Netflix Buys African Territories On Sundance Hit ‘Farewell Amor’

James McClain Only a small handful of Beverly Hills homes border the golf greens at the famously posh Los Angeles Country Club. One of the largest of those properties is the so-called Simon Estate, a 2.4-acre compound long owned by Donald Simon, son of noted art collector and philanthropist Norton Simon.

Tom Grater International Film ReporterEXCLUSIVE: AMC Networks’ genre streamer Shudder has landed a major multi-territory deal on The Banishing, Christopher Smith’s horror starring Jessica Brown Findlay that has its world premiere at Spanish festival Sitges this month.Sales agent WestEnd Films struck the deal, which covers North America, UK and Ireland, Australia and New Zealand.

paraphrase Betty Gilpin,GLOW was canceled. We are sad. Earlier this week, Netflix announced GLOW would not, in fact, return for its planned fourth and final season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Netflix has said it is standing by the controversial film Cuties after it emerged the streaming giant is facing a criminal charge in Texas over the movie’s alleged “lewd” depiction of children.

Naman Ramachandran Netflix has acquired world rights to French director Just Philippot’s Cannes Critics’ Week 2020 Label horror thriller “The Swarm.”Written by Jérôme Genevray (“Vieux con”) and Franck Victor (“Philosophie”), the film is set in rural France. It stars French actress Suliane Brahim (“The Specials”) as a single mother who is struggling to get her grasshopper farm off the ground until she discovers her livestock thrive on human blood.

Tom Grater International Film ReporterNetflix has taken world rights to The Swarm, French director Just Philippot’s Cannes Critics’ Week 2020 label horror thriller about a woman who develops an obsessional bond with grasshoppers.The deal, struck with Wild Bunch International, includes all territories excluding France, Spain and China. Pic will launch on Netflix on December 4.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeFor the first time since Nielsen launched its new weekly streaming top 10 list in late summer, Netflix has some company.The Season 2 premiere of Amazon Prime Video’s “The Boys” managed to make it into the top 10, for the week of Aug. 31 to Sept.

Get a room you two! Dua Lipa, 25, and Anwar Hadid, 21, could not keep their hands off one another while out and about in The Big Apple on September 30. The “New Rules” singer and supermodel stud were spotted in a major state of PDA as they went in for a romantic lip lock during a chilly fall evening.

Dua Lipa shares a sweet kiss with boyfriend Anwar Hadid during a dinner date in New York City on Wednesday (September 30).

Naman Ramachandran Netflix has announced a Nov. 15 premiere date for the fourth season of hit show “The Crown.”“Change is coming.

Also Read: 'Cuties' Director Blames Poster for Right-Wing Attacks: 'People Judged Without Understanding the Real Message'“DNA” stars Fanny Ardant, Louis Garrel, Dylan Robert, Marine Vacth, Caroline Chaniolleau, Alain Françon, Florent Lacger, Henri-Noël Tabary, Omar Marwan and Maïwenn.Maïwenn directed from a screenplay she wrote with Mathieu Demy. “DNA” is a production of Why Not Productions and Arte France Cinéma.

Jake Gyllenhaal‘s upcoming movie will be premiering on Netflix after the streaming service optioned the film for $30 million.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorOne of the nation’s most traditional advertisers is breaking the rules on Madison Avenue.Procter & Gamble, which spends millions to call attention to high-profile products like Crest, Tide and Pampers, will negotiate directly with media outlets going forward -a move that is likely to take it out of typical “upfront” discussions that involve letting media-buying agencies utilize its ad spend for leverage in these annual talks between marketers and U.S.

Already building buzz, the first trailer for Oscar winner Aaron Sorkin’s real-life legal drama “The Trial Of The Chicago 7” has arrived online.

Also Read: Emmy Winners by the Numbers: HBO Is Leading Network, 'Watchmen' Top SeriesA prequel to Henson’s 1982 film, “Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance” tells a new story, set many years before the events of the movie, and realized using classic puppetry with cutting edge visual effects. Per Netflix, “The world of Thra is dying.

Naman Ramachandran Sundance winner and upcoming BFI London Film Festival title “Farewell Amor” will bow in December on curated streaming service Mubi.Mubi has acquired worldwide VOD rights, excluding North America, Africa, China and Israel, on the film. IFC has acquired the North America rights.Producer Huriyyah Muhammad won the Sundance Institute/Amazon Studios Producers Award for narrative features at the Sundance Film Festival, where the film received its world premiere in the U.S.

Also Read: 'Wander Darkly' Stars Diego Luna and Sienna Miller Had to 'Stop Looking Happy' During Filming (Video)At TheWrap’s studio at Sundance, Miele told TheWrap’s Brian Welk that the film was inspired when she and her husband survived a car crash six years earlier.