IFC Midnight and Shudder acquired She Will, the BIFA nominated psychological horror directed by artist and filmmaker Charlotte Colbert. The film stars Alice Krige (Thor, Gretel & Hansel, Sleepwalkers), Kota Eberhardt (Dark Phoenix), BAFTA® Award winner Rupert Everett (My Best Friend’s Wedding, An Ideal Husband), Amy Manson (Spencer), Jonathan Aris (The Death of Stalin, All The Money in the World) and Malcolm McDowell (A Clockwork Orange).
Actors Leslie Jordan and Tracee Ellis Ross announced the 94th Oscars® nominations lead by The Power of the Dog with an impressive 12 nominations.
Focus Features, Peacock, and Jordan Peele’s Monkeypaw Productions acquired the hit indie comedy Honk For Jesus. Save Your Soul. starring Regina Hall and Sterling K. Brown which was a breakout hit at the 2022 Sundance film festival. The film will premiere in theaters and on Peacock later this year.
Netflix released the official trailer for jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy, a documentary film series directed by Coodie & Chike on the life of rapper Kanye West directed by Clarence “Coodie” Simmons and Chike Ozah.
“They Call Me Magic” a four-part documentary event that takes a holistic look into the life and career of one of the world’s most iconic figures, Earvin “Magic” Johnson, will premiere April 22 on Apple TV+.
Quiver debuted the trailer for The Changed, the sci-fi horror film starring Clare Foley (Sinister), Jason Alan Smith (Before I Wake), and Tony Todd (Candyman). Also starring in the film are Carlee Avers, Doug Tompos, Olivia Freer and Kathy Searle. Directed by Michael Mongillo, the film opens in select theaters and on demand on March 4th, 2022.
The Power of the Dog was the big winner at the 42nd annual London Critics’ Circle Film Awards, winning four major awards including the Film of the Year, while Campion herself was named Director of the Year. The film’s stars Benedict Cumberbatch and Kodi Smit-McPhee won Actor and Supporting Actor of the Year. It is Campion’s second film to take the Circle’s top honor, 28 years after The Piano triumphed in 1994.
Check out the official trailer for So Cold the River, the thriller starring Bethany Joy Lenz (“One Tree Hill” “Dexter”). A dark contemporary supernatural thriller, So Cold the River, follows a documentary filmmaker (Lenz) who soon realizes that the subject of her investigation isn’t who he claims to be. Also starring in the film are Alysia Reiner (“Orange is the New Black”), Tony Award-winner Deanna Dunagan, Katie Sarife (Annabelle Comes Home) and Andrew J. West (“The Walking Dead”).
American Reckoning is an extraordinary look at the civil rights era – the violence and resistance – through rare footage filmed more than 50-years ago in Natchez, Mississippi, and the still-unresolved killing of local NAACP leader Wharlest Jackson.
Ahead of the theatrical release, Super LTD released the official trailer for Ted K, the historical drama film starring Sharlto Copley as Ted Kaczynski, in the film billed as the true story of the man known as the Unabomber, and the events leading to his arrest. Also starring in the film are Drew Powell, Amber Rose Mason, Travis Bruyer, Megan Folsom, Andrew Senn and Keith Barber.
The Toronto Black Film Festival (TBFF) celebrates its 10th anniversary, kicking off on February 16 with Krystin Ver Linden’s Canadian premiere of Alice, starring Emmy Award-winning actress, Keke Palmer and Grammy Award-winning rapper, Common. Inspired by the true events Alive tells the story of a woman of servitude who narrowly escapes her oppressor, to discover the surprisingly mind-bending reality that exists beyond the tree line. Then, as of 9pm EST all the films will be accessible online. The Festival will close with Paul Tom’s documentary feature, Alone, about unaccompanied minors who left their home country behind to start over in Canada in hopes to live a better life.
Roadside Attractions and Vertical Entertainment partnered to acquire Emily the Criminal, the Sundance 2022 critically-acclaimed thriller, with an original screenplay and directorial debut by John Patton Ford, starring and produced by Aubrey Plaza (Black Bear, Ingrid Goes West). Plaza stars opposite Theo Rossi (American Skin, Army of the Dead) as well as Megalyn Echikunwoke (Late Night, Damsels in Distress), and Gina Gershon (Blockers, Bound).