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2nd May
20:52 - MOVIES: Avengers: Age Of Ultron - US Opening Day Box Office Numbers
Avengers: Age of Ultron opened to $27.6m in its North American Thursday night debut, ahead of the $18.7m 2012's Marvel's The Avengers opened to its opening night. While not a record (the final Harry Potter, The Dark Knight and three Twilight films all had higher Thursday night grosses) most analysts are saying the film is still likely on track to top the original Avengers all-time opening weekend record of $207.4m.
A month ago, Furious 7 opened to $15.8M its opening Thursday night and went on to gross $147.2m for the full weekend.
Age of Ultron also debuted Thursday in Mexico to that country's all-time highest opening day gross - $6.8m - and has currently accumulated $287.3m in foreign box office since April 22.
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16:53 - Revenge - Series Finale - Sunil Nayar Interview
Does Emily Thorne need to die at the end of this journey?
SUNIL NAYAR: That was a huge part of the conversation, because it is the end of a journey, but it’s a journey that’s been so darkly taken.. How do we want her to feel at the end of this journey, and how do we want the audience to feel about the nature of this journey? Do we want this to be a tale where people think, “I should go do that?” Or do we want this to be a tale of people thinking, “I could go do that, but there’s a serious price to be paid by doing it?” What we really love about the darkness of this show is that at the end of the day, it is the latter. There’s no getting out of this clean. Whether that means that you’re dead, or whether it means you are deeply wounded, or you have to carry this darkness with you, I think that at the end of the day, you’ll see everybody in this show is affected by the world they’ve gotten themselves into and the darkness that hard to pull out. The big parts of the conversation were, “How does Emily Thorne, and now Amanda Clarke’s, story end?” I think that the audience will be really satisfied with the journey she ends up taking and where she ends up at the end of the show.
How is Emily dealing with being helpless in the final two episodes as she faces being on trial?
Yeah, and that’s one of the things we really wanted to do was almost strip her of all of her power and to give her situations that aren’t within her control. One of the things that when we embraced the idea of David having cancer was it was born of the idea that Amanda Clarke can do anything. She can handle anything, she’s smart, she’s physical, she’s a ninja, but, suddenly, here’s something that she can’t control. There’s nothing that she can do, and so she can juts hope that her father’s getting the treatment that she wants, but it’s a thing that exists out of her strategic world and puts her into an emotional world. What we really wanted to do was to take her on a really emotional journey, to take away her freedoms, to actually have her suffer a lot at the hands her rivals so that we can see deeper into her and really examine the human being that is Amanda Clarke as we get to the end of the series.
The logline for the finale says that Emily is forced to finally admit her guilt.
Yeah, a couple of the big things that happen in episode 21 really shake Emily to the core where she has to take responsibility for the repercussions of her actions. She calls herself on the carpet, essentially, at the beginning of the series finale and it’s a pretty surprising moment.
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15:52 - Jane The Virgin - New Poster
14:16 - Red Dwarf - Revived For 2 More Series Set to Premiere In 2016
Sci-fi comedy classic Red Dwarf is making a comeback.
Two new series have been commissioned, reuniting Craig Charles (Lister), Chris Barrie (Rimmer), Danny John-Jules (Cat) and Robert Llewellyn (Kryten) as the four hapless space explorers.
The shows will air on TV channel Dave in 2016 and 2017 after beginning production in the autumn.
Red Dwarf's co-creator Doug Naylor, who is writing and directing Red Dwarf XI and XII, said that he had been trying to bring back the series since 2012.
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13:45 - The Goldbergs - Episode 2.24 - Turn Around, Bright Eyes - Promotional Photos
13:15 - Moody Bitches - Being Adapted for TV
In a recent interview the author, Julie Holland, mentioned that the book was being adapted for TV.
When we get some more info we'll update.
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12:43 - Madam Secretary - Episode 1.22 - There But For the Grace of God - Sneak Peek
11:52 - Madam Secretary - Episode 1.22 - There But For the Grace of God - Full Set of Promotional Photos
11:44 - Tut - New Promotional Poster
11:35 - Star Wars Rebels - Every Episode Streaming Free Until May 4th
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09:40 - MOVIES: Robotech - James Wan in Early Negotiations to Direct Feature Adaptation
EXCLUSIVE: Coming off steering the huge success of Universal’s Furious 7, director James Wan is in early discussions with Sony Pictures to direct Robotech, the feature adaptation of the 1980s sci-fi anime series that is being eyed as a worldwide franchise. Wan is one of the hottest directors in town after Furious 7‘s success — it has grossed $1.3 billion so far in worldwide box office — and has a lot of offers on the table. But I’m hearing he and Sony are going to try and make this work though the deal talks are in the beginning stages.
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09:35 - Significant Mother - CW Comedy - Nathaniel Buzolic Joins Cast
Nathaniel Buzolic, best known for playing the original Kol Mikaelson on The Vampire Diaries—and in flashbacks on The Originals—is returning to The CW.
EW has learned exclusively that Buzolic has been cast in the upcoming comedy Significant Mother from The CW and Alloy Entertainment. The show follows a Portland restauranteur named Nate (Josh Zuckerman), who has his whole world turned upside down when he finds out that his best friend is dating his newly separated mother, played by Krista Allen. That best friend? Jimmy, who will be played by Buzolic.
Jimmy’s official character description reads: “A home brewmaster and part-time bartender, Jimmy Barnes is a carefree optimist who leads with his heart, followed a while later by his head. And while he has always been loved by the ladies, his new relationship with his best friend’s mom may turn him into a one-woman kind of guy.”
Of course, Jimmy’s new found love of monogamy could be an issue when Nate’s father, played by Jonathan Silverman, later decides that he wants to win his wife back.
Significant Mother premieres Monday, August 3 at 9:30 p.m. on The CW.
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09:30 - American Odyssey - Episode 1.05 - Beat Feet - Sneak Peeks
09:25 - MOVIES: Star Wars Spinoff Movie - Director Exits
The Force was not strong with this one …
Josh Trank, director of the upcoming Fantastic Four reboot, was attached to direct the second Star Wars stand-alone film, has parted ways with the project.
His statement, via Lucasfilm: “After a year of having the incredible honor of developing with the wonderful and talented people at Lucasfilm, I’m making a personal decision to move forward on a different path. I’ve put a tremendous amount of thought into this, and I know deep down in my heart that I want to pursue some original creative opportunities. That said, the Star Wars universe has always been one of my biggest influences, and I couldn’t be more excited to witness its future alongside my millions of fellow Star Wars fans. I want to thank my friends Kathleen Kennedy, Kiri Hart, Simon Kinberg, and everyone at Lucasfilm and Disney for the amazing opportunity to have been a part of this. May the Force be with you all.”
Kiri Hart, head of story at Lucasfilm as the vice president of development, added in a statement: “It was a privilege to collaborate with Josh. We are grateful for the energy and love of Star Wars that he brought to the process, and we wish him all the best.”
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09:20 - Battle Creek - Episode 1.09 - Gingerbread Man - Sneak Peek
09:15 - 2 Broke Girls - Episode 4.20 - And the Minor Problem - Sneak Peek
1st May
22:15 - Undateable - Episode 2.09 - An Angry Judge Walks Into a Bar - Promotional Photos
22:13 - The Last Ship - Season 2 - New Promo and Promotional Poster
22:10 - The Last Man on Earth - Episode 1.13 - Screw The Moon - Sneak Peek
22:08 - Mike White’s ‘Mamma Dallas’ HBO Comedy Pilot Not Going Forward
HBO has opted not to go to series on Mamma Dallas, its comedy pilot by Enlightened creator Mike White, which followed a conservative Texan family who unwittingly hire a hard-living drag queen as their live-in nanny.
With its concept, the project was considered a big swing and, while it is not going forward, HBO remains committed to its creator, as reiterated by the network’s programming chief Michael Lombardo.
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20:47 - The Leftovers - Season 2 - 3 New Cast Members
The fresh blood includes new series regulars Kevin Carroll (Law & Order: SVU) as John Murphy (husband to Erika, played by Regina King), the Garvey’s new neighbor and head of the town’s volunteer fire department, as well as newcomer Jovan Adepo as John and Erika’s son Michael, a teenager actively involved in his church.
Additionally, Darius McCrary (AKA Family Matters‘ Eddie) is set to guest star/recur as Isaac Rayney, a local palm reader and childhood friend of John’s.
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19:35 - MOVIES: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2 - First Look at Stephen Amell as Casey Jones
Stephen Amell as Casey Jones https://t.co/3EszI6nT26 #TMNT2 pic.twitter.com/IQmHR7s5j8
— Michael Bay (@michaelbay) May 1, 2015
19:25 - TV Upfronts 2015 Schedule: Presentations, Parties & Karaoke
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19:20 - Doctor Who - Season 9 - Jemma Redgrave's Kate Stewart is Back
19:15 - American Odyssey - Episode 1.05 - Beat Feet - Promo
