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‘Great Gatsby’ Upsets ‘Iron Man 3′ Box Office
OK, here’s some box office hilarity for you. Even if it’s only for one night, an adaptation of a 90-year-old novel toppled fanboy favorite as the #1 ...
Cannes: Voltage Taps Gabriele Muccino To Helm Black List ‘Fathers And Daughters’
EXCLUSIVE: has set to direct , a Black List script by Brad Desch. Voltage is out to cast on the film and is looking to sell it here at Cannes.
USA Network Unveils Drama Development Slate, Pilot Start For Gale Anne Hurd-Produced Period Drama ‘Horizon’
unveiled its drama development slate today and said it will start production this summer on the pilot , a period genre drama from The Walking Dead ...
Live-Blog: CW Upfront Presentation
The CW gets points for originality. After three days of marathon presentations, it’s hard to surprise weary upfront goers. But the CW found a way to ...
Hot TV Teaser: CBS’ ‘Under The Dome’
The adaptation of the Stephen King novel is a limited series that will premiere June 24 at 10 PM. First developed as a regular series, is getting a ...
Cannes: Brian Grazer, Ron Howard Introduce Imagine 2.0; A Pele Pic On The Croisette, A Crowd-Funded ‘Friday Night Lights’, ‘Dark Tower’, Jay-Z And One Angry White Whale
EXCLUSIVE:When partners and in early 2012, like all studio term producers they watched the deal get smaller. They also went from exclusive to ...
Latest On The Future Of ‘Happy Endings’, ‘Paging Dr. Freed’ And ‘Psych’ At USA
Comedy is expected to take center stage at ‘s upfront presentation this afternoon as the cable network touts to advertisers the fall launch of its big ...
Jennifer Lopez Takes On Chief Creative Officer Role At NuvoTV
The news came during ‘s upfront presentation in NY, where the English-language cable network targeting U.S. Latinos showed off its 2013-2014 ...
Amazon Lands Streaming Rights To NBCU Shows Including ‘Grimm’ And ‘Suits’
SEATTLE—May 16, 2013—(NASDAQ:AMZN)—Amazon.com today announced an expanded content licensing agreement with NBCUniversal Cable & New Media Distribution ...
JJ Abrams Gets ‘Star Wars’ Advice From ‘Kimmel’ Crowd: Video
This marks the second time a recent Jimmy Kimmel audience has gotten face time with a Star Wars principal after with a former co-star back in April.
CW 2013-14 Schedule: ‘Hart Of Dixie’ & ‘Beauty And The Beast’ Move To Monday, ‘Supernatural’ To Tuesday, ‘Carrie Diaries’ To Friday, ‘Reign’ To Follow ‘Vampire Diaries’
Like last fall, is introducing three new series this fall — The Vampire Diaries spinoff The Originals, costume drama Reign and sci-fi drama The ...
It’s Official: ‘Nikita’ To End Run With Final Six-Episode Installment
As expected, announced today that the six-episode renewal for will mark the spy drama’s final installment. The pickup came after Nikita creator ...
Cannes: IFC Lands ‘The Face Of Love’
BREAKING: acquired U.S. rights to the Arie Posin-directed , which stars , , Robin Williams, Jess Weixler and Amy Brenneman. Bonnie Curtis and Julie ...
USA Picks Up Comedy Series ‘Sirens’ And ‘Playing House’, Orders Half-Hour Pilot
Three years after USA signaled a move into half-hour comedy with the off-network acquisition of Modern Family and three months before the ABC comedy ...
Cannes: Producers To Watch
Michael Benaroya, Benaroya Pictures is just 32-years-old but he says part of the success of his Benaroya Pictures is based on an “old-fashioned” value ...
Cannes: Scarlett Johannson Making Directing Debut On Truman Capote’s ‘Summer Crossing’
BREAKING: Actress Scarlett Johansson will make her helming debut on Summer Crossing, an adaptation of Truman Capote’s first novel. Aldamisan will sell ...
Cannes: Lars Von Trier’s ‘Nymphomaniac’ Sets Christmas Day Release In Denmark
Leave it to Danish provocateur to open a four-hour sex-o-rama on Christmas Day. Zentropa Entertainments and Scandinavian distributor Nordisk Film ...
Cannes Briefs: Zac Efron Takes ‘Autobahn’; ‘Vatican Tapes’ Records Sales
and Amber Heard have signed to star in Autobahn from Welcome To The Punch director Eran Creevy. IM Global will finance the car chase thriller that ...
Cannes: Samuel L. Jackson Joins ‘Barely Lethal’
will star with Hailee Steinfeld in RKO Pictures’ , the Brett Ratner-produced pic that’s being directed by Kyle Newman. From a script by John D’Arco, ...
UPFRONTS 2013: Year Of Second Chances
It’s been another upfront where projects that had been rejected in the past got to shine. Of the four new scripted series showcased at the Turner ...
UPDATE: WSJ Says DirecTV Also Mulling A Piece Of Hulu
UPDATE, 4:26 PM: The second company eyeing a stake is , the Wall Street Journal today. PREVIOUSLY, WEDNESDAY AM: , the country’s No. 2 cable service ...
Cannes: Belgium-Based uMedia Unveils 40% VFX Financing Deal
The industry has seen recent mass migrations to tax-friendly locales overseas. Until now Belgium hasn’t been one of those major runaway destinations.
Hammond On Cannes: Opening Night ‘Gatsby’ Party Wet But Elaborate
followed up his biggest opening day in America with his biggest opening day in France as took in $78K in partial-day results that still were bigger ...
UPDATE: Amazon Studios Begins Pilot Pickups; ‘Zombieland’ Writer Blames Pass On Fans
2ND UPDATE, 11:45 AM: I hear has gotten an official pickup, joining . Alpha House follows four senators (John Goodman, Clark Johnson, Matt Malloy, ...
Hot Trailer: ‘V/H/S 2′
‘s has not one, but churning out sequels. Its summer found-footage follow-up features connected segments by Gareth Huw Evans (The Raid), Simon ...