Screen Media Buys ‘Black Friday’ Ahead of Fantastic Fest Debut (EXCLUSIVE)

Ben Affleck and Matt Damon celebrate the premiere of their new film, the long-time collaborators are looking back at their lasting friendship.Affleck and Damon walked the red carpet at the New York premiere of at the Rose Theater at Jazz at Lincoln Center on Saturday, and spoke with ET about how their friendship has evolved over the quarter-century since their first big project, .For Affleck, the years have seemingly flown by, because for them, they've never really stopped spending time

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaArtists, Writers, and Artisans (AWA) has tapped Aaron Rabin to adapt its graphic fiction series “Old Haunts.” This marks the second feature film project from AWA Studios, the recently launched film and TV studio arm for AWA. This is the first project announced that the company is financing development of internally.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaSaban Films has acquired U.S., Canadian and Spanish rights to the survival thriller “Borrego” from writer and director Jesse Harris. The film stars Lucy Hale (“Truth or Dare,” “Pretty Little Liars”), Nicholas Gonzalez (“The Good Doctor,” “Narcos”), Olivia Trujillo (“Vivo,” “For All Mankind”) and Leynar Gómez (“Narcos,” “Towards the Battle”).

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaStanley Nelson and Firelight Films have partnered with Independent Lens on a new trilogy of films that will chronicle pivotal moments in American history driven by Black artists, cultural leaders, and everyday people.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaNatalia Dyer is starring alongside Rachel Keller and Danny Ramirez in “Chestnut,” a queer love triangle drama that marks the feature film debut of director Jac Cron. Shot on location and named for the epicenter of queer culture in Philadelphia, Chestnut, the film quietly wrapped production this month.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaDarren Mann, Alyssa Goss, Sonja Sohn and Celia Rose Gooding have been cast in “Breakwater.” They join Dermot Mulroney in the crime thriller, which is written and directed by James Rowe, and produced by Loose Cannon Pictures. The film starts principal photography this week in North Carolina.Mann stars as Dovey, a young ex-con charged with finding the estranged daughter of fellow inmate Ray Childress (Mulroney).

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaMagnet Releasing, the genre arm of Magnolia Pictures, has acquired North American rights to “You Are Not My Mother” following its world premiere at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival. The movie, an Irish folk horror-thriller, screened in the festival’s Midnight Madness section.It’s the feature debut of Irish filmmaker Kate Dolan.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaInvestor and philanthropist Todd Boehly has been appointed interim chief executive officer of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaMatthew López, who made history on Sunday as the first Latiné playwright to win the Tony Award for best play, will have his feature directorial debut with the LGBTQ+ romantic comedy “Red, White & Royal Blue.” The Amazon Studios production is an adaptation of Casey McQuiston’s 2019 best-seller of the same name.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaMatthew López became the first Latino playwright to win the Tony Award for best play last Sunday, but “The Inheritance” creator was worried the milestone would go unnoticed unless he drew attention to the historic moment while taking the stage.Before the big night, López surveyed several friends and fellow writers about what he should say if he won the top prize.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaSydney Theatre Company and Michael Cassel Group have signed a commercial first look agreement for all future works produced by the theatre company.As part of the pact, STC’s productions will have the opportunity to be transferred or remounted as commercial productions in new markets, with the intention of touring across Australia and internationally.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaCatherine Davis has landed a leading role in the upcoming action thriller “Banshee.” She joins a cast that includes Jaime King (“Sin City”), Antonio Banderas (“Pain and Glory”) and Tommy Flanagan (“Sons of Anarchy”).The film follows a freelance assassin, codenamed Banshee (King), who is ambushed by Anthony Greene (Flanagan), a powerful mercenary who killed her father and who is now seeking to collect a bounty on Caleb (Banderas), her former black ops

Marc Anthony and his new girlfriend, Madu Nicola, showed serious PDA as they made their red carpet debut Thursday at the 2021 Billboard Latin Music Awards. The 53-year-old singer, known for galavanting with models half his age, looked smitten as he posed for photos with Nicola at the Watsco Center in Florida.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaHank Azaria has joined the cast of writer and director Neil LaBute’s upcoming feature “Out of the Blue.” The dramatic thriller, which also stars Diane Kruger and Ray Nicholson, will wrap principal photography this week in Rhode Island.Here’s the official description: “Out of the Blue” is a contemporary tale of passion, deceit, and violence.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaCAA has signed Jon “Boogz” Smith, a movement artist, choreographer and director whose work often blends modern technology with dance.

EXCLUSIVE: Strike Back Studios has acquired U.S. distribution rights to The United States of Insanity, directed by Tom Putnam & Brenna Sanchez. The deal for the documentary, about the rap group Insane Clown Posse and its die-hard fans — known as Juggalos — fighting back against the fans being classified as a gang organization by the FBI a decade ago, comes as the feature is readying for its world premiere at Fantastic Fest.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaHeidi Blickenstaff will join the cast of “Jagged Little Pill” when the acclaimed musical returns to Broadway this fall. She will play the lead role of Mary Jane Healy, stepping into the part during the maternity leave of Tony-nominated original star Elizabeth Stanley.

Screen Media has nabbed North American rights to Black Friday, an alien invasion holiday horror film starring Bruce Campbell (The Evil Dead), Devon Sawa (Final Destination), Ivana Baquero (Pan’s Labyrinth), Ryan Lee (Goosebumps), Michael Jai White (Arrow) and Stephen Peck, ahead of its Fantastic Fest world premiere, with plans for a day-and-date release in November.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaMoby will executive produce and provide music for “Meat the Future,” a new documentary about the revolutionary new practice of “cultivated” meat. In addition, conservation legend Dr.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaSaban Films is getting in the Nicolas Cage business.The studio has acquired “Butcher’s Crossing,” a frontier epic that stars the off-beat, Oscar winner as a buffalo hunter. The deal covers rights in North America, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, France, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Scandinavia.Gabe Polsky, who directed the documentary “Red Penguins,” slides behind the camera on this one.