Genre Outfit Devilworks Launches North American Distribution Label New Era Entertainment With Debut Release ‘Fear’

Actress Vanessa Hudgens says she never fancied finding love on a dating app, and yet ended up meeting the new man in her life, American baseball star Cole Tucker, over Zoom."I still cannot get over the fact that it happened. I remember during quarantine I was single, and I thought I'll go on a date.

Elton John will return to the stage in the U.S. and Canada in 2022.

This fall, J. Cole will tour the United States behind his new album The Off-Season, and he's bringing along 21 Savage and Morray for most of the shows.

David Byrne‘s ‘American Utopia’ has been confirmed for a re-run on Broadway in 2021 after an initial 17-week return schedule was postponed last year due to the coronavirus crisis.The stage show, which is based on Byrne’s 2018 album of the same name, will this time see a longer, six-month run in New York City’s theatre district, moving from The Hudson to the larger St.

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

Goodbye Angels! While Victoria’s Secret has historically sent supermodels down the runway in bedazzled and blinged out lingerie, the company announced on Wednesday, June 16, that they are switching up their brand’s image. 

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.

Drake is partnering with Live Nation to open History, a new live entertainment venue, in his hometown of Toronto.According to Live Nation Canada, the 2500-seat venue will open its doors later this year with the goal of providing a “premier entertainment experience” for patrons.“Some of my most memorable shows were playing smaller rooms like History,” Drake said in a press release.“I wanted to take those memories and what I learned to create an incredible experience for both the artists and the

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.

Drake and Live Nation Canada are collaborating on an intimate new live entertainment venue in Toronto.

Maroon 5 are about to embark on a world tour!

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

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.