Topic Acquires North American Rights to Season 2 of Nordic Thriller ‘Arctic Circle’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentVertical Entertainment has acquired North American rights to Nate Parker’s police brutality drama “American Skin,” which world premiered at the Venice Film Festival in 2019 and won the Sconfini section’s best film award.Vertical is planning a theatrical and digital release for January 2021, which would make the movie eligible for the Oscars.

Earlier in the pandemic, Susan Orlean entertained the internet with her tweets about her out-of-character quarantine bender. She sent 27 hilarious and entertaining tweets that truly boosted the spirits of people who have been staring at screens from their couches for far too long this year.

The hit STARZ show “American Gods” will finally answer some of the surreal questions posed in the season 2 finale. The show is returning next month, continuing the saga based on Neil Gaiman’s international best-selling novel on the clash between gods and humans.

American Gods season three has just been released – check it out below.The mythological series is set to return next month on Amazon Prime Video for a third outing, with Ricky Whittle reprising his role as ex-con Shadow Moon.Whittle will return alongside regular cast members Ian McShane, Crispin Glover, Danny Trejo, Dominique Jackson and more.Marilyn Manson will also be joining the cast for season three, playing the role of Johan Wengren, the frontman of a “Viking death metal band” called Blood

Leo Barraclough Senior International CorrespondentTopic, the fast-growing streaming service from First Look Media, has acquired North American streaming rights to Anabel Rodriguez Rios’ documentary feature debut, “Once Upon a Time in Venezuela.” The film, which explores the decline of the Venezuelan fishing village of Congo Mirador and, more broadly, the country’s complicated current political and social climate, made its world premiere at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has ordered at least two people executed, banned fishing at sea and locked down the capital, Pyongyang, as part of frantic efforts to guard against the coronavirus and its economic damage, South Korea’s spy agency told lawmakers Friday.

The North American rights to The Diaries of Alan Rickman have been sold to Sarah Crichton at Henry Holt and Company, an imprint of Macmillan, it was announced Sunday. The book, which was bought in auction from Natalie Galustian at DHH Literary, will consist of 27 volumes worth of diary entries written by the late actor.The diaries will be edited by Alan Taylor into a single volume.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentBrooklyn-based distributor KimStim has acquired North American rights to Brazilian director Maya Da-Rin’s feature debut “The Fever” (“A Febre”), which world premiered in competition at Locarno and played at Toronto in 2019.The film is represented in international markets by Pierre Menahem’s French sales banner Still Moving, who negotiated the deal on behalf of the producers with KimStim’s Mika Kimoto.

Netflix has saved at least one of their original shows for another season – Space Force.

Saban Films have snatched rights in North America and U.K. for Under the Stadium Lights (aka Brother's Keeper), a real-life football drama starring Oscar-nominee Laurence Fishburne.

Christopher Vourlias Strand Releasing has acquired North American distribution rights for “Africa,” Israeli director Oren Gerner’s personal story about an aging man learning to reinvent himself, Variety has learned.“Africa” is the story of 68-year-old Meir, a retiree who discovers that after 30 years of planning the annual village celebration, the job has been given to an inexperienced group of local teens instead.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterEXCLUSIVE: First Look Media’s streaming service Topic has acquired the North American rights to the Argentinian film Noemí Gold written, produced and directed by Dan Rubenstein who also stars.

Tom Grater International Film ReporterEXCLUSIVE: Kino Lorber has acquired North American rights to Jeffrey Wolf’s documentary Bill Traylor: Chasing Ghosts and is planning to release in Spring 2021.The doc captures the life of the titular Bill Traylor who, in his late 80s, living homeless on the street in the thriving segregated black neighborhood of Montgomery, produced a body of extraordinary art.

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Andreas Wiseman International EditorEXCLUSIVE: Saban Films has acquired U.S., Canada, UK and Ireland rights to BenDavid Grabinski’s Happily, whichwas set to make its world premiere at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival before the pandemic shutdown.The dark comedystars Emmy nominee Joel McHale (Community), Kerry Bishé (Argo), and Emmy nominee Stephen Root (Barry).The film follows Tom (McHale) and Janet (Bishé) who have been happily married for years.