SXSW Grand Jury Winner 'Shithouse' Lands at IFC Films

Arclight Films has inked a North American deal with Grindstone Entertainment for the release of its Let It Snow horror thriller. The film, directed by Stanislav Kapralov and starring Ivanna Sakhno, Alex Hafner and Tinatin Dalakishvili, is set for a VOD release by Grindstone, a Lionsgate company, on Sept.

Tom Grater International Film ReporterSaban Films has bought North American and UK rights to Jared Cohn’s Reactor starring Bruce Willis as the leader of a gang of mercenaries who holds a nuclear power plant hostage.Casting is underway for the lead role, a former soldier who takes down Willis and his crew. Cohn wrote the script with Cam Cannon and Stephen Cyrus Sepher.

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorEXCLUSIVE: The Mickey Rourke, Sean Stone and Eric Roberts crime drama Night Walk has secured North American distribution via Grindstone Entertainment Group, with Scatena & Rosner Films taking global sales rights, Deadline can exclusively report.Directed and produced by Moroccan-born filmmaker Aziz Tazi, Night Walk follows Frank (played by Oliver Stone’s son, Sean Stone), a Western traveler visiting the Middle East, where his girlfriend

Justin Kroll Film ReporterCranked Up Films has secured the North American distribution rights to Gillian Wallace Horvat’s feature debut “I Blame Society.”The indie festival favorite follows a struggling filmmaker’s descent into psychopathy. Based on a fictionalized version of herself, Wallace Horvat plays a director looking for her big break by exploring an odd compliment from her friends saying that she would make a good serial killer.

election in small-town Wisconsin that draws big-time strategists of each party (Steve Carell, Rose Byrne) along with enormous amounts of money and a media circus. A satire in the mold of Preston Sturges, it's American politics in microcosm.

Laine Hardy, the 2019 winner of American Idol, says he has been diagnosed with COVID-19 but his symptoms are mild and he is recovering under home quarantine.

Laine Hardy, the winner of 2019′s season of American Idol, has confirmed that he has tested positive for coronavirus.

Laine Hardy, the old soul with a modern twist who took home the title of “American Idol” in 2019, revealed that he has been diagnosed with coronavirus. The 19-year-old Livingston, La., native made the statement in a Facebook post on Sunday and described his symptoms as “mild.” “This wasn’t what I expected on the first day of summer," he wrote in the note, which was also shared on his Instagram Story.

Laine Hardy, the 2019 winner of American Idol, says he has been diagnosed with Covid-19 but his symptoms are mild and he is recovering under home quarantine.

Facebook page and on Instagram. “My doctor confirmed I have Coronavirus, but my symptoms are mild." He ended his tweet: “Y’all stay safe & healthy!” Hardly had performed Friday, singing the national anthem at swearing-in ceremonies for Livingston Parish Sheriff Jason Ard’s third term, The Advocate reported.

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.

Antonia Blyth Deputy Editor, AwardsLineA four-time nominee at this year’s Golden Globes, Netflix’s eight-part series Unbelievable gripped and enraged viewers in equal measure, mostly because its tale of injustice is very much rooted in fact.Based on the 2015 ProPublica article “An Unbelievable Story of Rape,” by T.

Emilio Mayorga Pitched at Annecy, “Primeras” (Firsts) is a 2D TV project which underscores how the industry is driving ever more into issues of gender and inclusion.Part of the La Liga Focus, and produced by Chile’s Typpo Creative Lab and Pájaro Studio, the 13-episode anthology series turns on Latin American women pioneers in fields of knowledge, sports and culture which had historically been reserved for men.

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorEXCLUSIVE: IFC Films has acquired North American rights to A Call to Spy, the feature directorial debut of Oscar nominated documentary producer Lydia Dean Pilcher about the unsung female heroes of WWII.

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.

Harry Potter star Rupert Grint reportedly has the magic touch with property – as he’s built an empire worth more than US$30 million.

The Sun newspaper, he’s now fully got the property bug, however, by adding $13.4 million worth of homes to his portfolio in the past year – taking his total holdings up to more than $30 million.A source told the British newspaper: “Rupert’s become a real property magnate and has been working his magic on building his empire. His portfolio is worth around £24 million now and he’s growing it all the time.“He has started three property businesses which are all bringing in a tidy sum.

Paula Abdul claimed that she almost left American Idol after the judges fought over contestant David Cook.“I threatened to quit the show because I believed so much in David Cook, and Simon [Cowell] and Randy [Jackson] weren’t big believers,” Abdul, 57, recently told Us Weekly exclusively while promoting her partnership with Voltaren. “I said, ‘This is crazy.

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.