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Exclusive: Goodfellas Animation has unveiled a raft of deals on Annecy-bound animated features Little Amélie Or The Character Of Rain, Arco and Angel’s Egg.

Having world premiered as Special Screenings in Cannes, Little Amélie Or The Character Of Rain and Arco are both playing in Annecy’s main competition, while 4K restoration Angel’s Egg screens in Annecy Classics.

Goodfellas Animation’s Annecy slate also includes Andy Serkis’ Animal Farm, featuring Serkis alongside Seth Rogen, Steve Buscemi, Glenn Close and Kieran Culkin among others in the voice cast, on which it will launch sales in unison with the premiere at the festival.

In Europe, Little Amélie Or The Character Of Rain has sold to Benelux (Paradiso), Switzerland (Agora), Spain (A Contracorriente) UK (Vue Lumière), Italy (Lucky Red), Portugal (Cinemundo), Scandinavia (Another World/Njutafilms), Ex-Yugocslavia and Bulgaria (McF), Romania (Independenta) and Poland (So Films).

In the rest of the world,...

Exclusive: Oscar-winning animation producer and distributor Gkids has acquired North American rights for Little Amélie Or The Character Of Rain, following its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in May.

Titled Amélie et la Métaphysique des tubes in French, the work is the feature directorial debut of French filmmakers Maïlys Vallade and Liane-Cho Han.

It was unveiled as a Special Screening in Cannes and will be back on the festival circuit next week, playing in competition at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival.

The feature is adapted from The Character of Rain, the autobiographical novel of award-winning Belgian writer Amélie Nothomb, which is inspired by her own early years in Japan.

The young protagonist Amèlie finds the world a perplexing, peaceful mystery until a miraculous encounter with chocolate ignites her wild sense of curiosity. As she develops a deep attachment to her family’s housekeeper, Nishio-san, Amélie discovers the...

Following the release of Crunchyroll’s schedule at Anime Expo 2025, you can look forward to the following series coming to Crunchyroll in the future, including Let's Play , With You and the Rain and more! Read on for all the anime you can look forward to coming to the platform soon: Let's Play Release Date: 2025 Territories: North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East, Cis, India and Southeast Asia Synopsis: Samara “Sam” Young is a developer in Los Angeles who’s about to achieve her dreams with her first video game, Ruminate. That is, until a popular streamer gives the game a scathing review. Even worse, Sam finds out the troublesome critic is now her new neighbor! Get lost in a comedic, romantic, and all-too-real story about gaming, memes, and social anxiety. Come for the plot, stay for the doggo. Otherworldly Munchkin: Let's Speedrun the Dungeon with Only 1 Hp!

At their core, director Park Jengil‘s works are about minorities, their lives and their struggles. However, rather than showing only the negative side which we have already seen many times, Park also highlights the community, the family bonds and their connection to the country they live in. His short feature “Muito Prazer” already was something of a departure from how these topics have been treated in many movies, but his feature debut “Poems of Flower Rain” is something different entirely, focusing on the lives of Zainichi Koreans.

In our interview with Park Jengil we talk about the inspiration for the feature, the meaning of the title and the importance of food.

I have to say I got a little hungry watching your film because the characters are eating so many delicious meals and snacks. What would be your favorite food from “Poems of Flower Rain” if you had to pick one?...

The sequel to "Joker" is close to finishing post-production and is expected to be a big surprise for viewers, with a different approach and new elements. Lady Gaga's portrayal of Harley Quinn and the movie's musical format have generated a lot of anticipation among fans. "Joker: Folie à Deux" has a chance to be the biggest superhero release of 2024, as many other anticipated titles have been delayed due to strikes and production issues.

DC sequel Joker: Folie á Deux could be one of the big surprises of 2024. While many of the most anticipated blockbusters of next year could delay their releases, or have already done so due to the strikes in Hollywood, the Joker sequel is close to finishing its post-production, as revealed by its cinematographer. Surely neither director Todd Phillips nor Joaquin Phoenix, nor even Batman fans imagined that Joker would be such a big success. The 2018 film...

Exclusive: Ron Bass, the scribe best known for his Academy Award-winning work on Rain Man, has been set to write and produce Music on the Bones, a new film inspired by real events.

Set in 1968. a moment in time when rock n’ roll was banned in the Ussr, the story follows young Russian doctor Max as he and his friends covertly duplicate and distribute music by the Beatles, Bob Dylan, The Rolling Stones, Janis Joplin and more on repurposed X-Ray film. Against a backdrop of constant surveillance, persecution, and risk of imprisonment, they listen to the forbidden music of the free world, which holds the promise of another life.

Enter Valerie, an American film student disillusioned with her country, who is invited to Moscow by the Ministry of Culture under the watchful eye of the Kbg, to make a propaganda film promoting the virtues of Communism. After a meeting with Max and his companions,...

Welcome to our weekly rundown of the best new music — featuring big singles, key tracks from our favorite albums, and more. This week, Nicki Minaj freestyles over Drake and Chief Keef’s “All the Parties” on a suprise drop, 21 Savage gets even for the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 soundtrack, and Blink-182 revamp an old favorite with their classic lineup. Plus, star-studded tracks from 2 Chainz and Lil Wayne, Rick Ross and Meek Mill, and Charli Xcx and Sam Smith.

Nicki Minaj feat. Drake and Chief Keef, “For All the Barbz” (YouTube)

21 Savage,...

Mortal Kombat 2 needs to include fans' favorite fatalities from the video games to capitalize on the franchise's revitalization and maintain momentum. Specific iconic fatality moves, such as Cassie Cage's Selfie Fatality and Sindel's Scream Queen Fatality, would make for great inclusions in the movie and showcase the characters' power. Including classic moves like Liu Kang's Arcade Drop Fatality and Sub Zero's Spine Rip Fatality would pay homage to the original games and provide epic moments in the film.

The upcoming Mortal Kombat 2 has a plethora of fatalities from the games to choose from, but it must include certain fatalities that didn't appear in the first movie. Mortal Kombat achieved mixed reviews when it was released in 2021, but this version of the film is the most successful to date. The first movie version of Mortal Kombat came out in 1995, but only one more film was made after that,...

Drew Barrymore is the latest star to take on the celebrity image flash trend on TikTok.

The “The Drew Barrymore Show” host revealed her surprise celebrity interview was Machine Gun Kelly, while dishing on her best co-star kisser being E.T.

She’s also a huge Joey King fan, confirming the actress is the surprising celeb in her phone, and insisted she should be the one to play her in a biopic.

Read More: Drew Barrymore Says She Was ‘Very Much In Love’ With Justin Long

The final question was the most shocking of the clip — Barrymore’s celebrity crush is Darth Vader.

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Barrymore regularly treats fans to epic videos on social media. Her latest clip comes after she filled everyone in on her home renovation earlier in the summer.

She shared one clip showing...

Jessie Reyez has announced the arrival of her sophomore album, Yessie. The LP will be released on Sept. 16 via Fmly/Island Records. The singer announced the news during her appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live on Thursday, where she shared a performance of her new single “Mutual Friend.”

In the Peter Huang-directed video for the song, Jessie Reyez confesses to a mutual friend that there is no love loss between her and her ex. In fact, she has resolutely moved into “don’t give Af” territory. And as the visuals display,...

Brandon nation turned things upside down.

Brandon Page thought he controlled the city, and on All Rise Season 3 Episode 10, his followers controlled the courthouse, leaving two lives in balance.

The Smash and Grab case proved how dangerous social media is when used for cult purposes.

The overwhelming chaos on All Rise Season 3 Episode 9 caught up to Teddy and Mark when Teddy wrote the wrong Hernandez sister's name on the search warrant.

The Feds and Da Bravo breathing down his neck made Mark's job even more demanding. He needed to prove to Lola she made the right choice giving him the case.

Mark took the heat for the mistake, never incriminating Teddy. However, when Teddy offered to resign, Mark wouldn't let him and ordered him to find more evidence proving that Brandon was guilty.

Poor Teddy was so nervous. He hated having Mark mad at him. He and Sara...

If you loved Simon Clark's Blood Crazy and you're looking for thrills of the same vein on the printed page, then you might want to check out Gregg Hurwitz's Last Chance this fall. Set in a world where adults become bloodthirsty killers, the follow-up novel to The Rains hits shelves in hardcover on October 17th from MacMillan's Tor Teen line, and as a special treat for Daily Dead readers, we've been provided with an exclusive excerpt and a look at the cover art for Last Chance.

You can check out the exclusive excerpt and cover art below, and to learn more about Last Chance, visit the book on Macmillan's official site.

Last Chance synopsis: "The New York Times bestselling author of the thrillers Orphan X and The Nowhere Man returns with his next chilling young adult page-turner: Last Chance (Tor Teen, On-sale: Oct 17, 2017), which continues the pulse-pounding alien-zombie...

[Note about spoilers: As with the Complete Doctor Who Reviews, the individual (and two-parter) episode reviews form part of an overview of the show as a whole, and as such, contain spoilers for events not only in the episodes in question, but also potentially those in future episodes and seasons. There may also be spoilers for the Buffy spin-off show Angel.]

Welcome to another set of complete reviews in which I attempt to prattle on about two of the most famous Joss Whedon creations: Buffy The Vampire Slayer (1997-2003) and Angel (1999-2004).

On the surface of it, a TV series franchise stemming from a so-so movie about a teenage girl who stakes vampires doesn't inspire much confidence. In 1992, the film, Buffy The Vampire Slayer pitted Kristy Swanson as the eponymous heroine against a mean old vampire king called Lothos and his motley crew of blood-sucking fiends. The movie didn't exactly set the world ablaze, staked by lukewarm reviews and moderate box office takings.

Writer Joss Whedon was nothing if not persistent though. Translating the original concept to the small screen was something of a gamble, given the tepid reactions to the preceding film. How could it possibly work?

And yet, sixteen years later, Buffy is still a huge phenomenon. Seven seasons were produced.

Meet Olive Barrymore Kopelman! It’s been nine weeks since Drew Barrymore gave birth and now we finally get our first glimpse at her baby girl, Olive. Drew married art consultant Will Kopelman last June – and her dream has finally come true as the pair have their very own family. “I really wanted a wonderful traditional home for my kid. Will comes from a strong family, he provides a strong family … it makes me so emotional because it’s like a miracle” the 37-year-old gushed to People magazine. Having a baby of her own has always been a dream of Drew’s – but being a new mom definitely comes with highs and lows. “You have the highest highs and yet you’re facing the biggest fear of, ‘How do I keep someone alive?’” she tells the mag. Seems like Barrymore and Kopelman are definitely getting the hang of parenthood – Olive even has a favorite lullaby.

You should probably help Degrassi win the Best High School Show Ever Competition. You should probably do that.

Previously on Degrassi, Clare's No Good Very Bad Totally Horrible Life was—you guessed it—no good, very bad, and pretty damn totally horrible. She's out kissing losers and getting wasted and insulting everyone within earshot, so you can guess that this is all about to crash and burn worse than a hearse. Part Two!

Eli is getting really excited about throwing a surprise 17th birthday party when Fiona Coyne has what's probably the best Degrassi line of Season 12: Fiona doesn't even know Clare, why in the frozen turkey hell would she throw a party for her? Eli says that he'll pay her to do it and that shuts Fiona up. Alli feels like this is the perfect time to remind Eli about the time Asher Shostak smushed his girlfriend, except...

Manager Eileen Stringer has joined Rain Management Group. Stringer, who was a casting director before transitioning to management, most recently worked at Howard Entertainment. She is bringing with her to Rmg her longtime client, Adam Richman, executive producer and host of Travel Channel’s Man v Food, Man v Food Nation and the upcoming series Adam Richman’s Best Sandwich in America, and actor/chef Reed Alexander (iCarly), among others.

For their 5th annual event, which is set to run Sept. 8-11, the Sydney Underground Film Festival is looking a little more demented than ever. And that’s saying a lot for this scrappy, still relatively young fest, which typically offers ample twisted cinematic offerings.

The fun kicks off with the Opening Night film, the demented superhero comedy Super, written and directed by former Troma go-to screenwriter James Gunn (Tromeo & Juliet); then ends with the Closing Night wallowing in Sydney’s seedy underbelly, X, by homegrown filmmaker Jon Hewitt.

Crammed between these two excursions into violence and depravity is a lineup filled with perverse visions, scandalous public figures, sickening horror, experimental pop culture remixes and more.

For Bad Lit: The Journal of Underground Film, the highlight of the fest is Usama Alshaibi‘s Profane, a complex psychological, psychosexual, spiritual morality play about a Muslim sex worker who endures a “reverse...

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Michael Moriarty, who starred in such classic films as Who’ll Stop the Rain and Pale Rider, exiled himself to Canada in 1995, following a nasty confrontation with U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno in a Washington, D.C. hotel room. Moriarty was invited along with network television executives and producers to hear Reno’s views on censorship of TV violence. Law and Order, one of the least violent shows on television, was cited as a major offender. Incensed by Reno's campaign to “forcibly end violence on television and trample on rights of free expression as guaranteed in the U.S. Constitution,” Moriarty quit the series and left the U.S. in protest. He has been a landed immigrant in Canada ever since. Why the fateful encounter with Reno led to a radical (and seemingly overnight) transformation of Moriarty’s...

There was magic in the air Wednesday night at American Idol. The judges waved their hyperbole-filled wands and turned “good/decent/atrocious” into “amazing,” “revolutionary,” and “perfect in every way.” Nigel Lythgoe reached into his hat and pulled out a gaggle of screaming groupies for Scotty McCreery. And Gwen Stefani used some dark-sided voodoo (aka her L.A.M.B. “fashion” line) to transform the gorgeous Pia Toscano into a bowl of lumpy mashed potatoes.

But let’s not dwell on the judges; if they’re determined to be the beige eggshell paint of season 10, then by all means, they can fade into the background!

So you wrote this killer script but you have no friggin' clue what to do with it, whon to show it to, or even if you should show anyone at all. Everyone working in this biz has been in your shoes at one time or another, and now some of them are ready to tell you all about it!

Scriptwriters Network is excited to take a look at the television and film industry and discuss what it takes to turn a story into a “hot” property in Hollywood.

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This intimate discussion will cover the latest trends in popular films and television shows: from teen comedies to popular vampire franchises to over-the-top action and everything in between.

Featured speakers are industry professionals — writers, directors, producers — from both sides of the independent and studio spectrum.

This event will be moderated by TheRichard.

Sheri Bryant worked for The Walt Disney...

Melrose Place rarely disappoints because it knows what it is (especially now that Ashlee Simpson is gone): Intrigue below the surface, sexiness, scandal and over-the-top drama.

For the most part, "Mulholland" was a success, albeit a bit slow. Which wasn't so bad, necessarily, for an episode built almost exclusively around relationships. Here's Tvf's review:

Amanda is still poking around for her hidden treasure when she walks into David's apartment and starts checking out the art on his walls. She's interested in his "Sydney Original."

Unfortunately for her, even after some elaborate thievery of her own, it wasn't what she was after. Meanwhile, Riley's business trip to D.C. ends with her kissing her boss Ben.

Not awkward at all. They try to act casual about it. Until Ben decides he's bored with Amanda, then tells Riley he wants her instead. Wow, that was prompt and totally realistic!

Naturally, Amanda...

With the recent remake of the 1972 shocker The Last House On The Left now available on DVD, new audiences have been seeking out Wes Craven's original film. At the inaugural Fangoria Trinity Of Terrors (to be held October 30 through November 1 at The Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas), Fangoria welcomes the "baddies" of the original film, with David Hess, Fred J. Lincoln, Jeramie Rain, and Marc Sheffler all set to appear!

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David Hess:

David began his professional career as a songwriter for Shalimar Music in 1957, under the pseudonym of David Hill. David's first recording was a quick hit, which was later performed and credited to Elvis Presley. The song: "All Shook Up.