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Jun82024 by cineverseNo Comments

Julia Butters Joins ‘Freaky Friday 2’ at Disney

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By Katcy Stephan (According To The variety)Things are about to get freaky for Julia Butters. The “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” standout has joined the cast of Disney’s “Freaky Friday” sequel, sources tell Variety. The project was officially confirmed in March, with Nisha Ganatra tapped to direct. Ganatra most recently directed episodes of Hulu’s “Welcome to Chippendales.” Her other credits include the 2020 film “The High Note” with Dakota Johnson and Tracee Ellis Ross, along with 2019’s “Late Night,” starring Mindy Kaling and Emma Thompson. Original stars Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan are in talks to reprise their roles from the 2003 film For years, Curtis and Lohan have been vocal about their desire to reunite for a follow-up t...

Jun82024 by cineverseNo Comments

Luminate Streaming Ratings: ‘Eric’ and ‘Dancing for the Devil’ Lead as ‘Bridgerton’ Slightly Subsides May 31-June 6

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By Selome Hailu (According To The variety) “Eric” and “Dancing for the Devil: The 7M TikTok Cult” were the two most-watched original series in the U.S. during the week of May 31-June 6. “Eric,” Netflix’s Benedict Cumberbatch-led limited series, had the highest number of minutes watched in its first full week of availability, clocking in at 1.1 billion, while the TikTok docuseries followed at 714.6 million minutes watched. While both demonstrated strong viewership, “Eric” took first place thanks to the benefit of its five-plus-hour runtime; in views, “Dancing for the Devil” hit an estimated 4.4 million people, while “Eric” came in second with 3.3 million. In terms of minutes watched and views, both titles edged out “Bridgerton” Season 3, which has dominated the charts sin...

Jun82024 by cineverseNo Comments

Box Office: ‘Bad Boys: Ride or Die’ Makes $5.9 Million in Previews

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By Jordan Moreau (According To The variety) It might take some “Bad Boys” to save this summer’s bad box office start. Will Smith and Martin Lawrence‘s “Bad Boys: Ride or Die” has made $5.875 million in Thursday previews at the box office so far. Sony and Columbia’s fourth “Bad Boys” movie, and the follow-up to 2020’s surprise hit “Bad Boys for Life,” is expected to open between $45 million and $50 million this weekend. However, Sony has a smaller estimate at $30 million. The more conservative projection could be overly cautious due to the growing number of summer films, such as “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” and “The Fall Guy,” that have failed to connect with theatergoers. With the summer box office far behind previous years’ grosses, theater owners are hoping for some relie...

Jun62024 by cineverseNo Comments

Rachel Sennott’s HBO Comedy Pilot Adds Four to Cast

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By Joe Otterson (According To The variety) Rachel Sennott‘s upcoming HBO comedy pilot has added four cast members, Variety has learned. Odessa A’zion (“Sitting in Bars with Cake,” “Grand Army”), Jordan Firstman (“Rotting in the Sun,” “Dave”), Miles Robbins (“Blockers,” “Old Dads”), and True Whitaker (“Godfather of Harlem”) are all set to star in project, which was picked up to pilot at HBO in March. Sennot will also star in the series. The official logline states, “A codependent friend group reunites, navigating how the time apart, ambition, and new relationships have changed them.” A’zion has also appeared in multiple episodes of the CBS comedy “Ghosts” as well as shows like “Fam” and features such as 2022’s “Hellraiser.” Firstman recently appeared in the M...

Jun62024 by cineverseNo Comments

Nicole Kidman Says ‘Big Little Lies’ Season 3 Is in ‘Good Shape’ and Moving Ahead ‘Fast and Furious’: Author Liane Moriarty ‘Is Delivering the Book’

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By Zack Sharf (According To The variety) Nicole Kidman and her “Big Little Lies” co-star Reese Witherspoon reunited for a recent Vanity Fair video interview and briefly touched upon a potential third season of their Emmy-winning HBO series. Kidman has spoken publicly on numerous occasions about “Big Little Lies” Season 3 moving forward, to which Witherspoon now said: “This one has already said too much.” “I got excited,” Kidman admitted about letting some “Big Little Lies” Season 3 news slip out prematurely. “We need to shut up. There’s a whole thing about how you should never talk about something until you’ve done it because if you talk about doing it then it’s the dopamine hit of doing it and you feel like you’ve done it. It’s a scientific study.” But that didn’t ...

Jun52024 by cineverseNo Comments

Jeopardy!’ Champ Wins Big in Runaway Game With No Daily Doubles — Fans React

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Kelli Boyle (According To The tvline) Adriana Harmeyer raked in her fifth straight Jeopardy! win in an impressive runaway game on June 4, and she did it all without finding a single Daily Double. Harmeyer is an archivist from West Lafayette, Indiana with three-day winnings of $91,800. Playing against the returning champ was Travis Kissire, a deputy public works director from Boise, Idaho, and Christina Paul, a foreign service officer from Davie, Florida. While those two found all three of the Daily Doubles, they weren’t of much help at all to their games. Paul was the first to find a Daily Double in the match, losing $1,000 from her score when answering incorrectly on a true Daily Double bet. Kissire lost more than half of his winnings on his Daily Double loss. Pau...

Jun52024 by cineverseNo Comments

Baby Reindeer,’ ‘Mr. & Mrs. Smith’ and ‘Colin From Accounts’ Take Top Prizes at 2024 Gotham TV Awards: Full Winners List

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By Lexi Carson (According To The variety) “Baby Reindeer” was among the winners at the first-ever Gotham TV Awards on Tuesday evening, taking home the prize for breakthrough limited series. “I never thought in a million years that this dark, weird, messed up show would have brought in this universal love that it’s received,” said Richard Gadd, the show’s creator and star, in his acceptance speech. He also thanked Netflix, his team and his mom and dad for “messing [him] up enough to make [him] an artist.” Gadd went on to say, “It’s kind of weird also that a show as messed up as this has gone on to strike a chord with so many people. I think it speaks to the fact that a lot of people in the world are struggling right now. And I don’t know much in the way of advice, bu...