‘Butter,’ ‘Permission to Dance’ Hitmaker Jenna Andrews Signs With Milk & Honey for Management (EXCLUSIVE)

John Hopewell Chief International Correspondent“Martyrs Lane,” the third feature from Ruth Platt (“The Lesson”), hits Fantasia with a double momentum: Bullish word of mouth, and a recent sale to AMC Networks genre streamer Shudder for North America, U.K., Ireland, Australia and New Zealand.Produced by London’s Ipso Facto Productions, whose credits take in “Irina Palm” and Nicolas Winding Refn’s “Valhalla Rising,” the LevelK sales title is a ghost story but, like the best of that kind, much

Elton John has shared his rendition of BTS’ latest single ‘Permission to Dance’, which also references the singer.The song, which was co-written by Ed Sheeran, is the Korean group’s second English-language release of 2021 following May’s ‘Butter’.

Mónica Marie Zorrilla “Fries! The Movie,” a documentary created by Anthony Bourdain’s Emmy-award-winning production company Zero Point Zero and Chrissy Teigen’s Huntley Productions banner, will debut on Peacock in the U.S. tomorrow, Aug.

EXCLUSIVE:  We’ve just learned that Lionsgate has closed a deal for Clancy Brown to star opposite Keanu Reeves, Donnie Yen, Hiroyuki Sanada, Rina Sawayama, Shamier Anderson, Lance Reddick, and Ian McShane in John Wick: Chapter 4.

Amazon Studios has landed the rights to a pitch, “Coyote Blue.” The action film will be written by Derek Kolstad, the screenwriter behind “John Wick” and “Nobody,” with “This is Us” Emmy-winner Sterling K. Brown attached to star.

HGTV has ordered a 20-episode Season 6 of popular home renovation series Home Town, starring Erin and Ben Napier. Additionally, following its successful premiere, spinoff Home Town: Ben’s Workshop been renewed for a 10-episode second season on Discovery+.

Director Chad Stahelski is a busy man, he’s currently shooting “John Wick 4” in Germany with Keanu Reeves back in the lead role, and Lionsgate already has plans for “John Wick 5.” But he’s lining up even more beyond the world of ‘Wick.’ Deadline reports that Warner Bros. and Stahelski are teaming to develop a new incarnation of the 1979 novel “Shibumi” written by Trevanian (“The Eiger Sanction“) with the possibility that it could turn into a directing vehicle.

EXCLUSIVE: Academy Award-winning Actress Melissa Leo has signed with ICM Partners.

Chad Michael Murray like you’ve never seen him before. After starring on TV faves like and, the 39-year-old actor is channeling one of America’s most infamous serial killers in.

Home and Away actor Dieter Brummer, best known for playing Shane Parrish, has died aged 45 it has been confirmed. The Australian actor, who was found by police at his home in north-west Sydney on Saturday 24 July, starred alongside Melissa George, 44, who played Angel Parrish on the soap, with the actress going on to have a successful Hollywood career.

Naman Ramachandran Keshet International has completed further pre-sales on “Surviving 9/11,” Top Hat Productions’ feature-length documentary for the BBC.The BBC had commissioned the film to mark 20 years of the tragedy, which falls this year.Keshet has finalized license deals with The Seven Network in Australia; Globo in Brazil; CBC in Canada for both the CBC network and its French network Société Radio-Canada; TVNZ in New Zealand; DPG Media in Belgium; RTV in Slovenia; NRK in Norway; Sky

Riverdale‘s Madelaine Petsch is set to produce and star in Jane, the debut feature from next-generation content studio and distribution platform, Creator+.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterVerve has signed author Emily St. John Mandel for book-to-screen rights, Variety has learned exclusively.Mandel is an author and novelist.

Love Island 2015 winner, Jess Hayes, sat down with New Magazine to share her tips and tricks for the current contestants as they attempt to find love in sunny Majorca.

Leo Barraclough International Features EditorLeading arthouse sales agency The Match Factory has announced a host of sales on Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s “Drive My Car,” which premiered in Cannes Competition on Sunday and is a favorite with the critics.The Japanese drama has sold to the U.K. (Modern Film), Benelux (September Film), Italy (Tucker Film), Spain (Elastica), Portugal (Leopardo), Greece (Ama Films), Former Yugoslavia (Demiurg), Hong Kong (Edko Films) and Taiwan (Andrews Film).

EXCLUSIVE: We’ve learned that Lionsgate has closed a deal for Ian McShane to reprise his role as Winston opposite Keanu Reeves in the Chad Stahelski-directed John Wick: Chapter 4.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentMubi, the London-based streamer and theatrical distributor, has acquired North America, U.K. and more territories on Mahamat-Saleh Haroun’s “Lingui, The Sacred Bonds,” a highlight of the Cannes Film Festival competition.The powerful Chadian abortion drama has received unanimous critical praise and is being talked about as a potential Palme d’Or winner at the midpoint of the festival.