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EXCLUSIVE: Megan Stalter (Hacks), Kanoa Goo (The Rookie), and Rainn Wilson (The Office) will topline ILY, BYE, a new short marking the narrative debut of veteran music video helmer Taylor James (Jason Mraz’s “I Feel Like Dancing”), which has wrapped production. The short written and directed by James…

EXCLUSIVE: A documentary about legendary Pacific Northwest band The Sonics, who influenced the likes of Nirvana, Mudhoney and The White Stripes, has been picked up by nascent distributor The Forge. Jordan Albertsen's Boom: A Film About the Sonics will get a limited theatrical release across North…

The BBC has picked up Irish crime drama Kin from Fifth Season. The RTÉ series, which aired in the U.S. on AMC+, is the latest high-profile show snapped up by the BBC buying team, following the likes of AMC’s Interview with the Vampire. It is produced by Joker financier Bron Studios and Man in the High…

EXCLUSIVE: Paris-based genre special WTFilms has boarded Alexandre Bustillo and Julien Maury's horror thriller 'The Soul Eater' ahead of the AFM. The chilling drama unfolds against the backdrop of a mountain village where an old legend about a malevolent creature resurfaces following the…

Gkids has acquired North American rights to Mars Express, the French animated feature from first-timer Jérémie Perin, which was an official selection this year of both Cannes and Annecy. The acquisition comes following Gkids’ local distribution of the film The Rabbi’s Cat, which Perin helped…

EXCLUSIVE: The Renny Harlin action thriller The Bricklayer, starring Aaron Eckhart (The Dark Knight) and Nina Dobrev (The Vampire Diaries), has been picked up by Vertical for a day-and-date release in the U.S. early next year. An adaptation of the same-name novel by former FBI agent Paul Lindsay…

EXCLUSIVE: Greenwich Entertainment is adding Who I Am Not to its roster of awards-contending documentaries.  The company has acquired U.S. rights to the film directed by Tünde Skovrán and executive produced by Oscar winner Patricia Arquette, which is shortlisted for the European Film Awards by the…

EXCLUSIVE: Boutique distributor Juno Films has acquired North American and UK rights to Liv Ullmann: A Road Less Traveled, a portrait of the iconic Norwegian actress and filmmaker from director Dheeraj Akolkar (Liv & Ingmar). World premiering in the Classics section of the 76th Festival de Cannes, the doc…

EXCLUSIVE: Array Releasing, the distribution arm of Ava DuVernay’s Peabody Award-winning narrative change collective Array, has picked up rights to the PJ Raval doc Who We Become for the U.S., Canada, New Zealand, Australia and Ireland. The film will debut exclusively on Netflix on Friday, December…

EXCLUSIVE: After world premiering at the 2023 Tribeca Festival, the journalism-world thriller Cold Copy starring Tracee Ellis Ross (Black-ish), Bel Powley (The Morning Show), Jacob Tremblay (Room) and Nesta Cooper (Apple TV+’s See) has scored a distribution deal with Vertical. While a specific date hasn’t…

Beta Cinema and the UK’s Free Turn Films and Tempo Productions have officially announced Nick Hamm's epic drama William Tell, as its under-the-radar shoot enters its final week in Italy. The partners have unveiled a first-look image of Claes Bang in the role of the legendary crossbow-wielding warrior…

EXCLUSIVE: Caylee Cowan (Divinity) has signed on to star opposite Alexander Calvert in Double Exposure, a new indie from writer-director Howard Goldberg, who also produces alongside Laura Nickowitz and Julia Verdin. Set to begin shooting later this year, the film follows a struggling artist (Calvert)…