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EXCLUSIVE: A feature film about the courageous U.S. activist Rosa Parks is on its way and it just may mark the first time a biopic about Parks will make it into this nation’s theaters. The filmmakers — Winter State Entertainment and a large producing team– are fast-tracking the project to go before the cameras in…

An attorney for the Duffer Brothers says a plagiarism lawsuit filed yesterday by filmmaker Charlie Kessler is “completely meritless” and “just an attempt to profit” from the success of Stranger Things. “Mr. Kessler's claim is completely meritless,” said Alex Kohner, attorney for the Duffers. “He had no connection to…

EXCLUSIVE: Frank Langella has signed on to star in the film adaptation of Roger Rosenblatt's bestselling novel Lapham Rising, with shooting scheduled to begin in the Hamptons in early spring. Charlie Kessler is directing a script by Rosenblatt, and BCDF Pictures (Bachelorette) and the Kerry Orent Company (Money Monster…