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Paul McCartney Shares Pirate Life With Fans, Tweets ‘Dead Men Tell No Tales’ Pic
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Recognize the eyes? Don’t call yourself a Beatles fan – or a sentient being, for that matter – if you don’t see Paul McCartney beneath the pirate drag. McCartney tweeted this poster of himself today as he appears in the upcoming Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, no explanation necessary beyond “#PiratesLife.” See his tweet below. McCartney makes a cameo as “Jail Guard 2” in the fifth Pirates installment from Disney. Johnny Depp is back as Captain Jack… »
William Hjortsberg Dies: ‘Legend’ & ‘Angel Heart’ Screenwriter Was 76
5 hours ago
William Hjortsberg, screenwriter of the 1985 Tom Cruise fantasy film Legend and 1987 Mickey Rourke devilish noir Angel Heart, died last month of pancreatic cancer at age 76. The death was reported by The Livingston Enterprise, newspaper of Hjortsberg’s hometown Livingston, Montana. Hjortsberg, born in New York, was a novelist with four books to his credit when his Falling Angel was published in 1978. He’d later adapt the tale into Angel Heart, a high-profile demonic… »
‘King Arthur’ Can’t Squeeze B.O. From A Stone With $14.3M+ Opening; ‘Guardians’ Rules With Near $62M+, ‘Snatched’ $16M+
7 hours ago
Saturday Am update, with chart: It never helps following a huge Marvel movie at the start of summer, and if anyone is interested in getting off their couch and heading to the movies this weekend, the only film they want to see is the comic book label’s Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2. The sequel is is currently set to earn $61.9 million in its second weekend at 4,347 locations, a 58% drop over its opening frame. Box office history proves this: This is the ninth time in 11… »
NBCUniversal’s Ron Meyer To USC Grads: “Assumption Is The Mother Of All F*ckUps”
21 hours ago
“You don’t have to be an asshole to succeed,” NBCUniversal Vice Chairman Ron Meyer told students in his commencement address today to USC’s School of Cinematic Arts grads. One of Hollywood’s most respected and longest-running executives advised: Lose your ego. Lose your pride. Don’t be embarrassed to ask questions. “No one is irreplaceable.” Treat others well and don’t think of kindness as weakness. Follow through. Safeguard your integrity. Be positive. And, finally, “it… »
Kenneth Branagh To Helm, Star As Otto Frank In ‘Keeper Of The Diary’
22 hours ago
Exclusive: Kenneth Branagh is in talks to direct and star in Keeper Of The Diary, the Fox Searchlight drama that tells the story of Otto Frank's struggle to find a publisher for the diary written by his daughter Anne Frank before she perished in the Holocaust. He was aided by an ambitious young woman who, fresh out of the Doubleday typing pool, became a junior editor trying to find her way by combing through the slush pile for publishable manuscripts. She and Otto Frank… »
Brian Oliver Leaving Cross Creek Pictures; New Venture To Launch At Cannes?
23 hours ago
Brian Oliver has left Cross Creek Pictures, the company he co-founded nine years ago that has been a co-financier/producer of such films as Best Picture nominees Hacksaw Ridge, Black Swan, and a slew of films that included Woman in Black, Rush, Legend and Everest. The exit is just happening, and is amicable. Oliver is expected to announce a newly funded venture at Cannes next week. Cross Creek has done about $1.5 billion in collective grosses on the ten films made there… »
Studios Snubbed WGA’s Contract Proposal To Boost Women & Minority Writers
12 May 2017 5:00 PM, PDT
Exclusive: The WGA made no major gains in its new film and TV contract regarding diversity, which the guild has been pushing for years. "There was a proposal related to diversity on the table," an industry source said, "but the guild did not get it." The union did, however, receive additional funding for its training program for episodic TV writers, which is geared toward improving the lot of women and minority writers. Under the new deal, CBS, ABC and NBC will now be… »
‘The Wall’ Review: Aaron Taylor-Johnson Delivers Tour De Force Performance In Tight Iraq War Thriller
12 May 2017 4:07 PM, PDT
Largely alone onscreen for most of the 81-minute running time of the tight new psychological thriller The Wall, Aaron Taylor-Johnson dominates this engrossing and challenging work that grown-up audiences just might want to choose over King Arthur: Legend of the Sword and Snatched this weekend. As I say in my video review (click the link above to watch), director Doug Liman — who helmed such big action pictures as Mr. and Mrs. Smith, The Bourne Identity and Edge of Tomorrow… »
Chris D’Elia Joins ‘Life In A Year’; Treat Williams & More Co-Star In ‘The Great Race’
12 May 2017 4:06 PM, PDT
Undateable alum Chris D'Elia has come aboard the Mitja Okorn-helmed romantic drama Life in a Year, joining topliners Cara Delevingne and Jaden Smith along with Nia Long and Cuba Gooding Jr. (who replaced Terrence Howard in the film). Written by Jeffrey Addiss and Will Matthews, Life in a Year is shooting in Toronto. Overbrook Entertainment and Marc Bienstock are producing the Ya pic, which centers on a 17-year-old boy who is determined to give his dying girlfriend their… »
Kristin Scott Thomas To Star In Alexandra-Therese Keining’s ‘Paramour’ – Cannes
12 May 2017 4:00 PM, PDT
Exclusive: Kristin Scott Thomas is set to star in Paramour, a story of seduction and extortion, from director Alexandra-Therese Keining (Girls Lost). London-based Protagonist Pictures is launching international sales on the title in Cannes next week, with ICM Partners handling North American rights. The film is inspired by the true story of the BMW heiress Susanne Klatten, both blessed and cursed by her family's heritage and wealth. She is a powerful woman who chooses to… »
Layoffs In Miramax Film, TV Production Divisions: 25+ Staffers To Exit
12 May 2017 3:46 PM, PDT
Exclusive: Miramax CEO Bill Block this afternoon has engaged in a substantial housecleaning that sources said will result in the layoffs of almost the entire television and film staffs at Miramax. That means 25 or possibly more of the company’s roster of 100+ staffers are losing their jobs today, a number that I’ve heard includes Zanne Devine, who heads its film production division. This is happening in real time. The bulk of staff untouched is the global sales force of… »
Exorcist Doc ‘The Devil And Father Amorth’ From William Friedkin Acquired By Ld Entertainment
12 May 2017 3:30 PM, PDT
William “Billy” Friedkin’s documentary about exorcism, The Devil and Father Amorth, which has him witnessing first-hand the work of the Vatican’s in-house exorcist, was acquired by Ld Entertainment who will work with ICM Partners to enter into partnerships to distribute the film worldwide. Friedkin, of course, directed the screen adaptation of William Peter Blatty’s The Exorcist in 1973 which had moviegoers lining up around the block to see it. The documentary looks at… »
Oliver Stone Heading To Cannes With ‘The Putin Interviews’; Im Global Selling
12 May 2017 3:24 PM, PDT
Exclusive: Oliver Stone looks set to return to the Croisette this year with his four-hour doc The Putin Interviews, which debuts in the U.S. on Showtime next month. I'm hearing that Im Global and Im Global Television are combining to handle international rights for the project and that Stone will touch down in Cannes to privately screen footage and discuss the project with distributors. Im Global Television is reportedly already at work licensing rights to various major… »
How Will Board Of Governors Election Affect Race For New President & Why Is Netflix Making A Move Into Academy Leadership?
12 May 2017 2:48 PM, PDT
Even though Emmy and Tony seasons are in full swing, we haven’t forgotten about you, Oscar. Once again the process is revving up for the annual Board of Governors election, and numerous candidates come forward to fill the one open slot of three in each of the 17 branches. Many of the names are the usual suspects who run frequently, many times in vain, for one of these coveted positions. Others are new to the process, which was busted open wide by the Academy last year in… »
Golden Trailer Awards Nominees: Warner Bros & ‘Lego Batman’ Lead Pack
12 May 2017 2:47 PM, PDT
The Golden Trailer Awards have unveiled nominations in 116 categories for its 18 annual edition honoring the year’s best film marketers and companies that create movie trailers, commercials and posters. Led by The Lego Batman Movie, which had the most individual noms with 11, Warner Bros leads the studio pack in total nominations with 68 (including its HBO and New Line titles). 20th Century Fox (including Fox Searchlight, FX and Fox broadcast) has 58 noms, and Universal… »
‘Random Tropical Paradise’ Trailer: Bryan Greenberg Sets Out On A “Homie-Moon”
12 May 2017 2:38 PM, PDT
Exclusive: Gunpowder & Sky Distribution has released the trailer to Sanjeev Sirpal’s vacation-turned-disaster comedy Random Tropical Paradise. Starring Bryan Greenberg, Brooks Wheelan, and Spencer Grammer, the pic will bow in theaters and on-demand June 9. Greenberg plays Harry Fluder, who had a seemingly perfect life until he catches his fiancee having an affair at their wedding. With the honeymoon already paid for, Harry and his best man Bowie (Wheelan) embark on a… »
‘Midnight Rider’ Case: Key Players In Criminal Trial Never Contacted By FBI
12 May 2017 1:53 PM, PDT
Although two attorneys for Midnight Rider director Randall Miller have submitted affidavits that there is an open FBI investigation into “probable civil rights violations” and “the possible wrongful prosecution and incarceration of Mr. Miller,” many of the key players involved in the criminal trespassing and involuntary manslaughter trial that put Miller behind bars have, to date, not been contacted by anyone from the FBI. The introduction of the FBI into the mix come… »
Treasury Secretary Steve Munchin Still Has Strong Film Industry Ties Despite Divestitures
12 May 2017 12:40 PM, PDT
Exclusive: Now that he's Secretary of the Treasury and fifth in line to succeed President Donald Trump, Steve Mnuchin is divesting himself of his entertainment holdings. However, he is still very much involved in Hollywood, and his influence looms large. We’re told he will no longer be an executive producer on The Field, a low-budget thriller that's in development about six random strangers who wake up in an endless cornfield and must solve a puzzle to get out. That… »
Caitlin Stasey, ‘The 100’s Lindsey Morgan, & Zoe Levin Gear Up For ‘Summertime’
12 May 2017 12:29 PM, PDT
Exclusive: Caitlin Stasey, Lindsey Morgan and Zoe Levin are set to co-star in Edward Burns coming-of-age film Summertime, which will begin shooting next month in New York. The pic, set in summer 1983 on the south shore of Long Island, follows a group of working-class young people as they work their summer jobs, fall in and out of love and wrestle with what the future holds when the summer ends and the real world beckons. Burns and Aaron Lubin are producing the project… »
Bruce Lee Origins Pic ‘Birth Of The Dragon’ Punches August Release Date
12 May 2017 12:15 PM, PDT
George Nolfi’s Birth of the Dragon, which follows the rise of a young Bruce Lee, will open wide on August 25 via OTL Releasing and BH Tilt/WWE Studios.
At a time when the 1960s counterculture was in full swing in San Francisco, Lee (Philip Ng) was a rebel of his own, teaching his own type of martial arts to non-Chinese despite his community frowning upon it. A young actor named Steven McKee (Billy Magnussen) becomes a pupil of Lee’s, who in turn is fascinated by his new… »
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