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A lawsuit by victims’ family members in the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando, Fla., who accused Twitter , Facebook and Google of helping radicalize the shooter in the June 2016 massacre, has been dismissed by a federal judge. U.S. District   Judge David M. Lawson rejected the theory that gunman Omar Mateen became radicalized after social media platforms offered him ready access to ISIS propaganda. Lawson wrote that there was no evidence of a link between what Mateen saw… from Deadline https://ift.tt/2Gr9Hlg

British actor and comedian Bill Maynard , a cast member in five Carry On films and best known as Claude Jeremiah Greengrass in the police television series Heartbeat,  has died at age 89. The cause of death was not revealed. Maynard was known for his wild off-stage life, sharing similarities with his grizzled Heartbeat television character. At one point, he was known as the highest-paid TV comic in Britain, but did not take good care of his finances. He then retreated to… from Deadline https://ift.tt/2Edg4qs

Known for adapting video games for film, Uwe Boll isn’t too happy with Warner Bros. and New Line’s upcoming action pic  Rampage   starring Dwayne Johnson . The German director released a  Rampage  trilogy of his own starting in 2009 and in a statement released on his website, it is said he is pursuing legal action against the studio for “using his brand.” Boll released his first  Rampage  movie in 2009 which was followed by 2014’s  Rampage: Capital Punishment  and 2016’s  Rampage: Pr… from Deadline https://ift.tt/2GqTfBj

Academy Award-winning actor Eddie Redmayne was one of many who attended a private funeral service Saturday for Stephen Hawking in Cambridge, England. Redmayne, who played Hawking in the 2014 biopic  The Theory of Everything,  gave a reading from Ecclesiastes during the service. Hawking, who suffered from motor neurone disease, died on March 14 at the age of 76 . He left a legacy behind one of the greatest minds when it came to science, black holes and other wonders of… from Deadline https://ift.tt/2uBsPLU

For the past decade, Adam Sandler  has made a name for himself as a goofball movie star who makes movies solely for the purpose of earning him a trip to Hawaii. But every now and then, we get reminded — hey, this guy is actually a great actor. After giving a quietly stunning performance in last year’s  The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) , Sandler may be ready for a new creative comeback. Sandler is reportedly being eyed by the Safdie brothers for their follow-up film to  Good Time . That’s right, an Adam Sandler Safdie brothers movie may soon be on its way. Ben and Joshua Safdie have slowly become some of the most exciting, visceral independent directors in Hollywood. And no film demonstrated it better than last year’s brutal, discomfiting crime thriller  Good Time , starring  Robert Pattinson  as a bank robber attempting to get his disabled brother (Ben Safdie) out of prison. It’s an astonishingly pulpy film that marked another turning point in Pattinson’s career from hear

Grant Hill , who starred on the college and professional basketball court before becoming an executive film producer, has been inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame . Hill, a former Los Angeles Clipper, joins former Los Angeles Lakers point guard Steve Nash and 11 other inductees in the 2018 class. They will be formally honored in September. The Hall of Fame made the announcement Saturday before the NCAA Final Four semifinals. Hill is a producer and actor best-known… from Deadline https://ift.tt/2GnFQtW

There may be a dozen featurettes and documentaries out right now that give you a taste of what it’s like to be on the  Star Wars: The Last Jedi set, but none let you set foot on it. Until now. A Star Wars VR set video has been released that gives you an idea of what it’s like to step onto the set of  The Last Jedi . The Star Wars VR video allows you to walk alongside BB-8, dive into the salty trenches of Crait, and most importantly, sit in the orchestra itself as legendary composer  John Williams scores the film. Get your VR goggles out, this is going to be an out-of-this-world experience. Star Wars VR Set Video StarWars.com shared the stunning featurette to coincide with the recent release of  Star Wars: The Last Jedi on Blu-ray and DVD. The featurette goes into the recording of  The Last Jedi ‘s magnificent score in 360 VR. Viewers can click and drag on the video to get a different perspective, and the lucky few who have VR goggles can experience the whole thing like they’

Comedian Garry Shandling , who died suddenly in 2016, got a thoughtful and admiring tribute in a four-hour documentary directed by Judd Apatow , which premiered on HBO last week. Now, building off The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling , a group of Shandling’s friends have reactivated his Twitter account and are sharing passages from the diaries that comprise the spine of the documentary. “Friends who love Garry, working with his estate, are opening up Garry’s twitter,” the… from Deadline https://ift.tt/2uGsQOm

In this edition of TV bits: The legend of King Arthur is getting yet  another  re-imagining A trailer for  Archer season 9 A new  Series of Unfortunate Events   clip That amazing instrumental cover of “Heart-Shaped Box” from the  Westworld trailer is now available Alex Kurtzman will direct Star Trek: Discovery  season 2 premiere A new teaser for  Fear the Walking Dead   It’s been approximately ten minutes since someone decided to adapt the legend of King Arthur, so it’s time for someone to give it another go yet again. Deadline reports that Netflix will tackle the tale of the once and future king, and they’ve brought comic book writer Frank Miller on board to help. Miller will team with writer/producer Tom Wheeler to adapt  Cursed , based on Miller and Wheeler’s upcoming graphic novel of the same name. Per Deadline, “Cursed is a re-imagining of the Arthurian legend, told through the eyes of Nimue, a teenage heroine with a mysterious gift who is destined to become the

After two Fridays off to make way for NCAA championship play, CBS ’s regular slate returned Friday to top the night. Network’s 10 PM drama Blue Bloods (0.9 8.34M) topped the night in total viewers; 9 PM’s Hawaii Five -O (1.0, 7.69M) finished first for the night in the demo. At 8 PM, network’s MacGyver (0.8, 6.38M) topped the hour in both metrics, tying Fox's Masterchef Jr. (0.8, 6.38M) for the slot’s top spot in the demo. At 10 PM, NBC’s Dateline (0.6 demo rating, 0.9… from Deadline https://ift.tt/2J6AmFy

Today’s NCAA college basketball Final Four in San Antonio has all the elements that make for compelling stories: A charismatic 98-year-old nun who provides pre-game strategy; a Cinderella team coming out of nowhere to successfully take on the big boys of college hoops; and established traditional basketball powers with deep fan bases returning for another crack at a championship. Loyola-Chicago is the Cinderella team, appearing in the Final Four for the first time… from Deadline https://ift.tt/2pTLhto

True Detective fans have been anticipating a redeeming third season for the crime thriller series after a rushed, disappointing second season couldn’t live up to the greatness of the first season, made great by the writing of Nic Pizzolatto and the direction of Cary Fukunaga. The hiring of Green Room and Blue Ruin director Jeremy Saulnier gave us hope that True Detective would return to form, but it appears there may have been some trouble on set, resulting in the director leaving before finishing all his episodes. Variety has word on Jeremy Saulnier leaving True Detective season three after completing the first two episodes of the third season. The filmmaker was initially hired to direct the first three episodes, and now veteran TV director Daniel Sackheim is stepping behind the camera to take over where Saulnier left off, and he will be dividing the remaining six of eight total episodes with Nic Pizzolatto, who is making his directorial debut on the show this season. Thi

Russian broadcaster RT is being taken off the air in Washington, DC as of midnight on Sunday. The English-language channel, formerly known as Russia Today , has been described by US intelligence agencies as “state-run propaganda.” RT counters that it is a news operation that provides alternative information under the slogan, “Question More.” RT is carried by digital stations WNVT and WNVC in the Northern Virginia area, and the stations’ owner auctioned off its share… from Deadline https://ift.tt/2GM0wPP

Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: What better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising? This week we try and connect with our troubled kid, make a one-night-stand a 24-hour stand, learn about a futurist that isn’t named Steve Jobs , and spend some time with the Dallas Cowboys.   And Then I Go This one is based on a book, Project X , but this is the most interesting line from Publisher’s Weekly about it: This engrossing novel gives the overworked subject of Columbine-style school massacres an unusually subtle and affecting treatment. Seen through that prism, you can see how the trailer, at least initially, seems like a cheesy family drama. As things progress, though, it’s just engrossing as the proverbial wheels

President Donald Trump has gone postal again, tweeting this morning a renewed attack on Amazon for its alleged impact on the U.S. Postal Service , throwing in a jab at the “Fake Washington Post ” on top of it. After a tweet on Thursday dented the company’s stock price , today’s pair of tweets revisited the topic. Trump said the company is making the postal service lose “Billions of Dollars.” He also said the Post , which Bezos bought in 2013, is “used as a ‘lobbyist’ and… from Deadline https://ift.tt/2GJ3iFi

Amazon Video has become the first SVOD service to publish its gender pay statistics in the UK and the numbers do not make for happy reading. The company pays men 56% more than women on a mean basis and 40.1% on a median basis. The online broadcaster's bonus scheme doesn't make the picture any rosier for Amazon Video's female employees with men earning 71.8% more on a mean basis and 67.4% on a median basis. This compares to national mean gap of 17.4% and a median gap of… from Deadline https://ift.tt/2E8Pvme

Disney pays men 22% more than women in the UK – gender pay statistics that put it behind the national average as well as rival U.S. studios including NBC Universal and Viacom. The Walt Disney Company UK, which employs 1,592, has a mean figure of 22% and a median figure of 15.8%. This compares to national mean gap of 17.4% and a median gap of 18.4%. The gap widens further when it comes to bonuses with mean taking home mean bonuses of 41.9% more than women and 14.4% on a… from Deadline https://ift.tt/2GmfvQW

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FX’s limited series Trust , about the abduction in Italy of John Paul Getty III, launched last Sunday with 1.38 million Live+3 viewers, according to Nielsen data released today. That was up +74% from the 797,000, who watched the Simon Beaufoy/Danny Boyle drama in Live+Same Day but way below recent drama/limited premieres on FX. That includes Feud (3.8 million viewers in Live+3),  The People v O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story  (8.3 million),  Taboo  (3.43… from Deadline https://ift.tt/2Gqp5OP

Stephen Colbert looked at the growing Facebook scandal on Friday’s Late Show . “You're not the customer," he explained. "Your life is their product. And Facebook is the pimp." The CBS late-night host, who is very proud he has never had a Facebook page – “You know nothing about me, Suckerberg!” – said staffers have downloaded their Facebook histories and “they found that Facebook keeps a record of some pretty crazy stuff.” “Like all all calls made from their smartphone,&#8221… from Deadline https://ift.tt/2GqXuga

A Moscow radio station is reporting that a spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin has likened actresses who claimed sexual abuse by former producer Harvey Weinstein to “prostitutes.” Spokesman Dmitry Peskov made the remarks in an unofficial capacity while speaking to students in Moscow. The statement was part of an awkward defense in response to a question regarding a senior member of the Russian Parliament who has been accused of sexual… from Deadline https://ift.tt/2uvf5ly

UPDATED at 6:15 pm with comment from Gloria Allred, who represents many of Harvey Weinstein’s accusers. The committee of unsecured creditors in the Weinstein Co . bankruptcy has hired a law firm that has recovered millions of dollars for victims of clergy sexual abuse in bankruptcy cases. The decision to retain Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones is another sign that the U.S. bankruptcy court will not overlook the claims of the women who said they were sexually abused and… from Deadline https://ift.tt/2J3Hbrn

Snap acknowledged it laid off about 7% of its workforce this month, primarily in engineering and sales, as it responded to what it vaguely describes as “structural changes” in its business. The company said it will incur $10 million in expenses associated with the job cuts, though it expects to realize a savings of about $25 million this year in reduced payroll and taxes. “The reduction in force is to align resources around our top strategic priorities and to reflect… from Deadline https://ift.tt/2pUnz0f

One day after the 2018 Major League Baseball season began comes word of a TV series in development at Amazon based on the 1992 film A League of Their Own . Deadline has confirmed that Will Graham ( Mozart in the Jungle ) and Broad City co-creat0r/star Abbi Jacobson will write and executive produce the comedy from Sony Pictures TV about the World War II-era, All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. The principals are in negotiations, but no deals are in place. It’s… from Deadline https://ift.tt/2E8PM8C

There’s been a director switch on Season 3 of HBO ’s True Detective , Deadline has confirmed. “Director and executive producer Jeremy Saulnier has completed the first two episodes of True Detective Season 3 and will be departing the production due to scheduling issues. Daniel Sackheim has come on board as a director and executive producer for the series alongside series creator and director Nic Pizzolatto,” HBO said in a statement. Saulnier had been expected to direct the… from Deadline https://ift.tt/2IeImTS

Good Friday feels like an appropriate time for TV One to announce We’re the Campbells , a docuseries that follows the daily lives of gospel music’s ultimate power couple. Set to premiere in June, the nine-episode series from eOne is focused on Warryn and Erica Campbell , the latter being one half of the long-popular recording duo Mary Mary. Filming between the family’s home city of Los Angeles and Dallas — where Erica divides her time while taping her syndicated daily radio… from Deadline https://ift.tt/2GXXXaW

Author Anita Shreve , whose books  The Pilot’s Wife  and The Weight of Water  made her a top-seller and were later adapted into films, has died. She succumbed to cancer at age 71, according to her publisher, Alfred A. Knopf . Shreve’s oeuvre explored how New England women in crisis handled their affairs. She lived that in her real life as well – Shreve announced her illness last year via Facebook, saying she could not tour for her final novel, The Stars Are Fire , because of a… from Deadline https://ift.tt/2GINAtS

Three women are seeking to include 21st Century Fox in their defamation suit against Bill O’Reilly, claiming the media giant continues to promote and maintain the profile of the former Fox News host, and provide him a platform, even after forcing him out. The women all signed confidential settlements with Fox and O’Reilly over claims of misconduct, in which all parties agreed not to discuss what transpired or say anything derogatory. Their stories became public in a New… from Deadline https://ift.tt/2GpZy8i

Actress Debbie Lee Carrington was a little person who made a big impression in films including the original " Total Recall ," in which she played a Martian resistance fighter named Thumbelina. According to Deadline , Carrington, 58, died in her sleep from undetermined causes. Friends, family and and colleagues remembered her on Twitter, including Jennifer Tilly, who costarred with her in 1998's " Bride of Chucky ." We will miss you Debbie. #RIP #DebbieLeeCarrington 🌼 She was the best. pic.twitter.com/B7v0JrnQIf — Jennifer Tilly (@JenniferTilly) March 24, 2018 Writer-director Don Mancini also paid tribute to the actress. RIP #DebbieLeeCarrington WE LOVE YOU ALWAYS pic.twitter.com/6SBjaCTOHt — Don Mancini (@RealDonMancini) March 24, 2018 Because of her diminutive size, Carrington played characters from Ewoks to the Emperor Penguin in "Batman Returns" and an alien in "Men in Black." Saddened to hear Debbie Lee Carrington (best know

Want to see the full music video for Trish Walker ‘s song “Cray Cray” from Jessica Jones ? Did you know X2: X-Men United almost adapted the Phoenix Saga? What are Ant-Man and the Wasp reshoots fixing? Which Ocean’s Eleven cast member reportedly turned down the villain role in the Spider-Man: Homecoming sequel? What was the last straw for the Deadpool animated series? All that and more in this edition of Superhero Bits . Watch the full music video for Trish Walker ‘s song “Cray Cray” from Jessica Jones in pop-up video style. Arrow star Stephen Amell has teased the return of Colin Donnell as Oliver’s old friend Tommy Merlyn . If you had a name this cool, you'd have an attitude too. pic.twitter.com/1ImdYEpuSH — Deadpool Movie (@deadpoolmovie) March 28, 2018 Check out a series of character power ratings on Twitter in the style of old school trading cards for Deadpool 2 . Key Collector Comics has an Easter egg hunt for fans that may land you a couple Avengers: Infi

On the March 30, 2018 episode of /Film Daily, /Film senior writer Ben Pearson is joined by /Film writers Hoai-Tran Bui and Chris Evangelista to talk about Jurassic World 3 , a pair of buzzed-about directors uniting with Adam Sandler , a new Kate McKinnon comedy, The Tommyknockers movie, Reed Morano ’s Anne Frank film, Bill & Ted 3 ’s status, and Netflix possibly buying EuropaCorp . You can subscribe to /Film Daily on iTunes , Google Play , Overcast , Spotify and all the popular podcast apps (here is the RSS URL if you need it). In the News : Colin Trevorrow Will Return To Direct ‘Jurassic World 3’ Adam Sandler Could Star in the Next Safdie Brothers Movie Kate McKinnon Teaming With Director Danny Boyle for New Comedy Stephen King’s ‘The Tommyknockers’ Set for New Adaptation from James Wan ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Director Reed Morano to Helm Anne Frank Drama ‘Bill & Ted 3’ is Closer To Happening Than Ever Before Netflix Might Buy Luc Besson’s E

Beetlejuice is on everyone’s mind lately due to the film’s 30th anniversary. While you’re reflecting back on Tim Burton ‘s 1988 dark comedy, here’s something you may not know: the film almost had a much darker ending. Read about the  Beetlejuice alternate ending below. Happy 30th birthday,  Beetlejuice – you don’t look a day over 29! In 1988, Tim Burton’s weird comedy became a hit, and its legacy lives on to this day. There were even plans for a sequel set in Hawaii (for some reason). But the  Beetlejuice legacy could’ve been much different had the film featured its original, alternate ending. Speaking with Yahoo ,  Beetlejuice producer Larry Wilson revealed the film originally ended with Winona Ryder ‘s goth-as-hell character Lydia  dying in a fire . As Wilson tells it, the idea was that the death would enable Lydia to join Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis ‘ ghost characters in the afterlife: “Our first ending was Lydia — she died in a fire and was able to join Barbara and Ada

With the Disney/Fox acquisition awaiting approval in Hollywood, it feels as if the studios are strengthening their troops in preparation for war. And the battle won’t be contained only to the remaining major studios – Disney has its own streaming service coming next year, so the competition is about to become a lot tougher for companies like Netflix. So what’s a streaming service to do in the face of such a looming giant? How about shoring up its own forces by acquiring a well-known independent movie studio? A Netflix EuropaCorp acquisition is reportedly in the works. Does this mean there’s a chance we see a sequel to  Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets after all? A French site called Capital (via The Playlist ) reports that Netflix is in “advanced talks” to acquire EuropaCorp, one of Europe’s biggest independent movie studios that was founded by French filmmaker Luc Besson . Nothing has been signed yet, but if the deal goes through, Besson would stay on as the major cre