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‘Mockingjay’ Continues Winning Streak With $22 Million in Post-Thanksgiving Slump
4 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
With no new wide releases in this traditionally slow post-Thanksgiving weekend, “Mockingjay” domination continued.
“The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 1” topped the U.S. box office on Friday with $6.6 million. The penultimate installment of the hit franchise is headed for its third consecutive win with $22 million — twice as much as this weekend’s runner-up, “The Penguins of Madagascar.”
If estimates hold, “Mockingjay” will finish the weekend with a 17-day U.S. total of $258 million-plus, or 23% below the 17-day total for “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire” at the same point last year. It’s unlikely that the movie will reach “Catching Fire’s” $424.7 million cume.
However, the film is on par with the third weekend earnings of “Catching Fire.”
Despite its under-performance compared to the previous installments, “Mockingjay” will overtake “Captain America: The Winter Soldier,” which hauled $259.8 million, by Monday as the year’s second-highest grossing film. “The Guardians of the Galaxy »
- Maane Khatchatourian
Roberto Orci Will Not Direct Star Trek 3; Edgar Wright Now Under Consideration
20 hours ago | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
Big Star Trek 3 news, folks. While it was clear that J.J. Abrams was not going to be able to return to direct Trek 3 due to his duties on Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Paramount Pictures opted to keep things familiar by tapping Star Trek producer/writer Roberto Orci to make his feature directing debut on the project. This was a big coup for Orci, who has zero directing credits to his name and is a massive Trek fan, but was cause for concern for some who thought his previous filmography as a writer and producer wasn’t exactly encouraging. Well now those fans can rest easy, as word comes that Orci has vacated the director’s chair for Star Trek 3. With Paramount wanting to have the film finished in time for the Star Trek 50th Anniversary in 2016, they’ll need to work quickly to find a replacement. »
- Adam Chitwood
Sony Buys Sci-Fi Drama ‘Passengers’ from ‘Doctor Strange’ Writer
17 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Sony Pictures has bought the rights to sci-fiction drama “Passengers,” written by “Doctor Strange” scribe Jon Spaihts.
Neal Moritz and Ori Marmur will produce through Moritz’s Original Film banner along Michael Maher for Start Media and Stephen Hamel of Company Films.
Earlier this year, Focus Features had been in talks to acquire U.S. rights to “Passengers” with Keanu Reeves starring. “Passengers” went back on the market after the Weinstein Co. ditched the project after acquiring the rights with Reese Witherspoon attached; the actress later departed and was replaced by Rachel McAdams, who has also left the project.
Spaihts’ script is set on a spacecraft in the future with thousands of passengers making an interstellar voyage to a new planet. One passenger awakens from cryogenic sleep 90 years before anyone else, then awakens a female passenger.
Spaihts’ credits include “Prometheus.” Disney-Marvel’s “Doctor Strange” will star Benedict Cumberbatch and be released in November, »
- Dave McNary
Watch Cameron Diaz sing 'Little Girls' in 'Annie'
17 hours ago | EW - Inside Movies | See recent EW.com - Inside Movies news »
Cameron Diaz is a couple weeks from her big-screen debut as Miss Hannigan in Annie, and now we have a look at exactly what we're in for. A new clip from the film her portrayal of the cantankerous caretaker, opening with her delivering a life lesson to her girls about the real world. Let's just say she's a glass-half-empty kind of gal... Then, she breaks into song, bringing the famous track, "Little Girls," to life. The song is certainly updated musically and thematically (reference to MTV, anyone?). Here's Carol Burnett's rendition in the 1982 film for comparison. Annie hits theaters Dec. »
- C. Molly Smith
Will New York champ 'Boyhood' win over Los Angeles film critics too?
4 hours ago | Gold Derby | See recent Gold Derby news »
On Monday, the New York Film Critics Circle went with "Boyhood" for Best Picture. Will its West Coast counterpart, the Los Angeles Film Critics Assn., endorse this decision on Sunday when its members meet to decide on the best of the year? -Break- Related: Complete list of New York Film Critics Circle Awards winners The two groups of movie scribes rarely agree. The La critics began handing out awards in 1975 but it took till 1979 till they went with the same film -- eventual Oscar champ "Kramer vs. Kramer" -- as the New York crowd, which was formed in 1935. They have agreed 10 more times since: "Terms of Endearment' (1983), "Hannah and Her Sisters" (1986), "Goodfellas" (1990), "Schindler's List" (1993), "Leaving Las Vegas" (1996), "L.A. Confidential" (1997), "Saving Private Ryan" (1998), "Sideways" (2004), "Brokeback Mountain" (2005) and &q..." »
Best of the Week: 'Unbroken' Breaks, Xavier Dolan Talks, Academy Unveils Shortlists & More
35 minutes ago | Thompson on Hollywood | See recent Thompson on Hollywood news »
Academy Unveils Documentary Shortlist of 15 Angelina Jolie's Biopic "Unbroken" Is in the Oscar Mix Before "Wild," Five Essential Reese Witherspoon Performances "Citizenfour," "Vivian Maier," "Last Days in Vietnam" Win 2014 Ida Documentary Awards Cronenberg's "Maps to the Stars" Gets Discreet 2014 Awards Run After All From "The immigrant" to "Two Days, One Night": Marion Cotillard's Amazing Year How Cinematographer Dick Pope Shot "Mr. Turner": Straight Up Digitally Inside the Making of "The Imitation Game" and Cracking the Alan Turing Code Producers Guild Names Doc and Television Nominees: Who Comes Out Ahead? The Production Design Secrets Behind Five Fantastic 2014 Movie Adventures Screen Talk: What's Wrong with "Exodus" and Right with "Unbroken" Sundance Programmers Talk Film Festival 2015 Competition Lineup SundanceTV Miniseries »
- TOH!
Boston Online Film Critics Love 'Snowpiercer,' Tilda Swinton, Marion Cotillard, 'Calvary'
52 minutes ago | Thompson on Hollywood | See recent Thompson on Hollywood news »
Critics groups' awards results are beginning to rush in fast and furious. On Sunday, we'll see the La Film Critics vote, plus the New York Film Critics Online and the British Independent Film Awards overseas. The Boston Online Film Critics revealed today their unconventional picks of the likes we haven't seen this award season, going heavily in favor of "Snowpiercer" and "Calvary"—two mid-year releases—plus "Two Days, One Night," "Birdman" and "Under the Skin." They even gave a little love to Tom Cruise's "Edge of Tomorrow." Here's the full list of winners: Best Picture "Snowpiercer" Best Director Alejandro González Iñárritu, "Birdman" Best Actor Brendan Gleeson, "Calvary" Best Actress Marion Cotillard, "Two Days, One Night" Best Supporting Actor Edward Norton, "Birdman" Best Supporting Actress Tilda Swinton, "Snowpiercer" Best »
- Ryan Lattanzio
Friday Box Office: 'Mockingjay' Holds on Par with 'Catching Fire,' 'Wild' Joins Award Mix
1 hour ago | Thompson on Hollywood | See recent Thompson on Hollywood news »
The Top Ten for yesterday came in at a meager $18.8 million, down 15% from the same Friday last year, and extending into November the recurrent shortfall that is once again the pattern. "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1" (Lionsgate) easily retained the top spot for the day and will for the weekend, taking in $6.6 million. That is down 73% from last Friday (which was the strongest day of a five-day holiday weekend). This is a better hold (by a slim margin) than last year's "Catching Fire" showed (down 75%, though from a higher level), indicating that "Mockingjay" actually has better word-of-mouth than commonly assumed. It has already totaled $243 million (compared to $317 million for "Fire" at the exact same point). "Horrible Bosses 2" (Warner Bros.) fell 56% for the day with $2.7 million at second place, though with matinees ahead it should fall another slot for the three days. This actually isn't a bad drop post-holiday, »
- Tom Brueggemann
Ajyal announces winners of Made in Qatar Awards
1 hour ago | ScreenDaily | See recent ScreenDaily news »
Winning film is about about a young man obsessed with his mobile phone.
A short film titled 10%, about a young man who is obsessed with his mobile phone, won the Made in Qatar Award at the Ajyal Youth Film Festival, presented by the Doha Film Institute, winning a $5,000 award.
The film, directed by Yousef AlMoadhadi [pictured], won the award for “the simplicity of its central idea coupled with its excellent techniques in cinematography, direction and presentation,” announced the jury.
The jury also gave Special Mentions to Hind’s Dream by Suzannah Mirghani for “its artistic vision and poetic screenwriting”; Qarar by Ali Al Anssari for “its consummate technical proficiency in cinematography, direction, acting and special effects”; and Takrir by Ghassan Kairouz for the “excellence of its concept and execution and the beauty of its presentation.”
For excellence in performance, the jury acknowledged actors Mohammad Al Hamadi in Hind Al-Ansari’s Amreeka Laa!, Mohammed AlSyari »
Watch Christopher Nolan On The Colbert Report: “I Have Blown Up A lot Of Shit In A Lot Of Movies”
2 hours ago | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »
This week filmmaker Christopher Nolan appeared on The Colbert Report. I wanted to spotlight this interview because Christopher Nolan usually doesn’t do fun talk shows like Colbert, and Stephen gets the almost-always-serious Nolan to swear and talk on a more down to earth level. I know that Nolan is very picky about which outlets he […]
The post Watch Christopher Nolan On The Colbert Report: “I Have Blown Up A lot Of Shit In A Lot Of Movies” appeared first on /Film. »
- Peter Sciretta
Ventana Sur Registers Further Consolidation
2 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Buenos Aires –Film Factory’s “Spanish Affair,” FilmSharks’ “Americano 3D,” Adrian Garcia Bogliano’s “Scherzo Diabolico” and Rhayuela’s “Alias Maria,” were four of large litany of titles that saw some business at a robust 6th Ventana Sur, which once more witnessed now-hallmark growth: New sections, such as a European Day and transmedia showcase Interactuar; the mass support of the Latin American and international genre community for Ventana Sur’s genre mart Blood Window; a Thierry Fremaux master-class; and two big Spanish-language production-distribution announcements: on Daniel Calparsoro’s “No Crook, No Crime” and Pablo Trapero’s “The Clan.”
Delivered to a Sro crowd, Fremaux’s master-class formed part of a re-named Cannes Festival Film Week, which saw some of the biggest titles at Cannes – “Winter Sleep,” ”Mommy,” for instance – unspool in Buenos Aires at Fremaux-hosted presentations.
Now a fixture, and Latin America’s prime film market, the major challenge for Ventana Sur, »
- John Hopewell
Chris Pratt Shares His Son’s Premature Birth Story at March of Dimes Celebration of Babies
2 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
In a speech both touching and funny at Friday’s March of Dimes Celebration of Babies, Chris Pratt shared about his son Jack’s premature birth, born nine weeks early at just 3 pounds, 12 ounces. “That’s a decent-sized bass,” he said to laughs from the star-studded crowd at the Beverly Wilshire. “Very small for a human.”
“I’ve done all kinds of cool things as an actor — I’ve jumped out of helicopters and done some daring stunts and played baseball in a professional stadium, but none of it means anything compared to being somebody’s daddy,” Pratt said. While Jack was in the Nicu, Pratt said he cherished moments where he’d cradle his son skin-to-skin. “I made promises in that moment about what kind of dad I wanted to be and I just prayed that he’d live long enough that I could keep them.”
Pratt and his »
- Janine Lew
‘Ant-Man’ Officially Wraps Filming
2 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
“The ants have left the building.”
Director Peyton Reed announced on Friday that filming has wrapped on Marvel’s “Ant-Man.”
“And that’s it! Principal photography on Ant-man is now complete,” he tweeted before teasing upcoming news. “Stay tuned…”
And that's it! Principal photography on Ant-man is now complete. The ants have left the building. Stay tuned… pic.twitter.com/xj5h9qFyo6
— Peyton Reed (@MrPeytonReed) December 6, 2014
Marvel started principal photography on August 19 in San Francisco, but the majority of the film was shot in Atlanta. “Ant-Man” hits theaters on July 17, 2015, marking the character’s (one of the founding members of the Avengers) introduction to the bigscreen.
The movie, which was supposed to be helmed by Edgar Wright before he dropped out unexpectedly after being attached to the project since 2006, stars Paul Rudd as the titular superhero (Aka Scott Lang). Evangeline Lilly plays Hope Pym, the daughter of Michael Douglas’ Dr. »
- Maane Khatchatourian
Why Stephen King Is Finally Letting His Novel It Become A Movie
2 hours ago | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »
The King of Horror has finally given his blessing for a movie adaptation of his terrifying novel, It. Stephen King has watched many of his 60+ novels adapted into film, television, comic books, theater and even music. But one specifically epic novel, It, has not seen the screen time it deserves, and after reading a new script for a movie version, King has given the go ahead. The project.s producer, Dan Lin (also producer of The Lego Movie) discussed the new project with Vulture and commented on the author.s excitement. He said: "The most important thing is that Stephen King gave us his blessing. We didn.t want to make this unless he felt it was the right way to go, and when we sent him the script, the response that Cary got back was, .Go with God, please! This is the version the studio should make.. So that »
'Mockingjay' Easily Tops Weak Friday Box Office
3 hours ago | Box Office Mojo | See recent BoxOfficeMojo.com news »
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 held on to first place on a quiet Friday at the box office.The penultimate chapter in the Hunger Games franchise added $6.56 million, which brings its total to $242.7 million. In comparison, Catching Fire had earned $317.4 million through the same point last year. For the weekend, look for Mockingjay to wind up with $21 to $23 million.Horrible Bosses 2 took second place with $2.74 million. That's off 56 percent from last Friday, which is a good hold for the post-Thanksgiving weekend (the rest of the Top Five all dropped at least 67 percent). Still, the Bosses sequel has barely cracked $30 million, which is disappointing.Penguins of Madagascar plummeted 77 percent to $2.38 million on Friday. For the weekend, it's poised to earn $10 to $11 million, and is now on track to fall short of $100 million total.Interstellar added $2.2 million, which brings its total to $152.9 million. Big Hero 6 rounded out the Top Five with $1.81 million. »
- Ray Subers <mail@boxofficemojo.com>
Watch: ‘The Simpsons’ Takes on ‘Frozen’ in Holiday Couch Gag
3 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
It’s only fitting that the biggest animated show is paying homage to the biggest animated film.
The couch gag for this year’s “Simpsons” holiday special contains an “obligatory ‘Frozen’ reference” one minute and fifteen seconds into the opening credits.
The “Frozen” riff will precede this Sunday’s holiday episode, titled “I Won’t Be Home for Christmas.”
In the clip, the family meets Lisa on a frozen pond in front of their icy couch. When Bart hurls a snowball at his little sister, Lisa channels her inner Elsa, materializing an ice castle that grows instantaneously, trapping Bart high in the sky (ay caramba, indeed).
However, it’s Homer who steals the show as Olaf when he eats his own carrot nose.
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- Maane Khatchatourian
Al Pacino On Barry Levinson’s Spontaneity, Humor On ‘The Humbling’ (Part 4)
3 hours ago | Deadline New York | See recent Deadline New York news »
Al Pacino talks in the video clip below with Dominic Patten about Barry Levinson’s humor and spontaneity as a director in Pacino’s new movie, The Humbling. The film is based on a book by Philip Roth about an aging actor’s travails.
This is the fourth clip from Pacino’s talk on creating The Humbling following the Awardsline’s screening of the film. The Al Pacino Rough Cuts video series for Awardsline was produced by James Goodwin. If you missed the previous clips, here’s the link to Part 1. Here’s the link to Part 2. And here is Part 3.
Below is Part 4:
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- David Bloom
This Week In Trailers: Chameleon, The Search for General Tso, Match, The Other Man: F.W. de Klerk and the End of Apartheid, Nash: The Documentary, Black Mirror/White Christmas
3 hours ago | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »
Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: What better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising? This week […]
The post This Week In Trailers: Chameleon, The Search for General Tso, Match, The Other Man: F.W. de Klerk and the End of Apartheid, Nash: The Documentary, Black Mirror/White Christmas appeared first on /Film. »
- Christopher Stipp
Oscar Beat: The Best Supporting Actor Race at a Glance
3 hours ago | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
By the time the Academy Awards nominations are announced every year, there’s already been so much prognosticating and discussion about the race itself that in actuality, there aren’t a great deal of surprises. Sure, every now and then you’ll have something like Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close getting into the Best Picture race or Ben Affleck and Kathryn Bigelow being left off the Best Director shortlist (that one still baffles me), but by and large, things mostly seem to fall into place as expected. Where you can find many of the true surprises, though, is in the Supporting Actor and Actress categories. This is where beloved character actors can finally get their due, or burgeoning newcomers can find themselves nominated alongside acting veterans; and these kinds of nominees actually have good shots at winning. This year, the bench for the Best Supporting Actor category is yet again deep with talent, »
- Adam Chitwood
Tchéky Karyo Talks The Missing, the Full Arc for His Character, Season Resolution, and More
3 hours ago | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
The chilling new Starz drama series The Missing follows the aftermath of what happens when five year-old Oliver Hughes disappears while on holiday in France with his parents. As you descend deeper into the mind of a father (James Nesbitt) desperate to locate his lost son, and getting help from a now retired detective (Tchéky Karyo), you follow the obsessive, nearly decade-long search to find his son and those responsible for his disappearance. During this exclusive interview with Collider, actor Tchéky Karyo talked about how he got involved with The Missing, why he found the story so moving, getting a full arc for his character, the authenticity of the relationships, the difference between Julien Baptiste in 2006 and in 2014, the very human resolution to the season, and why he enjoys getting to build a character over time. Check out what he had to say after the jump. Collider: How did you »
- Christina Radish
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