Shalet Monique (“Straw”), Stephen Barrington (“The Crowded Room”) and V. Bozeman (“Empire”) are set to star in the upcoming psychological thriller “Leave” from Footage Films.

Friendship is out at 6 locations to a stellar debut weekend of $451k, and per theater average of $75.43k. That’s the highest limited opening this year and a boost the indie market’s been waiting for even as the broader box office picks up.

Rust, the indie Western with a tragic backstory, is now out at at some 115 theaters through Falling Forward Films, as well as on PVOD.

Rust is certainly one independently made movie that doesn’t need publicity.

Alec Baldwin stars as an aging gunslinger in a melancholy saga, filled with inescapable reminders of the on-set tragedy

Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was killed when a prop gun with real ammunition discharged while Alec Baldwin was rehearsing.

The Western, out May 2, also stars Josh Hopkins, Travis Fimmel and Frances Fisher.

The film about real-life concentration camp survivor and artist Joseph Bau also stars Inbar Lavi, Yan Tual, Adam Tsekhman and Josh Zuckerman.

Plus, my thoughts on the Golden Globes and why they don't matter at all as far as the Oscars are concerned, and Jacob Elordi's new gig working with Ridley Scott.

Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series spotlighting the scripts behind the buzziest awards-season films continues with Day of the Fight, the indie drama written and directed by Jack Huston.

Michael C. Pitt stars in a black-and-white boxing drama where the past looms large on the eve of a fighter’s comeback.

Jack Huston is no stranger to the movie business. So when the longtime actor and grandson of filmmaker John Huston launched his directorial debut — the boxing drama “Day of the Fight” — to good reviews at last year’s Venice Film Festival, he knew it would still be tough to find distribution in today’s theatrical marketplace. But he had no idea how tough a fight it would be.

As the lauded regional festival winds down, it celebrates a wide array of competition titles, including narrative and documentary features and a number of short films.

Pocket.watch and Sunlight Entertainment will expand the theatrical release of the upcoming film Ryan’s World the Movie: Titan Universe Adventure through a new partnership with Falling Forward Films.

“Fighting Spirit: A Combat Chaplain’s Journey," Is The First Co-Production Between Hollywood and the U.S. Army Chaplain Corps

In what is shaping up to be a rather thin awards season, could a small but formidable film, written and directed by a filmmaker with three Oscar winners in his family, find its way into contention?

In what is shaping up to be a rather thin awards season, could a small but formidable film, written and directed by a filmmaker with three Oscar winners in his family, find its way into contention?

Chris Pratt has boarded Fighting Spirit: A Combat Chaplain’s Journey, a feature documentary directed by Rich Hull and former combat chaplain Justin D. Roberts, as an executive producer.

Pocket.watch and Sunlight Entertainment, the Kaji family-owned production studio, are partnering with theatrical distributor Falling Forward Films to extend the domestic theatrical release of Ryan’s World The Movie: Titan Universe Adventure. Directed by Albie Hecht and produced by Shion Kaji and Loann Kaji, the film is slated to premiere on more than 2,100 screens August 16 and marks the first-ever wide theatrical release of a digital creator-driven film.

Director Sean McNamara‘s Reagan, the first full-length feature on the 40th U.S. President, starring Dennis Quaid, has been picked up for North American distribution by ShowBiz Direct.

You Can Call Me Bill is scheduled to be released in North America on March 22, 2024. According to Deadline, the creator of this project is Legion M. This company is the world’s first fan-owned entertainment company. Furthermore, Vortex Media has the rights to release it in Canada. William Shatner: You Can Call Me Bill will showcase the life and career of the iconic Canadian actor.

Legion M has unveiled the trailer and theatrical release date for feature doc William Shatner: You Can Call Me Bill, announcing that it will debut on hundreds of screens across North America on March 22, as Shatner celebrates his 93rd birthday. Presale ticket packages are now available. View the trailer above.

Scott Kennedy’s Falling Forward Films has acquired U.S. theatrical rights to the supernatural thriller Queen of Bones, starring Julia Butters (The Fabelmans), Jacob Tremblay (Room), Martin Freeman (Fargo) and Taylor Schilling (Orange Is the New Black), ahead of its February domestic premiere at the Santa Barbara Film Festival, with plans to release the film in theaters this year.

Industry veterans Kevin Mitchell, Richie Fay and Scott Kennedy have joined forces to launch U.S. distributor ShowBiz Direct at a time when the domestic landscape is seemingly crying out for more companies capable of releasing sizeable multi-platform movies.

Nicolas Cage is a scruffy beach bum with John Wick-level killing abilities in the wacky and violent new red band trailer for The Retirement Plan.