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Mena Suvari’s Treya in GRACE AND GRIT recalls sage Ken Wilber’s life
Curated by Screenmancer StaffLOS ANGELES, CA: Quiver Distribution announced today that they have acquired North American rights to Grace and Grit, based on iconic philosopher Ken Wilber’s acclaimed book of the same name chronicling his wife Treya’s journals. Written and directed by British-American filmmaker Sebastian Siegel as his debut feature, the romantic drama stars BAFTA® Award nominated…
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SPIRIT UNTAMED is Isabela Merced, Jake Gyllenhaal, animated for June
Curated by Screenmancer Staff Dubbed an epic adventure about a headstrong girl longing for a place to belong who discovers a kindred spirit when her life intersects with a wild horse, Spirit Untamed is the next chapter in the beloved story from DreamWorks Animation. Lucky Prescott (Isabela Merced, Dora and the Lost City of Gold) never…
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Before COVID-19, opioids killed 130 a day, UPROOTING ADDICTION is proof
Curated by Screenmancer Staff Another deadly epidemic was killing 130 Americans a day prior to this Pandemic. It still is. Meet the Opioid Epidemic in America. But it’s a worldwide crisis. First Run Features presents the Streaming Premiere of the new documentary Uprooting Addiction: Healing from the Ground Up, beginning April 6. Uprooting Addiction is…
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Sorkin’s Ricardos, Kidman’s Lucy, Bardem’s Desi, adds Alia Shawkat & more
Curated by Screenmancer Staff HOLLYWOOD, CA: Amazon Studios started principal photography on writer-director Aaron Sorkin’s drama Being the Ricardos this week in Los Angeles. Nicole Kidman and Javier Bardem star as real-life couple Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, the stars behind the groundbreaking and classic 1950s television sitcom I Love Lucy, that focused on a happily married though…
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SPENCER, new pic Kristen Stewart as Princess Di & film to UK for final lap
Curated by Screenmancer Staff Production on Pablo Larraín’s SPENCER has moved to the UK for the final stretch of filming. The film focuses on one weekend in the life of Princess Diana, as she spends the Christmas holiday with the royal family at the Sandringham estate in Norfolk, and decides to leave her marriage to…
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Jason Statham’s in WRATH OF MAN from Guy Ritchie & Poster
by Screenmancer Staff Okay, so the slam-bang bromance is back. Jason Statham stars in this new movie poster, as well as in Guy Ritchie’s latest WRATH OF MAN. This film is? Based on a film “Le Convoyeur” written by Nicolas Boukhrief and Éric Besnard and directed by Nicolas Boukhrief, Wrath’s provenance is already intriguing. The…
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Ted Sarandos headlines at BANFF’s World Media Fest Summit set for Summer
Curated by Screenmancer Staff BANFF, CANADA: The Banff World Media Festival (BANFF) is proud to announce Netflix’s Co-CEO and Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos is set to speak in a virtual keynote as part of the Festival’s renowned Summit Series lineup. The session is scheduled on the Festival’s opening day Monday, June 14th. “Over the…
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SHORTSTV unspools short film Oscar noms in theaters April 2
Curated by Screenmancer Staff LOS ANGELES, CA: Said to be the world’s only short movie TV network, SHORTSTV will showcase Oscar-nominated short film releases with theatrical premiers in the Best Live Action Short, Best Animated Short and Best Documentary Short categories on April 2, in addition to Digital Premieres. (List of venues follows titles.) This…
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Nailed it: WGA Awards Noms & Winners of the 2021 LA/NY Show
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent You’re going to feel like you are at the WGA Awards 2021 show right now. Because this is a live write-cast, or on the fly coverage. And it begins at 7 pm Eastern and 4 pm Pacific (California time here), the Writers Guild Awards held their virtual ceremony from…
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Screenmancer’s Best Picture is The TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7
by Screenmancer Staff We were late to view THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7 from Netflix, the political party powerhouse picture penned by Aaron Sorkin, but we will not overlook the reality that it is Best Picture of the Year. We loved MANK, also a Netflix project which displays the craftsmanship and hallmarks of a…
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KANSAS Live Concert POINT OF KNOW RETURN LIVE & BEYOND set for Spring
Curated by Screenmancer Staff LOS ANGELES, CA: KANSAS, America’s legendary progressive rock band, will release their new live album Point of Know Return Live & Beyond on May 28, 2021. This is the first live album since 2017 for the band that has sold more than 30 million albums worldwide and is famous for classic hits such…
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FINDING YOU is your St. Patrick’s Day romcom 4 leaf clover
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent A brief and incomplete Irish-related Hollywood romcom highlight reel includes THE MATCHMAKER where comedian Janeane Garofolo goes to Ireland, followed by Amy Adams who also flees to Ireland to propose to a man in LEAP YEAR. Now in 2021? There’s FINDING YOU from Roadside Attractions coming on May 14,…
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Apple scores first-ever Oscar noms: WOLFWALKERS, GREYHOUND
Curated by Screenmancer Staff CUPERTINO, CA: Apple today was honored with historic first Academy Award nominations for its feature films since the Apple TV+ global launch of Apple Original Films just over a year ago. The widely acclaimed “Wolfwalkers” was nominated for Best Animated Feature; and the epic war film “Greyhound,” starring and written by…
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Big Boy of Alloy: The 93rd #Oscar Noms & Oscartini Recipe FYI
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent It’s not enough that this Award Season 2021 went virtual right out of the gate due to the Pandemic? But the Academy actually decided that the foreboding Ides of March, or March 15, would be an auspicious date for the Nominations Announcement for the 93rd Oscar Presentation. Who knows…
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Marc Anthony lauds Sofia Vergara, joins KOATI, her Latinx Rainforest film
Curated by Screenmancer Staff LOS ANGELES, CA: It was announced today that Global Icon and Grammy Award-winning artist Marc Anthony and his Magnus Studios team will partner on Sofia Vergara’s animated feature comedy, KOATI. Produced by Upstairs Animation, Latin WE Productions and Los Hijos de Jack, KOATI follows three unlikely heroes: Nachi, a free-spirited coatí; Xochi, a fearless monarch butterfly,…
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