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, continues to outshine the previous one — and episode five is no different. Director Cheryl Dunye, stars Michael K.

No one ever outruns their past. Momentary reprieves might mark your journey, but history always wins in the end.

Saban Films is closing in on a North American distribution deal for Pixie, a comedy thriller that stars Olivia Cooke and Alec Baldwin. Pixie also stars Ben Hardy, Daryl McCormack and Colm Meaney, with Barnaby Thompson directing from a script by Preston Thompson (Kids in Love).

Pierce Brosnan, Lilly Singh and Brendan Gleeson will lend their voices to the animated feature Riverdance: The Animated Adventure. The co-production between UK animation studio Aniventure and River Productions is based on the Riverdance stage show franchise and features Bill Whelan’s musical score.

STXfilms has picked up the worldwide rights to Queenpins, a coupon scam comedy that reunites the studio with Kristen Bell. Queenpins will be released in the U.S., UK, and Ireland by STX, and the studio, which has had success with female-driven movie fare like Hustlers and Bad Moms, will handle international distribution through its network of global partners.

A post shared by @ninaflohr on Sep 1, 2020 at 6:46am PDTEarlier this week, Nina took to Instagram to issue her own sweet tribute to Philippos.‘My dearest Philippos. I love you today, I will love you tomorrow and forever.

Naman Ramachandran London-based specialty title outfit Jinga Films has launched a new distribution arm, Danse Macabre. Operating under the Jinga umbrella, Danse Macabre will focus on the distribution of horror films in Anglophone territories, including the U.K., Ireland, the U.S., Canada, Australia and New Zealand.Danse Macabre will also act as a horror sales sub-label within Jinga Films while the parent company Jinga itself expands to include a wider range of genres, including arthouse.

Also Read: Gerard Butler Outruns a Comet Destroying the Earth in First 'Greenland' Trailer (Video)Principal photography is set to commence in October, and the film will shoot in Georgia and New Mexico.STXinternational is handling foreign distribution and will release “COPSHOP” directly in the UK and Ireland, and STX will also present the project to buyers virtually at the upcoming Toronto International Film Festival.Mark Williams and Tai Duncan of Zero Gravity Management are producing “COPSHOP”

Naman Ramachandran Jed Mercurio’s hit police procedural “Line of Duty” has resumed shooting its sixth season, complying with U.K. government COVID-19 protocols.The series is made for BBC One by World Productions.

Christopher Vourlias Curzon Artificial Eye has acquired distribution rights in the U.K. and Ireland for “Apples,” the feature directorial debut of Greece’s Christos Nikou, which opens the Horizons section of the 77th Venice Film Festival on Sep.

A haulier has admitted the manslaughter of 39 Vietnamese migrants who were found dead in the trailer of a lorry in Essex.Ronan Hughes, 40, is one of several men accused of being part of a people-smuggling ring linked to the tragedy last October.He admitted 39 charges of manslaughter at the Old Bailey in London on Friday.Prosecutors alleged Hughes, of Co Armagh in Northern Ireland, played a leading role by allowing his trailers and drivers to be used in human trafficking.The bodies of the

Leo Barraclough Senior International CorrespondentLondon-based production, finance and sales company Film Constellation has come on board Cathy Brady’s debut feature “Wildfire,” which world premieres in the Discovery section at next month’s Toronto Film Festival.The film centers on sisters Lauren and Kelly, an inseparable pair brought up in a small town by the Irish border. Their lives fell apart with the mysterious death of their mother.

Jake Kanter International TV EditorNoel Clarke, the Bulletproof and Adulthood writer and actor, is to headline ITV’s Viewpoint, a Rear Window-esque crime drama based on an idea from Emmy-winning Fleabag helmer Harry Bradbeer.Produced by Peaky Blinders co-producer Tiger Aspect, Clarke plays surveillance detective, DC Martin King, who sets up an observation post in the home of single mum and secret voyeur, Zoe Sterling, played by Alexandra Roach (Black Mirror).Sterling’s windows command a

The first full trailer for The Comey Rule, starring Brendan Gleeson and Jeff Daniels, has been released.

Colin Farrell in it at all!And he wasn’t the only one who had fans doing a double take.Ex-EastEnders star, Alex Ferns, who played the wicked Trevor Morgan on the soap is now a DC star.The Scottish actor left the soap back in 2002 but his abusive character will always be remembered as one of the most twisted villains on the show.Alex will play Commissioner Pete Savage in the new film and fans were left shaken when they saw him in the trailer.He will be starring next to Irish actors Barry Keoghan

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentFilmRise, the New York-based film and TV distribution company and streaming network, has acquired Sabrina Van Tassel’s timely social justice documentary “The State of Texas vs. Melissa” which premiered at the 2020 Tribeca Film Festival.