New 'The Nutty Professor' Movie Is In The Works

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorWord was leaking that more wide release date changes were afoot in the wake of Warner Bros.’ Wonder Woman 1984 postponing from Oct. 2 to Christmas Day and here we have Universal/MGM/Bron/Monkeypaw’s Candyman moving from its Oct.

 Sarah Jessica Parker  is quite the saleswoman! The actress spent most of the summer at her Hamptons home with her husband,  Matthew Broderick , and their three children, 17-year-old James and 11-year-old twin daughters, Marion and Tabitha, according to the Daily Mail. Now it seems the “Sex and the City” star is back to business in New York City.

The New York Times and The New Yorker, dozens of famous women—and men—came forward with their own stories of sexual harassment, both at the hands of Weinstein and others. For the first time ever, it feels like sexual assault survivors are actually being heard and their perpetrators are receiving consequences for their actions.But there's one exception here: Woody Allen.

Jill Goldsmith Co-Business EditorHopeful New York movie theaters owners got slapped down again Wednesday as Governor Andrew Cuomo agreed to open NYC for indoor dining on Sept. 30 – following a green light for casinos, gyms, bowling alleys and malls — with no word on cinemas.The omission, according to Imax CEO Rich Gefond, speaking at a media conference today, is “a head scratcher.” Movie chains, especially small independents, are hanging by a thread.

.Seymour Hoffman and Anderson were long-time collaborators, right up to his tragic death from an overdose in 2014.Their first project together was the gambling drama Hard Eight, Anderson's debut feature, in 1996.He then went on to star in hits like Boogie Nights, Magnolia, Punch-Drunk Love and The Master in 2012, in which he played the charismatic leader of a religious movement opposite Joaquin Phoenix.Hoffman was nominated for the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for the role.Alongside Cooper

Dave McNary Film ReporterNew Jersey will allow its indoor movie theaters to open on Sept.

Jill Goldsmith Co-Business EditorNew Jersey movie theaters can open this Friday, September 4, Governor Phil Murphy said Monday, the latest upbeat news for the battered exhibition business after California set parameters for reopening on Friday that would allow locations in San Francisco and other counties to open.Gov.

tested positive for the coronavirus in Australia while filming their Elvis Presley biopic. The couple isolated themselves and are keeping their spirits up, sharing their experience on Instagram.Former Bond Girl Olga Kurylenko posted on Instagram Sunday that she was self-quarantining after testing positive for the coronavirus.

The Mothers. The novel, which she began writing while still an undergraduate at Stanford, became a New York Times Bestseller and was optioned by Warner Bros., with Kerry Washington signed on to produce.

Dave McNary Film ReporterJerry Lewis’ comedy “The Nutty Professor” is getting a reboot from the production company behind “Scream 5.”Project X principals James Vanderbilt, William Sherak and Paul Neinstein have bought the rights to the 1963 movie, which was remade in 1996 starring Eddie Murphy.

Justin Kroll Senior Film ReporterEXCLUSIVE: After breathing new life into the Scream franchise, Project X Entertainment’s James Vanderbilt, William Sherak and Paul Neinstein are looking to do the same with a classic comedy IP. Sources tell Deadline, Project X has landed the rights to The Nutty Professor, the classic Jerry Lewis comedy that Eddie Murphy rebooted in the 90s.No studio is attached as Project X will package themselves before taking it out on the market.

Jenelle Riley Deputy Awards, Features EditorCaren Pistorius can only describe her experience on “Unhinged” as wonderful but “surreal.” The actor was working at a fabric store in Sydney when she got the call to audition for the road rage thriller starring Russell Crowe.Within hours, she found herself in New Orleans for a screen test. She ended up staying in the city as she quickly landed the role, and the film began shooting a week later.

“RuPaul’s Drag Race” dance in front of hundreds of parked cars at a shopping center in Paramus, New Jersey.After being closed for months due to the coronavirus pandemic, malls are bringing all types of drive-in entertainment to their massive parking lots, hoping to lure people back to their properties.A mall in upstate New York, for example, is hosting a drive-in wrestling match.

Also Read: AMC Theatres Lays Out 'Safe & Clean' Plan for Reopening Cinemas (Video)“By closing only indoor movie theaters, Defendants are leaving open ‘ample alternative methods of communication’ in the form of outdoor movie theaters and at-home streaming options,” Martinetti said in the 33-page ruling.The ruling also includes the many protocols laid out by the theaters in order to attempt to provide a safe environment should they be allowed to reopen their doors, including new employee safety

Jill Goldsmith Co-Business EditorA federal judge Tuesday upheld New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy’s closure of movie theaters in the state, dismissing a motion for an injunction by the National Association of Theatre Owners and five cinema chains that would have allowed them to open their doors.Judge Brian Martinotti ruled that the state is not infringing on the theaters First Amendment rights in enforcing its pandemic-related closure.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterA judge on Tuesday upheld an order closing movie theaters in New Jersey, finding that the state is not infringing on theaters’ First Amendment rights in its pandemic response.Judge Brian Martinotti denied a motion for an injunction, which had been sought by the National Association of Theatre Owners, the industry’s main lobbyist group, and six cinema chains.