Megan Ellison Is Hiring: Annapurna Mogul Revs Up Movie Ambitions Again (Exclusive) The sibling of Hollywood’s resident M&A king David Ellison is quietly rebuilding after a splashy Sundance sale and the hiring of co-heads of film, Chelsea Barnard and Matthew Budman.

Excl: Annapurna is back, baby! David Ellison’s sister Megan Ellison is quietly rebuilding, hiring Chelsea Barnard and Matthew Budman to be co-heads of film of a reconstituted banner. Via Mia Galuppo & contributions by me www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

‘F1’ Actress Callie Cooke Lands Female Lead In Keanu Reeves Sci-Fi Time Loop Action Movie (Exclusive) Tim Miller is directing the Warner Bros. feature that also adds Nicholas Duvernay and Steven Waddington, among others, as it begins production this week.

Excl: Callie Cooke, who played the struggling pit stop tire gunner in F1, lands the female lead opposite Keanu Reeves in Warner Bros.’ sci-fi time loop movie being directed by Tim Miller. Nicholas Duvernay, Steven Waddington & others join as well. www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

John Leguizamo Joins Scarlett Johansson in New ‘The Exorcist’ Horror Movie for Blumhouse, Universal (Exclusive) Mike Flanagan, known for his Stephen King adaptations 'Gerald's Game' and 'Doctor Sleep,' is writing and will direct the feature film.

Exclusive: John Leguizamo joins Scarlett Johansson in Mike Flanagan's new EXORCIST horror movie for Blumhouse & Universal www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

Mike Richardson Out as CEO of Dark Horse Entertainment After 40 Years Embracer, the video game holding company that bought Dark Horse in 2022, is installing a gaming exec as interim CEO.

Breaking: Mike Richardson, who founded publishing and media company Dark Horse Comics, the home of SIN CITY and HELLBOY, is out as CEO. A gaming exec has been put in his stead by parent company Embracer www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

Andrew Gunn, Producer Behind Disney Hits ‘Freaky Friday,’ ‘Sky High,’ Dies at 58 As a young producer, Gunn worked on an enviable list of big budget studio comedies and family movies.

Sad news: Andrew Gunn, the producer behind a string of Disney movies in the early 2000s, including FREAKY FRIDAY and SKY HIGH and, then later, CRUELLA, dies at 58. www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

‘Hoppers’ Review: Pixar Returns to Form With a Giddy Action Comedy That Makes a Winning Case for Respecting the Balance of Nature Piper Curda leads the voice cast as an animal lover with a fight on her hands, alongside friends and foes played by Bobby Moynihan, Jon Hamm, Kathy Najimy, Dave Franco and Meryl Streep.

THR's review of Pixar's HOPPERS: "It shouldn’t all hang together as well as it does, but the movie’s freewheeling plotting is exhilarating, even more so when a frantic chase accelerates the action" ... "clever, funny and visually appealing" www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

Box Office: ‘Scream 7’ Scares Up Record $64M U.S. Opening, $97M Globally for a Victorious Paramount The Spyglass pic's franchise-best launch gives David Ellison's Paramount-Skydance additional reason to celebrate after prevailing in its bid to buy Warner Bros. Discovery when Netflix bowed out.

Boffo! SCREAM 7 opens to a franchise best $64.1 MILLION, waaaay over-performing those initial $40M to $50M estimates. Via Pam McClintock www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

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Box Office: ‘Scream 7’ Scaring Up Record $60M-Plus U.S. Opening for a Victorious Paramount The Spyglass pic's better-than-expected launch gives David Ellison's Paramount-Skydance additional reason to celebrate after prevailing in its bid to buy Warner Bros. Discovery when Netflix bowed out.

I Scream, You Scream: SCREAM 7 on pace to open to a blood-curdling $60 million, maybe even more, which would be by far a franchise-best and the year’s biggest launch to date. Via Pam McClintock www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

Jason Blum on Shifting to More Horror IP and Plans to Make Under $1M Movies On Saturday, Blum is receiving the Producers Guild of America's Milestone Award for "historic contributions to the entertainment industry."

On Saturday, Jason Blum receives the PGA's Milestone Award. I took the opportunity to chat with him about him making more & more big horror IP plays, but to also keep making super low-budget movies. Plus, the enduring impact of GET OUT. www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

Max Landis, Whose Career Imploded During #MeToo, Returns with ‘G.I. Joe’ Movie at Paramount (Exclusive) At the same time, Danny McBride will also be writing a separate 'G.I. Joe' script, with both projects potentially being combined down the line.

EXCLUSIVE: MAX LANDIS, the screenwriter cancelled at the height of the #MeToo movement, is back...writing G.I. JOE for Paramount. AT THE SAME TIME, Paramount is hiring DANNY MCBRIDE to write a SEPARATE JOE script. www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general...

‘Scream 7’ Review: Put a Knife in It — This Franchise Is (or Should Be) Done Neve Campbell returns for the latest installment, directed by Kevin Williamson and featuring a cast of both veterans and newcomers.

Uh-oh, THR's review of SCREAM 7: "The overfamiliarity would be more palatable if the dialogue were as fresh and funny as it was in the early installments, or if the kills were more creatively staged." www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

Jonathan Levine to Direct Grady Hendrix Adaptation ‘Horrorstör’ for Searchlight Pictures (Exclusive) The comedic horror novel takes place in an Ikea-like furniture superstore.

Excl: Jonathan Levine (50/50, LONG SHOT) to direct an adaptation of Grady Hendrix horror novel HORRORSTOR for Searchlight www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

If you're in and around Los Angeles now through March 1st, this is your last week to see JACK KIRBY: HEROES AND HUMANITY at the Skirball Cultural Center, which, according to @boryskit.bsky.social at The Hollywood Reporter, "[T]here has never been anything as cool and awesome"

...so go if you can! ✨

Also exclusive in the newsletter: Viola Davis tackling an adaptation of Afro-fantasy graphic novel THE UNTAMED view.email.hollywoodreporter.com?vawpToken=2J...

‘Venom’ Animated Movie in the Works with ‘Final Destination’ Filmmakers Zach Lipovsky, Adam B. Stein (Exclusive) Animated symbiotes, oh my!

Scoop! An animated (!) VENOM movies is in the works with FINAL DESTINATION: BLOODLINES filmmakers Zach Lipovsky, Adam B. Stein! www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

VIOLA DAVIS IS GOING UNTAMED. The EGOT winner who has dabbled in the comic book realm playing DC's Amanda Waller in various movies and shows, will produce an adaptation of the Afro-fantasy graphic novel The Untamed: A Sinner’s Prayer to the big screen. Davis and her JuVee Productions partner Julius Tennon will produce along with Homeworld Entertainment. Sebastian A. Jones, who has been running the fantasy franchise for the last 10 years via his Stranger Comics company, will outline the script and direct the big screen adaptation. While not a known quantity by those who frequent comic shops, Jones’ Untamed has grown into an indie hit thanks to direct-to-fans outreach such as successful Kickstarter campaigns and a constant, growing and popular presence at comic conventions. Since 2015, there have been eight campaigns set in the Asunda world totaling $631,602, with the last round raising over $100,000. The fantasy worlds are a blend of Medieval European history and African history and settings, with the works of J.R.R. Tolkein being an influence. Jones runs the company with Darrell May and Joshua Cozine. Enter the Oasis.

..the movie story of the week! New VENOM movie in the works...will be ANIMATED...and directed by FINAL DESTINATION: BLOODLINE filmmakers Zach Lipovsky, Adam B. Stein. Via the Heat Vision newsletter view.email.hollywoodreporter.com?vawpToken=2J...

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‘Invincible’ Creator Robert Kirkman Returns to Superhero Comics with Action-Packed ‘Terminal’ Joe Casey is co-writing the book with Kirkman, who has recruited fan-favorite artists Andy Kubert, David Finch and Arthur Adams to the drawing board.

News: INVINCIBLE creator Robert Kirkman is returning to the world of superhero comics with TERMINAL, which he is co-writing with Joe Casey. But he has also recruited some notable A-list artists...Andy Kubert, David Finch, & Arthur Adams www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...

Robert Kirkman’s Skybound Unveils ‘M.A.S.K.’ Comic Book Dan Watters, who wrote 'Batman: Dark Patterns,' is penning the ongoing series that will be drawn by Pye Parr.

News: After reviving TRANSFORMERS and G.I. JOE as hit comics, INVINCIBLE creator Robert Kirkman & his Skybound company are reviving another 1980s toy property...M.A.S.K. www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/r...

Eric Dane, who found fame and the nickname “McSteamy” for his eight-year run as the plastic surgeon Mark Sloan on the ABC drama Grey’s Anatomy, has lost his battle with ALS. He was 53.

Dane died Thursday afternoon, his reps said in a statement.

More on Dane's life & career:
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‘Something Is Killing the Children’ Creator James Tynion IV Reveals New Comic ‘Odin’ Tynion is writing the book, described as 'Green Room' meets 'Midsommar' with a touch of 'The Ritual,' with Marguerite Bennett.

Comic news: James Tynion IV, best known for his best-selling SOMETHING IS KILLING THE CHILDREN, is tackling white supremacy with a new comic titled ODIN. GREEN ROOM meets MIDSOMMAR with a touch of THE RITUAL. www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

Pop Star Laufey Departs Wasserman Amid Epstein Files Fallout (Exclusive) Even as the mogul reveals plans to sell his management firm, it may not halt some exits of high-profile clients.

Excl: Pop star Laufey is the latest to depart Wasserman amid the Epstein Files fallout (w/ Ethan Millman) www.hollywoodreporter.com/music/music-...

‘Dead By Daylight’ Movie Adaptation Lands ‘The Conjuring,’ ‘Crawl’ Combo as Writers (Exclusive) Blumhouse-Atomic Monster has teamed with Behaviour Interactive to adapt the Canadian gaming studio's hit horror video franchise

Excl: Blumhouse/Atomic Monster picked up the rights to video game DEAD BY DAYLIGHT in 2023. It's been pretty quiet since...until now: In a unique pairing, horror mavens David Leslie Johnston-McGoldrick & Alexandre Aja have been hired to write the script. www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

New ‘Charlie’s Angels’ Movie in the Works with Screenwriter Pete Chiarelli (Exclusive) The scribe behind 'Crazy Rich Asians' and 'The Proposal' is working to revive the 1970s TV hit for the big screen.

New CHARLIE'S ANGELS movie in the works...being told that Drew Barrymore is returning as a producer. Could a reunion between her, Cameron Diaz and Lucy Liu be in the offing? www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

A PROJECT HAIL MARY LEGO SET? Well, it doesn’t surprise us that Phil Lord and Chris Miller, the team that made The Lego Movie, would have a Lego set for their upcoming movie. Hailing from the company’s Icons line, it is a microscale spacecraft model kit for adults. The 830-piece set will retail for $99.99 when it hits stores March 1. And it comes with a minifigure of Ryan Gosling! Uh, we mean Ryland Grace, the character he plays in the Amazon MGM Studios movie. And there’s also a minifig of Rocky, the alien friend Grace makes along the way. The set also comes with a display stand that has a crank, that when turned, simulates the spaceship’s centrifugal gravity system. Now, Lego is touting the set as capturing the design of “the iconic interstellar spacecraft,” which seems a tad much, considering the movie doesn’t come out theatrically until March 20. But maybe not. We’ve been told that the studio tested the movie three times, and the scores from the screenings were 94, 95, and 96. Astronaut? More, like Astro-yes!

..a double scoop edition of the Heat Vision newsletter: DEAD BY DAYLIGHT video game movie finds its writers in a unique pairing of scribes...a new CHARLIE'S ANGELS movie is in the works, with the writer of THE PROPOSAL. Plus: PROJECT HAIL MARY Lego. view.email.hollywoodreporter.com?vawpToken=PB...

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Jason Momoa Joins Justin Lin’s ‘Helldivers’ Video Game Movie A Nov. 10, 2027 theatrical release has been set for the Sony Pictures/PlayStation Productions project being shopped at the Berlin Film Festival.

Breaking: Jason Momoa to star in HELLDIVERS, Sony's video game adaptation being directed by Justin Lin. The studio has also dated the feature for a Nov. 10, 2027 theatrical release. www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

Cowabunga! Paramount Going All In on ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ With YouTube Show, Mattel Line — and Even Restaurants The moves come as Skydance-owned Paramount assesses the franchise.

Cowabunga! Under Skydance, Paramount is going all in on TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES, aiming for all demos, with a new digital YouTube series for tykes, YA books, a major Mattel deal and ... restaurants?! www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...

New Brendan Fraser ‘Mummy’ Movie Lands May 2028 Release Date from Universal The studio has also closed deals for Fraser and Rachel Weisz to return to star in the new installment of its turn-of-the-century adventure horror comedy franchise.

News: After months of negotiations, Universal closes deals for Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz to return to star in a new THE MUMMY movie and sets a May 19, 2028 release date for the new installment. www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...