'Men in Black 3' Set for $200 Mil Debut; Dish Ad-Skipper Explodes Into Lawsuits; Bradley Cooper Eyes Navy SEAL Pic; 'Idol' Dethroned by Football; 'Thor 2' Villain Set; TV Academy Creates Reality Peer Group

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TOP STORIES Box Office Preview: 'Men in Black 3' Set to Dethrone 'Avengers' With $200 Million Worldwide Bow      The Will Smith tentpole is expected to with $80 million-$90 million domestic; Wes Anderson's Cannes entry "Moonrise Kingdom" opens at the specialty box office, and Paul McCartney short "Blue Valentine" debuts before "The Intouchables."   Fox, CBS, NBC Sue Dish Network Over AutoHop Ad-Skipper            UPDATED: Dish also files suit in New York against all four broadcast networks. At issue is PrimeTime Anytime, a service that allows consumers to skip television ads. 'Sunday Night Football' Topples 'American Idol' Ratings Dominance                                                         The NBC Sports franchise will finish the television season as the top-rated program, besting the declining Fox juggernaut for the first time in eight years. EXCLUSIVE: Bradley Cooper Sets Up Navy SEAL Pic 'American Sniper' at Warner Bros.              Cooper is producing and likely starring in the adaptation of the autobiography of Navy SEAL Chris Kyle, with Jason Dean Hall on board to write the script. Mads Mikkelsen in Negotiations to Play Villain in 'Thor 2'                                                                           The Danish actor joins the already cast Tom Hiddleston as one of the sequel's antagonists. TV Academy Creates Reality Peer Group            The Board of Governors also voted to rename the Nonfiction Peer Group the Documentary Peer Group.   MOVIES EXCLUSIVE: Warner Bros. Prepping Top Secret Sci-Fi Project 'The Wind' Commercials director Nic Mathieu will make his directorial debut with the project, scripted by "Men in Black 3" writer David Koepp EXCLUSIVE: Universal to Develop Movie Based on Lego 'Hero Factory' Robots Michael Finch and Alex Litvak, best known for writing 2010’s sci-fi hit "Predators," are in negotiations to pen the script for the project. Cannes 2012: Sundance Selects Takes U.S. Rights to Ken Loach's 'The Angels' Share' The film had its world premiere at the festival earlier this week. EXCLUSIVE: 'Modern Family' Star Eric Stonestreet Joins Comedy 'Identity Thief Jason Bateman and Melissa McCarthy are toplining the Universal comedy. TV JoAnna Garcia Joins NBC's Freshman Comedy 'Animal Practice' She replaces Amy Huberman in the series starring "Weeds'" Justin Kirk. ANALYSIS: Cable Show Wrap: Amid Huge Success, Why Are Executives So Nervous? Threats like "over the top" competitors and runaway data usage are solved or being fixed, but cable still acts like it could lose its dominant position on the media landscape. Sean Hannity Formalizes Deal to Stay With Fox News Channel for at Least 4 Years The announcement comes three weeks after FNC inked a deal with Bill O'Reilly.

THE BUSINESS Cannes 2012: Pathe Closes More Than 100 Film Deals The company's deal list include those for the Jake Gyllenhaal, Mélanie Laurent, Sarah Gadon and Isabella Rossellini starrer "An Enemy." Cinedigm's Chris McGurk and Paramount's Frederick Huntsberry to Speak at the 2012 Locations Show Presented by the Association of Film Commissioners, the event takes place June 15-16 in Los Angeles.

STYLE Cannes 2012: Hollywood Comes Out for amfAR Gala Heidi Klum, Kylie Minogue, Karl Lagerfeld and Harvey Weinstein attend the glam event. Ines De La Fressange Cannes 2012 French model and fashion designer Ines De La Fressange on the progression of fashion at Cannes and the use of social media to promote the designers.

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