Kamikaze Dogfight And Gravitas Ventures Acquire Nick Sasso’s Action Drama ‘Haymaker’

EXCLUSIVE: Gravitas Ventures has secured the distribution rights to the Kerem Sanga-helmed thriller, The Violent Heart, which has its premiere at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival. Starring Jovan Adepo, Grace Van Patten, Lukas Haas, Mary J. Bilge, Kimberly Williams-Paisley, Jahi Di’Allo Winston, and Cress Williams, the film is slated for a day-and-date release on February 19.

Brian Austin Green is moving on.

I recently wrote "The Queen of Tuesday," a book largely about Lucille Ball, and my research uncovered something most fans would be scandalized by. Lucille Ball, the national icon most associated with wholesome 1950s America, got caught up in radical politics.

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.

Matt Rife (Wild ‘N Out) and Clare Grant (Changeland) are set to star in psychological thriller The Private Eye, along with Eric Roberts (Runaway Train), Erik Griffin (Workaholics), Denzel Whitaker (Black Panther), Eugenia Kuzmina (The Gentlemen), Elijah Boothe (Luke Cage), Jihad Reeves (All American), King Chip (Shootouts), Lexy Panterra (Boo 2! A Madea Halloween) and newcomer Elliot. Jack Cook directed the pic from a screenplay he co-wrote with Hope Ayiyi, Santino Ramos, and Patrick Roe.

Nicki Minaj, 37, and Kenneth Petty, 42, appeared to have an at home date night while enjoying the American Music Awards with friends on Nov. 22, just under two months since they welcomed their son.

Well Go USA Entertainment and Arclight Films have struck a North American distribution deal for the gritty Irish teen drama Here Are The Young Men, with plans to release in 2021.

Amanda N'Duka pmc-editorial-managerWell Go USA Entertainment has closed a deal for the North American distribution to Arclight Films’ Here Are the Young Men, an Irish teen drama starring Travis Fimmel (Ridley Scott’s HBO MAX series Raised by Wolves, History Channel’s Vikings), Dean-Charles Chapman (Game of Thrones, 1917), Finn Cole (Peaky Blinders, Animal Kingdom), Anya Taylor-Joy (The Queen’s Gambit, A24’s The Witch), and Ferdia Walsh-Peelo (Sing Street, Vikings).

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentNew York-based distribution company Grasshopper Film has acquired North American rights to Valentyn Vasyanovych’s sci-fi drama “Atlantis,” Ukraine’s official selection for next year’s Academy Awards.Represented in international markets by Belgian sales group Best Friend Forever, “Atlantis” played at Toronto, Rotterdam and Venice, where it won the best film award in the Horizons Competition.

Gravitas Ventures has acquired the North American rights to Miracle Fishing: The Kidnapping of Tom Hargrove, a documentary by director Miles Hargrove about the kidnapping of an American journalist in Colombia. The film, which debuted at Tribeca and and will screen at DOC NYC, is set for a day and date release in theaters and on video on demand on March 26, 2021.

Nicholas "Nick Eh 30" Amyoony has signed with esports organization Luminosity Gaming. Under the new deal with the North American giant — announced on Wednesday amid the EGLX show, Canada's 3-day esports conference that went all-digital this year — the 25-year-old Canadian-LebaneseFortnite player will diversify his content portfolio and seek collaborations with other competitive players.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterEXCLUSIVE: First Look Media’s streaming service Topic has acquired the North American rights to the Argentinian film Noemí Gold written, produced and directed by Dan Rubenstein who also stars.

Emily Blunt forces Jamie Dornan to confront his feelings for her in the new and funny trailer for Wild Mountain Thyme.

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentAustin Stowell (“Battle of the Sexes,” “Bridge of Spies,” “Whiplash”) will star opposite Lucy Hale in romantic comedy “The Hating Game,” based on the runaway hit novel by Sally Thorne.Presented at the American Film Market by David Garrett’s Mister Smith Entertainment, which is co-financing and handles world sales, “The Hating Game” will commence principal photography on Nov.

Dave McNary Film ReporterGravitas Ventures has bought North American rights to director-producer Thomas Balmès’ documentary “Sing Me a Song,” a coming-of-age story about a young monk searching to find a balance between tradition and technology.The film will be released via virtual cinemas and on video-on-demand platforms on Jan. 1.

Leo Barraclough Senior International CorrespondentMedia Luna New Films has acquired worldwide rights to Rodrigo Fiallega’s gritty Mexican drama “Ricochet,” whose star Martijn Kuiper won best actor Sunday at the Morelia Film Festival. Media Luna will present the film to buyers at the American Film Market, which starts Monday.In “Ricochet,” quiet loner Martijn leads a hermit’s life on the outskirts of the city after his son was murdered at the local festival.

American Idol in 2002, died on November 1 at the age of 42.Her husband, Craig Sadler, revealed in a Facebook post on Saturday, October 31, that she had suffered a brain aneurysm on Wednesday, October 28.“She would already be gone, but she’s an organ donor and has been kept on life support to make that possible,” he wrote. “That shouldn’t be a surprise to us.

finalist has died after suffering an aneurysm, her husband revealed on social media on Saturday. She was 42. «The love of my life Nikki Sadler suffered an aneurysm on Wednesday,» McKibbin's husband, Craig Sadler, wrote on Facebook.