Illumination/Universal’s Despicable Me 4 will take the weekend in its second go-round with $33M, -55%, according to the latest projections. The animated franchise installment grossed $9.1M on Monday for a running domestic total of $131.7M.
Sony, meanwhile, is looking to bring the underserved female moviegoing audience to cinemas this weekend with Apple Original Films’ Fly Me to the Moon. The stylish romantic comedy, which is said to have cost $100M, pairs Channing Tatum with Scarlett Johansson in a story set during the Space Race in the 1960s.
Neon will bring out the second wide debut of the weekend with the R-rated Longlegs. Written and directed by Oz Perkins, the serial killer genre pic stars Nicolas Cage and Maika Monroe. >>>Estimates |
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More 'Grey' For 'Grey's Anatomy' - Ellen Pompeo‘s Meredith Grey received a big sendoff in the 2023 midseason premiere of Grey’s Anatomy. Despite her scaled back on-screen presence since, Pompeo continued to get top billing. Now, the ABC medical drama’s title star may return to appearing in a number of episodes traditionally associated with being a series regular. >>>At Least 7 Episodes
5-Film Horror Slate - Producer Joe Swanberg has partnered with Yale Entertainment‘s Jordan Yale Levine and Jordan Beckerman to produce a slate of five new horror films, each of which has now wrapped production. >>>Inspired By Roger Corman
X-Men's New Guard - Matthew Chauncey (What If…?) has been tapped to write Season 3 of Disney+’s X-Men ’97, Marvel Animation‘s revival of the classic ’90s animated series after Beau DeMayo parted ways with Marvel earlier this year. >>>Working With Director Jake Castorena
A Few 'Dollars' More - Sergio Leone's classic A Fistful Of Dollars is being remade by Euro Gang Entertainment, the company founded by Hollywood vet Gianni Nunnari and Simon Horsman, alongside Italian production vet Enzo Sisti of FPC, and Rome-based Jolly Film, which produced the original movie. >>>Likely English-Language
Doc Talk: Early Awards Contenders - On the latest edition of Deadline’s Doc Talk podcast, hosts John Ridley and Matt Carey assess the state of play at this (admittedly) early stage in awards season, with the Venice, Telluride and Toronto film festivals yet to unveil potential contenders. >>>Listen
A Return To Darkness - Sam Raimi, architect of the Evil Dead franchise, has closed a deal to direct and produce Send Help, a new horror thriller for 20th Century Studios. Not yet officially greenlighted by the studio, the film is described as a horror thriller set on an island. >>>'Misery' Meets 'Castaway'
In Brief - Nahnatchka Khan inks first-look with Universal TV... Mayim Bialik’s Sad Clown prepping The Maccabees film... Transformers One all-star panel set for San Diego Comic-Con... Freelance casting assistants move forward with NLRB election |
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At the height of Peak TV, Greg Berlanti‘s career took off like a rocket. His Berlanti Productions had a record-breaking 15 shows on the air simultaneously. Berlanti will have six shows on air this fall, which gave him time to launch Fly Me to the Moon, starring Scarlett Johansson, Channing Tatum, Woody Harrelson and Ray Romano.
Here, Berlanti talks the screen chemistry between his leads, the film’s touchy topic, the role William Paley played in birthing Scooby-Doo, and how contraction and the end of Peak TV could lead to higher-quality television. >>>Read The Interview |
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Newcomer Ayvan Williams, Jessica Belkin (American Horror Story) and Savannah Lee Smith (Gossip Girl) are set to lead The Upside of Unrequited , a coming-of-age comedy from Hillary and Anna-Elizabeth Shakespeare — aka Shakespeare Sisters.
Actor-comedian Lamorne Morris (Fargo) has been tapped as a series regular opposite Nicolas Cage in Spider-Noir, the upcoming MGM+ and Prime Video live-action series.
Candace Cameron Bure has lined up her next holiday movie at Great American Family. She’ll star opposite Cameron Mathison in Jingle Bells, Wedding Bells. |
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More News 📥 CNN Worldwide CEO Mark Thompson today unveiled more details of a “one newsroom” strategy to merge linear and digital newsgathering. He announced that about 100 employees (of a total workforce of 3,500) would be impacted by staff reductions. CNN.com will also introduce its first subscription product later this year.
🚨 A manhunt is under way in the South of England to locate a man who is alleged to have killed the wife and two daughters of BBC horseracing commentator John Hunt. Police say the three women were allegedly killed in a crossbow attack by a suspect who has been named as Kyle Clifford, the 26-year-old ex-boyfriend of one of those killed. The three women are Hunt’s wife, Carol Hunt, and two of their daughters. 📺 ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos was captured on video on a New York street telling a person that he doesn’t believe that President Joe Biden can serve another four years. The TMZ video showed him responding to a question from a person with a camera, asking him whether he thought Biden should step down. The comment comes days after the newsman's primetime interview with Biden.
🗣️ For the second time in less than a week, Donald Trump has called on Joe Biden to go “man-to-man” in another debate with no moderators, but this time the ex-president has thrown in a round or two of golf as well.
🎬 A24 announced that it has optioned Paul B. Rainey‘s graphic novel Why Don’t You Love Me?, and tapped Jennifer Lawrence to star and Robert Funke to pen the feature adaptation.
🦚 NBC has unveiled its fall premiere dates, kicking off with Premiere Week on Monday, September 23, with The Voice, featuring first-time coaches Snoop Dogg and Michael Bublé alongside returning coaches Reba McEntire and Gwen Stefani.
⚽ Welcome to Wrexham's Rob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds have teamed up with Eva Longoria on a new bilingual sports documentary series following a new soccer club from FX and Disney+ Latin America. |
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On the Radar
Wed - TCA kicks off; Gretchen Whitmer on Colbert
Thu - The ESPYs; Jake Tapper on Colbert
Fri - TCA Awards
Sat - Wimbledon Women's Final
Sun - Wimbledon Men's Final; UEFA Euro 2024 Championship game
Mon - GOP convention begins |
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Obituaries
🕯️ Joe Bonsall, the longtime member with the Oak Ridge Boys who retired in January following a four-year battle with the neuromuscular disorder Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, died Tuesday, July 9. He was 76. 🕯️ Pat Colbert, who played the role of Dora Mae in the series Dallas, has died. She was 77. According to multiple reports, Colbert died on June 23 at her home in Compton. Colbert had suffered three strokes over the last decade. 🕯️ Hollywood & Media Deaths In 2024: Photo Gallery & Obituaries |
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Baldwin On Trial - Opening statements by prosecutors and Alec Baldwin's attorneys will begin today in the involuntary manslaughter trial related to the tragic shooting of Rust cinematographer Halyna Hutchins in 2021. The proceedings are expected to continue until July 19 before the jurors begin deliberations. |
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