Strand Releasing Acquires North American Rights to Ray Yeung’s ‘Twilight’s Kiss’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentGrasshopper Film has acquired U.S. rights to Camilo Restrepo’s critically acclaimed feature debut, “Los Conductos,” which won the best first film award at this year’s Berlin Film Festival.“Los Conductos” — represented in international markets by Brussels-based Best Friend Forever — was expected to have its North American premiere at New Directors/New Films but the festival was canceled due to the coronavirus crisis.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaIFC Films is acquiring North American rights to “No Man’s Land,” a modern-day Western set along the border between the U.S. and Mexico.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterTerence Nance’s wildly visionary, conceptual and socially poignant HBO series Random Acts of Flyness  is now available for free.

Amanda N'Duka pmc-editorial-managerRock Salt Releasing has picked up the animated satirical film, Dollhouse: The Eradication of Female Subjectivity from American Popular Culture, and will launch international sales at the 2020 online Cannes Film Festival, as well as releasee the film in the U.S.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorHBO has set Coastal Elites, a comic satire special centered around five characters from New York to Los Angeles coping with politics and the pandemic. Bette Midler (Hello Dolly, The Rose), Kaitlyn Dever (Unbelievable), Dan Levy (Schitt’s Creek), Sarah Paulson (The People v.

My Chemical Romance announced the outing's rescheduled dates on Tuesday (June 16). "As a band, we are deeply aware of the profound problems and crucial issues the world is facing right now," the Gerard Way-led group wrote.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefGkids, the U.S.-based producer and specialty distributor, has acquired North American rights to Japanese animated film “On-Gaku: Our Sound.” The film, which plays in the Contrechamp competition section of the Annecy International Animation Festival, is being lined up for a release later in 2020.Directed by Kenji Iwaisawa, and adapted from a manga by Hiroyuki Ohashi, “Our Sound” is the tale of a high school kid who tries to start a band in order to impress a girl.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentTopic, the US streaming service of First Look Media, has acquired a pair of high-profile Nordic series, “Peacemaker” and “Sex” for North America. Both premium series are represented in international markets by Copenhagen-based REInvent Studios, the outfit launched by Rikke Ennis, the former CEO of TrustNordisk.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterEXCLUSIVE: IFC Films has acquired the North American rights to Blithe Spirit starring Leslie Mann (This is 40, The Other Woman), Dan Stevens (Beauty and the Beast, Legion), Isla Fisher (The Beach Bum, Confessions of a Shopaholic) and Judi Dench (Philomena, Skyfall).Edward Hall (Downton Abbey, Restless) directs a script written by Nick Moorcroft, Meg Leonard and Piers Ashworth  which is based on the play of the same name by Noel Coward.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterCNN Films has acquired North American broadcast rights to the Mary Wharton-directed documentary Jimmy Carter Rock & Roll President. The film produced by Chris Farrell and written by Bill Flanagan. The docu was originally set to open the Tribeca Film Festival in April.

Harry Styles won't be performing a concert any time soon. The 26-year-old singer announced Wednesday that the North American leg of his Love On Tour has been pushed back to 2021 due to the ongoing threat of coronavirus.

Harry Styles pushed back his Love On Tour North American Tour to next summer because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Dave McNary Film ReporterIFC Films is acquiring North American rights to the college comedy “Shithouse,” which won the grand jury prize for narrative feature at the virtual 2020 SXSW Film Festival.The film stars Cooper Raiff, who directed from his own script, along with Dylan Gelula, Amy Landecker, and Logan Miller.

Rockers Tool has cancelled their 2020 North American tour altogether in a bid to help struggling fans secure refunds.

Andreas Wiseman International EditorTopic, the streaming service from First Look Media, has acquired North American rights to Danish drama series When The Dust Settles and doc series Through Greenland, fronted by Game Of Thrones star Nikolaj Coster-Waldau.The former will debut exclusively on the service on July 30 and the latter launches on August 27.When the Dust Settles originally aired on Denmark’s public broadcasting network DR on February 2, 2020 to an audience of more than one million

Update (June 5): Tool has canceled the tour entirely. See the statement below. View this post on Instagram

Tool have confirmed the outright cancellation of their 2020 North American tour in an effort to return money to fans who purchased tickets.The alt-metal pioneers were forced to postpone their North American tour – set to run from April 16-June 23 – after the coronavirus resulted in the cancellation of live shows across the globe.However, the band have now explained the decision to cancel the tour, while expressing their hopes of returning “when the time is right.”They wrote: “As so many music