Focus Sets Summer Release for Doc 'Final Account'

The Lost City of D, starring Channing Tatum and Sandra Bullock, is set for 2022 release.

Elaine Low Senior TV WriterFor viewers wondering when they can immerse themselves in a soothing loop of shiplap, farm-to-table food and rosy-cheeked gardeners harvesting flowers in the country, Chip and Joanna Gaines’ joint venture with Discovery, Magnolia Network, has finally gotten a new launch date after delaying an October start.

Sonic The Hedgehog sequel has set a UK release date.The forthcoming film, titled Sonic The Hedgehog 2, is set to reach cinemas in 2022.Sonic The Hedgehog 2 is to begin filming next month, actress Tika Sumpter confirmed recently.Sumpter, who played Maddie Wachowski in the first film and will reprise her role, said: “[My daughter] is super excited about Sonic 2, which I’m about to start in March.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterHulu has three documentaries — “WeWork,” “Kid 90” and “Sasquatch” — slated to release on the streaming service this spring.“Kid 90,” an intimate look at young Hollywood starlets growing up in the 1990s, will be available to stream on March 12.  Directed by Soleil Moon Frye, the film uses hundreds of hours of footage captured by the child actress after she became known to the world as Punky Brewster.

Variety is picking up on a story circulating in Japan that originated from local magazine Josei Jishin that says actor/director Kitano Takeshi will be making a samurai film, titled “Neck,” for his next filmmaking effort. The film is expected to be his final directorial effort and is based on his novel “Kubi” published in 2019.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterAmazon has ordered a series adaptation of Jenny Han’s YA novel “The Summer I Turned Pretty,” Variety has learned.Amazon has given the show an eight-episode order. Han wrote the pilot for the series and will also serve as executive producer and co-showrunner. Gabrielle Stanton will also executive produce and co-showrun.

EXCLUSIVE: The filmmakers behind Science Fair are prepping a feature doc about student entrepreneurs for Disney+.

Two days after picking up Sundance’s Documentary Grand Jury Prize, Summer Of Soul (…Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised) has been picked up by Searchlight and Hulu.

Also Read: 'CODA,' 'Summer of Soul' Win Top Jury and Audience Awards at Sundance Film Festival“I’m so honored to be allowed to manifest my dreams after all this time,” Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson said. “This is truly an honor.

Creative Assembly have released a trailer for the latest game in their Total Warhammer series, which is planned for release later this year.Total War: Warhammer III will mark the final game in the series, has been running since its original release in 2016.The grand strategy game focuses on battles between the various factions from Game’s Workshop Warhammer Fantasy setting.

Naman Ramachandran James Graham, creator of hit ITV, AMC and Sony show “Quiz,” and writer of Emmy nominated “Brexit: The Uncivil War,” has created crime drama “Sherwood” for U.K. broadcaster BBC.Inspired in part by real events, the six-part series is set in the Nottinghamshire mining village where Graham grew up.

Ellise Shafer administratorWarner Bros. has announced that “Those Who Wish Me Dead,” a neo-Western film starring Angelina Jolie, has set its release date for May 14.As part of Warner Bros.’ 2021 lineup, the film will debut both in theaters and on HBO Max.Based on Michael Koryta’s 2014 novel of the same name, the film is described as a female-driven Western set amidst a wildfire raging in the Montana wilderness.

Dr. Anthony Fauci is getting the documentary treatment.

Warner Bros. just announced that Taylor Sheridan’s New Line title Those Who Wish Me Dead will debut on May 14 this year.

Angelina Jolie’s neo-Western “Those Who Wish Me Dead” has set a summer release date from Warner Bros. when it will debut in theaters and on HBO Max.The film that’s directed and written by Taylor Sheridan will debut on May 14, 2021.“Those Who Wish Me Dead” also stars Nicholas Hoult, Jon Bernthal, Tyler Perry, Aidan Gillen, Medina Senghore, Finn Little and Jake Weber.

Leo Barraclough Senior International CorrespondentThe Berlin Film Festival has unveiled the International Jury for its 71st edition.The jury will comprise Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof, Israeli director Nadav Lapid, Romania director Adina Pintilie, Hungary director Ildikó Enyedi, Italian director Gianfranco Rosi and Bosnian director Jasmila Žbanić.As previously announced, the festival will take place in two stages this year, due to the pandemic.

Once Upon A Time… in Hollywood has been confirmed.As part of a two-book deal with publishers Weidenfeld & Nicolson, the filmmaker will be releasing his first work of fiction from June 2021, with a deluxe hardcover edition to follow this autumn.“In the seventies movie novelizations were the first adult books I grew up reading,” Tarantino in a statement.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterFocus Features has nabbed worldwide rights to Luke Holland’s “Final Account,” a documentary about the last living generation from Adolf Hitler’s Third Reich. The announcement was tied to International Holocaust Remembrance Day.Focus plans to release the film — in collaboration with Participant Media — in the U.S.

Focus Features will release Participant’s documentary Final Account which is directed and produced by the late Luke Holland, setting a date of May 21. Focus has global rights outside of Israel. Universal International will distribute the feature abroad.