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Film Sydney Sweeney, Angelina Jolie, Chris Evans & Vince Vaughn Movies Raise Hopes As New Buyers Arrive
“Cautiously optimistic” is how one seller characterizes the prospective acquisition landscape as the 50th Toronto Film Festival kicks off tonight with starry indies featuring Chris Evans, James McAvoy, Vince Vaughn, Amanda Seyfried, Angelina Jolie and Sydney Sweeney. Deadline’s Anthony D’Alessandro on what has buyers buzzing here.
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Palestinian Director Annemarie Jacir Talks Decade-Long Battle To Bring Arab Revolt Drama ‘Palestine 36’ To Big Screen: ” I’m Obsessed With The Period”
Palestinian director Annemarie Jacir's historic drama Palestine 36 brought down the house at the Roy Thomson Hall on Friday evening as the film world premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival.
The feature explores the 1936-39 Arab Revolt in which Palestinians rose up against Britain's…
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Fans Take Aim At Channel 5’s New NFL Coverage: “Partridge Levels Of Cringe”; Ratings Revealed
Paramount’s Channel 5 scored a coup with a deal to show NFL free-to-air in the UK on Sunday evenings this season, however the first reactions from fans on social media hasn’t been kind.
Anticipation among the growing number of NFL followers in Blighty was high with news that Channel 5 and…
Title & Plot Details Revealed For New Apple TV+ Series From ‘Gavin And Stacey’ Creators James Corden & Ruth Jones
EXCLUSIVE: Gavin & Stacey co-creators James Corden and Ruth Jones have landed their next big series and we can tell you the new Apple TV+ show will be called The Choir.
We understand Corden and Jones are playing the leads and exec producing The Choir and will star as brother and sister Ben and Lisa…
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Disney & Spain’s Atresmedia The Latest To Team For Content-Sharing Pact
Disney has continued its strategy of teaming with European broadcasters through a deal with Spanish network Atresmedia.
Through an agreement billed as “the first major integration between a global streaming platform and Spain’s leading broadcaster,” Disney+ will carry more than 300 hours of…
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Clapperboard Studios’ Mike Benson On Drama Slate, Developing AI Production Tool And Why He’ll Remain Loyal To Paramount’s 5
EXCLUSIVE: There’s arguably no producer who has undergone as much of a reinvention in the UK as Mike Benson. Originally the founder and Managing Director of Chalkboard Television, the maker of docs such as Troll Hunters and unscripted entertainment titles like Celebrity Fat Fighters, he made a major pivot…
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Political Thriller ‘Words Of War’ About Anna Politkovskaya Lands International Deals — TIFF
EXCLUSIVE: Political drama-thriller Words Of War, about the life and murder of Russian-American investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya, has sold to further international territories out of TIFF.
The film has been sold to A2 Filmes (Latin America), Rialto Distribution (Australia/New Zealand)…
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Buffalo 8 Acquires North American Rights To ‘PH-1’ — TIFF
EXCLUSIVE: Buffalo 8 has acquired the North American theatrical and digital distribution rights to PH-1 out of TIFF.
The film is described as a "tense political thriller." It is directed by Mark Kassen (Jobs), who also stars in the lead role.
Set entirely in a high-rise penthouse, PH-1 follows…
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View All What We're WatchingEssential Film Group Boards Sales On Action Thriller ‘Unarmed’ Starring Tzi Ma
EXCLUSIVE: Essential Film Group acquires sales rights to the action thriller Unarmed, starring Nicholas Chimera (Name the Demon), Tzi Ma (Mulan, Rush Hour), Kirk Acevedo (Dawn of the Planet of the Apes), and Martin Kove (Cobra Kai).
The film has just wrapped production in Chicago…
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Blue Fox Entertainment Picks Up Two Tubi Original YA Romantic Comedies
EXCLUSIVE: Blue Fox Entertainment has acquired international sales rights to two Tubi original YA romantic comedies, How to Lose a Popularity Contest and Kissing Is the Easy Part. Blue Fox will launch sales at the upcoming Toronto International Film Festival.
How to Lose a Popularity Contest stars…
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Simon Pegg Among Cast Joining Alexandra Roach In Channel 4 Drama ‘Hunting Alice Bell’; Sphere Abacus Attached For Sales
EXCLUSIVE: Simon Pegg and a host of other British acting talent are joining Alexandra Roach in Channel 4’s psychological drama Hunting Alice Bell.
Pegg, Ralf Little, Amanda Abbington, Emily Barber, Toni O'Rourke and Christina Bennington are joining the cast of the series, which stars Roach in the…
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Emmy Awards 2025: Latest Features
View All Emmy Awards 2025: Latest FeaturesMushroom Killer Erin Patterson Sentenced To Life In Prison
Erin Patterson, who murdered three relatives with poisonous mushrooms, has been given a life prison sentence by the supreme court in Australia.
Patterson will likely spend the rest of her life in prison, with the sentence stipulating that she won’t be eligible for parole for at least 33 years, at…
Patricia Harrison Accepts Governors Award For Corporation for Public Broadcasting: “Do American People Feel Public Media Is A Value To Them?”
Corporation for Public Broadcasting President and CEO Patricia Harrison received a standing ovation Sunday before accepting the 2025 Governors Award at Sunday’s Creative Arts Emmys.
The honor comes as the Corporation for Public Broadcasting is shutting down its operations after the loss of federal…
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