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Disney is bringing Hamilton to the big screen. Following what is believed to have been a long period of competitive negotiations, the studio has won the worldwide distribution rights to the film of the original staged performance of the Tony-winning musical. The film will be released in North America on Oct. 15, 2021.
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In 2015, a 148-word Twitter thread took the internet by storm. The tweets hailed from A’ziah King, a then 20-year Hooters waitress who had a chance encounter with a stripper named Jessica led to a wild 2-day Flordia trip that included prostitution, murder, and a violent pimp, who went by Z.
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The documentary Mucho Mucho Amor, which just premiered at Sundance, feels like a celebration in a way few biographies do.
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When Puerto Rican filmmaker Angel Manuel Soto was first introduced to the script for Charm City Kings, a story based on the Lotfy Nathan’s 12 O’Clock Boy documentary about urban dirt-bike riders in Baltimore, it immediately resonated with him.
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Tubi has scored the exclusive streaming rights to Robert Rodriguez’s sci-fi horror pic Red 11as well as his docuseries The Robert Rodriguez Film School.
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A24’s Zola has sold the Sundance pic’s international distribution rights to Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions (SPWA). SPWA will distribute the film in all territories except North America, China and Japan. VVS films has also acquired distribution rights in Canada. A24 is planning a summer release of the film.
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Lin-Manuel Miranda is having a busy Sundance. The prolific playwright is in Park City, Utah this week as the interview subject of three documentaries — “Siempre, Luis,” “We Are Freestyle Love Supreme” and “Mucho Mucho Amour” — all premiering at this year’s film festival.
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Will Packer and James Lopez will produce under Packer’s eponymous production company, Will Packer Productions. Eva Longoria and Ben Spector will also produce under their UnbeliEVAble Entertainment banner.
Heading to Park City?
From intimate dinners and cocktail parties to late night bashes (that end just in time to head to brunch), there’s plenty to keep this year’s film festival attendees out of the cold between screenings.
Here is Variety’s ultimate party guide for Sundance 2020:
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Last month it was announced that the Sundance Film Festival would premiere Cristina Costantini and Kareem Tabsch’s documentary on famed astrologer, Walter Mercado. But even before that anticipated world premiere, the doc has already found a home.