The Texas festival runs from March 13-22
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Roadside Attractions and Gravitas Ventures are teaming on the U.S. distribution The Friend, the Gabriela Cowperthwaite-directed drama starring Jason Segel, Dakota Johnson and Casey Affleck that world premiered at Toronto. The pic is based on Matthew Teague’s autobiographical essay published in Esquire. The companies are now eyeing a fall 2020 theatrical release.
It marks the second tie-up of Roadside and Gravitas Ventures; the two are
The Texas festival runs from March 13-22
MADRID — Swooping on one of the buzzed-up high-profile Spanish-language titles at Ventana Sur, Film Factory Entertainment has acquired world sales rights to “El Olvido Que Seremos” (“Forgotten We’ll Be”), starring Javier Cámara (“Talk to Her”) and directed by Academy Award winning writer-director Fernando Trueba (“Belle Epoque”).
South By Southwest (SXSW) announced the final, jam-packed round of speakers for its annual Austin conference and festival today (Feb. 11), and it saved some of the best for last. Newly-added keynot
SXSW 2020 has announced the final round of speakers for its lineup. Newly added keynote speakers include Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, and writer Damon Lindelof in conversation about their collaboration on the HBO series Watchmen; St.
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Sam Foley revealed he took the heat off his teammates after their pounding by Motherwell - by fainting in the dressing room after their 3-0 hammering last time out.
San Francisco artist and humanitarian Michael Franti and his band Spearhead will continue their mission to make the world a more positive place on an extensive 2020 Work Hard & Be Nice Tour across the U.S., Billboard can exclusively announce. The "Say Hey (I Love You)" singer will take to main stages in 90 cities, with Canadian rock band Bombargo and soul trio Satsang as support acts.
Trent Reznor is being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with his band Nine Inch Nails. The frontman appeared on Rolling Stone’s Music Now podcast, where he offered his definition of rock—and he has a more inclusive idea of the spirit of the genre.
The action hero, Jason Statham who featured in the super hit film, Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw, is reportedly all set to share screen space with Jumanji: The Next Level actor Kevin Hart. There is no official announcement made yet about the film's lead stars but, Jason and Kevin Hart are surely the favourites for Sony's film titled, The Man From Toronto.
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North American rights to Benedict Cumberbatch’s civilian spy thriller “Ironbark” have been acquired by Roadside Attractions and Lionsgate out of the Sundance Film Festival, insiders close to the deal told Variety.
North American rights to Benedict Cumberbatch’s civilian spy thriller “Ironbark” have been acquired by Roadside Attractions and Lionsgate out of the Sundance film festival, insiders close to the deal told Variety.
In between filming a reality show, taking her podcast on a cross-country bus tour and, oh yeah, writing a The New York Times bestseller, Stassi Schroeder has also managed to squeeze in some time to purchase a house. “Homeowners AF,” the Vanderpump Rules star captioned a photo of herself and her fiancé Beau Clark outside the front of their new Mediterranean-style manse, which, by the way cost a whopping $1.7 million!
In a casting coup for Telemundo, NBCUniversal Spanish-language network has enlisted Mexican telenovela superstar Fernando Colunga to star in several original productions.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will no longer use their official titles, according to Buckingham Palace's website. This is all part of their plan to step back from their roles as "senior" members of the royal family and be financially independent from Harry's family.The Sussexes will also pay back Sovereign Grant expenditure that went into refurbishing Frogmore Cottage in Windsor last year, per the Palace's statement.
The band have previously promised new music in 2020.