Sundance: Apple Nabs 'CODA' for Record-Breaking $25M

A familiar face will be returning to Port Charles, with actor Chad Brannon being brought back to “General Hospital” nearly 20 years after his character kicked the bucket.

Red Dead Online and GTA Online.The two games were the subject of a post that detailed Rockstar’s plans for the near future, and thanked the fan community for their support in 2020.

It was in Venice and Cate Blanchett was playing hooky. Escaping from her duties as jury president for the 2020 Venice International Film Festival, the Oscar-winning actress snuck off to check out some of the films screening outside the festival's main competition.

Jordan Moreau Despite taking place virtually and over a shorter duration, the 2021 Sundance Film Festival nabbed its largest audience ever this year, the Sundance Institute announced Monday.The 2021 festival took place from Jan. 28-Feb.

Gisele Bundchen could not have been more proud of Tom Brady after he led the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to a Super Bowl win on Feb. 7. The Bucs beat the Kansas City Chiefs 31 to 9, and Gisele was in the crowd celebrating like crazy. Once it was safe enough to do so, she joined Tom to congratulate him on the incredible win.

Michael B. Jordan is celebrating his late friend Chadwick Boseman’s achievements.

National GeographicDocumentary Films has acquired the worldwide rights to Sundance doc Playing With Sharks. The feature, which premiered in the world doc competition,follows the life of iconic Australian conservationist and filmmaker Valerie Taylor, whose life’s work has become the basis for much of what we know about sharks today.

CODA,” a touching drama that kicked off 2021’s virtual edition of the event, landing a record-smashing $25 million deal from Apple Studios, or the cost of one of those palatial getaways. The victory followed a bidding war that, according to nearly a dozen sources who spoke to Variety, revealed much about Hollywood’s priorities, cashflow, and boundaries in this moment of streaming disruption and pandemic chaos.

Justin Bieber has nabbed the most music nominations at this year’s Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards.

Christos Nikou’s feature debut Apples was already a buzzed about title heading into its premiere at the Venice Film Festival last September, and ultimately emerged with a very notable champion in that edition’s jury president Cate Blanchett. Her company, Dirty Pictures, boarded the movie not long after as executive producers for what is Greece’s entry to the International Feature Film Oscar race. Cohen Media Group has North America distribution rights.

Also Read: Neon Acquires Jonas Poher Rasmussen's 'Flee' in 7-Figure Deal“CODA” is produced by Philippe Rousselet, Fabrice Gianfermi, Patrick Wachsberger and Jerome Seydoux.

Matt Donnelly Senior Film WriterIn a record-setting purchase, Apple Studios has emerged as the winner of “CODA,” the virtual Sundance sensation about a young hearing girl who grapples with breaking away from her deaf family.The Zack Van Amburg and Jamie Erlicht-led studio payed close to $25 million for the film, breaking last year’s recording setting “Palm Springs” sale at north of $22 million.As Variety previously reported, rapturous audience response and glowing reviews powered the 2021

EXCLUSIVE: In the first big deal of the 2021 virtual Sundance Film Festival, Apple has landed worldwide rights to CODA, for a number just north of $25 million. That sets a new a Sundance acquisitions record — above the $22.5 million that Palm Springs received last year from Hulu/Neon. But this time, all the premiere watching and all night auctioning was done far from the slopes of Park City. It came down to a pitched battle between Apple and Amazon.

Writer-director Siân Heder, whose unconventional family drama “Tallulah” premiered at the 2016 edition of Sundance, is excited to be back at the festival, even if the conditions are somewhat different this year with the event taking place virtually due to the ongoing pandemic. “Sundance sent us a package yesterday,” Heder says over a Zoom conversation before the opening night premiere of her film “CODA.” “[It] had a down coat, my festival badge, and a hat for Sundance.

Also Read: Oscars Best Picture Screening Room for Voters Hits 200 Movies - But Not 'Tenet'Two documentaries, “The Lost Paradise” and “Music Got Me Here,” were initially sent to the branch members in October and December, respectively, and were placed on the “required viewing” lists for some voters.

Seattle Seahawks player Chad Wheeler was arrested early Saturday on suspicion of felony domestic violence after allegedly trying to kill his girlfriend because she wouldn’t bow to him. Yes, seriously.

Though both have taken very different routes in their careers, both Taron Egerton and Paul Walter Hauser are two of the best rising stars in the film industry.