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EXCLUSIVE: Other Angle Pictures is launching sales on the crime thriller Double Down South, starring Sons of Anarchy actor Kim Coates. Other Angle will present the completed film to buyers at AFM next month.
Written and directed by Tom Schulman, the film is set in the high-stakes world of keno gambling where Nick (Coates), a keno-veteran, runs an illegal keno parlor from a run-down plantation house. One day Diana, a smart, tough newcomer, charms Nick into taking her under his wing. They prepare to risk it all to defeat the world champion, but soon find themselves in much more danger than they ever imagined.
The film debuted at the Newport Beach International Film Festival earlier this month. Lili Simmons (Banshee) and Justin Marcel McManus (Power Book II: Ghost) star alongside Coates. Producers include Rick Wallace, Sara Sometti Michaels, and Seth Michaels. Cinematography is by Alan Caudillo, editing is by Yang Hua Hu, and the film’s music is composed by Adam Berry.
Schulman is best known for his work on the Dead Poets Society script, for which he picked up the best screenplay Oscar. Schulman also wrote and co-wrote Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, Second Sight, What About Bob?, and the Sean Connery drama Medicine Man.
The Paris and LA-based Other Angle will also launch sales on Winners, the latest film from British-Iranian filmmaker Hassan Nazer, which is the UK’s entry to the Best International Film Oscar category.
Written and directed by Nazer, the Farsi-language film was fully financed in Scotland. Set in a poor Iranian village where the children work hard to support their families, the film follows nine-year-old Yahya and his friend Leyla who one day find a precious statuette in the desert. As the authorities search
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EXCLUSIVE: Virginia Longmuir has been named EVP of Business Affairs at Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions.
King Charles and William, Prince of Wales are said to have erupted into a furious rant when Donald Trump mocked Catherine, Princess of Wales, after she was photographed topless. The former US president, 76, tweeted about the royal being snapped semi-nude in Provence, France, in 2012: “Kate Middleton is great – but she shouldn’t be sunbathing in the nude – only herself to blame. .
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Kanye West is continuing to dig that hole for himself in yet another interview.
EXCLUSIVE: Leila George (Animal Kingdom) is set to star alongside Cate Blanchett and Kevin Kline in Disclaimer, a new psychological thriller series from Alfonso Cuarón for Apple TV+.
Emma Corrin shared a unique perception of Princess Diana.
Disney+ has shared a first look at its upcoming thriller K-drama series Revenge of Others starring Park Solomon (All Of Us Are Dead) and Shin Ye-eun (He Is Psychometric).On October 17, Disney+ Korea uploaded the first trailer for the upcoming thriller series on its official YouTube channel. Revenge of Others will premiere exclusively on the streaming platform on November 9.In the new clip, high school student Ok Chan-mi (Shin) mourns her twin brother after he falls to his death from a school building in an apparent suicide.
Herschel Walker is in a contentious race for the Georgia Senate seat in a battle against incumbent Raphael Warnock. The former football player has been called out for falsely claiming he has worked in law enforcement and during a recent debate flashed a badge that the moderator called a “prop.”
the death of their beloved co-star Robbie Coltrane. Coltrane — famous for his role as Rubeus Hagrid in the original movie series — has died at age 72.Along with fans, the actor’s co-stars in the iconic wizard franchise are also mourning the loss of the irreplaceable Coltrane.“Robbie was one of the funniest people I’ve met and used to keep us laughing constantly as kids on the set,” Daniel Radcliffe, who starred as Harry Potter, told The Post in a statement.“I’ve especially fond memories of him keeping our spirits up on Prisoner of Azkaban, when we were all hiding from the torrential rain for hours in Hagrid’s hut and he was telling stories and cracking jokes to keep morale up,” he remembered. Radcliffe and his famous co-stars Emma Watson, Rupert Grint and Tom Felton starred in the world-famous series alongside Coltrane throughout their childhood.
EXCLUSIVE: Momentum Pictures has acquired distribution rights in the US, Canada, and UK to Soft & Quiet, the debut feature from filmmaker Beth de Araújo which made its world premiere at SXSW.