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TUESDAY AM UPDATE, with actuals: While many in the moviegoing galaxy hold their breath as Rogue One: A Star Wars Story begins international rollout tomorrow, this past weekend’s offshore star story was the performance of Hacksaw Ridge in China. Mel Gibson’s pacifist WW II drama defied expectations to wrestle with…

No, he didn’t. After two false starts promising to address “the elephant in the room,” Critics’ Choice Awards host T.J. Miller did not mention the arrest that kicked off his weekend. Miller, hosting the 22nd annual Critics’ Choice Awards live on A&E, interrupted his opening monologue jokes to address the first…

Update Sunday T.J. Miller says that he will “address the elephant in the room” while hosting tonight’s Critics’ Choice Awards. The Office Christmas Party star was arrested and briefly held by L.A. police Friday following a possibly Trump-related run-in with a hired driver. He offered no further hints in his…

4th Writethru Sunday AM: Disney’s Moana presides over her third No. 1 weekend in a row with an estimated $18.8M after surging 108% yesterday thanks to Saturday matinees. Comparing the first 19 days of Moana to Frozen, the Oceania princess’ estimated running cume of $145M is pacing 4% ahead of Disney’s ice sisters who…

Remember the days when Christmas movies warmed the heart and celebrated the season with sentiment and hope? This season’s offerings seem much more on the raunchy side if the upcoming Bryan Cranston-James Franco comedy Why Him? and Office Christmas Party are any indication. I will get into the former at a later date…

Sometimes the box office begins to creep up during the second weekend of December, but this month is a little longer than most with five weekends. And as we’ve reported all along, no one really plans to spend their money until Disney’s Rogue One: A Star Wars Story arrives next week. Last year, box office fell 21%…

Josh Gordon and Will Speck are the directors behind comedies Blades Of Glory and The Switch, and now comes their Office Christmas Party from DreamWorks and Paramount. The first trailer hit today, showcasing a killer comedic cast that seems to have been given carte blanche here, which is promising. Jennifer Aniston, Jas…

Josh Gordon and Will Speck are throwing their all-star Office Christmas Party on December 9. Paramount Pictures just announced the wide release date for the DreamWorks comedy that stars Jennifer Aniston, Olivia Munn, Jason Bateman, T.J. Miller, Kate McKinnon — the list goes on. We originally heard that December 9 was t…

Oakes Fegley, soon to be seen in Disney’s Pete's Dragon remake, has landed the co-lead role in Todd Haynes’ upcoming drama Wonderstruck. The Amazon Studios pic is based on Brian Selznick’s novel and follows the dual narratives of two deaf children: Rose, who in 1927 escapes the New Jersey house she’s locked in to see…

Sam Richardson (Veep) and Vanessa Bayer (Saturday Night Live) round out the cast of Office Christmas Party, the ensemble holiday comedy starring Jennifer Aniston, Jason Bateman, Olivia Munn, T.J. Miller and Kate McKinnon. When a CEO tries to close her hard-partying brother's branch, he and his Chief Technical Officer…

EXCLUSIVE: Abbey Lee, last seen in Mad Max: Fury Road, has been set to co-star in Office Christmas Party opposite Jason Bateman, Jennifer Aniston, TJ Miller and Kate McKinnon. Will Speck and Josh Gordon are directing the script by Laura Solon. Scott Stuber, Guymon Casady and Daniel Rappaport are producing. Lee will…

Jennifer Aniston, Jason Bateman, TJ Miller and Kate McKinnon have joined the cast of DreamWorks Pictures' upcoming holiday comedy Office Christmas Party. Directed by Will Speck and Josh Gordon, the script is by Lee Eisenberg & Gene Stupnitsky and Laura Solon, based on an original idea by Guymon Casady. Speck and…