed, »
- Brian Flood
Watch Teens Become the Rock, Kevin Hart in 'Jumanji 2' Trailer
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Twenty-two years after the original, Jumanji's sequel is set to debut with a big twist. Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Kevin Hart and Jack Black lead an all-star cast in Jumanji 2: Welcome to the Jungle, which will be released on Christmas day later this year.
The scene is set with a quartet of Breakfast Club-type teenage archetypes who are thrown into detention with one another. Their principal instructs them to clean out the school's basement, where they discover an old video game named Jumanji — setting the film apart »
‘America’s Got Talent’ 2017: Does 12-year-old ventriloquist Darci Lynne Farmer deserve to win? [Poll]
39 minutes ago | Gold Derby | See recent Gold Derby news »
NBC’s reality TV competition “America’s Got Talent” may have found its next winner … at only 12 years of age. Ventriloquist Darci Lynne Farmer, who broke America’s heart during her “Agt” audition, wowed judge Mel B so much that she hit her Golden Buzzer and sent Farmer straight through to the live rounds. Farmer’s performance […] »
- Marcus James Dixon
‘Flip or Flop’ Star Tarek El Moussa Talks About His ‘Bad Decisions’ (Video)
39 minutes ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
Tarek El Moussa apparently isn’t worried about rocking the boat and making some waves after splitting with his estranged wife and “Flip or Flop” co-star Christina El Moussa. El Moussa, who split from Christina last year, gave E! News a tour of his bachelor pad in an interview that aired Wednesday. During the tour, El Moussa revealed that he has changed the name of his yacht to reflect his seemingly poor life choices. “It used to be called ‘Flip or Flop’ and I recently changed it to ‘Bad Decisions,’ because apparently I’ve made a couple,” El Moussa told the outlet. »
- Tim Kenneally
The Best Supervillains Are Relatable Ones
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▶️ Three-dimensional villains with a sense of purpose are rare in superhero movies. »
- Granger Willson
Fox Names Julien Noble to Head of Worldwide Digital Marketing (Exclusive)
49 minutes ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Julien Noble has been elevated to executive vice president of worldwide digital marketing at 20th Century Fox, Variety has learned. His promotion comes amidst a series of personnel changes to Fox’s marketing and research arm.
As part of those moves, Andrew Ferguson, who joined Fox from Sony a little over two years ago, has been promoted and will head up the studio’s strategic research efforts. He was previously senior vice president of strategic marketing and research. Both Ferguson and Noble will report to Jonathan Helfgot, Fox’s newly appointed executive vice president of theatrical marketing.
There have also been cuts as part of the shakeup. David Singh left the studio this month after a three-year stint as executive vice president of creative advertising. Along with Singh, Kevin Yoder, who served as executive vice president of research and strategy since 2012, will be leaving the company.
Singh is an industry veteran. He »
- Brent Lang
All 47 Marvel Movies Ranked From Worst to Best, Including ‘Spider-Man: Homecoming’ (Photos)
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We’re in the 30th year of theatrically released adaptations of Marvel Comics properties, making it as good a time as any to rank ‘em all, from “Howard the Duck” to the this year’s very personal “Logan,” and the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s “Spider-Man: Homecoming” 47. “Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer” It’s just a nightmare. A total nightmare. There have been a bunch of bad superhero movies, but this one transcends bad. 46. “X-Men Origins: Wolverine” A totally chaotic stir fry of nonsense that tells the story of how Wolverine got his claws. Features a version of Deadpool »
- Phil Owen
'Spider-Man: Homecoming': What the Critics Are Saying
1 hour ago | The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News | See recent The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News news »
Judging by reviews, Spider-Man: Homecoming proves that, once again, Marvel's wall-crawling superhero can do whatever a spider can — as long as that particular spider can convince critics that a troubled movie franchise can be reborn better than before thanks to an amazing new cast and a spectacular new attitude.
Not everyone is on board with the excitement surrounding the first official Spider-Man entry in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The Hollywood Reporter's own John DeFore, for one, called the movie "occasionally exciting but often frustrating," writing that it "represents a creative misstep for the studio — albeit one likely to »
- Graeme McMillan
Alice Braga Joins 'New Mutants' as Rosario Dawson Exits (Exclusive)
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Alice Braga has joined the cast of Josh Boone's X-Men spinoff, New Mutants.
Braga, who stars in USA's Queen of the South, is stepping into the role initially inhabited by Rosario Dawson, who has exited the project. The reason for the departure is unclear.
The Witch and Split star Anya Taylor-Joy, Game of Thrones' Maisie Williams and Stranger Things star Charlie Heaton are toplining the project, which also has 13 Reasons Why actor Henry Zaga and relative newcomer Blu Hunt in leading roles.
The studio is intent at taking a horror-thriller approach to the spinoff as it seeks to infuse its »
- Borys Kit
Jan Kounen’s ‘Kosmik Journey’ Headlines Okio’s Vr Slate
1 hour ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Paris– Okio, the up-and-coming Parisian production banner behind the Tribeca-playing Vr short film “I, Philip,” is developing several Vr experiences, including Jan Kounen’s “Kosmik Journey,” Pierre Zandrowicz’s “Mirror” and Julien Mokrani’s “Lights.”
An interactive Vr short, “Kosmik Journey” (pictured above) takes place in the heart of the Peruvian jungle, where Kounen meets a healer and gets to experiment a hallucinogenic brew called Ayahuasca which is believed to have therapeutical virtues. The experience then allows the user to share Kounen’s visions and sensations as well as interact with the surroundings.
“From ‘Bluberry’ to his recent documentary ‘Into the West,’ it’s clear that Kounen has always been interested in shamanism and mystical experiences, and with “Kosmik Journey,” he’s pushing the envelop even more, said Zandrowicz, who is producing with Antoine Cayrol at Okio and the Luxembourg-based company a_BAHN.
“Kounen’s most experimental work to date, “Kosmik »
- Elsa Keslassy
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