Netflix, Obamas’ Higher Ground Acquire Michael Keaton 9/11 Drama ‘Worth’

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Joe Otterson TV ReporterRay Liotta has signed on the upcoming Apple drama series “In With the Devil,” Variety has confirmed.Liotta joins previously announced series leads Taron Egerton and Paul Walter Hauser.The six-episode series would be based on the 2010 novel “In With The Devil: A Fallen Hero, A Serial Killer, and A Dangerous Bargain for Redemption” by James Keene and Hillel Levin.

Netflix will release Kevin Hart's Fatherhood on Father's Day, presenting the movie withBarack and Michelle Obama’s Higher Ground Productions. The streamer acquired the worldwide rights for the feature from Sony Pictures, which has had to push the release date of the film several times due to the continued theatrical shutdowns caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Davide Abbatescianni Rome-based sales agency TVCO has acquired worldwide sales to Igor Drljaca’s fourth feature “The White Fortress,” which world premiered this week in the Generation 14Plus strand of this year’s Berlinale.Drljaca’s previous credits include several award-winning shorts such as “Woman in Purple” (2010) and “The Archivists” (2020), as well as his critically-acclaimed debut feature “Krivina” (2012), his sophomore film “The Waiting Room” (2015) and his first documentary feature,

Ed Meza @edmezavarBerlin-based Salzgeber has picked up international rights to Gitta Gsell’s award-winning Swiss drama “Beyto,” about a young man who is forced into an arranged marriage after coming out to his Turkish family.Produced by Bern’s Lomotion in co-production with Peter Zwierko’s Sulaco Film in Basel, “Beyto” premiered last year at the Zurich Film Festival and went on to win the audience award at Switzerland’s Solothurn Film Festival in January.Burak Ates plays Beyto, a talented young

Samuel Goldwyn Films has acquired North American rights to WWII drama Into the Darkness, from veteran Danish filmmaker Anders Refn and depicting the disintegration of a family unit amid Denmark's slow side into fascism under the shadow of the Third Reich.

Grant Gustin will star in the real-life drama Rescued by Ruby, which has landed at Netflix. Gustin will play Dan, a state trooper that dreams of joining the K-9 search and rescue team, but no one will give him the chance.

has unveiled a bumper list of films and TV series that will be released next month, from documentaries to films to family-friendly animations.

Douglas Turner Ward, a Tony-winning playwright, director and actor who co-founded New York's trailblazing Negro Ensemble Company, has died. He was 90.

Douglas Turner Ward, the director, actor and playwright who co-founded the landmark, influential Off Broadway Black theater group the Negro Ensemble Company, died Saturday, Feb. 20, at his home in New York City. He was 90.

Douglas Turner Ward was an actor, playwright, and director who co-founded New York’s Negro Ensemble Company.Ward began his acting career in the 1950s, appearing in stage productions including “A Raisin in the Sun” on Broadway.

straight to your inbox every day for freeManchester United will continue to alternate between playing Mason Greenwood on the right and up front after he started as the centre forward against Real Sociedad in the Europa League.Greenwood, 19, played through the middle with Marcus Rashford on the left and Daniel James on the right and, ironically, the two wingers scored and Greenwood came off without a goal in the 4-0 thrashing.Solskjaer said in midweek Greenwood could play in up to five different

Here comes the bride! Heather Locklear and boyfriend Chris Heisser are stronger than ever as they prepare to tie the knot after a tumultuous few years, an insider tells Us Weekly exclusively.

“Worth,” a true story drama starring Michael Keaton, has been picked up by Netflix and Higher Ground Productions, which was founded by Barack and Michelle Obama.Directed by Sara Colangelo and written by Max Borenstein, “Worth” stars Keaton as Kenneth Feinberg, the man tasked to oversee the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund.

Teamed with Barack and Michelle Obama’s Higher Ground, Netflix has acquired North American and other territorial rights to Worth, the Sara Colangelo-directed adaptation of the Kenneth Feinberg memoir What Is Life Worth. Feinberg, who is played by Michael Keaton in the film, was appointed Special Master of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund.

straight to your inbox every day for freeOle Gunnar Solskjaer had been peppered with questions about Amad for weeks.The £37million teenager had just run Liverpool's Under-23s ragged on a day the Manchester United first-team could have done with his trickery during a 0-0 at Arsenal.Amad claimed his second goal at Kirkby from a penalty when he seemingly defied rank.

IFC Films has picked up the North American rights to Gia Coppola’s romantic drama Mainstream, starring Andrew Garfield and Maya Hawke as outsiders who become unlikely social media celebrities. Coppola's sophomore feature after her directorial debut Pala Alto had its world premiere at Venice in 2020 and is set for a May 7, 2021 release in theaters and on demand.

George C. Wolfe, Dustin Lance Black, and former President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama’s Higher Ground banner are coming together for a biopic of civil rights activistBayard Rustin.

Angelique Jackson “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” director George C. Wolfe has set his return engagement with Netflix, directing “Rustin” for the streamer, and President Barack Barack and Michelle Obama’s Higher Ground Productions.The film tells the story of gay, civil rights activist Bayard Rustin, who organized the 1963 March on Washington.

Following the critical acclaim of Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, George C. Wolfe and Netflix are reteaming as Wolfe has come on to direct Rustin for Netflix and President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama’s Higher Ground Productions.