Weekend Wrap Up 6/17/16 - 6/19/16
Story #1 James Wan to Direct Episode of 'MacGyver'
'The Conjuring 2' and 'Aquaman' director, James Wan, is set to direct the pilot episode of the re-booted 'MacGyver' TV series. Deadline is reporting that Wan was originally supposed to direct the pilot after it was ordered by CBS, but had to drop out due to a scheduling conflict with 'The Conjuring 2'. After Wan's initial departure, director David Von Ancken was brought on, but CBS is now going with Wan's new idea.
'MacGyver' is set to premiere this fall on CBS
Story #2 Steven Spielberg Buys Rights to 'West Side Story'
Recently, director/producer Steven Spielberg acquired the right to the classic musical, 'West Side Story', a re-telling of 'Romeo and Juliet'.
The Hollywood Reporter is reporting that Spielberg currently has a remake in the works, and that he is set to direct.
Per The Hollywood Reporter:
"There’s a potential remake of West Side Story — which would be a Fox/MGM co-production — for which Tony Kushner is working on a script. Spielberg has dreamt of adapting it ‘for decades,’ securing rights after trying to get them 15 years ago."
Story #3 The CW Releases Fall Schedule
The CW has released its full fall schedule premiere dates, which can be seen here and also over at Variety.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4 8:00-9:00pm THE FLASH (Season Premiere) 9:00-10:00pm NO TOMORROW (Series Premiere)
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5 8:00-9:00pm ARROW (Season Premiere) 9:00-10:00pm FREQUENCY (Series Premiere)
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6 8:00-10:00pm IHEARTRADIO MUSIC FESTIVAL NIGHT ONE
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7 8:00-10:00pm IHEARTRADIO MUSIC FESTIVAL NIGHT TWO
MONDAY, OCTOBER 10 8:00-9:00pm SUPERGIRL (The CW Premiere) 9:00-10:00pm NO TOMORROW (Premiere Episode Encore)
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13 8:00-9:00pm DC’S LEGENDS OF TOMORROW (Season Premiere) 9:00-10:00pm SUPERNATURAL (Season Premiere)
MONDAY, OCTOBER 17 8:00-9:00pm SUPERGIRL (Original Episode) 9:00-10:00pm JANE THE VIRGIN (Season Premiere)
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21 8:00-9:00pm THE VAMPIRE DIARIES (Season Premiere) 9:00-10:00pm CRAZY EX-GIRLFRIEND (Season Premiere)
Story # 4 'The Walking Dead' Avoids Season 7 Spoilers
Bloody Disgusting is reporting that AMC is going to great lengths to keep secret just who Negan and 'Lucille' beat to death in the season 6 cliff hanger, reportedly filming a separate death scene for each of the 11 main characters. The plan is to avoid leaked footage and spoilers as to not ruin the horrifying revalation, as fans will need to wait until October to find out.
Story #5 'Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2' News
Director James Gunn confirmed the wrapping of production of 2017's 'Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2' during a Facebook Live video on his Facebook page.
Gunn also confirmed that the film's crew would also be bringing the film to next month's San Diego Comic Con.
Story #6 'Stargate' Reboot Trilogy?
Screen Rant posted an article regarding the upcoming 'Stargate' reboot and also talked about creating a trilogy of films.
Co-Writer/producer of the original film, Dean Devlin spoke to Variety about the news, saying:
“It’s not a story that can take place 20 years later. So the only way to really tell that trilogy is to go back from the beginning and start the story all over again. … Today, studios tend to not think of movies as trilogies or sequels (but) as cinematic universes. So as we’ve been developing it, we found all these avenues that allow it to expand. The foundation is exactly the same as what we wanted to do, but now the possibilities are much wider.”
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Story #7 'The Lego Movie 2' Delayed
The upcoming 'Lego Movie 2' has been pushed back until 2019. With new spin-off films in 'Lego Batman' and 'Lego Ninjago' taking priority, 'Lego Movie 2' was pushed off of its 2018 release date tp February 8th, 2019, reports Deadline.
Pat of the problem could be writers Phil Lord's and Chris Miller's involvement with the upcoming 'The Flash' film, animated 'Spider-Man' film, and the upcoming Han Solo spin-off film.
Story #8 Weekend Box Office
'Finding Dory' opened this weekend to a whopping $136.1 million take, also netting the single biggest opening night for an animated film, netting $55 million on Friday.
#2: Central Inteligence - $34.5 million (opening weekend)
#3: The Conjuring 2 - $15.5 million (second week)
#4: Now You See Me 2 - $9.6 million (second week)
#5: Warcraft - $6.5 million (second week)
