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MRC Film Launches New Female Comedies Division Led By Becky Sloviter, Sets New Projects With ‘Black Adam’ & ‘A Black Lady Sketch Show’ Scribes

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Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorMRC Film has created a new label devoted to female comedies, which will be led by Becky Sloviter, the producer of Palm Springs, which sold to NEON in a record deal at Sundance for $17.5M.Already, the unnamed division has two projects in development: Let’s Have Kids!, which will serve as the directorial debut of Black Adam and Due Date screenwriter Adam Sztykiel and The Inheritance from Emmy winning Full Frontal With Samantha Bee and A Black Lady Sketch Show scribe Ashley Nicole Black.The new label will work with other producers as well as various distributors as they amplify female-driven properties with an independent development budget.

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30.07.2020 / 18:01

NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell Says Studio’s Deal With AMC “Can Tap Into Very Large Audience” Who Doesn’t Frequent Movie Theaters

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorThe hope for NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell in the studio’s new unprecedented 17-day theatrical window collapse-PVOD deal with AMC Theatres is to make more money in the post theatrical windows which have waned in recent years.“Movies are our lifeblood,” said the NBCUniversal pro-PVOD exec, “Over the last couple of years, it’s become more increasingly difficult to generate the same returns over the first couple of windows. We believe the new model in the U.S.

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29.07.2020 / 19:57

IFC Midnight Picks Up Domestic Rights To Psychological Drama ‘Kindred’

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorEXCLUSIVE: IFC Midnight we have learned has acquired North American rights to the Joe Marcantonio psychological drama Kindred which they’re planning to open on Nov. 6.Kindred follows mother-to-be Charlotte who collapses upon hearing that her boyfriend Ben suddenly dies in an accident, mother-to-be Charlotte collapses upon receiving the news.

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29.07.2020 / 17:41

Cineworld Reacts To Universal-AMC Theatrical Window Crunching PVOD Deal: “We Do Not See Any Business Sense In This Model”

Anthony D'Alessandro, Nancy Tartaglione EXCLUSIVE: Those in town assuming that one of the other big exhibition circuits will fall in line with AMC, and seek their own 17-day theatrical window-PVOD deal with Universal, will soon realize that it will be a cold day in hell.Cineworld CEO Mooky Greidinger, who oversees the world’s second largest chain, exclusively tells Deadline “We do not see any business sense in this model” when it comes to Universal and AMC’s agreement for a 17-day theatrical window for movies, with an option to go on PVOD thereafter.“While we don’t know the full details and we are always analyzing any move in the industry, we will analyze it.

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29.07.2020 / 03:49

‘The Mandalorian’ Emmy Nominee Giancarlo Esposito On How We’ll Learn More About Moff Gideon’s Darksaber “Sooner Than Later”

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorThe one Emmy acting nomination this morning for Disney+’s The Mandalorian belonged to Giancarlo Esposito, who plays the series enigmatic baddie Moff Gideon who squares off with the title bounty hunter.

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29.07.2020 / 02:01

Samuel Goldwyn Picks Up Joe Pantoliano Italy-Set Drama ‘From The Vine’

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29.07.2020 / 00:07

Universal & AMC Theatres Make Peace, Will Crunch Theatrical Window To 17 Days With Option For PVOD After

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorAfter AMC CEO Adam Aron publicly threatened that he would never play Universal movies as along as the studio had a plan for simultaneous theatrical-PVOD releases like Trolls World Tour, the world’s No. 1 exhibitor and the Hollywood studio have broken bread with the following multi-year agreement:Universal and Focus Features releases will play at AMC theaters for a 17-day exclusive theatrical window.

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28.07.2020 / 22:31

Hugh Jackman Lands Acting Emmy Nom For ‘Bad Education’ After Being Recognized For Oscar & Tony Hosting Gigs

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorHugh Jackman has been nominated for an Emmy 4x before, in fact he won in his first go-round in 2005 for his hosting duties on the 58th Annual Tony Awards, but today this morning was truly bliss. Finally, the Logan and Les Miserable Oscar nominee, was appreciated for his acting turn as real-life corrupt Roslyn, NY superintendent Frank Tassone in the HBO movie Bad Education; a feature the network scooped up out of last year’s TIFF for close to $20M.“I was shocked to get that Emmy for hosting, but this means a lot to me: I love the film, love the cast, and I’m in awe of the people I’m nominated against.

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28.07.2020 / 21:13

Jennifer Aniston & Steve Carell Get Drama Recognition For ‘Morning Show’ Following Comedy Emmy Nom Streak

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorAfter their comedy Emmy nom record, Jennifer Aniston and Steve Carell landed their first lead Drama Primetime nominations today for their respective turns in AppleTV+’s The Morning Show as news anchors Alex Levy and Mitch Kessler.Aniston has been nominated 6x before in the comedy category –5x for Friends– winning lead actress for that series in 2002. She was also nominated for Guest Actress in a Comedy Series in 2009 for 30 Rock.

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28.07.2020 / 19:37

‘The Mandalorian’: ‘Star Wars’ Series Breaks Disney+ Into Emmys With 15 Noms Including Surprise Best Drama Nod

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorDisney+’s flagship streaming series wowed this morning, with a surprise best drama Primetime Emmy nomination this morning out of a stellar 15, technically repping the first Emmy nominations for a Star Wars live-action IP since the 1985 ABC movie Ewoks: The Battle for Endor which was then nominated for three Emmys –Outstanding Children’s Programming, Sound Mixing for a miniseries or a special, outstanding special VFX; the latter.The Mandalorian scored noms for Best Drama, Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance, Production Design for Narrative Program (half-hour), Cinematography for Single Camera (half hour), Fantasy/sci-fi costumes, 3 single-camera Picture editing for a drama

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28.07.2020 / 02:05

Winterstate Entertainment Biopic About Minneapolis Civil Rights Trailblazer Lena O. Smith In The Works

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorEXCLUSIVE: Minneapolis-based production company, Winterstate Entertainment is quickly prepping a feature project about Minneapolis civil rights leader and the state’s first female African American attorney, Lena O. Smith.The production, written by Hamid Torabpour, is currently casting the lead role of Smith as well as supporting roles with casting director Matthew Barry (The Notebook, John Q and most recently Jamie Foxx’s directorial debut All Star Weekend).

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28.07.2020 / 01:13

Regal Cinemas Sets Mid-August Reopening In Time For ‘Tenet’ Labor Day Weekend Release

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorEXCLUSIVE: We’ve just heard that Cineworld, in response to the recent changes on the theatrical release schedule with Tenet, is reopening their U.S. circuit Regal, starting Aug.

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27.07.2020 / 21:21

John Leguizamo Feature Directorial Debut ‘Critical Thinking’ Picked Up By Vertical Entertainment

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorEXCLUSIVE: Vertical Entertainment has acquired North American rights to John Leguizamo’s feature directorial debut Critical Thinking, which he also stars in and produced.Written by Dito Montiel, Critical Thinking tells the 1998 true story of five LatinX and Black teenagers from Miami Jackson Senior High School, located in one of the toughest neighborhoods in Miami, who fight their way into the National Chess Championship under the guidance of their unconventional but inspirational teacher. The movie will hit VOD/digital on Sept.

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27.07.2020 / 20:23

‘Tenet’ Rollout Set: 70 Countries To Begin Opening By End Of August, Followed By U.S. Over Labor Day Weekend

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorWith the foreign box office showing some signs of life in the pandemic, Warner Bros. will open Christopher Nolan’s long-awaited Tenet in over 70 countries worldwide starting on Wednesday, Aug. 26.

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26.07.2020 / 00:25

‘Antlers’ Producer Guillermo del Toro On The Challenges Of Shooting ‘Nightmare Alley’ During Pandemic: Comic-Con@Home

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorDuring today’s Antlers Comic-Con@Home panel, two-time Oscar-winning filmmaker Guillermo del Toro shared some of the seismic COVID-19 safety protocols impacting his Searchlight movie Nightmare Alley, which is readying for a restart after Disney’s mid-March pause.The movie, based on William Lindsay Gresham’s 1946 novel, stars Bradley Cooper, Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara, and follows a corrupt con-man who teams with a female psychiatrist to trick people into giving them money. Mara plays Molly, the closest thing to Stan’s true love.

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25.07.2020 / 23:19

Why Wasn’t There Ever A ‘Constantine’ Sequel? Keanu Reeves, Francis Lawrence & Akiva Goldsman Look Back At DC Movie: Comic-Con@Home

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office Editor“Yes, oh my God, endlessly came up,” exclaimed Constantine Akiva Goldsman about the “Want to do a sequel” clamor following the 2005 DC Warner Bros. Keanu Reeves movie about a cynical demonologist who can exorcise demons back to hell.“Boy, we wanted to make a sequel, We wanted to make a hard ‘R’ sequel; we’d probably make it tomorrow,” said Goldsman on a Collider Comic-Con@Home virtual panel today, along with the pic’s star Keanu Reeves and pic’s director Francis Lawrence.Goldsman made the movie under his production deal with Warners at the time.

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25.07.2020 / 18:35

Dave Franco Horror Movie ‘The Rental’ Occupying No. 1 Spot At Weekend Box Office

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorEXCLUSIVE: According to box office figures we’ve gotten our hands on this morning, IFC’s Dave Franco-directed horror feature The Rental is leading at the weekend box office, having logged roughly an estimated $130K yesterday at 251 locations. The movie should rake in north of $400K for the 3-days. The Rental, Franco’s feature directorial debut, is also available in homes to rent this weekend.A majority of that is from drive-in theaters, which continue to be the leading exhibitors at the weekend box office, despite the fact that they only make up about a third of the current number of theaters open (between 1,2K-1,5K).

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24.07.2020 / 23:17

‘Skyfall’ Actress Bérénice Marlohe Signs With Buchwald

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorEXCLUSIVE: French actress Bérénice Marlohe has inked with Buchwald.She first came to international attention in the James Bond film Skyfall opposite Daniel Craig, as the enigmatic Bond Girl, Severine. The movie remains the highest grossing 007 feature of all-time with over $1.1 billion worldwide and was nominated for five Oscars, winning two, in particular the first Academy Award win ever for a Bond title song, Adele and Paul Epworth’s “Skyfall.”Marlohe can next be seen in Lech Majewski’s surrealist drama Valley of the Gods opposite Josh Hartnett and John Malkovich from Well Go USA Entertainment.

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24.07.2020 / 20:51

Gerard Butler Action Pic ‘Greenland’ Debuting Offshore Before U.S. – Update

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorUPDATED, 10:43AM: STX’s Greenland is now going to Sept. 25 stateside from its Aug.

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24.07.2020 / 05:11

‘Quiet Place 2’ & ‘Top Gun 2’ Moving To 2021

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorThe release date change landslide continues today following AMC’s announcement that they’re reopening in mid to late August with Paramount’s A Quiet Place 2 leaving Labor Day weekend for April 23, 2021 and now their Skydance co-production Top Gun: Maverick vacating Dec. 25 for July 2, 2021.So what’s going no here? I hear Mulan is waiting to see what happens with Tenet before resurfacing on the schedule from sources.

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24.07.2020 / 05:11

‘Blindspot’ Series Finale: Creator Martin Gero On Possible Spinoff & Wrapping Up Jane Doe’s Fate

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorWarning: This interview contains spoilers about tonight’s series finale (Ep. 11 of season 5, “Iunne Ennui”) of NBC/Warner Bros. TV’s Blindspot. After FBI big baddie Madeline Burke (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio) poisoned herself in episode 9 in front of Tasha Zapata (Audrey Esparza), the Blindspot gang were left with another dangler: Ivy (Julee Cerda), Madeline’s henchwoman, who left a canister of the zip bomb somewhere in New York City.

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24.07.2020 / 04:49

‘Spider-Man: Far From Home’ Sequel Swings To Christmas Season 2021 With ‘Avatar 2’ Out Of The Way

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorIn the wake of Disney pushing Avatar 2 from Dec. 17, 2021 to Dec.

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24.07.2020 / 03:13

Picturehouse’s ‘Fatima’ Going Into Theaters & PVOD At End Of August

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorBob and Jeanne Berney’s Picturehouse will open Marco Pontecorvo’s Fatima in theaters and direct to home (PVOD) throughout North America on Aug. 28.The pic was last scheduled for an Aug.

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24.07.2020 / 02:09

‘The New Mutants’ Sticking To Theatrical Date For Now & Not Heading To Disney+; Watch Pic’s Opening – Comic-Con@Home

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorWhile it was indicated well before their Comic-Con@Home panel when news broke of Mulan‘s theatrical pause, Disney is keeping 20th Century Studios/Marvel’s The New Mutants on the theatrical release calendar.Rumors were flying around yesterday that the horror-mutant movie was headed to Disney+ in September. This was spurred from what I’m told was a fan-made trailer posted to reddit.

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24.07.2020 / 00:07

‘Mulan’ Off The Calendar; Disney Also Delays ‘Avatar’ & ‘Star Wars’ Movies By One Year As Studio Adjusts To Pandemic

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorDisney is no longer releasing Mulan on Aug. 21 and is unsetting the movie for the time being. Oy, just when AMC was looking to turn the lights back on with a big movie in pockets of the country.However, they’re keeping movies on the schedule I hear, i.e. 20th Century Studios’ New Mutants on Aug.

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23.07.2020 / 22:27

Ryan Reynolds-Shawn Levy Time Travel Project Shifts From Paramount To Netflix

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorThe reteam of Ryan Reynolds with his Free Guy filmmaker Shawn Levy has been scooped up by Netflix.The time travel adventure project was initially set up at Paramount eight years ago with Tom Cruise attached. The latest draft is being penned by Jonathan Tropper off screenplays by TS Nowlin and Mark Levin & Jennifer Flackett.

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23.07.2020 / 22:03

‘Unhinged’ Now Looking At August, But No Specific Date Yet

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorUpdate: Solstice Studios is looking to release Unhinged in August now with AMC reopening next month, but they’re not scheduling a definite date yet as I understand. They want to wait and see where Warner Bros.’ Tenet lands and if Disney moves Mulan off Aug. 21 (some sources believe the latter won’t happen).

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23.07.2020 / 21:17

‘Star Trek: Lower Decks’: CBS All Access Unveils Opening Scene Of New Animated Series – Comic-Con@Home

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorAs part of CBS All Access’ Trekverse Comic-Con@Home panel today, the ViacomCBS streamer dropped the opening scene of the new animated series, which is premiering on Aug. 6.In this sequence we meet Ensign Brad Boimler (Jack Quaid).

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23.07.2020 / 20:31

'Palm Springs' Producer Becky Sloviter to Head Female Comedy Label at MRC Film

Producer Becky Sloviter, who most recently produced Hulu comedy Palm Springs, is joining MRC Film to head a new label focused on female-fronted comedies. The company will operate under MRC Film, but will have the flexibility to work in collaboration with other producers, as well as distributors.

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23.07.2020 / 20:17

‘Creep’ Franchise Filmmaker Patrick Brice Heads Into ‘The Wild’ For HBO Max and Warner Max

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorEXCLUSIVE: Creep franchise filmmaker and HBO Room 104 director Patrick Brice has boarded The Wild at HBO Max and Warner Max, a project he’ll direct and adapt from the Owen Laukkanen young female suspense novel.The Wild, from Underlined Paperbacks, centers around Dawn. She’s not a bad person – she’s just made some bad choices: wrong guy, wrong friends, wrong everything.

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23.07.2020 / 16:21

‘Bill & Ted Face The Music’ To Go Theatrical & PVOD Over Labor Day Weekend Stretch

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorDespite AMC theatres saying that they’d reopen in mid-to-late August this morning, United Artists Releasing made a sudden announcement that they’re taking their Orion prequel Bill & Ted Face the Music out in a select theatrical-PVOD strategy. This is akin to the approach taken recently by Universal recently with Trolls World Tour and Focus Features titles Irresistible and The High Note.

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23.07.2020 / 15:47

AMC Theatres Will Start Reopening In August Following ‘Tenet’ Pause

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorJust because Warner Bros. took Christopher Nolan’s Tenet temporarily off the release schedule doesn’t mean that the No.

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23.07.2020 / 01:45

Aaron Sorkin’s ‘The Trial Of The Chicago 7’: Netflix Movie Sets Fall Release Date

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorNetflix has set an October 16 streaming date for Aaron Sorkin’s The Trial of the Chicago 7, its $56M pickup from Paramount, in what looks to be the first of its 2020-21 awards season contenders.Paramount, which first had the movie, was eyeing a fall platform release, initially with a limited debut of September 25, then an expansion on October 9 and a full wide release of October 16 — hence Netflix’s drop date keeps with what was originally planned for theatrical prior to this year’s U.S.

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22.07.2020 / 22:37

Aretha Franklin Biopic ‘Respect’ Going Wide Over MLK Weekend Instead Of Christmas Platform Release

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorEXCLUSIVE: In the wake of the great response from Jennifer Hudson’s performance of Aretha Franklin’s “Young, Gifted & Black” on the BET Awards, and the 60 minute trailer that followed, MGM/United Artists Releasing is now going wide with their biopic about the legendary performer on Jan. 15, 2021, MLK weekend.

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22.07.2020 / 22:17

‘Chucky’ EP Harley Peyton & Jeremiah Chechik’s Newly Formed Modern Story Signs With Buchwald

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorEXCLUSIVE: American-Canadian filmmaking duo Harley Peyton and Jeremiah Chechik’s production company Modern Story has inked with Buchwald, Deadline has learned.The duo are currently developing the comedy/horror series Fat Vampire at SYFY, based on the novel of the same name by Johnny B. Truant as well as White Heat based on the novels by M.J.

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22.07.2020 / 21:33

Investigative Journalist, Author & Podcaster Michael Harriot Signs With APA

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorEXCLUSIVE: APA has inked award-winning journalist, author and podcaster Michael Harriot in all areas.Harriot is a senior writer at the Black news site, TheRoot.com, and has also written for the New York Times, The Washington Post, covering race, culture and politics. He’s also appeared on CNN, MSNBC and numerous international media outlets to discuss race relations in America, and is regularly cited by opinion makers like Dave Chapelle, Trevor Noah, Joy Reid, Ronan Farrow and Donald Glover.Harriot’s upcoming books Wypipology and BlackAF History recently sold together in a seven-figure deal to Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

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21.07.2020 / 23:27

3000 Pictures & Hello Sunshine’s ‘Where The Crawdads Sing’ Sets Olivia Newman As Director

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorOlivia Newman will direct 3000 Pictures and Hello Sunshine’s film adaptation of Delia Owens’ New York Times crime thriller bestseller Where the Crawdads Sing which is setup at Sony, we can confirm. As Deadline previously first told you, Oscar nominated Beasts of the Southern Wild scribe Lucy Alibar is adapting.Newman’s feature directorial debut, First Match, premiered at the 2018 SXSW, where it won the Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature Film in Competition and the LUNA Gamechanger Award for Best Female Director of a first feature.

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