Exclusive: Fox 2000’s The Hate U Give has been selected as the closing night film at the 22nd annual Urbanworld Film Festival, which runs from September 19-23 in New York. The screening will be followed by a panel discussion led by Ava DuVernay with director George Tillman Jr. and stars Amandla Stenberg and Algee Smith in attendance.
In addition, Steve McQueen’s Viola Davis-starring heist thriller, Widows has been added to the fest’s screening lineup, as well as the Bet original film Running Out of Time, and Smallfoot, the Warner Bros animated film that features the voices of Channing Tatum, James Corden, Zendaya, Common, LeBron James, Danny DeVito, Gina Rodriguez, and Yara Shahidi.
The festival will also be celebrating the 30th anniversal of the John Landis-directed cult classic Coming to America with a special spotlight screening of the film Friday, September 21 and a Q&A moderated...
In addition, Steve McQueen’s Viola Davis-starring heist thriller, Widows has been added to the fest’s screening lineup, as well as the Bet original film Running Out of Time, and Smallfoot, the Warner Bros animated film that features the voices of Channing Tatum, James Corden, Zendaya, Common, LeBron James, Danny DeVito, Gina Rodriguez, and Yara Shahidi.
The festival will also be celebrating the 30th anniversal of the John Landis-directed cult classic Coming to America with a special spotlight screening of the film Friday, September 21 and a Q&A moderated...
- 9/12/2018
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
Universal Pictures’ “Night School,” starring Kevin Hart and Tiffany Haddish, will open the 22nd annual Urbanworld Film Festival.
“Night School” is one of more than 60 films and TV shows being screened at the fest — an annual showcase of diverse culture — including the debut of the Fox show “Rel.” “Get Out’s” Lil Rel Howery stars in the series and will take part in a Q&A following the screening at New York City’s AMC Empire 25.
HBO will also screen two spotlight selections: first-time filmmaker Rudy Valdez’s “The Sentence,” a documentary about mandatory minimum sentencing, and Dyana Winkler and Tina Brown’s “United Skates,” a doc about some of America’s last standing roller rinks.
Passes for the festival, which runs from Sept. 19 to Sept. 23, are available at the Urbanworld website, and tickets for official selections and spotlights will be available in September.
Here’s the full list of...
“Night School” is one of more than 60 films and TV shows being screened at the fest — an annual showcase of diverse culture — including the debut of the Fox show “Rel.” “Get Out’s” Lil Rel Howery stars in the series and will take part in a Q&A following the screening at New York City’s AMC Empire 25.
HBO will also screen two spotlight selections: first-time filmmaker Rudy Valdez’s “The Sentence,” a documentary about mandatory minimum sentencing, and Dyana Winkler and Tina Brown’s “United Skates,” a doc about some of America’s last standing roller rinks.
Passes for the festival, which runs from Sept. 19 to Sept. 23, are available at the Urbanworld website, and tickets for official selections and spotlights will be available in September.
Here’s the full list of...
- 8/28/2018
- by Nate Nickolai
- Variety Film + TV
Jones stars in battle between space crew and alien.
Epic Pictures, fielding interest on its Toni Collette fishing trawler thriller Sea Fever, has added several sales titles to its Efm roster including sci-fi 5th Passenger starring Doug Jones from The Shape Of Water.
The team has launched talks here on Rajesh Golla’s English-Spanish drama Flavor Of Life, about a respectable Mexican restaurateur who reconnects with his estranged ex-con grandson and teaches him the ways of Mexican cuisine.
Erick Lopez, Pepe Serna, Roberto ‘Sanz’ Sanchez, Rene Moran, Lorena McGregor, Julia Vera and Eddie Martinez star.
Mark Brown’s comedy Sharon 1.2.3. from 10:10 Global Entertainment and JuntoBox Films centres on a tech star who must decide which women to settle down with. Matt Bush, Skyler Samuels, Erinn Hayes, Gina Rodriguez and Nadine Velazquez star.
Scotty Baker’s 5th Passenger takes place on board a spaceship where the crew race to find an alien that threatens to destroy them all. Tim Russ...
Epic Pictures, fielding interest on its Toni Collette fishing trawler thriller Sea Fever, has added several sales titles to its Efm roster including sci-fi 5th Passenger starring Doug Jones from The Shape Of Water.
The team has launched talks here on Rajesh Golla’s English-Spanish drama Flavor Of Life, about a respectable Mexican restaurateur who reconnects with his estranged ex-con grandson and teaches him the ways of Mexican cuisine.
Erick Lopez, Pepe Serna, Roberto ‘Sanz’ Sanchez, Rene Moran, Lorena McGregor, Julia Vera and Eddie Martinez star.
Mark Brown’s comedy Sharon 1.2.3. from 10:10 Global Entertainment and JuntoBox Films centres on a tech star who must decide which women to settle down with. Matt Bush, Skyler Samuels, Erinn Hayes, Gina Rodriguez and Nadine Velazquez star.
Scotty Baker’s 5th Passenger takes place on board a spaceship where the crew race to find an alien that threatens to destroy them all. Tim Russ...
- 2/17/2018
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
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