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Veteran television writer James Schmerer, whose credits encompass some of the most popular series of the 1970s and ’80s including MacGyver, CHiPs, Vega$, Fantasy Island and Starsky & Hutch, died Oct. 4 at his home in Eugene, Oregon, following a stroke. He was 81. Schmerer’s death was announced by Writers Guild of…

4th Writethru Sunday AM following Saturday 11:45PM post: If there’s a tale as old as time at the box office this weekend, it’s the non-stop trend that premium brands are much bigger stars than the talent on the poster. Disney says Beauty and the Beast‘s second weekend is $88.3M, but the industry believes it’s higher…

Three new major studio releases this weekend will find it impossible to cut into Beauty and the Beast‘s dance at the box office, which is well on its way to crossing $300M. The live action Disney musical has already accumulated $206.2M after $17.9M yesterday, charting the best pre-summer Tuesday of all-time (the…

Surprise! It’s 2017 and maybe everything doesn’t have to be terrible. As a show of good faith, ish, Warner Bros has released the first official trailer for CHIPS, a feature-length comedic adaptation of the campy 1970s-80s NBC TV drama. And if you weren’t thinking 21 Jump Street when you heard about the project, you…

With Sony’s Life and Paramount’s Baywatch respectively impacting the spring and summer schedule next year, Warner Bros. is making a point to ensure that its assets have the best launch too. The Ryan Reynolds sci-fi thriller Life is landing on March 24 now, so Guy Ritchie’s King Arthur gallops away to May 12, Mothers…

Warner Bros. has scheduled its big-screen version of the hit 1980s NBC series CHiPs for August 11, 2017. Dax Shepard directs and stars alongside Michael Pena in the action comedy about two California Highway Patrol motorcycle cops. In addition, the Burbank-based studio said today it has set a September 8, 2017 release…

EXCLUSIVE: Jessica McNamee, a regular on USA Network’s comedy Sirens, has cuffed a role in CHiPs, writer-director Dax Shepard's adaptation of the old NBC series for Warner Bros. She is set to co-star as Lindsey Taylor, described as a stunning yet tough young California Highway Patrol officer who takes quite a shine to…

EXCLUSIVE: Dax Shepard has signed with WME. This happens as he is preparing to direct and star in the movie version of the TV series CHiPs for Warner Bros. That film goes into production this fall, and Shepard is separately developing a show at Showtime. CHiPs will be the third film directed by Shepard, following…

EXCLUSIVE: Warner Bros has set Dax Shepard to write, direct and star in a screen version of CHiPS, that TV series that ran from 1977-83 and featured two officers who patrolled the highways of California armed with motorcycles and the tightest khaki cop uniforms in television history. Shepard will play Officer Jon…