Lee Daniels' THE BUTLER, featuring media mogul Oprah Winfrey, served up $25 million at the box office this weekend - leaving its competition out in the cold.
Deadline.com reports that Lee Daniels' THE BUTLER, with megastar Oprah, served its competition at this weekend's box office, with a nearly $9 million opening on Friday and heading toward $25 million or more by Sunday. The Weinstein Company should likely thank Oprah for taking on her first film role in 15 years and drawing curious crowds.
In the episode, the remaining contestants face the unconventional challenge to create a luxurious mini collection inspired by items from four completely varied retailers. Get a sneak peek below!
Fresh off announcing the financing of their diamond heist action film Foolproof, and on the eve of Wesley Snipes' Gallowwalkers, Lionsgate's domestic summer release August 6th, Boundless Pictures' co-founders and producing partners Courtney Lauren Penn and Brandon Burrows announced another addition to the Boundless Pictures production schedule - they have optioned the movie Timeless.
According to Variety, TWC has landed the TV rights to the piece, which follows the detective Allan Pinkerton working to prevent the assassination of President-Elect Abraham Lincoln Pre-Civil War, the help of America's first female private eye, Kate Warne. A miniseries format is being planned.
Today, Sony Pictures Entertainment (www.SonyPictures.com) and One Direction are excited to announce the initial 50 US markets where fans will be able to see 'One Direction: This is Us'
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Netflix has acquired MARCO POLO from Starz. The series was originally picked up last January by Starz, which has now dropped the drama after hitting roadblocks on filming in China.
Deadline reports that Ed Harris has signed on to take on the role of 'King Cymbeline' in Michael Almereyda's CYMBELINE, described as a modern day adaption of Shakespeare's classic play.
The Smurfs are making a tiny impression with THE SMURFS 2's blue first week in theaters. After five days, the movie's total domestic gross is sitting at $27.8 million, according to Deadline.com. This is far behind the $35.6 million the 2011 Smurfs pic drew in its first three days.
Since it was announced in November 2012, fans have been rallying around 'One Direction: This Is Us' (www.1DThisIsUs-Movie.com) in monumental numbers.
The Walt Disney Studios is pleased to announce that it is in development on the film adaptation of Artemis Fowl with producer Harvey Weinstein. The live-action feature will be based on the first and second installments in Disney Publishing Worldwide's best-selling children's fiction series by author Eoin Colfer. The screenplay is being written by Michael Goldenberg (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix). Robert DeNiro and Jane Rosenthal will executive produce the project.
Do you have what it takes to be the next Mrs. Fields, Orville Redenbacher or Chef Boyardee? Then you may be a Supermarket Superstar, Lifetime's all-new competition series that will give every day Americans the chance to prove they have the next great product consumers will love. Premiering tonight, July 22, at 10 ET/PT and hosted by Stacy Keibler, Supermarket Superstar gives undiscovered food entrepreneurs their chance to shine among the big brands in the highly competitive food industry. Almost anyone can cook a great meal, but this is the first food competition show that provides a platform for individuals that can change the way millions of Americans shop and eat.
Emblem3 will release their highly anticipated debut album Nothing To Lose on July 30. The album, executive produced by award-winning songwriter and producer Savan Kotecha (Maroon 5, Usher, One Direction) is available in deluxe and standard editions (see attached tracklistings) and is currently available for pre-order at http://smarturl.it/E3NothingToLose.
Anchor Bay Entertainment and RADiUS- TWC present the Blu-ray and DVD release of the gripping psychological thriller, 6 SOULS.
The Weinstein Company (TWC) announced today the special "FRUITVALE STATION: The Story of Oscar Grant," a behind the scenes look at the making of the film, will premiere exclusively on BET Networks tonight.
Wong Kar-wai, the influential Hong Kong Second Wave filmmaker, internationally renowned for his visually dazzling and emotionally resonant work, will be the subject of a retrospective at Museum of the Moving Image from July 12 through August 24, 2013. The New York premiere of The Grandmaster on August 10, with Wong Kar-wai in person, is the centerpiece of this comprehensive retrospective, which includes theatrical screenings of all ten of the director's feature films. The Grandmaster, a wuxia epic and biopic which marks the auteur's astonishing return to genre filmmaking, is being released by The Weinstein Company on August 23.
A brand new trailer for the upcoming biopic LOVELACE from Millenium Films has just been released. The film stars Amanda Seyfried ('Les Miserables', 'Mamma Mia!') as American porn star Linda Lovelace. The cast also includes Hank Azaria, Bobby Cannavale, Chris Noth, Robert Patrick, Wes Bentley, Sharon Stone, Juno Temple and Peter Sarsgaard. Check it out below!
Anchor Bay Entertainment and RADiUS- TWC present the Blu-ray and DVD release of the gripping psychological thriller, 6 SOULS. From the producers of The Ring, 6 SOULS stars multiple-Oscar nominee and Golden Globe Award winner Julianne Moore.
Producers Letty Aronson and Julian Schlossberg have announced initial casting, preview and opening dates for the world premiere production of BULLETS OVER BROADWAY, the new Broadway musical adaptation of Woody Allen's and Douglas McGrath's screenplay of the 1994 film.
One Direction will open TEEN CHOICE 2013 with the television debut performance of "Best Song Ever."
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