Hong Sangsoo’s Film ‘Walk Up’ Acquired By Cinema Guild Ahead Of TIFF 2022 Premiere

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor MPM Premium has picked up Cláudia Varejão’s queer coming-of-age drama “Wolf and Dog” (Lobo e cão), which has its world premiere in Venice Days, a sidebar to the Venice Film Festival. Variety has been given exclusive access to the trailer. The film centers on Ana, who was born in São Miguel, an island in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, ruled by religion and traditions. She is the middle child of a family of three, growing up with her mother and grandmother. As she grew up, Ana realized that girls and boys were given different tasks. Through her friendship with Luis, her queer best friend who loves dresses as much as pants, Ana questions the world that is promised to her. When her friend Cloé arrives from Canada, Ana embarks on a journey that will take her beyond her limited horizons.

The final trailer for Prime Video’s upcoming The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power has just been released.

Ahead of its worldwide two-episode premiere on Sept. 2, Prime Video shared the final, expanded trailer for the anticipated “Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” series. And it’s something to behold.

series. And it’s something to behold. The new two-minute, 36-second long video suggests that the re-emergence of evil is not the only thing at stake in the sprawling world of Middle-earth as it gives a glimpse of the many, many lives on the verge of fulfilling their own destinies.

Leo Barraclough International Features EditorVienna-based sales agent Square Eyes has acquired international rights to Theo Montoya’s debut feature “Anhell69,” ahead of its world premiere in Venice Film Festival’s International Critics’ Week. The producers include Bianca Oana, who also produced Alexander Nanau’s Oscar-nominated doc “Collective,” and Berlinale winner “Touch Me Not” by Adina Pintilie.A haunting, cinematic portrait of the young queer scene in Medellín, “Anhell69” follows Montoya’s short film on the same subject, “Son on Sodom,” which premiered in Cannes 2020. In “Anhell69,” a funeral car cruises the streets of Medellín, while a young director tells the story of his past in this violent and conservative city.

J. Kim Murphy Middle-earth may be going from film to television with Amazon’s new series “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power,” but it turns out that that doesn’t mean the franchise is done with the big screen. The show will screen its first two episodes at fan events across the world on Aug.

SEAL Team” has a new official trailer ahead of its September 18 premiere. Produced by CBS Studios, the series will debut episodes of its ten-episode season weekly on Sundays on Paramount+.The show stars David Boreanaz, Max Thieriot, Neil Brown, Jr., A.J.

EXCLUSIVE: The Writers Guild Foundation has revealed the participants for the 2022 session of the Writers’ Access Support Staff Training Program.

We are less than a month away from the beginning of this year’s Toronto International Film Festival. So, as we get closer to the Opening Night festivities, TIFF is beginning to lock down its final list of films that will screen at the event.

EXCLUSIVE: Kino Lorber has acquired all rights in U.S. and anglophone Canada to Lise Akoka and Romane Gueret’s drama The Worst Ones, which was awarded the top prize in Cannes’ Un Certain Regard section and will make its North American premiere at TIFF.

Leo Barraclough International Features EditorThe international trailer has been debuted for Jafar Panahi’s “No Bears,” which has its world premiere on Sept. 9 in competition at Venice Film Festival, before moving to Toronto Film Festival and New York Film Festival. Celluloid Dreams, which is handling world sales, has revealed territory deals with several distributors.

EJ Panaligan editorWarner Bros. released a new promo for “The Jennifer Hudson Show,” the upcoming daytime talk show fronted by the youngest female EGOT winner, which is set to premiere on September 12.The series will feature celebrity interviews, topical stories, community heroes, viral sensations and music.

“Buffy Sainte-Marie: Carry It On” is set to have its world premiere at the 47th Toronto International Film Festival.

EJ Panaligan editorCinema Guild has acquired the North American distribution rights for Hong Sangsoo’s upcoming film “Walk Up.” The film will world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival in September and will also play in competition at the San Sebastián International Film Festival. Cinema Guild will open the film in theaters in 2023 following its release of Hong’s other 2022 title, “The Novelist’s Film,” this fall.Kwon Haehyo, in his ninth film for Hong, plays Byungsoo, a film director who goes with his daughter, an aspiring interior designer, to a building owned by an old friend who is already established in the design field.

Strictly Come Dancing champions 2022. Hosts Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman will also be returning, as well as judges Shirley Ballas, Craig Revel Horwood and Motsi Mabuse. Anton Du Beke will be permanently replacing Bruno Tonioli in the upcoming series.

Sure, Steven Spielberg is debuting his newest film, “The Fabelmans,” at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival. That film is joining a huge list of major debuts at the event this fall.

global backlash for its depiction of underage girls performing sexualized dance routines after it was released on Netflix“We launched Platform to shine a brighter light on some of the most original films and distinct voices at our Festival,” said Cameron Bailey, TIFF CEO, in a statement.

The San Sebastián Film Festival has revealed the line-up for its latest edition, which is due to unfold from September 16-24.