Innholdsfortegnelse for 5/27/2016 i The Hollywood Reporter

WITH SOME $9 BILLION UP FOR GRABS AT the 2016 broadcast upfront, TV network chiefs are in New York touting live programming and the “stability” of their fall schedules, even though many are poised to shake them up considerably come midseason. To the delight of the media-buying audience, a handful of new offerings, including Fox’s 24: Legacy and Lethal Weapon as well as NBC’s Mike Schur comedy The Good Place, already are generating heat. What didn’t garner much talk during the dog and pony show was the rash of cancellations (35 in total) and inevitable future flops, save for a Seth Meyers quip during NBC’s May 16 presentation: “Watching sizzle reels at the upfronts is like meeting your brother’s new girlfriend at Thanksgiving. She seems great, but you don’t want…

THE PRODUCERS WHO took a Papillon remake to Red Granite, the Wolf of Wall Street production banner now embroiled in an FBI investigation over allegations of money laundering, claim their passion-project picture isn’t in jeopardy. “There’s no reason to think that [the situation] is going to impact the film directly in terms of the production and distribution,” producer Roger Corbi tells THR. But the scandal heated up as Corbi and his partner Yan Fischer-Romanovsky supported Red Granite at Cannes as they pushed it to buyers from a luxury yacht moored by the Palais. On May 11, The Wall Street Journal reported that the FBI was looking into the purchase of luxury properties in New York and Los Angeles by Red Granite head Riza Aziz, with allegations that money was siphoned…

DEAL OF THE WEEK MARTIN SCORSESE’S NEXT project is the Oscar-winning director’s long-awaited return to mobster epics, and the haggling for its rights would make the toughest negotiator proud. STX Entertainment prevailed in a deal worth $50 million for foreign rights to The Irishman after a bidding war whose final points were hammered out poolside at Vanity Fair’s May 14 Cannes bash, where erstwhile Scorsese collaborators Leonardo DiCaprio and Mick Jagger partied while a handful of dealmakers representing disparate studios were sitting on pins and needles. “A lot of the people who were potential players were all at that party,” says STX International president David Kosse, who fine-tuned his company’s offer between canape bites. “I was hearing Fox was in, Fox was out. Universal was in. Universal was out. But…

FILM Michael B. Jordan (WME, MGMT, Bloom Hergott) and Lupita Nyong’o (CAA, D2, Del Shaw) have joined Marvel’s Black Panther. Jack Black (WME, Sloane Offer) is joining Dwayne Johnson in Sony’s Jumanji remake. Daniel Bruhl (WME, Germany’s Players Agentur, the U.K.’s Tavistock Wood) is in final talks to join Bad Robot’s God Particle. Jurassic World co-writer Derek Connolly (Verve, Ginsburg Daniels) will write Legendary’s Pacific Rim 2. Goosebumps director Rob Letterman (WME) is set to direct Warner Bros.’ Dungeons & Dragons. The Big Number $1B+ Value of the 9.8 million Apple shares that Warren Buffett has acquired, according to a May 16 SEC filing. Jordan will reteam with his Creed and Fruitvale Station director Ryan Coogler in Black Panther. Joe and Anthony Russo’s Anthem & Song will team with Beijing FangJin…

Home Alone Son Runs for State Senate Henry Stern, 34, son of actor Daniel Stern (Diner, Home Alone) and writer Laure, spent Christmas 2003 in Iraq, eating Burger King with U.S. soldiers in one of Saddam Hussein’s former palaces. That eyeopening holiday — Henry was accompanying his dad on a USO handshake tour — was the start of his political career. Now worlds collide as the elder Stern, 58, rallies A-list backing for Henry’s run at the California State Senate in the north Valley’s 27th district. The Democrat, an environmental lawyer (“He’s a very wonky guy,” Daniel tells THR), enjoys the support of Homeland creator Howard Gordon, agent Joe Cohen and Daniel’s City Slickers co-star Billy Crystal. They’ve opened their homes for Q&As and fundraisers for the younger Stern. “I…

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CAFE SOCIETY MIGHT have premiered amid a firestorm at Cannes on May 11 after Woody Allen’s son Ronan Farrow accused the media of turning a blind eye to his father’s alleged sexual abuse of his sister Dylan Farrow, but the well-reviewed film also generated buzz for its aesthetic. Costume designer Suzy Benzinger worked exclusively with Chanel to create custom looks for Kristen Stewart — a face of the brand who plays a 1930s secretary — and a slew of glittering retro-style diamonds for Blake Lively, who portrays a Manhattan socialite. Benzinger, a seven-time Allen alum (who could not be reached for comment about the controversy at press time), pored over Chanel archives to find pieces for Stewart. “In the 20th century, Chanel was the epitome of style, luxury and glamour,”…

WHEN GEOFFREY ZAKARIAN OF TOP NEW YORK POWER spot The Lambs Club opens his first West Coast berth, Georgie, in the former Scarpetta space at the Montage in June, the restaurant will join nearly 20 eateries along a half-mile strip of Canon Drive that’s become a veritable food court for the most powerful players in entertainment. Every afternoon about 2,000 execs, agents, lawyers and stars gather there to spend an average of about $40 per person, adding up to some $1.8 million a month in lunch receipts alone. As they say in the food biz, that’s a lotta clams. “The energy is great on this street,” says Porta Via owner Peter Garland, who recalls a very different atmosphere when he opened in 1994. “To get people who had offices on…

Dippold quickly is becoming one of the hottest writers in Hollywood after penning the spec script for The Heat, the 2013 Melissa McCarthy-Sandra Bullock cop comedy that fired up $229.9 million worldwide. Chernin Entertainment head of film and television Topping and Dippold, who have become fast friends since Chernin nabbed the script in 2012, were photographed sipping rosé at Wally’s Beverly Hills (447 N. Canon Drive; the 18-month-old eatery from the Westwood wine source, led by sommelier Christian Navarro and France-born chef David Feau, has drawn the likes of Bill Clinton). “She’s much more shy than I expected given what the script was,” says Topping of the improvtrained screenwriter, who since has worked on Paul Feig’s upcoming Ghostbusters and is attached to write a sequel to The Heat. Dippold’s latest…

FOLLOWING HIS SIX-YEAR RUN on NBC’s Parenthood, Dax Shepard has been busy directing and starring in a film adaptation of the 1977-83 buddy motorcycle cop series CHiPs. The project, in which Shepard takes the Jon Baker role opposite Michael Pena’s Frank “Ponch” Poncherello (a character made famous by Erik Estrada in the original), filmed throughout SoCal thanks to the real California Highway Patrol. “People around the world know what ‘CHiPs’ means, and I believe that brand was created by the TV show,” says Shepard, who insists the movie will be a “humongous departure” from the original. THR caught up with the star and helmer, who will speak during the opening panel of the Film in California Conference. He was days away from finishing the edit of the film, which hits…

DISNEY CEO BOB IGER can’t seem to shake his ESPN problem. During a May 10 conference call to discuss financial results, analysts asked multiple questions about the sagging cable channel but never mentioned the blockbuster Lucasfilm or Marvel movie franchises. The oversight was so stark that at the end of the call, he scolded the Wall Street participants: “I’m actually kind of surprised that after almost 45 minutes of questioning, we didn’t get one question about our studio,” which he said is “firing on more than all cylinders.” But Disney’s studio entertainment sector is dwarfed by its media networks segment, where growth in operating income was a far more modest 9 percent to $2.3 billion, while revenue was flat at $5.8 billion. Analysts are a careful lot nowadays, looking for…

Today Will Be Different (Little, Brown) BY Maria Semple AGENCY UTA Semple got a rousing reception at May’s Book Expo America for the follow-up to her 2012 debut, Where’d You Go, Bernadette (to be directed by Richard Linklater). She calls the story “funny craziness about a nut job” trying to make it through a day of misadventure. Missing Man (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) BY Barry Meier AGENCY CAA The veteran New York Times investigative reporter weaves a thriller about how Robert Levinson, who disappeared in Iran in 2007, wasn’t acknowledged by the U.S. as a CIA operative until 2013 — and still is missing.…

“I am deeply regretful to the French fry.” RUBY ROSE The Orange Is the New Black star, in an “apology” issued after she was thrown out of a New Orleans bar for allegedly hurling fries at a bartender. “And now, let us take a moment of silence for Network Television.” JOHN STAMOS The actor, tweeting about the May 12 mass cancellations. Stamos’ season-old sitcom, Grandfathered, was among the dozens of casualties. “Funny there’s no dad-shaming.” JOHN LEGEND The musician, defending wife Chrissy Teigen after the model was “mom-shamed” on social media for going on a “date night” with her husband after the April 14 birth of their daughter, Luna. “My waist is not that teeny.” MEGHAN TRAINOR The singer, explaining on Snapchat that she took down the music video of…

Elizabeth Banks, Kylie Jenner, Marisa Tomei, Tim Omundson and Don Johnson sat down recently at Croft Alley on Melrose Place. … Alejandro G. Inarritu had lunch with wife Maria Eladia Hagerman at Estrella. … Bob Daly joined Terry Semel at Mr Chow. On other days, Jim Berkus, WME’s Adam Venit, producer Eric Newman with literary agent Sarah Self and Sony TV presidents Jamie Erlicht with Zack Van Amburg dropped in. … The Grill on the Alley hosted Jeffrey Katzenberg with Brett Ratner, Dick Cook with Lionsgate’s Rob Friedman, John Kerry with Warren Beatty, plus Bert Salke, Steve Wozniak and George Lucas. … Chris Evans and Jenny Slate had a few laughs over a meal at Bouchon Bistro. Julie Delpy also stopped by. … Jon Voight was spotted at The Milky…

AH, TO BE DISNEY. This year the studio surpassed $3.4 billion in global box-office revenue faster than any studio in history (it took Universal until July 2015 to cross $3 billion, a record at the time, on its way to an industry-best $6.89 billion for the year). Disney’s winning streak is led by leftover revenue from Star Wars: The Force Awakens and 2016 releases Civil War, Zootopia and The Jungle Book ($828 million). Analysts don’t expect Disney to give up the lead position, even if Alice Through the Looking Glass, which hits theaters on May 27, runs into trouble. “Civil War and Finding Dory will be the top two films of the summer,” says Bock. Here’s a look at Disney’s average box-office revenue per 2016 release compared with that of…

CRAFT Tom Colicchio’s sleek Century City temple suffered when he departed neighbor CAA for WME. It dropped from No. 15 in 2013 to No. 20 in 2014 before falling off the list in 2015. IL PASTAIO Turning out a wide array of house-made pasta for more than two decades, the Canon Drive institution pulls devoted regulars from nearby agencies and management firms. THE IVY Yes, it might be a tourist-trap cliche. But the cottagelike 33-year-old Robertson Boulevard mainstay (No. 15 on 2015’s list) still has that undeniably atmospheric patio. JON & VINNY’S The year-old Fairfax District spot offers Italian pizzas, pastas and salads from the Animal dudes, who pulled the same trick with French bistro standards at Petit Trois. KATSU-YA The subdued forerunner of the flashier Katsuyas elsewhere in town,…

“I look around this restaurant, and I can remember where I was sitting when different deals happened,” says Cecconi’s regular King, a former agent who left WME in 2015 to start Macro Ventures (Laurene Powell Jobs is an investor), which produces content for the African-American, Latino and multicultural markets. As his president of production, in October he brought on Imagine Entertainment’s Roth, also a Cecconi’s fixture. “I live in the neighborhood, so it’s one of my haunts,” she says. “I especially love the brunch — bright and airy and a little boozy.” Roth also appreciates the restaurant’s function as a crossroads between industries: “This whole area is kind of the art mecca, so there are always people from fashion, design and music in here, too.” Macro currently is in preproduction…

1. Juilliard (New York) Viola Davis, Andre Braugher, William Hurt, Patti LuPone, Christine Baranski 2. Northwestern (Chicago) Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Stephen Colbert, Kimberly Williams-Paisley. Dropout: Warren Beatty 3. Carnegie Mellon (Pittsburgh) Josh Gad, Ted Danson, Matt Bomer, Megan Hilty, Holly Hunter 4. NYU/Tisch Alden Ehrenreich, Alec Baldwin, Felicity Huffman, Philip Seymour Hoffman 5. Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (London) Mark Rylance, Kenneth Branagh, Sean Bean, Ralph Fiennes 6. London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art David Oyelowo, Ruth Wilson, Jim Broadbent, Dominic Cooper. Dropout: Chiwetel Ejiofor 7. Rutgers (New Brunswick, N.J.) Calista Flockhart, Sebastian Stan, Kristin Davis 8. Syracuse (New York) Taye Diggs, Neal McDonough, Vanessa Williams, Vera Farmiga, Frank Langella, Jerry Stiller 9. Royal Central School of Speech and Drama (London) Julie Christie, Judi Dench, Martin Freeman, Hugh Bonneville, Natasha…

AS THE 69TH CANNES FILM Festival heads toward its close May 22, there has been a noticeable lack of fireworks - literally and figuratively. An incendiary May 11 THR essay written by Ronan Farrow and a rape joke from the opening-night emcee overshadowed Woody Allen’s Cafe Society premiere, and Julia Roberts walked the Money Monster red carpet barefoot (a not-too-subtle jab at last year’s “flatgate” flap). But since then, shenanigans and controversies have been few. Terror threats seemed to have sapped attendance on the Croisette, and the scrum to get into parties appeared less intense - with a few festival veterans complaining that the Vanity Fair fete at the Hotel du Cap didn’t live up to past glories. The China delegation canceled its annual fireworks display over safety concerns, and…

WANDA SAYS Legendary Pictures racked up a $555.6 million loss in 2015, slammed by film writedowns and stock option vesting as senior management cashed out ahead of Wanda’s $3.5 billion acquisition in January. The disclosure came May 12 in a regulatory filing offering a rare glimpse into Thomas Tull’s onceprivate company. Among the write-downs Legendary invested in were flops Seventh Son, Blackhat and Crimson Peak (though movie profits are always uncertain). Potential good news? Profit for 2016 to 2018 is forecast at $474.8 million.…

IN DEVELOPING A HARLEY Quinn movie, it appears that Warner Bros. has found an edge over the otherwise mighty Marvel Studios: movies that revolve around women. The Suicide Squad spinoff, which will put Margot Robbie’s character in an ensemble built around DC Entertainment heroines and villainesses, will be produced by Robbie and penned by a female writer. It’s Warners’ second female-led comic book feature following Wonder Woman, which has wrapped production ahead of its June 2, 2017, release and will be the DC Extended Universe’s fourth overall offering. By contrast, Marvel’s first female-led movie, Captain Marvel, has been pushed back twice to make room for films with male leads and now is set to open March 8, 2019, as Marvel’s 21st movie. Marvel has faced criticism for its lack of…

Cannes Film Festival Cannes, May 11-22 THE RED-CARPETED STEPS OF THE Palais have seen a lot of action since the festival began: Julia Roberts, making her first appearance here, kicked off her heels and walked the steps barefoot and also was seen on an inside monitor saying to Jodie Foster, “This is crazy,” about the crush; Blake Lively showed off her growing baby bump at the Cafe Society premiere, where an emcee’s rape joke only was the start of the contentious conversation surrounding Woody Allen; and Kristen Stewart joined Shia LaBeouf and his American Honey co-stars in an impromptu dance party before the film’s premiere. But the fest’s real piece de resistance so far? The forecasted rain was a no-show. All the Way Hollywood, May 10 Rebels With a Cause…

ACTOR Alexander Skarsgard The Legend of Tarzan is a defining moment for the Swedish actor (True Blood), who has never played the lead in a studio tentpole designed to launch a franchise. If the movie beats expectations, he could find himself in Chris Pratt territory. STUDIO STX Entertainment Bob Simonds’ ambitious studio, where former Universal chief Adam Fogelson runs the motion picture group, releases three films this summer (to date, it’s only put out three movies). In addition to Free State of Jones and Bad Moms, STX has The Space Between Us, a space epic about a young boy (Asa Butterfield) who is born on Mars and comes to planet Earth. The movie opens nationwide Aug. 19 and could easily play to all audiences, including families.…

FUNKO DOLLS As with Bob’s Burgers-themed apparel, the Tina character is a big hit in doll form. COOKBOOK Featuring original art, the joke cookbook, released in March, is an Amazon best-seller. T-SHIRTS These started as holiday gifts for cast and crew before going public in 2013. BUNNY EARS Louise’s beloved ears can be found on Etsy and at Hot Topic stores.…

Scheduling a lunch for the high-powered TV-exec boss I worked for about two years ago, I’d have to work closely with the assistant to whomever my boss was meeting — we’d make sure to avoid bruised egos by only suggesting places that were equidistant from their respective offices. After a while you get a feel for who wants what and who has more power. If my boss was doing someone a favor, I’d make arrangements purely on my boss’ terms. When hard-to-book places were requested — both Mozzas were always impossible, and getting a table at BLD at that time was, shockingly, always a nightmare — I often had to work the phone and really charm the manager or hostess of the venue. I’d have to do the same to…

KEY: Film Liaisons in California Statewide (FLICS) offices including locations with recent notable projects and a sampling of local enticements SWISS ARMY MAN (A24) Paul Dano and Daniel Radcliffe spent six days shooting the surreal drama in Humboldt County last fall. RIDGECREST This city just outside L.A. waives permit fees and has a desert landscape that easily can serve as “the middle of nowhere.” PLACER LAKE TAHOE Spike Jonze filmed Her in this county, which offers free film permits and free use of county-owned locations. SENSE8 (Netflix) The series shoots in San Francisco, which offers a refund of up to $600,000 on any fees paid to the city for qualifying projects. NCIS (CBS) Santa Clarita, where some of NCIS is shot, subsidizes permit fees for approved productions and partially refunds…