Friday, June 7, 2013

Studio System Archive Feed: Box Office Race: 'Fast 6' To Take On 3 Challengers, Exec Shuffle & Rep Move Reports, Produced By Conference Power Shift, Film Writers Down

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Box Office Race: 'Fast 6' To Take On 3 Challengers, Exec Shuffle & Rep Move Reports, Produced By Conference Power Shift, Film Writers Down
Jun 7th 2013, 15:31

Box Office Race: 'Fast 6' To Take On 3 Challengers, Exec Shuffle & Rep Move Reports, Produced By Conference Power Shift, Film Writers Down

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Box Office Race: Fast 6 To Take On 3 Challengers, Exec Shuffle & Rep Move Reports, Produced By Conference Power Shift, Film Writers Down


‘Now You See Me,’ ‘The Internship,’ & ‘The Purge’ Battle for Box Office This Weekend

After two weeks at number one, Fast & Furious 6 will contend with last week’s Now You See Me, Universal’s micro-budgeted, strong tracker The Purge, and Fox’s wild card, The Internship.  (SSN)

Exec Shuffle: Virgin Media, Lionsgate, Relativity Media

A weekly summary of major corporate moves in entertainment and media. (SSN)

Rep Moves: CAA, WME, Energy Entertainment

A weekly summary of the entertainment industry’s major rep changes. (SSN)

Produced By Conference: The Ascent Of The Showrunner

The PGA’s Produced By conference, being held this weekend at Fox Studios, will include a panel moderated by Marshall Herskovitz highlighting top producers’ take on the state of the business; must-see panels are included. (THR)

Feature Film Writers’ Sum Total Earnings Down 1/3 From 2008

Peter Bart’s Variety piece on the uphill battle faced by feature film writers in the face of a stalled spec market, auditions for the development exec suites and freebie output not covered in original contracts. (VAR)

China Suspends ‘The Croods’ Ahead of June 24 Stop Date

The Croods, already China’s highest-grossing original animated film, has reportedly been pulled from theaters due to a contract dispute. (DH)

Starring As Yourself: ‘This Is The End’s Risky Experiment

The WSJ’s look at This Is The End, from pitch to screen, and whether audiences will buy broad comedy actor favorites in character as themselves. (WSJ)

50 And Free From Jail: The Next Act Of Wesley Snipes

Snipes, nearing the end of house arrest in New York and booked for the next Expendables sequel, overcame many obstacles in his path to ‘90s stardom, but institutional knowledge suggests a different struggle in a business and fan base with a long memory. (TDB)

‘Twenty Feet From Stardom’s Look Behind The Popular Song

Director Morgan Neville’s audience favorite at Sundance, Twenty Feet From Stardom, is released today, highlighting the crux of the background singer. (NYT)

FX Cancels ‘BrandX With Russell Brand’ After 3 Seasons

The May 2 finale of BrandX was the last episode of the series; FX is now collaborating with Brand for a scripted series. (EW)

 
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