Jim Sheridan Sets Documentary Series Debut With Sky Studios’ ‘Murder at the Cottage’ (EXCLUSIVE)

As we enter the throes of awards season more and more films are starting to make their qualifying runs in what is expected to be a very different kind of season. For starters, Searchlight Pictures is set to release Chloe Zhao’s buzzy pic of existential wanderlust Nomadland starring Frances McDormand for its virtual qualifying run starting today before expanding in 2021.

Samuel Goldwyn Films has nabbed the North American rights to Savage State, David Perrault's period western drama. An early 2021 release is planned for the film about a family of French settlers who flee Missouri to return to Paris as the American Civil War breaks out.

Jenelle Evans revealed where she and husband David Eason stand following a rocky year, brief split and lengthy Child Protective Services case.The former Teen Mom 2 star, 28, opened up about the couple’s breakup (from October 2019 to March 2020) in a series of YouTube videos titled, “I Have Something to Say,” which are now streaming on Vyre Living.In the videos, Evans recalled the drama surrounding CPS being called on Eason, 32, for shooting and killing their French Bulldog, Nugget, in May 2019,

Naman Ramachandran Matthew Vaughn’s Marv Films, producer of the “Kingsman” franchise, is making its first foray into TV with soccer-centric series “Day 1’s” from writers/creators and showrunners Doug Ellin (“Entourage”) and Chris Case (“Mad About You”).Set in the world of British soccer, the 10-episode series revolves around a young player Dezmond King and his crew as they navigate his growing stature and struggles.Marv is working closely with French soccer legend Thierry Henry and his

Shane MacGowan‘s life is set to be subtitled after viewers of a press screening admitted they found it hard to make out what he was saying.Crock Of Gold: A Few Rounds With Shane MacGowan, which is directed by Julien Temple, looks into the life of the Pogues singer.However, the director has admitted that the star’s “strange mixture of Irish and English” could be difficult to make out, and that his speaking voice was “an acquired listening skill”.It has now been confirmed that the option of

Shane MacGowan‘s life is set to be subtitled after viewers of a press screening admitted they found it hard to make out what he was saying.Crock Of Gold: A Few Rounds With Shane MacGowan, which is directed by Julien Temple, looks into the life of the Pogues singer.However, the director has admitted that the star’s “strange mixture of Irish and English” could be difficult to make out, and that his speaking voice was “an acquired listening skill”.It has now been confirmed that the option of

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorNetflix reports that its limited series The Queen’s Gambit has scored 62M households, becoming their most watched limited series to date in its first 28 days. The series starring Anya Taylor-Joy has been consumed Russia and Hong Kong, to France, Taiwan and Australia.

Guy Lodge Film Critic“Our work here is to change people’s vision,” says Jean-Marie Barbe, with a particularly French balance of passion and nonchalance, as if the mission he’s describing is both the simplest and most important thing in the world.

Naman Ramachandran Six-time Oscar-nominee Jim Sheridan (“In the Name of the Father,” “My Left Foot”) is busy these days with Sky Studios documentary series “Murder in the Cottage,” but he has plenty more on his plate.One of Sheridan’s most celebrated films is “In America” (2002), where a family of Irish immigrants adjusts to life in New York’s Hell’s Kitchen while grieving the death of a child.

French television festival Series Mania has pushed back its 2021 event from mid-March to late May-early June amid concerns the ongoing coronavirus pandemic will restrict public events and international travel. Series Mania 2021, originally scheduled for March 19-27, will now be held in Lille, France from May 28 to June 5.

Series Mania, one of Europe’s biggest and most prestigious TV festivals, has pushed back its 2021 edition by two months, setting new dates of May 28 to June 5.Remaining in Lille, northern France, the event’s industry centerpiece, the Series Mania Forum, will be held at the Lille Grand Palais over June 1-3.Series Mania was originally slated to run over March 19-27 next year.

There’s apparently been a rumour floating around that NeNe Leakes cheated on her husband with rapper French Montana.

Jake Kanter International TV EditorThe BBC’s classic comedy The Vicar Of Dibley is to return for a series of lockdown specials as part of the corporation’s festive line-up this year.Penned by Four Weddings And A Funeral writer Richard Curtis and Paul Mayhew-Archer, the series of three, 10-minute shorts will feature Dawn French reprising her role as vicar Geraldine Grainger.Grainger will reflect on an extraordinary year for the country and her parish, during which she has been delivering sermons

Veteran Irish actor Colm Meaney, star of Star Trek, Con Air and, more recently, crime-caper Pixie and the Sky/AMC series Gangs of London, has joined True Blood's Stephen Moyer in upcoming thriller Confession. Announced by Signature Entertainment and Picture Perfect and from writer/director David Beton (The Hatton Garden Job, Tower Block), the film follows a wounded, bloodied man (Moyer) who takes a priest (Meaney) hostage, hell-bent on confessing a vengeful truth before it’s too late.

Mike Fleming Jr Co-Editor-in-Chief, FilmEXCLUSIVE: Mindful that David Mamet gave me the best quote I’ve ever gotten in 30 years of trade reporting, I have been chasing him down to try to get him to answer a question on my mind.

After working on the acclaimed but short-lived Jim Carrey-starring “Kidding,” Michel Gondry is getting back on the director’s chair for an adaptation of “As She Climbed Across the Table.” READ MORE: Michel Gondry Crafts A New Animated Short About The Trouble Leaving LA To Travel To France The Hollywood Reporter has the scoop, with news that Gondry has come aboard to direct the adaptation of the Jonathan Lethem novel for Amazon Studios and Chernin Entertainment.