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What Men Want
Passed up for a well deserved promotion, sports agent Ali Davis (Taraji P. Henson) wonders what else she needs to do to succeed in a man's world. Hoping to find answers from a psychic, Ali drinks a weird concoction that suddenly allows her to hear what men are thinking. Using her newfound ability, Ali starts to turn the tables on her obnoxious male colleagues while racing to sign the next basketball superstar.

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Widows
A police shootout leaves four thieves dead during an explosive armed robbery attempt in Chicago. Their widows, Veronica (Viola Davis), Linda (Michelle Rodriguez), Alice and Belle, have nothing in common except a debt left behind by their spouses' criminal activities. Hoping to forge a future on their own terms, Veronica joins forces with the other three women to pull off a heist that her husband was planning. Liam Neeson also stars.
 

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The European Film Market just got a little more star-studded thanks to Gary Oldman, Armie Hammer and Evangeline Lilly, who are set to team up for Dreamland, an "opioid thriller" from Nicholas Jarecki and the follow-up to his 2012 debut Arbitrage.

The CW has placed a pilot order for a Riverdale spinoff based upon the Archie Comics title Katy Keene. Riverdale star Ashleigh Murray, who plays Josie McCoy of Josie and the Pussycats fame, will be reprising her role as one of the leads in Katy Keene. Spinning off from her time in the small town of Riverdale, a now 20-something Josie McCoy (Murray) sets off on a new adventure to make it in the big city. More determined than ever to break into the music scene as the next Diana Ross, Josie finds herself forging new friendships, falling into new relationships, and, one day, becoming the star she is destined to be.

Due to a disagreement with Grammy producers over which songs she would perform, Ariana Grande, who has been featured on billboards promoting the show all over Los Angeles, not only won’t be performing at the Feb. 10 show, she will not even be attending it, according to sources close to the situation.

It was a great night for Marvel at the 17th annual Visual Effects Society Awards. The comic book publisher’s wares led the film fields, with Avengers: Infinity War and Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse nabbing four wins apiece.

Jennifer Lawrence is engaged to boyfriend Cooke Maroney. The Oscar winner, 28, was spotted wearing a “massive ring” while enjoying what appeared to be a celebratory dinner with Maroney, 34, at Raoul’s, an upscale French restaurant in New York City.

The Walt Disney Company has enjoyed a squeaky clean image as the preeminent provider of family-friendly entertainment. However, things may get a little less wholesome with the upcoming acquisition of much of 21st Century Fox’s film and television assets, a $71.3 billion purchase that will bring darker brands such as FX and Fox Searchlight into the Disney fold. It also means that Fox, which has reaped big profits making R-rated Marvel superhero films such as Deadpool and Logan, will now be reunited with the Avengers, a team of heroes that never breaches the PG-13 parameters while saving the world.

It’s the end of a comedy era for ABC: Modern Family has been renewed for an 11th and final season in 2019-20. The 20th Century Fox Television series has been an anchor of ABC’s primetime schedule since its premiere in 2009.

ABC has renewed A Million Little Things for a second season, The Good Doctor for a third, and Shark Tank for an 11th run, the network announced at the Television Critics Association press tour.

Taika Waititi is ready to jump back into another Marvel project, but it won't be Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. The beloved Kiwi director ragnarok'd up to FX's TCA press tour this week to promote his new TV series, a spin-off of his cult classic mockumentary, What We Do in the Shadows, where he confirmed that he's still in talks with Marvel about directing a new film in the never-ending Marvel Cinematic Universe.

In a deal between Nickelodeon and Netflix, Nickelodeon Studios is producing two original, animated feature films based on Nickelodeon TV series, The Loud House and Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

After 21 years as a programming executive at Disney Channels Worldwide, Adam Bonnett has joined Mattel Television as executive producer overseeing development and production of episodic content.