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Final Writethru, Monday: Late last night we saw that the Hugh Jackman movie was on track for an $87.56M opening after a Sunday that was off 26% from Saturday’s $31.3. Well, Logan is even bigger than that. Per estimates this morning, Logan will clock $88.4M in his first weekend, thanks to a Sunday that dipped 23% for…

A filmmaker known largely for 2012’s Nobody Walks—a 2012 Grand Jury Prize nominee starring Olivia Thirlby and John Krasinski—filmmaker Ry-Russo Young is back at Sundance in 2017 with Before I Fall, a young adult drama based on Lauren Oliver’s bestselling novel. Set for distribution by Open Road Films for a March 3…

Open Road has announced two release-date changes. Its Jamie Foxx Las Vegas cop movie Sleepless will debut January 13 during MLK weekend, and teen drama Before I Fall now will open on March 3. Open Road originally had Sleepless dated for February 24, but given the number of African-American moviegoers who head to the…

Awesomeness Films’ Before I Fall, the film based on the bestselling YA novel by Lauren Oliver, will get a wide release theatrically by Open Road Films on April 7, 2017. Directed by Ry Russo-Young, the film follows a young woman who has it all: the crush-worthy boyfriend, amazing best friends and drop dead gorgeous…

EXCLUSIVE: Open Road closed a deal last night in Cannes for U.S. rights to Before I Fall, the Ry Russo-Young-directed adaptation of the  2010 Lauren Oliver bestselling YA novel. Open Road committed to a wide release of 2000 screens and won the film, which screened here for U.S. and international buyers. UTA…

EXCLUSIVE: Awesomeness Films has booked movie rights to Replica, the upcoming novel from the author of Before I Fall. Lauren Oliver's young-adult book centers on Lyra, known by the number 24, a replica – human model – who was born, raised and observed in a clandestine research facility called the Haven Institute. When…

Liv Hewson has joined the cast of director Ry Russo-Young's young adult fantasy-drama Before I Fall, the adaptation of the YA novel by Lauren Oliver coming from Awesomeness Films. The film follows Samantha Kingston, a high school senior who has it all: beautiful, with a great boyfriend and amazing best friends. But…

EXCLUSIVE: Jennifer Beals has landed co-starring role opposite Zoey Deutch in director Ry Russo-Young's Before I Fall, the adaptation of Lauren Oliver’s YA novel that’s being put together by Awesomeness Films. Shooting is set to start this month and Good Universe is handling international sales at this week’s American…

Oil industry drama Boomtown has expanded drilling operations, adding newcomer Tyler Riggs, Boyd Holbrook (Narcos), Rachel Brosnahan (House Of Cards), and Jocelin Donahue (Knight Of Cups) to the cast. Set in the Williston, North Dakota region that has seen explosive growth thanks to dramatically increased oil…

EXCLUSIVE: Zoey Deutch has been tapped as the star of Awesomeness Films’ next feature film project Before I Fall, the adaptation of the 2010 YA novel by Lauren Oliver that originally was set up some time ago at Fox 2000. Now it’s at Awesomeness Films, the movie division of multichannel platform AwesomenessTV that has…