Janelle Monáe’s ‘Antebellum’ will be released digitally next month

Dominic Patten, Ted Johnson It is over a month until The Comey Rule limited series premieres on Showtime, but the still raging drama between Donald Trump and fired FBI Director James Comey was live tonight on cable news on Night 1 of the Republican National Convention.“If you put it in a script, I’m sure it would get rejected for not being realistic enough, that the chairman of the President’s campaign is working with a Russian intelligence officer,” Comey told MSNBC’s Nicolle Wallace, Joy Reid

The first trailer for David Byrne's "American Utopia" has been released. The upcoming production is a filmed version of the Broadway show –­­ a la "Hamilton" –­­ featuring Byrne's music from throughout his career, according to Entertainment Weekly.The film is directed by Spike Lee.

Oldham is set to escape a full economic lockdown, the M.E.N.

Child Trust Fund accounts (CTFs) are released for the first time. The accounts were introduced by former Chancellor Gordon Brown two decades ago for children born between 2002 and 2011 to help them invest in their future.

Seth Meyers is bringing “Late Night” back to the studio.

You know when you're just trying to post on social media about a good book you've read but everyone keeps hounding you about when you're going to release new music? Don't you just hate that? I hate that. OK, so we can't all exactly relate to this problem, but Adele can't seem to post anything on Instagram without her fans asking when she's going to have new music.

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorAnother Lionsgate film bites the dust, and skips theatrical. We can confirm that the Sarah Paulson horror movie Run is moving off the theatrical release schedule and heading to Hulu.The streamer has acquired domestic rights from Lionsgate.

Janelle Monáe has always fought for social justice, but now she’s making it her main focus.

BTS have announced that their next concert film Break The Silence: The Movie, will hit cinemas next month.Scheduled for a September 24 debut in the US, the film follows the K-Pop giants on their hugely successful ‘Love Yourself: Speak Yourself World Tour’, which took place throughout the summer and fall of 2019.The group’s first worldwide stadium tour saw them taking in the hallowed surroundings of London’s Wembley Stadium, Chicago’s Soldier Field, New Jersey’s MetLife Stadium, and a stop-off at

Dade Hayes Finance EditorLionsgate film chief Joe Drake said the decision to skip theaters and make horror movie Antebellum a premium video-on-demand release does not mean theaters are fading from the scene.“I would love to see every one of our movies released theatrically,” the motion picture group chairman said during Lionsgate’s quarterly earnings call with Wall Street analysts.

debuting on Disney Plus for a premium price. Other movies, such as “Bill & Ted Face the Music” with Keanu Reeves, Andy Samberg’s romantic comedy “Palm Springs” and the next “SpongeBob” sequel, have moved to streaming services or digital rental platforms.In “Antebellum,” Monáe portrays a successful author who finds herself trapped during the American Slavery period and must find a way to escape from the horrifying reality.

The COVID-19 pandemic dominoes keep following. While Christopher Nolan and Warner Bros.

The upcoming movie Antebellum, starring Janelle Monae, will be skipping a theatrical release and it will debut on Premium Video On Demand instead.

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Rebecca Rubin News Editor, Online“Antebellum,” a time-bending horror film starring Janelle Monáe, is the latest movie to premiere on digital rental platforms in lieu of its planned theatrical release as coronavirus cases continue to spike.Written and directed by Gerard Bush and Christopher Renz, the film was initially expected to debut in theaters in August.

Also Read: Janelle Monae Horror Film 'Antebellum' Scraps August Release“While the theatrical experience will always be the heart of our business, we are thrilled that we are able to seize the opportunity to match Gerard and Chris’s urgent and immediate film with a release strategy befitting this moment of extraordinary change,” said Lionsgate Motion Picture Group Chairman Joe Drake.

Grammy award-winning R&B artist Toni Braxton announced Friday (July 31) she'll release her 10th studio album Spell My Name on Aug. 28 via Island Records.