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‘Annabelle: Creation’ Plays House Offshore With $9.5M Through Thursday

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FRIDAY UPDATE: Scaring up business in another 22 markets on Thursday, New Line/Warner Bros’ Annabelle: Creation now has a $9.5M cume in 30. As she continues to expand offshore this weekend, the doll’s dates resulted in $5.6M at the international box office on Thursday. Overseas on this one is particularly interesting to watch since the original Annabelle made over 67% of her cume outside the U.S. The David F Sandberg-helmed scarer on Thursday scored the highest grossing… Read

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NBC Developing Futuristic Tech Drama From ‘Maze Runner’ Duo & Chernin Entertainment

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NBC has put in development Mosaic, a futuristic tech drama from The Maze Runner helmer Wes Ball and producer Joe Hartwick Jr., Chernin Entertainment and Universal TV. Written by Christine Lavaf and directed by Ball, Mosaic is set in a near-future metropolis and follows the interconnected lives of a diverse set of characters struggling to navigate their relationships in the face of emerging technologies. Ball and Hartwick Jr. executive produce via their Oddball… Read

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‘Stranger Things’ Star Millie Bobby Brown Talks “Deeper And Darker” Season 2 & Becoming An Instant Icon With Eleven

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If you’d strenuously avoided hearing anything about the second season of Netflix’s runaway genre hit, Stranger Things, it would have been a surprise to turn up to the set of the show’s second season, in Atlanta, GA, and see Millie Bobby Brown at crafty. After all, her character, Eleven, seemed to… depart in the finale of the first season, or at least move on, sacrificing herself to save her friends. But when you’re dealing with a world of upside-down monsters, throw out… Read

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‘Wolf Warrior 2’ Crosses $600M In China; No. 6 All-Time Gross In A Single Market

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UPDATE: The film that just won’t quit in China, Wolf Warrior 2, has now crossed into even further uncharted territory. Wu Jing’s Rambo-esque actioner passed the $600M mark at the Middle Kingdom box office today, gnashing its teeth on an estimated $618.6M (RMB 4.13B), per local research outfit Ent Group. Earlier this week (see below) it had surpassed Stephen Chow’s The Mermaid to become the biggest movie ever in the PROC. With Friday’s (dollar) grosses included, it is No… Read

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South Korea: Box Office (& More) Business As Usual, Despite “Unruly” Neighbor

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Amid escalating tensions between North Korea and the United States, it appears to be business as usual in South Korea — one of the keenest, most sophisticated moviegoing hubs worldwide and a major market for Hollywood and local fare. There has been no significant sign of turnstiles slowing in the country over the past few days as the DPRK and Donald Trump trade threats and fiery words in a volatile situation. Executives we've heard from say they've seen no impact on box… Read

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SoundCloud Saved By Cash Infusion; Kerry Trainor Becomes CEO

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SoundCloud lives to play another day: The so-called YouTube for audio, which ran into cash problems this year when it introduced a subscription service, says today that it will receive “a significant investment” from The Raine Group and Singapore-based investment company Temasek. Techcrunch pegs the investment at $169.5 million As part of the deal, former Vimeo CEO Kerry Trainor and COO Michael Weissman agreed to take charge of SoundCloud, with the same titles that they… Read

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TV Academy Starts Talks With Big 4 Nets On New Wheel Deal For Primetime Emmys

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EXCLUSIVE: Six years ago, the TV Academy was brought to the brink as negotiations with the major broadcast networks for a new Primetime Emmys deal dragged on for more than eight months, only closing 4½ months before the 2011 telecast. The TV Academy traditionally starts conversations for a new network contract when the previous one expires with the last Emmy telecast under the old pact. But after the protracted 2010-11 negotiations that left the Academy in limbo with no… Read

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‘Chrisley Knows Best’ Renewed For Bigger Season 6, Gets New Aftershow

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Ahead of its midseason Season 5 return on September 12 at 10 PM, USA Network has renewed its hit unscripted series Chrisley Knows Best for a sixth season and greenlighted eight-episode after show According To Chrisley, which will premiere at 10:30 PM immediately following the midseason premiere. In addition, USA has ordered 18 more episodes for Season 5, bringing the season’s total to 26, culminating in a two-part Christmas special. Chrisley Knows Best drew the series'… Read

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‘SNL: Weekend Update’ Primetime Run Starts Strong With Bill Hader As Anthony Scaramucci

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CBS’s Big Brother (2.2 demo rating, 7.3 million total viewers) topped Thursday night's ratings in all key metrics, including total viewers and the demo, as well as adults 25-54 (2.6) and 18-34 (1.7). And its 2.2 is up from last week's 1.9. But NBC's half-hour primetime Saturday Night Live: Weekend Update (1.7, 6.531M) special made news when it jumped 42% off its The Wall lead-in to rank No. 2 for the night among Big 4 shows opposite CBS’s housemates-from-hell reality… Read

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‘Gypsy’ Canceled By Netflix After 1 Season

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EXCLUSIVE: Netflix’s drama series Gypsy will not be returning for a second season. I have learned that the Internet TV network has opted not to proceed with a second installment of the psychological thriller starring Naomi Watts. Netflix declined comment. The development is somewhat surprising because Netflix had been in conversations with the producers about a second season and the cancellation decision comes after a writers room had been up and running for four weeks… Read

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Fox News “Padded Paychecks” To On-Air Contributor, Andrea Tantaros Suit Says

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As the investigation continues and threats of new lawsuits swirl in the allegations that Fox News Channel's now suspended Eric Bolling sent lewd texts to colleagues, the outlet's battle with Andrea Tantaros has taken another strange twist. Fighting back against moves by FNC and a former on-air contributor to toss the Ex-Outnumbered and The Five co-host's federal case claiming "extremely high-tech" hacking and a "professional/career assassination," Tantaros' attorney is… Read

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Stephen Dorff, Melissa George Headline David Gleeson’s New Film ‘Don’t Let Go’

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EXCLUSIVE: Stephen Dorff and Melissa George have stepped into the leading roles for Tolkien writer David Gleeson’s mystery thriller Don’t Let Go. The project marks Gleeson’s return to directing following Disney’s Cowboys & Angels and The Front Line. Written by Oscar-nominated writer Ronan Blaney (the short Boogaloo and Graham) and Gleeson, Don’t Let Go follows a loving couple, Ben and Hazel Slater, as they struggle to cope with the loss of their child from a devastating… Read

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