‘Watcher in the Woods’ Musical in Development

It’s that time of the year when Manchester city centre transforms into a Christmas wonderland. The Christmas Markets are finally up and running, welcoming hordes of shoppers to buy food, drink and presents from the picture perfect wooden huts.

Rafa Sales Ross Guest Contributor Five years after opening the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam with his feature debut “Kabul, City in the Wind,” Afghanistan-born, Netherlands-based filmmaker Aboozar Amini returns to IDFA to present his latest, “Kabul, Year Zero,” at the festival’s industry section, Forum. The choice to return to IDFA was an obvious one to Amini and frequent collaborator Jia Zhao of Silk Road Film Salon, who is co-producing “Kabul, Year Zero” alongside Julia Niethammer for Chromosome and Heejung Oh for Seesaw Pictures.

Film Movement has acquired U.S. rights to Maciek Hamela’s In the Rearview, winner of well over a dozen awards at film festivals around the world, including the top prize at Sheffield DocFest.

The Smile have revealed details of their brand-new album, Wall Of Eyes. The album is the second from the trio (Radiohead's Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood plus drummer Tom Skinner) and follows their 2022 debut A Light For Attracting Attention.

‘Quicksand‘s FLX Gets New CEO

Rafa Sales Ross Guest Contributor Roger Ross Williams is having quite the year. So far, the Oscar-winning director has released his first fiction film, Amazon Studios’ “Cassandro”; the HBO documentary “Love to Love You, Donna Summer”; AppleTV+ docuseries “The Super Models”; and Hulu miniseries “The 1619 Project.” Joining Williams’ impressive output this year is Netflix’s “Stamped From the Beginning,” an adaptation of the eponymous bestselling book by Ibram X. Kendi about the history of racism and anti-Blackness in the U.S.

Jordyn Woods is getting candid about her relationship with Karl-Anthony Towns!

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor Rise and Shine World Sales has acquired In-Soo Radstake’s “Selling a Colonial War,” which world premieres in the International Competition section of documentary festival IDFA in Amsterdam. “Selling a Colonial War” looks to encourage the Dutch government and society to accept responsibility for their actions as a colonial power in Indonesia – and especially their actions when fighting a war in Indonesia after the country declared independence in 1945. The Dutch government still refrains from using the term “war crimes” to describe their actions as this would have great impact on calls for reparation.

number of health risks by those abusing it have been documented.Commonly used at festivals, clubs and raves, laughing gas has become the second-most misused drug by 18 to 24-year-olds across the country (via Sky News), and has been proven to be linked to risks including nerve damage and loss of eyesight.The new ban on the substance, however, has been issued by the Tory government in a bid to crack down on litter and anti-social behaviour. As discussed back in September, when the ban was first announced, the home secretary stated that “yobs” were taking advantage of public spaces and creating “a disgraceful mess” with the canisters.

Missy Elliott is making history!

Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon, from Apple, Paramount and Imperative Entertainment, has set a milestone, crossing the $100M mark at the global box office through Thursday. As it heads into its third frame, the epic western crime saga is at $102.1M worldwide, including $45.3M domestic and $56.8M from the international box office. 

tribute to the late Friends star Matthew Perry.The Unley in Parkside found itself in hot water after introducing an $18 cocktail named the “Chandler Bing” in honor of Perry, who tragically passed away at his Los Angeles residence on Sunday.The cocktail, composed of Southern Comfort, peach schnapps, cranberry juice, fresh lime, and sugar, was introduced as the “cocktail of the month.”The pub’s Instagram post featured a caption that read: “A tribute to our sarcastic king.

Nick Clement In the upcoming musical romantic comedy “That’s Amore!,” audiences will have their chance to see John Travolta doing what so many of his fans love to see him doing — singing and dancing with a smile on his face. The star’s enduring popularity certainly isn’t lost on writer-director Nick Vallelonga, who won two Oscars for writing and producing the 2018 hit “Green Book,” and is thrilled to be finally getting the film off the ground.

A hotel in Blackpool has officially be named the best luxury hotel on the continent after picking up the accolade at a prestigious hotel awards. BLVD Hotel took home the gong for Best Luxury Hotel in Northern Europe at the World Luxury Hotel Awards.

The Syndicate producer Rollem is developing short film Youthless into a TV series as one of its first projects since the passing of founder Kay Mellor.

Echo & The Bunnymen have announced ‘The Very Best Of’ 2024 UK tour – find all details down below.The Liverpudlian band will perform a setlist taken from the best of their 40-year-long career. It will include songs all the way up to their most recent LP, 2018’s ‘The Stars, The Ocean and The Moon’.They will then embark on a tour throughout the UK, where they’ll stop off at Brighton (3), Cardiff (10), Manchester (16) and more.

Will Tizard Contributor As the hulks of multi-million-dollar stadiums around the world attest in Haruna Honcoop’s investigative doc “Olympic Halftime,” the greatest global games have also built a reputation for massive waste and deception. “It’s always the same story,” says the director about her subject, seen this week in its world premiere screening at the Ji.hlava Intl.

EXCLUSIVE: Miramax‘s high-profile TV series remake of Robert Altmann‘s Prêt-à-Porter has shifted development from Paramount+ to the BBC.

There were two major new entries this weekend at the international box office, one local (Tamil thriller Leo: Bloody Sweet) and one from Hollywood. Starting with the latter, Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon from Apple, Paramount and Imperative Entertainment, had a big opening with $21M in 63 offshore markets and No. 1s in 24 of those, including France, Germany, Australia, Spain, Netherlands and Switzerland. The global bow, factoring in its strong domestic opening, was $44M; great for a period movie with a long running time and at a moment when talent could not promote it due to the actors strike.

The O.C. is one of the defining teen dramas of the early 2000s.Created by Josh Schwartz, the series follows troubled teen Ryan Atwood (Ben McKenzie) who is adopted by wealthy parents Sandy (Peter Gallagher) and Kirsten Cohen (Kelly Rowan) in Orange County, California.As Ryan arrives in Newport Beach, he has to adjust to life as a high-schooler in high society, alongside adoptive brother Seth (Adam Brody), Marissa Cooper (Mischa Barton) and Summer Roberts (Rachel Bilson).The show spanned four seasons from 2003 to 2007. Other cast members include Chris Carmack, Tate Donovan, Melinda Clarke, Alan Dale and Autumn Reeser.The O.C.’s opening theme song is ‘California’ by Phantom Planet, while the score is composed by Christopher Tyng.