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EXCLUSIVE: Westbrook Studios and Davis Entertainment have entered development on Summertime, a hip-hop musical based on Will Smith and DJ Jazzy Jeff’s song of the same name, which Peter Saji will write and direct for Sony Pictures' Screen Gems, in his feature debut. “Summertime” was the lead single on DJ Jazzy Jeff…

Moviegoers not far removed from the isolating strains of lockdown may find The Loneliest Whale: The Search for 52 strikes a chord. Distributor Bleecker Street and director Joshua Zeman hope so as the doc, a shift from the helmer's true crime roots (The Sons of Sam: Descent into Darkness, Cropsey), opens in 75…

EXCLUSIVE: Kelly Marie Tran has come aboard as an executive producer on Summertime, reuniting her with her Raya and the Last Dragon director Carlos López Estrada on his spoken-word poetry feature film that world premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. Good Deed Entertainment has distribution rights to the pic…

EXCLUSIVE: Here's first footage of well-received Sundance title Summertime, the latest feature from Blindspotting director Carlos López Estrada. The slam poetry musical is set in Los Angeles during a heatwave and follows the lives of 25 young Angelinos as they intersect over the course of a single day. It was…

Film and TV productions are getting back underway in Italy after the coronavirus-enforced shutdown. The third season of Netflix and Cattleya’s crime series Suburra restarted filming last week and is due to wrap this week. The streamer and producer are also teaming up on the second season of hit series Summertime…

Blindspotting director Carlos López Estrada debuted his second feature, Summertime, at the Sundance Film Festival. It’s a Slacker-inspired piece that centers the lives of 25 high school Los Angeles performers, all of whom served as co-writers on this film. It takes place over the course of a hot summer day in LA where…

Anthony Ramos, who appeared in the original Broadway production of Hamilton, has joined the indie film Summertime, a coming-of-age drama from Edward Burns. He rounds out the cast of male leads joining Pico Alexander, Amadeus Serafini, and Jon Rudnitsky. The pic follows a group of working-class young adults as they…

EXCLUSIVE: Pico Alexander, Amadeus Serafini, and Jon Rudnitsky  have been added as leads in the young adult ensemble indie comedy Summertime, written and directed by Edward Burns. Carly Brooke (TV Land’s Younger) has also snagged a supporting role in the film, which is set to begin production this month in New…

EXCLUSIVE: Caitlin Stasey, Lindsey Morgan and Zoe Levin are set to co-star in Edward Burns coming-of-age film Summertime, which will begin shooting next month in New York. The pic, set in summer 1983 on the south shore of Long Island, follows a group of working-class young people as they work their summer jobs, fall…

EXCLUSIVE: Rita Volk, who starred for three seasons on MTV’s Faking It, will co-star in Summertime, an ensemble coming-of-age film written and directed by Edward Burns. The pic, which Burns will produce with longtime producing partner Aaron Lubin, is scheduled to go in front of the cameras next month in New York. Set…