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Netflix's Ted Sarandos On What's Next, Special Memorial Weekend Box Office Stats, RocketHub Spotlight, Cannes Roundup

Ted Sarandos On What’s Next For Netflix & The Entertainment Industry

THR’s Q&A with Netflix’s chief content officer on the road ahead, including Netflix’s audience and original content. (THR)

Special Memorial Weekend Box Office Stats

In advance of what could be a record-breaking Memorial Day weekend at the box office, SSN looks at the stats of past Memorial Day weekend top openers and cumulative weekend grosses. (SSN)

Spotlight Interview: RocketHub Founder Brian Meece

SSN’s Q&A with Brian Meece on creating RocketHub, his influential work on the JOBS Act, and RocketHub’s new partnership with powerhouse A&E. (SSN)

Cannes Roundup: Fifth Edition

SSN’s roundup of the latest announcements from the Cannes Film Festival. (SSN)

Top Crowdfunds for Crossover: RocketHub

SSN’s second in a series of top picks from crowd-funding campaigns ripe for traditional media crossover, featuring RocketHub. (SSN)

TV Castings For 5/22/13: Mia Maestro Set For ‘The Strain’ At FX

The latest news in television castings. (SSN)

Who You Gonna Call? The Power Lawyer 100

THR’s annual ranking of the top entertainment attorneys in the business. (THR)

Billy Crystal’s ‘The Comedian’ Pilot Set For FX

FX has picked up the pilot with Larry Charles, Burn Notice’s Matt Nix and Crystal sharing writing and executive producer duties; Charles is directing. (DH)

Back In Business: David Janollari Reunites With Bob Greenblatt

Janollari, the former head of programming at the WB and MTV, has entered a three-year, first-look deal with Universal TV. (DH)

More Money, More Problems: HBO’s Onscreen Moneyed Male Milieu

Variety’s look at HBO’s latest premium films on Phil Spector and Liberace. (VAR)

Summer's Biggest Box Office Risks, Lionsgate's $250M In Cannes Sales, Zack Snyder On 'Man of Steel'

Summer’s Riskier Bets: What’s On The Line For The Majors

A studio-by-studio look at their biggest box office gambles for summer. (THR)

Lionsgate Doubles 2012 Cannes Take To The Tune of $250 Million

With a deft hand for launching franchises and its Summit acquisition, Lionsgate stock per share has more than tripled; $250M Cannes haul is for nine films. (VAR)

Zack Snyder On Superman Iconography and ‘Man of Steel’

The NYT’s interview with Snyder on what’s different this time as director of the latest attempt to revive the 75 year old pop-culture bastion. (NYT)

Ryan Gosling and Nicolas Winding Refn Reteam, ‘Only God Forgives,’ Booed At Cannes

Only God Forgives, now screening at Cannes, takes a mass critical drubbing. (HUFF)

‘The Hangover III’ and ‘Before Midnight’ – A Tale of Two Trilogies

A look at the evolution of the two franchises on the eve of their third acts. (TDB)

HBO Leads Critics’ Choice Nominations

HBO and FX landed the most nominations with HBO garnering 21 nods to FX’s 19 for the June 10 ceremony; full list of nominees included. (VAR)

Deal Buzz: Gretchen Berg and Aaron Harberts Re-Up With ABC Studios

Berg and Harberts, whose credits include GCB, Pushing Daisies and Off The Map, have signed a new two-year overall deal and will be executive producers of Revenge’s third season. (DH)

Cannes: James Toback Q&A

Toback, long a film business soothsayer, discusses his pairing with Alec Baldwin for their Seduced And Abandoned documentary. (TOH)

Julie Delpy Discusses ‘Before’ Trio

Delpy on the making of the critically acclaimed Before movie series, all co-written by Delpy, Richard Linklater and Ethan Hawke. (WSJ)

Rachael Harris Moves Over To ICM

Harris, currently recurring on USA’s Suits as well as landing co-star role in David Spade’s ABC pilot contender Bad Management, has signed with ICM; she was previously with UTA. (DH)

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Sony Stock Hits 2-Year High, Kickstarter Spotlight, Cannes Roundup, TV Pilots Report, The Webby Awards

Sony Stock At Two-Year High On Potential Stock Offering

News from Japan that the Sony board is considering a proposal from Daniel Loeb’s Third Point, after purchase of $1.1B stake last week, sends stocks soaring. (DH)

Top Crowdfunds for Crossover: Kickstarter

SSN’s first in a series of top picks from crowd-funding campaigns ripe for traditional media crossover, beginning with Kickstarter . (SSN)

Cannes Roundup: Fourth Edition

SSN’s roundup of the latest announcements from the Cannes Film Festival. (SSN)

TV Pilots For 5/21/13: Amblin Entertainment & Space Floor Enter 'Portal House'

A look at recent television pilots. (SSN)

The Best of the Web in Five Words or Less: 2013 Webby Awards

SSN’s look at the 17th annual Webby Awards, hosted by comedian Patton Oswalt, as the show honors the best of the Web; list of this year’s winners are included. (SSN)

Microsoft Announces ‘Halo’ TV Series

Microsoft revealed the news – and the participation of Steven Spielberg – at today’s Xbox One event. (MASH)

Cannes: ‘Behind The Candelabra’ Q&A With Matt Damon & Steven Soderbergh

Stateside, the anticipated HBO film airs May 26, while it shops international theatrical distribution overseas; Damon and Steven Soderbergh go behind-the- scenes on the making of the film. (VUL)

Monday TV Ratings: ‘The Voice’ Most-Watched As ‘Goodwin Games’ Underwhelms & ‘Oh Sit’ Empties Seats

Dancing With The Stars hit a 9-week peak as ABC won the night in total viewers as NBC topped the 18-49 demo ; Univision beat the CW in 18-49 and beat Fox and CW in total viewers. (VAR)

Leonardo DiCaprio’s ‘Travis McGee’ Set For Dennis Lehane Adaptation

Ubiquitous fiction crime novelist and screenwriter Dennis Lehane will adapt the DiCaprio vehicle based on The Deep Blue Good-by John D. MacDonald. (THR)

TV Writers Read Between The Lines

TV writers translate what TV notes say vs. what they really mean. (THR)

Cannes Crime Jag Continues, Trailer Buzz: 'Wolverine,' Ang Lee Exits 'Tyrant' Pilot

Cannes Crime Jag Continues

Burglaries, physical assaults and attempted robberies continue in the latest wave of criminal events to come to light since the weekend. (THR)

Trailer Buzz: ‘Wolverine’

20^th Century Fox has released the trailer for the Hugh Jackman action film opening July 26, 2013. (LR)

FX Pilot, ‘Tyrant,’ Loses Ang Lee

The Oscar-winning director confirmed his withdrawal from directing the Tyrant pilot, citing a non-stop schedule with Life of Pi. (DH)

Cannes: Sean Penn’s ‘The Gunman’ Turn Could Be Action Franchise

International sales are off to a promising start for Studiocanal’s adaptation of The Prone Gunman novel; Taken’s Pierre Morel will direct. (THR)

‘Smallville’ Profit Participation Lawsuit Settled

The 2010 lawsuit filed by Smallville writer-creators Miles Millar and Alfred Gough has been settled in principle as June trial date neared. (THRE)

The Doors Founder Ray Manzarek: 1939- 2013

Manzarek died yesterday at Germany’s RoMed Clinic after battling cancer; Manzarek’s iconic music career spanned over 48 years. (VAR)

When Kickstarter Doesn’t Work: ‘Darci’s Walk Of Shame’

Melissa Joan Hart, successful television staple for over 20 years, reacts to her failed Kickstarter campaign that shut down early after reaching only $51k of $2M goal for rom-com passion project. (LAT)

The Real-Life ‘Bling Ring’ Crew: What Happened Since

The Daily Beast’s update on the real-life fates and sentencing of the 2008 burglary ring that’s the basis of Sofia Coppola’s latest film. (TDB)

VOD Looks To Catch Up With DVR Viewing

Cable video on demand is starting to make small but notable gains as Nielsen now measures VOD viewership and cable providers make it less cumbersome to use as a viewer option to catch up with shows – and ads. (NYT/YAH)

UTA’s Private Theater Raises The In-House Bar

UTA’s state-of-the-art screening room with 3D capabilities has hosted 275 screenings in 9 months. (LAT)