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EXCLUSIVE: STX Entertainment is re-evaluating making its initial public stock offering on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and is contemplating, among its options, whether to sell shares on one of the U.S. exchanges, according to people with knowledge of the matter. The independent film studio had hoped to raise $500…

EXCLUSIVE: Ever since it planted a flag in the shifting ground of the movie business, STX Entertainment has fashioned itself a different kind of studio, an operation bent on proving Hollywood's long-held assumptions about mid-budget films wrong. That bid to stand apart has faced a harsh test this month as two…

SUNDAY AM FINAL:  For previous Friday/Saturday update, click here. Warner Bros.’ Crazy Rich Asians drew a second weekend of $25M, down an awesome, unexpected, and uncommon 6%. This is truly an unprecedented weekend hold for a summer movie, especially in recent years. Typically you see this type of weekend hold between…

5TH UPDATE, Sunday AM Writethru following Saturday and Friday updates. For most recent Sunday update click here: We’ve frequently written about the wane of raunchy comedies recently at the box office, often blaming streaming for encroaching on the genre’s theatrical territory and stealing away such talent as Adam…

With echoes of Who Framed Roger Rabbit and Broadway’s Tony-winning puppet show Avenue Q, new Melissa McCarthy comedy The Happytime Murders blends some down-and-dirty puppetry with a Bogart-style murder mystery to dig deep for laughs in this sometimes quite funny late-summer trifle from the Muppet masters at the Jim…

STXinternational made its first-ever CineEurope presentation here in Barcelona with President David Kosse touting the overall company's brand of “highly-commercial, star-driven films” that "take the studio model apart and rebuild it.” Since launching internationally, the offshore division of STX Entertainment has set…

UPDATED, 5:02 PM: A New York judge has ruled against Sesame Street‘s parent company in last week’s lawsuit against STX Entertainment over the upcoming Melissa McCarthy film The Happytime Murders. U.S. District Judge Vernon Broderick on Wednesday said that STX can continue to use the tagline “No Sesame. All Street” in…

This is no Sesame Street. STXfilms has released the red band trailer for The Happytime Murders, a raunchy R-rated puppet movie starring Melissa McCarthy. (Yes, puppets have sex in this movie.) Per its logline, The Happytime Murders is a filthy comedy set in the underbelly of Los Angeles where puppets and humans…

Scribes Jon and Erich Hoeber are reteaming with STXfilms and have been tapped to pen the family action-comedy movie that will star Dave Bautista to kick off a potential franchise. Deadline broke the story in October that the Guardians of the Galaxy and Blade Runner 2049 tough guy — a former wrestler and mixed martial…

Mitch Silpa and Ryan Gaul are joining Melissa McCarthy in STXfilms, Brian Henson-directed comedy, The Happytime Murder, which is set in the underbelly of a Los Angeles where puppets and humans co-exist. Two clashing detectives, one human (McCarthy) and one puppet, are forced to work together to figure out who is…

Silicon Valley‘s Jimmy O. Yang has joined Melissa McCarthy, Elizabeth Banks, Joel McHale and Maya Rudolph in STXfilms’ The Happytime Murders, from director Brian Henson and Jim Henson Company's Henson Alternative. The comedy is set in the underbelly of a Los Angeles where puppets and humans co-exist. Two clashing…

Maya Rudolph is joining her Bridesmaids co-star Melissa McCarthy in STXfilms’ The Happytime Murders, a comedy that Brian Henson will direct in conjunction with Jim Henson Company's Henson Alternative banner. The comedy is set in the underbelly of a Los Angeles where puppets and humans co-exist. Two clashing…