CNN Films to Develop Stranger-Than-Fiction Documentary ‘The Lost Sons’

Rebecca Davis editorThe dGenerate Collection at indie distributor Icarus Films will release the journalistic Hong Kong doc “Lost Course” in the U.S. starting March 5.The Chinese-language film about a democratic village uprising against corruption known as the “Siege of Wukan” and its aftermath won the best documentary prize at Taiwan’s 2020 Golden Horse Awards, an event sometimes described as Asia’s Oscars.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaDr. Anthony Fauci was a respected and dedicated public servant, but one who could walk the streets without turning heads or being recognized.Then COVID-19 hit.

Jeanette Maus, an acting teacher and actress who appeared in the Lynn Shelton films My Effortless Brillianceand Your Sister's Sister, has died after an eight-month battle with colon cancer. She was 39.

Angelique Jackson RLJE Films, a business unit of AMC Networks, has acquired the U.S. rights to the film “Prisoners of the Ghostland,” which stars Nicolas Cage and Sofia Boutella, ahead of its Sundance world premiere.“Prisoners of the Ghostland” stars Cage as a ruthless bank robber, sprung from jail by a wealthy warlord, called The Governor (Bill Moseley), whose adopted granddaughter Bernice (Boutella) has gone missing.

Juno Films has picked up the North American rights to the documentary The Most Beautiful Boy in the World ahead of its world premiere at the upcoming Sundance Film Festival. The film, to bow as part of the World Documentary Competition on Jan.

Miley Cyrus walks through the water while filming a new music video on Monday afternoon (January 18) in Malibu, Calif.

Also Read: Ed Helms' 'Together Together' Nabbed by Bleecker Street Ahead of SundanceThe documentary picks up with Andresen (American audiences might recognize him from the 2019 horror film “Midsommar”) 50 years after the premiere of “Death in Venice” and shows him as he examines his own personal histories, cinema history and the tragic events that surrounded his life as he tried to get his life back on track.“The Most Beautiful Boy in the World” is directed by Kristina Lindstom and Kristian

Ed Meza @edmezavarStienette Bosklopper of the Netherlands’ Circe Films and Meike Martens of Germany’s Blinker Filmproduktion have boarded “Do Fish Sleep With Their Eyes Open?,” the latest film from director Nele Wohlatz, whose 2016 documentary hybrid “The Future Perfect” won best feature in Locarno.The co-production partnerships add European support and financing muscle to an Argentine project produced by Buenos Aires’ Ruda Cine, which has already attracted a Brazilian partner, CinemaScópio.In

The IFC Films documentary MLK/FBI from filmmaker Sam Pollard (Two Trains Runnin’, Eyes on the Prize) makes its debut in select theaters today as well as on demand. The release aligns with Martin Luther King Jr. Day on January 18 and it is super relevant to America’s wild inequity and racist treatment of the Black community — specifically Black activists.

Slumdog Millionaire star Freida Pinto is set to star in and executive produce Spy Princess, a limited series based on Shrabani Basu’s Spy Princess: The Life of Noor Inayat Khan, the definitive biography of Noor’s life, from writer Olivia Hetreed (Girl With a Pearl Earring) and Red Room Films.

The Three Identical Strangers collaborators CNN Films and RAW are reteaming for the documentary feature The Lost Sons, produced in association with Campfire. Directed by Ursula Macfarlane (Untouchable; Charlie Hebdo), the stranger-than-fiction film recounts the real-life story of Paul Fronczak, a reunited stolen baby who as an adult searches for the identity of his real parents.

Also Read: 'Jimmy Carter Rock & Roll President' Doc Acquired by Greenwich Entertainment for Theatrical, Home EntertainmentThe story is told through reenactments, testimonies of close family and first-hand witnesses, news footage and family archives.“I’m thrilled and proud to work with CNN Films and RAW to bring Paul Fronczak’s astonishing story to the screen,” Macfarlane said. “Nothing excites me more than a real storytelling challenge, and this is a mystery tale like no other.

Following the success of their BAFTA and Emmy-nominated 2018 documentary Three Identical Strangers, CNN Films and Raw TV are collaborating again on a new film that will tell the extraordinary story of Paul Fronczak.

A true-crime podcast examining the life and times of Ghislaine Maxwell is being adapted for TV. The rights to Hunting Ghislaine, from Brit radio station LBC and radio and outdoor media giant Global, has been picked by Sony Pictures Television-backed Eleventh Hour Films, with plans to turn it into a limited scripted series.

Manori Ravindran International EditorA chart-topping true crime podcast about Ghislaine Maxwell from U.K. radio station LBC is being adapted for television.Sony Pictures Television-backed Eleventh Hour Films has nabbed screen rights to “Hunting Ghislaine” from LBC (Leading Britain’s Conversation) and outdoor media powerhouse Global.

Ben Affleck. In early December, it was announced that the actor is on board to star in George Clooney’s next feature film adaptation of the book “The Tender Bar,” written by J. R. Moehringer.

Ben Affleck is maybe working more now than ever before. Not only does he have two films expected to come out in 2021 (“The Last Duel” and “Deep Water”), but he’s also supposed to act in the upcoming Robert Rodriguez film, “Hypnotic,” and maybe direct a film about the making of “Chinatown.” But that’s not all.

Angelique Jackson Ben Affleck has added another adaptation to his growing directorial slate. Affleck and his Pearl Street Films production company are set to take on the bestselling book series “Keeper of the Lost Cities,” with Affleck on board to direct and produce the project for Disney.Based on Shannon Messenger’s novel, Affleck will adapt the project’s script with Kate Gritmon, while Madison Ainley serves as an executive producer.

Ben Affleck has teamed up with Disney for his next project.