Don Quixote: Last News

Selena Kuznikov The Bentonville Film Festival will host “Shaping the Narrative: A Conversation with Misty Copeland” in partnership with Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art and the African American Film Critics’ Association June 12 at 6 p.m. The evening will feature a conversation with ballerina and New York Times bestselling author Misty Copeland following a screening of her documentary “Flower,” a silent arts activism film using dance to help raise awareness about intergenerational equity.

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor The teaser has been debuted for “The Captive,” the origin story of Miguel de Cervantes, the author of the novel “Don Quixote.” The historical epic is directed by Alejandro Amenábar, who won an Oscar for “The Sea Inside” and was BAFTA nominated for “The Others.” It will be released by Disney in Spain, while Film Constellation is selling other territories. “The Captive” recently sold to France (Haut et Court), Greece and Cyprus (Filmtrade/Tanweer), Portugal (Nos Audiovisuais), Bulgaria (Pro Films), Former Yugoslavia (Discovery), and CIS (Russian World Vision), with buyers circling in North America. The film, which shot last year on locations in Valencia, Alicante and Seville in Spain, is now in post-production.

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor Film Constellation has revealed the first pre-sales on historical epic “The Captive” by director Alejandro Amenábar, who won an Oscar for “The Sea Inside” and was BAFTA nominated for “The Others.” “The Captive” sold to France (Haut et Court), Greece and Cyprus (Filmtrade/Tanweer), Portugal (Nos Audiovisuais), Bulgaria (Pro Films), Former Yugoslavia (Discovery), and CIS (Russian World Vision), with buyers circling in North America. The film, which shot last year on locations in Valencia, Alicante and Seville in Spain, is now in post-production. It has been dated for release in Spanish theaters on Oct.

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor Haut Et Court has taken French distribution rights to the upcoming historical epic “The Captive,” directed by Alejandro Amenábar, best known for “The Others” and Oscar winner “The Sea Inside.” The $15 million film, which shot last year at locations in Valencia, Alicante and Seville in Spain, is now in post-production. Film Constellation handles worldwide sales on the film. Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures will be releasing the film in Spain.

Annika Pham London-based sales outfit Canoe Film is making its debut in series global distribution with “Mutiny,” a Latvian war drama and call to action against the Russian totalitarian regime, set to officially launch at Mipcom in Cannes. The brain behind the seven-part series “Mutiny” is Andrejs Ēķis, the Latvian mogul and founder of the major prodco and filming facility Cinevilla Studios which housed Beta Film’s “Sisi” and the Shudder original genre pic “Raven’s Hollow.” Ēķis serves as director-producer of the intense drama, penned by Latvia’s Ivo Briedis, together with Ukrainian duo Vitaly Dokalenko and Anastasiia Dudchenko.

Anna Marie de la Fuente Argentina’s Diego Lerman heads back for at least the third time to the San Sebastian Film Festival with his seventh and most ambitious film, “The Man Who Loved UFOs,” which competes in the festival’s official selection. Loosely inspired by real events and people, the dramedy is set in the summer of 1986, where José de Zer, an entertainment journalist, is covering the theater season in Buenos Aires. He’s approached one day by two individuals who invite him to their pueblo with an odd proposal.

EXCLUSIVE: Eric Lange (Escape At Dannemora) and Alfonso Dosal (Narcos) have joined the Prime Video series El Gato (w/t) as series regulars. They join the previously announced cast Diego Boneta, Lorenza Izzo, Sarah Jones and Adriana Barraza.

John Hopewell Chief International Correspondent Principal photography has begun on “The Captive,” a historical epic from “The Others’” Alejandro Amenábar, starring Julio Peña (“Berlin”) as “Don Quixote” author Miguel de Cervantes, a prisoner of Ottoman corsairs, seen in a very first still from the film, alongside Alessandro Borghi (“Suburra”), playing his captor, which has been shared in exclusivity with Variety. Paris and London-based production, finance and sales house Film Constellation handles worldwide sales.

EXCLUSIVE: Babylon Berlin star Lars Eidinger is leading futuristic romance movie Behind the Knothole, with producers seeking financing at Cannes.

EXCLUSIVE: On the heels of his debut feature Calladita (The Quiet Maid)’s November world premiere at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, rising Spanish filmmaker Miguel Faus has signed with Artists First for management.

Brent Lang Executive Editor Archstone Entertainment has acquired worldwide sales rights to “Don Q,” a comedic tribute to mafia movies that stars Armand Assante, no stranger to the genre from his work in HBO’s “Gotti” and “American Gangster.” It was written and directed by Claudio Bellante. Sales for the film kicked off this week at AFM. The film follows Assante’s character, who thinks of himself as a Don Corleone but is really more of a Don Quixote.

In the late 1960s, Gram Parsons, fresh from leaving The Byrds and becoming close pals with the Rolling Stones, signed on to star in a sci-fi film, Saturation 70.

I think Walt would be grumpy.

In the weeks leading up to her passing, the iconic singer Sinead O'Connor had just moved back to London, calling the city her “home,” and expressing her excitement about upcoming events and projects. Sinead, who was just 56 years old at the time of her death, had a rollercoaster life marked by mental health struggles and personal tragedies. Shortly before her passing, Sinead had shared her enthusiasm for seeing Rudolf Nureyev's Don Quixote ballet in London.

Gordon Lightfoot‘s “final album” has been announced.Per record label Linus Entertainment’s official website, the double record, titled ‘At Royal Albert Hall’, will serve as the late Canadian folk singer-songwriter’s final album. ‘At Royal Albert Hall’ was recorded live in 2016 and features a slew of the singer’s biggest hits including ‘Sundown’, ‘Early Morning Rain’ and ‘Waiting For You’.Linus Entertainment wrote in a statement: “In the final weeks prior to his passing on May 1, 2023, Gordon Lightfoot insisted that this live album be released as soon as possible, approving the artwork and making it clear that no changes were to be made to the recording.”Lightfoot’s ‘At Royal Albert Hall’ is reportedly “an unembellished live mix of that nights’ performance, without edits, overdubs, remixing or re-sequencing.

Gordon Lightfoot, the honey-voiced Canadian singer-songwriter who had giant U.S. hits with “If You Could Read My Mind,” “Sundown” and “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald,” died today at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto. He was 84.

Jane The Virgin star Gina Rodriguez has let her fans in one some of the details of how she is preparing for motherhood.The 38-year-old is expecting her firstborn child by her husband Joe LoCicero, an actor and MMA fighter she married in May 2019.'My husband is training to be my doula. He's really next level,' she dished in a new interview with Entertainment Tonight, joking: 'He's a martial artist and so it's basically, you know, he's cornering the fight of my life.' Baby on board:  Gina Rodriguez has let her fans in one some of the details of how she and her husband Joe LoCicero are preparing for motherhoodGina qualified: 'I wouldn't call it a fight - I would say, it's like...me climbing my Mount Everest and he's gonna corner me for it.' She waxed rhapsodic about how 'magical' Joe is, quipping: 'He's definitely the better half, so I'm hoping that he'll just go on in there and pull our baby out.'As for her own preparations, Gina revealed to the outlet: 'I'm taking some hardcore prenatal classes, working on that pelvic floor.' Side by side: 'My husband is training to be my doula,' she dished to Entertainment Tonight, joking: 'He's a martial artist and so it's basically, you know, he's cornering the fight of my life'The Chicago-born actress divulged that she has also been bracing herself for the delivery by watching videos of live births.Gina shot to fame in 2014 on Jane The Virgin, which starred her as a staunch Catholic who has never had sex but gets artificially inseminated by accident.She first met Joe on the set of the series in 2016, when he was shooting a guest appearance a a stripper in a Don Quixote costume.

SEVENTEEN have unveiled the first music video teaser for their upcoming single, ‘World’.In the teaser, the 13-piece group are seen alighting from their vehicles in the middle of a desert plagued by a sandstorm, with what appears to be an abandoned gas station being the only sign of life around. They then gather below a sign that reads “Welcome to the World”, with a blank in the middle of the phrase yet to be filled in.‘World’, alongside SEVENTEEN’s forthcoming repackaged album ‘Sector 17’, is due out on July 18 at 6pm KST / 5am ET.‘World’ is set to be the title track of ‘Sector 17’, a repackaged version of SEVENTEEN’s May studio album ‘Face The Sun’, and one of four new tracks to feature on the record.

Jane The Virgin are in one of two camps: Michael or Rafael. Even though the show ended in 2019, fans of the series are still holding strong in their preferences, shipping the star Gina Rodriguez with her former costars, Justin Baldoni and Brett Dier. Unfortunately for die-hard fans hoping for one of the show’s romances to make it off-screen, that ship sailed...a while ago.

Don Quixote.In honor of the center’s 50th anniversary season, the acclaimed New York-based company once again revives the signature duet of bravura dancing between the spirited maiden Kitri and her charming amour Basilio — this time performed in its proper place as the stirring climax to the full-length Don Quixote.A sweeping and romantic tale, the rollicking, high-spirited ballet was developed by legendary Russian choreographer Marius Petipa, with further refinement by Petipa’s former student and regular assistant Alexander Gorsky.Set to music by Ludwig Minkus in a staging by ABT’s Artistic Director Kevin McKenzie and longtime Regisseur Susan Jones, Don Quixote offers what the company calls “a feast of choreographic fireworks.”A different coupling of dancers from the company’s starry roster will be featured at each of five performances in the Opera House, kicking off with Isabella Boylston as Kitri and Daniil Simkin as Basilio on Thursday, March 31.The premiere dance organization, decreed “America’s National Ballet Company” by an act of Congress in 2006, will mark its return to the Kennedy Center earlier this week with two evening performances of the mixed-repertory program “ABT Forward.”Billed as a showcase of “the company’s artistry in three dazzling works by today’s modern masters of choreography,” the program includes Bernstein in a Bubble, a work by Alexei Ratmansky developed in pandemic quarantine and inspired by the variety, charm, and quintessentially American spirit of Leonard Bernstein’s Divertimento; ZigZag, a joyous piece, set to songs by iconic crooner Tony Bennett, from Jessica Lang, hailed as a “master of visual composition” by Dance Magazine; and Single Eye, a new, innovative work by Alonzo King and set

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