BBC America is merging the beauty of nature with the majesty of music for the four-network television event Planet Earth: A Celebration. The special will premiere on BBC America, AMC, IFC and SundanceTV on August 31 at 8pm ET. It will debut on the same day in the U.S., UK and China.
From lions to giraffes to dolphins…
IFC’s Dave Franco-directed horror movie The Rental continued to hold its lease atop the box office for a second weekend in a row, grossing $317,823 from 242 locations. Pic’s 10-day gross stands at $916,333.
The Rental reps the first No. 1 movie for the indie distrib (My Big Fat Greek Wedding, if you remember, only got…
EXCLUSIVE: Emmy-nominated Christine Lubrano has signed with Buchwald for scripted and unscripted programming.
She is the former SVP of Original Programming & Development for IFC with over 20 years of experience producing and developing television with deep knowledge in both scripted and unscripted programming across…
EXCLUSIVE: IFC Midnight we have learned has acquired North American rights to the Joe Marcantonio psychological drama Kindred which they’re planning to open on Nov. 6.
Kindred follows mother-to-be Charlotte. She collapses upon receiving the news that her boyfriend Ben suddenly dies in an accident. She wakes up in…
MONDAY AM UPDATE: Below is the full chart for this past weekend, per industry estimates. While The Rental is slightly lower, it’s still a commendable showing by a new independent feature to best all these catalog titles that have been dominating the box office during the pandemic.
I hear that the theaters which are…
Talk about box-office drama. As the July 4 weekend unwinds, IFC’sThe Truth might be slugging it out with Homewrecker from Dark Star and The Outpost from Screen Media for the honor of ranking somewhere in the 300s, near IFC's own Wiener-Dog, among all-time Independence Day performers. (Who can say for sure, as release…
Sketch comedy series Sherman's Showcase is returning for a second season and will be simulcast across IFC and sister network AMC.
This comes ahead of the launch of its one-hour Black History Month Spectacular, which launches on June 19.
The six-part series, which features half-hour episodes, is slated to air in 2021.
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EXCLUSIVE: IFC Films has acquired North American rights to A Call to Spy, the feature directorial debut of Oscar nominated documentary producer Lydia Dean Pilcher about the unsung female heroes of WWII. IFC plans a fall release, Deadline has learned.
Produced, written by and starring Sarah Megan Thomas (Equity), who…
EXCLUSIVE: From what we’ve been able to pull together, Universal/DreamWorks Animation’s Trolls World Tour continues to reign with $300K in its ninth weekend at the domestic box office from a theatrical marketplace that remains largely shut down coast to coast.
Our sources believe that the sequel has made slightly more…
Day 2 of ATX TV… from the Couch!" featured a conversation with the cast and executive producers of the forthcoming Sherman's Showcase Black History Month Spectacular special. It is set to air on June 19, which is also known in the African American community, especially in the South, as Juneteenth, a day that…
The end is in sight for all-female sketch seriesBaroness Von Sketch Show. Co-creators Carolyn Taylor, Meredith MacNeill, Aurora Browne and Jennifer Whalen announced today that their acclaimed series will return for its fifth and final season this fall. The series’ eight-episode final season was filmed in Toronto last…
Two of AMC Networks' most offbeat hits are musical comedy Sherman's Showcase and short-form series State of the Union.
The group is now looking at the future of both shows. State of the Union aired on SundanceTV and Sherman's Showcase airs on IFC.
The good news for the latter is that the company is set to give it a…
