‘Snowden’ Producers Adapting Hermann Hesse’s ‘Demian’ Into Feature Film (EXCLUSIVE)

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Holly Jones In anticipation of its world premiere at the Berlinale, Latido Films, which is handling international distribution, has provided Variety exclusive access to the international trailer for Alauda Ruiz de Azúa’s debut feature, “Lullaby.”The film, which takes an earnest glimpse into the fraught dynamics of cross-generational caregiving, will be included as part of the Panorama strand at the fest, which lends a platform to projects covering societal taboos and topics not oft-breached by commercial cinema.In “Lullaby,” an exhausted Amaia (Laia Costa) is tasked with seeking comfort and aid from her aging parents as her husband, Javi (Mikel Bustamante), follows his career out of town after the birth of their child. A wide range of emotions are displayed as Amaia learns to understand and engage with her mother, Begoñia (Susi Sanchez), while forging her way towards independence. “We never talk about motherhood as a crisis.

Komplizen Film, the German indie run by Janine Jackowski, Maren Ade and Jonas Dornbach, has joined The Creatives, an alliance of independent production companies that has a three-year partnership for developing and funding series with Fremantle.

EXCLUSIVE: Anthony Horowitz believes his upcoming Magpie Murders adaptation is “the first time I’ve really got it right,” and has stated he will no longer write on classic TV murder mysteries.

EastEnders star Natalie Cassidy has claimed that she was "fat-shamed" when she appeared on popular dance show, Strictly Come Dancing in 2009. In a new interview, the actress, 38, who plays Sonia Fowler in the BBC soap, recalled that she was told to pick up her partner Vincent Simone, before branding it "out of order".The star made the comments while speaking to Rylan Clark-Neal on his podcast, Ry-Union.Natalie joined the seventh series of Strictly in 2009 and was partnered with Italian pro Vincent.Reflecting on her time on the show, Natalie claims that during one rehearsal, she was asked to lift her partner, a move which is traditionally performed by the man in a ballroom dance pairing, branding it "out of order".At the time, Natalie said: "I was about four stone bigger than I am now."Vincenzo was quite little."And I remember one week, it was like, 'Oh we're going to do this dance, but you're going to pick up Vincent'," she added.Natalie went on to claim that it would be classed as "unacceptable today".She said: "And I think about it now and I think, 'Oh, that was out of order.

Phillip Schofield has returned to This Morning after testing positive for coronavirus. The 59-year-old presenter had been forced to skip hosting This Morning and Dancing on Ice and admitted he was "bored out of his brain" while locked away in his home after testing positive for Covid seven days in a row.

expat had been baffled by British supermarkets with clock towers and was confused at the existence of grit boxes - which left Brits to mock the American.But, this time, the American might as well be mocking the Brits by advising how to make the iconic hot beverage in a very odd way.Most of us know that to make a tea you should add the tea bag, then the boiling water and then add milk and a bit of sugar for an extra kick.However, the American has thrown the well known method out of the window to concoct their own unusual tea recipe.The hot beverage demonstration has now racked up a whopping 1.3 million views on TikTok with their ‘traumatising’ tea making routine.In the video, the American first pours some full fat cows milk into a see-through kettle.Controversially, they then add a heap of sugar into the kettle with a tablespoon.Next, they add not one but two tea bags into the mix.Instead of getting the water from the tap, the American added a dash of bottled water and then proceeded to boil the mixture until it was “creamy.”The American then poured the ‘tea’ into a latte glass and added another tablespoon of sugar.And of course, Brits had many things to say about the unique way to make tea - most of them were not good.One person commented: “My therapist gonna need a therapist after this one.”Another user added: “You realise this is a war crime right?”Whilst a third person slammed: “This is a declaration of WAR!”Someone else remarked: “The worst thing I've seen in my whole life.”Meanwhile, a fifth person declared: “This is really insulting to British TEA!!” Get all the biggest Lifestyle news straight to your inbox. Sign up for the free Daily Star Hot Topics newsletter

Colgate Total reporting a soaring number of Brits suffering the painful affliction and other dental issues. And it’s no wonder – research has found we’ve let dental standards slip during the pandemic with one in five only brushing once a day and a quarter never flossing.These days we can just ring up the dentist when hit by an ache.

WWII hero when they were on a reservation project of an abandoned house.Kevin and Laine Berry are experts in restoring historic houses in the US and they have come across a vacant house in Arkansas and stumbled upon a trinket box and a scrapbook.Sharing on TikTok (@ourrestorationnation), Laine opens the leather-covered scrapbook and finds newspaper clippings and pictures detailing the relationship of a woman called Majorie Mae Ingram and a pilot, Clifford Fluitt, during the 1940s."Here we have their wedding announcement, you will notice the date on the invitation is left blank as no one was quite sure when he will come home to marry his best girl," she explains."It was later determined that they will get married on September 1."Another news clipping reveals that Clifford had been assigned as an Avenger torpedo-bomber pilot and deployed to Japan for a dangerous bombing raid mission.Laine learns the couple's love story through the telegrams and pictures of Clifford but the pilot tragically died in the battle just two weeks before their wedding."And then we found this box, there's a set of his dog tags, the wing brooch that we've seen in Majorie Mae's photo, a second lieutenant bar and most surprising of all, Majorie Mae's engagement ring that she kept for 70+ years," she continues."She waited seven years before marrying Elza Bond and they were married for 62 years."For more stories from the Daily Star, sign up to one of our newsletters here.Viewers were touched by the love story and found it sad that such a treasured memory was left in a pile of rubbish.One wrote: "This was probably her most important possessions!""Clifford almost made it, the war ended one month later.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaCinemark has reached new agreements with the five major studios that could help formalize a shorter theatrical window. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but it comes as COVID-19 has reshaped the amount of time that films show exclusively on the big screen before making their home entertainment debuts.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaAMC Entertainment’s quarterly financial results demonstrate that moviegoing may be slowly returning after months of COVID-related struggles, but cinemas still have to dig out of a deep hole left by a public health crisis that decimated their business. Revenues at the world’s largest exhibition chain topped out at $148.3 million, down 84.2 percent from the year-ago period, while the company logged a loss of $1.42 per share, an improvement on the loss of $20.88 per share that it reported in the year-ago period.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaMatt Taibbi’s “Hate Inc.: Why Today’s Media Makes Us Despise One Another” has been optioned by Vespucci, a media company that has made a practice of teaming up with journalists on movies, shows and podcasts.Vespucci partnered with Charles Dorfman’s production company Samuel Marshall Films to option the rights to the non-fiction book. The plan is to develop “Hate Inc.” into a feature documentary.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaIFC Films has nabbed North American rights to “John and the Hole,” an unorthodox coming-of-age story that had its premiere at this year’s Sundance Film Festival.Directed by visual artist Pascual Sisto, the film follows 13-year-old John (Charlie Shotwell) who decides to drug his well-to-do parents (Michael C. Hall and Jennifer Ehle) and older sister (Taissa Farmiga).

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaMore than 50 years after it hit theaters and ushered in a new and more sexually daring style of on-screen entertainment, “Midnight Cowboy” continues to rank among the greatest American films ever made. It’s still the first and only best picture winner at the Oscars to be rated X, an indication of just how barrier-breaking the movie was when it debuted.Now, a new documentary from Nancy Buirski will explore the behind-the-scenes odyssey to get the story of two small-time grifters produced, as well as the tumultuous era in which the movie was released and embraced.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and Media“Infinite,” a sci-fi thriller starring Mark Wahlberg and directed by Antoine Fuqua, will exclusively debut on Paramount Plus in the U.S.The move was announced by ViacomCBS CEO Bob Bakish on the company’s quarterly earnings call on Thursday and comes as Paramount Plus is seeking to bolster its lineup of original content. The service, which was rebranded and relaunched in March after previously being known as CBS All Access, faces stiff competition in the streaming space, with rivals such as Netflix, Disney Plus, and HBO Max all fighting for subscribers.Movies have become an important part of what Paramount Plus has been selling customers.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaThe show will go on.Broadway theaters will re-open at full capacity on Sept. 14, New York Gov.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaAdelaide Clemens, Patrick J. Adams, Douglas Smith and Kathleen Turner will star in “The Swearing Jar.”The musical romance will be directed by Lindsay MacKay (“Wet Bum”) from a script by Kate Hewlett (“Malory Towers”), who adapts her play of the same name.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaSir Howard Panter, one of the leading forces in live theater, is so convinced that Broadway, the West End and other stage hubs are poised to come back in a big way post-pandemic, that he’s been using the last few months to restore old theaters and hunt for new ones. As joint CEO and creative director of Trafalgar Entertainment, Panter has straddled several continents in an effort to position the company to capitalize on what he believes will be a theatrical renaissance as soon as people get vaccinated and life eases back to normal.“We’ve never wavered in the notion that we will come back,” Panter told Variety.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaQuiver Distribution has acquired U.S. rights to “The Exchange,” a new comedy from the co-creator of “Borat” and “Bruno.”Directed by Dan Mazer, an Oscar nominee for writing the “Borat” movies and the maker of “Dirty Grandpa,” the film follows a socially awkward but highly enterprising teenager who decides to acquire a “mail-order best friend.” While he hopes to find a sophisticated exchange student from France, he instead ends up importing his personal nightmare, a cologne-soaked, chain-smoking, sex-crazed guy, who quickly becomes a community hero.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaNew York will lift capacity restrictions beginning on May 19, a move that potentially sets the stage for a Broadway and live theater revival. It will also help cinemas in the region bounce back after months of being closed or only operating at limited capacity.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaDiscovery Chief Executive Officer David Zaslav’s total compensation fell more than 17 percent in 2020, topping out at $37.7 million.That was down from the $45.8 million that Zaslav pulled in the previous year and significantly down from the massive $129.4 million in compensation that the Discovery chief earned in 2018, which included the value of stock options that amounted to more than $100 million as part of a new employment contract.This time, the bulk of Zaslav’s compensation came from stock awards ($12.5 million) and non-equity incentive plan compensation ($21.8 million). His salary remained locked at $3 million.