5th Update, Sunday AM: after Friday and Saturday posts:  New Line/DC’s Shazam! bulked up 74% on Saturday over Friday with $11M, putting its second weekend at $25.1M, -53%, for a 10-day of $94.9M. The DC superhero hero formerly known as Captain Marvel should cross $100M before Good Friday. The weekend’s other comic…

UPDATE: With Universal moving its family feature The Voyage of Doctor Dolittle off of April 12 to MLK weekend 2020, Annapurna is moving its Laika toon Missing Link up by a week to that date. Pic will be up against such wide releases as Aviron’s Hero Fiennes Tiffin-Selma Blair sci-fi pic After and the Fox drama Breakthr…

EXCLUSIVE: Stop-motion animation studio Laika has hired former Buzzfeed and FX executive Michael Waghalter as head of business development, a move that Brad Wald, the company’s CFO and SVP Business Operations, said will propel efforts to build Laika’s brand esteem through exhibitions at museums, pop-culture…

Lionsgate UK has picked up Hugh Jackman and Emma Thompson's animated feature Missing Link. The theatrical distributor has picked up the latest animated offering from Laika, the animation studio behind Kubo and the Two Strings and The Boxtrolls. Lionsgate struck the deal with AGC International, the international sales…

EXCLUSIVE: Tricoast Worldwide has boarded sales on Zoe Hopkins' family adventure drama Kayak To Klemtu. The debut feature screens in the market on May 12. Hopkins is a Canadian Heiltsuk/Mohawk filmmaker who co-wrote the picture with Michael Sparaga. The story follows 14-year-old Ella (Ta’kaiya Blaney) on a journey to…