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Margot Robbie’s LuckyChap Entertainment is in talks to produce Fools Day at New Line, for which the Suicide Squad actress also is in negotiations to play a key supporting role.

The project is based on Cody Blue Snider’s award-winning comedy short Fools Day, which New Line acquired some time ago. Snider, co-wrote and directed the short and also will direct and co-write the upcoming full-length feature. Shane Snider and Keatyn Lee also will co-write.

Fools Day follows a fourth-grade class who plays an innocent April Fools prank on their teacher that accidentally kills her. Convinced they’ll go to prison if anyone finds out, they try to hide her body before a police officer arrives for their anti-drug lesson. Robbie plans to play the teacher. The short was honored at more than 30 film festivals around the globe.

Bill Migliore, Edward Norton, and John Rickard are producing. Robbie, Tom Ackerley...

Margot Robbie is in negotiations to executive produce and star as a fourth-grade teacher in New Line’s comedy “Fools Day.”

New Line has acquired Cody Blue Snider’s short film of the same name to adapt into the feature project. Snider, who co-wrote and directed the short, will direct the full-length feature from a script he penned with Shane Snider and Keatyn Lee.

The short, which has been honored at more than 30 film festivals, centers on a fourth grade class that accidentally kills their teacher when they play an innocent April Fool’s Day prank on her. Convinced they’ll go to prison if anyone finds out, they try to hide her body before a police officer arrives for their anti-drug lesson.

If Robbie’s deal goes through, she will star as the teacher in what’s described as a supporting role. Producers on the feature are Bill Migliore,...

New Line is getting pranked.

The company is teaming with Margot Robbie to adapt Fools Day, a comedy short by Cody Blue Snider, into a feature film.

The actress is in negotiations to take on a supporting role in the project, while her banner, Luckychap Entertainment, is in talks to be one of the production entities behind it. If the deals are made, Robbie, Tom Ackerley and Josey McNamara will executive produce.

Snider, who co-wrote and directed the 18-minute short, will direct the full-length feature and is co-writing the script with Shane Snider, Keatyn Lee. Bill Migliore, Edward Norton and John ...

New Line is getting pranked.

The company is teaming with Margot Robbie to adapt Fools Day, a comedy short by Cody Blue Snider, into a feature film.

The actress is in negotiations to take on a supporting role in the project, while her banner, Luckychap Entertainment, is in talks to be one of the production entities behind it. If the deals are made, Robbie, Tom Ackerley and Josey McNamara will executive produce.

Snider, who co-wrote and directed the 18-minute short, will direct the full-length feature and is co-writing the script with Shane Snider, Keatyn Lee. Bill Migliore, Edward Norton and John ...

Puppet Titus Andronicus The Puppet Shakespeare Players, directed by Ryan Rinkel

If you like your Elizabethan revenge tragedy filtered through a mixture of Avenue Q and a Robot Chicken episode, then you can probably stop reading right here and go buy tickets to Puppet Titus Andronicus. This raucous reimagining of William Shakespeare's already over-the-top blood-soaked drama renders Muppet-on-Muppet mutilation and familial cannibalism more fun (and funny) than it probably has any right to be. The cast takes the Bard's early commercial hit, a play that begins with a religious sacrifice, runs through several deaths and a rape, and ends with a series of rapid-fire onstage murders that ostensibly tie up all of the loose ends--and which later, for reasons not understood by this reviewer, fell into critical disfavor for a couple of hundred years--and cloaks it in felt and silly string, combining the original text, scripted jokes, and improvisation.

Missed this week’s episode of Holliston Season 2? We know that not every cable provider carries FEARnet wanted to let our readers know that the fourth episode of Holliston Season 2 is now available to watch online for a limited time. Episode 5 guest stars Bailee Madison and we have it for you to watch right now.

“To benefit those fans who are unable to experience the show on Tuesday nights, for the first time ever, each week’s episode will be streamed on FEARnet.com starting Thursday, June 6, and will be available for a seven day period. Fans can also catch up on episodes on FEARnet On Demand every Wednesday after a new episode premieres.”

Holliston Episode 205—Rock the Cradle: “While Joe, Corri and Laura are smitten with Adam’s new girlfriend Bailey, Corri suspects that Bailey may be posing as something she is not. Meanwhile, at the cable station, Lance...

Looking forward to the new episode of Holliston Season 2? Tonight’s episode guest stars Bailee Madison and is sure to be one of the more memorable episodes of the series. We have all new behind-the-scenes photos and a clip is available:

“Following the events of the first season, Season Two ups the ante of outrageousness, taking the show to a wide range of unexpected places. Highlights include the series’ first animated episode, finding the town attacked by a giant blob; a Ringu-inspired J-Horror episode; a Found Footage episode; and a one-hour season finale that will boast two special musical performances by the talented cast and a shocking final scene that will raise the dead. The second season will also feature some surprising twists and developments for the four main friends that will have a major impact on their lives and leave viewers anxious for more.”

Holliston Episode 2.05—Rock the Cradle: “While Joe,...

For short films, the Tribeca Film Festival is a must. Winning the award for Narrative Short or Best Documentary Short automatically qualifies a film for the Academy Awards. Their track record isn’t too bad either. Shawn Christensen’s Curfew had its New York premiere at the Festival and went on to win the Academy Award.

This year, Tribeca will show 60 short films in eight categories, from a variety of new and returning directors (including Christensen with Grandma’s Not A Toaster), and featuring performances from a number of Hollywood stars. Elijah Wood plays a standup comic who attempts a daring set in Setup,...