Venice Winner Lorenzo Vigas’s ‘The Box’ Boarded by The Match Factory

Malina Saval Associate Editor, FeaturesAccording to the U.S. State Dept., about 1.5 million Americans live in Mexico, with more than 88,000 residing in Jalisco, a Mexican state bordering the Pacific Ocean.

Terry George, the Oscar-winning writer-director whose work includes Hotel Rwanda and In the Name of the Father, will turn his creative hand to a real-life tale of death and deceit in early 20th century Egypt. George is teaming with Egyptian writer Marian Naoum to co-write the serial killer series The Alexandria Killings for Yalla Yalla, the Arabic content joint-venture between Dubai-based distributor Front Row Film Entertainment and sales and finance banner Rocket Science.

Phillip Sweet has tested positive for COVID-19. The Little Big Town member has contracted the virus, and thus will not join his fellow bandmates at the upcoming 2021 ACM Awards, they shared during an interview on Audacy on Thursday.

Little Big Town member has contracted the virus, and thus will not join his fellow bandmates at the upcoming 2021 ACM Awards, they shared during an interview on Audacy on Thursday. «Well, Philly's not feeling good. We might as well break the news, he's got the COVID,» Jimi Westbrook said.

Matt Donnelly Senior Film WriterTwin screenwriters Aaron and Jordan Kandell have sold an original comedy pitch to Robert Zemeckis’ production company ImageMovers. The project is in early discussions with Apple Studios as a distribution partner, sources said.Zemeckis will develop and produce the film, titled “Mr.

Natalie Portman has lined up another project called The Days Of Abandonment.

The market for dramas, non-fiction and comedy shows produced outside the U.S.— growing steadily for years — has gotten a super-charged kick thanks to U.S.-based streamers, which have pumped cash into new originals from Europe, Asia, and Latin America.

Anna Marie de la Fuente In a bid to explore new avenues of distribution, Colombian-German-Italian co-production “When in Venice,” by Colombian director-producer Juan Zapata of Zapata Filmes, will bow simultaneously May 13 in theaters in at least eight countries and be available worldwide on VOD and TVOD platforms.Shot completely in pre-pandemic Venice in 2018, the sight of mask-free crowds, of people embracing, shaking hands and nuzzling, is disorienting at first.“When in Venice” is a love

Trevor Noah took on Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell tonight, the man he called “An action figure who got way too close to a light bulb.”

Tkay Maidza has continued her string of 2021 singles with a new addition, ‘Syrup’.The track has a squirming, squelchy bass beat courtesy of longtime producer Dan Faber, with Tkay rapping about her aspirations to be “rich, thick, sweet, sick”.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterSamantha Morton has been cast in the lead role of the Starz drama series “The Serpent Queen.”Morton will star as Catherine de Medici. Based on the book “Catherine de Medici: Renaissance Queen of France” by Leonie Frieda, the eight-episode series is described as an account of one of the most influential women ever to wear a crown.

Two-time Oscar-nominated Samantha Morton is set to star as the nefarious Catherine de Medici in the new Starz Original series The Serpent Queen.

The Masked Singer US has signed up two famous faces as guest judges on season 5. The Good Wife's Rita Wilson is first up, appearing as a panellist on the two-hour 'Super 8' episode on April 21, which will see the Group A and Group B finalists come together before two contestants are unmasked.