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Principal photography has begun in Croatia on the action thriller Canary Black, starring Kate Beckinsale and Rupert Friend (Anatomy of a Scandal). Production has also shared the first-look image from the project, which you can check out above.

The action flick is directed by the Taken and Peppermint filmmaker Pierre Morel from a screenplay by Matthew Kennedy (Inheritance). Producer, financier, and sales firm Anton (Greenland) holds world sales rights and will be selling the film at AFM this week.

The film’s plot follows a top CIA operative, Avery Graves (Beckinsale), who is blackmailed by terrorists into betraying her own country to save her kidnapped husband. Cut off from her team, she turns to her underworld contacts to survive and help locate the coveted intelligence that the kidnappers want. Betrayed at every turn, she must rely on her cutting-edge training and primitive fighting skills in a deadly race to deliver...

Roadside Attractions has revealed the brand new poster for Stonewall.

Roland Emmerich’s upcoming film has been selected as an official Toronto International Film Festival Selection in the World Premiere Category.

Stonewall is a drama about a fictional young man caught up during the 1969 Stonewall riots. Danny Winters (Jeremy Irvine) is forced to leave behind friends and loved ones when he is kicked out of his parent’s home and flees to New York. Alone in Greenwich Village, homeless and destitute, he befriends a group of street kids who soon introduce him to the local watering hole The Stonewall Inn; however, this shady, mafia-run club is far from a safe-haven.

As Danny and his friends experience discrimination, endure atrocities and are repeatedly harassed by the police, we see a rage begin to build. This emotion runs through Danny and the entire community of young gays, lesbians and drag queens who...

Check out the new trailer for Roland Emmerich’s powerful new film, Stonewall.

Stonewall is a drama about a fictional young man caught up during the 1969 Stonewall riots. Danny Winters (Jeremy Irvine) is forced to leave behind friends and loved ones when he is kicked out of his parent’s home and flees to New York. Alone in Greenwich Village, homeless and destitute, he befriends a group of street kids who soon introduce him to the local watering hole The Stonewall Inn; however, this shady, mafia-run club is far from a safe-haven. As Danny and his friends experience discrimination, endure atrocities and are repeatedly harassed by the police, we see a rage begin to build. This emotion runs through Danny and the entire community of young gays, lesbians and drag queens who populate the Stonewall Inn and erupts in a storm of anger. With the toss of a single brick,...

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Roadside Attractions will release Stonewall, a drama about the 1969 Stonewall riots that started America’s Lgbt rights movement, on September 25, 2015.

Written by Jon Robin Baitz and directed by Roland Emmerich, both out gay men, the film stars Jeremy Irvine and newcomer Jonny Beauchamp, with Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Ron Perlman.

Emmerich, who also produced the film, says, “I was always interested and passionate about telling this important story, but I feel it has never been more timely than right now.” Less than 50 years ago, in 1969, being gay was considered a mental illness; gay people could not be employed by the government; it was illegal for gay people to congregate, and police brutality against gays went unchecked. Today, thanks to the events set in motion by the Stonewall riots, the gay rights movement continues to make incredible strides towards equality. In the past several weeks alone, the...

Centropolis Entertainment’s gay rights drama directed by Roland Emmerich has found a Us home.

Roadside plans an autumn release for Stonewall, which stars Jeremy Irvine, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Ron Perlman and Jonny Beauchamp. Goldcrest Films handles international rights.

John Robin Baitz wrote the story about a young man caught up in the 1969 Stonewall Riots, sparked by ongoing police harrassment of customers at a gay Greenwich Village watering hole.

“Roland Emmerich’s Stonewall is an explosive, dramatic story set againstone of the monumental events of the twentieth century, The Stonewall Riots,” said Roadside Attractions co-president Howard Cohen. “Roadside is so proud to bring this stirring film to audiences.”

“I was always interested and passionate about telling this important story, but I feel it has never been more timely than right now,” said Emmerich, who produced alongside Michael Fossat, Marc Frydman and Carsten Lorenz.

“I am excited to work with Howard, Eric and the...

Atlantic Productions has signed a distribution deal with Entertainment One Television for worldwide rights outside the UK, Australia and New Zealand for David Attenborough’s Great Barrier Reef. This three-episode hourlong series will use innovative camera technology and draw on the latest research to investigate the reef. It will use satellite scanning to show the 1,430-mile expanse of living coral and macro lenses that will capture the reef’s tiniest, normally unseen, life forms. Produced by Anthony Geffen, David Attenborough’s Great Barrier Reef will uncover the history and secrets of the richly bio-diverse landmark and global treasure.

Just ahead of Berlin, Goldcrest Films has boarded international sales on Roland Emmerich’s Stonewall. The drama is in postproduction, and a promo reel will be shown at the Efm. It previously was acquired by Warner Bros in Germany. The Jon Robin Baitz-scripted film tells the story of a young man...

Exclusive: Goldcrest nabs rights to Stonewall starring Jeremy Irvine ahead of Efm.

UK sales outfit Goldcrest Films has nabbed international rights to Roland Emmerich’s gay rights drama Stonewall, starring Jeremy Irvine, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Ron Perlman and Joey King.

Warner Bros previously acquired rights in Germany while a Us deal is understood to be in the works.

Currently in post-production, Stonewall recreates the events that culminated in the riots outside the Stonewall Inn, Greenwich Village, in June 1969. The events are considered by many as a turning point in the gay rights movement.

Irvine plays Danny Winters, a young man who is kicked out of his home by his parents and flees to New York where, homeless and destitute, he befriends a group of street kids who soon introduce him to the watering hole of local drag queens, gays, lesbians and everything in between: the Mafia-run Stonewall Inn.

There he meets the suave Trevor (Meyers), but catches...

Exclusive: Germany-set drama and TV mini-series in works.

Like Water Like Chocolate director Alfonso Arau is in development with Bagdad Café writer Chris Doherty on 1930’s-set drama The Crime of Love, about an illicit love affair between two German officers in Nazi Germany.

Carsten Lorenz is on board to produce the project, which is being exced by Mark Holdon with Arri Worldwide in talks to handle sales.

“I was looking for a great love story,” Arau told Screen. “Germany in the 1930s was such an interesting and intense period in history that I knew I wanted to set this love story at that time.”

“This project, like the greatest romance of all, Romeo and Juliet, is about real love in a world where such love is prohibited.”

Arau’s hit romance-drama Like Water for Chocolate was nominated for a BAFTA in 1994.

Latest directorial effort L’imbroglio nel lenzuolo (2010) starred Maria Grazia Cucinotta and Geraldine Chaplin.

Arau and exec...

Exclusive: Roland Emmerich’s independently-produced drama Stonewall has made its first big international sale. Warner Bros Germany has acquired the just-wrapped film in Emmerich’s native country. The Jon Robin Baitz-scripted drama tells the story of a young man’s political awakening set against the backdrop of the 1969 police raid at the Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village, a mafia-owned bar that became the flashpoint for the gay rights movement. Jeremy Irvine, Jonny Beauchamp, Caleb Landry Jones, Joey King, Matt Craven, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Ron Perlman and up-and-comers Karl Glusman, Vlademir Alexis, and Alexandre Nachi star. Of the sale, Emmerich says, “Telling the story of the Stonewall riots has long been a great passion of mine. I couldn’t be more thrilled that Warner Bros will be releasing the film in Germany. I first worked with Warner Bros 25 years ago on Moon 44, and I’m looking forward to working very closely with them again.

Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Ron Perlman and Joey King have joined Jeremy Irvine on the cast of Stonewall

Roland Emmerich has commenced principal photography on the story about a young man embroiled in the 1969 Stonewall Riots that triggered the modern gay civil rights movement.

Rounding out the key cast are Jonny Beauchamp, Caleb Landry Jones, Karl Glusman, Vlademir Alexis and Alexandre Nachi.

Jon Robin Baitz wrote the screenplay and the producers are Michael Fossat, Marc Frydman, Emmerich and Carsten Lorenz. Kirstin Winkler, Adam Press and Michael Roban are the executive producers.

Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Ron Perlman and Joey King have joined Jeremy Irvine on the cast of Stonewall

Roland Emmerich has commenced principal photography on the story about a young man embroiled in the 1969 Stonewall Riots that triggered the modern gay civil rights movement.

Rounding out the key cast are Jonny Beauchamp, Caleb Landry Jones, Karl Glusman, Vlademir Alexis and Alexandre Nachi.

Jon Robin Baitz wrote the screenplay and the producers are Michael Fossat, Marc Frydman, Emmerich and Carsten Lorenz. Kirstin Winkler, Adam Press and Michael Roban are the executive producers.

Roland Emmerich's upcoming gay rights drama "Stonewall" has added three new patrons.  Jonathan Rhys Meyers ("Match Point," NBC's "Dracula"), Ron Perlman ("Sons of Anarchy," the "Hellboy" movies), and Joey King ("White House Down") have joined the small-scale passion project from the "Independence Day" and "2012" director. They join cast members Jeremy Irvine ("War Horse"), Jonny Beauchamp ("How to Make It in America") and Caleb Landry Jones ("X-Men: First Class"). Principal photography has just begun on the real life drama, which centers on the 1969 Stonewall Riots in New York City, which helped launch the modern gay civil rights movement. "Stonewall" will focus on Danny Winters (Irvine), a young man who leaves his troubled home and finds solace in the shady bar the Stonewall Inn, which is soon raided by the police, sparking the landmark riot.   Meyers will play a suave patron named Trevor, while Perlman will portray the bar's corrupt manager who has mafia connections.

In case you're wondering what a periphery is, think of it as an area usually home to what you see with your peripheral vision. If you don't know what peripheral vision is then you probably get into lots of accidents and have a habit of bumping into stuff. In any event it's also the new home for horror!

From the Press Release

Seeing Shadows, LLC is excited to announce the world premiere of The Periphery, a chilling psychological horror-thriller, at the 17th Annual Dances With Films festival on Tuesday, June 3, 2014 at 9:30Pm Pdt at Tcl Chinese Theatres in Hollywood. The film stars new-comers Kristen StephensonPino, winner of the 2010 Miss Hawaii Young International Pageant, Nick Clark (The Girls Guide to Depravity, Murderers), and Andrew Olson (1000 Ways To Die), as well as Myron Natwick (The Unit, Masters Of Horror), along with an amazing cast of industry veterans and up-and-comers alike.

The Periphery...

‎Exclusive: War Horse star Jeremy Irvine has been set to star in Stonewall, the next film that Roland Emmerich will direct. Scripted by Jon Robin Baitz, the film is about the June 28, 1969 police raid at the Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village, a mafia-owned bar that was a gathering place for gays and transgenders. It became the flashpoint for the gay rights movement, a galvanizing event that is considered a touchstone even today in the fight for equal rights for the gay and transgender population. Emmerich’s way in is to focus on a young man’s political awakening in the backdrop of those riots. The film is being produced by Michael Fossat, Marc Frydman and Emmerich, with Kirstin Winkler and Adam Press exec producing. Carsten Lorenz is line producer and Markus Förderer the cinematographer.‎ After his breakout turn in the Steven Spielberg-directed War Horse, Irvine has been busy. He...

Marcia Gay Harden has joined the cast of Michael Radford's Elsa & Fred, starring with Shirley MacLaine and Christopher Plummer, reports Variety. Filming started in New Orleans on Monday on the projected which also includes Chris Noth, Jared Gilman, James Brolin, George Segal, Wendell Pierce, Reg Rogers and Erika Alexander. The English remake of Marcos Carnevale's Spanish language Elsa & Fred tells of two older people who fall in love late in life. Nicolas Veinberg, Matthias Ehrenberg, Ricardo Kleinbaum, Jose Levy and Edward Saxon produce while Angel Losada Moreno, Carsten Lorenz. Aaron Gilbert, Osvaldo Rios and Rob Weston serve as exec producers.

Marcia Gay Harden has joined the cast of Michael Radford's Elsa & Fred, starring with Shirley MacLaine and Christopher Plummer, reports Variety. Filming started in New Orleans on Monday on the projected which also includes Chris Noth, Jared Gilman, James Brolin, George Segal, Wendell Pierce, Reg Rogers and Erika Alexander. The English remake of Marcos Carnevale's Spanish language Elsa & Fred tells of two older people who fall in love late in life. Nicolas Veinberg, Matthias Ehrenberg, Ricardo Kleinbaum, Jose Levy and Edward Saxon produce while Angel Losada Moreno, Carsten Lorenz. Aaron Gilbert, Osvaldo Rios and Rob Weston serve as exec producers.

Here are a few interesting and/or noteworthy projects that were recently added to IMDbPro's database of development titles.

The Place Beyond the Pines –Writer-director Derek Cianfrance reunites with his Blue Valentine star Ryan Gosling in this project the filmmaker describes as a motorcycle tale "about fathers and guns."

Admission – Favorite funny gal Tina Fey may be getting all serious and stuff with her latest project, a drama about an Ivy League admissions officer who puts her job on the line for an unlikely candidate. Paul Weitz directs.

Untitled Noam Chomsky Documentary – Hot on the heels of revving up The Green Hornet, French filmmaker Michel Gondry is changing gears with his next film -- an animated (yes, animated) documentary featuring his brief interviews in broken English with famed linguist and political activist Noam Chomsky.

Annie Jenkins: A Not Very Romantic Comedy – This may be the closest we ever get to a Mr. Show reunion since Run Ronnie Run. Bob Odenkirk is developing a script with a role in mind for his fellow co-star David Cross. Indie producer Mary Jane Skalski is also on board helping to secure funds for the comedy.

Gypsy – Everything's coming up roses for Barbra Streisand this year: a number one movie in Little Fockers, another Grammy nom, a Glee tribute and now a chance to star as Mama Rose in a remake of the Broadway musical about the ultimate stage mom and her darling dancing daughter.

Go-Go Girls of the Apocalypse – Films in Motion and Harold & Kumar producer Carsten Lorenz are developing this post-apocalyptic action comedy about a guy who teams up with a cowboy, a stripper and a mountain man to embark on a journey of survival.

If you are developing a feature film or know of something in the works, please consider submitting it via our online submission form.

A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas has begun filming on location in Michigan with their 3-D cameras. John Cho (Star Trek, Flash Forward), Kal Penn (Superman Returns, House), and Neil Patrick Harris reprise their roles in the Christmas-themed comedy.

The new Harold and Kumar comedy picks up six years after the duo's last adventure. After years of growing apart, Harold Lee (John Cho) and Kumar Patel (Kal Penn) have replaced each other with new best friends and are preparing for their respective Christmas celebrations. But when a mysterious package arrives at Kumar's door, his attempt to deliver it to Harold's house ends with him inadvertently burning down Harold's father-in-law's prize Christmas tree.

With his in-laws out of the house for less than a day, Harold decides to cover his tracks rather than come clean, and reluctantly embarks on another ill-advised but hilarious journey with Kumar, taking them through New York City...