A wild weekend turns into a murder cover-up in Sony Pictures’ comedy, Rough Night. The new restricted (not safe for work or kids) trailer sets up the tale of a weekend reunion for five college friends played by Scarlett Johansson, Zoë Kravitz, Kate McKinnon, Jillian Bell, and Ilana Glazer. First time feature film director Lucia Aniello co-wrote the script with Paul W. Downs (Downs also co-stars in the film). Sony’s planning a June 16, 2017 theatrical release.
The Plot: In Rough Night, an edgy R-rated comedy, five best friends from college reunite 10 years later for a wild bachelorette weekend in Miami. Their hard partying takes a hilariously dark turn when they accidentally kill a male stripper. Amidst the craziness of trying to cover it up, they’re ultimately brought closer together when it matters most.
Tom Hardy as James Keziah Delaney in ‘Taboo’ (Photo Copyright 2016, FX Networks)
FX and BBC One announced the dramatic series Taboo starring Tom Hardy has earned a second season. Season one has been delivering 5.8 million viewers each week and is one of the highest-rated new cable dramas, according to FX. The series was created by Tom Hardy, Chips Hardy, and Steven Knight, with Knight, Tom Hardy, Dean Baker, Ridley Scott, and Kate Crowe executive producing.
“Taboo’s first season was exceptional and its success on FX is testament to the creative excellence and dedication of the producers, cast and crew,” stated Eric Schrier, President of Original Programming, FX Networks and FX Productions. “We are proud to again join BBC One and Sonar Entertainment in partnering with Scott Free London and Hardy Son & Baker on the second season and look forward to working again with the great Tom Hardy, Steven Knight, Ridley Scott, Chips Hardy and everyone who makes Taboo so remarkable.”
“We are grateful and excited to continue our relationship with the BBC and FX in contributing towards British drama. Fantastic news,” said Tom Hardy. Chips Hardy also commented on the season two renewal, saying, “I’m delighted we have the opportunity to build on what was achieved in the first series, and that we can continue to create breakthrough drama to intrigue and entertain.”
Executive producer Ridley Scott added, “We’re thrilled people want to know what happens next and that the BBC and FX are up for more adventures with the devil Delaney and the league of the damned. Along with our international distributors, Sonar Entertainment, the BBC and FX have been great partners, supporting Taboo at every stage so it could be the dark, dirty brute of a drama that it is.”
“I’m thrilled that a work which pushes boundaries has been so well received and found such a large and enthusiastic audience in the U.S. and Britain,” said Steven Knight. ”We have tried to take an impressionistic, rather than figurative, approach to a narrative which we hope more accurately portrays the spirit of an extraordinary time in history. James Delaney will continue to explore many realities as he takes his band of misfits to a new world, thanks to FX and the BBC, partners who could not be more suited to collaborating in ground breaking work.”
The Plot: Set in 1814, the first season of Taboo follows “James Keziah Delaney,” a man who has been to the ends of the earth and comes back irrevocably changed. Believed to be long dead, he returns home to London from Africa to inherit what is left of his father’s shipping empire and rebuild a life for himself. But his father’s legacy is a poisoned chalice, and with enemies lurking in every dark corner, James must navigate increasingly complex territories to avoid his own death sentence. Encircled by conspiracy, murder and betrayal, a dark family mystery unfolds in a combustible tale of love and treachery.
“How do we know he’s not spying on us through Wally right now?” asks Barry (Grant Gustin) to Team Flash after discovering Savitar has been messing with Wally’s mind in The CW’s The Flash season three episode 15 titled “The Wrath of Savitar.”
As the episode begins, Barry and Jesse (Violett Beane) are training Wally (Keiynan Lonsdale), trying to get him fast enough to stop Savitar from killing Iris in the near future. After Wally completes a choreographed practice take-down of The Flash posing as Savitar, H.R. (Tom Cavanagh) and Cisco (Carlos Valdes) report Wally recorded his best time yet – fast enough to stop Savitar. Barry, Wally, and Jesse are thrilled but Wally’s happiness doesn’t last long because he thinks he sees Savitar on a nearby rooftop. After a quick sighting, Savitar disappears. Wally’s the only one who sees him.
Julian (Tom Felton) arrives back from London and is greeted by a smiling Caitlin (Danielle Panabaker) who approaches for a hug but he puts out a hand for a shake. They’re awkward with each other, not exactly knowing where their boundaries are. (It’s a cute, brief scene).
Everyone waits in the cortex for an announcement from Barry who arrives with Iris (Candice Patton) as well as coffee and tea. Barry gives Iris the go-ahead and she shows them her engagement ring. Caitlin hugs Barry, congratulating him, and Wally hugs his sister. H.R. says “good going” to Barry and Iris, but Joe (Jesse L. Martin) stays uncharacteristically quiet. Iris asks her dad to please say something and he slowly walks over and gives her a hug saying he couldn’t be happier and that she’s grown into such a lovely woman. He adds that she’s marrying the best man he’s ever known, looking at Barry.
As Jesse hugs Iris and becomes focused on the ring, Joe asks to speak with Barry for a minute. Joe asks Barry why he didn’t ask for his blessing, and Barry tells him he got caught up in the moment and wanted it to be a surprise. Their talk is cut short when Cisco and Wally tell them there’s a fire and they need to help evacuate the building full of people.
The Flash and Kid Flash are speeding to the fire when Kid Flash gets knocked down by a white blur. Barry looks for Wally and heads into an alley where he sees him getting tossed around by nothing. Wally finally stops and sees Barry, asking him what’s going on. “Where is he?” asks Wally. “Who?” asks Barry. “Savitar,” answers Wally to a very surprised Barry.
Back at S.T.A.R. Labs, Caitlin is checking over Wally who admits he’s been having brief visions of Savitar for about a week. Barry’s very upset with Wally for keeping it a secret and realizes until they know exactly what is going on with Wally and Savitar’s mind tricks, he needs to be benched from the team. Wally, upset and angry, heads off to sulk and Jesse goes after him to calm him down.
Barry decides it’s best they try to talk to Savitar through Julian again to see how much he knows and what he’s up to. Julian declines to be used as a Ouija board, and when Caitlin asks why he admits he doesn’t want her to hear Savitar’s voice coming through him again, fearing she won’t be able to see the real him afterward. Caitlin reminds him he brought her back from becoming Killer Frost and still knows who she really is. She asks him to trust her to do the same for him.
Falling even harder for her, Julian gives her a quick kiss and tells her he wanted to do that just in case she changes her mind. Julian is hooked up to the machine and within seconds Savitar’s voice (Tobin Bell) comes through telling them all to bow before their god. Barry’s not impressed, telling him to quit with the religious stuff and asking why they are enemies. Savitar reveals they’re enemies because they had to be. Savitar claims he – not Zoom or Thawne – is Barry’s greatest enemy and that he’s very close to escaping from where Barry imprisoned him. Joe asks what they ever did to him and he yells they took everything away from him in the future. Barry tells him they got rid of the Philosopher’s Stone and Savitar responds with a mocking, “Did you?”
No one notices when Barry brought up the Philosopher’s Stone Caitlin became tense. As Barry starts to pull the plug on the conversation, Savitar tells him that he has suffered his whole life, losing first his mother and then his father, but he promises the loss he will go through this time he will never recover from. As Barry pulls the plug, Julian comes back freed of Savitar’s control and asks, “So, good chat?”
Team Flash decide to look up Savitar’s follower who Caitlin visited when she was becoming Killer Frost. Barry tracks them and sees a handful of followers with the box he threw into the Speed Force which held the stone. He knocks them out and takes the now-empty box back to S.T.A.R. Labs.
Cisco and Julian confirm it’s not a replica but the actual box. Barry brings up how Savitar spoke when he said they got rid of the stone almost as though they hadn’t somehow. Caitlin quickly says to Barry, “You did. You threw it into the Speed Force. It’s gone.” (It’s so obvious she’s hiding something. How Barry and Cisco don’t pick up on it is a wonder.)
Meanwhile, Wally is training with H.R. and is not doing well at all. He’s let fear and doubt enter and is scared he won’t be fast enough to save Iris. When things look bleak, H.R. and Wally come up with the idea to have Cisco vibe Wally to the night Iris dies so he might be able to learn something to help him save his sister. Cisco doesn’t want to do it but finally gives in and vibes Wally and himself to that night. Wally witnesses Iris’ murder and is upset, becoming even more upset when he sees she’s not wearing the ring. Cisco brings them out of the vibe and Wally rushes off to confront Barry. He tells Barry what he saw in front of everyone and Iris realizes Barry in part proposed to her in order to change the future. Upset, she walks off telling Barry she needs time to be alone and think.
Julian enters the medical bay looking for Caitlin who’s looking deeply concerned. Julian tells her he’s worried he might be the Judas to Team Flash, and Caitlin reveals it’s not him but she knows who it is. She walks over and pulls out a small piece of the stone, showing it to Julian. Caitlin admits she’s the one who betrayed everyone.
Caitlin tells Cisco, H.R., and Barry she was hoping to find a way to use it to get rid of her powers. Cisco asks if she did and she says she never figured out how to get it to work. Barry decides to talk to Savitar again to see if they can pinpoint his location. Once again poor Julian doesn’t want to go through it, but finally agrees and tells them he’ll see them downstairs.
Caitlin heads after him, apologizing again. She confesses should have told him, but Julian is not in the mood to hear it. He tells Caitlin he can’t believe she would save part of the stone after what Savitar did to him with it. Caitlin says she’s desperate to get rid of her powers and that out of everyone she thought he would understand. Julian says he sees now that she only wanted him to join the team to help her with her powers. She insists that’s not the only reason, but he doesn’t believe her. (C’mon, Julian, give Cait a break. She feels terrible about it!)
Back at their apartment, Iris is thinking about what she’s learned and Joe stops by to console her. He basically throws Barry under the bus saying their love has to be simple and pure or it won’t work. (It’s obvious Joe isn’t ready for Iris and Barry to marry yet which is why he reacted the way he did earlier.)
Poor Julian goes under again and Savitar speaks, taunting Barry and telling him soon he’ll be free. They pull the plug and Cisco says he has a fix on him but that it doesn’t make sense. It shows he’s all around Central City. Barry receives a message from Iris and takes off to talk to her.
Alone together at their apartment, Barry listens to Iris explain she wants to be his wife, not someone The Flash has to save. By proposing the way he did, he’s tainted their relationship. As she continues on, Barry has an epiphany.
Jesse checks in on Wally at the West home and tries to make him see he’s being a real jerk to Barry, reminding him they all need to work together to stop Savitar. Just as Wally is beginning to feel a little better, he sees his mother. She tells him how proud she is of him and how brave he’s been but he needs to stop now because it’s too dangerous. Wally explains he has to save Iris while Jesse tells Wally he’s freaking her out as he’s talking to no one. Wally’s mom tells him he’s not fast enough and he realizes it’s not his mom but Savitar messing with him again. Savitar laughs and reveals himself, telling Wally he has what he needs to escape and he will soon kill Iris and everyone else. Wally takes off to get the rest of the stone to throw it into the Speed Force, instructing Jesse to stay put.
Barry arrives at S.T.A.R. Labs and informs Team Flash he knows where Savitar is trapped and why Cisco’s readings have him all over the city. “He’s trapped in the Speed Force,” says Barry. H.R. realizes that’s why he only appears for a few seconds and then disappears again. He’s being pulled back into the Speed Force and that’s why only Speedsters can see him. When Barry threw the Philosopher’s Stone into the Speed Force, he accidentally gave Savitar the key to his freedom. However, because he doesn’t have the whole thing he couldn’t escape. (Yeah! Caitlin didn’t betray the group; she actually saved them.)
Jesse arrives to spill the beans on Wally and Savitar, and they realize he’s going after the piece of the stone. They rush to where it was kept and it’s gone. (Seriously, Team Flash left it out in the open where anyone could get it knowing Savitar needs it in order to escape his prison?!! Is anybody thinking here?!)
Wally’s trying to open a portal to throw the stone into the Speed Force but can’t go fast enough. Savitar appears and taunts him, making him angry enough so he’s able to open the portal. He hurls the stone which causes a back-blast and Wally starts getting sucked into the portal. Barry arrives after Team Flash received an alert of the portal opening just in time to witness Wally screaming for Barry to help him while he’s getting sucked into the portal. A few seconds later it reopens and Savitar pulls himself out, yelling, “I’m free!”
Savitar tells Barry he got the idea to make Wally a speedster and groom him to take his place when Barry created Flashpoint. Savitar confirms Wally has now taken his place as a prisoner in the Speed Force. Furious, Barry attacks Savitar. The two fight and Savitar stabs Barry in the chest with his blade. Barry uses his vibrating arm to break off the blade and part of Savitar’s arm, sending him running.
Back at S.T.A.R. Labs, Barry’s in pain and the team holds him down as Caitlin says she has to pull it out but can’t give him anything for the pain because with his powers he’ll burn through it too quickly, making it useless. Barry tells her to pull it out and she does, but he passes out from the pain. Barry wakes up a few minutes later to find everyone gathered around him. He apologizes to Joe, but Joe doesn’t blame him. Joe says it’s not his fault but he can’t lose Wally. Iris touches his hand to let him see she’s no longer wearing the engagement ring and slowly walks away. Jesse’s crying and H.R. tries to comfort her and ends up just hugging her. Cisco, holding Savitar’s blade, says he’s going to go work on it to see what he can discover. And Julian tells Barry he’ll see him soon when he’s up.
The last scene is one between Caitlin and Barry. “I’m sorry, I never should have…I was afraid,” says Caitlin. “I know. Fear makes us do a lot of things that we shouldn’t,” replies Barry as he looks at her with forgiveness and she nods. “My fear is the reason for all of this,” says the wounded Scarlet Speedster.
The Flash Season 3 Episode 15 Review:
Suspenseful, tragic, and at times frustrating, episode 15 titled “The Wrath of Savitar” brings Team Flash to its worst state so far this season, with Barry, Wally, and Caitlin all helping to bring about Savitar’s freedom by giving into their own personal fears and by keeping secrets from the Team. The episode was packed with strong performances, in particular by Tom Felton as Julian who wants to truly be a part of Team Flash and also get closer to Caitlin but feels betrayed by her when he discovers her secret about having a piece of the stone. Another noteworthy performance was delivered by Jesse L. Martin as the surprised and reluctant Joe West who’s not ready to hand off his daughter to Barry just yet and devastated as he loses his son to the Speed Force.
The most emotional, powerful scene in the episode is the final one. Danielle Panabaker as Caitlin holds back tears and with a weak quiver in her voice apologizes to Barry, still blaming herself for what happened to Wally. Grant Gustin as Barry gives her a forgiving look and once again takes the blame and puts it on himself. It’s the amazing chemistry between Gustin and Panabaker that helps fuel their scenes with so much emotion and heartache. These two have never had a false or forced moment since the show began.
With Wally trapped in the Speed Force, Savitar on the loose in Central City, and Team Flash having trust issues with each other, here’s hoping Barry will find a way to save Wally, Iris, and Caitlin from the horrors Savitar has planned for them.
Jessica Chastain stars as Antonina Zabinski in ‘The Zookeeper’s Wife’ (Photo by Anne Marie Fox / Focus Features)
Focus Features has unveiled a special video from The Zookeeper’s Wife in support of International Women’s Day (March 8th). In the one-minute video, the film’s star Jessica Chastain talks about the incredible Antonia Żabińska whose life is the focus of The Zookeeper’s Wife. Directed by Niki Caro (Whale Rider, McFarland, USA), The Zookeeper’s Wife is based on Diane Ackerman’s book with Angela Workman (War Bride) penning the screenplay. In addition to Chastain, the cast includes Johan Heldenbergh, Michael McElhatton, and Daniel Brühl.
Focus Features will release The Zookeeper’s Wife in theaters on March 31, 2017.
The Plot: The real-life story of one working wife and mother who became a hero to hundreds during World War II. In 1939 Poland, Antonina Żabińska (Chastain) and her husband, Dr. Jan Żabiński (Heldenbergh), have the Warsaw Zoo flourishing under his stewardship and her care. When their country is invaded by the Germans, Jan and Antonina are stunned – and forced to report to the Reich’s newly appointed chief zoologist, Lutz Heck (Brühl). To fight back on their own terms, Antonina and Jan covertly begin working with the Resistance – and put into action plans to save lives out of what has become the Warsaw Ghetto, with Antonina putting herself and even her children at great risk.
The CW’s The 100 season four episode five found Clarke forced into making a deal with Roan which ultimately didn’t matter because Ilian blew up the ship. After taking a week off, The 100 season four continues with episode six which will find Clarke and Road teaming up again. Directed by Dean White from a script by Charmaine DeGrate, episode six titled ‘We Will Rise’ airs on March 15, 2017.
The season four cast includes Eliza Taylor as Clarke, Bob Morley as Bellamy, Marie Avgeropoulos as Octavia, Devon Bostick as Jasper, Lindsey Morgan as Raven, Henry Ian Cusick as Marcus, Christopher Larkin as Monty, Richard Harmon as Murphy, Zach McGowan as Roan, Paige Turco as Abby, and Isaiah Washington as Jaha.
The ‘We Will Rise’ Plot: CLARKE AND ROAN WORK TOGETHER — Clarke (Taylor) and Roan (McGowan) must work together in hostile territory in order to deliver an invaluable asset to Abby (Turco) and her team.
CBS’ new Star Trek series, Star Trek: Discovery, has signed up Jason Isaacs (The OA, the Harry Potter franchise) to play Captain Lorca, Captain of the Starship Discovery. Mary Wiseman (Longmire) has joined the cast as Tilly, “a Starfleet Academy Cadet in her final year of study, assigned to the Starship Discovery.” Isaacs and Wiseman join a cast that includes Sonequa Martin-Green (Lt. Cmdr Rainsford), Anthony Rapp (Lt. Stamets), Terry Serpico (Admiral Anderson), Michelle Yeoh (Captain Georgiou), and Maulik Pancholy (Dr. Nambue).
Star Trek: Discovery will premiere on CBS before moving to CBS All Access for the remainder of season one. Per CBS, the new Star Trek series “will feature a new ship, new characters and new missions, while embracing the same ideology and hope for the future that inspired a generation of dreamers and doers.”
Alex Kurtzman, Bryan Fuller, Heather Kadin, Gretchen J. Berg, Aaron Harberts, Akiva Goldsman, Rod Roddenberry and Trevor Roth are the executive producers.
The CW has given the dramatic series Riverdale an early season two renewal. Season one of the series based on the Archie Comics has become, according to The CW, one of the network’s most streamed shows. Through six episodes, Riverdale has seen delayed viewing increases of 78% among adults and 85% among women ages 18 through 34.
Season two will air during the 2017-2018 primetime season. Season one stars KJ Apa as Archie Andrews, Lili Reinhart as Betty Cooper, Camila Mendes as Veronica Lodge, Cole Sprouse as Jughead Jones, Madelaine Petsch as Cheryl Blossom, Marisol Nichols as Hermione Lodge, Mӓdchen Amick as Alice Cooper, Luke Perry as Fred Andrews, and Ashleigh Murray as Josie McCoy. Riverdale is executive produced by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa (Supergirl), Greg Berlanti (Arrow), Sarah Schechter (The Flash), and Jon Goldwater (Archie Comics).
The Season 1 Plot: As a new school year begins, the town of Riverdale is reeling from the recent, tragic death of high school golden boy Jason Blossom — and nothing feels the same. Archie Andrews is still the all-American teen, but the summer’s events made him realize that he wants to pursue a career in music and not follow in his dad’s footsteps despite the sudden end of his forbidden relationship with Riverdale’s young music teacher, Ms. Grundy (Sarah Habel). Now Archie has no one to mentor him, certainly not singer Josie McCoy, who is only focused on her band, the soon-to-be-world-famous Pussycats. It’s all weighing heavily on Archie’s mind — as is his fractured friendship with budding writer and fellow classmate Jughead Jones.
Meanwhile, girl-next-door Betty Cooper is anxious to see her crush Archie after being away all summer, but she’s not quite ready to reveal her true feelings to him. And Betty’s nerves, which are hardly soothed by her overbearing mother Alice, aren’t the only thing holding her back. When a new student, Veronica Lodge, arrives in town from New York with her mother Hermione, there’s an undeniable spark between Veronica and Archie, even though Veronica doesn’t want to risk her new friendship with Betty by making a play for Archie. And then there’s Cheryl Blossom… Riverdale’s Queen Bee is happy to stir up trouble amongst Archie, Betty and Veronica, but Cheryl is keeping secrets of her own. What, exactly, is she hiding about the mysterious death of her twin brother, Jason? Riverdale may look like a quiet, sleepy town, but there are dangers in the shadows.
With the premiere of season three a little over a month away, AMC’s released a new poster for Better Call Saul. The third season will debut on April 10, 2017 at 10pm ET/PT with Bob Odenkirk back in the lead role of Jimmy McGill. The season three cast also includes Jonathan Banks, Michael McKean, Rhea Seehorn, Patrick Fabian, Michael Mando, and Giancarlo Esposito. The Breaking Bad spinoff/prequel was created by Peter Gould and Vince Gilligan who executive produce along with Mark Johnson, Melissa Bernstein, Thomas Schnauz, and Gennifer Hutchison.
The Better Call Saul Plot: Season three follows the twists and turns of Jimmy McGill’s devolution toward Breaking Bad‘s Saul Goodman — Albuquerque’s most notorious criminal lawyer. Six years before he meets Walter White, Jimmy is a more-or-less law-abiding, small-time attorney hustling to champion his underdog clients, build his practice, and somehow make a name for himself.
The acclaimed second season ended with a pair of cliffhangers. Determined to prevent his brother from practicing law, Chuck staged an elaborate con, secretly recording Jimmy’s confession to a felony. When Mike set his sights on sociopathic cartel boss Hector Salamanca, an ominous intervention stopped him from pulling the trigger, raising questions as to what other dangerous players may be in the game.
As the new season begins, the repercussions of Chuck’s scheme test Jimmy and Kim’s fledgling law practices — and their romance — as never before. This imminent existential threat presses Jimmy’s faltering moral compass to the limit. Meanwhile, Mike searches for a mysterious adversary who seems to know almost everything about his business.
As the season progresses, new characters are introduced and backstories are further illuminated with meaningful nods to the Breaking Bad universe.
A new video clip has arrived from the dramatic film, Gifted, starring Chris Evans and Mckenna Grace. Evans and Grace team up to introduce the just released video from the Fox Searchlight film directed by Marc Webb (500 Days of Summer, The Amazing Spider-Man). In addition to Evans and Grace, the Gifted cast includes Lindsay Duncan, Jenny Slate, and Octavia Spencer. Gifted opens in theaters on April 7, 2017.
The Plot: Frank Adler (Chris Evans) is a single man raising a child prodigy – his spirited young niece Mary (Mckenna Grace) – in a coastal town in Florida. Frank’s plans for a normal school life for Mary are foiled when the seven-year-old’s mathematical abilities come to the attention of Frank’s formidable mother Evelyn (Lindsay Duncan) whose plans for her granddaughter threaten to separate Frank and Mary.
Octavia Spencer plays Roberta, Frank and Mary’s landlady and best friend. Jenny Slate is Mary’s teacher, Bonnie, a young woman whose concern for her student develops into a connection with her uncle as well.
CinemaCon has named Oscar winner Goldie Hawn (Cactus Flower) as the 2017 Cinema Icon Award winner as just announced by Managing Director Mitch Neuhauser. Hawn will be presented with the award during the CinemaCon Big Screen Achievement Awards to be held on March 30th at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. Hawn joins a list of previous Icon Award winners that includes Morgan Freeman, Susan Sarandon, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Kevin Costner.
Announcing Hawn as the Icon Award recipient, Neuhauser said, “With a career that has spanned roles in more than 30 films Goldie Hawn continues to shine on the big screen as one of the most entertaining, relatable and recognizable actresses of our time. With an unforgettable presence and charm both onscreen and off Hawn has entertained audiences of all ages and we are pleased to honor an incredible woman with this year’s ‘Cinema Icon Award.’”
Hawn will next be seen playing Amy Schumer’s mother in 20th Century Fox’s comedy, Snatched, opening in theaters on May 12, 2017. The plot: “After her boyfriend dumps her on the eve of their exotic vacation, impetuous dreamer Emily (Schumer) persuades her ultra-cautious mother, Linda (Hawn) to travel with her to paradise. Polar opposites, Emily and Linda realize that working through their differences as mother and daughter- in unpredictable, hilarious fashion – is the only way to escape the wildly outrageous jungle adventure they have fallen into.”
Goldie Hawn’s film credits include Private Benjamin, Overboard, First Wives Club, Death Becomes Her, and Sugarland Express.
CinemaCon recently announced Charlie Hunnam will receive the Male Star of the Year award and Brenton Thwaites is this year’s Breakthrough Performer. Chris Meledandri will receive the Producer of the Year award and Jessica Chastain has earned the 2017 Female Star of the Year award. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales directors Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg have been selected to receive the CinemaCon International Filmmakers of the Year award.
CinemaCon is the annual convention for National Association of Theatre Owners (NATO) which represents 32,000+ movie screens in the U.S. plus additional screens in 81 other countries. More than 5,000 members of NATO will gather in Vegas for information on the state of the industry and presentations from movie studios. CinemaCon offers studios the opportunity to promote their upcoming film slates, and most studios bring major talent from upcoming releases to the annual gathering of theatre owners.
– Post-CinemaCon coverage of Goldie Hawn accepting her award with Amy Schumer, Paul Feig, and Jonathan Levine.
