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Russo Brothers to Direct
Avengers: Infinity War Movies
By Borys Kit and Austin Siegemund-Broka
J
oe a n d A n t hon y Russo, w ho
directed 2014’s Captain America:
The Winter Soldier and will return
for Captain America: Civil War, are cement-
ing themselves as Marvel’s main movie
executors.
The brothers will direct both parts
of the studio’s Avengers: Infinity War,
taking over the billion-dollar franchise
from Joss Whedon, who helmed the first
two Avengers films. (The second one,
Avengers: Age of Ultron, opens May 1.)
They’ll film Infinity War in one long
shoot beginning sometime next year,
sources tell The Hollywood Reporter.
No screenwriters are attached, but
Joe Russo (left) and his brother, Anthony, will film both parts of Marvel’s Avengers: Infinity War in one long shoot.
the brothers will likely reunite with
Winter Soldier’s Christopher Markus The duo signed a three-year first-look Civil War, for which the brothers are
and Stephen McFeely. They collabo- deal with the Culver City-based studio in preproduction and which is considered
rated on Civil War, which the Russos in March. Working on an Avengers pic is to be a mini Avengers movie due to its
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will begin shooting next month. an all-consuming endeavor, so how active large cast of heroes, has a May 6, 2016,
The new deal raises the question of the the Russos will be within that deal remains release date. Infinity War — Part 1 and
status of the brothers’ deal with Sony. to be seen. s e e pa g e 2MARCH 24, 2015 Page 2 of 8
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F r o m pa g e 1 their days together at NYU film school. Richard Salvatore and Nick Vallelonga
Infinity War — Part 2 are slated to be Katie centers on a 17-year-old waitress are producing the indie pic.
released May 4, 2018, and May 3, 2019, (Cooke) who attempts to overcome the Schull, whose credits include J. Edgar
respectively. hardships of poverty by prostituting her- and TV series Suits, currently stars on
Regardless of the Sony deal, the Infinity self in order to fulfill her dream of a new Syfy series 12 Monkeys as Dr. Cassandra
War get is a massive feather in the duo’s life in San Francisco. Railly. Based on the 1995 pic of the same
cap and marks the latest chapter in an Abbott will play Cooke’s mechanic love name, the show premiered in January and
incredible career trajectory. The Russos interest, while Enos is Cooke’s mother, has already been renewed for a second
began in television comedy, directing a woman with no maternal instincts season. Schull is repped by Innovative
episodes of Arrested Development in the whatsoever. Belushi will portray one of Artists and Sweeney Entertainment.
early to mid-2000s, and continued to Cooke’s clients, and Steenburgen is the
work in the field in 2012 with Happy
Endings and Up All Night. It was their
owner of the diner where Cooke works.
The feature, a Relic Pictures produc- Arterton, Considine,
work on some of the geeky episodes of
Community, however, that led to Winter
Soldier, a movie that grossed $717.7 mil-
tion made in association with Parallell
Cinema, is scheduled to begin produc-
tion at the end of March in New Mexico.
Close to Star in Gifts
By Alex Ritman
lion worldwide. Cooke can be seen on A&E’s Bates LONDON — Colm McCarthy, the Scot-
Badass Digest first reported that the Motel and is coming off a strong year tish director of U.K. TV smash hits such
Infinity War deal was closing. in which she appeared in three movies, as Sherlock and Doctor Who has lined up
The Russos are repped by WME and Ouija, The Quiet Ones and The Signal. six-time Oscar-nominated actress Glenn
Jackoway Tyerman. Dying Girl, which won both the Close for his debut feature.
audience award and the grand jury prize She Who Brings Gifts, which was
dying girl’s Cooke at Sundance, was scooped up by Fox
Searchlight and is set to open June 12.
announced Monday by U.K.-based Alti-
tude Film Sales, is being adapted by
set to topline Katie
By Borys Kit
Cooke is repped by Gersh and Lena
Roklin at Luber Roklin. Enos, who
recently wrapped indie thriller You Were
novelist and comic-book author Mike
Carey from his best-selling 2014 book
The Girl With All the Gifts. Set in a dysto-
I n h er f ir st de a l si nce h er Never Here, is repped by CAA, Howard pian future in which much of humanity
breakout performance in Sundance hit Green of Gartner/Green and Stone, Meyer. has been wiped out by a deadly fungus,
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, Olivia it tells the story of Melanie, an infected
Cooke has signed on to
star as the title character Travolta film Wrath girl with a genius-level IQ who is “full of
questions about the world.”
in Katie Says Goodbye,
an indie drama overseen
by the makers of Martha
Adds Schull to Cast
By Rebecca Ford
Set to shoot in May in the U.K., Gifts
will also star Gemma Arterton (Tamara
Drewe) and Paddy Considine (Tyranno-
Cooke
Marcy May Marlene. A m a n da Sch u l l (12 Monk eys) is saur). It is being produced by Camille
Joining Cooke in the fea- set to join John Travolta in I Am Wrath, Gatin and Angus Lamont, who co-
ture are The Killing star Mireille Enos, an indie pic about a man who seeks out produced last year’s multi-award win-
Christopher Abbott, Jim Belushi and justice after police are unable to catch ning ’71 by Yann Demange. The project
Mary Steenburgen. his wife’s killer. has been developed with support from
Sean Durkin, the filmmaker who Chuck Russell, who helmed 2002’s the BFI Film Fund.
wrote and directed Martha Marcy May The Scorpion King, is directing the film “She Who Brings Gifts is a smart take
Marlene, and its producer Antonio Campos from a script by Paul Sloan based on a on the sci-fi genre and with a humanity,
and Josh Mond are executive producing story by Yvan Gauthier. which will draw a young adult audience
Katie. (Durkin and Campos also produced Travolta stars in the action-thriller and those already aware of Mike Carey’s
James White, which starred Abbott and as Stanley Hill, a man who sets out for best-selling novel,” Will Clarke, Altitude
was directed by Mond.) Eric Schultz, revenge after corrupt cops fail at catch- co-CEO and chairman, said in a state-
Jacob Wasserman, Kimberly Parker and ing his wife’s murderer. Schull will play ment. “With the great cast that has come
Carlo Sirtori are producing. his daughter. True Blood actor Sam on board, we have a highly commercial
Wayne Roberts wrote the script and Trammell also co-stars in the movie, film which can cut through to a broad
was encouraged to direct it by Durkin which is currently shooting. audience.”
and Campos, whom he has known since Rob Carliner, Michael Mendelsohn, s e e pa g e 3MARCH 24, 2015 Page 3 of 8
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F r o m pa g e 2 with the second title, Into the Fire, hitting of many Brooks’ films, including The
Gifts was one of the selected screen- book stands earlier this month. Elephant Man (1980), A History of the
plays on last year’s Brit List, a compen- Grant is repped by Paradigm, Gotham/ World Part 1 (1981) and Spaceballs (1987),
dium of scripts by non-U.S. writers set up Principal and Gregg Gellman. gave a citation at the event, which was
to complement the Black List. Previous also attended by Terry Gilliam, Mike
titles have included The King’s Speech,
My Week With Marilyn and The Best Strathairn joins cast Leigh and Simon Pegg, among others.
“His brilliant wit and satire have
Exotic Marigold Hotel.
of Thriller November continued to surprise and delight and,
sometimes, astonish, as he delights in
Dystopian Tale Detainee By Pamela McClintock
David Str ath a irn h as joined
flouting convention, taking comedy
to areas once held taboo,” said Dyke,
Lands at Thunder Road
By Pamela McClintock
the cast of November Criminals, Sacha
Gervasi’s thriller starring
Chloe Grace Moretz and
adding that Brooks had “made the
world a much funnier place.”
An influential force in U.S. comedy
Ba si l I wa n y k’s T h u n der Roa d Ansel Elgort as a pair of since 1968’s The Producers and its famed
and Film House Germany have optioned teens who venture into musical number “Springtime for Hitler,”
the film rights to The Detainee, British the seedy underbelly of Brooks pushed satirical boundaries with
playwright Peter Liney’s debut novel Washington, D.C., to inves- Strathairn
pics such as Blazing Saddles (1974), Young
about an island where the elderly are tigate a friend’s murder. Frankenstein (1974) and Spaceballs. The
exiled by a younger generation blaming Catherine Keener also stars in the film 88-year-old is set to voice a character in
them for the ruin of society. adaptation of Sam Munson’s 2011 novel. Sony’s upcoming animation Hotel Tran-
Grant Pierce Myers will adapt for November, from Lotus Entertainment, sylvania 2.
the big screen. Myers also adapted YA began production Monday in Rhode Island
dystopian novel The Maze Runner, which
became a sleeper hit at the box office
and Washington, with Steven Knight
(Eastern Promises) penning the script. Woodley to be honored
last fall, grossing north of $340 million
worldwide.
Set in the near future, Detainee stands
Beth O’Neil and Black Bicycle Enter-
tainment’s Erika Olde are producing
November with Lotus. Sony Pictures
at MTV Movie Awards
By Scott Feinberg
apart from recent glut of dystopian films Worldwide Acquisitions has already Sh a i l en e Woodl ey h a s been
by making the heroes older adults. The snapped up rights for English-speaking tapped to receive the MTV Trailblazer
story follows “Big Guy” Clancy, who markets, as well as for numerous other Award, which “recognizes actors who are
along with the rest of society’s “waste,” overseas territories. blazing a distinctive and innovative path
has been shipped to the island, a deso- Strathairn is repped by ICM Partners for their Hollywood peers,” during the
late outpost where satellites mete out and Ryan Entertainment. MTV Movie Awards in April, The Holly-
instant punishment on those who break wood Reporter has learned exclusively.
the rules or try to escape. Worse are the
nights when fog prevents the satellites comedy legend Brooks The 23-year-old will be presented
with the honor by Miles Teller, with
from working, and young gangs conduct
terrifying raids. But when Clancy encoun-
ters a younger blind woman living in a
Receives BFI Fellowship
By Alex Ritman
whom she previously co-starred in The
Spectacular Now (2013) and Divergent
(2014) and with whom she currently is
secret network of underground tunnels, LONDON — Celebrated multihyphen- appearing in sci-fi thriller Insurgent.
there is suddenly a chance for the elderly ate Mel Brooks has been awarded the The award’s previous recipients
to fight back. British Film Institute’s highest honor, include Emma Watson, Emma Stone
Iwanyk will produce alongside Christian the BFI Fellowship. and Channing Tatum.
Angermayer of Film House German, At a private dinner March 20 hosted The MTV Awards, to be hosted by
with Erica Lee overseeing for Thunder by BFI chair Greg Dyke in London, the Amy Schumer and held at the Nokia
Road. The deal for film rights was nego- comedy giant said he was “surprised Theatre in Hollywood, will air on MTV
tiated by Penny Karlin of The Karlin and delighted” to receive the accolade. at 8 p.m. ET/PT on Sunday, April 12.
Connection, literary manager Daniaile “Not many Americans have been offered
Jarry of Open Entertainment and this prestigious award ... and for good Click here to download THR’s
Thunder Road’s Jonathan Fuhrman. reason,” said Brooks. Hong Kong Filmart Dailies.
Detainee is the first book in a trilogy, John Hurt, also a BFI Fellow and starMARCH 24, 2015 Page 4 of 8
tv news
CBS News Chief Rhodes season of the project from Murphy and
Brad Falchuk — is based on Jeffrey Too-
bin’s best-selling book The Run of His Life:
Re-Ups Through 2019 The People v. O.J. Simpson.
The 10-episode first season examines
the Simpson trial as told from the per-
Staff report Bloomberg, where he worked closely spective of the lawyers and is poised to
Dav id R hode s h a s i n k ed a n ew with incoming NBCUniversal news explore the chaotic behind-the-scenes
contract with CBS News through 2019, group chairman Andy Lack. He started dealings and maneuverings on both sides
it was announced Monday. his career as a production assistant at of the court. More significantly, it will dis-
The CBS News president Fox News in 1996, eventually rising to play how a combination of prosecution
has been with the company become vp, news. confidence, defense wiliness and the
since 2011. Rhodes has been running the division LAPD’s history with the city’s African-
“CBS News is experienc- solo since last fall, when 60 Minutes exec- American community gave a jury what
ing division-wide growth,” utive producer Jeff Fager returned to the it needed: reasonable doubt.
Rhodes
CBS CEO Leslie Moonves top-rated news program full-time. Britton will play Resnick, an L.A.
said in a statement. “David’s socialite and friend of Simpson’s ex-
exceptional news judgment and compet-
itive acumen has had a great impact so Britton added to Cast wife, Nicole Brown.
The casting reunites Britton with
far, and we look forward to continued
growth on all our news broadcasts as we
move forward.”
of FX’s Simpson Mini
By Lesley Goldberg
Murphy following her starring turn in
American Horror Story: Murder House.
It also comes as ABC’s Nashville is in its
Rhodes recently spearheaded the Con n ie Bri t ton is r et u r n i ng third season and remains on the bubble
launch of the news division’s digital to FX and the Ryan Murphy fold. for a fourth run. Britton is repped by
channel, CBSN, a joint venture with Four years after starring in the fresh- WME, Untitled Entertainment and
CBS Interactive. He also helped expand man season of American Horror Story, attorney Adam Kaller.
Face the Nation to a full hour after the the Nashville star has joined the cast Golden Globe winners Scott Alexander
program became the top-rated Sunday of FX’s upcoming anthology American and Larry Karaszewski (The People vs.
public-affairs program. He also was in- Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson, Larry Flynt), along with original produc-
volved in the launch of the current iteration Murphy announced Monday. ers Bradford Simpson (World War Z)
of CBS This Morning, which jettisoned “Excited to announce my friend Connie and Nina Jacobson (The Hunger Games),
the copy-cat formula of other morning Britton will play Faye Resnick in the up- moved with the former Fox project to FX,
shows by stressing news and reporting coming FX miniseries The People v. O.J. where they will pen the first two episodes,
over soft features and cooking segments. Simpson,” Murphy tweeted. among others. They will be joined by
Rhodes came to CBS News from ACS: People v. O.J. Simpson — the first s e e pa g e 5MARCH 24, 2015 Page 5 of 8
tv news
F r o m pa g e 4 The Way also marks Hulu’s first ongo- its teams. The league said at the time it
Murphy and AHS co-creator Falchuk, ing drama series following productions had made an effort to minimize black-
as well as Ryan Murphy Productions’ including Jason Reitman’s Lionsgate- outs, noting it was still the only league
Dante Di Loreto, as executive produc- produced comedy Casual, which like left that televised every game on free
ers, with Murphy also set to direct. 11/22/63 was picked up straight to series over-the-air TV.
Britton joins a cast that also includes as well. (Hulu also has a deal with Uni- In the past, ticket sales were a big fac-
Cuba Gooding Jr. as Simpson, Sarah versal Television’s cable-focused studio tor in the economics of football, but that
Paulson as prosecutor Marcia Clark, Universal Cable Productions for its Billy changed as the value of TV contracts
David Schwimmer as Simpson’s friend Eichner comedy Difficult People.) soared. Then it was about having a full
and attorney Robert Kardashian, For Goldberg, meanwhile, The Way is stadium so that people could see how pop-
John Travolta as Robert Shapiro and a personal passion project. It marks her ular the game was and how in-demand
Courtney B. Vance as Johnnie Cochran. latest collaboration with Katims follow- tickets remained.
ing a two-season run on NBC’s family The FCC said that was all outdated.
Hulu Give Series Pickup drama Parenthood. Her credits also in-
clude NBC’s Camp and Deception.
The league did not agree but had no
choice but to live with the ruling.
to Katims Drama The Way
By Lesley Goldberg
For Katims, The Way guarantees that
the Friday Night Lights alum will have a
series on the air come fall. NBC’s second-
It is unclear if the league tried to keep
the rule in place by making private deals
with cable and satellite companies and
Ja son K at i ms fa ns, r e st e a sy: year comedy About a Boy is considered others, but now it appears they have
The Parenthood and About a Boy pro- a bubble series and was recently pulled decided not to even try to keep the black-
ducer will have a show on from the network’s lineup in favor of a out policy intact.
the air next season. multicamera block. The producer’s True
Hulu has handed out
a 10-episode straight-to-
Jack banner, meanwhile, has been focused
on entering the cable and streaming space. Nikita, 24 Actress
Katims
series order for The Way,
a drama from Katims and
Parenthood writer-producer
The company last year sold a romantic
comedy from Stu Zicherman to Showtime
and narrowly missed a pilot pickup at
Watson Dies at 60
By Etan Vlessing
Jessica Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter CBS for a medical drama from Parent- TORONTO — Alberta Watson, a Cana-
has learned. hood alum Sarah Watson this season. dian actress who had roles in the 24 and
Based on a script Katims and his True Katims and True Jack are repped by Nikita dramas over a four-
Jack head of development Michelle Lee CAA and Schreck Rose; Goldberg is with decade TV and film career,
created with Goldberg last year, The Way UTA and McKuin Frankel. has died. She was 60.
examines a family at the center of a con- Her Gary Goddard
troversial faith-based movement struggling
with relationships, marriage and power. NFL’s tv Blackout rule Agency rep, Pam Winter,
confirmed to The Holly- Watson
Each hourlong episode will take an in-
depth look at what it means to choose
between the life we live and the life we
lifted for 2015 season
By Alex Ben Block
wood Reporter that Watson
died Saturday at Toronto’s Kensington
Hospice after a long battle with cancer.
want. Casting is underway with the goal T h e Nat iona l Foot ba l l L e agu e Born in Toronto, Watson started out
of nabbing high-end premium talent com- is going to suspend its policy of blacking in acting with a local theater group, and
parable to Hulu’s casting coup of James out games that are not sold out for the by the 1970s had regular Canadian film
Franco in Warner Bros. Television’s J.J. 2015 season, it was announced Monday. and TV roles. She was a series regular on
Abrams-Stephen King miniseries 11/22/63. The FCC had voted in October to end 1987 ABC drama Buck James.
Goldberg will pen the script and execu- sports blackouts on television, but that Watson starred on USA Network’s
tive produce alongside Katims and Lee rule did not prohibit the NFL and other La Femme Nikita as Madeline, second-
via Katims’ pact with Universal Television. leagues from making private contractual in-command of secret agency Section
The deal marks Universal TV and Hulu’s arrangements that would have the same One, from 1997-2001, and later had a
first collaboration (as well as Katims’ first effect — to keep games off free TV in recurring role on The CW’s follow-up
streaming deal). The Way arrives as the cities where the stadium is not sold out. series Nikita. She also played Erin Dris-
streaming service continues to bulk up on The NFL fought the FCC action last coll, director of CTU Los Angeles, during
studio-produced fare in a bid to compete fall on the basis that it still needed to season four of Fox’s 24.
with Netflix and draw top-name producers. protect the home-game attendance for She is survived by her husband Ken.MARCH 24, 2015 Page 6 of 8
international news
Italy’s Cinecitta Aims new Cannes Poster
features Bergman
to Lure Back Hollywood By Ariston Anderson
ROME — Each year before the unveiling
By Ariston Anderson productions, with a full 20 sound stages, of the official Cannes competition list
ROME — In its heyday, Cinecitta was he says Cinecitta is made for Hollywood. comes the announcement of its eagerly
the land of Federico Fellini, who shot all Basso is embarking on a tour of Los anticipated official poster.
of his films in its studios and claimed he Angeles this week to meet with various Last year, Sophia Loren said seeing
was never more at home than in Studio 5. executives to sell the studios’ services Marcello Mastroianni plastered across
Charlton Heston, Elizabeth and explain the Italian tax credit. the Palais des Festivals brought tears to
Taylor, Susan Hayward, While Basso sees U.K. offerings as his her eyes. This year’s poster will be no less
Robert Taylor and Kirk biggest competitor, he claims the Italian emotional, paying tribute to Ingrid Berg-
Douglas shot popular tax credits are easier to administrate and man in honor of the centenary of her birth.
sword-and-sandal films the cash benefits are immediate. Italy also “My family and I are deeply moved
in the studios. Women Basso
offers lower rates for manpower, construc- that the Festival de Cannes has chosen
like Sophia Loren, Anita tion builds and space rentals than many to feature our magnificent mother on
Ekberg and Monica Vitti rose to fame of its European counterparts. And it’s the official poster to mark the centenary
through their work at Cinecitta. usually not difficult to draw A-list talent of her birth,” said Isabella Rossellini.
Despite a few big films over the years, to a long shoot in Rome. “Her outstanding career covered so many
including Gangs of New York, Ocean’s Currently in pre-production at the countries, from the smallest European
Twelve and last year’s Everest, Cinecitta studio is Paramount’s Zoolander 2. Ben independent films to the greatest Holly-
is still mostly associated with its glory Stiller visited the studios last year in wood productions.”
days of the 1950s and 1960s and has had June and took a tour with his daughter. Bergman, who headed the jury at
trouble rebuilding its brand. “I think he always had a desire to shoot Cannes in 1973, was the face of new cin-
As the euro climbed, business fled. in Rome,” said Basso. “People are influ- ema realism. She worked with directors
A previous dollar exchange rate at 1.43 enced by all of the directors who have Alfred Hitchcock, Roberto Rossellini and
meant U.S. productions were instantly shot here before. It’s an inspiring place.” Ingmar Bergman, and starred opposite
spending 40 percent more on the conti- Zoolander 2 will shoot on five sound such actors as Cary Grant, Humphrey
nent. In 2012, Cinecitta’s reputation was stages over five months beginning in May. Bogart and Gregory Peck. The festival
greatly hurt by local trade unions strik- Also currently at Cinecitta is the new remarked that Bergman shared the same
ing. Looking to draw media attention, Ben-Hur remake, starring Jack Huston “liberty, audacity” and “modernity” that
they claimed the studios were closing to and Danny Glover. Basso sees the film as it places on its artists and films.
turn into resorts. a turning point in the studio’s comeback. Ingrid Bergman, in Her Own Words,
But things are turning around. Now, Ben-Hur producers were always intent on a documentary by Stig Bjorkman, will
the Euro-to-dollar ratio is nearing 1:1, shooting where the original pic was shot. be screened as part of Cannes Classics.
and many experts expect it to fall even But with the new tax credits, they’ll also Additionally, Cannes will be affiliated
more. And after much industry lobbying, save about 14 million euros, as opposed with the Ingrid Bergman Tribute show
facing tough competition from the U.S. to 5 million if they had shot last year. in September. The show, directed by
and the U.K., Italy instated a tax credit Contrary to media reports, Ben-Hur’s Guido Torlonia and Ludovica Damiani,
for film productions in 2010. The industry producers claim they never asked to shoot will feature Isabella Rossellini, Jeremy
then lobbied to remove the credit’s cap, the infamous chariot scene at Circus Maxi- Irons, Fanny Ardant and Christian De
and last July, Italy lifted its tax-credit mus. They are building the chariot set on Sica, among others, and is set to travel
limit from 5 million euros per movie to the backlot of the Cinecitta World theme through the key cities of Bergman’s life:
10 million per company per year. park. The pic will have more visual effects Stockholm, Rome, Paris, London and
“Among the most important interna- than its 1959 predecessor, building only a New York.
tional brands we have, the first is Ferrari. section of the racetrack. The rest will be The 68th Cannes Film Festival is set
The second is Cinecitta,” said CEO Giu- mirrored with CGI. The set is expected to to run May 13-24, with filmmakers Joel
seppe Basso, who is ready for a new era remain at Cinecitta World as part of MGM and Ethan Cohen presiding over the
in Cinecitta’s history. and Paramount’s deal, and may be open jury. The Official Selection lineup will
While Cinecitta is not short on local to visitors or productions in the future. be announced April 16.MARCH 24, 2015 Page 7 of 8
film review
Zombeavers
By Frank Scheck
Jake Weary (left) and Peter Gilroy find a particular
woodland creature to be a pain in the neck in Zombeavers.
NEW YORK — The world’s population
can safely be divided into two camps: those
eager to see a pic called Zombeavers and,
well, everyone else.
The former may well find themselves
satisfied by Jordan Rubin’s feature debut,
in which a sextet consisting of three fre-
quently scantily clad coeds and their
boyfriends find themselves trapped in a
remote cabin while being attacked by a
horde of, you guessed it, zombie beavers.
Said creatures have entered into their morning kids’ TV show, soon commence How Zombeavers wound up in theaters
unfortunate undead state thanks to the wreaking their violent mayhem, including rather than on the Syfy channel is any-
familiar horror-movie plot machination an attack during the group’s dip in the body’s guess, although the R-rated gore
in which a barrel of toxic waste falls off lake during which a small dog is uncere- and sex is clearly a major factor. Nonethe-
a truck (manned by comedian Bill Burr moniously sacrificed. less, it has a certain goofy, Troma Films-
and musician John Mayer, the latter pre- It isn’t long before the kids are holed style charm, and the brief running time
sumably paying off a bet) and lands in up in the cabin, quickly discovering that makes it appropriate for the bottom half
the lake where the semiaquatic rodents nailing planks over the doors and windows of a drive-in double-feature. The end
make their home. isn’t the best way of keeping malevolent credits include the inevitable outtakes
The girls first arrive at the cabin alone, wood-chomping rodents at bay. A redneck (naturally far funnier than anything seen
amusing themselves by talking about their hunter (B-movie veteran Rex Linn) arrives in the movie proper), the crooning of a
love lives and sunbathing. One of them to show the young’uns how it’s done, but silly theme song and a set-up for a sequel
quickly discards her bikini top so as not not before they’ve suffered such indigni- involving … wait for it … zombie bees.
to get tan lines, a stance that will no doubt ties as castration-by-beaver.
be met with approval by the film’s target Needless to say, there’s plenty of gratu- Opened: March 20 (Freestyle).
audience. itous nudity, extreme gore and raunchy Production: Armory Films, BenderSpink.
Their boyfriends soon show up un- humor, with endless double-entendre Cast: Cortney Palm, Hutch Dano, Peter
announced, and after the usual prelim- beaver jokes and one minor character, Gilroy, Rachel Melvin, Jake Weary, Lexi
inary round of hook-ups, the demonic upon hearing the loud racket next door, Atkins, Rex Linn.
creatures, played by animatronic puppets telling his wife, “It’s just those kids scis- Director: Jordan Rubin.
that wouldn’t pass muster on a Saturday soring each other to Lady Gaga.” Rated R, 77 minutes.
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1 New Insurgent Lionsgate $52,263,680 — 3,875 $13,487 3 $52,263,680
2 1 Cinderella Disney 34,967,659 -51.9 3,848 9,087 10 122,516,793
3 2 Run All Night Warner Bros. 5,032,323 -57.7 3,171 1,587 10 19,639,211
4 New The Gunman Open Road 5,028,702 — 2,816 1,786 3 5,028,702
5 3 Kingsman: The Secret Service Fox 4,627,340 -32 2,223 2,082 38 114,597,783
6 New Do You Believe? Pure Flix 3,591,282 — 1,320 2,721 3 3,591,282
7 6 Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel Fox Searchlight 3,510,008 -43.9 2,016 1,741 17 24,185,108
8 4 Focus Warner Bros. 3,244,355 -48.2 2,055 1,579 24 49,347,832
9 5 Chappie Sony 2,663,291 -57.4 2,429 1,096 17 28,317,730
10 7 Spongebob 2: Sponge Out of Water Paramount 2,394,978 -45.4 1,980 1,210 45 158,838,829
11 8 McFarland, USA Disney 2,197,381 -43.8 1,816 1,210 31 38,531,357
12 12 American Sniper Warner Bros. 1,608,251 -47.2 1,456 1,105 88 343,969,004
13 11 The Lazarus Effect Relativity 1,375,470 -55.3 1,306 1,053 24 24,029,384
14 9 Fifty Shades of Grey Universal 1,311,520 -58.4 1,168 1,123 38 163,839,685
15 10 The Duff Lionsgate 1,236,564 -59.8 1,437 861 31 32,439,572
16 14 Still Alice Sony Classics 465,850 -48.1 440 1,059 66 17,246,729
17 15 Paddington Weinstein 428,889 -45.4 502 854 66 74,209,261
18 16 The Imitation Game Weinstein 371,527 -48.6 337 1,102 115 90,147,295
19 29 It Follows Radius-TWC 344,874 97 32 10,777 10 568,901
20 13 Unfinished Business Fox 317,958 -87.6 597 533 17 9,982,284
21 19 What We Do in the Shadows Paladin 300,725 -6.6 134 2,244 38 1,808,218
22 21 Wild Tales Sony Classics 265,185 8.9 81 3,274 31 1,182,078
23 27 ’71 Roadside 237,671 7.3 115 2,067 24 693,326
24 25 Selma Paramount 233,406 -3.5 702 332 88 51,694,025
25 New La passion d’Augustine E1 229,967 — 34 6,764 3 229,967
26 17 Jupiter Ascending Warner Bros. 192,493 -65.8 252 764 45 46,395,319
27 23 Night at the Museum: Secret Fox 181,017 -26.9 206 879 94 112,953,299
28 20 The Wedding Ringer Sony 172,608 -41.7 206 838 66 64,208,820
29 22 Big Hero 6 Disney 171,575 -25.4 219 783 136 221,968,880
30 18 A la mala Lionsgate 149,381 -62.1 123 1,214 24 3,481,603
31 28 Into the Woods Disney 143,462 -20.7 172 834 88 127,746,251
32 26 Taken 3 Fox 130,628 -41.6 178 734 73 88,817,270
33 48 The Wrecking Crew Magnolia 98,413 73.1 37 2,660 10 179,641
34 33 Mr. Turner Sony Classics 89,404 -14.4 79 1,132 94 3,841,331
35 24 Birdman Fox Searchlight 86,568 -64 108 802 157 42,190,774
36 30 NH 10 Eros 77,776 -48 40 1,944 10 262,586
37 42 Red Army Sony Classics 75,850 16.5 84 903 59 572,486
38 31 Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies Warner Bros. 75,220 -50.7 144 522 96 255,043,150
39 New Danny Collins Bleecker Street 72,459 — 5 14,492 3 72,459
40 43 Deli Man Cohen 66,040 -6.5 38 1,738 24 304,073
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