Magnolia Pictures Acquires ‘Assassins’ In Sundance Deal

By Mike Fleming Jr

Porsha Williams, 38, is working on trusting Dennis McKinley, 43, again — but the pair aren’t rushing to make plans to walk down the aisle! “They’re together, happy and engaged but aren’t wedding planning really at the moment,” a source close to the Real Housewives of Atlanta star spills to HollywoodLife EXCLUSIVELY.

Despite being shut out of most major awards shows this season, women filmmakers will not go gentle into that good night. Instead they’re pushing back even harder, carving out a space for themselves in tentpole productions, petitions to the Directors Guild and with #GiveHerABreak, a campaign aimed at the Academy Awards’ lack of representation.

Tom Paul can finally exhale. At the end of each November, for more than 20 years, the New York-based sound designer turns nocturnal. Forgoing sleep means he’ll have just enough time to complete the sound edit and mix for the multitude of films he was hired to work on that are premiering at the Sundance Film Festival, the most recent edition of which wrapped on Sunday.

Andy Samberg reflected on the sale of his comedy Palm Springs at the Sundance Film Festival while visiting The Tonight Show on Monday.Following the film's premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, Neon and Hulu landed the worldwide rights, for$17,500,000.69. That figure breaks the record for the biggest sale ever at Sundance by 69 cents.

Magnolia Pictures has picked up the worldwide rights to Sundance doc Assassins, about the assassination ofKim Jong-nam, the half-brother of North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un.The doc investigates the mysterious murder of the North Korean royal family member in the bustling departures hall of Malaysia’s international airport. The spectacularly brazen murder happened in broad daylight, filmed entirely by security cameras.

Magnolia Pictures has bought the documentary “Assassins,” which explores the 2017 assassination of Kim Jong-nam, half brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un.

By Mike Fleming Jr

PARK CITY, Utah — What do “Reservoir Dogs,” “Napoleon Dynamite,” “Clerks” and “Wet Hot American Summer” all have in common? The Sundance Film Festival.

Plenty to be proud of! Joanna Gaines gushed about her family’s recently opened coffee shop, Magnolia Press, in a recent blog post and it’s clear she’s incredibly proud of the venture so far.

One of these days, somebody should (and probably will) make a documentary about Kim Jong-un, the Supreme Leader of North Korea.

Magnolia Pictures is wrapping up a low-seven-figure deal for distribution rights to the moving documentary “The Fight,” insiders told Variety.

Auchinleck Talbot striker Hamish McKinlay has joined Premiership rivals Largs Thistle on a loan deal.

Sony Pictures Classics has teamed with Sony’s Stage 6 Films to oversee the global release of Heidi Ewing’s feature narrative debut “I Carry You With Me (Te Llevo Conmigo),” a gay love story about two men who immigrate to the United States. The deal follows the movie’s enthusiastic reception at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. The romantic drama debuted to multiple standing ovations in Park City, where it was shown in the NEXT section. It will be released later this year.

Sony Pictures Classics has acquired worldwide rights to “The Truffle Hunters” out of the Sundance Film Festival. The pact is for $1.5 million, according to an insider.

Benh Zeitlin hasn’t made a film in seven years since he exploded onto the scene with his Best Picture Oscar-nominated “Beasts of the Southern Wild” in 2013. Coming out of hibernation, the director’s “Wendy,” a take on J.M. Barrie’s “Peter Pan,” premiered at the Sundance Film Festival Sunday. Well, was his eagerly anticipated followup worth the wait?

In mid-February 2017, shocking news began breaking on broadcast and online outlets worldwide: Kim Jong-nam, the estranged half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, had been killed in an audacious public assassination at Kuala Lumpur’s international airport.

By Mike Fleming Jr