15 Buzziest Sundance Movies: From ‘Honey Boy’ to ‘Leaving Neverland’ (Photos)
Sundance 2019: Streaming companies and indie distributors will battle it out for these movies
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Dreamscape, Steven Spielberg-Backed VR Company, Dreams of Big Expansion After Strong Start in LA
For $20, users can hang out in an alien zoo, in the ocean or on an “Indiana Jones”-style adventure
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Tessa Thompson, Damien Chazelle, Phyllis Nagy Join 2019 Sundance Jury
Filmmaker Desiree Akhavan and Film Society of Lincoln Center programming director Dennis Lim will also judge the Sundance U.S. dramatic category
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Shameik Moore, Kiernan Shipka, Joan Cusack Cast of Netflix Film ‘Let it Snow’
“Transformers: The Last Knight” star Isabela Moner and “Lady Bird’s” Odeya Rush also join the cast of the film based on a best-selling YA book
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Tom Holland, Chris Evans Thriller ‘The Devil All the Time’ Lands at Netflix
Mia Wasikowska, Robert Pattinson, Bill Skarsgard, Eliza Scanlen and Gabriel Ebert also join the cast
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UTA Hires Veteran Agent Darnell Strom to Lead New Culture and Leadership Division
Agent has repped former Vice President Joe Biden, Nobel Laureate Malala Yousafzai, Gayle King, will.i.am, Dwyane Wade and Gabrielle Union
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‘Sopranos’ Prequel Movie Adds Corey Stoll and Billy Magnussen
They join Jon Bernthal, Vera Farmiga and Alessandro Nivola in “The Many Saints of Newark”
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‘Fallout’ Director Christopher McQuarrie to Write, Direct Next 2 ‘Mission: Impossible’ Films
Director first took the reins of the franchise in 2015 with “Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation”
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Veteran Talent Agent Lorrie Bartlett Joins ICM Partners Board
Bartlett becomes the first African-American appointed to the board of a major Hollywood talent agency
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Propagate Promotes Isabel San Vargas to President of Production and Operations
She previously oversaw “The Ultimate Fighter” for Pilgrim Studios
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CBS Films to Fold Into CBS Entertainment Group
Company plans to focus entertainment resources on its TV, digital and streaming businesses
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Disney CEO Bob Iger Pay Rises 80 Percent to $65.6 Million
Disney is expected to close deal for Fox assets in early 2019
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STX Entertainment Inks Partnership With Alibaba to Produce, Finance More ‘UglyDolls’
The deal includes an animated feature film, TV series, music and merchandise
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Warner Bros Taps Peter Sollett to Direct ‘Minecraft’ Movie
Film is based on the wildly popular global video game
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Imagine Entertainment Launches Kids and Family Division, Stephanie Sperber to Lead
Division will develop and produce animated and live-action feature films, television series and short-form content
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Lionsgate Lays Off About 25 in Restructure, Ends Codeblack Partnership
Studio will consolidate its marketing and distribution units
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Layoffs Hit Billboard, The Hollywood Reporter After Restructuring at Parent Company
Editorial staffs at the two publications were not affected
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Michael Jackson Documentary ‘Leaving Neverland’ Will Air on HBO This Spring
Film follows two men recounting experiences in which they say they were sexually abused by pop singer as boys
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Aretha Franklin Biopic ‘Respect’ at MGM Taps Liesl Tommy to Direct
Oscar-winner Jennifer Hudson will star in the film penned by fellow Oscar-winner Callie Khouri
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Why a CBS and Viacom Merger Is Looking Likely in Early 2019
Viacom CEO Bob Bakish would make the most sense to lead the combined company, according to BTIG analyst Rich Greenfield
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DreamWorks Animation Combines Film, TV Operations, Names Margie Cohn as President
Chris deFaria will exit as DreamWorks feature animation president
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Netflix Hires Production Exec Sheroum Kim From STX as Director of Independent Films
She worked on STX films including “The Edge Of Seventeen” and Amy Schumer’s “I Feel Pretty”
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‘Prisoners’ Producer Adam Kolbrenner Launches New Production Company Lit Entertainment Group
Kolbrenner served as executive producer on last year’s Netflix original film “The Christmas Chronicles”
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‘Beautiful Boy’ Cast on How the Actors and Filmmakers Created a Family on Set (Exclusive Video)
“I get a definite sense of commitment to everybody to the story and to the real-life people,” star Steve Carell says of real-life family addiction story
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Awkwafina Nears Deal to Join Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart in ‘Jumanji’ Sequel
Karen Gillan and Jack Black return as well for the sequel to “Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle”
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Warner Bros Wins Rights to $300 Million RatPac-Dune Film Library
The RatPac-Dune library includes minority stakes in popular films such as “Dunkirk,” “Wonder Woman,” “Paddington 2” and “It”
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Watch Katherine Waterston Seduce Michael Shannon in ‘State Like Sleep’ Scene (Exclusive Video)
Film follows Katherine Grand as she discovers a web of secrets surrounding her husband’s last days alive
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How to Watch ‘Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest’
The party will be broadcast on TV and online in New York, L.A. and New Orleans
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Verizon Follows Comcast in Dropping Jennifer Lopez’s Fuse Media Network
The network criticized Comcast and Verizon for not being committed to diverse programming
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Inside Black Filmmakers’ Record $1.5 Billion Year at the Box Office, From ‘Black Panther’ to ‘First Purge’
For the first time, five films directed by black auteurs grossed more than $100 million domestically
