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‘Care Bears’ Looking To ‘Unlock The Magic’ At Boomerang

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The Care Bears countdown has begun! Your favorite characters from the classic animated series are getting a makeover at Boomerang with the all-new series Care Bears: Unlock the Magic. The premium subscription streaming service announced today will introduce the popular ’80s fixture to a new generation with a 2D animated series from Cloudco Entertainment. The initial order includes 48 11-minute regular episodes, two 22-minute specials and 20 shorts that will have a special… Read

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‘Doctor Who’ & ‘Lore’ Director Alice Troughton Set As Lead Director For C4 Drama ‘Baghdad Central’

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UPDATED WITH CAST… Altered Carbon's Waleed Zuaiter, Homeland's July Namir, Condor's Leem Lubany, Doctor Foster’s Bertie Carvel and House of Cards' Corey Stoll star in C4 drama Baghdad Central. EXCLUSIVE: Doctor Who and Lore director Alice Troughton has been set as lead director of Channel 4's crime thriller Baghdad Central as filming kicks off in Morocco. Troughton is a rising star in British directing, having directed the Mary Webster episode of Amazon's horror drama Lore… Read

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Global Road Files For Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection – Update

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UPDATED at 6:50AM PT with company statement. Global Road has begun its bankruptcy process, as expected, filing for Chapter 11 protection. Following the scenario sources had floated, the filing was made under the Open Road releasing unit, with the IM Global division remaining separate. That maneuver is akin to cutting off a gangrenous limb in order to save the patient. The Donald Tang-owned company also last week laid off around 50 employees in the film operations between… Read

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YouTube Sets Gael Garcia Bernal Heist Thriller ‘Museo’ As First Spanish-Language Original – TIFF

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YouTube has revealed details of its first Spanish-language project – boarding Gael Garcia Bernal-fronted Mexican heist thriller Museo, which has its North American premiere in Toronto. The Google-owned company is to launch the film on YouTube Premium later this year after a theatrical debut. The film was inspired by the most infamous cultural artifact heist in Mexican history, when two regular guys looted 140 priceless Mayan and Meso-American pieces from Mexico's National… Read

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‘The Nightingale’s Jennifer Kent Has “Compassion For Ignorance” After Sexist Remark Hurled During Screening – Venice

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Arriving on the Lido, The Nightingale filmmaker Jennifer Kent was primed for questions about being the only female director in the Venice Film Festival competition, something she first addressed with Deadline earlier this week. What she may not have expected at her press conference this afternoon, was to be fielding questions about disgraceful reactions during one of last night's press screenings. Although they were said to be isolated, what has been described as… Read

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‘Out Of Blue’: First Trailer For Patricia Clarkson’s Neo-Noir Detective Drama – Toronto

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"There's much we can't see, detect or comprehend, yet we spend our lives trying to get to the heart of this dark energy." That's the chilling threat at the start of the first trailer (above) for Carol Morley's Patricia Clarkson-fronted neo-noir detective drama Out of Blue. The film, which is based on Martin Amis' novel, plays in the Platform section of TIFF and premieres on Friday September 7 at 9:30pm in the Winter Garden Theater. Clarkson plays Mike Hoolihan in the… Read

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‘The Woman In White’s Olivia Vinall To Front Acorn TV’s Female Detective Drama ‘Queens Of Mystery’

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The Woman in White's Olivia Vinall, The Bletchley Circle's Julie Graham and The Politician's Husband's Sarah Woodward are set to star in Acorn TV original Queens of Mystery. The trio are joined in the six-part female detective series by Siobhan Redmond (Alfresco), Andrew Leung (Doctor Who), Rebecca Grant (Holby City) and Martin Trenaman (The Inbetweeners). Queens of Mystery follows Matilda Stone, played by Vinall, a perennially single female detective and her three aunts… Read

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Gemma Arterton To Play Dusty Springfield In ‘Carol’ Screenwriter Phyllis Nagy’s Directorial Debut

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Their Finest star Gemma Arterton is to play Dusty Springfield in Carol screenwriter Phyllis Nagy's directorial debut. Arterton will star in So Much Love, produced by Elizabeth Karlsen and Stephen Woolley's Number 9 Films, that is being launched in Toronto by Rocket Science. The film, which is set in 1968 at the peak of Springfield's popularity, will follow the Son of a Preacher Man and Just A Little Lovin' hitmaker as she travels to Memphis, Tennessee to record Dusty in Me… Read

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John Goodman: Netflix & BBC Drama ‘Black Earth Rising’ “Rejuvenated” Me After Being “Burnt Out” From A “Long Year”

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Roseanne star John Goodman has stated that his forthcoming Netflix and BBC drama Black Earth Rising "rejuvenated" him after being "tired" and "burnt out" from a "long year." The actor, who is set to star in Roseanne Barr-less ABC comedy The Connors this fall, said that it was "lovely" to be working on a series "where I look forward to going to work every day." Goodman plays lawyer Michael Ennis in the eight-part drama, alongside Chewing Gum creator Michaela Coel, who… Read

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Roadside Attractions Takes ‘The Last Full Measure’ Starring Sebastian Stan – Toronto

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Roadside Attractions is planning a wide 2019 theatrical release for Todd Robinson’s The Last Full Measure. The distributor has acquired U.S. rights on the Vietnam drama that stars Avengers: Infinity War‘s Sebastian Stan along with Christopher Plummer, William Hurt, Samuel L. Jackson, Ed Harris, Peter Fonda, Diane Ladd, Amy Madigan, Jeremy Irvine and Bradley Whitford. The film recounts an untold story about the heroism of American soldiers in Vietnam. Irvine plays William… Read

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‘Vox Lux’ Director Brady Corbet Sets Artist Drama ‘The Brutalist’ As Next Project

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Vox Lux director Brady Corbet has set period drama The Brutalist as his next project following the world premiere of the Natalie Portman-fronted music drama. The Brutalist will be Corbet's third feature following Vox Lux and The Childhood of a Leader. He will reteam with Andrew Lauren Productions (ALP) on the drama. The film chronicles 30 years in the life of one artist's enduring monolithic vision. The story opens in 1947, as a Hungarian-born Jewish architect emigrates… Read

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‘The Death Of Stalin’s Armando Iannucci Reveals Hollywood Is “Interested” In His Donald Trump Movie Pitch

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The Death of Stalin director Armando Iannucci has revealed that Hollywood is "interested" in his Dave-style comedy pitch about Donald Trump being removed from The White House. The Thick of It creator pitched the idea on Twitter and it seems to have snowballed with stars including Veep's Julia Louis-Dreyfus getting on board. "Film pitch… Trump drugged and moved to a replica Whitehouse, where he carries on thinking he's governing. Millions spent on hiring actors to play… Read

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