Samuel Goldwyn Films Buys Steve Zahn’s Tribeca Winner ‘Cowboys’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Samuel L. Jackson guest-hosted “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” on Friday, and toward the end of his monologue he warned viewers he was about to get serious.

Yep, festival season is a little weird this year, but if the currently-ongoing Venice Film Festival and just-started Toronto International Film Festival are any indication, the 58th New York Film Festival is going to be just as good, albeit enjoyed from a safe distance.

coronavirus pandemic, with a programme of 58 films from around the world — 50 of which will be premiering online.Steve McQueen’s Mangrove will be opening the festival, and the new film from God’s Own Country director Francis Lee Ammonite will be the closing night gala.Further films that are set to premiere include Spike Lee’s filmed take on David Byrne‘s smash-hit Broadway show American Utopia, as well as Miranda July’s new film Kajillionaire and Josephine Decker’s Shirley Jackson

Tom Grater International Film ReporterEXCLUSIVE: Kino Lorber has taken North American rights to Shatara Michelle Ford’s Test Pattern.The debut feature had its premiere at BlackStar Film Festival last year, where it won the Lionsgate/STARZ Producer Award, following which it also won the Narrative Features Jury Award at New Orleans Film Festival.Pic follows an interracial couple whose relationship is put to the test after a Black woman is sexually assaulted and her white boyfriend drives her from

Moderators have been selected for the upcoming debates between President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden as well as Vice President Mike Pence and Sen. Kamala Harris.

Patrick Hipes Executive Managing EditorEXCLUSIVE: Samuel Goldwyn Films has acquired North American rights to Luxor, the Zeina Durra drama starring Andrea Riseborough that played at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival.

Ted Johnson Fox News’ Chris Wallace, C-SPAN’s Steve Scully and NBC News’ Kristen Welker will moderate the three presidential debates between Joe Biden and Donald Trump, and USA Today’s Susan Page will be at the helm for the vice presidential debate.The Commission on Presidential Debates, a bipartisan group that has organized the debates since 1988, announced the lineup on Wednesday.Wallace, anchor of Fox News Sunday, will moderate the first presidential debate on Sept.

RLJE Films has picked up the North American rights toThe Opening Act, starring Silicon Valley's Jimmy O. Yang, from writer-director Steve Byrne.

Amanda N'Duka pmc-editorial-managerRLJE Films, a business unit of AMC Networks, has obtained the North American distribution rights to The Opening Act, an indie comedy produced by Vince Vaughn and starring Jimmy O.

RLJE Films has acquired the North American rights to “The Opening Act,” a comedy starring “Silicon Valley” actor Jimmy O.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefIndependent distributor WellGo USA has secured North American distribution rights for action-packed sci-fi comedy “Max Cloud.” The company plans to give it a digital on-demand release in December.Rights are handled by U.K.-based Fae Film & Television, which announced the sale at the virtual edition of Hong Kong’s FilMart.

Matt Grobar Assistant Editor, AwardslineA cinematographer who would become one of TV’s most respected directors, Alik Sakharov has had the privilege of watching the entire trajectory of TV’s Golden Age unfold before his very eyes.Shooting 38 episodes of The Sopranos over the course of its run, including its pilot and finale, Sakharov was subsequently entrusted with myriad prestige dramas and the antiheroes at their center, directing on such shows as Boardwalk Empire, The Americans, House of

Also Read: David Bowie Unauthorized Biopic 'Stardust' Lands 2020 US Release From IFC FilmsMsangi is a Sundance Institute fellow who both wrote and directed “Farewell Amor” as her debut feature. The film stars Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine, Zainab Jah, Jayme Lawson, Joie Lee, Marcus Scribner, and Nana Mensah.“Farewell Amor” won the 2020 Sundance Institute Producer’s Award on behalf of producer Huriyyah Muhammad (Outrageous Pictures).

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaIFC Films has nabbed North American rights to “Farewell Amor,” the story of Angolan immigrants making a life for themselves in New York City, Variety has learned.The film received critical acclaim when it premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. It is written and directed by Sundance Institute fellow Ekwa Msangi and marks her feature directorial debut.

Singer-songwriter Justin Townes Earle, the son of US musician Steve Earle, has died at the age of 38.