Black Widow Film finds Writer, Black Panther sets Pre-Sale Records & More! – Meet the Movie Press

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Today’s Topics:

  • 2:00 – Golden Globe Reception
  • 7:30 – Black Widow film in Development. Jac Schaeffer hired to write.
  • 12:20 – Michael Pena not sure if he’s going to be in the 3rd Ant-man movie.
  • 14:50 – Black Panther Pre-sales have sold more than any other Marvel Movie Presales.
  • 17:30 – Deadpool 2 moves up a couple of weeks, one week from the release of “Solo.”
    • Jeff’s Hot take: DP2 will make more than the “Solo” film.
  • 20:15 – Fox Delays “New Mutants,” pushed back 10 months.
  • 25:00 – Gambit pushed back from February to summer time
    • Also loses Director Gore Verbinski
  • 30:00 – Michael De Luca to produce Suicide Squad 2
  • 31:40 – Avengers 4 could involve a Time Travel Plot
  • 34:00 – Opening this Weekend and Box Office Numbers:
    • Paddington 2
    • Proud Mary
    • The Post
    • The Commuter

Box Office:

    • Jumanji to take the Top spot once more!
    • Commuter: $12.3 for weekend
    • Paddington 2: $16-20 Mill
    • Proud Mary: 10 or 12 Mill
    • The Post: $18 Mill
  • 41:50 – Michelle Williams receives $1000 while Mark Wahlberg receives over $1Million for the reshoots.
  • 57:30 – Fox cancels Patty Hearst film “American Heiress”
  • 1:01:15 – Natalie Portman replaces Reese Witherspoon on “Pale Blue Dot”
  • 1:02:10 – Dakota Johnson and Russell Crowe joins “Bad Times,” cast
  • 1:03:15 – Kevin Hart books “My Own Worst Enemy.”
  • 1:03:50 – Millie Bobby Brown to star in “Enola Holmes Mysteries”

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