Fandango is already reporting a 50% jump in ticket sales for Oscar Best Picture front-runner La La Land while Paramount Pictures will see the number of theaters playing its Oscar nominated Best Picture Arrival jump from 180 theaters to 1,100 locales this weekend, as distributors start jockeying to capitalize on their … Read entire story.
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UPDATE with writethru: After a consistent run through awards season almost from the beginning, Lionsgate’s La La Land swept through nominations this morning for the 89th Oscars. Damien Chazelle’s musical, which went 7-for-7 at the Golden Globes last week, scored an Oscar-record-tying 14 nominations, matching the feat … Read entire story.
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UPDATE – Write thru: A trifecta of films that debuted at the Venice Film Festival leads the pack of nominees for the 70th BAFTA Film Awards which were announced in London this morning. The British Academy swooned for the Damien Chazelle-directed La La Land which opened the Lido festival … Read entire story.
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David, Devindra and Jeff discuss the top 10 films of 2016. What were the biggest movie trends of the year? Which movies broke through the noise? Which movies disappointed? Tune in to find out. You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com, or call and leave a voicemail at 781-583-1993. Also, like us… Read entire story.
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After crossing $100M at global turnstiles in early December, Denis Villeneuve’s lyrical and pensive sci-fi pic, Arrival, has now traveled over the $150M mark worldwide. The Amy Adams- and Jeremy Renner-starrer is expected to finish the four-day domestic weekend with $92.4M and has … Read entire story.
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