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Exclusive: Michael Madsen (Reservoir Dogs) is starring with Steven Ogg (Walking Dead), Josh Hamilton (Eighth Grade), Ivory Aquino (When They See Us), Lana Rockwell (Sweet Thing), Rob Riordan and Jonathan Lorenzo Price in ensemble comedy feature, Concessions.

Set during the last day at the closing Royal Alamo Cinema, pic follows two slackers working the final shift, who cross paths with outcasts and oddballs in interwoven stories of rejection, redemption, and fate. Hunter (Riordan), a jaded employee who spent the last decade behind the concessions stand, must finally face his uncertain future.

Movie theater employees and patrons include the former stuntman trying to charm his way into a free ticket (Madsen), the ornery theater owner keeping the slackers in line for one more day (Ogg), the hungry news reporter (Aquino), and the Australian cowboy and boomerang-slinging movie star (Hamilton). As day turns to night, the small-town community must reckon with its...

Saul “Canelo” Álvarez is a global boxing star from Mexico with his four division world championships, and named the most undisputed middleweight champion of the world. Born on July 18, 1990, in Jalisco, Guadalajara, Mexico, Álvarez has captivated fans worldwide by representing his Mexican values and heritage with his amazing exploits in the ring.

The documentary will take an inside look at four division world champion and undisputed super middleweight champion of the world, icon of boxing, Saul “Canelo” Álvarez and his career-defining rivalry with fighter Triple G. Saul “Canelo” Alvarez will next fight against Jaime Munguia on Saturday, May 4 in Las Vegas.

Stephen Curry & Erick Peyton will produce, while Karla Peraza De Diaz, Brian Testuro Ivie will serve as executive producers.

“We’re honored to have the opportunity to tell the story of Canelo Álvarez, someone we have immense admiration and respect for,” said Erick Peyton & Stephen Curry of Unanimous Media.

Exclusive: Oscilloscope Laboratories has settled on a theatrical release date for its Flannery O’Connor biopic Wildcat, co-written and directed by Ethan Hawke, following the acquisition of North American rights. Exec produced by and starring the filmmaker’s daughter, Maya Hawke, the film will open at The Angelika in New York, and in L.A. theaters still to be determined on May 3rd, with a national roll-out to follow.

Competitors in its opening weekend will include Uni’s action comedy The Fall Guy, starring Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt, and an unknown title from Disney.

World premiering at last year’s Telluride Film Festival before going on to screen in Toronto, Wildcat invites the audience to weave in and out of the mind of celebrated Southern Gothic writer Flannery O’Connor (Maya Hawke) as she ponders the great questions of her writing: Can scandalous art still serve God? Does suffering precede all greatness?...

Oscilloscope Laboratories has acquired North American rights to Wildcat, Ethan Hawke’s portrait of Flannery O’Connor, which premiered at Telluride last year.

Maya Hawke stars in and produced the film, which weaves in and out of the Southern Gothic writer’s mind as she ponders the great questions of her writing: can scandalous art still serve God? Does suffering precede all greatness? Can illness be a blessing?

The cast includes Laura Linney as O’Connor’s mother, Philip Ettinger, Rafael Casal, Cooper Hoffman, Steve Zahn, Vincent D’Onofrio, Alessandro Nivola, Christine Dye, Willa Fitzgerald, and Levon Hawke.

O-Scope plans a spring theatrical release.

Oscilloscope Laboratories has acquired North American rights to Wildcat, Ethan Hawke’s portrait of Flannery O’Connor, which premiered at Telluride last year.

Maya Hawke stars in and produced the film, which weaves in and out of the Southern Gothic writer’s mind as she ponders the great questions of her writing: can scandalous art still serve God? Does suffering precede all greatness? Can illness be a blessing?

The cast includes Laura Linney as O’Connor’s mother, Philip Ettinger, Rafael Casal, Cooper Hoffman, Steve Zahn, Vincent D’Onofrio, Alessandro Nivola, Christine Dye, Willa Fitzgerald, and Levon Hawke.

O-Scope plans a spring theatrical release.

Oscilloscope Laboratories has acquired North American rights to Ethan Hawke’s portrait of Flannery O’Connor, Wildcat, starring and executive produced by Maya Hawke. The film had its world premiere at the 2023 Telluride Film Festival. Oscilloscope will release the film in theaters in the Spring.

Directed and co-written by 4-time Academy Award nominee Ethan Hawke, Wildcat tells the story of Southern Gothic writer Flannery O’Connor’s as she ponders the great questions of her writing: Can scandalous art still serve God? Does suffering precede all greatness? Can illness be a blessing?

In 1950, Flannery (Maya Hawke) visits her mother Regina (Laura Linney) in Georgia when she is diagnosed with lupus at 24 years old. Struggling with the same disease that took her father’s life when she was a child and desperate to make her mark as a great writer, this crisis pitches her imagination into a feverish exploration of belief. As...

When it opened in 1995 in Times Square, the All Star Café was supposed to be the sports world’s answer to Planet Hollywood. Not only was it developed by the same restaurant chain, but it borrowed from its playbook, attracting legends such as Joe Montana, Shaquille O’Neal, Ken Griffey Jr. and Andre Agassi to serve as ambassadors to the brand. But what began as a red carpet extravaganza slowly deteriorated, a victim of changing tastes and rocky finances.

Now, Sports Illustrated Studios and 101 Studios, the company behind “Yellowstone,” are partnering with Stephen Curry, the nine-time NBA All-Star, four-time NBA champion and two-time NBA Mvp — and his Unanimous Media multimedia company — to produce a feature film and documentary about the All Star Café’s rise and fall. It is based on a 2020 article by Jon Wertheim.

Erick Peyton (“Stephen Curry: Underrated”) will produce for Unanimous Media, while Brian Tetsuro Ivie...

Sports Illustrated Studios & 101 Studios has partnered with future Hall of Famer Stephen Curry and his Unanimous Media to produce a narrative film and a documentary about the All Star Café. The projects will be based on Jon Wertheim’s 2020 Sports Illustrated article.

The All Star Café opened in New York City on December 18, 1995, with much fanfare as the themed eatery set up to be for sports what the Hard Rock Cafe is for music. It opened with a flurry of paparazzi, red carpet and a slew of A-list celebrities and athletes, but the final buzzer sounded on September 23, 2007, when it shuttered under the cloud of bankruptcy. That final chapter included the largest sports memorabilia heist in history cooked up by a group of knuckleheaded kitchen staffers, in what has been hailed as a Coen Brothers Fargo-esque criminal event.

The projects come under the 101 Sports Division partnership with Si Studios...

Stephen Curry’s Unanimous Media is coming on board a harrowing new documentary from director Brian Tetsuro Ivie, titled “Cancer Alley.”

Grappling with themes of racial and environmental justice, the film tells the story of a small working-class community living in the shadow of an estimated 150 petrochemical facilities in Southern Louisiana. The area, known to locals as “cancer alley,” contains seven of the 10 most carcinogen-ridden census tracts in America and has been called a “modern-day plantation” by activists. The nickname “cancer alley” has also been disputed by some corporate leaders as a misnomer, citing below-average cancer rates in many districts. The feature will explore this controversy in depth.

“I heard about the story through a friend and then literally jumped on a plane because I had to see it for myself,” director Ivie said. “I had never seen so much death and so much life together in the same place.

Stephen Curry and Erick Peyton on behalf of their Unanimous Media have signed a multiplatform deal with Comcast NBCUniversal.

The multiyear agreement will include first-look development deals for Universal Studio Group and scripted and unscripted television projects and another for DreamWorks Animation for kids and family content.

Curry in addition to the first-look deals will join NBC Sports’ Golf Channel for coverage of the Ryder Cup, and he’ll appear across many of the conglomerate’s other brands as well. With the Ryder Cup, he’ll serve as an “insider” during the coverage and create original content for the Golf Channel and GolfPass. His work will also be featured in the UK and Ireland’s coverage for Sky Sports.

One of his first projects will be reimagining “The More You Know” PSA campaigns. In them, he’ll sit down with John Legend to discuss topics related to diversity, equity and...

Comcast NBCUniversal has made its first-ever Global Talent Partnerships deal with two-time NBA Mvp Stephen Curry’s Unanimous Media production company; a multi-year pact which will span first-look development deals with Universal Studio Group for scripted and unscripted TV projects and DreamWorks Animation.

In addition to the first-look deals, Curry will team with many other Comcast NBCUni brands on a variety of on-camera and creative opportunities including joining NBC Sports’ Golf Channel for coverage of the Ryder Cup, an event which features the top players in the sport from the U.S. versus those from Europe. In addition to covering the event, Curry will create original content for Golf Channel’s “Live From the Ryder Cup” and GolfPass. Curry’s work with the Ryder Cup will also be included in Sky Sports coverage of the event across the UK and Ireland.

Curry will also help launch the reimagination of NBCUni...

NBA star Stephen Curry’s Unanimous Media and Netflix are teaming for Black Brother, Black Brother, a feature based on Jewell Parker Rhodes’ book.

The novel was chosen for Curry’s Underrated Book Club. It’s the second book by Rhodes to be optioned as a film and the first book from Underrated to be sold.

The story follows 12-year-old Donte, who wishes he were more like his popular, lighter-skinned brother, Trey. After being framed by the school bully, who’s also the school fencing captain, for something he didn’t do, Donte joins a local youth center and meets disgraced former Olympic fencer Arden Jones. With Arden’s help, he starts training as a competitive fencer, setting his sights on taking down his nemesis.

Curry and Erick Peyton produce for Unanimous Media, whose Brian Tetsuro Ivie will serve as a creative producer for and is leading development on the project.

NBA star Steph Curry will be the subject of a new documentary feature film called “Underrated” that will be produced by A24 and “Black Panther” director Ryan Coogler.

The film will document Curry’s rise during his historic March Madness career in college up through his three-time championship career with the Golden State Warriors.

Curry will also produce “Underrated” with Erick Peyton on behalf of their Unanimous Media banner. And Coogler and Pete Nicks will produce for Proximity Media. A24 is also producing and will fully finance.

“Underrated” is named for Steph Curry’s Underrated Tour, in which Curry provides training regimens specifically for high school athletes who have been given a three-star prospect rating and are being overlooked by most colleges or scouts, just as he was when he was a senior in high school in North Carolina. The news comes also shortly after Curry signed a historic four-year,...

A24 has greenlit the documentary Underrated about NBA superstar Steph Curry and his historic 2008 run to March Madness greatness.

The film, also from Curry’s Unanimous Media, will recall the star basketball player’s improbable rise with the Davidson Wildcats at the NCAA tournament. A24 will produce and fully finance the film, which marks the first project in a development deal between A24 and Unanimous Media focused on documentaries with Jenelle Lindsay and Brian Ivie leading development for Unanimous.

In March, Unanimous Media bolstered its film and TV production team by promoting Lindsay to executive vp and hired documentary maker Ivie as a creative ...

Exclusive: Unanimous Media’s newly formed development arm Pathways Alliance is adapting Wes Moore’s best seller, The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates for the big screen.

The book is based on the true story of two men with the same name who lived just blocks away from each other in Baltimore and ended up in very different places. Author Moore became a Rhodes Scholar, Army Officer, White House Fellow and currently is the CEO of a major New-York based antipoverty foundation, Robin Hood. The other Wes Moore is serving a life prison term for taking part in a robbery where an off-duty policeman was killed. It’s a story that shows that family support and societal intervention play an important role in shaping the lives of young men in the inner city.

Stephen Curry and Erick Peyton will executive produce for Unanimous Media, along with Kalyna Kutny...

NBA star Stephen Curry’s Unanimous Media has promoted Jenelle Lindsay to executive vice president for film and television and added documentary filmmaker Brian Tetsuro Ivie as a creative producer for film and TV for the production company.

Unanimous Media was founded by Curry and Erick Peyton and focuses on film, TV and digital content that elevates diverse voices.

Lindsay joined Curry and Peyton in July 2018 as their first hire at Unanimous. She began her career writing for television before joining Endemol USA, where she came in as VP of development. Lindsay then joined Katalyst Media and Sony Pictures Television where she served as senior vice president of development. She has over 22 years of production, development and storytelling experience.

As creative producer, Ivie will oversee a slate of film, television and documentary projects, along with developing several of his own in-house. Ivie will also head Unanimous’ faith-based vertical in collaboration with Lindsay,...

NBA champion Stephen Curry and Erick Peyton’s Unanimous Media has upped creative executive Jenelle Lindsay to Film and Television EVP and tapped documentary filmmaker Brian Tetsuro Ivie as Creative Producer for Film and Television.

Lindsay was the first hire for Unanimous Media in July 2018. She began her career writing for television before joining Endemol USA where she came in as VP of Development. Lindsay then joined Katalyst Media and Sony Pictures Television where she served as SVP of Development. With over 22 years of production, development and storytelling experience she has been instrumental in building the Unanimous development slate.

As creative producer, Ivie will oversee a slate of film, television and documentary projects, along with developing several of his own in-house. He will also be heading the faith vertical for Unanimous in collaboration with Lindsay, Peyton and Curry. Unanimous already found early box office success with its film Breakthrough ($50.4M...

Stephen Curry's Unanimous Media has bolstered its film and TV production team by promoting Jenelle Lindsay to executive vp and hiring documentary maker Brian Tetsuro Ivie as creative producer.

Lindsay, who joined the production banner founded by Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry and Erick Peyton in 2018 as vp development, was the first hire at Unanimous. Ivie directed Emanuel, a documentary about the 2015 attack by a white supremacist gunman on the Emanuel A.M.E. church in Charleston, South Carolina, that killed nine worshipers.

As creative producer, Ivie will oversee a slate of film, TV and documentary projects ...

On June 17, 2015, a stranger walked into Emanuel Ame church and found a Bible study in progress. They invited him to join them, but instead, Dylann Roof opened fire, killing nine Black parishioners in the process. Written and directed by Brian Ivie, the documentary “Emanuel” revisits that terrible day with the families of those who were taken so soon, so violently.

The film introduces the audience to Nadine as she’s preparing a sweet-potato pie and reminiscing about her mother, who was one of the nine members of the church not to return home that night. Next is Anthony, a pastor whose wife was also killed in the massacre. Chris, a baseball player on the rise, remembers his mother. More faces, more stories roll in, and the enormity of the losses feel bigger and bigger. It wasn’t just the victims and their immediate families who were affected, but their entire community as well.

In today’s film news roundup, PETA honors Jon Favreau for “The Lion King,” “Tigers Are Not Afraid” gets a theatrical release, a Kirk Franklin biopic is in development and “The Sixth Sense” gets an anniversary showing in Philadelphia.

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The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is sponsoring a rescued lion to honor director Jon Favreau’s decision to use computer-generated imagery to create the animals in “The Lion King.”

Disney’s “The Lion King” hits theaters this weekend. PETA selected Louie, who was taken from his mother as a cub in South Africa and forced to perform in film and television productions. Louie currently lives at the Lions Tigers & Bears sanctuary in Alpine, Calif.

“Jon Favreau’s ‘The Lion King’ brings to life compelling characters such as Simba, Nala, Pumbaa, and Timon without exploiting a single live animal,” said PETA senior vice president Lisa Lange. “In Mufasa’s name,...

Exclusive: Sony is taking us to church with an upcoming biopic about multi-platinum gospel singer Kirk Franklin. The film, currently untitled, is being produced by former Sony exec DeVon Franklin via his Franklin Entertainment banner, while Franklin will serve as an executive producer through his label Fo Yo Soul Entertainment.

Brian Ivie (The Drop Box) has been tapped to write the film which will follow 14-time Grammy-winning artist from his humble beginning through his meteoric rise to fame as he changes the face of gospel music and battles his demons in the process.

Franklin, often dubbed as the king of gospel music, released his first album in 1993 called Kirk Franklin & The Family, which went platinum with over 1 million copies sold, the first gospel album to do so, and charted at No. 1 on the Billboard Top Gospel Albums chart for 42 weeks. He’s also behind such hits as “Looking for You”, “Revolution,...

The limited run of the gripping documentary Emanuel from Steph Curry and Viola Davis ends today (which is June 19 aka Juneteenth) and celebrities are doing their part to support, advocate and spread the message about the feature that focuses on the tragedy that struck the Emanuel A.M.E. church on June 17, 2015. Actors including Mahershala Ali, Halle Berry and Lena Waithe as well as musicians like Sza and Questlove are buying out theaters to raise awareness for the film.

The documentary follows the story of when a white supremacist gunman took the lives of members of the Emanuel church. It examines how faith, hope and forgiveness healed a community after the church shooting. Through intimate interviews with survivors and family members who were left to grapple with this senseless act of terror, the feature weaves the history of race relations in Charleston, the significance and impact of Mother Emanuel Church,...

Following yet another NBA Finals run with the Golden State Warriors for Stephen Curry, the three-time champion’s production company, Unanimous Media, has released a new documentary film focused on the mass shooting at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina.

“Emanuel,” which Unanimous executive produced along with Viola Davis, tells the story of June 17, 2015, when Dylann Roof walked into a bible study at the church and killed nine African Americans during their closing prayer.

The film hit theaters for a limited run on Monday — the four-year anniversary of the shooting — and features intimate interviews with survivors and family members who were left to grapple with the senseless act of terror.

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“I think for Steph and Viola both, this was like a family tragedy,” Brian Ivie,...

Mass shootings continue to be a shameful stain on contemporary American history. They strike at such a frequent rate that the way they occupy news cycles before losing the public’s short-spanned attention has become appallingly routine. With his somber documentary “Emanuel,” released by Fathom Events in theaters for two nights only (June 17 and 19), director Brian Ivie (“The Drop Box”) aspires to focus on something rare and enduring that unfolded in the aftermath of one such unspeakable tragedy. It was a collective act of defiance that aimed to heal a wounded community.

That community includes a congregation in Charleston’s historic Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, who lost nine — all black lives that vastly mattered — to a gun massacre in their holy house of worship exactly four years ago. Executive produced by Viola Davis and Stephen Curry among others, “Emanuel” turns the nation’s eye on the victims’ loved ones,...

"Racism is as American as apple pie. And that's why I don't understand why so many people are shocked." The first official trailer has been unveiled for a powerful documentary titled Emanuel, made by filmmaker Brian Ivie. The doc film profiles the horrible tragedy and aftermath of the shooting at the Emanuel A.M.E. Church in Charleston, South Carolina back in 2015, when nine innocent people were murdered by a white supremacist. Producers Viola Davis and Julius Tennon explain why they helped make this: “We, along with the country, grieved each family's loss. Yet, miraculously, from this devastation we witnessed tremendous benchmarks of humanity. The survivors found courage to love in the face of hate." The doc focuses less on the shooter, more on the victims and the neighborhood, showing "how faith, hope and forgiveness healed a community after the church shooting." What a stunning, moving trailer - that song makes all the difference.

Exclusive: On June 17, 2015, tragedy struck the nation when a white supremacist gunman took the lives of members of the Emanuel A.M.E. church. In the documentary Emanuel executive produced by Steph Curry’s Unanimous Media, Viola Davis and Julius Tennon’s JuVee Productions and Mariska Hargitay, director Brian Ivie shed light on the events and highlights the power of forgiveness.

In the new trailer above, we see witnesses, survivors and family members affected by the events in the Charleston, Sc share their stories. The documentary also examines how faith, hope and forgiveness healed a community after the church shooting. It also weaves the history of race relations in Charleston, the significance and impact of Mother Emanuel Church, and the hope that somehow emerges in the aftermath

“The documentary highlights how a horrible tragedy can bring a community together, and spreads an important message about the power of forgiveness,” said Curry.

Emanuel, a documentary about the 2015 Charleston church shooting in which white supremacist Dylann Roof killed nine African American parishioners, has signed on NBA star Stephen Curry and Viola Davis and Julius Tennon’s JuVee Productions as executive producers. The move comes ahead of the Brian Ivie-directed film’s screening at Doc NYC later this month. CAA is repping worldwide sales.

The docu features interviews with survivors and family members and is a poignant story of justice and faith, love and hate, and the healing power of forgiveness. It was made in partnership with the city of Charleston and the victims’ families.

“Emanuel is an incredibly powerful film and we’re honored to come on board as executive producers,” said Curry of his Unanimous Media banner. “The documentary highlights how a horrible tragedy can bring a community together, and spreads an important message about the power of forgiveness. Stories like...

Golden State Warriors All-Star guard Stephen Curry and Viola Davis have signed on as executive producers for “Emanuel,” the documentary which tells the story of the 2015 church shooting in Charleston, South Carolina.

Directed by Brian Ivie, “Emanuel” chronicles the events of June 17, 2015, when Dylann Roof walked into a bible study at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church and killed nine African Americans during their closing prayer.

Curry via his Unanimous Media and Davis and Julius Tennon via their JuVee Productions will executive produce the documentary, the companies announced today.

Also Read: Dylann Roof Gets 9 Life Sentences -- and Could Still Be Executed, Too

The documentary features intimate interviews with survivors and family members who were left to grapple with this senseless act of terror. “Emanuel” is described as a poignant story of justice and faith, love and hate, and the healing power of forgiveness.

“Emanuel is an incredibly powerful film and...

Viola Davis and Stephen Curry have signed on as executive producers of “Emanuel,” a documentary about the 2015 mass murder of black churchgoers by a white supremacist.

Unanimous Media, the production company of NBA superstar Curry, and Viola Davis and Julius Tennon’s JuVee Productions join as executive producers of the film alongside Dane Smith, David Segel and Tina Segel.

“Emanuel” documents the events of June 17, 2015, when 21-year-old Dylann Roof walked into a bible-study group at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C., and shot and killed nine African-Americans during their closing prayer.

Directed by Brian Ivie (“The Drop Box”), the documentary is produced by John Shepherd, Mike Wildt and Dimas Salaberrios. “Emanuel” was made in direct partnership with the city of Charleston and all 10 affected families, featuring interviews with survivors and family members. Producers describe the film as “a poignant story of justice and faith, love and hate,...