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Netflix Commissions Hostage Doc Series From Lightbox And Doug Liman’s Hypnotic

EXCLUSIVE– Academy Award-winning producer Simon Chinn and Emmy Award-winning cousin Jonathan Chinn’s multi-media banner Lightbox has been commissioned by Netflix to produce Captive, an eight episode series exploring hostage situations and negotiations around the world. Lightbox, which conceived the series, is teaming…

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‘Scorch Trials’ Speeds Up Toward $30.3M Finish Line; Moviegoers Pay $22.6M To Whitey Bulger – Monday B.O. Final

8th UPDATE, Monday, 2:04 PM: Fox’s Maze Runner ended the weekend with a total of $30.3M, down about 7% from the first installment which debuted last year at this time with $32.5M. Black Mass had a smaller final take this morning of $22.6M (the studio estimated $23.3M yesterday) which is still a solid number for Warner…

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‘Maze Runner,’ ‘Black Mass,’ ‘Captive,’ ‘Everest’ — B.O. Friday Matinees

Maze Runner: Scorch Trials is only slightly ahead right now of its predecessor and with the $1.7M in previews, it looks on track to gross anywhere around $10.5M to $11.5M today, compared to last year’s Friday gross for Maze Runner of $11.2M. The first installment of the Fox franchise based on the YA book by James…

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‘Maze Runner’, ‘Black Mass’, ‘Captive’ & ‘Everest’ Debut In Box Office Mixed Bag – Preview

This weekend’s box office should rev up, thanks to Fox’s Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials which should push past the first installment’s $32.5M opening last year at this time. The film has already opened in overseas markets and has surpassed the first by 40%. Although that kind of percentage increase is not expected to…

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‘Captive’ Starring David Oyelowo & Kate Mara Acquired By Paramount

Paramount Pictures has secured worldwide distribution rights to Captive, the based-on-a-true-story thriller starring Selma‘s David Oyelowo and Kate Mara. The studio has already set a September 18, 2015 release date. Directed by Jerry Jameson and written by Brian Bird, the pic centers on Ashley Smith (Mara), a single…

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Bruce Willis Set For Brazil Hostage Thriller ‘Captive,’ With Simon Brand Helming

Bruce Willis has been set to star in Captive, an action thriller that will begin production in March with Simon Brand directing. Benjamin van der Veen and Kario Salem wrote the script from a story by Nicolai Fuglsig. Willis will play a real estate developer who gets kidnapped and held for ransom while at work in…

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‘Boardwalk Empire’s Michael K. Williams Gets ‘Captive’

EXCLUSIVE: While Michael K. Williams‘ Chalky White character seems to be becoming a larger presence on each season of the HBO series Boardwalk Empire (I am most certainly not complaining), he’s found a movie to do during his hiatus. Williams signed with BN Films to join Captive, the thriller directed by Jerry Jameson…

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