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Disney+ on Friday revealed some of the new content it is adding to its nonfiction slate on or after the streaming service’s November 12 launch, including newly announced documentaries about Mickey Mouse from Morgan Neville and Marwencol‘s Jeff Malmberg, and about Wolfgang Puck, from Jiro Dreams of Sushi director David…

Spiral Farm, the coming-of-age drama from writer-director Alec Tibaldi and starring Piper De Palma in her feature film debut, has been acquired by Indican Pictures. The pic, which bowed this year at Slamdance, will now hit theaters in Los Angeles, San Francisco and Chicago beginning December 13, with a digital release…

WarnerMedia’s upcoming streaming platform has ordered the documentary Expecting Amy (wt) from comedian and actress Amy Schumer. The docu gives an unfiltered behind-the-scenes look at the Emmy winner’s journey of preparing for a stand-up special while going through a difficult pregnancy. Beginning the day she found out…

Amazon Prime Video has set a five-part docuseries Ted Bundy: Falling for a Killer, which chronicles the notorious serial killer’s relationship with his longtime girlfriend. Set for 2020, the series reframes Ted Bundy's crimes from a female perspective – uncovering the disturbing and profound way in which his…

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences certainly isn't short on documentarians. Atop its existing 400 or so documentary branch members, the Academy in July invited almost 100 additional doc-makers to join. Despite some internal concern that a few invitees might need help with the dues, now $450 a year, it…

Millennium Media has hired Ryan Svendsen as its Head of Music. He comes over from Lionsgate, where he was Director, Film and TV Music and worked on music for La La Land, Nashville and The Hunger Games movies. In his new role he will oversee music strategy and development for Millennium Media's slate that currently…

DOC NYC will open its 10th edition next month with Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band, the feature from Daniel Roher that served as the opening-night film of this year’s Toronto Film Festival. It kicks off a lineup that includes 136 feature-length documentaries and 28 world premieres among more than 300…

EXCLUSIVE: Greenwich Entertainment has acquired the North American rights to documentary Diana Kennedy: Nothing Fancy. The feature directorial debut of Elizabeth Carroll puts the spotlight on the titular celebrated chef of Mexican cuisine. In honor of Mexican culture and Cinco de Mayo, Nothing Fancy will open in…

They were the public faces of Hollywood’s oldest restaurant during a lifetime’s worth of service. Bartender Ruben Rueda and waiter Sergio Gonzalez passed earlier this year within weeks of each other, but now their personal lives and careers are memorialized in two new documentaries. Rueda spent 52 years as a bartender…

EXCLUSIVE: Concord's Film & TV unit has teamed with Pose and Vikings executive producer Sherry Marsh of Marsh Entertainment as well as Jane the Virgin executive producer Jorge Granier of Aquarius Pictures and  Sergio Pizzolante (Nicky Jam: El Ganador) to develop a scripted film and/or television project about the…

Analyze this. Showtime has ordered a second season of Couples Therapy, its docuseries from Josh Kriegman, Elyse Steinberg and Eli Despres. Couples Therapy, whose freshman sessions air at 10 p.m. Fridays, unlocks a hidden world: other people's relationships. Here’s the official logline: Far from reality-show…

EXCLUSIVE: 1091 Media is teaming with the outdoor co-op REI to release Return to Mount Kennedy, a documentary helmed by Eric Becker that combines elements of history, politics, mountaineering and even some grunge, with Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder providing original music. A plan is underway for a fall theatrical release…