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EXCLUSIVE: Joyce Gilliard, the hair stylist who was seriously injured in the train accident that killed camera assistant Sarah Jones on the first day of shooting Midnight Rider in 2014, has written and produced a short film about safety on the set. The 40-minute film, Daddy's Home, will launch on YouTube and other…

Montana has knocked off Wisconsin as the state where residents stream the most Hulu programming, the SVOD and live TV service revealed this week in its annual Reflections on Streaming report. Other big winners included comedy movies, up 36% as a genre compared with 2016 levels. Paramount’s Daddy’s Home, the Will…

UPDATED with statements from Red Granite and DiCaprio reps: The U.S. Attorney’s Office’s Money Laundering and Asset Recovery Section has outlined the tangled web of money laundering and the ill-gotten finances that were funneled into Red Granite and used to fund Hollywood films. In a government filing today, the DOJ…

UPDATE: Another trade has just picked up Deadline’s reporting that Mel Gibson is being courted by Warner Bros to direct the Suicide Squad sequel. If you’ve seen Gibson’s Apocalypto, it’s easy to see how he might add some inspiration to the DC collection of misfit superheroes. You can find the source of their…

EXCLUSIVE: Paramount Pictures is courting Mel Gibson and John Lithgow to star in the sequel to Daddy’s Home, opposite Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg. Gary Sanchez produces. For Gibson, this comes after the success of Hacksaw Ridge, which is nominated for six Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Director. Lithgow jus…

EXCLUSIVE: Paramount Pictures and Gary Sanchez Productions have set a sequel to Daddy’s Home, the crowd-pleasing comedy which opened last Christmas and turned in a $240 million worldwide gross. Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg have signed to reprise their mismatched buddy characters. Sean Anders and John Morris are also…

UPDATE, WRITETHRU: With very strong holds throughout Europe and significant jumps in Asia, Star Wars: The Force Awakens saw an international weekend gross of $96.3M, a 29.7% drop from frame 2. After 19 days in release, the offshore cume is $770.5M and the global total is $1,510.766M. At the worldwide box office, SWTFA…

4th Update, 6:50 PM: We are seeing how the new pictures are lining up right now this Christmas Day and the NBA game did have a bit of an impact, but it appears that tonight’s business is robust. Star Wars: The Force Awakens could make $47.5M to $50M today and is heading towards a $150M to $160M three-day. Of the new…

UPDATE 11:30 with more information throughout. Sure, everyone knows that the astonishing reach of Star Wars: The Force Awakens on social media is, well, a phenomenon — look below for Albert Brooks’ tweet of the year on Star Wars. But how are other titles at the starting line faring in the online universe? To give some…

Daddy’s Home is off to a fantastic start this Christmas morning, having hauled in a total of $1.2M in Thursday previews as moviegoers are clearly ready for another comedy. The film, starring Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg, played in 1,920 locations last night, starting at 7 PM. Both actors are big social media stars…

This Christmas is headed to the record books thanks to Star Wars: The Force Awakens and a plethora of new films coming into play. For the first time in its history, Christmas weekend could haul in a three-day gross of more than $300M. Last weekend, it was around $315 million, but that included a whopping Thursday…

“The tracking is so fragmented,” exclaimed one distribution source today about the presence of Disney’s titan Star Wars: The Force Awakens in the marketplace and how it’s impacting projections. As a result, a number of the wide releases will be clustered together in regards to their openings on the chart. While studio…