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Tribeca Film Fest to premiere documentary on 80’s pop group A-Ha; check out the trailer

Variety reports that a documentary on 1980’s Norwegian pop band A-ha will have its world premiere at the 2021 edition of the Tribeca Film Fest on June 12th. The group’s iconic hit song Take On Me, which featured a groundbreaking animation/live-action video by Steve Barron, is one of the most played songs of the last ….

Regina King to produce and direct Bitter Root comic book film adaptation for Legendary Pictures

Image Comics recently announced that Legendary Pictures has closed a deal with DGA and NAACP Image Award winner Regina King to direct and produce the upcoming film adaptation of Chuck Brown, David F. Walker and Sanford Greene’s Eisner and Ringo Award winning series Bitter Root. King found recent success for her directorial debut One Night ….

New York Comic-Con to hold in-person, scaled down event this Fall

CNBC just reported that Reed Pop, the company behind New York Comic-Con, has plans to hold an in-person event this October, bucking the trend of other pop culture events remaining virtual for 2021. I felt that something was up yesterday when I visited the official website for NYCC and found that it was no longer ….

A Quiet Place Part II gets new theatrical release date after one year pandemic delay

The directed A Quiet Place Part II, which was one of the first Hollywood studio film projects to have it’s release shelved due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, will now be released in theaters on May 28th, 2021. An exclusive streaming premiere will follow 45 days after the theatrical release, on Paramount Plus. John ….

Troma Films acquires film rights to James Glickenhaus cult classics Maniac Cop, Exterminator, Frankenhooker and more

Lloyd Kaufman’s Troma Entertainment announced today that the indie cult label will be exclusively distributing James Glickenhaus’ Shapiro-Glickenhaus Entertainment film library, which includes Maniac Cop, Frankenhooker, Basket Case 2 and 3, The Exterminator, Shakedown, McBain, Red Scorpion and more, comprising some of the most iconic cult films of all time. New York-born James Glickenhaus began ….

Un-produced Bruce Lee martial arts script Silent Flute being developed as limited series

Variety reports that Hong Kong-born entrepreneur and film producer Jason Kothari, one of the producers on the Vin Diesel comic adaptation Bloodshot, has purchased all rights to The Silent Flute, a martial arts script co-written by martial arts icon Bruce Lee in 1970. According to the report, the project will be developed as a limited ….

Focus Features grabs rights to Timur Bekmambetov thriller Profile

Focus Features has nabbed worldwide rights to the thriller Profile, a Berlin Film Festival sensation from Timur Bekmambetov, the director behind the intense Angelina Jolie-led thriller Wanted. Focus Features will distribute the film domestically and has set a release date of Friday, May 14, 2021. Universal Pictures will distribute internationally, excluding CIS/Russia. The sale was ….

Post-Apocalyptic Western Six Guns for Hire starts shooting in Canada

Variety reports that post-apocalyptic Western Six Guns for Hire has begun principal photography in Toronto, Canada, starring Colm Feore, whose credits include playing Reginald Hargreeves on Netflix’s The Umbrella Academy, My Salinger Year, The Amazing Spiderman 2 and Chicago. The film also stars Maurice Dean Wint (The Kid Detective, Diggstown), Oyin Oladejo (Star Trek: Discovery, ….

Campaign poster art for the 93rd Oscars Ceremony revealed

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has revealed the campaign art for the 93rd Edition of The Oscars. The 2021 campaign illustrates this year’s tagline, “Bring Your Movie Love,” celebrating our global appreciation for the power of film to foster connection, to educate, and to inspire us to tell our own stories, according ….