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The Fast & Furious director will succeed Roberto Orci, who will remain as a producer on the movie.

Lin was the only person offered the job although numerous filmmakers were in contention, according to Deadline.

Edgar Wright, Rupert Wyatt and Duncan Jones were among those tipped for the director’s chair on Star Trek 3, along with Morten Tyldum (The Imitation Game) and Daniel Espinosa (Safe House).

Lin’s involvement has been made possible as his planned Bourne Legacy sequel with Jeremy Renner has been delayed following Matt Damon’s return to the spy series.

He is expected to start work on Star Trek 3 after his commitments to season two of True Detective are complete.

JJ Abrams elected not to direct Star Trek 3 in order to focus on Star Wars: The Force Awakens, and will be an executive producer on the sequel to Star Trek Into Darkness.

Chris Pine, Zoe Saldana, Zachary Quinto, Simon Pegg, Karl Urban, Anton Yelchin and John Cho are all expected to return for Star Trek 3, which is tipped for release in 2016.

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The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies has topped the US Box Office.

The final instalment in Peter Jackson’s Middle Earth saga claimed $56.22m, knocking Exodus: Gods and Kings off the top spot.

Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb is new at two with $17.3m, while Annie is also new at three with $16.3m.

Exodus: Gods and Kings is down to four and The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 rounds out the Top 5.

Wild is at six, Top Five is at seven and Disney Pixar’s Big Hero 6 is at eight.

Comedy spin-off Penguins Of Madagascar is at nine and PK is new in at 10.

The US weekend box office Top 10 for December 21 is as follows:
1. (-) The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies – $56,220,000
2. (-) Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb, Part 1 – $17,300,000
3. (-) Annie – $16,300,000
4. (1) Exodus: Gods and Kings – $8,065,000
5. (2) The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1 – $7,750,000
6. (10) Wild – $4,150,000
7. (4) Top Five – $3,470,000
8. (5) Big Hero 6 – $3,563,000
9. (3) Penguins of Madagascar – $3,525,000
10. (-) P.K – $3,500,000

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Seth Rogen’s The Interview will not be released next week as planned, Sony Pictures Entertainment has confirmed.

Sony’s decision to pull the film comes after six major cinema chains in North America vowed not to show Seth Rogen’s controversial new comedy The Interview in the wake of a terror threat.

Film conglomerate Sony Pictures Entertainment said on Wednesday (December 17): “In light of the decision by the majority of our exhibitors not to show the The Interview, we have decided not to move forward with the planned December 25 theatrical release.

“We respect and understand our partners’ decision and, of course, completely share their paramount interest in the safety of employees and theater-goers.

“Sony Pictures has been the victim of an unprecedented criminal assault against our employees, our customers, and our business. Those who attacked us stole our intellectual property, private emails, and sensitive and proprietary material, and sought to destroy our spirit and our morale – all apparently to thwart the release of a movie they did not like.

“We are deeply saddened at this brazen effort to suppress the distribution of a movie, and in the process do damage to our company, our employees, and the American public. We stand by our filmmakers and their right to free expression and are extremely disappointed by this outcome.”

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Exodus: Gods and Kings has topped the US box office.

The Ridley Scott epic claimed $24.5m to knock The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1 off the top spot.

Mockingjay is down to two with $13.2, while animated spin-off Penguins of Madagascar is at three with $7.3.

Top Five is new at four, while Disney Pixar’s Big Hero 6 is down one place to five.

Interstellar is at six, while comedy sequel Horrible Bosses 2 is at seven.

Dumb and Dumber To is at eight with $2.8m, while The Theory of Everything and Reese Witherspoon’s Wild round out the Top 10.

The US weekend box office Top 10 for December 14 is as follows:
1. (-) Exodus: Gods and Kings – $24,500,000
2. (1) The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1 – $13,200,000
3. (2) Penguins of Madagascar – $7,300,000
4. (-) Top Five – $7,210,000
5. (4) Big Hero 6 – $6,145,000
6. (5) Interstellar – $5,500,000
7. (3) Horrible Bosses 2 – $4,630,000
8. (6) Dumb and Dumber To – $2,757,000
9. (7) The Theory of Everything – $2,525,000
10. (15) Wild – $1,550,000

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The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 remains number one at the US box office for the third week running.

The film took $21m during its third weekend in cinemas, following on from last week’s $56.8m and its $123m opening weekend total.

Children’s comedy Penguins of Madagascar remains at number two, taking $11.1m, while sequel Horrible Bosses 2 takes the third spot with $8.6m.

Last week’s number three, Big Hero 6, falls down one place to number four with $8.1m, as space-spectacular Interstellar takes fifth place with $8m.

Comedy sequel Dumb and Dumber To remains at number six with $4.1m, and The Theory of Everything stays at seven.

Gone Girl takes $1.5m in its 10th weekend and claims number eight, while The Pyramid debuts at number nine with $1.3m.

Birdman rounds off this weekend’s top 10 selling films, taking $1.1m in it’s eighth week of release.

The US weekend box office Top 10 for December 7 is as follows:
1. (1) The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 – $21,600,000
2. (2) Penguins of Madagascar – $11,100,000
3. (5) Horrible Bosses 2 – $8,600,000
4. (3) Big Hero 6 – $8,130,000
5. (4) Interstellar – $8,000,000
6. (6) Dumb and Dumber To – $4,169,000
7. (7) The Theory of Everything – $2,668,000
8. (8) Gone Girl – $1,500,000
9. (-) The Pyramid – $1,350,000
10. (9) Birdman – $1,150,000

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Xbox One outsold the PS4 on Black Friday in North America, a new report has suggested.

According to analyst firm Infoscout, the Xbox One accounted for 53% of console sales on Black Friday, compared to 31% for the PS4.

The information was based on 180,000 sales receipts from major retailers.

The Xbox One was also the biggest-selling console at Walmart and Target thanks to a recent price cut.

Madden NFL 15 was the best-selling game with 8.4% of total sales, followed by 7.3% for Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare. Skylanders: Swap Force and Disney Infinity: Marvel Superheroes were the third and fourth biggest-sellers..

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 has topped the US box office for a second week with $56.8m.

The film took $123m in its opening weekend, making it the least successful film in the franchise so far, with 2012’s The Hunger Games taking $155m and 2013’s The Hunger Games: Catching Fire claiming $161.1m in their first weekends.

Comedy spin-off Penguins of Madagascar is at two with $25.8m and Big Hero 6 is down to three with $18.7m.

Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar is at four, while new entry Horrible Bosses 2 rounds out the top five.

Dumb and Dumber To is at six with $8.26m, while The Theory of Everything and Gone Girl are at seven and eight respectively.

Birdman is at nine with $1.8m, while Bill Murray’s St. Vincent occupies the number 10 spot.

The US weekend box office Top 10 for November 30 is as follows:
1. (1) The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 – $56,875,000
2. (-) Penguins of Madascar – $25,800,000
3. (2) Big Hero 6 – $18,770,000
4. (3) Interstellar – $15,800,000
5. (-) Horrible Bosses 2 – $15,700,000
6. (4) Dumb and Dumber To – $8,295,000
7. (10) Theory of Everything – $5,082,000
8. (5) Gone Girl – $2,470,000
9. (9) Birdman – $1,880,000
10. (7) St. Vincent – $1,773,000

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The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 has topped the US box office with $123m.

It becomes the franchise’s least successful film to date, with 2012’s The Hunger Games taking $155m and 2013’s The Hunger Games: Catching Fire claiming $161.1m in their opening weekends.

Big Hero 6 remains at two with $20m and Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar stays at three with $15.1m.

Last week’s number one Dumb and Dumber To is down to four, while Gone Girl rounds out the top five.

Beyond the Lights is at six with $2.63m, while Bill Murray’s St. Vincent and Fury follow in seventh and eighth place respectively.

Birdman is up to nine with $1.85, while Jake Gyllenhaal’s Nightcrawler occupies the number 10 spot.

The US weekend box office Top 10 for November 23 is as follows:
1. (-) The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 – $123,000,000
2. (2) Big Hero 6 – $20,086,000
3. (3) Interstellar – $15,100,000
4. (1) Dumb and Dumber To – $13,820,000
5. (5) Gone Girl – $2,815,000
6. (4) Beyond the Lights – $2,630,000
7. (6) St. Vincent – $2,354,000
8. (7) Fury – $1,900,000
9. (10) Birdman – $1,855,000
10. (9) Nightcrawler – $1,208,000

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Dumb and Dumber To has debuted at number one on the US box office chart.

The Dumb and Dumber sequel sees Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels reprise their roles as Lloyd and Harry, who set out on a road trip to find Harry’s long-lost daughter.

The film took over $38m in its first weekend, beating last week’s number one Big Hero 6 by $2m.

Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar is down to three with $29.2m, while Beyond The Lights is new at four.

Gone Girl is at five with $4.6m, and Bill Murray’s St. Vincent stays at six with $4m.

Fury is down two to seven having taken $3.8m, while Jake Gyllenhaal’s Nightcrawler occupies the number eight spot.

Supernatural thriller Ouija is at nine with $3m, and Birdman rounds out the Top 10.

The US weekend box office Top 10 for November 16 is as follows:
1. (-) Dumb and Dumber To – $38,053,000
2. (1) Big Hero 6 – $36,010,000
3. (2) Interstellar – $29,190,000
4. (-) Beyond The Lights – $6,500,000
5. (3) Gone Girl – $4,625,000
6. (6) St. Vincent – $8,050,000
7. (5) Fury – $3,810,000
8. (7) Nightcrawler – $3,038,000
9. (4) Ouija – $3,025,000
10. (11) Birdman – $2,450,000

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Big Hero 6 has debuted at number one in the US box office.

The comedy animation focuses on a robotics genius who becomes involved in a criminal plot to destroy the city of San Fransokyo.

The film took $56.2m in its first weekend, beating Christopher Nolan’s sci-fi epic Interstellar by $6.2m.

Gone Girl, which recently became David Fincher’s highest-grossing film in the US box office, is up one place to three.

Ouija is at four, with St. Vincent rounding out the top five with $5.7m.

Nightcrawler is down to six with $5.512m, Fury is down to seven with $5.5m and John Wick is at eight with $4.07m.

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day is at nine, while The Book of Life (2014) is down five places to ten with $2.8m.

The US weekend box office Top 10 for November 9 is as follows:
1. (-) Big Hero 6 – $56,200,000
2. (-) Interstellar – $50,000,000
3. (4) Gone Girl – $6,100,000
4. (1) Ouija – $6,017,000
5. (7) St. Vincent – $5,707,000
6. (2) Nightcrawler – $5,512,000
7. (3) Fury – $5,500,000
8. (6) John Wick – $4,075,000
9. (8) Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day – $3,495,000
10. (5) The Book of Life (2014) – $2,800,000

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