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Watermelon Takes Mahdi Fleifel’s ‘To a Land Unknown’ for North America
Chicago-based Watermelon Pictures has acquired North American distribution rights to Danish-Palestinian writer-director Mahdi Fleifel’s “To a Land Unknown,” which world premiered to extensive…
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Kendrick Lamar Confirmed as Super Bowl 2025 Halftime Performer
Kendrick Lamar will perform at the 2025 Apple Music Super Bowl LIX Halftime show, Roc Nation, Apple Music, and the NFL announced on Sunday.
Super Bowl LIX is scheduled to be played on…
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Sequel Debuts to $110 Million
Did someone say Beetlejuice’s name three times? Either way, the mischievous demon triumphantly returned to unleash his mayhem at the box office.
“Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,” the sequel to…
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A24 Buys Brady Corbet’s ‘The Brutalist’ After Venice Film Festival
A24 has landed U.S. distribution rights to “The Brutalist,” a historical epic directed by Brady Corbet and starring Adrien Brody and Felicity Jones. The 215-minute movie (which!-->…
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Increased Tax Credit Provides Welcome Relief to U.K. Indie Films
The announcement of the U.K.’s new Independent Film Tax Credit (IFTC) back in March had a near instantaneous impact, at least in the case of one film production.
“Giant,” the biopic of boxer…
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Lea Thompson, Kevin Pollak, Aaron Ashmore to Lead Cast of ‘What If’
Lea Thompson (“Back to the Future”), Kevin Pollak (“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”), Leanne Melissa Bishop (“The Weight of Perfection”) and Aaron Ashmore (Ginny & Georgia”) will star in Penguin…
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Spanish Co-Production Market: Project Highlights
With a co-production forum and sold-out Spotlight on Incentives seminar complementing its pavilion and robust industry delegation, Spain is giving Toronto industry attendees a taste of what will…
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Amy Adams Gives a Ferocious Turn in Ode to Moms
It’s been more than half a century since Helen Reddy sang, “I am woman, hear me roar!” but the line remains as good a mantra as any for Amy Adams’ ferocious lead performance in Marielle Heller’s…
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Unever Take on Unusual Stephen King Story
Midway through its runtime, Mike Flanagan’s “The Life of Chuck” introduces a mantra of sorts, via a line of dialogue pulled from Stephen King‘s eponymous story: “Would answers make a good thing…
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Orlando Bloom Gives an All-Time Great Performance
By now, boxing movies are such an overplayed genre, it’s tough for any filmmaker to innovate how the sport appears on screen. Sean Ellis‘ “The Cut” finds a way around that problem by focusing on…
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