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UK trailer launched for Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami documentary

Grace Jones and Friends Live, a one night only event on October 25, promises to be a thrilling and enlightening evening with the inimitable icon. The music icon will discuss her life and work with some of her closest collaborators, from the worlds of music, fashion, art and film, following an exclusive preview of Sophie ….

Vin Diesel’s production company reviving Miami Vice TV series

NBC is currently developing a Miami Vice reboot with Vin Diesel and Chris Morgan‘s production companies, The Wrap reports. Peter Macmanus (Spike’s The Mist) is writing the script, and executive producers have not been solidified, the report continues. Universal Television, Diesel’s One Race Television and Chris Morgan Productions are behind the project. Morgan has worked ….

Close Encounters of the Third Kind returning to theaters for 40th Anniversary

Sony Pictures will celebrate the 40th Anniversary of Steven Spielberg’s classic sci-fi epic Close Encounters of the Third Kind by re-releasing the film in theaters on September 1st, 2017, remastered in 4K. After an encounter with U.F.O.s, a line worker feels undeniably drawn to an isolated area in the wilderness where something spectacular is about ….

Indie thriller Jasmine getting limited theatrical run

Indican Pictures has released details on their latest film titled Jasmine, described as a mind-bending psychological thriller. Jasmine centers on Leonard (Jason Tobin), who is struggling to come to terms with his grief, nearly a year after his wife’s murder. Hoping to move on with his life, Leonard reconnects with Grace (Eugenia Yuan), a woman ….

Bron Animation taps Maya Rudolph, Terry Crews, Martin Short and Jane Krakowski for The Willoughbys adaptation

Bron Animation has added Maya Rudolph, Terry Crews, Martin Short, Jane Krakowski and Sean Cullen to the cast of its adaptation of The Willoughbys, based on the popular children’s book by Newbery Award winning author Lois Lowry. Rudolph will be the voice of Nanny, who looks after the Willoughby children. Crews is voicing the candy ….

Well Go to release Yuen Woo-Ping’s Ip Man: Cheung Tin Chi and Fruit Chan’s Invincible Dragon

Distributor Well Go USA announced that they have nabbed U.S. rights to Ip Man: Cheung Tin Chi and Invincible Dragon, two new films from Pegasus Motion Pictures starring Max Zhang (Zhang Jin). Zhang most recently appeared with Donnie Yen in Ip Man 3 and is currently shooting his first English-language title, Pacific Rim: Uprising. Ip ….

Filming starts on Steve McQueen crime thriller Widows with Viola Davis, Michelle Rodriguez, Liam Neeson & Colin Farrell

From Academy Award-winning director Steve McQueen (12 Years a Slave) and co-writer and bestselling author Gillian Flynn (Gone Girl) comes a blistering, modern-day thriller set against the backdrop of crime, passion and corruption: Widows is the story of four women with nothing in common except a debt left behind by their dead husbands’ criminal activities. ….

New horror set in the world of The Conjuring being developed by New Line and James Wan

Filmmaker James Wan, director of the horror films The Conjuring and The Conjuring 2, explores another dark corner of that universe with New Line Cinema’s The Nun. Helmed by award-winning director Corin Hardy (The Hallow), the new fright-fest has begun production on location in Romania. It will be produced by Wan through his Atomic Monster ….

Director James Wan starts production on Aquaman with Jason Momoa

Principal photography has begun on Warner Bros. Pictures’ action adventure Aquaman, helmed by James Wan (The Conjuring films, Furious 7). Jason Momoa stars in the title role, returning to the character he plays in this fall’s Justice League. The film also stars Amber Heard (Justice League, Magic Mike XXL) as Mera; Oscar nominee Willem Dafoe ….

Weinstein Company and MPAA come to agreement on rating for their film 3 Generations

The Weinstein Company has announced they have come to an agreement with the Motion Picture Association of America regarding the ratings protest of their upcoming film 3 GENERATIONS starring Naomi Watts, Elle Fanning and Susan Sarandon. Initially slapped with an “R” rating, TWC and the MPAA have settled on an official rating of PG-13 for ….

Action comedy Game Night begins shooting with Rachel McAdams and Jason Bateman

Shooting has started on New Line Cinema’s action comedy Game Night, starring Jason Bateman (Horrible Bosses, TV’s Arrested Development) and Oscar nominee Rachel McAdams (Spotlight, Dr. Strange). Filming began on location in Atlanta, Georgia, under the direction of Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley, their second film as co-directors following Vacation. Joining Bateman and McAdams ….

Artsploitation to distribute Dee Wallace horror Red Christmas in U.S.

Artsploitation Films has nabbed US rights for the Australian horror film Red Christmas directed by veteran television director/producer Craig Anderson. The dark,violent and sickly twisted tale had its World Premiere at the Sydney Film Festival, its North American Premiere at Fantasia Fest and its European Premiere at London’s Frightfest. Red Christmas stars and was co-produced ….