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“Reasonable Doubt” Season 2 is headed back into the courtroom, and the cast, as well as the slew of new additions are ready to put it in session.

It’s been a minute since Season 1 of “Reasonable Doubt,” and between Jax getting kidnapped by a deranged client-turned-lover and her bestie Shanelle (Shannon Kane) seemingly murdering her husband, there’s no telling what’s about to go down in Season 2. But the series brought in veteran actor Morris Chestnut, who will star as defense attorney Corey Cash, to help lift the load.

Other newcomers to the series include Essence Atkins, who will star as a domestic violence expert named Dr. Brandy Michaels; Melissa Ponzio, who plays a new District Attorney named Lucy Wargo; Vaughn W. Hebron, who will star as an ex-NFL player and Jt’s (Shannon’s now-dead husband) mentee named Adrian Hunter; and Kandi Burris, who will play Eboni Phillips,...

28th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival has selected Esper's Light by Jung Jae-hoon as one of the film projects to be presented at the ‘Fantastic 7 of Cannes' Marché du Film' during this year's Cannes Film Festival. The director will pitch his project to international film professionals at the Cannes Film Market on May 19.

‘Fantastic 7 of Cannes' Marché du Film' is a program of the Cannes Film Market to foster genre films. Esper's Light follows the adventures of a group of Korean teenagers gathered in an online community, creating three fantasy worlds by themselves. In 2021, the project was invited to Bifan's Naff Project Spotlight Korea, where it received the ‘Korean Discovery Award'.

Bifan programmer Mo Eunyoung, who is in charge of the ‘Fantastic 7 of Cannes' Marché du Film' selection, praised the project, saying: “By intersecting the daily lives of Korean teenagers with the online reenactment of their fantasies, Esper's Light demonstrates...

Taylor Swift has no fewer than four new albums — Lover, Folklore, Evermore, and Midnights — to cover in the Eras Tour, which was both an opportunity and a major challenge. It wasn’t hard to imagine that she’d end up sidelining the quieter material of Folklore and Evermore in favor of her stadium-shaking pop hits, but instead, she pretty much plays everything, every night.

In the new episode of Rolling Stone Music Now, Waiss Aramesh (who covered opening night in Glendale, Arizona for Rolling Stone), joins Brittany Spanos and host...

Rising interest amongst the world’s leading film festivals to create genre sidebars for horror, thriller, sci-fi and fantasy films, inspired the Cannes Festival, the Sitges Fantastic Film Fest and Bernardo Bergeret, creator of Ventana Sur’s genre market, Blood Window, to create a special pitching event, that aims to showcase upcoming trends in fantastic cinema production worldwide.

The initiative involves seven top fests – Sitges, Bucheon, Cairo, Guadalajara (Ficg), Macao, SXSW and Toronto (Tiff).

Each festival has endorsed a project that was presented during the digital pitching session held on June 24 at Cannes Marché du Film Online.

Jérôme Paillard, Cannes Film Market executive director and Fantastic 7 co-founder, introduced the second edition, underlining that “this is certainly an inspiring time” for genre cinema.

Bernardo Bergeret said that fantastic cinema has gained renewed importance in the current, highly unpredictable and fear-ridden global situation, adding that “it has always been said that reality...

Sarah Wayne Callies has been cast in a lead role of the NBC drama pilot “Council of Dads,” Variety has learned.

In addition, Michele Weaver, Blue Chapman, and J. August Richards have been cast in the pilot in series regular roles.

Based on Bruce Feiler’s memoir of the same name, the show follows Scott Perry and his family, whose lives are thrown into upheaval when he gets a potentially terminal diagnosis. Facing his mortality, he and his wife, Robin, assemble a unique group of carefully chosen friends to support his family and guide them through the ups and downs of life’s many challenges.

Callies will play Robin Perry, an Ob/Gyn and the mother/stepmother to four children ranging in age from 7 to 21 who is also pregnant.

Callies is known for her roles on “The Walking Dead” and “Prison Break.” She also previously starred in the USA Network...

“Hit the Floor” alum McKinley Freeman has booked a guest starring role on ABC’s “Scandal,” TheWrap has learned. Details about Freeman’s “Scandal” character and storyline are unknown, but he is set to appear on the Kerry Washington-led series in an upcoming episode later this season. Freeman previously starred on the VH1 cheerleading drama for three seasons as Derek Roman. He is next set to star on the network’s upcoming “Daytime Divas,” premiering June 5. He also stars in and produces the upcoming feature “Illicit,” and recurs on the Tyler Perry Own series “If Loving You Is Wrong.

Director Corey Grant’s thriller “Illicit,” which next screens at the ongoing Pan African Film Festival, followed by the Toronto Black Film Festival which kicks off next week, has been picked up by Breaking Glass films for release in the USA/… Continue Reading →...

Keep up with the wild and wooly world of indie film acquisitions with our weekly Rundown of everything that’s been picked up around the globe. Check out last week’s Rundown here.

-Sony Pictures is acquiring the worldwide rights to “Greyhound,” the World War II drama written by Tom Hanks, Deadline reports. Hanks will also star in the film, which will be directed by Aaron Schneider (“Get Low”), and produce with his Playtone partner Gary Goetzman.

In the film, Hanks plays George Krause, the commander of a Navy destroyer called the Greyhound. Sony acquired the rights to the film at the Berlin International Film Festival’s European Film Market.

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-Lionsgate has acquired U.S. rights to action film “Rally Car,” starring Keanu Reeves. The film will be directed by Olivier Megaton (“Taken 2,...

Corey Grant’s thriller received its world premiere at the American Black Film Festival.

Illicit is headed for the Pan African Film Festival and Toronto Black Film Festival later this year.

David Ramsey, Vivica A Fox and Dean Cain star in the story about a police officer and his model wife who find themselves entangled in a world of secrets, sex, and lies that threaten to tear their marriage apart.

Richard Wolff, CEO of Breaking Glass and Amanda Rae Simon negotiated the deal with Todd Slater of Blue Fox Entertainment.

Breaking Glass Pictures plans a limited release in Chicago and Atlanta in early May, followed by a DVD/VOD release on May 23.

Blend Media, the 360° video and Vr platform co-founded by Damien Collier and Chris Helm in 2016, has announced its seed funding. Investors include the co-founder and CEO of The LADBible Group Alex ‘Solly’ Solomou, Ben Donovan, the co-founder and former president of Maker Studios, senior executives...