EXCLUSIVE: Inside Job and Red Army DoP Svetlana Cvetko is set to direct One Nation Under Earl for Oakhurst Entertainment.
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EXCLUSIVE: Just in time for the start of a new school year, Greenwich Entertainment has acquired North American distribution rights to Try Harder!, a documentary set within San Francisco’s most competitive public high school.
The film directed by Debbie Lum (Seeking Asian Female), follows five seniors at Lowell High “as they try to get into the elite college of their dreams,” as Lum explained in a video for the Sundance Film Festival, where Try Harder! premiered in January.
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EXCLUSIVE: Inside Job and Red Army DoP Svetlana Cvetko is set to direct One Nation Under Earl for Oakhurst Entertainment.
Erika Jayne has been sued by her ex husband Tom Girardi‘s law firm for $25.5 million plus interest, according to a new court filing.
McGoldrick also oversaw scripted originals for NBCUniversal’s cable entertainment networks (USA Network, SYFY, Bravo, and E!), and unscripted originals for USA and SYFY including series such as “Sinner,” “Dirty John” and “Suits.” Prior to taking on original content for Peacock in 2019, McGoldrick served as president of scripted content for NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment, and Unscripted Content for USA and SYFY.Alfonso previously served as SVP of Original Programming at Starz, where he worked
EXCLUSIVE: The Avenue has acquired North American rights to The System, a newly announced film starring Tyrese Gibson (Fast & Furious franchise), Terrence Howard (Crash), Jeremy Piven (Entourage), and Lil Yachty (Long Shot).
EXCLUSIVE: Melissa George, who stars on the Apple TV+ original series, Mosquito Coast, has signed with Inspire Entertainment for management.
Packed To The Rafters’ Hugh Sheridan has joined forces with former Voice host Darren McMullen for Christmas on the Farm.
Being Erika Jayne is "XXPEN$IVE" after all. The lawyers for the trustee overseeing the Girardi Keese bankruptcy found that the "Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" star’s company spent more than $25,000,000 on her American Express bill, assistants and a glam squad, according to a legal demand letter sent to her lawyer on Thursday.
EXCLUSIVE: Vertical Entertainment has acquired North American distribution rights to Swing, the indie coming-of-age drama set in the world of elite rowing. Michael Mailer directed and Oscar nominee Michael Shannon stars in the film, which is getting a fall theatrical platform release after a planned festival run.
EXCLUSIVE: Director Nony Geffen’s (Not in Tel Aviv) next project will be Live Well Done, a documentary telling the story of Army Sergeant turned stand-up comedian Bobby Henline.
EXCLUSIVE: The Wolf of Wall Street and The Sopranos scribe Terence Winter has been set to write the script for Otherwise Illegal Activity, based on the true story of a recently de-classified undercover operation. The film is centered on an American convict recruited from behind bars by the Joint Terrorism Task Force to infiltrate the circle of a prominent community leader suspected of harboring large-scale plans to commit acts of terrorism on U.S. soil.
Jamie Lang After making its North American Premiere in the Fantasia Film Festival’s Camera Lucida sidebar, Seth A. Smith’s dystopian sci-fi thriller “Tin Can” was picked up by Canada’s levelFILM for domestic distribution.In the film, a new fungal disease called Coral is spreading rapidly across the planet.
EXCLUSIVE: Entertainment Squad has acquired rights to Motherly, a home invasion thriller directed by Craig David Wallace, ahead of its world premiere at Fright Fest London later this month. The Horror Collective, the genre label of Shaked Berenson’s Entertainment Squad, plans a day-and-date U.S. release November 16.
Naman Ramachandran Warner Music Entertainment, the film and television division of Warner Music Group (WMG), and London and Los Angeles based television and film production company Lightbox, have signed a partnership deal to co-produce, co-develop and co-finance non-fiction film and TV projects.The deal gives Lightbox, founded by double Oscar winner Simon Chinn (“Searching For Sugar Man,” “Man on Wire,” “Tina”) and double Emmy winner Jonathan Chinn (“LA 92,” “American High,” “Whitney”), access
Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaIFC Films has acquired North American rights to “Huda’s Salon,” a drama written and directed by Hany Abu-Assad, the award-winning filmmaker behind “Paradise Now” and “The Mountain Between Us.”The film is described as a “feminist thriller,” one that unfolds against the backdrop of geopolitical conflict. It follows Reem, a young mother married to a jealous man, who goes to Huda’s salon in Bethlehem for a haircut and an attentive ear.
Streaming network FilmRise has acquired the digital distribution rights to over 300 different film titles from the Maverick Entertainment Library, which is known for its diverse movies targeted at African American audiences and with niche genres. The titles in the deal include 2019’s “New Year, New Us” starring Kellen Marcus (pictured) and Courtney Gray, “Murder Gardens” starring Bertrand E.