Rooftop Films Announces 2020 Filmmaker Fund Grant Winners

The SpringHill Company and CNN Films have partnered to produce Dreamland: The Rise and Fall of Black Wall Street, a documentary about the history of Black Wall Street ahead of the 1921 Tulsa race massacre. In June, the NBA star's SpringHill Company unveiled the upcoming project to mark the centennial of the violent events of the summer of 1921 in the Greenwood district of Tulsa, Oklahoma.

It’s October, and that means it’s the time of year when everyone loves horror movies, even now when horror’s modern mainstream popularity is at a high. So, here’s a modest proposal: Stop releasing horror movies after October.

James Redford was a filmmaker known for documentaries including “The Kindness of Strangers,” and he was the son of actor and director Robert Redford.After growing up surrounded by movies and with a superstar father, Redford’s entry into the movie world was a natural step. He studied screenwriting, trying not to follow too directly in his father’s footsteps.

Jake Kanter International TV EditorEXCLUSIVE: Synchronicity Films, producer of Jenna Coleman-fronted BBC drama The Cry, is developing a TV adaptation of Andrew O’Hagan’s 2020 novel Mayflies.Synchronicity has attached Andrea Gibb to pen the limited series after she recently worked on BAFTA-winning BBC drama Elizabeth Is Missing, starring Glenda Jackson.Mayflies is a heart-breaking story about an extraordinary lifelong friendship forged between James and Tully in a small Scottish town in

Nicole Kidman has had an incredibly busy year juggling her various work projects, and her latest series is set to be a huge hit with fans.

Keanu Reeves and his girlfriend, Alexandra Grant, are as adorable as ever! The cute couple were spotted smooching in Germany over the weekend.The actor was photographed giving his ladylove a kiss goodbye through the window of her car, outside a hotel in Berlin over the weekend.Reeves, 56, rocked a pair of denim jeans, a black blazer and brown boots as he shared the cute moment of PDA with Grant, 47, who sat behind the wheel of the sedan.Reeves is currently in Berlin for the production of the

Dade Hayes Finance EditorEXCLUSIVE: Michael Smerconish – Things I Wish I Knew Before I Started Talking, a feature-length filmed version of the radio and TV host’s stage performance, has been acquired by Virgil Films.The film will hit VOD on October 30 and on digital HD and DVD on December 8.Smerconish, who has worked for 30 years in talk radio, hosts a daily show on SiriusXM’s POTUS channel.  He is also hosts a Saturday morning program on CNN.The one-man performance captured in the film is both

The President is Missing, the upcoming Showtime show from Bill Clinton and James Patterson‘s book by the same title, is officially not moving forward.

Shawn Mendes is bringing “In Wonder” to Netflix.

Shawn Mendes has an exciting new project.

Tom Grater International Film ReporterUK event cinema organization Secret Cinema has received criticism after it was revealed that the company has received a £977,000 ($1.3M) grant from the UK government as part of its Culture Recovery Fund.The fund, administered by Arts Council England, was created to support businesses adversely affected by the pandemic disruption and is offering grants of between £50,000 and £3M.

Ed Meza @edmezavarPortuguese film distributor Midas Filmes has picked up a slew of new acquisitions, including Nanni Moretti’s upcoming “Three Floors,” Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s “Memoria” and Daniele Luchetti’s “The Ties,” which opened this year’s Venice Film Festival.The Lisbon-based company, which is taking part in this year’s International Classic Film Market (MIFC) focus on Portugal in Lyon, France, has also recently picked up Belgian helmer Lucas Belvaux’s “Home Front,” starring Gérard

straight to your inbox every day, free Manchester United named their 25-man squad for the Champions League group phase on Thursday morning, and Mason Greenwood's absence from the 'A list' of players may have raised eyebrows among some supporters.

Leo Barraclough Senior International CorrespondentSid Gentle Films, the BAFTA and Emmy award-winning producers behind “Killing Eve” and “The Durrells,” headed by Sally Woodward Gentle (pictured below), has acquired the rights to develop Cash Carraway’s “Skint Estate” for TV, and has lined up a lead writer for previously announced “Taking Up Space.” Both projects are in formal development with British broadcasters.“Skint Estate” is a darkly funny, searingly political, debut memoir from Carraway,

ATLANTA -- Actor Thomas Jefferson Byrd, known for his roles in Spike Lee films, has been shot and killed in Atlanta, police said Sunday.Police responded to a call around 1:45 a.m.

Samuel Goldwyn Films has acquired the U.S. rights to Julio Vincent Gambuto’s coming-of-age comedy Team Marco.

England squad for the October internationals after being sent home from the last squad for breaking coronavirus rules in Iceland. Greenwood and Foden both made their senior debuts last month in the Nations League win at Iceland, but were sent home before the squad travelled to Denmark for an ‘unacceptable’ breach of COVID-19 quarantine.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.PEOPLE on low incomes across Monklands will be eligible to receive a new £500 grant if asked to self-isolate.The new Self-Isolation Support Grant will be available to residents in Airdrie and Coatbridge who would otherwise lose income due to self-isolation, such as those unable to carry out their work from home, including hospitality or retail workers.The Scottish Government grant will be targeted at people

Clayton Davis The five winners of the 2020 Academy Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting competition were announced by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Wednesday. Each fellow will receive $35,000 and be highlighted at the Academy Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting Awards and virtual table read, scheduled to take place on Dec.