Welcome to the Cinema Squad Podcast – Episode #27!

The Cinema Squad is a weekly Movie News Podcast brought to you by insiders currently working within the industry.  On this episode, we are discussing the week of August 15th – 21st 2016.  Check it out below:

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This episode we discuss:

CINEMA SQUAD 8/21/16

UPDATES, CORRECTIONS, & TIDBITS

• First trailer for “Hidden Figures” released
• Jared Leto joins “Blade Runner 2”
• Nicole Perlman & Alex Hirsch to write “Pokemon” movie
• Lin-Manuel Miranda & Alan Menken to pen songs for live-action “Little Mermaid”

THE BOX OFFICE REPORT

• 1st with $20-Million is Suicide Squad
• 2nd with $15-Million is Sausage Party
• 3rd with $14-Million is War Dogs
• 4th with $12-Million is Kubo and the Two Strings
• 5th with $11-Million is Ben-Hur

THEATER – NETFLIX – OR NEVER  
Opening next weekend we have “Mechanic: Resurrection” – “Hands of Stone” – “Don’t Breathe ” – “Southside with You ”

THE HOT LIST

• Ben Affleck to direct & star in a remake of “Witness for the Prosecution”
• Keira Knightley will star in “The Nutcracker”
• Will Ferrell & John C. Reilly are teaming for “Holmes and Watson”
• Fox has come on board Hasbro Studios’ “Clue” movie

TRIVIA – Movies Based on Board Games

DEVELOP, DITCH, OR TURNAROUND

• Dan Fogelman to direct his romance screenplay “Life Itself”
• Bold Films & Robert Rodriguez are ramping up development of “Blood”
• Fox has acquired the movie rights to book proposal “The Hunger”

Closing Segment:  Best & Worst Sports Movies