NBCUniversal announced it extended the contract of Donna Langley, chairwoman of Universal Pictures, through 2017 and handed her oversight of worldwide marketing and overseas production.
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Universal Pictures announced that the movie had been pushed back nine months after one of the movie’s stars, Paul Walker, died in a car crash.
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The film was only half-finished when the actor Paul Walker died in a car crash last weekend.
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The sudden death of the actor has left Universal Pictures considering how it will proceed with the seventh title in the series, which is halfway through filming.
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A rolling realignment, seemingly change for change’s sake, has knocked out executives and producers at several major studios.
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Universal Pictures said its adaptation of the best-selling erotic novel “Fifty Shades of Grey” would be moved to February 2015. The film was initially scheduled for Aug. 1.
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Mr. Dornan, an Irish actor and underwear model, will be the new male lead in the movie adaptation of “Fifty Shade of Grey,” the book’s author, E.L. James, confirmed.
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Mr. Schlessel, of FilmDistrict, is replacing James Schamus, the chief executive who helped found the studio 12 years ago.
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The “Hunger Games” director Gary Ross plans to make two movies based on the John Steinbeck novel.
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Comcast, NBCUniversal’s corporate owner, appears intent on funneling the Hollywood studio’s content to cable television.
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For actors like Daniel Brühl, the new globalism in film has brought opportunities that were almost unimaginable in the middle of the last decade.
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The movie “2 Guns,” adapted from the comic books from Boom Studios, opens this week. Thanks to Boom’s “creator share” model, both the publisher and comic’s writer reap benefits.
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Many of the movies offered to fans in San Diego were sequels or retreads, raising questions on whether “more of the same” was about all Hollywood had.
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