Writethru, 4th update: Sunday final: While it's normal for moviegoers to ease their spending the weekend before a huge tentpole opens, in this case Disney/Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 which is projected to make $150M, this weekend's problem at the box office isn't the late April date, but the sheer lack of…

EXCLUSIVE: J.D. Dillard, whose directorial feature debut Sleight made waves at Sundance last year, is in negotiations to direct and co-write a remake of classic horror pic The Fly for Fox. He would pen the script with writing partner Alex Theurer. There have been rumors buzzing around for a while that a remake of the…

“This is turning into something I never would have signed up for.” That’s a quote from a young man who has lost both of his parents and is left to protect and raise his kid sister in Sleight, a Sundance 2016 pickup that arrives in theaters April 7. Jacob Latimore plays Bo, who as man of the house is forced to turn to…

EXCLUSIVE: Christine Woods, Karen Fukuhara, Miyavi and Ross Partridge have joined the cast of Stray, a supernatural noir movie penned by Sleight scribes JD Dillard and Alex Theurer and to be directed by commercials helmer Joe Sill in his feature debut. Dillard and Theurer will produce under their Engineer banner…

WWE Studios and Blumhouse Productions have bought world rights to Sleight, which premiered in the Sundance Film Festival’s NEXT section. The dramatic thriller is directed by JD Dillard and blends science fiction and street magic in a tale set in Los Angeles. Dillard wrote Sleight with Alex Theurer, and it stars Jacob…

EXCLUSIVE: Dulé Hill, Jacob Latimore, rapper Tyga and Storm Reid have been cast in Sleight, a thriller pic from Diablo Entertainment. The film will mark the feature directing debut of music video helmer JD Dillard, who co-wrote the script with Alex Theurer. Diablo’s Eric B. Fleischman and Sean Tabibian, whose credits…