Dark Sky Films will release Night Drive, a shocking ride with a wicked sense of humor from Bradford Baruh (John Dies at the End, Dead Night) and Meghan Leon (Dead Night), the filmmakers behind the cabin-in-the-woods thriller Dead Night, in theaters and digital/VOD on August 6th.
A24 released the short doc titled Legends Never Die: An Oral History of ‘Sir Gawain and The Green Knight,’ narrated by Ralph Ineson, billed as a crash course on the 14th century epic poem that inspired David Lowery’s upcoming film.
The documentary film, The Story Won’t Die, which demonstrates the resilience of exiled Syrian artist-refugees who process their pain and circumstances through music, painting, dancing and other mediums will premiere at the 2021 AFI Docs Film Festival
Yellow Veil Pictures acquired Mattie Do’s celebrated Laos time travel feature The Long Walk and is planning an early 2022 release. The film world premiered at the 76th Venice International Film Festival in the Giornate degli Autori section and later went on to screen at the Toronto International Film Festival in the Contemporary World Cinema program, Fantastic Fest and Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival.
Quiver released the official redband trailer for the hilarious comedy film The Exchange, starring Ed Oxenbould, Avan Jogia, Justin Hartley, Jennifer Irwin, Paul Braunstein, and Jayli Wolf. Directed by Dan Mazer, the film opens in theaters, on demand and digital on July 30, 2021.
Showtime will air UFO, a four-part docu-series executive produced by J.J. Abrams, exploring our fascination with unidentified flying objects, and what clandestine influence the American government, lucrative private companies and the military may have in shielding the truth behind extraterrestrial phenomena to further their own agendas.
HBO released the official teaser trailer for 100 Foot Wave documentary series premiering on July 18. Directed and executive produced by award-winning filmmaker Chris Smith, the six-part HBO Sports Documentary series 100 Foot Wave intimately captures the decade-long odyssey of surfing pioneer Garrett McNamara, who, after visiting Nazaré, Portugal in hopes of conquering a 100-foot wave, pushed the sport to ever-greater heights and alongside locals helped transform the small fishing village into the world’s preeminent big-wave surfing destination.
Neon released the trailer for the drama film Pig starring Nicolas Cage as a truffle forager whose beloved truffle-finding pig gets kidnapped. Written and directed by Michael Sarnoski, the film open in theaters on July 16, 2021.
Abramorama released the trailer for the documentary The Price of Freedom, that takes a look at the gun violence epidemic in America and the role the National Rifle Association. Directed by Judd Ehrlich, the film had its world premiere at Tribeca Film Festival and will open in in theaters on July 7.
RLJE Films released the trailer for Great White, the horror film about a killer shark set off the coast of Australia, starring Katrina Bowden, Aaron Jakubenko, Kimie Tsukakoshi, Tim Kano and Te Kohe Tuhaka. Directed by Martin Wilson, the film opens in theaters, on demand and digital on July 16, 2021
HBO released the official trailer for Catch and Kill: The Podcast Tapes, a six-part, half-hour documentary series directed by Emmy® winners Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato (HBO’s “Carrie Fisher: Wishful Drinking”) that brings to life Ronan Farrow’s intimate, revealing interviews with whistleblowers, journalists, private investigators and other sources, conducted for the Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist’s podcast and bestselling book “Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies and A Conspiracy to Protect Predators.” The documentary series debuts with two back-to-back episodes Monday, July 12, (9:00-10:00 p.m. ET/PT), with new episodes airing back-to-back subsequent Mondays at the same time.
LADY BOSS: The Jackie Collins Story, directed by Laura Fairrie is described as a definitive, cinematic portrait of the trailblazing author, mother, rebel, and icon. LADY BOSS made its world premiere on June 10 at Tribeca Film Festival, and will premiere for television Sunday, June 27, at 9:00pm ET and PT on CNN.