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Outer Banks season 4 part 2 picks up immediately after episode 5, “Albatross,” when Luke Maybank (Gary Weeks) reveals to JJ that he’s the son of Larissa Genrette (Tommi Rose) and Chandler Groff (J. Anthony Crane).

JJ still doesn't believe that he's the son of Larissa and Groff.

In the first scene of Outer Banks season 4 episode 6, “The Town Council,” we get a flashback to baby JJ. Luke helps soothe JJ while Larissa struggles with her relationship with her husband. Luke grows close with Larissa before Groff reveals she’s not doing well. Groff brings JJ to Luke’s house to give his parents a break.

Groff pays Luke to take JJ behind Larissa’s back, which is a bit strange, right? Like, it’s straight kidnapping. Larissa reportedly drowns with her son, which is not true because obviously Luke has JJ. Groff convinces Luke to keep JJ without telling the Genrettes that he’s alive.

The wait is almost over, Pogues! Outer Banks season 4 part 2 is just a few hours away from hitting Netflix.

Outer Banks season 4 premiered on Netflix on Oct. 10, but for the first time, Netflix split the season into two parts to stretch out the season and the drama. Now, we get to find out what happens to John B, Sarah, Pope, Cleo, Kiara, JJ, and Rafe in the Outer Banks season 4 part 2.

We shared when you can watch the second half of Outer Banks season 4 after waiting a full month basically for the new episodes. We also shared the trailer for the new season, answered a few burning questions, and shared some predictions about what we expect to happen in Outer Banks season 4 part 2.

What time does Outer Banks season 4 part 2 come out?

Outer Banks season 4 part 2 will be released at 12:00 a.m. Pst on Thursday, Nov. 7. Of course, that's 3 a.

Straight from Poguelandia comes the official trailer for the second part of season four of Outer Banks, which is set to debut this week on November 7th. It hasn’t been much of a wait for the growing group of Outer Banks fans, as the first part was released on October 10th, but that’s definitely more than enough for the die-hards.

As per Netflix, “The Pogues are back for more action and adventure with a fourth season of Outer Banks, streaming now. John B (Chase Stokes), Sarah (Madelyn Cline), JJ (Rudy Pankow), Kiara (Madison Bailey), Pope (Jonathan Daviss), and Cleo (Carlacia Grant) are back for the biggest season yet…While one chapter of the Pogues’ story has closed, the next phase of #P4L has only just begun, and the hunt for Blackbeard’s gold is on the horizon.”

Season four of Outer Banks has been split into two five-episode parts.

Spoiler alert: The following article contains spoilers from Outer Banks season 4, part 1.

Outer Banks season 4, part 1 introduces many new characters, like Larissa Genrette, who is never physically seen (outside of her portrait) but still significantly impacts the story. Season 4 jumps ahead 18 months after the events of the Outer Banks season 3 finale, aka when the Pogues found El Dorado. The six teens John B, Sarah, Pope, Kiara, JJ, and Cleo use their newfound fortune to build a business and a home for themselves. Unfortunately, their happiness (and riches) doesn't last forever, and they return to treasure hunting to make ends meet, which is where the Genrettes come in.

As teased during the flashforward in the Outer Banks season 3 finale, a man named Wes Genrette approaches the Pogues with a proposition to find Blackbeard's treasure. They ultimately take the old man up on his offer to acquire the amulet in exchange for $50,000. However,...

Warning! Spoilers ahead for Outer Banks season 4!

Outer Banks showrunners Josh Pate, Shannon Burke, and actor Rudy Pankow break down the massive JJ twist at the end of season 4 part 1, and tease how it will lead into part 2 on Netflix. In the episode, "Albatross," JJ's abusive father Luke tells him the truth about his parentage, revealing JJ to be the biological son of the late Larissa Genrette and Chandler Groff, making him a Kook. Outer Banks season 4 part 1 debuted on October 10, with part 2 releasing on November 7.

Josh Pate tells Entertainment Weekly that season 4 of Outer Banks is "JJ-centric." Changing his family tree "was one of the first ideas." Though they wanted the revelation "earlier into the season," they "like where it landed." Burke explained that the news "starts him on a long journey" and will bring "the most extreme sequence of events" in the coming part 2. Check out what they...

Warning! This article contains major Spoilers for Outer Banks season 4, part 1!Luke Maybank finally returns in Outer Banks season 4, with the truth about the whereabouts of JJs father making the teens story more tragic. Season 1 quickly established that Outer Banks' character JJ Maybank (Rudy Pankow) came from a troubled home life, as his mother abandoned him years before the start of the show, while his abusive father blames him for her absence. JJs father, Luke Maybank (Gary Weeks), proves to be a poor parent for the teen, and often engages in criminal activity, which includes abandoning JJ while running from authorities in season 2.

Most of the Pogues parents are absent from season 4, with Sarahs father Ward and John Bs father Big John both dying in Outer Banks season 3s ending. However, JJs family life comes to play an important role in Blackbeards treasure hunt. In Outer Banks season 4, episode 5, JJ...

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Get ready for the final adventure with The Pogues in the fourth and final season of Outer Banks. Created by Josh Pate, Jonas Pate, and Shannon Burke, the final season of the Netflix series is here to wrap up the stories of all of our favorite characters with one last treasure hunt and its outcome.

Outer Banks Season 4 will see the Pogues returning home after finding the gold at El Dorado and with the money they have, they create a fairly successful bait, tackle, and charter tour shop but after a couple of financial setbacks, they have no choice but to take up Wes Genrette’s proposal to find Blackbeard’s treasure.

Outer Banks Season 4 – Episode Guide (When Will The New Episodes Come Out?) Credit – Netflix

Outer Banks’ final season consists of ten episodes in total. The new...

[This story includes major spoilers from Outer Banks season four, part one.]

Outer Banks never fails to deliver shocker after shocker for its main characters and Part One of season four was no different.

The final moments of episode five, “Albatross,” delivered blows to Rudy Pankow’s JJ, Jonathan Daviss’ Pope, Madelyn Cline’s Sarah, Chase Stokes’ John B and the rest of the crew in one form or another.

Part one kicked off with a recap of what the Pogues were up to in the 18 months between returning from their City of El Dorado discovery in season three to when Wes Genrette (David Jensen) approaches them with Blackbeard’s captain log, potentially setting them up for a new treasure hunt.

Over the course of the Part One episodes, the Pogues set up a bait-and-tackle shop, with a charter business for tourists, as well as diving and surf lessons. But the money they got from the...

Fellow Outer Banks fans, how are we doing after watching the first five episodes of Outer Banks season 4? If you're already reading this, that means you binge-watched part 1, and I really can't blame you. We've been waiting so long for the return of the thrilling Netflix series, and now it's finally back. And it brought with it some big surprises. Spoilers From Episodes 1-5 Below.

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The major cliffhanger Outer Banks season 4 episode 5, "Albatross" left us with is the fact that JJ grew up with parents who aren't really his biological parents. That's right. His lineage was revealed in the final moments of the episode by his dad, Luke. JJ's biological parents are Larissa Genrette and Charles Groff. This makes Wes Genrette, who hired the Pogues to find the amulet, JJ's grandfather.

It was so surprising and a bit unsurprising at the same time! I didn't see...

The Pogues may have found the mythical, lost city of El Dorado, but they are far from done treasure hunting.

“Outer Banks” season 4 catches up with the crew as they embark on their next adventure to find Blackbeard’s treasure. The end of the fifth episode (and the finale of the first part of Season 4) ends with two cliffhangers. Pope and Sarah Cameron are stuck in a flooding church basement, at arm’s length of a potential treasure clue, while JJ just learned the truth about who his dad really is — or isn’t, rather.

Unlike the last three seasons, OBX4 will be released in two parts. This is part of a growing trend for Netflix hits. “Bridgerton,” “Ozark” and “Stranger Things” were just a few of the streamer’s recent series with staggered releases – an attempt to keep fans hooked on the project for more than just a binge.

The Pogues are back in the Outer Banks with a fresh sound to match.

After an emotional end to the third season, finding the gold but losing two father figures along the way, the Pogues have returned to North Carolina to embark on their next treasure-hunting mission. The third season ended with an 18-month jump forward in time. Season 4 backtracks to catch audiences up with what the Pogues have done with their cash and lives since.

The soundtrack of the fourth season combines retro funk, psychedelic rock and indie surfer hits to create an eclectic vibe that matches the varied personalities of the Pogues. Hits from Cake, Tame Impala and Funkadelic create an edge to accompany the treasure hunters’ adventurous spirits.

For a full list of all the needle drops in the “Outer Banks” Season 4 soundtrack, keep reading.

Episode 1 – “The Enduro” “Don’t Call My Name” – Skinshape “Every Trick In...

What a great time to be a Pogue! Outer Banks season 4 part 1 is now streaming on Netflix, which means we are off on new adventures with John B. (Chase Stokes) and the crew. And part of what makes each season so fun is the soundtrack. Let’s just say, the Pogues don’t skip a beat! So though danger is around every corner, one thing audiences are not going to do is catch the gang with a bad playlist.

No Spoilers! Haven’t caught Outer Banks season 4 part 1 on Netflix just yet? No worries, we will only be diving into a list of songs and keep away from any events. That way, you can add these songs to your playlist ahead of your binge watch.

The Outer Banks season 4 part 1 soundtrack is one of the best yet, featuring hits from Tame Impala, Skinshape, and Bass Drum of Death. That’s right,...

The Pogues are leaving the Outer Banks again in Outer Banks season 4 part 2, coming to Netflix on Nov. 7.

There's a look at Outer Banks season 4 part 2 after the fifth episode of Outer Banks season 4, "Albatross." And, it looks awesome!

Outer Banks season 4 part 1 is now streaming on Netflix, but it's not the full season. Netflix split the season into two parts with part 1 dropping on Oct. 10 followed by part 2 on Nov. 7. It's going to be a long wait, but Netflix generously gave fans like us a look at what's next. And, it's stunning!

We can't share the trailer for Outer Banks season 4 part 2. It's only available at the end of the credits on Netflix, but we're here to break it down.

In the teaser trailer, which is only about 40 seconds, there's so much going on! We already know the Pogues are about to be on the run from Sheriff Shoupe...

After the major cliffhanger we were left with in episode 4, Outer Banks season 4 episode 5, "Albatross," gives us an answer as to what happens with the Pogues when Shoupe shows up and they have Terrance's dead body lying in their living room. Yeah, not a good look. Here's our review of the episode of the Netflix series. Spoilers Below.

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Alright, so Shoupe shows up to Poguelandia 2.0 looking for JJ after the parents of the Kooks at the beach saw the video of him threatening to kill them all. They just want an excuse to take down the Pogues. Rude. The one problem is that Terrance's body is still there, and they end up having to hide him behind the couch right where Shoupe and JJ go to talk. Oh my goodness. Definitely a heart-racing moment for them and us!

Somehow Shoupe doesn't smell all the bleach they used,...

It all comes down to this! Only one episode of Outer Banks season 4 part 1 left, and it’s a good one.

In the last few minutes of season 4 episode 4, Sheriff Shoupe (Callum Moss) shows up at the house to talk to JJ (Rudy Pankow). John B (Chase Stokes) was trying to decide what to do. Luckily, he makes a good decision!

Shoupe doesn’t find Terrance’s body, but he knows JJ is lying about Wes

In Outer Banks season 4 episode 5, “Albatross,” Shoupe questions JJ about the situation at the Break when JJ threatened the Kooks after Ruthie tried to run them over. Then, Shoupe asks JJ about what happened at the hyperbaric chamber.

Shoupe shows JJ some photos of the dead guy that turned up on the beach. JJ denies knowing the dead guy, which is true. Then, Shoupe asks JJ where they were on Saturday night, the night Wes Genrette (David Jensen) died.

The Outer Banks season 4 part 1 ending is definitely a big cliffhanger! Well, there are a few big cliffhangers actually in Outer Banks season 4 episode 5, "Albatross."

For most of the season, the Pogues were just interested in paying off their property taxes. After JJ gambled away the last of the money from the El Dorado gold, the Pogues were in a rough spot, and Wes Genrette (David Jensen), who we met at the end of Outer Banks season 3, threw the Pogues a lifeline.

In exchange for finding the amulet that belonged to Elizabeth Teach, the wife of Blackbeard, in Blackbeard's wrecked ship, Wes would give the Pogues $50K, more than enough to cover the cost of the taxes and get the business back up and running.

The plan was going so well until it hit a snag! Another group, a violent one, was also looking for the amulet, which holds clues...

“I have got some questions/Filed with discontent,” Cola singer-guitarist Tim Darcy informs us on the Montreal post-punk band’s second album. Cola have their own fun little take on modern alienation. Laying bright, bracing guitars over taut, tetchy, minimalist drums and bass, their sound brings to mind Wire and the very earliest Cure and Echo and the Bunnymen. Yet where those bands had the decaying post-industrial England of the 1970s as a backdrop, Cola are products of our own more ambiently dehumanized times. “I’m a fragrant kind of shadow,...

MorDance celebrates its tenth anniversary performance season with two groundbreaking world premiere ballets centering themes of activism and humanity. Performances are April 28-29, 2023 at 7:30pm at the Gerald W. Lynch Theater at John Jay College as part of the Cuny Dance Initiative. Tickets are $30 for adults, and $20 for students and seniors. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit https://mordance.ticketleap.com/mordance/.

The program’s premieres are committed to dancemaking that embodies artistic excellence while promoting civic engagement and social awareness. Choreographer Morgan McEwen joins forces with composer Polina Nazaykinskaya to create a new work inspired by Emily Dickinson’s poem They Shut Me Up In Prose, with live music by Konstantin Soukhovetski and Jesus Rodolfo. An additional partnership with composer Josh Knowles is influenced by visual artist Chris Jordan’s film Albatross. The much-anticipated revival of McEwen’s 2018 ballet Stabat Mater will round out this triple bill.

The Rembrandts’ ‘I’ll Be There For You’ may be one of the world’s most instantly familiar TV theme tunes, but its success split up the band, amid fears they’d lost everything about them that was cool.

Danny Wilde, one half of the alt-rock duo, told the UK’s Guardian newspaper that the band were initially asked to record a 43-second version of the song for the pilot of Friends – something with the same tempo as R.E.M.’s ‘Shiny Happy People.’

Wilde explained why the band, comprising himself and Phil Solem, were initially reluctant to have their name associated with the sit-com:

“It didn’t have our name on the credits. We were a pretty hip band, so stipulated that we didn’t want anyone to know we’d sold out.”

Then, when the show quickly found its mark, the cast and band joined together in...

Unwelcome is a horror movie directed by Jon Wright starring Hannah John-Kamen and Douglas Booth.

A mixture of horror and local bright spots that, as it progresses, stops being “scary” to introduce us to “something else” that, although it will not be that surprising, it is quite interesting.

The creatures that appear will be quite familiar to you (whether or not they resemble the Critters is up to you).

Movie Review Unwelcome (2023)

For a B-movie, it has its merits in some places, especially in terms of cinematography. It knows how to maintain its tone of a fable and coherently interconnect the protagonist landscape with the narrative and the personal dramas of each one. The acting is fine, but no one here is exactly going to win an Oscar.

As for the horror story, it gets somewhat blurred as soon as the “protagonists” of the story appear (we will not give...

Hannah John-Kamen is an English actress best known for her roles in films such as Ready Player One, Ant-Man and the Wasp and Tomb Raider. She is also well known for her television roles in series such as Killjoys and Black Mirror.

John-Kamen began her acting career at a young age performing in stage productions, including a role in Terrence McNally’s Master Class. She made her debut on the big screen in 2011 with the film Albatross, followed by a recurring role in the series Misfits. In 2014 she received recognition for her performance as Dutch on the Canadian science fiction series Killjoys, for which she earned a nomination for Best Performance by an Actress at the Canadian Screen Awards.

In 2018 John-Kamen gained widespread critical acclaim for her supporting role as F’Nale Zandor in Ready Player One, as well as Ghost/Ava Starr in Ant-Man and the Wasp. That same...

Exclusive: Shudder has come aboard Jenn Wexler’s 1970s supernatural horror film The Sacrifice Game, starring Mena Massoud (Aladdin), Olivia Scott Welch (Fear Street), Gus Kenworthy (American Horror Story: 1984) and Chloë Levine (The Oa), which is heading into production next week. AMC Networks’ premium streamer for genre fare now holds all rights to the film in its territories, with Red Sea Media, Inc. having acquired international rights.

Wexler’s second feature following the 2018 horror film The Ranger (which was also distributed by Shudder) is set at a girls’ boarding school over Christmas break, 1971. It centers on Samantha and Clara, two students staying behind for the holidays, who must survive the night against uninvited visitors. Derek Johns (The Wolf and the Lion), Laurent Pitre (Under the Banner of Heaven), Madison Baines (1Up) and newcomer Georgia Acken will round out the cast.

Wexler and Sean Redlitz wrote the script. Wexler, Philip Kalin-Hajdu,...

Paramount Plus’ “Halo,” a makeover of the massive video game hit by Steven Spielberg’s Amblin TV and 343 Industries, will open this year’s Canneseries.

In other potential highlights, Gillian Anderson will be on hand to receive the Variety Icon Award. Canneseries Artistic Director Albin Lewi praised Gillian Anderson for delivering 10 “edgy” and iconic roles that have helped to redefine the drama landscape, and for being a symbol of “this golden age of series.” “Euphoria” star Sydney Sweeney will pick up the Madame Figaro Rising Star Award, the French TV festival announced Tuesday March 8 in Paris, unveiling its 2022 lineup.

“Squid Game” creator Hwang Dong-huyk producer Yeon Kim-ji will be in Cannes for a South Korea Focus.

Main growth at 2022’s Cannesseries will be in industry terms, said Canneseries Managing Director Benoit Louvet. The festival will stage its 4th Vivendi-backed Talent Unlimited writers residencies and 3rd Canneseries Writers Club, with...

Before Steven Tyler and Joe Perry became the “Toxic Twins,” they were merely intoxicated. On a newly unearthed demo tape, which is coming out with the regrettably punny title The Road Starts Hear, that Aerosmith cut in 1971 — two years before releasing their self-titled debut — the band sounds loose and lubricated on embryonic versions of “Dream On,” “Mama Kin,” and other ditties they would be performing live for the next 50 years. It’s at once both a sonogram of the band as journeymen and a testament to the vision they had early on,...

A previously unheard recording of “Need Your Love So Bad” — a blues song that late Fleetwood Mac frontman Peter Green sang with the group in its early days — will come out in conjunction with the release of a new book about Green, The Albatross Man, this October. Rolling Stone has a sneak peek of the track this Wednesday.

Green recorded the vocal in his mother’s attic sometime in the mid-Sixties; the more familiar recording of the track came out on Fleetwood Mac’s 1969 LP, The Pious Bird of Good Omen.

The Mick Fleetwood & Friends tribute concert to Peter Green at London’s Palladium on February 20th, 2020 was packed with incredible performances from the likes of Pete Townshend, Noel Gallagher, Steven Tyler, Kirk Hammett, Billy Gibbons, and Christine McVie.

But one of the best performances came near the very end of the show when David Gilmour came out to play the 1968 Fleetwood Mac instrumental “Albatross.” You can check out the moment right here, and the entire concert will be available for streaming via Nugs on April 24th.

Fleetwood personally invited Gilmour...

On February 25th, 2020, just days before Covid-19 shut down the global concert industry, Mick Fleetwood teamed up with Pete Townshend, David Gilmour, Noel Gallagher, Steven Tyler, Kirk Hammett, Billy Gibbons, Christine McVie, and many others to honor the legacy of Fleetwood Mac founder Peter Green with a special concert at the London Palladium.

Backed by an amazing house band that included Dave Bronze, Jonny Lang, Andy Fairweather Low, Ricky Peterson, Zak Starkey, and Rick Vito, the guests took turns tearing through early Mac classics like “Rattlesnake Shake,” “The Sky Is Crying,...

Last week, Fleetwood Mac’s Christine McVie walked back comments to the BBC that the band might tour again, but without Stevie Nicks or John McVie. As she told Rolling Stone, it was a “cheeky answer” to a question about the band’s future and not necessarily true.

But for anyone who’s worked with Fleetwood Mac, the ride has never been an easy one; just ask Mike Vernon, whose British label, Blue Horizon, released the first Mac music back in the late Sixties. As Vernon recalls, guitarist and founder...

An arthouse-orientated Berlin line-up could ultimately reveal some pleasant surprises.

“Apprehension” was the word used by artistic director Carlo Chatrian to describe the mood of the films at the Berlinale 2021. Given the precarious state of the world this pandemic midwinter, that’s possibly the best we could expect as he announced the titles under the gaze of the festival’s stern, bespectacled black bear..

But there was a sense of resilience as well. Chatrian and his co-chief, the festival’s managing director Mariette Rissenbeek, have responded to lockdown constraints with their second selection planted firmly in the European arthouse. It...

This year’s Berlin International Film Festival will look a bit different this year, with a virtual edition taking place March 1-5 for industry and press, then a public, in-person edition kicking off in June.

The complete lineup has now been unveiled, including Céline Sciamma’s highly-anticipated Portrait of a Lady on Fire follow-up Petite Maman, a surprise new Hong Sang-soo feature, the latest work from Ryūsuke Hamaguchi, along with new projects by Radu Jude, Xavier Beauvois, Dominik Graf, Pietro Marcello, Ramon Zürcher & Silvan Zürcher, and more.

Check out each section below.

Competition Tiles

“Albatros” (Drift Away)

France

by Xavier Beauvois

with Jérémie Renier, Marie-Julie Maille, Victor Belmondo

“Babardeală cu buclucsau porno balamuc” (Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn)

Romania/Luxemburg/Croatia/Czech Republic

by Radu Jude

with Katia Pascariu, Claudia Ieremia, Olimpia Mălai

“Fabian oder Der Gang vor die Hunde” (Fabian – Going to the Dogs)

Germany

by Dominik Graf

with Tom Schilling,...

The Berlin International Film Festival has set its full slate for the upcoming 2021 edition. Berlinale usually follows Sundance with a February festival, but the pandemic has forced organizers to develop a new festival format for 2021. The 71st Berlin International Film Festival is set to take place with the “Industry Event” from March 1 to 5, which will include the European Film Market (EFM), the Berlinale Co-Production Market, the Berlinale Talents, and the World Cinema Fund in online forms. From June 9 to 20, 2021 the Berlinale will launch a “Summer Special” with numerous film presentations in Berlin, both at indoor and outdoor cinemas.

Included in the March event is the traditional film festival slate, which includes the main Berlinale Competition lineup as well as sidebar sections such as Berlinale Special & Berlinale Series, Encounters, Berlinale Shorts, Panorama, Forum & Forum Expanded, Generation, Perspektive Deutsches Kino, and Retrospective. With the exception of the Retrospective, the films will be shown at the March event.

This week of Berlin International Film Festival announcements comes to a close with the main course – the Competition and Special Screenings programs. Scroll down for the full lists.

The 15-strong Competition – all world premieres – includes titles from filmmakers including Celine Sciamma, Daniel Bruhl and Xavier Beauvois.

Celine Sciamma is following on from her Golden Globe-nominated Portrait Of A Lady On Fire with her next movie, Petite Maman, which only went into production in November; plot details are hush but it is understood to star two eight-year-olds.

Actor-turned-filmmaker Bruhl also plays the protagonist in his directorial debut, Next Door, which centers on a film star and his troublesome neighbor.

Xavier Beauvois, whose credits include the Cannes Grand Prix winner Of Gods And Men and the 2017 film The Guardians, presents his eighth work, Albatros, which follows a police captain whose life goes into a tailspin.

Romanian filmmaker Radu Jude will also present his latest work,...

Mariette Rissenbeek and Carlo Chatrian also unveiled Berlinale Special features.

A 15-title Competition line-up including new films from Céline Sciamma and Radu Jude has been unveiled for the 2021 Berlin International Film Festival.

The festival’s executive director Mariette Rissenbeek and artistic director Carlo Chatrian unveiled the complete Competition strand along with Berlinale Special titles at a virtual press conference today (February 11), from an empty cinema.

Scroll down for the full list of titles

This year’s edition will take place in two parts; an industry-focused, online-only event running March 1-5, and a Summer Special event featuring physical screenings, planned for June 9-20.

The Panorama,...

The Berlin Film Festival on Thursday unveiled the titles that will compete in the 2021 Berlinale as well as the high-profile features screening out of competition in Berlin’s Berlinale Specials section.

Albatross from French director Xavier Beauvois (Of Gods and Men), Introduction by acclaimed Korean director Hong Sangsoo (The Woman Who Ran), Petite Maman from Portrait of a Lady on Fire director Céline Sciamma; and I’m Your Man, described as a sci-fi romantic comedy starring Toni Erdmann’s Sandra Hüller, from German filmmaker Maria Schrader (Emmy winner for Netflix’s Unorthodox) are among the high-profile arthouse titles that will have their world premieres in competition in ...

The Berlin Film Festival on Thursday unveiled the titles that will compete in the 2021 Berlinale as well as the high-profile features screening out of competition in Berlin’s Berlinale Specials section.

Albatross from French director Xavier Beauvois (Of Gods and Men), Introduction by acclaimed Korean director Hong Sangsoo (The Woman Who Ran), Petite Maman from Portrait of a Lady on Fire director Céline Sciamma; and I’m Your Man, described as a sci-fi romantic comedy starring Toni Erdmann’s Sandra Hüller, from German filmmaker Maria Schrader (Emmy winner for Netflix’s Unorthodox) are among the high-profile arthouse titles that will have their world premieres in competition in ...

Albatros

Director Xavier Beauvois will be ready with his eighth feature, Albatros in 2021. Produced by Sylvie Pialat and Benoit Quainon via Les Films du Worso, this stars stars Jérémie Renier, Victor Belmondo, Olivier Pequery, Madeleine Beauvois, and a pair from his 2017 The Guardians cast, Marie Julie Maille and Iris Bry. Beauvois received a Cesar nomination for his 1993 debut Nord, he went straight to the Cannes competition in 1995 with Don’t Forget You’re Going to Die, which received the Jury Prize. He returned to Cannes competition in 2010 with Of Gods and Men, which took home the Grand Prize and won the Cesar for Best Film.…...

On February 25th, 2020, Mick Fleetwood honored original Fleetwood Mac frontman Peter Green with a tribute show at London’s Palladium that featured guest appearances by Pete Townshend, Steven Tyler, Bill Wyman, Neil Finn, Noel Gallagher, Billy Gibbons, David Gilmour, Kirk Hammett, John Mayall, Christine McVie, Jeremy Spencer, and Zak Starkey.

A lucky audience of 2,200 witnessed the amazing concert, but on March 23rd and March 28th, 2021, it will screen at movie theaters all across the country. (Go to the official website for more information.) And on April 30th, it will be released on Blu-Ray,...

When Japanese VFX-wizard-turned-director Takashi Yamazaki (“Dragon Quest: Your Story”) tackled “Lupin III: The First” (GKids), the first CG movie in the Monkey Punch Anime franchise, he turned for inspiration to the great Hayao Miyazaki. After all, Miyazaki cut his feature teeth on the franchise’s “The Castle of Cagliostro” (1979), which was Yamazaki’s ’80s introduction to Miyazaki. And, for good measure, Miyazaki continued to make his mark on master thief Lupin by directing two influential TV episodes the following year: “Wings of Death: Albatross” and “Farewell My Beloved Lupin.”

The Oscar-winning Miyazaki (“Spirited Away”) humanized the stylish Lupin in “Cagliostro” by making him a gallant hero as well, rescuing a princess in distress on the way to seizing his treasure. Fittingly, Yamazaki borrowed the theme for “Lupin III: The First” by having Lupin rescue a brilliant archaeologist, Laetitia, in search of a mysterious supernatural artifact that connects both of their ancestries.

A supernatural robot is tasked with saving the world from all manner of monsters in Gabe Soria and Gideon Kendall's comic book series Megaghost, and with the first five issues (along with additional content) now available as a trade paperback from Eric Powell's Albatross Funnybooks, we've been provided with an exclusive excerpt to share with Daily Dead readers!

You can watch Megaghost battle a killer clown in our exclusive preview below, and to learn more about the Megaghost trade paperback, visit Amazon and Albatross Funnybooks' official website!

"Life can't get much weirder in the spooky city of Dunwich Heights. That is until junior occultist Martin Magus discovers a cursed ring that gives him the power to summon a trio of spirits to form Megaghost, a giant supernatural robot sworn to defend the world against magical monsters, otherworldly menaces, and other creepy things that go Smash in the night!

Wild Bunch TV is set to launch three new series, “Crisis Unit,” “Fragile” and “We Are Now,” at MIPCOM and the Mercato Internazionale Audiovisivo (Mia) in Rome.

Created and directed by Jacob Berger, “Crisis Unit” is a political thriller set in the murky underworld of the humanitarian industry in Yemen. Starring Isabelle Caillat and André Dussollier, it explores the complexity of humanitarian work through the eyes of an inexperienced young woman suddenly thrust into a geopolitical crisis. The series is produced by Tipimages and Entre Chien et Loup for Swiss public broadcaster Radio Télévision Suisse (Rts).

“Fragile” is a crime series created and directed by Serge Boucher, featuring a cast that includes Cesar Award winner Marc-André Grondin and Pier-Luc Funk. It tells the story of two families—the wealthy, influential Bachands and the salt-of-the-earth Coutures—suddenly rocked by a pair of mysterious deaths. “Fragile” is produced by Amalga Productions for Ici.

Mick Fleetwood has released a new recording and video for “These Strange Times,” as part of his Da*da*ism project.

Originally released on Fleetwood Mac’s 16th studio album Time in 1995, “These Strange Times” was rerecorded by Fleetwood with the addition of a sample of “Albatross,” the classic Peter Green-era Fleetwood Mac track, to the last 30 seconds of the song. The rerecorded “These Strange Times” comes with an eight-minute video that traverses the globe, channeling the Earth and human life’s beauties while acknowledging the current struggles (Covid-19, racial injustice,...

Stevie Nicks paid tribute to Fleetwood Mac co-founder Peter Green Saturday following the guitar great’s death at the age of 73.

Although Nicks didn’t join Fleetwood Mac until five years after Green’s departure, the singer admitted that the group’s Green-era music was one of the reasons she decided to join Fleetwood Mac. In 1998, both Green and Nicks were among the eight Fleetwood Mac members inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

“I am sorry to hear about the passing of Peter Green. My biggest regret...

If there’s one song that sums up the stoic guitar genius of Peter Green, it’s “Jumping at Shadows,” recorded live in February 1970, at the Boston Tea Party. Green was on top of the world; a 23-year-old rock star leading the London band he founded, Fleetwood Mac. They were the toast of Britain, riding their Number One hit “Albatross.” But “Jumping at Shadows” is a doomy blues ballad, his voice full of wistful dread, his guitar full of delicate pain. “I’m going downhill and I blame myself,” he sings.

Peter Green, co-founder of Fleetwood Mac, has passed away. He was 73-years old. A law firm representing the guitarist's family, Swan Turton, confirmed his death in a statement. "It is with great sadness that the family of Peter Green announces his death this weekend, peacefully in his sleep. A further statement will be provided in the coming days," the statement said. Green formed Fleetwood Mac with drummer Mick Fleetwood in the late 1960s, though he left the group following a final performance in 1970 amid mental health issues.

Peter Green was one of the eight members of Fleetwood Mac to get inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and is often cited as one of the best guitarists in rock history. The London-born blues guitarist first gained notoriety in 1965 when he was chosen as Eric Clapton's replacement in John Mayall's Bluesbreakers. "He might not be better [than Clapton] now.

Peter Green, guitarist and co-founding member of Fleetwood Mac, has died at the age of 73.

Green’s family confirmed his death in a statement to the BBC, “It is with great sadness that the family of Peter Green announce his death this weekend, peacefully in his sleep. A further statement will be provided in the coming days.”

Green was one of eight Fleetwood Mac members inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998; the blues guitarist also placed number 58 on Rolling Stone’s 100 Greatest Guitarists list.

The London-born...

Pierce Brosnan will star in Brett Marty’s sci-fi thriller “Youth,” an adaptation of a short film Marty directed and co-wrote in 2016, the Highland Film Group announced on Wednesday.

Sales for the film will launch at next month’s Marché du Film Online. Highland Film Group is handling international rights while CAA Media Finance is handling domestic sales. The sci-fi thriller is co-written by Marty, Josh Izenberg, and Amelia Whitcomb. Jib Polhemus, Paul Schiff and Martin Brennan will produce alongside executive producers Laura Bickford and Hannah Leader, and co-producer Joshua Izenberg.

In the near future, “Renewal’ is the world’s hottest commodity, a procedure to remind your body’s biological clock. Joel (Brosnan) is an ad-tech engineer who is about to retire at age 70, but his company doesn’t want to lose him and pays for him and his wife to Renew. His wife returns in her twenties, but Joel’s procedure goes wrong,...

Pierce Brosnan is set to star in Youth, the feature film directorial debut from writer/director Brett Marty based on his 2016 short of the same name. Marty, Josh Izenberg and Amelia Whitcomb co-wrote the film adaptation, which is being produced by Jib Polhemus, Paul Schiff, and Martin Brennan.

The pic is set in a future not far from now, where “Renewal” has become the world’s hottest (and most expensive) commodity — a procedure to rewind your body’s biological clock back to its prime. Joel (Brosnan), an ad-tech engineer, is about to retire at age 70, after a lengthy career. Not wanting to lose him, his company pays for him and his wife Alice to Renew — a luxury promising a second chance. Alice emerges from the operation in her 20s, but for Joel, the procedure goes tragically wrong. Rather than make him younger, his aging begins accelerating rapidly, and his remaining years evaporate into mere weeks.

Wild Bunch TV-sold “Albatros,” Turner Latin America’s banner title “Amarres” and REInvent Studios’ globe-trotting “Peacemaker” will feature at a 54 series-strong Buyers Showcase, which launches today March 25 as a backbone of Series Mania’s online Digital Forum, Europe’s first big festival experiment in a virtual marketplace.

Also featuring a powerful Co-Pro Pitching lineup, packed by pedigree producers and creatives, the Digital Forum’s industry audience, such as the number of accredited distributors, still has to be confirmed.

Some high-profile titles are missing: Opener “The Luminaries,” for example, from Fremantle and Working Title, and HBO closer “Run.” That said, the Buyer’s Showcase looks set to include five of Series Mania’s original 10 main competition entries and 13 of its 15 International Panorama titles, the festival’s two main sections.

Looking to the long-haul, as it also address urgent financial fall-out from Covid-19, the industry needs festival selection more than ever.

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Mick Fleetwood honored Fleetwood Mac co-founder Peter Green with a star-studded concert at London Palladium on Tuesday, which benefited Teenage Cancer Trust. The show included appearances by David Gilmour, Steven Tyler, Neil Finn, Pete Townshend, Billy Gibbons, Christine McVie, Bill Wyman, Kirk Hammett, and Noel Gallagher among other luminaries.

“The concert is a celebration of those early blues days where we all began, and it’s important to recognize the profound impact Peter and the early Fleetwood Mac had on the world of music,” Fleetwood said in a statement. “Peter...

Exclusive: Paramount Pictures is moving forward with a biopic of Sammy Davis Jr. Studio has set Charles Murray to write the script. The film is produced by Lorenzo di Bonaventura; fellow musical icon Lionel Richie, latter of whom was instrumental in gathering rights from Sammy Davis Jr’s estate; and Mike Menchel. The movie is based on several resources, among them the singer’s 1965 memoir Yes I Can: The Story of Sammy Davis Jr, which Davis wrote with Jane and Burt Boyar.

Menchel said after they set the project at Paramount under di Bonaventura’s deal, they searched long and hard for the right writer, and eventually found themselves on Murray’s doorstep. Physically, Charles Murray is the polar opposite of the wiry and diminutive film subject, nor would you confuse him with Arthur Murray for that matter. His credits as a writer/producer include the muscular dramas Sons of Anarchy and Luke Cage,...