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Jack O'Connell, Lily Collins Join 'The Cradle' Drama

Jack O'Connell, Lily Collins Join 'The Cradle' Drama

The Hollywood Reporter — Jack O'Connell and Lily Collins are joining The Cradle from The Levelling director Hope Dickson Leach. O'Connell and Collins will play a couple not ready to expect their first baby as they track down a childhood cradle, only to make a discovery that will change their family forever.
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Guillermo del Toro to Produce, Co-Write 'Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark'

Guillermo del Toro to Produce, Co-Write 'Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark'

The Hollywood Reporter — Oscar winner Guillermo del Toro has co-written and will produce Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, a movie that Entertainment One and CBS Films will co-finance. Daniel Hageman and Kevin Hageman, whose writing credits include The Lego Movie and Hotel Transylvania, adapted the script for Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark along with del Toro, who earned the best picture Oscar for his latest film, The Shape of Water.
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Jude Law, Carrie Coon to Star in Sean Durkin's 'The Nest'

Jude Law, Carrie Coon to Star in Sean Durkin's 'The Nest'

The Hollywood Reporter — Jude Law and Carrie Coon are set to star in director Sean Durkin's The Nest, a family psychodrama for FilmNation Entertainment and BBC Films, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.
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Shania Twain to Host Canadian Country Music Awards

Shania Twain to Host Canadian Country Music Awards

The Hollywood Reporter — Just after Shania Twain offered an apology for her statement of support for President Donald Trump, the country star on Monday was named to host the Canadian Country Music Awards. Twain will also receive the Generation Award for her contributions to country music at the Sept. 9, 2018 kudosfest in Hamilton, Ontario, organizers said.
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Demetrius Shipp Jr. Joins Mystery Drama 'Same Difference'

Demetrius Shipp Jr. Joins Mystery Drama 'Same Difference'

The Hollywood Reporter — Demetrius Shipp Jr., who played Tupac Shakur in the biopic All Eyez on Me, and Essence Atkins ( Marlon) are starring in the mystery drama Same Difference, from writer-director Derege Harding and Datari Turner Productions.
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Selina Lo, Michelle Yeoh Join Mel Gibson in Thriller 'Boss Level'

Selina Lo, Michelle Yeoh Join Mel Gibson in Thriller 'Boss Level'

The Hollywood Reporter — Michelle Yeoh and Selina Lo have joined Mel Gibson in Joe Carnahan's action thriller Boss Level, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. Byron Allen's Entertainment Studios recently nabbed the pic from The Fyzz Facility and Emmett/Furla/Oasis Films for the U.S. market, and plans a 2019 wide release.
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Jamie M. Dagg to Direct Thriller 'The Importance of Blood'

Jamie M. Dagg to Direct Thriller 'The Importance of Blood'

The Hollywood Reporter — Jamie M. Dagg is set to direct the dark thriller The Importance of Blood for financing and producing partners Sculptor Media and The Walking Dead executive producer Circle of Confusion. Dagg followed up his 2015 debut feature River with Sweet Virginia, which premiered at last year's Tribeca Film Festival and was released by IFC.
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Universal Nabs Jason Mantzoukas Movie 'The Long Dumb Road'

Universal Nabs Jason Mantzoukas Movie 'The Long Dumb Road'

The Hollywood Reporter — Universal Studios' home entertainment arm has closed a deal for North American rights to the Sundance road-trip movie The Long Dumb Road, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. A limited theatrical release is planned alongside a wider home entertainment play by the Universal Pictures Home Entertainment Content Group for the rollout of the Jason Mantzoukas and Tony Revolori starrer.
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Mel Gibson Starrer 'Boss Level' Nabbed by Entertainment Studios

Mel Gibson Starrer 'Boss Level' Nabbed by Entertainment Studios

The Hollywood Reporter — Byron Allen's Entertainment Studios has picked up Joe Carnahan's Boss Level for the U.S. market. The action-thriller, which stars Mel Gibson, Frank Grillo, Ken Jeong and Naomi Watts, will receive a wide release in 2019. Boss Level centers on a retired U.S. Army Special Forces veteran (Grillo) trapped in a never-ending loop, resulting in his death every day.
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Emma Thompson to Direct 'Nanny McPhee' Musical

Emma Thompson to Direct 'Nanny McPhee' Musical

The Hollywood Reporter — Emma Thompson is set to direct the stage musical based on Nanny McPhee after starring as the titular character in the 2005 movie, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. But the Sense and Sensibility star is not expected to appear in the film-to-stage adaptation.
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BET Networks Cancels 'The Quad' After Two Seasons

BET Networks Cancels 'The Quad' After Two Seasons

The Hollywood Reporter — There will be no third semester for BET Network's The Quad. The series about Georgia A&M's historically independent and black university has been canceled on the heels of the second season's finale, a BET spokesperson confirmed to the Hollywood Reporter on Monday. The Quad, which starred Anika Noni Rose and Ruben Santiago-Hudson, launched its second season Jan.
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Jake Gyllenhaal to Star in and Produce 'Welcome to Vienna' From Focus Features

Jake Gyllenhaal to Star in and Produce 'Welcome to Vienna' From Focus Features

The Hollywood Reporter — Focus Features has picked up film rights to the upcoming novel To Die in Vienna by Kevin Wignall and attached Jake Gyllenhaal to star in its movie adaptation, Welcome to Vienna, T he Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. Gyllenhaal will also produce through his production company Nine Stories, alongside Riva Marker.
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U.S. Shows Dominate Banff Rockie Award Nominations

U.S. Shows Dominate Banff Rockie Award Nominations

The Hollywood Reporter — Hollywood TV producers on Thursday nabbed a slew of nominations for the Rockie Awards at the upcoming 39th Banff World Media Festival. The best drama category has American entrants in Sony TV's Counterpart and CBS' Twin Peaks, while the comedy competition will see Disney/ABC's Black-ish and Grown-ish sitcoms and Sony TV's The Goldbergs go up against two Canadian chucklers, the CBC's Kim's Convenience and Schitt's Creek.
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Canada's Bell Media Buys Control of Pinewood Toronto Studios (Exclusive)

Canada's Bell Media Buys Control of Pinewood Toronto Studios (Exclusive)

The Hollywood Reporter — Canadian giant Bell Media has bought a controlling stake in Pinewood Toronto Studios, laying the groundwork for more Hollywood TV series to shoot on its soundstages via content equity and licensing deals. The size of the stake and financial terms of the purchase were not disclosed.
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Quebec to Tax Netflix, Amazon, Other U.S. Streaming Services

Quebec to Tax Netflix, Amazon, Other U.S. Streaming Services

The Hollywood Reporter — The Quebec provincial government on Tuesday made good on its threat to impose a local sales taxes on foreign suppliers of paid digital services like Netflix and Amazon Prime, starting in 2019. Quebec in November first hinted a plans to impose a provincial 9.75 percent sales tax on U.S.
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'Ready Player One' Writer Zak Penn to Adapt Hasbro's 'ROM' for Film

'Ready Player One' Writer Zak Penn to Adapt Hasbro's 'ROM' for Film

The Hollywood Reporter — Ready Player One scribe Zak Penn is set to adapt the ROM toy turned comic book universe into a movie for Hasbro's Allspark Pictures and Paramount, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. Penn, who penned Steven Spielberg's virtual reality celebration of the pop culture of the 1980s, is being enlisted to bring the ROM: Spaceknight comic book property to the big screen.
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Juno Awards: Male Music Artists Dominate Prize-Giving

Juno Awards: Male Music Artists Dominate Prize-Giving

The Hollywood Reporter — Looks like Canada's Juno Awards didn't get the year of the women memo, after criticism that female artists were earlier underrepresented at the 2018 Grammy Awards. In all, six awards were given out at the country's pop music awards during a nationwide live telecast, and male artists won most of them.
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Juno Awards: Male Music Artists Dominate Prize-Giving

Juno Awards: Male Music Artists Dominate Prize-Giving

The Hollywood Reporter — Looks like Canada's Juno Awards didn't get the year-of-the-women memo, after criticism that female artists were earlier underrepresented at the 2018 Grammy Awards. In all, six awards were given out at the country's pop music awards during a nationwide live telecast, and male artists won most of them.
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Kyra Sedgwick Joins Bill Skarsgard in Comedy Thriller 'Villains'

Kyra Sedgwick Joins Bill Skarsgard in Comedy Thriller 'Villains'

The Hollywood Reporter — Kyra Sedgwick and Burn Notice star Jeffrey Donovan have joined Villains, a dark comedy-thriller from The Realm and Star Thrower Entertainment, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. Dan Berk and Robert Olsen, who wrote the script that was on the 2016 Black List, will direct, with Bill Skarsgard and Maika Monroe also starring.
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Kyra Sedgwick Joins Bill Skarsgard in Comedy Thriller 'Villains'

Kyra Sedgwick Joins Bill Skarsgard in Comedy Thriller 'Villains'

The Hollywood Reporter — Kyra Sedgwick and Burn Notice star Jeffrey Donovan have joined Villains, a dark comedy-thriller from The Realm and Star Thrower Entertainment, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. Dan Berk and Robert Olsen, who wrote the script that was on the 2016 Black List, will direct, with Bill Skarsgard and Maika Monroe also starring.
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YouTube Buys Susan Sarandon Thriller 'Vulture Club'

YouTube Buys Susan Sarandon Thriller 'Vulture Club'

The Hollywood Reporter — YouTube has picked up Vulture Club, from director Maryam Keshavarz and starring Susan Sarandon, Edie Falco and Matt Bomer. The terrorist thriller will have a theatrical release later this year, before bowing on YouTube Red, the Google-owned streamer's $10-per-month subscription service. V ulture Club, produced by Anna Gerb, Neal Dodson and J.C.
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Sarasota Film Fest: Virginia Madsen, Bo Burnham Movies Among Lineup

Sarasota Film Fest: Virginia Madsen, Bo Burnham Movies Among Lineup

The Hollywood Reporter — The Sarasota Film Festival on Wednesday unveiled its full film lineup, which includes 1985, an AIDS crisis drama starring Virginia Madsen, and Bo Burnham's directorial debut. The festival's centerpiece section will screen 1985, Yen Tan's indie about a closeted gay man unable to come out to his friends and family during the beginning of the AIDS crisis, which stars Madsen and Cory Michael Smith.
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Dakota Johnson, Zazie Beetz Join Armie Hammer in Thriller From Annapurna

Dakota Johnson, Zazie Beetz Join Armie Hammer in Thriller From Annapurna

The Hollywood Reporter — Fifty Shades of Grey franchise star Dakota Johnson and Atlanta actress Zazie Beetz are in talks to join Armie Hammer in a thriller from Annapurna Pictures, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.
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Rose Marie Doc 'Wait for Your Laugh' Nabbed by Samuel Goldwyn Films

Rose Marie Doc 'Wait for Your Laugh' Nabbed by Samuel Goldwyn Films

The Hollywood Reporter — Samuel Goldwyn Films has acquired worldwide rights (English-speaking territories) to Wait for Your Laugh, Jason Wise's documentary about the life and career of actress and comedian Rose Marie.
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