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EXCLUSIVE: RLJE Films has acquired North American rights to Taurus, the film starring Colson Baker (aka Machine Gun Kelly). The drama, which had its world premiere earlier this year at the Berlin Film Festival, is gearing up for its North American premiere next month at the Tribeca Festival. It will now get a…

Rapper Machine Gun Kelly plays a self-destructive musician in Tim Sutton's Taurus, premiering in the Panorama section of the Berlin Film Festival. Going by his real name, Colson Baker, he puts in an authentic turn as his character Cole flits between the studio, his expensive apartment and an array of seedy bars and…

EXCLUSIVE: Rivulet Media’s Colson Baker music saga feature Taurus has added Maddie Hasson (Malignant, God Bless America), Scoot McNairy (C’mon C’mon, The Quiet Place Part II, Argo), Ruby Rose (Orange Is the New Black, John Wick: Chapter 2), Demetrius ‘Lil Meech’ Flenory (Euphoria), recording artist Lil Tjay, Megan Fox…

EXCLUSIVE: Colson Baker is set to headline Rivulet Media’s troubled musician drama Good News directed and written by Tim Sutton (Funny Face, Donnybrook, Dark Night). Good News tells the story of the last days of a rising but troubled musician (Baker). While the feature is a complete work of fiction, it takes its…

EXCLUSIVE: Redbox Entertainment has acquired North American rights to The Last Son, the Western action pic starring Sam Worthington and Colson Baker, aka Machine Gun Kelly. The pic, directed by Tim Sutton (Donnybrook) from the Black List script by Greg Johnson, will get a release later this year day-and-date in…

EXCLUSIVE: Thomas Jane (The Predator) is joining Sam Worthington (Avatar) and Colson Baker aka Machine Gun Kelly (The Dirt) in thriller The Last Son Of Isaac LeMay. The Expanse star Jane will also executive-produce alongside Courtney Lauren Penn for their production shingle Renegade Entertainment. Tim Sutton (Donnybroo…

EXCLUSIVE: Colson Baker aka Machine Gun Kelly will star opposite Sam Worthington in the action western The Last Son of Isaac LeMay, which begins production next month in Montana. David Von Ancken (Seraphian Falls) is directing from the Black List script by Greg Johnson, with Andre Relis and Jib Polhemus producing…

EXCLUSIVE: Colson Baker aka rapper Machine Gun Kelly will be working with Saturday Night Live cast member Pete Davidson again on the big screen in the latter’s Untitled Judd Apatow/Pete Davidson Comedy at Universal. Earlier this year, Baker and Davidson starred in Jason Orley’s indie comedy Big Time Adolescence which…

Growing up in Michigan with two older brothers, Big Time Adolescence director Jason Orley “was always surrounded by older guys, their friends that were always giving me bad advice.” As off-base as many of their suggestions were, these young men stuck with Orley, who used his experiences with them as the basis for his…

EXCLUSIVE: Rodrigo Santoro (Westworld), Amy Landecker (Transparent), Colson Baker, aka Machine Gun Kelly (Nerve), Allen Maldonado (The Last O.G.), Andrene Ward-Hammond (The Hate U Give), and Kyanna Simpson (The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks) have signed on as the supporting cast of the Netflix’s yet-to-be-titled…

Rapper and actor Colson Baker (aka Machine Gun Kelly) is rounding out the cast of Showtime comedy pilot Roadies. It follows the day-to-day life of a successful rock tour as seen through the eyes of music's unsung heroes – the crew members who get the show on the road. Baker will play Jesse, Kelly Ann’s (Imogen Poots)…