Blue Fox Entertainment Snags North American Rights to Prescient Pre-COVID Lockdown Thriller ‘The Pink Cloud’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Ethan Shanfeld GKIDS has acquired the North American rights to “The Deer King,” the latest feature film animated by the acclaimed studio Production I.G.Directed by Masashi Ando and Masayuki Miyaji and written by Taku Kishimoto, the movie will premiere in competition at the Annecy Film Festival this week and is slated for a theatrical release in early 2022.The sweeping fantasy epic takes place in the years following a destructive war, with the Empire of Zol controlling the land and citizens of

EXCLUSIVE: Samuel Goldwyn Films and Roadside Attractions have acquired North American rights to writer/director Evan Jackson Leong’s Snakehead.

Chelsea Handler is hitting the road for a tour across North America.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentKino Lorber has acquired all North American rights to the Amos Gitai Film Collection, comprising 22 films by the award-winning bold Israeli director of Cannes’ Palme d’Or contenders “Kippur,” BAFTA-winning “Kadosh,” and “Free Zone” with Natalie Portman. Gitai’s latest film, “Laila in Haifa” (pictured), which featured Israeli and Palestinian actors, world premiered at Venice in 2020.

Belle,” Hosoda Mamoru’s highly anticipated animated feature has been picked up by Gkids for release in North America.The Studio Chizu-produced coming of age tale will release in Japan next month. Gkids says it will release ‘Belle” theatrically in both its original Japanese language and an English dubbed version this winter, and will qualify the film for 2021 awards consideration.Nippon Television handles rights sales for the film in Asia.

Leo Barraclough International Features EditorGrindstone Entertainment Group, which has a distribution partnership with Lionsgate, has acquired North American rights to the Russian box office hit “Upon the Magic Roads.” The fantasy adventure film was released in Russia on Feb. 18 and grossed an outstanding $15.9 million.

Antonio Ferme editorNBC has announced that submissions for the new music event series “American Song Contest” are now open.Based on “Eurovision Song Contest,” the world’s largest music event, the series will feature a series of live music performances from American contestants who are in competition to win the country’s vote for best original song. All 50 states, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, the U.S.

EXCLUSIVE: Devilworks, the genre sales specialist, has launched a full-service distribution label. Named New Era Entertainment, the banner will focus on North American releases, primarily for home entertainment.

Maroon 5 are about to embark on a world tour!

GAC Media, a newly-formed group of U.S. investors, has acquired the Great American Country network, a staple of country music fans, from Discovery for an undisclosed price.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentStrand Releasing has acquired all North American rights to “Cicada,” Matthew Fifer’s Brooklyn-set debut feature, which premiered last year at several festivals, including Frameline, Outfest and BFI London.“Cicada” was written and directed by Fifer and Kieran Mulcare. The film was inspired by events in Sheldon Brown’s and Fifer’s own lives.

Wolf Alice have announced that they’ll be embarking on a 2021 North American tour in support of their new album, ‘Blue Weekend’.The London band’s third LP arrives tomorrow (June 4) via Dirty Hit, featuring the singles ‘How Can I Make It OK?’, ‘No Hard Feelings’, ‘The Last Man On Earth’ and ‘Smile’.The US tour begins on October 25 in Seattle, and includes stops in Portland, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Denver, Minneapolis, Chicago, Boston, NYC, Washington DC, Nashville and wraps up in Atlanta on

Renowned defense lawyer and former Good Company host, F, Lee Bailey has died at the age of 87.

Samuel Goldwyn Films has acquired North American rights to Jan Philipp Weyl’s debut feature, Running Against the Wind, and is releasing the film on Digital and VOD July 9.

Antonio Ferme editorCleopatra Entertainment has acquired the North American and English-speaking territory rights to the horror film “Vurdalak Blood,” which will be released on VOD platforms in October.Based on Aleksey Tolstoy’s 1839 short story “The Family Of The Vourdalak,” the film takes place in the uncertain hours after a vampire hunt when it’s unclear if the hunter himself has been turned into a creature of the night.

New Order and Pet Shop Boys have rescheduled their joint North American tour for the third time due to the coronavirus pandemic – this time with dates set for autumn 2022.The revised tour dates now include guest DJ Paul Oakenfold and take in an additional date at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center in New York.

Mike Hadreas, who performs as Perfume Genius, has announced a run of North American tour dates that will see him play shows in San Diego, Salt Lake City, Big Sur, and more this summer and fall. The dates mark his first live outings since the release of his 2020 album, Set My Heart on Fire Immediately.