Roadside Attractions Acquires Sundance Docu ‘Rita Moreno: Just A Girl Who Decided To Go For It’

A table read of Ed Wood's comically bad classic Plan 9 From Outer Space featuring Bob Odenkirk, Laraine Newman, Bobcat Goldthwait, David Koechner, Oscar Nuñez and others is set for next month's virtual edition of the TCM Classic Film Festival. The 12th annual event runs May 6-9 on TCM and HBO Max and kicks off with a 60th anniversary screening of West Side Story and interviews with Rita Moreno, George Chakiris and Russ Tamblyn.

Fingers crossed! Cameran Eubanks revealed that she would do a reboot with her The Real World: San Diego costars “in a heartbeat.”

Also Read: 'Rita Moreno' Doc Sells to Roadside Attractions“We are thrilled to be working with Parker and Isabel, who, much like their subjects, are on their own cusp with this emotional and striking first feature,” Vinnie Malhotra, EVP Nonfiction Programming, Showtime Networks, said in a statement.

Spider-Man's Zendaya and American Horror Story star Angela Bassett have joined the "ensemble cast" of presenters for the 2021 Oscars. This year's ceremony will take place later this month, with coronavirus pandemic regulations still in place.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaSister has acquired “Never Far Away,” the new novel from bestselling author Michael Koryta, and will develop it as a feature film. Oscar-winning producer Cathy Schulman, who previously oversaw “Crash,” will produce the thriller for the company.

The Sarasota Film Festival is set to open with director Mariem Pérez Riera and Roadside Attractions’ documentary Rita Moreno: Just A Girl Who Decided to Go For It, organizers said Friday. The film recounts performer Rita Moreno’s career from her upbringing in Puerto Rico to her success on Broadway and in Hollywood.

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Ava DuVernay’s ARRAY Releasing has acquired the documentary In Our Mothers’ Gardens, the feature film debut of director, curator, and author Shantrelle P. Lewis. The film is set to debut theatrically in select cities and on Netflix starting fittingly on Mother’s Day, May 6.

EXCLUSIVE: Oscilloscope Laboratories has acquired U.S. rights to the genre-bending look at the life of musician and trans culture icon Billy Tipton in the documentary No Ordinary Man directed by Aisling Chin-Yee and Chase Joynt. The film production and distribution company founded by the late, great Adam Yauch of Beastie Boys also acquired the U.S. rights to Jeanne Leblanc’s suspense-drama Les Nôrtes (Our Own).

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Also Read: Randall Park Loved Jimmy Woo's Card Trick Mastery in 'WandaVision' Just as Much as You DidRoadside Attractions and Imminent Collision will team on the adaptation, which Park will also produce alongside Michael Golamco and Hieu Ho’s Imminent Collision.

Fresh Off the Boat star Randall Park is set to make his feature directing debut with an adaptation of the graphic novel, Shortcomings, by famed cartoonist Adrian Tomine, who also penned the screenplay. Roadside Attractions’ Howard Cohen, Eric d’Arbeloff, Jennifer Berman, and Ryan Paine, who brought the project to the company, will produce the comedic drama in collaboration with Park, Michael Golamco, and Hieu Ho’s Imminent Collision.

Haley Bosselman editorThe story of Rita Moreno’s triumphant career is coming to theaters this summer.Following its world premiere at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, Roadside Attractions has acquired the rights to “Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go For It.” It will debut in theaters on June 18.“Stars like Rita are few and far between, her showbiz story and personal remembrances resonate for a large, diverse audience, and the heights she continues to achieve are a true crowd pleasing

Also Read: Rita Moreno Rages Against Persistent Hollywood Racism: 'It's Still the Same Damn Problem' (Video)Others featured in the documentary include George Chakiris, Héctor Elizondo, Gloria Estefan, Tom Fontana, Morgan Freeman, Mitzi Gaynor, Whoopi Goldberg, Norman Lear, Eva Longoria, Justina Machado, Terrence McNally, Lin-Manuel Miranda and Karen Olivo.“Roadside Attractions, I’m so pleased for your commitment to my story and especially for making it available to a broader audience.  Curtain

On Saturday, San Diego Comic-Con announced dates for its first in-person convention since 2019.

Also Read: San Diego Comic-Con to Go Virtual Again for 2021Details about specific events, badge cost and attendance capacity are all still in the planning stages and will be announced down the line. You can visit their website, comic-con.org, for updated information as it becomes available.Due to concern for public health and safety, the annual convention had to cancel in-person events in San Diego 2020, as well as its spring 2021 show, WonderCon in Anaheim.