The gripping human drama that played out in front the world last summer is getting the feature docu treatment. National Geographic Documentary Films has greenlighted an untitled film about the rescue of a Thai boys soccer team trapped deep inside a flooding cave from Oscar-winning director Kevin MacDonald.

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Audiences are filing out of the world premiere screening of Kevin Macdonald’s Whitney at the Cannes Film Festival tonight, a new documentary that sheds fresh light on iconic singer Whitney Houston’s tragic and puzzling rise-and-fall story. Interviewing Houston’s closest family and friends, Macdonald made two…

Kevin Macdonald’s Whitney is having its world premiere tonight out of competition at the Cannes Film Festival, and Miramax and Roadside Attractions are priming the pump by unveiling the official trailer for the documentary that digs deep into the life of Whitney Houston. The movie hits U.S. theaters on July 6.

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EXCLUSIVE: Oscar-winning director Kevin Macdonald (One Day in September, The Last King of Scotland) is on board to direct the politically-charged Guantanamo Diary for Benedict Cumberbatch, Adam Ackland and their company SunnyMarch and ZeroGravity's Mark Holder and Christine Holder.

Michael Bronner is scripting the proj…

Kevin Macdonald's Whitney, the documentary about the life and career Whitney Houston, will hit theaters in the U.S. on July 6. The date comes after Miramax back in June 2016 acquired rights to the film — the only one officially supported by the late singer's estate — and partnered with Roadside Attractions to release…

EXCLUSIVE: Amazon is in advanced talks to come onboard Strange New Things, an event sci-fi TV series that Kevin MacDonald is directing, Matt Charman is writing and Left Bank Pictures is producing. The project is an adaptation of Michel Faber’s The Book Of Strange New Things, which was critically praised upon its…

Oscar-winning director Kevin Macdonald and producer Simon Chinn and his Lightbox Media partner Jonathan Chinn are partnering with producer Lisa Erspamer on a feature documentary about late singer Whitney Houston. Billed as the official documentary, the film will take a revealing look at the life and genius of the…

EXCLUSIVE: In his new documentary Sky Ladder: The Art Of Cai Guo-Qiang, Oscar winner Kevin Macdonald aims to bring the Sundance Film Festival  a very up-close and international look at the explosive work of the superstar Chinese artist. Check out the exclusive clip we have of the Fisher Stevens, Wendi Murdoch and Hugo…

Oscar winner Chris Cooper is among seven actors cast in 11/22/63, Hulu’s adaptation of Stephen King’s 2011 bestseller starring James Franco. Kevin Macdonald, who helmed The Last King Of Scotland and won an Oscar for his feature documentary One Day In September, will direct the first two of the nine-episode event…

Focus Features just dropped the trailer for Kevin Macdonald’s submarine thriller Black Sea starring Jude Law as a captain who assembles a misfit crew for a treasure hunt.  Up for grabs at the bottom of the ocean: An old Nazi U-boat with $182 million  — a figure which sounds like it could also be the global box office…

Soairse Ronan stars in Last King Of Scotland helmer Kevin Macdonald‘s How I Live Now. She plays Daisy, an American teenager who’s sent to stay with relatives in the English countryside. But romance and an idyllic summer are interrupted by an escalating conflict in Europe. George MacKay and Tom Holland also star in the…

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