EXCLUSIVE: Magnolia Pictures has acquired global rights to the Udo Kier and Jennifer Coolidge comedy Swan Song.
01.03.2021 - 07:13 / variety.com
John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentOscar-winning “Hurt Locker” producer-sales agency Voltage Pictures has rolled out sales on one of its key titles at next week’s European Film Market, Conor Allyn’s thriller “No Man’s Land.”Set in modern-day Guanajuato and starring Jake Allyn, Frank Grillo, Andie MacDowell, George Lopez, Alex MacNicoll and Jorge A. Jimenez, “No Man’s Land” was released in the U.S.
by IFC Films on Jan. 22, opening on over 250 screens and bowing as No.
EXCLUSIVE: Magnolia Pictures has acquired global rights to the Udo Kier and Jennifer Coolidge comedy Swan Song.
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Christopher Vourlias Dogwoof has taken U.K. rights to the Sundance World Documentary Cinema selection “Taming the Garden,” from Georgian director Salomé Jashi.
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Tiger Woods‘ 13-year-old daughter Sam and 11-year-old son Charlie emerged in public following their dad’s near-fatal car crash. The first post-accident photos of Tiger’s kids were taken as Sam and Charlie left a soccer practice with their mom and Tiger’s ex-wife, Elin Nordegren, on Feb.
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The Russo Brothers were so impressed with Tom Holland as Peter Parker/Spider-Man in their “Captain America: Civil War” film (and ‘Infinity War,’ and ‘Endgame’) they immediatey decided to tap his talents for their first directorial effort outside Marvel. So, As the star of their ApplteTV+ crime drama “Cherry,” Holland is doing all the press rounds and really gunning for that Oscar.
Lena Horne lives on. Music icon Dionne Warwick and Horne's granddaughter, Jenny Lumet, are opening up to ET about the stage and screen star's indelible mark on show business.«Lena Horne was one of my major mentors,» Warwick told ET's Kevin Frazier during a recent interview via video chat. «I called her Mama, she called me daughter.
Jenny Lumet, is developing a series based on the stage and screen legend's life, and she's taking the weight and responsibility of the challenge to heart.«I'm the luckiest person in the entire world to have these people in my life,» Lumet told ET's Kevin Frazier while reflecting on her grandmother's indelible legacy.
It started with a joke. Tom Holland revealed the title of the upcoming Sony/Marvel “Spider-Man 3” film to be “Spider-Man: Phone Home.” Holland posted it, along with a first look to Instagram (see below).