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UPDATED, 9:03 AM: HBO has set 11 p.m. Friday, May 1, for the series premiere of Betty, its comedy series based on Crystal Moselle's feature Skate Kitchen. Watch the first teaser above, but be warned of expletives. The series features Dede Lovelace, Moonbear, Nina Moran, Ajani Russell and Rachelle Vinberg — all of whom…

HBO has put in development a skateboarding comedy inspired by Crystal Moselle’s critically acclaimed feature Skate Kitchen, from Moselle and her longtime friend and collaborator, Love co-creator Lesley Arfin. Written by Moselle and Arfin, the untitled Skateboarding Project, inspired by Moselle’s 2018 Sundance film, is…

Three years in the making, Joe Cole starrer A Prayer Before Dawn will start its theatrical release this weekend. The A24 title, which debuted at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival, is based on a non-fiction book written by Billy Moore, played by Cole in the feature, which opens in select cities Friday. The Wolfpack…

Warner Bros International Television Production Spain has been commissioned by Spanish media group Artresmedia to produce the first international version of game show format Game Of Games for local channel Antena 3. Comedian and actress Silvia Abril will host the Spanish version of the show, in which contestants are…

Magnolia Pictures is doubling down with director Crystal Moselle. After releasing her 2015 Sundance award-winning documentary, The Wolfpack, the company has scooped up the North American distribution rights to her latest Sundance film entry, Skate Kitchen. Written by Moselle, Aslihan Unaldi, and Jen Silverman, the…

Crystal Moselle’s narrative feature debut, Skate Kitchen, utilized the real-life group of New York City female skateboarders, who were the subjects of her 2016 short, That One Day. “It was either I’m going to make a documentary feature or collaborate with them to make a narrative feature,” said Moselle on her stop at…