Film Reporter • brian.welk@thewrap.com • Twitter: @brianwelk
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Alec Baldwin and ‘Rust’ Producers Settle With Slain Cinematographer’s Estate; Filming to Resume in January
Nearly a year after Halyna Hutchins’ death, her widower will enter as an executive producer on the film
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Dustin Hoffman Joins Francis Ford Coppola’s ‘Megalopolis’
“SNL” star Chloe Fineman, Isabelle Kusman, D.B. Sweeney and newcomer Bailey Ives also round out the cast
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Oscar-Nominated Screenwriters Andrea Berloff and John Gatins Form Creative Film Partnership With Netflix
Berloff is best known for “Straight Outta Compton” and Gatins is best known for “Flight”
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Rep. Hank Johnson Says the RAP Act Will Help All Artists: ‘We Have to Protect the First Amendment’
“When you allow music and creativity to be impacted, you’re opening the door for other realms of free speech to be curtailed,” the Georgia Democrat says
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Lionsgate Extends Contract for TV Group Chair and Chief Content Integration Officer Kevin Beggs
The 24-year veteran of the studio helped the renewals of network shows like “Home Economics,” “Welcome to Flatch” and “Ghosts”
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Abigail Disney’s Fork Films Shuts Down
Fewer than 10 roles were eliminated at the documentary and feature company behind “The American Dream and Other Fairy Tales” and “Crip Camp”
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Taissa Farmiga to Return for ‘The Nun 2’
“The Conjuring 3” director Michael Chaves is also attached to the 2018 horror film’s sequel
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Watch Barry Keoghan’s ‘The Batman’ Audition as The Riddler – Which Landed Him a Role as Joker (Video)
“I wanted some sort of human in there behind the makeup,” the actor says of playing the comic book villain
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Disney Board Adds Tech Exec Carolyn Everson in Agreement With Investor Dan Loeb
The activist investor’s Third Point LLC had pushed the company to add new voices to its board after acquiring a stake in August
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom Signs Bill Limiting Use of Rap Lyrics as Evidence in Criminal Cases
AB 2799 has been championed throughout the music industry and is the first law of its kind to pass in the country
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‘Smile’ Grins at Box Office With $2 Million in Thursday Showings
Billy Eichner’s LGBTQ+ rom-com “Bros” also opens this weekend and made $500,000
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Jonathan Majors in Early Talks to Play Dennis Rodman in ’48 Hours in Vegas’ Movie at Lionsgate
The NBA Hall of Famer is executive producing the film with Phil Lord and Chris Miller
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Disney+ Names Alisa Bowen as President
The veteran media exec will continue to report to Michael Paull, president of direct to consumer at Disney’s DMED
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Emma Stone and Willem Dafoe to Star in Next Yorgos Lanthimos Film ‘AND’ for Searchlight
Jesse Plemons and Margaret Qualley will also star in the film from “The Favourite” director
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Jason Bateman to Direct FBI Thriller ‘Dark Wire’ for Netflix and Producer Shawn Levy
The film is based on an upcoming book by journalist Joseph Cox
