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Jeremy Bobb (Russian Doll, The Knick), Xander Berkeley (The Walking Dead, Air Force One), Rachel Keller (Legion, Fargo) and Oscar nominee Paul Raci (Sound of Metal) will join Nicolas Cage and Fred Hechinger in Butcher’s Crossing, the Western directed by Gabe Polsky, which has just wrapped production.

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EXCLUSIVE: Jeff Goldblum-narrated documentary Fiddler’s Journey To The Big Screen, about Norman Jewison classic Fiddler On The Roof, is getting U.S. distribution via Zeitgeizst Films and Kino Lorber.

EXCLUSIVE: Last month Russian director Klim Shipenko and actor Yulia Peresild became the first ever film crew to boldly go into outer space to shoot scenes for their upcoming project The Challenge. The duo blasted off to the International Space Station in a Russian Soyuz on October 5 along with Russian cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov where they filmed more than 30 hours of footage across 12 days before returning to Earth on October 17.

The BBC last week announced that it will mark the 30th anniversary of the death of Freddie Mercury later this month with a new documentary called ‘Freddie Mercury: The Final Act’.The film tells the story from the final and biggest show on Queen’s 1986 ‘Magic Tour’ at Knebworth, through Mercury’s battle with HIV and AIDS, to his death in November 1991 and the ‘Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert’ that took place at Wembley in April 1992.

Marta Balaga Russian documentary filmmaker Vitaly Mansky doesn’t keep things off the record, he said during his masterclass at Ji.hlava Intl. Documentary Festival.

Michele Amabile Angermiller On the eve of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s class of 2021 induction ceremony, several honorees — The Go-Go’s, LL Cool J and “the Black Godfather” Clarence Avant — gathered to celebrate the unveiling of an inductee signature panel that will live on display in the Hall long after the gala ends.The short ceremony, which took place in the Hall’s main concourse, hosted a crowd of trustees, previous inductees including Heart bassist Steve Fossen, and family members of

The music world lost one of its most original and electrifying performers when Freddie Mercury succumbed to AIDS in 1991.

Freddie Mercury documentary will air on BBC Two in November, telling the story of the “extraordinary final chapter” of his life.Titled Freddie Mercury: The Final Act, the documentary will chart events from the Queen frontman’s final gig, his death in November 1991 from complications of AIDS, through to the tribute concert on April 20, 1992 at London’s Wembley Stadium.The documentary will feature new interviews with Queen members Brian May and Roger Taylor, along with Freddie’s sister Kashmira

On November 24, 1991, pop icon and lead singer of '70s rock band Queen Freddie Mercury died from complications of AIDS. With the 30th anniversary of his death approaching, BBC Two have announced that they will be broadcasting the biographical documentary 'Freddie Mercury: The Final Act' in his honour and memory.

Naman Ramachandran U.K. broadcaster BBC Two will broadcast “Freddie Mercury: The Final Act” in November.Thirty years after Mercury died in November 1991 from complications of AIDS, the 90-minute documentary tells the story of the final chapter of the Queen singer’s life, as well as the journey leading up to the epic tribute concert at Wembley Stadium that followed in April 1992.

EXCLUSIVE: Sir Lenny Henry’s Banijay-backed indie Douglas Road Productions is to spotlight Caribbean culture in the UK in an upcoming BBC2 arts documentary.