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Jack Black to Join 'Jumanji' Remake
8 hours ago | Rollingstone.com | See recent Rolling Stone news »
Jumanji is getting a reboot. So far, the film remake will star Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson who is also serving as a co-producer, and the newly announced cast members Jack Black and Kevin Hart. As The Hollywood Reporter points out, Johnson announced his fellow actors' involvement in an Instagram post on Wednesday.
"In our reimagining of the story of Jumanji, Jack brings that rare balance of cool with funny and edge with childlike joy," The Rock wrote. He added that Kevin Hart is also confirmed for the Jake Kasdan-directed film. »
WB Shifts 'Godzilla' and DC Release Dates & Sets Fourth Untitled 'Event' Film
21 hours ago | Box Office Mojo | See recent BoxOfficeMojo.com news »
Warner Bros. has updated their release schedule, adjusting the previous date for Godzilla 2 as well as setting a release date for Godzilla vs. Kong. Additionally, one of their Untitled DC Films (presumed to be Green Lantern Corps) has moved back a month while they've adding yet another untitled Event Film. Prepare to adjust your calendars accordingly. First off, Godzilla 2 has moved from its previous June 8, 2018 release, where it would have faced off against Transformers 6, and moved to March 22, 2019. The March 2019 date arrives two weeks after Marvel's Captain Marvel and is currently shared with Paramount's Amusement Park. The studio's mashup of Godzilla vs. Kong was previously set for an undisclosed 2020 release date, but has now been confirmed for May 29, 2020, a date the film currently occupies all on its own. The two films will come on the heels of 2014's Godzilla, which opened in mid-May and grossed over $529 million worldwide, and the upcoming Kong: Skull Island, »
- Brad Brevet <mail@boxofficemojo.com>
Cannes: Amazon, STX Team on Untitled Nash Edgerton Movie
23 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Cannes — Amazon and STX Entertainment have teamed up to take world rights on Nash Edgerton’s untitled action comedy.
The picture boasts a stellar cast of David Oyelowo, Charlize Theron, Amanda Seyfried, Thandie Newton, Yul Vazquez, Sharlto Copley and Edgerton’s brother Joel. Shooting is currently under way in Mexico.
At Cannes, Stx is introducing the picture about a newly married executive who has a stake in a pharmaceutical company that’s about to go public when his life is thrown into turmoil by an incident in Mexico. He’s stranded with a price on his head and discovers that the life he had never really existed in the first place.
Anthony Tambakis and Matt Stone wrote the screenplay. Producers are Amazon Studios, Nash Edgerton, Rebecca Yeldham, A.J. Dix, Beth Kono and Tambakis; Trish Hofmann is exec producing.
Nash Edgerton made his feature directorial debut with the Australian thriller “The Square, »
- Patrick Frater
NBC Orders Comedies ‘Powerless,’ ‘Trial & Error’ to Series
12 hours ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
NBC has given series orders to two new comedies. “Powerless,” set in the DC Comics universe, and “Trial & Error,” starring John Lithgow and Nicholas D’Agosto, have both been picked up by the network. “Powerless,” stars Vanessa Hudgens as Emily, a spunky young insurance adjuster specializing in regular-people coverage against damage caused by the crime-fighting superheroes. Alan Tudyk, Danny Pudi and Christina Kirk also star. The comedy is written and executive produced by Ben Queen serves as writer and executive producer. Michael Patrick Jann directed the pilot and executive produces. The series, the first comedy set in the DC universe, »
- Reid Nakamura
Lynne Ramsay and Joaquin Phoenix Will Get Their Vengeance On With ‘You Were Never Really Here’
19 hours ago | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »
We’ve reached the point where Joaquin Phoenix deciding to star in a movie is nothing short of an event. He’s picky these days, but that pickiness tends to work out for just about everyone – he works with some of the best and most interesting filmmakers alive and he consistently turns in phenomenal performances. Everybody wins, […]
The post Lynne Ramsay and Joaquin Phoenix Will Get Their Vengeance On With ‘You Were Never Really Here’ appeared first on /Film. »
- Jacob Hall
Former ‘Top Gear’ Hosts Name Amazon Show ‘The Grand Tour’
23 hours ago | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »
Former “Top Gear” hosts Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May have revealed that their new show for Amazon Prime will be titled “The Grand Tour.”
Not only will the pre-recorded films in the show be shot in a range of locations, but the studio audience recordings will also take place at a different location around the world every week. These pre-recorded studio sections will be filmed in front of a live audience, housed in a giant tent. “The Grand Tour” will launch in the fall.
“Well, that took a while…,” said Jay Marine, VP of Amazon Video Europe. “After nine months of deep thought, debate and deliberation, the guys have come up with a name that reflects the global ambition of the new show. ‘The Grand Tour’ will be one of the most anticipated TV launches ever, and we’re excited to be bringing it to Amazon Prime customers around the world this autumn. »
- Leo Barraclough
‘Sons of Anarchy’ Spinoff ‘Mayans MC’ Officially in Script Development at FX
19 hours ago | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »
FX Networks has officially begun script development on long-rumored “Sons of Anarchy” spinoff “Mayans MC,” a drama project co-created and produced by “Sons” creator Kurt Sutter and Elgin James. James will pen the pilot script, which is intended to be a “dark, visceral family drama that takes a new look at the most American of icons, the 1% outlaw, this time reflected through a Latino lens.”
“I wanted to find a strong, unique Latino voice,” said Sutter of James, “Because I didn’t think a white guy from Jersey should be writing about Latin culture and traditions. Elgin is that voice.”
The Mayans were pivotal recurring players on “Sons of Anarchy,” which ran for seven seasons and stands as the highest-rated drama series in FX Networks’ history. Sutter has a long history with the network, having began his television career as a staff writer on FX drama “The Shield,” eventually rising »
- Laura Prudom
Morley Safer Retiring After 46 Years On ’60 Minutes’; Career Tribute Set For Sunday
16 hours ago | Deadline TV | See recent Deadline TV news »
Morley Safer, who has been with the CBS newsmagazine 60 Minutes since 1970, is retiring. The network said today that it will celebrate his career in an hourlong special titled Morley Safer: A Reporter's Life to air this Sunday after 60 Minutes. Safer's first season as a regular 60 Minutes correspondent began in 1970 with a story about the training of U.S. Sky Marshals. His final 60 Minutes report — number 919 — a profile of Danish Architect Bjarke Ingels, was broadcast in… »
‘Blade Runner’ Sequel Casts ‘Wetlands’ Star Carla Juri
18 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Swiss actress Carla Juri has been cast in the untitled sequel to “Blade Runner.”
Juri joins Harrison Ford, Ryan Gosling, Robin Wright, Ana de Armas, Sylvia Hoeks and Dave Bautista. Denis Villeneuve (“Sicario”) is directing the film, which starts shooting in July.
Alcon Entertainment’s film will be released by Warner Bros. in North America, while Sony Pictures Releasing International distributes it overseas.
The sequel is set several decades after the 1982 original, with Ford reprising his role as Rick Deckard. Ridley Scott directed the original, which was set in 2019 Los Angeles, with Deckard pursuing four replicants who had escaped from an off-world colony.
The sequel is written by Hampton Fancher and Michael Green, and succeeds the initial story by Fancher and David Peoples based on Philip K. Dick’s novel “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?”
Frank Giustra and Tim Gamble of Thunderbird Films will serve as executive producers. Scott »
- Dave McNary
Telemundo Rides ‘Super Series’ Ratings Momentum into Upfront
32 minutes ago | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »
Telemundo is heading into this year’s upfront with strong ratings momentum driven by the network’s investments in new programming, notably its “Super Series” revamp of the traditional telenovela format.
For the past two years NBCUniversal’s Telemundo has experimented in its 10 p.m. hour on weeknights with novelas that are designed to run Monday-Friday for shorter durations — 6o to 80 episodes rather than 120 or more — and be renewed for multiple seasons.
“El Senor de los Cielos” (Lord of the Skies), the flagship “Super Series,” set a network ratings record with the bow of its fourth season in March drawing 2.8 million total viewers, including 1.6 million in the adults 18-49 demo and 873,000 in adults 18-34. The series stars Rafael Amaya as a power-mad drug lord who undergoes plastic surgery to hide his identity often ranks No. 1 in its time slot among adults 18-34 across English and Spanish-language networks.
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- Cynthia Littleton
BBC White Paper: Government Unfreezes License Fee and Scraps BBC Trust
1 hour ago | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »
U.K. TV bizzers breathed a sigh of relief on Thursday when the government unveiled its long-awaited white paper for the BBC, which quashed many of the speculated fears concerning the future of the country’s main public-owned broadcaster.
While concerns surrounding license fee commitment and encroaching independence were allayed, the paper did reveal plans for a “major overhaul” of how the Beeb is run.
John Whittingdale, the government minister in charge of broadcasting, revealed that the new BBC Royal Charter would remain committed to the org’s independence and would end the seven-year license fee freeze, which was frozen in 2010 by the then newly-elected coalition government.
The white paper confirmed the license fee, which is currently set at £145.50 ($210.06) per year, will run for another 11 years and rise in line with inflation from 2017 to 2022, quashing speculation that it would be “top sliced” and shared with some of its commercial rivals. »
- Diana Lodderhose
Africa Channel Expands Original Programming Slate
1 hour ago | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »
The Africa Channel is expanding its original programming slate, greenlighting a new cooking show and three pilots.
Minjiba Cookey, a Nigerian food blogger, will host the channel’s latest cooking and lifestyle series, “Minjiba Entertains.”
The pilot lineup includes “Shanty Chic,” a design and home improvement show from South Africa’s Forefront Media; “Shadows Unexplained,” a series exploring paranormal phenomenon, mysteries, and myths on the continent from Tac Productions; and “Elements,” a docu-series featuring Kenyan host Ruby Kang’ethe from Amsterdam based Loman Productions.
The indie cabler also renewed four series: “Africa on a Plate,” which combines cooking with travel and culture; “Africa Everywhere,” a Diaspora series from Mosi Films that will feature episodes shot in Chicago, Atlanta and Washington D.C.; “Muziki Ni,” which provides an up-close and personal look at the inspirations that drive artists from Africa and the Diaspora; and “30-Minute Tour,” a travel series that takes »
- Lamarco McClendon
‘Money Monster’ Cannes Review: George Clooney Hostage Drama Fails to Captivate
1 hour ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
So many things about “Money Monster” sounded tempting as mainstream grownup entertainment: the timeliness of a financial crisis story merged with a hostage drama; charismatic leads (George Clooney and Julia Roberts) bouncing off each other; and the return of Jodie Foster to the director’s chair. What transpires, though, is a bewilderingly facile and preposterously plotted misfire that offers few pleasures as either a star-driven thriller or a big-screen indictment of the forces that devastated global bank accounts, an issue actively driving this year’s election. Clooney’s character Lee Gates, the louder-than-life, know-it-all host of the titular financial news show, »
- Robert Abele
Cannes Film Review: ‘Money Monster’
1 hour ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
When you break apart the essential elements of “Money Monster,” Jodie Foster’s taut yet sporadically odd hostage drama, few of them seem to completely work. As an indictment of Wall Street chicanery, it’s largely toothless; as a pure thriller, it only quickens the pulse once or twice; as a conspiracy saga, its central mystery falls flat.
Yet somehow the film hangs together surprisingly well, thanks to on-point performances from George Clooney and Julia Roberts, a sprinkle of obtuse humor and Foster’s streamlined direction, which takes style notes from the likes of “Dog Day Afternoon” and “Inside Man” in the service of a far more lightweight confection. It may not linger long in the memory after credits roll, and what multiplex audiences make of the film is anyone’s guess, but in a landscape short on no-frills grown-up entertainment, it’s worth the modest time investment.
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- Andrew Barker
Cannes Film Review: ‘Staying Vertical’
2 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Leo (Damien Bonnard), the central character in “Staying Vertical,” is a tall, curly-haired drifter with a hawk-nosed reptilian stare — he looks like a doleful French version of Kramer from “Seinfeld.” Early on, he hooks up with Marie (India Hair), a single mother who is working as a shepherd, and before it’s clear that they’re even going to be a couple, the two have collaborated on having a baby. Actually, they’re not a couple: Marie splits with no explanation, leaving the infant for Leo to care for. Has there ever been a less equipped father in the history of movies? Leo doesn’t have a job — he’s writing a screenplay, or says that he is — and he tends to leave the baby alone in cars, and has a way of cradling him like a foreign object; he seems no more connected to the kid than if it were a baby mongoose. »
- Owen Gleiberman
‘God of War’ Rules With Cannes Buyers
3 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Hong Kong’s Media Asia has pre-sold a pair of its new Chinese titles to a string of Asian buyers after revealing additional footage in Cannes.
It sold “Line Walker” and “God of War” to Sky Films in Taiwan, Clover Films in Singapore, and MM2 in Malaysia. Additionally, Sky Films and Clover films also licensed the Johnnie To-produced “Three” and the Johnnie To-directed “Trivisa.”
“God of War” is a period action film starring martial arts veteran Sammo Hung with Vincent Zhao in a 16th century tale of pirates and the Chinese army. “Line Walker” is a contemporary crime action thriller.
The tentative release dates in China of “Line Walker” and “God of War” are the second week of August and the first week of October respectively.
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- Patrick Frater
Cannes Film Review: ‘In Bed With Victoria’
4 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
In what is pretty much the closest thing French cinema will produce to a Hollywood-style romantic comedy this year, Justine Triet’s “In Bed With Victoria” offers both the candor and the schmaltz of “Trainwreck.” Innovative to the extent that it recognizes the sexual allure, as well as the desires, of its leading lady (played by Virginie Efira), without turning her into an object of lust, the commercially minded film centers on a Paris lawyer who’s as shrewd as they come in a courtroom, but something of a disaster in her private affairs. The pic should get a boost in France, if not so much abroad, from the fact it kicks off Cannes Critics’ Week.
Efira, a blonde actress with a baby-doll face and wolf-whistle curves (but nary a trace of Amy Schumer’s physical comedy instincts, alas), Victoria struggles with the responsibilities of single-motherhood, pawning off her two young daughters, »
- Peter Debruge
Travis Fimmel Boards Facing East’s ‘Inversion’
4 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Travis Fimmel, star of “Warcraft” and “Vikings,” has joined the cast of “Inversion,” the first film project announced by Facing East, the new Beijing and Hong Kong production company of Philip Lee and Markus Barmettler. The sci-fi picture is to be directed by Peter Segal.
“Inversion” follows a street-wise American con man, and a young Chinese physicist as they race against the clock to save the earth from a terrifying loss of gravity.
Michael Nozik will produce alongside Barmettler and Lee, with Michael Ewing, Segal’s longtime producing partner, executive producing. The screenplay was written by Paul Haggis, David Arata and Bragi Schut.
The film is co-financed by Hong Kong based Pegasus Motion Pictures and Sun Entertainment. Chinese state-controlled distributor, Huaxia Film Distribution will co-produce and will distribute in mainland China.
Principal photography is set to commence in Dublin, on September 12, before moving to locations in Shanghai and Chicago.
- Patrick Frater
Cannes: A24 Takes Andrew Garfield Starrer 'Under The Silver Lake' for U.S.
5 hours ago | The Hollywood Reporter | See recent The Hollywood Reporter news »
A24 has made its second big deal in Cannes, snatching up U.S. rights to Under The Silver Lake, a modern-day noir thriller starring Andrew Garfield. The film is the next project from David Robert Mitchell, director of sleeper hit It Follows. Under the Silver Lake will be begin production in Los Angeles this summer. Michael De Luca (The Social Network) will produce under his Michael De Luca Productions banner with Chris Bender, Jake Weiner and Adele Romanski also attached as producers. Lucy Kitada will oversee the film for Michael De Luca Productions. Insiders will handle international sales on
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- Scott Roxborough
A24 Buys Andrew Garfield’s Thriller ‘Under the Silver Lake’
5 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
A24 has acquired U.S. rights to David Robert Mitchell’s crime thriller “Under the Silver Lake,” starring Andrew Garfield.
Mitchell is set to direct from his own script with the story taking place in modern-day Los Angeles. The project is Mitchell’s follow-up to his horror thriller “It Follows.”
Production is set to start end of summer. Insiders is handling international distribution and selling the film at the Cannes Film Festival.
Michael De Luca, producer of the “50 Shades of Grey” trilogy, is producing under his Michael De Luca Productions banner. Chris Bender, Jake Weiner and Adele Romanski are producing as well.
Lucy Kitada is overseeing for Michael De Luca Productions.
“It Follows,” which premiered in 2014 at the Cannes Film Festival, grossed over $20 million worldwide. Mitchell’s first feature, “The Myth of the American Sleepover,” premiered at the SXSW Film Festival, winning a Special Jury Prize, and premiered internationally at Cannes Critics’ Week. »
- Dave McNary
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