NBCUniversal Takes Format Rights for Canadian Hit Show ‘Conversations With My Parents’

Pamela Anderson is heading home for a special project with HGTV Canada.

EXCLUSIVE: Sony Pictures International Productions has acquired worldwide distribution rights to The Calm Beyond, a survivalist thriller that premiered in competition at the 2020 Adelaide Film Festival. This is the feature directorial debut of the late Joshua Wong, the award-winning commercials and shorts director, who tragically lost his battle with cancer in December 2020.

Bella Hadid poses for photos while arriving for the Dior Homme fashion show on Friday (June 25) in Paris, France.

Sony Pictures Classics has taken worldwide rights to the documentary film Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America, directed by Emily Kunstler & Sarah Kunstler and written by Jeffery Robinson. The movie won the Documentary Spotlight Audience Award at SXSW this year.

Christopher Vourlias Monoduo Films, the leading distributor of feature-length music documentaries, has acquired world sales rights to “Faith and Branko,” an intimate story that chronicles the relationship between two musicians over the course of seven years.

Emilio Mayorga Stuttgart-based sales company Sola Media has taken international rights to animated feature “Gus, the Guide Dog,” currently in pre-production and to be directed by Portugal’s Bruno Simões, an animation director and previs artist who has worked on films such as “Skyfall,” “Epic” and “Rio 2.”Family-oriented “Gus” is produced by Roger Torras at Barcelona’s WKND,  Humberto Santana at Animanostra (Portugal), and Xosé Zapata at Sygnatia (Spain).

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentContinuing its resilient acquisition of higher-profile commercial titles for distribution in the U.S. and Canada, Saban Films has picked up North American rights to “The Hyperions,” an indie superhero movie headed by Cary Elwes (“The Princess Bride”).Saban Films has set a theatrical release for Feb.

A post shared by Westminster Kennel Club (@westminsterkennelclub)A post shared by Westminster Kennel Club (@westminsterkennelclub)A post shared by Westminster Kennel Club (@westminsterkennelclub)It was a poignant win that came after one of his co-owners, archaeologist Iris Love, died last year of COVID-19.

Shoppers at Canada’s discount grocery store No Frills may be familiar with the new album the chain dropped last September.

It’s a good day for Simon Cowell, who has extended his globe-conquering Got Talent franchise in two new directions.

EXCLUSIVE: Parkland Pictures has picked up worldwide sales rights to Shepherd, Russell Owen’s supernatural horror. Sister company Parkland Entertainment has also acquired UK distribution through its new imprint, the genre-focused Darkland Distribution.

You “Can’t Cancel Pride” with iHeart’s star-studded virtual concert.

There was an incident at JoJo Siwa‘s party.

JoJo Siwa is trying her hardest to get one particular scene from her upcoming movie pulled.

Pete Doherty has announced an intimate headline show to take place in Camden next month.The Libertines frontman will return to his old stomping ground for a show at Powerhaus, formerly Dingwalls, on July 3.Tickets for the intimate, 500-capacity show go on sale tomorrow (June 2) at 10am.