AGC International Inks Worldwide Distribution Deals on Pierre Morel’s ‘Freelance,’ Starring John Cena – AFM

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Coronation Street's Sally Ann Matthews was joined by her co-stars as she officially ended her huge charity feat.

She may be the Queen of Christmas, but Mariah Carey is first and foremost the Queen of Shade!

Nobody is off limits to Mariah Carey‘s shade — not even her ex-husband, Nick Cannon. Mariah, 52, had her latest epic shade moment during an interview with Entertainment Tonight about her upcoming Christmas plans, when host Kevin Frazier broached the subject of Nick’s five children that he shares with three different women, in addition to his and Mariah’s 10-year-old twins, Monroe and Moroccan.

ABC will soon bring remakes of the classic sitcoms “Diff’rent Strokes” and “The Facts Of Life” to screens with a third installment of its “Live in Front of a Studio Audience” franchise.Jimmy Kimmel made the announcement Thursday on his late-night show, saying the “Diff’rent Strokes” update will feature John Lithgow as Mr. Drummond, Kevin Hart as Arnold, Damon Wayans as Willis, and Ann Dowd will play Mrs.

We are still months away from seeing Martin Scorsese’s first collaboration with Apple, the upcoming drama, “Killers of the Flower Moon,” but it appears the filmmaker is already prepping his next film for the studio and he’s bringing Jonah Hill along to star.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterMartin Scorsese is making a musical biopic about The Grateful Dead, with Jonah Hill set to star as the iconic rock band’s frontman Jerry Garcia.The project reunites Scorsese and Hill, who worked together on “The Wolf of Wall Street.” Scorsese will direct the still-untitled film and will serve as a producer alongside Hill.Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski, who recently wrote “American Crime Story: Impeachment,” are penning the screenplay.

Marvel star Ben Kingsley and Crazy Ex-Girlfriend actress Rachel Bloom are among the big new names to enrol at The School for Good and Evil for Netflix. The streaming service is bringing the 2013 young adult fantasy novel of the same name, by writer Soman Chainani, to life, with a very starry line-up set to grace the hallways of the school.

It’s no secret that Nick Cannon has taken the Biblical edict about going forth and multiplying and really run with it, fathering seven different children with four different mothers — four of those children born within a six-month span.

AGC International, the sales arm of Stuart Ford’s AGC Studios, has closed a raft of deals on John Cena action-comedy package Freelance at the virtual AFM market.

Bolton Wanderers defender Declan John was taken off at half-time of the draw against Stockport County due to chest pains.

Daniel Craig gave his swan song performance as James Bond in the recently released No Time To Die. The British actor played 007 for five films over the course of 15 years, but the time has come for a new star to take over.

13 Reasons Why actor Christian Navarro and Gregg Sulkin of Marvel's Runaways are teaming up for an indie comedy movie. Directed by Melissa Miller Costanzo, The List was written by Rob Lederer and Steve Vitolo, and already boasts the talents of Halston Sage (The Orville).

Famous faces and animated animals sing their way into the holidays in the new trailer for “Sing 2”.

Leo Barraclough International Features EditorLouis Hothothot’s feature debut “Four Journeys” will open the 34th edition of the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA), which also revealed the lineup of the International Competition program, as well as other sections.“Four Journeys” is a personal film about the destructive influence on a Chinese family of the one-child policy. Hothothot was born as an “illegal” second child, and the authorities punished his parents harshly.

Andy Cohen has made a big announcement today!

John Woo is set to helm his first US action film in nearly two decades with the upcoming Silent Night.The Chinese filmmaker, whose last US film was 2003’s Paycheck starring Ben Affleck, will return to Hollywood for a project led by The Suicide Squad star Joel Kinnaman.According to Deadline, the project is an action film which features no dialogue whatsoever, and follows a father as he heads into the underworld to avenge his young son’s death.John Wick producers Basil Iwanyk, Erica Lee, Christian

EXCLUSIVE: A bountiful AFM Market just got even better. Buyers are buzzing about Silent Night, the first U.S. action film in decades to be directed by the iconic Chinese filmmaker John Woo. Joel Kinnaman will star in an film that will tell a loud action tale, without a word of dialogue.