‘Bad Boys For Life’ Filmmakers to Direct Muslim Coming-of-Age Story ‘Rebel’

Dave McNary Film Reporter“Bad Boys for Life” producer Doug Belgrad is developing a psychological thriller about Ted Kaczynski, the domestic terrorist who became known as the Unabomber.Kaczynski, in an attempt to foment revolution, conducted a bombing campaign between 1978 and 1995 that killed three people and injured 23 others before he was arrested.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterEXCLUSIVE: Freestlye Digital Media has acquired the North American-rights to Ben Hickernell-directed coming-of-age mystery/thriller What We Found and released the first trailer for the movie.

Unfortunately, when it comes to the sheer number of scripted series on TV, there is no way to avoid the eventual drama that falls through the cracks. That appears to be the case with “David Makes Man,” a drama series that has been released for almost a full year but didn’t necessarily make many waves when it premiered.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterAmazon has landed the rights to develop the 2020 Pulitzer Prize finalist New York Times story and podcast “The Jungle Prince of Delhi” as a drama series, Variety has learned.The story, written by Ellen Barry, delved into the history of the royal family of Oudh, deposed aristocrats living in a ruined palace in the Indian capital claiming to be the heirs to a fallen kingdom.Mira Nair is attached to direct the project and will also executive produce.

Mark David Entertainment industry veteran, budding sports entrepreneur and civil rights attorney Jeff Kwatinetz, co-founder of the three-on-three basketball league Big3, which he formed in 2017 with actor-musician Ice Cube, has put a $4.8 million price tag on a spacious home along the picturesque canals in L.A.’s once gritty, now fashionable and exceedingly expensive beach community of Venice.

Despite a pretty great career leading up to the release of “Call Me By Your Name,” there are a large number of fans that really discovered filmmaker Luca Guadagnino from his Oscar-nominated work on that feature. And then to follow that up with a “Suspiria” remake might have been a bit of a sharp left turn for most.

Jake Kanter International TV EditorEXCLUSIVE: Comcast’s European broadcaster Sky has taken full control of Love Productions, the producer behind Channel 4 hit The Great British Bake Off.Sky took a 70.41% stake in Love Productions in 2014, and now the pay-TV operator has acquired the remaining 29.59% of shares in the Richard McKerrow-founded outfit, as it continues to build its production empire.Jane Millichip, Sky Studios’ chief commercial officer, said: “Love Productions is a world-class

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- Christian Garrison, an author and filmmaker who displayed an unfiltered slice of 1960s Mississippi hill country life in a short film about influential blues guitarist Fred McDowell, has died.

 Mike Love is sending out “Good Vibrations” this Fourth of July weekend. The “Beach Boys” singer-songwriter and co-founder will be reporting for duty this July 4 to give a “high five” to first responders, hospital personnel and servicemen and women -- past and present -- with a special United Service Organizations (USO) performance of his newest single “This Too Shall Pass” featuring “Full House” star John Stamos.

Courtney Stodden’s love life has become headline news since the buxom blonde was spotted out with Brian Austin Green. First, Courtney went to lunch with Brian and it was reported they were speaking about music, but on Tuesday night, Courtney posted a video where she and Megan Fox’s estranged husband were in a hot tub together.

Lionsgate and the Erwin Brothers' Kingdom Story Company have found their Kurt Warner. Shazam! star Zachary Levi is set to play the two-time NFL most valuable player in American Underdog: The Kurt Warner Story.

Also Read: Zachary Levi to Star in Music-Driven Family Comedy 'Undercover' With Cole Sprouse at LionsgateThe Erwin brothers are also producing through their Kingdom Story banner. David Aaron Cohen of “Friday Night Lights” fame wrote the film along with the Erwin brothers based on interviews with Warner as well as his own memoir, “All Things Possible: My Story of Faith, Football and the First Miracale Season.”Mark Ciardi (“Invincible,” “The Rookie”) is producing.

Dave McNary Film ReporterZachary Levi will star as NFL Hall of Fame quarterback Kurt Warner in “American Underdog: The Kurt Warner Story.”The film, from Lionsgate and Kingdom Story, is expected to begin production later this year. Brothers Jon and Andrew Erwin will direct and produce.Warner played in the NFL from 1994 to 2008, and is regarded as one of the top undrafted players in NFL history.

The Fourth in America, a primetime special which hopes to honor Americans, demand equality and pay tribute to those on the front lines in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic.Andy Grammar, Barry Manilow, Burt Bacharach & Musicians from the Berklee College of Music, Carlos and Cindy Santana, CeCe Winans, Don McLean, Harlem Gospel Choir, Jesse Colin Young and Little Kids Rock, Jewel, Kenny Loggins, Martina McBride, The O’Jays, Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo as well as The Original Broadway

As any teen movie will teach you, high school is hell. But if you grew up Catholic, then every single thing in life meant a one-way ticket on the express train to hell — especially anything sexual in nature.

As any teen movie will teach you, high school is hell. But if you grew up Catholic, then every single thing in life meant a one-way ticket on the express train to hell — especially anything sexual in nature.

Ann-Marie Corvin Strong female coming-of-age stories, two LGBTQ submissions and a smattering of unique, autobiographical features from around the world were among this year’s pitches given by the 12 participants of the Cinéfondation Residence.And although the Cannes Festival’s international talent-finding initiative pitched to a virtual audience this year, the participants of the Residence’s 39th and 40th cohorts still packed a punch.Strong submissions included Raven Johnson’s “Ruby: Portrait

Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah, whose Bad Boys franchise entry Bad Boys for Life iscurrently 2020's most successful movie, have lined up their next project.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentAdil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah (“Bad Boys For Life,” “Black”), the rising Moroccan-born Belgian filmmaking duo, are set to direct “Rebel,” a nuanced portrayal of a family torn apart over a little Muslim boy’s future. Wild Bunch International (“Les Miserables”) and CAA Media Finance have boarded the project which tells the story of Nassim, a 13-year-old Moroccan boy from Molenbeek, who is searching for an identity after his father’s death.

Andreas Wiseman International EditorFilmmakers Adil El Arbi & Bilall Fallah (Bad Boys For Life) have been set to direct Rebel, a coming-of-age story about a family torn apart over a little boy’s future.Wild Bunch International is handling international sales and will introduce the project to buyers at the virtual Cannes market.