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  • Wednesday, Jul. 11, 2018
New "RoboCop" sequel to be directed by Neill Blomkamp
In this Feb. 10, 2014 file photo, actor Joel Kinnaman appears at the premiere of "Robocop" in Los Angeles. MGM is developing the sequel “RoboCop Returns” with “District 9” and “Elysium” filmmaker Neill Blomkamp to direct. The film will be a sequel to Paul Verhoeven’s 1987 original about a cyborg police officer in a crime-ridden Detroit. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)
NEW YORK (AP) -- 

RoboCop is coming back. Again.

MGM is developing the sequel "RoboCop Returns" with "District 9" and "Elysium" filmmaker Neill Blomkamp to direct. The film will be a sequel to Paul Verhoeven's 1987 original about a cyborg police officer in a crime-ridden Detroit. It's to be based on a never-made spec script by the 1987 film's writers, Edward Neumeier and Michael Miner.

Two other sequels followed, in 1990 and 1993. MGM attempted a $100-million "RoboCop" reboot in 2014, starring Joel Kinnaman. It failed to kickstart the franchise, with $58.6 million in ticket sales in the U.S. and Canada, though it fared better at the overseas box office with $184.1 million.

Deadline first reported the project.

  • Wednesday, Jul. 11, 2018
BBC list shows men dominate top jobs despite pay promises
In this image made from screengrab, journalist Carrie Gracie gives evidence to the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee in Portcullis House, London, Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2018. (PA via AP)
LONDON (AP) -- 

A list of top earners at the BBC shows that men dominate the highest paid jobs despite pledges to grant women equal pay.

The BBC said Wednesday its top earner is soccer presenter Gary Lineker, who took home between 1.75 million pounds ($2.32 million) and 1.76 million pounds.

The BBC says recent changes aren't reflected in a list that compiled salaries until April and that the gender pay gap has been reduced by nearly a fifth over the past year.

The BBC has been struggling to address the issue, which was highlighted earlier this year when senior journalist Carrie Gracie quit her post as China editor to protest the company's gender pay gap. Over the past 12 months, the BBC has announced pay cuts for some of its male stars.

  • Tuesday, Jul. 10, 2018
U.K. lawmaker says fine imposed on Facebook over user privacy
In this Tuesday, April 18, 2017, file photo, conference workers speak in front of a demo booth at Facebook's annual F8 developer conference, in San Jose, Calif. (AP Photo/Noah Berger, File)
LONDON (AP) -- 

The chairman of the U.K. Parliament's media committee says the government office that investigated the Cambridge Analytica scandal has fined Facebook 500,000 pounds ($663,000) for failing to safeguard users' data.

Damian Collins said the Information Commissioner's Office concluded that Facebook "contravened the law by failing to safeguard people's information."

Collins said Wednesday that the company "should now make the results of their internal investigations known to the ICO, our committee and other relevant investigatory authorities."

Facebook has been under scrutiny since allegations surfaced that London-based political consultancy Cambridge Analytica used data from tens of millions of Facebook accounts to help U.S. President Donald Trump's 2016 election campaign.

The alleged offenses took place before the roll out of new European Union data protection laws that allow for much larger fines.

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  • Tuesday, Jul. 10, 2018
Release of 5th "Indiana Jones" movie pushed to 2021
In this Jan. 10, 2016 file photo, Harrison Ford arrives at the 73rd annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)
NEW YORK (AP) -- 

Indiana Jones won't be swinging back into movie theaters until at least 2021.

The Walt Disney Co. on Tuesday announced that the planned fifth installment in the "Indiana Jones" franchise will be released in July 2021 instead of July 2020. The film was originally scheduled for release in the summer of 2019.

Script issues are reportedly behind the delay. Last month, "Solo: A Star Wars Story" co-screenwriter Jonathan Kasdan was brought on to help write the film.

Steven Spielberg is set to direct the latest "Indiana Jones" film, with Harrison Ford also reprising his role. Ford turns 79 years old in July 2021.

Spielberg also has a number of films in front of "Indiana Jones," including a remake of "West Side Story."

  • Tuesday, Jul. 10, 2018
Crew member says Johnny Depp punched him on LA film set
In this Nov. 2, 2017 file photo, actor Johnny Depp poses at the world premiere of the film "Murder on the Orient Express", in London. (Photo by Vianney Le Caer/Invision/AP, File)
By Andrew Dalton, Entertainment Writer
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- 

A film crew member says in a lawsuit that Johnny Depp twice punched him on the Los Angeles set of a movie about the killing of the Notorious B.I.G., and that he was fired from the production when he refused to promise not to sue over the incident.

Location manager Greg "Rocky" Brooks is also suing the film's director and producers for unspecified damages in the lawsuit filed Friday in Los Angeles County Superior Court.

In the movie, "City of Lies," set for U.S. release Sept. 7, the 55-year-old Depp plays a Los Angeles police detective who for years investigated the still-unsolved 1997 death of the rapper Notorious B.I.G., also known as Biggie Smalls, whose real name is Christopher Wallace.

Brooks alleges that in April 2017, when the film was shooting under the title "Labyrinth" in and around the Barclay Hotel in downtown LA, he informed the director Brad Furman that an upcoming take featuring Depp would have to be the last outdoor More

  • Tuesday, Jul. 10, 2018
Twitter's fake account purge drags stock lower
In this Feb. 8, 2018, file photo the logo for Twitter is displayed above a trading post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
NEW YORK -- 

It's no secret that Twitter has been purging fake and malicious accounts in an attempt to make its platform more welcoming for real people.

But when a Washington Post report put an actual number on the effort — 70 million accounts deleted in May and June — the company's shares tumbled. Investors worried that the removals could put a dent in the company's reported user figures. As of the first three months of this year, Twitter had 336 million monthly users.

The San Francisco-based company's stock plunged as much as 9 percent Monday before closing down $2.51, or 5.4 percent, at $44.14.

But Twitter Chief Financial Officer Ned Segal says most of the removed accounts haven't been active for 30 days or more. As such, they don't count in Twitter's monthly user numbers. His comments helped the stock recover a bit midday Monday.

"If we removed 70M accounts from our reported metrics, you would hear directly from us," he tweeted . More

  • Monday, Jul. 9, 2018
Filmmaker to open WWII education center in Rhode Island
In this June 22, 2018 photo, filmmaker Tim Gray looks over maps from D-Day, which are among numerous artifacts destined for a planned World War II education center in Wakefield, R.I. Gray, founder of the nonprofit World War II Foundation, plans to open the center in September. (AP Photo/Jennifer McDermott)
By Jennifer McDermott
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- 

A filmmaker who shares the stories of World War II veterans is opening an education center in Rhode Island so students can learn about the war and meet the men who fought in it.

Tim Gray, founder of the nonprofit World War II Foundation, has made 21 documentaries and amassed a large collection of artifacts, including uniforms, helmets, documents, flags, maps and other items used in battle.

He has leased space in Wakefield, Rhode Island, and plans to open in September.

Gray envisions the center as a place where students and researchers can watch the films, hold the artifacts and talk to veterans he'll invite there.

World War II veteran Richard Fazzio said he wants to tell students about his experiences. The 93-year-old Fazzio piloted a boat that brought some of the first troops to Omaha Beach during the D-Day invasion.

"I want to let them know what a great country this is and how a lot of people died to keep it free," More

  • Monday, Jul. 9, 2018
Seigner, Polanski's wife, refuses film academy invitation
In this Oct. 30, 2017 file photo, French actress Emmanuelle Seigner, left, and French-Polish director Roman Polanski appear during a photo call prior to the screening of "Based on a true story" in Paris. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, File)
By Jake Coyle, Film Writer
NEW YORK (AP) -- 

In a seething open letter, French actress Emmanuelle Seigner refused the invitation of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and voiced her support for her expelled husband, director Roman Polanski.

Seigner called the film academy's invitation "insufferable hypocrisy" in a letter published Sunday in the French newspaper Le Journal du Dimanche . Polanski was kicked out of the organization in May, along with Bill Cosby, for violating its newly instituted code of conduct.

Seigner was last month invited to join the academy, which is striving to diversify the membership that votes on the Academy Awards. The academy invited 928 entertainment industry professionals, 49 percent of whom are women.

"I have always been a feminist," wrote Seigner, the 52-year-old actress of "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" and "Venus in Fur." ''But how can I ignore the fact that a few weeks ago the Academy expelled my husband, Roman Polanski, in an More

  • Monday, Jul. 9, 2018
Robin Wright speaks about ex-"House of Cards" star  Spacey
In this Feb. 26, 2015, file photo, Actress Robin Wright poses for photographers upon arrival at the "House Of Cards" season 3 world premiere at the Empire Cinema in central London. (Photo by Joel Ryan/Invision/AP, File)
NEW YORK (AP) -- 

Robin Wright says that the cast was surprised and saddened about the sexual misconduct allegations against former "House of Cards" co-star Kevin Spacey.

Speaking in a taped interview Monday on NBC's "Today" show, Wright says she really "didn't know the man." Wright says she and Spacey only knew each other between "action and cut." She says they would giggle between scenes and he was always professional.

"Star Trek: Discovery" actor Anthony Rapp in October accused Spacey of sexual misconduct when he was 14 and Spacey was 26. Spacey tweeted his "sincerest apology" for what he labeled drunken behavior.

Spacey was fired from the Netflix series after several employees accused him of inappropriate behavior. More than 15 men have since made allegations against Spacey.

The sixth and final season of "House of Cards" airs this fall.

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  • Saturday, Jul. 7, 2018
Deal for Weinstein Co. covers back pay for De Niro, Streep
This combination of two file photos shows actors Robert De Niro at New York City's Radio City Music Hall on April 19, 2017 and Meryl Streep in Beverly Hills, Calif. on Jan. 17, 2018. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes, Chris Pizzello, File)
NEW YORK (AP) -- 

An agreement reached in the sale of Harvey Weinstein's movie studio won't leave Hollywood stars like Robert De Niro and Meryl Streep holding the bag.

Lantern Capital Partners said Friday it's agreed to make payments to unsecured creditors, such as actors seeking residuals, as part of a $289 million Weinstein Co. acquisition it expects to close Friday.

A judge must approve the deal. A Wednesday hearing is scheduled in Delaware.

De Niro and Bradley Cooper say they're each owed $940,706 for "Silver Linings Playbook." Streep says she's owed $168,611 for "August: Osage County."

The Weinstein Co. filed for bankruptcy protection in March amid fallout from sexual assault allegations against Weinstein.

The movie mogul is due in court Monday for arraignment on charges alleging a sex crime against a third woman.

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