Lorenzo De Maio Exits Endeavor Content, Sets Up Fremantle-Backed Venture

Good Deed Entertainment’s genre label Cranked Up Films has acquired U.S. rights to American Badger, an action film written and directed by and starring stunt veteran Kirk Caouette (X-Men, Fantastic Four, Mission to Mars). It is set for a digital and VOD release on June 15.

Anupam Kher, who has been playing the prominent role of Dr Vijay Kapoor on the hit NBC medical drama New Amsterdam, won't be returning. According to a Deadline report, Kher won't be seen in season three as the story moves forward.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter“Tomorrow’s Hope,” a documentary about the importance of quality early childhood education, has sold North American rights to the independent distributor Abramorama.Following a virtual live premiere on May 20, the company plans to release the film nationwide on demand on May 21.“Tomorrow’s Hope” spotlights passionate educators and tenacious kids and their families, who transcend the limitations imposed on them as students growing up on the south side of

Mónica Marie Zorrilla “She-Ra and the Princesses of Power” alum Lauren Ash has inked an overall talent and development deal with NBCUniversal.

BioShock franchise will reportedly see the game enter open-world territory.The news comes by way of a new job listing for a Senior Writer on the game.

EXCLUSIVE: The first four episodes of the second season of Derbez Family Vacation (De Viaje Con Los Derbez) will premiere on May 20 on Spanish-language streaming service Pantaya.

Leonine Confirms U.S. Date For Spy City

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EXCLUSIVE: American Skin is coming to BET+ next week.

Mainstream, the upcoming film starring Andrew Garfield and Stranger Things star Maya Hawke, has been released.The film is directed by Gia Coppola, who made her debut in 2013 with Palo Alto. It is scheduled for release in US theatres and on-demand in the UK on May 7.Mainstream deals with a young woman named Frankie (Hawke) who has a chance encounter with Garfield’s character, a mysterious stranger who goes by Link.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterIndependent Lens, the PBS documentary anthology series, has announced its upcoming spring slate. The weekly program, produced in partnership with ITVS, will spotlight a range of topics, from criminal justice reform to the plight of the American dream.Among the first to air will be “Philly D.A.,” an eight-episode deep dive into local-policy making and the fight for criminal justice reform.

Gravitas Ventures has acquired North American rights from Arclight Films, to distribute dramatic comedy Queen Bees which stars Ellen Burstyn, James Caan, Ann-Margret, Jane Curtin, Christopher Lloyd, Loretta Devine, Elizabeth Mitchell, and French Stewart. A theatrical and PVOD release of June 11 is currently planned.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterNatalia Anderson will direct the ABC single-camera comedy pilot “Maggie,” Variety has learned exclusively.Anderson started out as a director and producer on the CBS comedy series “Life in Pieces,” directing multiple episodes. Other TV directing credits for Anderson include “Black-ish,” “Single Parents,” “Brews Brothers,” “Grown-ish,” “American Housewife,” and “Perfect Harmony.” She previously worked at Brownstone Productions under Elizabeth Banks.

Godzilla vs. Kong has set a new pandemic box office record, scoring the biggest US opening weekend in over a year.The blockbuster film was released in the US on Wednesday (March 31) and arrived in the UK the following day as a home Premium VOD rental.According to Variety, the movie took $48.5million (£35m) this weekend, beating the record by tens of millions of dollars.

EXCLUSIVE: Moxie 88, the production company behind the upcoming Disney Channel luchadora series Ultra Violet & Blue Demon, is elevating Maria Eugenia Esponda to EVP Development. In the new role, she will oversee development for Moxie’s slate of film and TV projects and lead the company’s outreach to potential collaborators, keying on highlighting diverse voices.