Israeli Oscar Submission ‘Let It Be Morning’ Acquired by Cohen Media Group

EXCLUSIVE: The general wisdom is that the United States mainland was not attacked during World War II.

Filmed with an international cast speaking French, English and Spanish, and co-written with cinematographer Sara Mishara, Ivan Grbovic’s Drunken Birds begins in urban, crime-infested Mexico and swiftly transports us to the rural farmlands of Quebec, where former drug runner Willy has come in search of a former lover is in hiding from her mobster partner.

At Deadline’s Contenders Film: International award-season event, director Eran Kolirin (The Band’s Visit) explained why he chose to adapt Sayed Kashua’s novel Let It be Morning, the film that has become Israel’s submission into the International Feature Oscar race.

Erin Napier thought she was sharing a sweet sentiment about husband Ben, her co-star on HGTV Canada’s “Home Town”, but found herself caught up in unexpected controversy.

Naman Ramachandran The New York Times Op-Docs has acquired Rona Segal’s acclaimed documentary short “Mission: Hebron” for distribution and will debut it on nytimes.com and The New York Times YouTube page on Nov. 16.In Israel, national military service is mandatory at the age of 18.

EXCLUSIVE:  Byron Allen’s Allen Media Group (AMG) announced today that Lisa-Renee Ramirez was promoted to President of Lifestyle Networks. Ramirez’s previous title was Executive Vice President and Executive Producer of AMG Television, a title she’s held since she started with AMG in 2008. 

EXCLUSIVE: Production has begun on the fourth season of the global hit Israeli series Fauda, from Tel Aviv-based yes Studios. The new season will return with four new cast members led by Inbar Lavi (Lucifer, Imposters), along with Mark Ivanir (Away, Barry), Amir Boutrous (The Crown, Aladdin), Lucy Ayoub and Loai Noufi (Hashoter Hatov, Tyrant). Character details are being kept under wraps.

The old adage “write what you know” has rarely paid off with such bleak, persuasive power as it does in Unclenching The Fists, which won the Grand Prize in Cannes’ Un Certain Regard sidebar this year, is Russia’s submission to the International Feature race at the Oscars and is screening at AFI Fest. Mubi has U.S. rights and is planning a theatrical release ahead of digital in 2022.

It’s no secret that Nick Cannon has taken the Biblical edict about going forth and multiplying and really run with it, fathering seven different children with four different mothers — four of those children born within a six-month span.

There are many familiar faces in the cast of Queen of the Universe!

AGC International, the sales arm of Stuart Ford’s AGC Studios, has closed a raft of deals on John Cena action-comedy package Freelance at the virtual AFM market.

Cohen Media Group has acquired all U.S.

EXCLUSIVE: A feature doc on one of Formula 1’s most dramatic moments, the row between Ferrari drivers Gilles Villeneuve and Didier Pironi, is the first project to emerge from Finding Jack Charlton producer Noah Media and Sky Studios’ multi-year partnership, with F1 driver Mark Webber set to exec produce.

EXCLUSIVE:  Cardinal Trio Pictures principals –actor/filmmaker Chasen Parker, former Universal executive John C. Hall, and Lokal Media co-founder Nick Scherma– have secured a financing deal with Bakrr Media Group.

Netflix Appoints Hamish Moseley As Distribution Exec

Top U.S. local TV station owner Nexstar Media Group reported solid third-quarter results, with distribution and core advertising gains offsetting record 2020 political ad spending.

Katie McGlynn has revealed she is still in the Strictly Come Dancing group chat, despite being eliminated from the show earlier this month. Former Coronation Street star Katie, 28, took part in this year's series as she was paired with professional dancer Gorka Marquez.

When tragedy strikes, family is everything.