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NEWS:
AMAZON - From Variety: Former head of Sony Pictures, Amy Pascal, and producer David Heyman, are being considered to run the "James Bond" franchise for Amazon MGM Studios. Amazon is finalizing a deal to take creative control of the franchise from Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson, whose family has managed the franchise for over half a century.
MOVIES - From WorldofReel: Actor Austin Abrams ("Euphoria") is in talks to star in director Zach Cregger's "Resident Evil" reboot, which will begin shooting this fall.
SCANDAL - From Deadline: Actor Jonathan Majors, whose career took a big hit because of a domestic abuse conviction, was on "The Sherri Shepherd Show" to talk about his new film, "Magazine Dreams." Shepherd was moved to tears by Major's portrayal of the film's lead character, "Killian Maddox."
ANIMATION - From Deadline: Last year (2024), independent production studio and film distributor, Ketchup Entertainment, obtained the North American rights to Warner Bros. Pictures' animated film, "The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie." Now, Ketchup is negotiating an all-rights acquisition with Warner Bros. for its shelved live-action/animation hybrid film, "Coyote vs. Acme." If the deal goes through, the film will be released in 2026.
CANNES - From WorldofReel: The 2025 / 78th Cannes Film Festival will announce its official lineup on April 10th.
MOVIES - From WorldofReel: "Saw 11" has been cancelled, so the "Saw" film franchise might be dead... for the time being.
MUSIC/POLITICS - From Variety: The rock band, "Semisonic," has objected to the Trump White House using it 1998 hit, "Closing Time," in one of its social media video clips about deportation. Semisonic said that the clip misinterpret the song and was used without permission. "Closing Time" was written by the band's lead singer, Dan Wilson, and was nominated at the 41st Grammy Awards (1999) in the category of "Best Rock Song."
MOVIES - From Truthout: Truthout writer, Tim Brinkhof, says that director Bong Joon-Ho's film, "Mickey 17" hold up a mirror to life under a second Trump presidential administration. Brinkhof says that the film is "both a critique of gangster capitalism and an argument in favor of proletarian revolution."
BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficePro: The winner of the 3/14 to 3/16/2025 weekend box office is Paramount Pictures' "Novocaine" with an estimated take of 8.7 million dollars.
From Deadline: "Deadline" looks at five directors who have films due in 2025 after some years of being away from the spotlight: Paul Thomas Anderson, Kathryn Bigelow, Derek Cianfrance, Paul Greengrass, and Lynne Ramsay.
STREAMING - From Deadline: There will be a Season 4 of "Ted Lasso" at Apple TV+.