REinvent Closes Deals Across Family Movie Slate (EXCLUSIVE)

Christopher Vourlias Cercamon has closed major sales for “What Do We See When We Look at the Sky?,” from Georgian director Alexandra Koberidze, which had its world premiere in competition at the Berlin Film Festival.The Dubai-based indie specialist has sealed a multi-territory deal with MUBI, the global distributor and streaming service, which includes the U.S., where the film will be released this fall, Canada, Italy, India, Turkey, and Latin America.Pic has also been sold to the U.K.

Jordan Moreau The popular PlayStation video game “Ghost of Tsushima” is getting a film adaptation from Sony Pictures and PlayStation Productions. “John Wick” director Chad Stahelski will helm the film.“Ghost of Tsushima” follows the samurai warrior Jin Sakai, the last remaining member of his clan.

black and white and in Japanese with English subtitles, a real challenge to read and process dialogue when you’re also trying to fend off attackers.Stahelski, Alex Young and Jason Spitz are producing through their company 87Eleven Entertainment. Asad Qizilbash and Carter Swan will produce on behalf of PlayStation Productions.

A majority of Canadians believe Meghan Markle was treated unfairly by the Royal Family because of her race, and a greater majority would prefer it if the monarchy had no formal role in Canada going forward, a new Ipsos poll suggests.

 Wilmer Valderrama  welcomed to the world his daughter with Amanda Pacheco on February 15, 2021, and recently the actor took social media to reveal the name of his firstborn. Inspired by a trip the couple made to Japan, and Takeko Nakano, a female samurai, they decided to name her Nakano Oceana Valderrama.“The name was exciting to figure out because, you know, everyone is gonna have an opinion,” Valderrama told People.

Canada is getting a sprinkle of pixie dust.

The nominations for the 2021 Golden Raspberry Awards, known as the Razzies, were announced the other day and you can see the full list right here!

The Alberta government’s energy “war room” is going to battle with a Netflix children’s movie saying it inaccurately portrays the oil industry.

Nippon TV, Japan's multiplatform entertainment powerhouse, said Friday that it will produce and globally distribute Joe Hisaishi & World Dream Orchestra 2021, a concert featuring the composer's iconic scores from Studio Ghibli's Princess Mononoke and other works. The 90-minute concert will be held and recorded April 27 at the Tokyo Metropolitan Theater, and Nippon TV will then sell the worldwide broadcast rights to the show.

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent“Natural Light,” Dénes Nagy’s World War II-set drama which just won the Berlinale Silver Bear for best director, has been sold by Paris-based Luxbox to key markets including the U.K.

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentBerlin Grand Jury Prize winner “Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy,” Japanese writer-director Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s deft three-story reflection on chance, the legacy of love and the contrariness of erotic desire, has clinched further key territory sales for its sales agent M-Appeal World Sales.Fast on the footsteps of clinching the top Berlinale 2021 Silver Bear in March 5’s Berlin prize announcement, “Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy” this week closed Spain

Comcast theme parks swung from nearly $3 billion in profit to $500 million in losses “in a flash” during 2020, but their current outlook is “encouraging,” CFO Mike Cavanagh said.

Borderlands has found its Krieg.Variety has reported that Russian boxer-turned-actor Florian Munteanu is in “final talks” to portray Krieg in Eli Roth’s upcoming Borderlands film. “Florian brings real humanity and multiple layers to a character who on the surface seems totally insane and brutally savage,” Roth said in a statement.Roth continued: “Krieg was by far the most difficult role to cast, and Florian brought him to life and grounded him in a way that I didn’t know was possible.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentREinvent International Sales has closed a raft of deals across its slate of family movies, including “A Christmas Tale,” “Twigson and the Sea Monster” and “Nelly Rapp – Monster Detective.” “Nelly Rapp – Monster Detective,” directed by Amanda Adolfsson, has been sold to the U.S. and Canada (Janson Media), Russia and CIS (Volga Films), Poland (Vivarto) and Estonia (Estin Film).

Jana Kramer has been in Canada with her family over the past few weeks and shared some gorgeous photos of them exploring the country's stunning beaches over the weekend.MORE: Country superstar Trisha Yearwood breaks silence after covid diagnosisThe country singer took to Instagram to share a series of pictures, including a loved-up selfie with her husband Mike Caussin posing in front of the sea.In the image, the sun was setting in the background, as they cosied up together for the picture.

If you’re searching for a filmmaker who has seen every part of the industry for over forty years, look no further than Agnieszka Holland. She shot films and TV movies in her native Poland during the Cold War.

EXCLUSIVE: LA-based sales firm Film Bridge International has sold shark survival pic The Requin to Reset Collective (Australia/New Zealand), YouPlanet (Spain), Mediawan (France), Monolith (Poland), Purple Plan (SE Asia), Blitz Film Group (Ex-Yugo), and Blue Lantern (Vietnam).

IFC Films has acquired U.S. rights to Jacques Audiard’s upcoming film “Paris, 13th District” (Les Olympiades) during the virtual European Film Market.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVSPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you have not yet watched “For Heaven’s Sake,” streaming now on Paramount Plus.Near the end of 1934, Harold Heaven went missing from his remote cabin in Canada. He was a man mostly everyone at the time — and even a few generations later — described as a perpetual bachelor and/or a loner.

EXCLUSIVE: ViacomCBS Global Distribution Group has sealed a raft of international deals for CBS’s headline-hogging interview between Oprah Winfrey and Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.