Jon Favreau to Direct First Episode of Seth MacFarlane Fox Comedy Series
Director will also executive produce the episode, and stay on series as a consultant
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Donald Trump Ripped on Twitter for Hiring ‘Loony’ Breitbart Exec
“I hope to never face a crisis in my life so dire that Breitbart is the answer,” a user tweets
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What Hillary Clinton Can Learn From Apple to Reinvent Herself in Convention Speech
“She shouldn’t try to be someone she’s not,” Jon Favreau, President Obama’s former chief speechwriter, tells TheWrap
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Melania Trump Accused of Plagiarizing Michelle Obama’s Convention Speech
“They’re nearly identical. Someone is seriously fired,” former Director of Speechwriting for President Obama says
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Can Warner Bros Make Its DC Comics Superheroes Fly Straight?
How the studio’s superhero movies are borrowing a page from Marvel’s playbook
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Chuck Todd Wants Obama on ‘Meet the Press’ with ‘F–ing Charts and Graphs’
“Stop trying to go to Vox and some dude’s garage to diversify your outreach,” Todd says to former White House staffer
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Disney Sets New Release Dates for Fairy Tale Films, Live-Action Movies
Take a look at nine other projects that are in active development at the studio
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‘Huntsman’ Misses Mark as ‘Jungle Book’ Runs Wild for Second Weekend
Bringing in only $20.1 million, Universal’s “Snow White” prequel is dwarfed by Disney’s live-action remake
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Disney’s ‘The Jungle Book’ to Maul ‘Huntsman: Winter’s War’ This Weekend
Adaptation of Rudyard Kipling classic is expected to drop by 45 percent while Universal’s “Huntsman” is tracking for mid-$20 million
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5 Reasons ‘The Jungle Book’ Trounced Expectations
Social media helped Disney’s remake blast past estimates to a $103.6 million opening weekend
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‘The Jungle Book’ Is Pouncing on $87 Million Opening Weekend
Disney’s live-action remake earns $32.4 million at the Friday box office
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‘Jungle Book’ Scores Disney’s Best-Ever Reviews for a Movie Based on a Cartoon
On critic aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, it beats previous films like “Cinderella” and “Maleficent”
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Disney’s ‘The Jungle Book’ Is a ‘Jaw-Dropper’ and ‘Technical Marvel,’ Critics Say
The live-action take on Disney’s classic tale has a 96 percent on Rotten Tomatoes
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Does ‘The Jungle Book’ Have a Post-Credits Scene?
The practice of inserting a stinger during or after the credits of a blockbuster movie is so prevalent we always have to ask
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Disney Preps ‘Jungle Book 2,’ Jon Favreau in Talks to Direct Again
Justin Marks is expected to return to write the script for the sequel
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‘The Jungle Book’ Review: ‘Babe’ Meets Rudyard Kipling in Mostly Satisfying Remake
The tigers and the turtles talk in Jon Favreau’s reimagining of the classic Disney cartoon – and the visual trickery satisfies both the eyes and the emotions
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Nate Silver’s FiveThirtyEight, ESPN Films Kick Off Election Series with ‘The Dean Scream’
The short film explores former presidential candidate Howard Dean’s infamous speech following his defeat in the 2004 Iowa Caucus
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21 Movie Trailers That Might Run During Super Bowl 50 (Photos)
Batman, Superman and Captain America will likely appear, but what about Jason Bourne or the Ghostbusters?
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‘The Jungle Book’ Trailer: Scarlett Johansson Slithers Toward Mowgli in First Good Look at Disney’s Live-Action Spectacular (Video)
Jon Favreau directed the latest adaptation of the classic tale
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Marvel Unveils ‘Captain America: Civil War’ Footage, ‘Doctor Strange’ Concept Art at D23
D23 2015: Black Widow and Hawkeye trade blows, while Benedict Cumberbatch sent a video to fans
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MTV Sets Premiere Date for ‘The Shannara Chronicles’
The fantasy series based on Terry Brooks’ series will debut January 2016
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Paris Barclay Reelected President of Directors Guild of America
DGA elected a new slate of officers and members of the National Board of Directors
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‘Dope’ to Become First Movie to Accept Bitcoin for Ticket Purchases (Exclusive)
Open Road Films teams with MovieTickets.com and GoCoin to allow moviegoers to pay with digital currency
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‘Me and Earl and the Dying Girl’ and ‘Dope’ Could Wake Up Sleepy Indie Box Office
Two Sundance movies with a ton of buzz could mobilize art house audiences and kick off the awards races
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Disney Debuts Pixar’s ‘Inside Out,’ Action-Packed ‘Tomorrowland’ Trailer at CinemaCon
The studio also screened trailers for Marvel’s “Ant-Man” and Lucasfilm’s “Star Wars: The Force Awakens”
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MTV Renews ‘Broke A$$ Game Show,’ ‘Faking It’ and ‘Are You the One?’
Upfronts 2015: Cable channel greenlights “Middle of the Night Show” and “Girl Code Live,” unveils first seven minutes of “Scream”
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Chris Pine Thriller ‘The Finest Hours’ Pushed to 2016 by Disney
The studio also gives titles to a pair of sequels to Johnny Depp blockbusters
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Live-Action ‘Mulan’ Movie Further Proof of Disney’s Commitment to Diversity
The studio has “The Jungle Book” and “Black Panther” on the way, as well as the animated tale “Moana”
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Josh Gad Headed to Disney’s ‘Beauty and the Beast’ Live-Action Film
The “Frozen” voice actor joins previously announced Emma Watson, Luke Evans and Dan Stevens
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Tim Burton to Direct Live-Action ‘Dumbo’ Movie for Disney
The filmmaker has always been drawn to characters who are a little bit different
