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Magnolia Pictures Acquires Sci-Fi Pic ‘Omni Loop’ Starring Mary-Louise Parker & Ayo Edebiri
EXCLUSIVE: Magnolia Pictures has acquired U.S. rights to the indie sci-film Omni Loop, starring Mary-Louise Parker (Weeds) and Ayo Edebiri (The Bear), slating it for a day-and-date release on September 20.
World premiering at this year’s SXSW film festival, the film directed by Bernardo Britto (Jacq…
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Netflix Lands Artists Equity’s Crime Thriller ‘RIP’ Starring Matt Damon And Ben Affleck With Joe Carnahan Directing
EXCLUSIVE: Netflix looks to have landed a big fish before everyone bolts for the Fourth of July holiday. Deadline is hearing that the streamer has landed rights to the crime thriller RIP starring Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, with Joe Carnahan directing. Deadline first reported the news that the package had…
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Six Flags & Cedar Fair Complete Merger In $8 Billion Deal, Creating Amusement Park Giant That Includes Knott’s & Magic Mountain – Updated
UPDATED, 1:30 PM: The long-expected merger of theme park operators Cedar Fair and Six Flags finally has closed, creating what Six Flags called today “the largest and most diverse amusement park operator in North America.” The newly combined behemoth will operate under the Six Flags name and…
Fifth Season-Backed The Story Collective Invests In ‘The Mallorca Files’ Producer Cosmopolitan
EXCLUSIVE: Fifth Season-backed The Story Collective (TSC) has taken a 25% stake in The Mallorca Files co-producer Cosmopolitan Pictures, which has ambitions to be a “European hub” for projects that can traverse borders, its boss has said.
Cosmopolitan is run by Ben Donald, a former colleague of TSC…
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Abramorama Takes Global Theatrical Rights To ‘Electric Lady Studios: A Jimi Hendrix Vision’
EXCLUSIVE: Abramorama has taken global rights to Electric Lady Studios: A Jimi Hendrix Vision, a documentary on the creation of Hendrix’s famed recording studio from Experience Hendrix L.L.C.
The distributor comes to the project after backing two past Hendrix docs from Electric Lady Studios…
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Vertical Takes U.S. Rights To Francesca Eastwood Thriller ‘Clawfoot’
EXCLUSIVE: Vertical has acquired U.S. rights to Clawfoot, a darkly comic psycho thriller from Yale Entertainment starring Francesca Eastwood (Outlaws & Angels), Milo Gibson (Hacksaw Ridge) and Olivia Culpo (I Feel Pretty).
In the film, which will be released July 19, an upper-class suburban…
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Comedy Dynamics Acquires Tony Rock’s Debut Stand-Up Special ‘Rock The World’
EXCLUSIVE: Comedy Dynamics on Wednesday announced its acquisition of Tony Rock: Rock the World, the debut special from comedian Tony Rock, for release later this year.
Rock detoured from his “Rock The Mic Comedy Tour” to tape the special at The Long Beach Laugh Factory. In it, he offers a fresh take…
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Amazon MGM Lands Zombie Package ‘I Used To Eat Brains, Now I Eat Kale’ From Ryan Gosling’s General Admission
Amazon MGM Studios has landed I Used to Eat Brains, Now I Eat Kale, a zombie feature package based on the same-name adventure-comedy short story from Adam and Daniel Cooper, aka The Cooper Twins.
The story is set in a “post-post-apocalyptic” world where former zombies struggle to reintegrate. Ryan…
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Netflix Options Novel ‘Happy Place’ For Jennifer Lopez’s Nuyorican; Series In The Works – The Dish
EXCLUSIVE: We hear that Netflix has optioned the novel Happy Place by Emily Henry for Jennifer Lopez’s Nuyorican. Plans to adapt the novel as a series are underway, and I understand producers and streaming executives are currently meeting with writers.
The news follows as Lopez’s Netflix movie Atlas…
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‘My Octopus Teacher’ Producer Off The Fence Acquires Documentary ‘Resident Orca’
EXCLUSIVE: ZDF Studios’ Off the Fence, the company behind Netflix’s BAFTA and Oscar-winning doc My Octopus Teacher, has taken worldwide rights outside of Canada to Resident Orca, a documentary from first-time feature directors Sarah Sharkey Pearce and Simon Schneider.
Ahead of Resident Orca‘s…
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Filmmaker Julien Hayet-Kerknawi Launches Belgium-Based Distributor Enigma Releasing; Action Thriller ‘The Last Front’ First Up For Release
EXCLUSIVE: Filmmaker Julien Hayet-Kerknawi on Monday announced the launch of Enigma Releasing, a Belgium-based distribution company dedicated to bringing high-quality European indie films to U.S. theaters, and vice versa.
The company’s first release will be The Last Front, a WWI action thriller…
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Crunchyroll Acquires Japanese Pop Singer LiSA’s Concert Film ‘LiVE is SMiLE ALWAYS -LANDER-‘ For Three-Day Theatrical Event Across North America
EXCLUSIVE: Crunchyroll has acquired North American rights to LiVE is SMiLE ALWAYS -LANDER-, a new concert film from J-pop sensation LiSA. Bringing LiSA’s final show at the Tokyo Garden Theater from her most recent tour to theaters, the film will be released by Crunchyroll and Sony Pictures Entertainment…
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