Clint Eastwood’s Sully , a recreation of the “miracle on the Hudson” starring Tom Hanks as airline pilot Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger, easily topped the weekend box office with a $35.5 million debut, the best bow ever for the weekend after Labor Day, which traditionally marks the appearance of the first “adult dramas” with Oscar pretentions.

Twentieth Century Fox has announced Jeff Nichols as the new writer and director for its Alien Nation remake.

Level-5-abby Inc. and Eleven Arts will release Yo-kai Watch: The Movie to North American theaters.

DC Entertainment CCO Geoff Johns and Jon Berg, co-heads of the recently formed DC Films, are working to make Justice League , currently shooting in London, more inspiring.

DC Chief Creative Officer Geoff Johns confirmed the casting of Joe Manganiello as Deathstroke in Ben Affleck’s solo Batman feature.

Only a week after the project was announced, Black Lightning has landed a pilot production commitment at Fox.

Relativity’s remake of The Crow is scheduled to begin production in 2017.

BBC America and BBC Worldwide have commissioned a new animated version of the classic Doctor Who adventure The Power of the Daleks.

Syfy’s Superman prequel Krypton has cast its female lead: Georgina Campbell.

Print tie-ins for the upcoming CBS All Access series Star Trek: Discovery were announced at Star Trek: Mission New York last weekend.

This week’s home entertainment releases include the potent second season of the DC Comics-based #1 show on the CW network, the latest seasons of long-in-the-tooth geek staples South Park and Supernatural , plus two great 1980s offerings, George A. Romero’s Tales from the Darkside , and the animated Dennis the Menace series, and Whit Stillman’s masterful Jane Austen adaptation Love & Friendship.

Fede Alvarez’s horror thriller Don’t Breathe topped the box office for the second weekend in a row--only the second time that a horror film has accomplished that feat since 2014.