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‘Secret Life Of Pets’ $95M+ Opening Brings Hope To A Summer Laden With Bombs

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3RD UPDATE, Saturday 12:33AM: The $95M-$96M estimated opening for Illumination Entertainment/Universal's The Secret Life of Pets this weekend is being seen by the industry as a bright turning point in what has been a truly lackluster summer. Summer through 63 days currently totals $2.27B according to ComScore, -5% from last summer and -12% from 2013 when summer churned out a record $4.7B. Pets will chart as the third best opening to date this summer following Captain Ameri… Read

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Relativity — ‘Den of Thieves’ & ‘Hunter Killer’ Announcements Ripped From The Pages Of ‘The Twilight Zone’

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Relativity put out back-to-back press releases tonight (both dated Thursday) stating that it had “reached a milestone” at the company. That ‘milestone’ it said was selling the Gerard Butler-starring Den of Thieves to STX for $1.2M (the sale of which was reported two months ago). It said it did so to comply with the Court’s compliance for its emergence from bankruptcy to sell the property “North of One Million dollars.” (Think Austin Powers). Oddly, the company also put… Read

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Roger Ailes Claims Gretchen Carlson Breached Contract With Lawsuit – Update

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UPDATED, 8:07 PM: Gretchen Carlson’s attorneys Nancy Erika Smith and Martin Hyman have released a statement about Roger Ailes seeking arbitration in her lawsuit: “Roger Ailes is trying to force this case into a secret arbitration proceeding. Gretchen never agreed to arbitrate anything with Mr. Ailes and the contract on which he relies does not mention him and is not signed by him. Gretchen intends to fight for her right to a public jury trial, a right protected by the… Read

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‘Hunters’ Canceled After One Season At Syfy

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Hunters, the Syfy series executive produced by The Walking Dead‘s Gale Anne Hurd, has been canceled after a single season. The finale of the 13-episode season will air Monday night. The series, based on Whitley Strieber's bestselling 2013 novel Alien Hunter, premiered April 11 and starred Nathan Phillips, Britne Oldford and Julian McMahon. Written by Natalie Chaidez (Heroes), the harsh series chronicled the disappearance of a decorated Philadelphia cop's wife, which leads… Read

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Movie About U.S. Constitution Shut Down After Student Crew Joins IATSE, Walks Off Job

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Tea Party activist Norm Novitsky's In Search of Liberty, a crowdfunded feature film about the U.S. Constitution, has been shut down in Savannah, GA, after 30 members of his crew walked off the job. The group, made up mostly of students and recent graduates from the Savannah College of Art and Design, had been seeking union representation, living wages and reclassification as employees rather than independent contractors. The film, which stars Food Network host Bobby Deen… Read

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Jamie Kennedy Joins ‘Girl From Compton’; ‘Ray Donovan’ Books Jake Hoffman

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Jamie Kennedy (Scream, Malibu’s Most Wanted) has joined the cast of Lifetime’s upcoming R&B biopic Girl From Compton (working title) about the life of R&B artist Michel'le. The film details the life of the singer, who was discovered at a young age by N.W.A's Eazy-E and became a platinum artist on Ruthless Records. Dr. Dre's girlfriend for more than a decade and later married to Suge Knight, Michel'le was there for N.W.A's wild ride, with all of its dramatic ups and downs… Read

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‘The Secret Life Of Pets’ Review: Frantic, Furry, Four-Legged Fun For The Whole Family

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“Wonder what they do all day?” That’s the great advertising line for Illumination’s latest animated feature, The Secret Life of Pets — and as a pet owner, you probably are better off not knowing. But this irresistible confection will be too hard for families to avoid, especially kids, who will lap this all up. I did, even though it goes way overboard in the second half, much like Pixar’s Finding Dory, the movie it easily will displace at the top of the boxoffice charts… Read

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Dean Norris Joins ‘Girlboss’ Netflix Comedy Series

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Breaking Bad alum Dean Norris has booked a recurring role opposite Britt Robertson and Ellie Reed in Girlboss, Netflix's 13-episode comedy series inspired by Sophia Amoruso's popular autobiography. Written/executive produced by Pitch Perfect scribe Kay Cannon and to be directed by Christian Ditter, Girlboss hails from Charlize Theron's Denver & Delilah production company. It centers on Sophia (Robertson), a rebellious, broke anarchist who refuses to grow up. She stumbles… Read

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CBS Submits SEC Filing To Spin Off Its Radio Unit

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Never mind the threats to the radio business from Sirius XM, Pandora, and podcasts. CBS tells Wall Street in an SEC filing today that will offer a good deal soon when it spins off CBS Radio — creating a new public offering for the business that dates back to 1927, and became a national power under CBS founder William Paley. The company now has 117 stations in 26 markets. They include “many of the leading radio stations in the United States, including the most listened-to… Read

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‘Morgan’ Star Anya Taylor-Joy Joins Thriller ‘Marrowbone’

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EXCLUSIVE: Anya Taylor-Joy, who plays the title role in Fox’s upcoming sci-fi thriller Morgan, has joined the cast of Marrowbone, a psychological thriller that marks the directing debut of writer Sergio G. Sanchez. The pic is being executive produced by J.A. Bayona, who directed Sanchez’s script The Orphanage and The Impossible which Sanchez co-wrote. Marrowbone centers on four children who hide from the world after their mother’s death on a farm that holds a terrible… Read

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Dallas Police Shooting: Hollywood Reacts With Sadness & Calls For Unity

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As Americans were trying to comprehend the killing of two black men at the hands of white police officers this week — both of which were captured on video — all hell broke loose in Dallas last night. Many Hollywood notables took to Twitter today to express their feelings and put forth a message of unity amid chaos. Among them are Oscar and Emmy winners and some who have played cops on the big or small screen. Here’s a sampling: I wanna find the Dallas Police Chief and… Read

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‘Roadside Picnic’: W. Earl Brown & Michael Lindall Join WGN America Pilot

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Deadwood alum W. Earl Brown and Michael Lindall have been cast opposite Matthew Goode in WGN America's alien-saga pilot Roadside Picnic, based on the famous novel by top Soviet/Russian science fiction writers Arkady and Boris Strugatsky. Written by Transcendence scribe Jack Paglen, with Terminator: Genisys and Game of Thrones helmer Alan Taylor attached to direct and Neal Moritz producing, Roadside Picnic explores a near-future world where aliens have come and gone… Read