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EXCLUSIVE: Sophia Bush (Chicago PD) has joined the cast of Love, Simon, the Disney+ series inspired by the praised 2018 movie based on Becky Albertali's bestselling novel. She will play a recurring role in the show, from This Is Us executive producers/co-showrunners Isaac Aptaker and Elizabeth Berger, who wrote the…

EXCLUSIVE: Rachel Naomi Hilson (This Is Us) is set as a series regular opposite Michael Cimino in Love, Simon, the Disney+ series inspired by the praised 2018 movie based on Becky Albertali's New York Times bestselling novel, in a recasting. The series hails from This Is Us executive producers/co-showrunners Isaac…

Michael Cimino (Annabelle Comes Home, Training Day) is set as the lead in Love, Simon, the Disney+ series inspired by the praised 2018 movie based on Becky Albertali's New York Times bestselling novel. Cimino joins previously announced Ana Ortiz in the half-hour series which begins production this month in Los…

EXCLUSIVE: Director/producer Jason Ensler is expanding his relationship with 20th Century Fox TV, signing an overall deal with the studio, part of Disney TV Studios. Under the pact, Ensler will serve as the directing executive producer on 20th TV’s upcoming series Love, Simon for Disney+, inspired by the praised 2018…

EXCLUSIVE: Devious Maids alumna Ana Ortiz has been tapped as a lead in the Disney + series Love, Simon, inspired by the praised 2018 movie. This marks the first casting for the the half-hour series, from This Is Us executive producers/co-showrunners Isaac Aptaker and Elizabeth Berger, who wrote the movie, and 20th…

In another case of cross-pollination between new Disney corporate siblings, Disney+, Disney’s upcoming direct-to-consumer platform has been developing Love, Simon, a comedy series based on the praised 2018 movie. This Is Us executive producers/co-showrunners Isaac Aptaker and Elizabeth Berger, who wrote the movie, are…

The LGBTQ community was championed and celebrated Thursday night as 15 of the 27 trophies for the 30th Annual GLAAD Media Awards were handed out at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles. Greg Berlanti teen romance Love, Simon took the trophy for Outstanding Film while Tanya Saracho’s groundbreaking Latinx series Vida was…

Every four years, the world tunes into the World Cup — or at least the most soccer-loving nations do, including pretty much all of Europe and Latin America. As with other major sporting events, this provides a long-lead challenge to distributors with regards to scheduling and counterprogramming at the international box…

Saturday AM: Updated with chart It’s the best of times and the worst of times at the box office. On the bright side we have Black Panther which is sitting on everything with a fifth No. 1 weekend of $28.5M, -30%, and summer-like results with a running $606.8M total. Our financial sources believe that Black Panther‘s…

Videogame star Lara Croft will vie to get an extra life at the box office this weekend as MGM/Warner Bros.’ Tomb Raider starring Oscar winner Alicia Vikander hits 3,700 locations with a shot at $23M-$25M. However, she’ll have to overindex if she wants to beat Disney/Marvel’s Black Panther which is looking at its fifth…

EXCLUSIVE: 20th Century Fox held previews last night for its gay teenage romance title Love, Simon and drew a strong estimated $800K from 927 theaters for a per location average of $863. Now, it’s not often that sneak preview figures are reported, but to provide some perspective, and know that these are not comps…

Although on the surface it looks no different than many a mainstream major studio comedy, Love, Simon is almost radical in the sense that it revolves around the everyday life of a gay 17-year-old high school student and doesn’t try to hide that fact on screen or in the marketing materials, which happen to be aimed at…