Verve Expands Book-to-Screen Business With Chernin Exec Hire (Exclusive)

A gritty coming-of-age drama, Charm City Kings introduces viewers to a dirt bike scene where Baltimore’s young people have honed a sports-like showmanship and sense of community over the last 50 years. Directed by Angel Manuel Soto with a script from Sherman Payne and a story penned by Barry Jenkins, Chris Boyd and Kirk Sullivan, the film is based on the documentary 12 O’Clock Boys from director Lotfy Nathan.

Torae is a man of many hats. Billboard has learned on Thursday (Jan.

By Nellie Andreeva

“Charm City Kings,” directed by Angel Manuel Soto and written by Sherman Payne, is an earnest coming-of-age story about a Baltimore 14-year-old named Mouse (Jahi Di’Allo Winston) torn between joining the Midnight Clique, an extreme dirt bike crime gang in stormtrooper-esque shiny white breastplates, or becoming a veterinarian.

Gloria Estefan is just as pumped for the Super Bowl LIV halftime show as the rest of us.

The Crown is finally approaching one of the most anticipated periods in royal history: the life of . Fans who are familiar with how well the have already been getting excited, wondering who might play the beloved Lady Di, and they got an answer a few months back.

Guadalajara rock music festival Corona Capital has announced its 2020 lineup with The Strokes and Kings of Leon as headliners.The festival will mark its 11th year with additional performances from Foals, Blondie, The Hives, Of Monsters and Men and Rüfüs Du Sol.

By Denise Petski

MADRID — Bowing as the demand for premium Spanish-language content still outruns its supply, Chile’s Screen Capital is launching a $20 million venture capital fund targeting principally TV series and movies with part streaming platform distribution.

This photo from May 18, 2019, shows the Long Beach Pride sign illuminated at night on the festival grounds at Marina Green Park on Shoreline Drive in downtown Long Beach. Photo: Q Voice News.

“It was like I was [Enrico] Caruso or something,” recalls Peter Murphy of his Aug. 12 show during his New York residency at Le Poisson Rouge last year. That evening’s performance was a blur, yet he vividly remembers feeling as if he were floating through one of the last songs in some kind of operatic flash. “All I remember was this wonderful, transcendent experience of ‘Creme De La Creme.’” Several

Disney and Peter Chernin are ending Chernin Entertainment’s long-standing film production deal with 20th Century Fox (recently rebranded to 20th Century Studios), Variety has learned.