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More bad news for exhibition, and this from the distributor which has been good about releasing movies during the pandemic: Universal is moving their Jennifer Lopez musical-driven romantic comedy Marry Me from May 14, 2021 to Feb. 11, 2022. Translation: The studio has enough confidence in the movie to postpone it and…

Universal Pictures’ Jennifer Lopez music fueled romantic comedy Marry Me is moving from Presidents Day-Valentine’s Day weekend on the theatrical release calendar next year, Feb. 12 and going to May 14, 2021. Marry Me will take the place of DreamWorks Animation's Untitled Spirit Riding Free movie which has now been…

EXCLUSIVE: With her next film landing the coveted Valentine’s Day weekend slot, director Kat Coiro is now headed to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. She is in negotiations to direct the pilot and several other episodes of Marvel’s She-Hulk series for Disney+. Coiro will also serve as an executive producer on the…

Universal's Jennifer Lopez romantic comedy Marry Me will be released on Valentine's Day weekend, Friday, February 12, 2021. The feature takes the place of the untitled Universal romantic comedy on the release schedule. Marry Me squares off against Disney/Marvel’s Eternals and Paramount and Lee Daniels’ Billie Holiday…

Andrew Bachelor, a.k.a "King Bach", has been added to the cast of Love, Weddings & Other Disasters, the indie rom-com with Jeremy Irons, Diane Keaton, and Maggie Grace. Dennis Dugan is directing the Boston-set feature which revolves around people who work on weddings to create the perfect day for the loving couple…

EXCLUSIVE: We hear that the Jennifer Lopez-Owen Wilson romantic comedy Marry Me is returning to Universal after it was set-up at STX. Going way back, the movie was initially set up at Uni by studio brass Donna Langley and Peter Cramer, and now the Kat Coiro-directed feature is back there with all elements intact. In…

Jennifer Lopez and STXfilms are again teaming on a feature. Following 2018’s Second Act and the forthcoming Lopez- and Constance Wu-led drama Hustlers, they are rejoining for the romantic comedy Marry Me. Owen Wilson is in final negotiations to star opposite Lopez. Kat Coiro, known in the TV space for directing pilots…

UPDATED: Out of sight, out of mind. Three months after freshman comedy Marry Me and sophomore About a Boy were pulled off the schedule, they have been officially cancelled by NBC. There are still unaired episodes of both relationship comedies, their fate is unclear. Both About a Boy and Marry Me got off to a solid…

After months of hype and the added juice of an Ant-Man trailer exclusive, ABC’s Marvel's Agent Carter (1.9/6) made its swinging debut last night. Compared to the last Marvel TV debut, Agent Carter was down 60% from the stellar one-hour Tuesday debut of Marvel's Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. on September 24, 2013. While the…

Sony Pictures Television said it has licensed its new comedy Marry Me to 74 territories on six continents. Canal Sony has acquired the rights to the comedy starring Ken Marino and Casey Wilson across 23 Latin America territories, with a debut slated across the region in early 2015. SPT also has completed several deals…

With the strongest new fall series already given full-season pickups and the weakest cancelled, it’s time for partial back orders to the freshmen in the middle. First off is new NBC comedy Marry Me, which has received a pickup for five more episodes, bringing its first-season order to 18 episodes. The romantic comedy…

Two more comedy series, NBC’s freshman Marry Me and sophomore About A Boy, joined Tuesday to bring the total to six half-hours on the night. Only the NBC pair has a meaningful lead-in, so, not surprisingly, Marry Me and About A Boy‘s ratings equaled those of the other four comedies combined. New romantic comedy Marry M…