Paul Haggis Arrested on Sexual Assault Charges; 'Dominion' Tops 'Lightyear' at the Box Office; Paramount+ to Order 150 Global Originals; Top 25 Drama Schools In the World

[View on web]( [New reader? Subscribe]( June 20, 2022 What's news: Paul Haggis was arrested in Italy after an allegation of sexual assault. Two Mexican actors from Netflix's The Chosen One died in a car crash. Apple orders London drama Criminal Record. Jurassic World Dominion topped the box office in the U.S. and China. Paramount+ is planning 150 global original series by 2025 — [Abid Rahman]( Paul Haggis Arrested in Italy on Sexual Assault Charges ►Detained. Crash filmmaker Paul Haggis was detained on Sunday in the southern Italian town of Ostuni on charges of sexual assault and aggravated personal injury, according to multiple reports in the Italian media and a statement by the public prosecutors of the nearby city of Brindisi. A young woman has pressed charges against Haggis, accusing the two-time Oscar winner of forcing her to engage in sexual intercourse over the course of two days in Ostuni, where Haggis was scheduled to hold a series of master classes at the Allora Fest. [The story.]( —Tragedy. Raymundo Garduño Cruz and Juan Francisco González, two actors on the Netflix series The Chosen One, were killed and six other cast or crew members were injured after the van they were riding in crashed near Mulege on the Baja California Sur peninsula, Mexico. Local media reported the crash occurred on June 16, and said the van flipped after running off the road in a desert area. Redrum, the production company behind The Chosen One, has temporarily paused production on the series. [The story.]( —"Democracy is hanging on by a thread." John Oliver offered his take on the information coming out of the Jan. 6 House Committee hearings as well as the “concerning” number of GOP primary winners still claiming election fraud on Sunday’s Last Week Tonight. [The recap.]( —Lemon and lime drama. Apple TV+ has made an eight-episode series order for Criminal Record, a new thriller starring Peter Capaldi and Cush Jumbo as detectives in a tug of war over a historic murder conviction. From Paul Rutman (Vera, Indian Summers), the series is currently in production in London and is produced for the streamer by Tod Productions and STV Studios. [The story.]( Box Office: 'Dominion' Tops 'Lightyear' ►To second place, and no more. In a surprise twist, Pixar/Disney’s Lightyear lost Father’s Day weekend to holdover Jurassic World Dominion at the domestic box office. Lightyear was expected to top the chart with a $70m to $85m opening. Instead, the Toy Story spinoff buzzed to a disappointing $51m from 4,255 theaters. THR's [Pamela McClintock]( writes that though Lightyear's opening was solid for the COVID-19 era, as well as the biggest opening of the pandemic for an animated family film, it was nevertheless a disappointment considering it carries the storied Pixar logo. Universal/Amblin’s Dominion stayed at No. 1 with $58.7m from 4,679 locations for a 10-day domestic tally of $247.8m and $622.2m globally. Top Gun: Maverick remained a formidable force in its fourth weekend. The dad-friendly film dropped a mere 15 percent to $44m for a domestic total of $466.2m as it flies for the $500m mark. [The box office report.]( —Domination. Jurassic World Dominion scored another win at China’s box office over the weekend, taking $23.3m for a running total of $92.4m. Facing modest competition, Dominion slipped 56 percent in its second frame. Leading local ticketing app Maoyan currently projects the film to finish its China run with $124m — which will be the biggest haul by a Hollywood title since the start of the pandemic. [The China box office report.]( —Worthy winner. Sophie Hyde’s sex-positive comedy-drama Good Luck to You, Leo Grande, which stars Emma Thompson as a middle-aged woman seeking physical fulfillment with a male sex worker, won the Warner Bros. Discovery Audience Award for best narrative feature at the 24th Provincetown International Film Festival, which wrapped Sunday. [The winners.]( —Expansion. AMC Theaters’s Odeon brand has expanded its pact with Imax by setting locations for new giant screens across five European markets. Odeon, one of the oldest exhibitors in the UK, will upgrade six Imax theaters in the UK with laser projection systems, while also setting locations for nine previously contracted new theaters across Europe. [The story.]( Paramount+ to Order 150 Global Originals by 2025 ►Beyond borders. Paramount+ is continuing to invest in original content sourced from international markets, unveiling a slate of seven new titles, mostly series, on Monday that will debut around the world. The new international series slate includes a Mexican show about drug lord El Chapo’s wife, a German drama hacktivists, a period crime drama from Italy and a serial killer series from France. [The story.]( —"It would be too easy to say we have something for everyone." With Paramount+ announcing their big plans for global originals, THR's business editor [Georg Szalai]( spoke to Marco Nobili, the streamer's executive vp, international general manager. Nobili outlines Paramount+'s global expansion plans and its upcoming launch in the U.K. [The interview.]( —"It's being driven along by a kind of elemental force." Kate Bush has finally scaled that hill, as “Running Up That Hill” completes its coronation and reached No.1 in the U.K. 37 years after its original release. The veteran English singer’s 1985 hit has been powered by its use in season four of Netflix’s hit series Stranger Things. Bush now boasts the longest-ever gap between No. 1 singles in U.K. chart history, with 44 years separating her 1978 song “Wuthering Heights” and "Running Up That Hill." [The story.]( —ARMY is still strong. Fresh from announcing an indefinite hiatus, BTS’ new compilation album Proof debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart, garnering the group its sixth chart-topper. The retrospective bows with 314,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending June 16. [The story.]( —Popping Cristal. Amandine Fredon and Benjamin Massoubre's Little Nicholas – Happy as Can Be received the top Cristal, the prize for best feature film at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival, which concluded on Saturday. A year ago, Flee won top Cristal, en route to three Academy Award nominations, including one for animated feature. [The story.]( Top 25 Drama Schools In the World ►Where to look for the next onscreen talent. The latest THR global rankings of drama schools is here! We've consulted with educators, alumni and industry execs in building our list of the best schools for an acting degree. [The rankings.]( —"Cassie is a sexualized character, and that became a mold that was then shone on to me as a human being." THR's [Beatrice Verhoeven]( spoke to Euphoria star Sydney Sweeney on the dark places her character went to, whether she feels typecast and the other buzzy HBO show in which she starred this season, The White Lotus. [The interview.]( —"I can't just speak as an Asian man only or as a gay man only." THR's [Abbey White]( spoke to Fire Island star Joel Kim Booster on finding his Nanette moment in his new comedy special, Psychosexual. The comedian, writer and actor also discusses how his first Netflix special tackles criticisms about his humor and identity. [The interview.]( In other news... —StudioCanal buys [majority stake in Dutch FilmWorks]( —APX launches [European film, TV division]( —The Cheech Marin Center opens in Riverside, California [spotlighting Chicano art]( —Stars and Squid Game dominate [YouTube’s 2022 top ads list]( What else we're reading... —Christopher Grimes has a run through of embattled Disney chief Bob Chapek's annus horribilis (and it's only June!), and how he lost Florida [[FT]( —Sarah Ellison reports that Fox News paid former host Melissa Francis $15m after a gender pay disparity claim [[WaPo]( —Charlie Warzel ponders whether Google search is dying (it really has gone to shit in recent times, if you think about it) [[Atlantic]( —Robin Pogrebin has an update (with renders!) on the $70m National Juneteenth Museum in Fort Worth [[NYT]( —Wait, what?: "VHS copy of Back to the Future sells for $75,000, setting a new auction record" [[CNN]( Today... ...in 1997, Sony brought My Best Friend’s Wedding to theaters, where it would become a summer box-office smash making $299m. 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