’Loving Highsmith,’ a Doc Feature Casting New Light on the Crime Novelist, Taken by Filmcoopi, Salzgeber & Co (EXCLUSIVE)

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentFilm Movement has acquired North American rights to “Wildland,” Jeanette Nordahl’s debut feature starring Sidse Babett Knudsen (“Borgen”) as a mafia ringleader.The gripping crime drama, which was part of the Berlinale 2020 selection, will next premiere at New York City’s Film Forum, followed by a wide theatrical release and roll out on all digital and home entertainment platforms.

NEW YORK -- Not unexpectedly given the subject matter, HBO's two-part documentary “The Crime of the Century” opens with a body bag.It contained a man from San Diego — his remains carried away in the predawn hours after overdosing on fentanyl — one of nearly a half million Americans to die from opioid abuse since 2001.Filmmaker Alex Gibney quickly widens the lens, however, for an explanation of how the drugs that caused the crisis came to be, how companies aggressively promoted and distributed

EXCLUSIVE: First Look Media’s streaming platform Topic has acquired North American rights to David White’s New Zealand-set quirky comedy feature This Town. 

EXCLUSIVE: Chinese-American actor and rapper Victor Ma will star alongside Colin Firth in STXfilms and Tencent Pictures’ action comedy tentatively titled New York Will Eat You Alive. 

Power Book III: Raising Kanan will hit screens in July, with a new teaser revealing more about what to expect from the Power spinoff prequel series.50 Cent‘s drama series has been confirmed for a July 18 premiere date on the US network Starz.

John Carney— the director behind critically acclaimed musical dramas Sing Street and Once— has set his next feature, which will include music from legendary composer George Gershwin.

NEW YORK -- At least 23.2 million Americans watched on television this week as former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin was convicted of murder and manslaughter in the death of George Floyd.The Nielsen company's estimate came from viewership figures on 11 different networks that carried Tuesday's verdict live.

NEW YORK -- Last year at this time, as much of the world was on lockdown due to the pandemic, Leslie Jordan began posting daily videos of himself on Instagram.The actor known for roles in the “American Horror Story” franchise and “Will & Grace” was staying near family in his hometown of Chattanooga, Tennessee, and was bored.Many of Jordan's videos included him asking “How ya'll doin?” He referred to his followers as “hunker downers.” Sometimes he posted stories about Hollywood or his childhood

Mónica Marie Zorrilla HBO has acquired “Generation Por Qué?,” a comedic Cuban American short inspired by and starring writer and producer Jacqueline “Jackie” Pereda. The coming-of-age story follows Jackie Pérez, a first-generation woman pursuing her acting dreams in New York City while enduring her very Cuban (and conservative) New Jersey-based parents.

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Borat Subsequent Moviefilm footage is set to feature in a forthcoming multi-part special on Amazon Prime Video.Entitled Borat Supplemental Reportings Retrieved From Floor of Stable Containing Editing Machine, the new special will feature behind the scenes footage from the Borat sequel.Posting on his official Twitter account today (April 15), Borat wrote: “The great nation of Kazakhstan see Snydercut and present the US and A with longest name for special: Borat Supplemental Reportings Retrieved

Stay Gold Features and Topic Studios have teamed up to finance and produce Nanny, a horror film written and directed by Sierra Leonean-American filmmaker Nikyatu Jusu, in her feature directorial debut. Nikkia Moulterie (Random Acts of Flyness) and Stay Gold’s Daniela Taplin Lundberg (Harriet, Honey Boy) are producing the project, which will begin shooting this June in New York City.

NEW YORK -- White House hopefuls may want to steer clear of Classic Stage Company next week: Not one or even two, but three casts of the dark musical “Assassins” are massing.The off-Broadway powerhouse is celebrating the Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman show about the men and women who killed or tried to kill the president of the United States with a unique fundraising event.Cast members of the 1990 world premiere will join virtually with the 2004 Tony-winning revival, as well as the cast of

Rihanna has stood in solidarity with the Asian-American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community after attending a Stop Asian Hate rally in New York City over the weekend.The singer attended the rally on Easter Sunday (April 4), with her assistant Tina Truong sharing pictures of the two of them attending the protest on Instagram.Remaining low-key, Rihanna was decked out in a black sunglasses, face mask and a casual black baseball cap for the event.Footage from the rally showed the singer dancing in