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- ‘Avengers: Endgame’ Presales Estimated At $120M+; $300M Domestic Opening In Play
Monday - 04/22/2019 - 02:58 PMAccording to Deadline sources, before Avengers: Endgame flickers even one image on a movie screen ahead of its Thursday night previews nationwide, advance domestic ticket sales for the Russo Brothers-directed Marvel sequel are estimated to be north of $120 million, with some figuring they’re as high as $140M.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Armando Iannucci’s Space Comedy ‘Avenue 5’ Gets Series Order At HBO
Monday - 04/22/2019 - 03:30 PMAs Armando Iannucci’s Veep is airing its final season on HBO, the premium cable network has picked up a new series from the British creator. HBO has given a series order to Iannucci’s space comedy pilot Avenue 5, starring Hugh Laurie, Josh Gad, Zach Woods and Nikki Amuka-Bird.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- ‘American Idol’ Tops Easter Sunday Ratings Touting Disney Tunes
Monday - 04/22/2019 - 12:34 PMEaster Sunday, with its traditional lower HUT and PUT levels, saw CBS’ 60 Minutes (0.7 rating in the adults 18-49 demographic, 8.31 million viewers) leading the broadcast primetime field in overall audience, while Disney Night on ABC’s American Idol (1.2, 6.42M) topped Sunday in the demo.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- ‘Good Sam’ Starring Tiya Sircar Gets Netflix Premiere Date
Monday - 04/22/2019 - 01:00 PMNetflix has set May 16 for the premiere of Good Sam, a feature based on the mystery book series of the same name by Dete Meserve, starring Tiya Sircar. Kate Melville is directing from a script by Meserve and Teena Booth.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- ‘Hobbs And Shaw’ Director David Leitch Inks First Look Deal With Universal
Monday - 04/22/2019 - 01:19 PMUniversal has signed a first look production deal with Hobbs And Shaw helmer David Leitch and his 87th North Production banner. The Fast & Furious spinoff starring Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham opens on Aug.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- ‘Utopia’: Jeanine Serralles Joins John Cusack, Rainn Wilson & Sasha Lane In Amazon Drama Series
Monday - 04/22/2019 - 01:59 PMJeanine Serralles (Hot Summer Nights) is set as a series regular opposite John Cusack, Rainn Wilson and Sasha Lane in Utopia, Amazon’s straight-to-series adaptation of the British drama, written by Gone Girl author and screenwriter Gillian Flynn.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Prince Memoir ‘The Beautiful Ones’ Gets Publication Date
Monday - 04/22/2019 - 11:44 AMRandom House will release the Prince memoir The Beautiful Ones on Oct. 29, the publishing house announced today. The 288-page book will feature an introduction by Dan Piepenbring, a contributor to The New Yorker.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Phylicia Rashad Sets Broadway Directing Debut With Charles Randolph-Wright’s ‘Blue’; Nona Hendryx Will Provide Music
Monday - 04/22/2019 - 12:16 PMPhylicia Rashad will make her Broadway directing debut next spring with Charles Randolph-Wright’s play Blue, featuring music by Nona Hendryx, producer Brian Moreland announced today. The production will mark a reunion: Rashad starred in the work’s 2000 world premiere at Arena Stage in Washington D.C.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- ‘Good Morning America’ Lands Sen. Seth Moulton’s White House Bid Announcement
Monday - 04/22/2019 - 10:14 AMThe 19th Democrat to announce his 2020 White House bid picked ABC News Chief Anchor George Stephanopoulos for his announcement cycle’s first sit-down. Massachusetts Sen. Seth Moulton broke the Monday news on Good Morning America, getting out ahead of former Veep Joe Biden, who this week will formally announce the worst kept secret of this […]
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - ‘Game Of Thrones’ Final Season Sees New Alliances, New Divisions & Cryptic Honesty In 2nd Episode
Sunday - 04/21/2019 - 10:16 PMSPOILER ALERT: This story contains details of tonight’s second episode of Game Of Thrones Season 8. BTW – we’ll be reviewing and recapping every episode of the final season of the HBO series right up to and including the May 19 finale.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Hollywood Remembers Steve Golin, Oscar-Winning ‘Spotlight’ Producer And Industry Innovator
Monday - 04/22/2019 - 03:21 PMSteve Golin, the prolific Oscar-winning producer and founder of Anonymous Content who died Sunday at age 64, is being remembered by many in Hollywood today. The man Participant Media CEO David Linde calls “one of the most universally loved people we have ever known” made an impact in many circles via his management and production […]
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - How AMC Theatres Is Prepping For The ‘Avengers: Endgame’ Onslaught This Weekend
Monday - 04/22/2019 - 04:15 PMWith Disney/Marvel’s Avengers: Endgame busting every imaginable pre-sales record at AMC in the circuit’s history, the No. 1 exhibitor in the world is making sure the Russo Brothers pic is available on as many screens as possible with millions of tickets still available stateside.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Jennifer Lopez, STX Reteaming For Rom-Com ‘Marry Me’; Owen Wilson In Talks To Co-Star
Monday - 04/22/2019 - 01:00 PMJennifer Lopez and STXfilms are again teaming on a feature. Following 2018’s Second Act and the forthcoming Lopez- and Constance Wu-led drama Hustlers, they are rejoining for the romantic comedy Marry Me.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Netflix Launches Production On ‘The Half Of It’, Alice Wu’s Movie Follow-Up To ‘Saving Face’
Monday - 04/22/2019 - 01:00 PMNetflix has started production on The Half of It, writer-director Alice Wu’s follow-up to her 2004 feature film Saving Face. The new movie joins Netflix’s expanding roster of live-action teen-focused films like Tall Girl and A Babysitter’s Guide to Monster Hunting.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- ‘Knock Down The House’ Trailer: Sundance Docu On AOC & Other Female First-Time Candidates
Monday - 04/22/2019 - 01:33 PMThree dozen women won House seats in the November midterm elections, including a few who made have made national names for themselves. You’ve likely heard of Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlain — and a certain ex-bartender from the Bronx who’s among the subjects of Knock Down the House, which now has its first trailer.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- New Stage Works By Beth Henley, Tom Kitt Included In 35th Annual Powerhouse Season; Works-In-Progress Fest Gave Start To ‘Hamilt
Monday - 04/22/2019 - 02:18 PMEXCLUSIVE: New plays and musicals by Pulitzer Prize winners Beth Henley (Crimes of the Heart) and Tom Kitt (Next To Normal) are among the works-in-progress set for this summer’s 35th edition of the prestigious Powerhouse Season of Vassar and New York Stage and Film.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Luke Perry’s Final ‘Riverdale’ Episode To Air This Week
Monday - 04/22/2019 - 12:14 PMNearly two months after his death, Luke Perry’s final episode of Riverdale airs this week on the CW. The show’s creator Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa revealed via Twitter that Wednesday’s episode is the final one Perry shot before he suffered a massive stroke and died March 4 at the age of 52.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- ‘Game Of Thrones’ Squire Daniel Portman Sets Off-Broadway Debut
Monday - 04/22/2019 - 09:30 AMEXCLUSIVE: Game of Thrones‘ Daniel Portman will co-star with Gavin Jon Wright (Black Watch) in the U.S. premiere Off Broadway of Square Go, the Kieran Hurley-Gary McNair play that took a 2018 Fringe First Award following a sold-out run at the Edinburgh Fringe festival.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- John Oliver Probes Most “Incredible” Details Of Mueller Report, Savages “Dishonest Hack” Bill Barr
Monday - 04/22/2019 - 01:26 AMLast Week Tonight host John Oliver dove directly into the headline-grabbing details of the long-awaited Mueller report in which the special counsel detailed Russian election meddling, and alleged Trump campaign Russia contacts, and Trump efforts to thwart special counsel Robert Mueller as he investigated.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- ‘Madam Secretary’ Season 5 Finale: Executive Producers Talk Political Future Of Elizabeth McCord, Season 6 Plans And Real-Life P
Sunday - 04/21/2019 - 11:00 PMSPOILER ALERT: This article contains details about the season 5 finale of Madam Secretary. Based on the events leading up to the season finale of CBS’s Madam Secretary, it seems like this episode would be, for the most part, smooth sailing for Tea Leoni’s Elizabeth McCord.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Comedy Store Documentary Series Set At Showtime, Ladies & Germs; Mike Binder Directs
Monday - 04/22/2019 - 03:11 PMComing to the stage next: a Showtime documentary series about the legendary Comedy Store. Mike Binder will direct the four-part project that’s eyed for 2020. The untitled series from Showtime Documentary Films brings to life the legends, heartbreak and history created at the Comedy Store.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Bentonville Film Festival To Honor ‘American Horror Story’ Actor Jamie Brewer, Unveils Slate Of Panels
Monday - 04/22/2019 - 12:30 PMThe Bentonville Film Festival announced today that they will honor American Horror Story actor Jamie Brewer with the “See It, Be It” Award which highlights a rising and influential voice in the landscape of diversity and inclusion in media.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Steve Golin Dies: Anonymous Content CEO & Oscar-Winning Producer Was 64
Monday - 04/22/2019 - 12:45 PMSteve Golin, the founder and CEO of Anonymous Content and co-founder and former CEO of Propaganda Films, passed away peacefully late Sunday night in Los Angeles. The revered film and TV producer, who won the 2016 Best Picture Oscar for Spotlight, was 64.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Mel Brooks Returns To Broadway For Two-Night “Residence” Stand
Monday - 04/22/2019 - 01:00 PMComedy legend Mel Brooks is coming back to Broadway: The man behind the massive hit musical The Producers will stage a two-night-only solo show as part of the recently announced Residence on Broadway series at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- ‘NCIS: Los Angeles’ & ‘NCIS: New Orleans’ Renewed By CBS
Monday - 04/22/2019 - 01:30 PMAs expected, CBS has renewed NCIS: Los Angeles and NCIS: New Orleans for the 2019-20 season. NCIS: Los Angeles will be back for an eleventh season, NCIS: New Orleans for a sixth.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- ‘Saved By The Bell’: Cast Reunites Ahead Of Show’s 30th Anniversary
Monday - 04/22/2019 - 10:37 AMIn August, it will be 30 years since the popular teen sitcom Saved By the Bell premiered on NBC and some of the cast got together this past weekend to celebrate their 30 years of friendship that followed.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- ‘High Fidelity’: Jake Lacy Joins Zoë Kravitz In Series Reboot On Hulu
Monday - 04/22/2019 - 12:00 PMEXCLUSIVE: Jake Lacy (I’m Dying Up Here) is set as a series regular opposite Zoë Kravitz in High Fidelity, a reimagining of Nick Hornby’s 1995 novel and the 2000 feature starring John Cusack, with a female point of view.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- John Lennon Biopic ‘Nowhere Boy’ Acquired For Musical Stage Development
Monday - 04/22/2019 - 10:00 AMEXCLUSIVE: Nowhere Boy, the 2009 John Lennon biopic about the teenage years of the future Beatle, is being developed as a stage musical, Deadline has learned. Producers Brian and Dayna Lee of AF Creative Media, and Robyn Goodman and Josh Fiedler of Aged in Wood, have acquired stage rights to the Ecosse Films biopic that […]
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Cannes Critics’ Week Lineup Features ‘Vivarium’ With Imogen Poots, Jesse Eisenberg – Full List
Monday - 04/22/2019 - 06:23 AMThe 58th edition of Critics’ Week has unveiled its program for this year’s Cannes Film Festival. The section welcomes first or second features and boasts a number of debuts which will be eligible for the Camera d’Or in 2019.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- David Picker Dies: Former President Of United Artists, Paramount And Columbia Was 87
Sunday - 04/21/2019 - 11:26 PMHollywood film executive David Picker, who was known for producing iconic films such as A Hard Day’s Night and The Jerk as well as launching the James Bond franchise, died in his New York home Saturday after complications with colon cancer.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share