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Exclusive Red Shoes and the Seven Dwarfs Clip From the New Animated Adventure

ComingSoon.net has an exclusive clip from Lionsgate’s upcoming animated adventure Red Shoes and the Seven Dwarfs, the classic fairy tale of Snow White with a modern twist. The film will premiere on Digital and On Demand on September 18 before arriving on Blu-ray and DVD on September 22. You can check out the clip now in the player below, and pre-order your copy of the movie here!

Chloë Grace Moretz (Bolt, Inside Out), Sam Claflin (The Hunger Games series), Gina Gershon (Riverdale), Patrick Warburton (Family Guy, The Emperor’s New Groove), and Jim Rash (Community) lend their vocal talents to this humorous and heartwarming retelling of the Snow White fable, only this time it’s the princess who must save the prince(s) – all seven of them!

This outrageous fairy tale spoof starts as Snow White steals a pair of red shoes that transform her into a princess. Meanwhile, a witch’s curse turns seven brave princes into dwarfs, forcing them to seek out the princess, hoping for a kiss to break their spell. Together, they must face Snow White’s wicked stepmother – who will stop at nothing to get her precious shoes back – and, along the way, learn that true beauty lies within!

Red Shoes and the Seven Dwarfs was directed by Sung-ho Hong and features character design and animation direction from Jin Kim, who worked on Disney’s animated classics Fantasia 2000, Frozen II, and Tangled. Music is by Primetime Emmy award-winning composer Geoff Zanelli (Into the West, The Pacific), whose theatrical work includes Maleficent: Mistress of Evil and Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales. Voice direction is from Tony Bancroft, the director of Disney’s Mulan. It was produced by Locus Animation Studio.

Go behind the scenes of this must-own animated adventure with enchanting Blu-ray and DVD bonus features, including two “making-of” featurettes and two music videos featuring the all-new original songs!

BLU-RAY / DVD / DIGITAL SPECIAL FEATURES

• “The Making of Red Shoes and the Seven Dwarfs” Featurette
• “From Storyboard to Animation: Creating Red Shoes and the Seven Dwarfs” Featurette
• “Start of Something Right” Music Video
• “Something So Beautiful” Music Video

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65: Adam Driver to Lead Sony’s Sci-Fi Thriller From A Quiet Place Scribes

65 Adam Driver to Lead Sony's Sci-Fi Thriller From A Quiet Place Scribes

65: Adam Driver to lead Sony’s sci-fi thriller from A Quiet Place scribes

According to Deadline, two-time Oscar nominee Adam Driver has signed on for the leading role in Sony Pictures’ upcoming sci-fi thriller titled 65 which hails from A Quiet Place writing duo Scott Beck and Bryan Woods. In addition, Sam Raimi (Spider-Man trilogy, Evil Dead films) has also boarded the project to serve as a producer along with Zainab Azizi and Debbie Liebling through their Raimi Productions banner.

65 will be written and directed by Beck and Woods, who will also produce the film through Beck/Woods banner. Further details about the film’s plot and characters are still being kept under wraps. This will also mark the directing duo’s latest collaboration with Raimi after working together on one episode of Quibi’s 50 States of Fright.

Adam Driver gained worldwide recognition for performance as Kylo Ren in the Star Wars sequel trilogy. After receiving commercial success for Star Wars, he then earned critical acclaimed for his performances in Spike Lee’s BlacKkKlansman, and Noah Baumbach’s Marriage Story which both gave him two Oscar nominations for Best Supporting Actor and Best Actor respectively. He will next be seen in Ridley Scott’s The Last Duel starring alongside Matt Damon and Ben Affleck.

(Photo by Rich Fury/Getty Images)

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Dad Stop Embarrassing Me: Netflix Orders Jamie Foxx’s Father Daughter Comedy Series

Dad Stop Embarrassing Me: Netflix Orders Jamie Foxx's Father Daughter Comedy Series

Dad Stop Embarrassing Me: Netflix Orders Jamie Foxx’s Father Daughter Comedy Series

Netflix has given a series order to Jamie Foxx’s (Ray, Collateral, Just Mercy) father-daughter comedy Dad Stop Embarrassing Me, which will star the Oscar winner who will also executive produce the project, according to Deadline.

Dad Stop Embarrassing Me is inspired by Foxx’s relationship with his daughter, Corinne Foxx, who will produce alongside Alex Avant.

Kyla-Drew (The Good Doctor, Jessie) is set to play Foxx’s daughter. David Alan Grier (A Soldier’s Play, In Living Color) will also star in the multi-camera comedy alongside Porscha Coleman (Silicon Valley, Ballers), Jonathan Kite (2 Broke Girls, Black Dynamite: The Animated Series), Heather Hemmens (Roswell: New Mexico, If Loving You Is Wrong), and Valente Rodriguez (Happily Divorced, The George Lopez Show).

Casting and production on the series were initially planned for February before production was shut down due to the ongoing global pandemic. The original showrunner, Jim Patterson, reportedly stepped down from the project recently. Patterson was replaced by Bentley Kyle Evans (Martin, The Jamie Foxx Show). Evans was initially hired as a consultant and will now act as executive producer and showrunner. All episodes for the series will be directed by Ken Whittingham (Modern Family, Black-ish, Grace & Frankie).

(Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

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Scream 5 Adds The Boys Star Jack Quaid to the Cast

Scream 5 adds The Boys star Jack Quaid to the cast

Following the recent date announcement for the new Scream film, Variety brings word that The Boys star Jack Quaid has been tapped to join the growing cast of Spyglass Media and Paramount Pictures’ upcoming fifth installment of the Scream films. Quaid will be joining fellow franchise newcomers Melissa Barrera and Jenna Ortega along with alums David Arquette and Courteney Cox.

This project won’t be Quaid’s first stint into the slasher genre as he first appeared in 2017’s horror comedy film Tragedy Girls which centered around two psychopathic best friends. The 28-year-old actor will next be seen in the upcoming second season of Amazon Prime’s hit superhero series The Boys which will be available for streaming this Friday.

Arquette became the first actor from the original franchise to sign on for the fifth film in the series, with Cox signing on at the end of July for the film and word coming earlier this year that lead heroine Neve Campbell is currently in talks to reprise her role of Sidney Prescott.

While plot details are currently scarce, it is being reported that the film will follow “a woman returning to her home town to try to find out who has been committing a series of vicious crimes.”

The new film will be produced by Project X Entertainment’s James Vanderbilt (Zodiac), who is also co-writing the screenplay with Guy Busick (Ready or Not), as well as Paul Neinstein and William Sherak for Spyglass, with original screenwriter Kevin Williamson executive producing with Radio Silence’s third member Chad Villella.

The first film, released in 1996, was a surprise smash upon its debut, helping to revive the horror genre for the decade and becoming the highest-grossing slasher movie of all-time until it was dethroned by last year’s Halloween reboot. The first’s success spawned a franchise that includes three sequels, the first of which remained equally as successful as the first while the previous two saw middling box office returns and mixed reviews.

After years of struggling to get another film off the ground, MTV picked up a series adaptation that became a cult hit, with two well-received seasons from fans before it was passed off to VH1 for its rebooted third season, which saw mixed-to-negative reviews from critics and audiences alike, but was a minor improvement in the ratings from the second season.

Set to debut on January 14, 2022, Scream 5 marks the second major horror franchise reboot Spyglass is working on, with the studio developing a remake of the Clive Barker cult horror classic Hellraiser, with David S. Goyer (Terminator: Dark Fate) attached to pen the script.

Neve Campbell (Party of Five, The Craft) has played Sidney Prescott in the original blockbuster hit Scream way back in 1996. Since then, she became the face of the popular slasher franchise as she also starred in three follow-up sequels. The most recent entry, Scream 4, released in 2011 and grossed $97 million worldwide on a $40 million budget. Campbell recently appeared in Netflix’s House of Cards and the film Castle in the Ground.

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Michael B. Jordan Shares His Tribute To Black Panther Star Chadwick Boseman

Fans and Hollywood insiders alike are still reeling from the sudden death of Black Panther star, Chadwick Boseman. Last Friday, Boseman passed away after a four year battle with colon cancer. Now, Boseman’s friend and Black Panther co-star, Michael B. Jordan, is sharing his thoughts about Boseman’s demise in a tribute posted to his Instagram account (via SuperHeroHype).

“I’ve been trying to find the words, but nothing comes close to how I feel,” wrote Jordan. “I’ve been reflecting on every moment, every conversation, every laugh, every disagreement, every hug…everything…I wish we had more time.

One of the last times we spoke, you said we were forever linked , and now the truth of that means more to me than ever. Since nearly the beginning of my career, starting with All My Children when I was 16 years old you paved the way for me. You showed me how to be better, honor purpose, and create legacy. And whether you’ve known it or not…I’ve been watching, learning and constantly motivated by your greatness.”

“I wish we had more time,” continued Jordan. “Everything you’ve given the world … the legends and heroes that you’ve shown us we are … will live on forever. But the thing that hurts the most is that I now understand how much of a legend and hero YOU are. Through it all, you never lost sight of what you loved most. You cared about your family , your friends, your craft, your spirit. You cared about the kids, the community, our culture and humanity.”

Jordan went on to say “You cared about me. You are my big brother, but I never fully got a chance to tell you, or to truly give you your flowers while you were here. I wish we had more time.”

“I’m more aware now than ever that time is short with people we love and admire. I’m gonna miss your honesty, your generosity, your sense of humor, and incredible gifts. I’ll miss the gift of sharing space with you in scenes. I’m dedicating the rest of my days to live the way you did. With grace, courage, and no regrets. ‘Is this your king!?’

Yes . he . is! Rest In Power Brother.”

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I’ve been trying to find the words, but nothing comes close to how I feel. I’ve been reflecting on every moment, every conversation, every laugh, every disagreement, every hug…everything. I wish we had more time. One of the last times we spoke, you said we were forever linked , and now the truth of that means more to me than ever. Since nearly the beginning of my career, starting with All My Children when I was 16 years old you paved the way for me. You showed me how to be better, honor purpose, and create legacy. And whether you’ve known it or not…I’ve been watching, learning and constantly motivated by your greatness. I wish we had more time. Everything you’ve given the world … the legends and heroes that you’ve shown us we are … will live on forever. But the thing that hurts the most is that I now understand how much of a legend and hero YOU are. Through it all, you never lost sight of what you loved most. You cared about your family , your friends, your craft, your spirit. You cared about the kids, the community, our culture and humanity. You cared about me. You are my big brother, but I never fully got a chance to tell you, or to truly give you your flowers while you were here. I wish we had more time. I’m more aware now than ever that time is short with people we love and admire. I’m gonna miss your honesty, your generosity, your sense of humor, and incredible gifts. I’ll miss the gift of sharing space with you in scenes. I’m dedicating the rest of my days to live the way you did. With grace, courage, and no regrets. “Is this your king!?” Yes . he . is! Rest In Power Brother.

A post shared by Michael B. Jordan (@michaelbjordan) on Aug 31, 2020 at 4:47pm PDT

Several of Boseman’s Marvel co-stars have also shared their memories of him as well. However, the emotional wounds are still fresh for everyone involved.

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CS Interview: Kid Cudi Talks Bill & Ted Face the Music

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CS Interview: Kid Cudi Talks Bill & Ted Face the Music

Orion Pictures’ gave ComingSoon.net the chance to chat with Kid Cudi about his role in Dean Parisot’s Bill & Ted Face the Music and how the musician/actor became involved with the threequel. You can check out the interview below and click here to purchase Bill & Ted Face the Music!

Bill & Ted Face the Music centers on Bill S. Preston (Winter) and Ted “Theodore” Logan (Reeves), who are now fathers and have yet to fulfill their rock ‘n’ roll destinies. Their lives change when they are visited by a messenger from the future who warns them that only their song can save life as we know it.

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Joining Winter and Reeves are Samara Weaving (Ready or Not) and Brigette Lundy-Paine (Atypical) as Bill and Ted’s daughters, respectively. The film will also feature Anthony Carrigan (Barry), Jillian Bell (Workaholics), Kristen Schall (Toy Story 4), Holland Taylor (Gloria Bell), Kid Cudi, Erinn Hayes, Jayma Mays, and Beck Bennet. William Sadler is also set to reprise his role as Death alongside franchise returners Amy Stoch and Hal London Jr. Newcomer.

ComingSoon.net: This is such an iconic franchise to be a part of. How did your involvement come to be in this movie? Because I mean, they’ve had so many real-life musicians over the past, but how did you come to be a part of this one?

Kid Cudi: Well, huge “Bill & Ted” fan since I was a kid. I saw the movies when I was seven years old and became obsessed. And around 2013, I had read something that they were planning a sequel and that they were working on this project. And I was like, I called my agent and I was like, yo — well, actually, no. This is before I called my agent. I had just heard about it and I was like, yo, this is really cool. This seems really cool. Like I have to figure out how to be a part of this when it comes to life, you know?

So one day, 2013, that same year, I run into Alex Winter at Soho House in LA. I freak out and tell him how big of a fan I am and tell him I heard that they’re doing a new movie and if he needed anything from me — music, whatever, I would love to be a part of it. He said, for sure. We exchanged numbers. I actually sent him some music. And this was years ago, man. And I guess they had been working on it all this time, but I hadn’t heard anything about it for years. And then, when I saw that announcement that the guys had made, I hit up my agent and I was like, yo, this is something I’ve been chasing for years. I met Alex Winter at Soho House. He knows me. Just please tell them that I am totally interested to be a part of this movie in any way, shape, or form, right? So she reached out. I’m sorry this is such a long story.

CS: No, I love it. Go and tell all.

Cudi: So at that point, my agent Karina Manashil, she reaches out and just to see if there’s a part in the movie for me and see if I could be a part of it in some way. And I guess at the time, they didn’t have anything. They were still developing it and they said they would hit us back and let us know if anything came up. So I said like, maybe a couple of weeks went by, and then they hit up Karina and said, actually, we think we have a really dope role that we think Scott could play, you know? And we’re going to send you the script and let us know what you think.

CS: Yeah.

Cudi: So Karina, she calls me and she tells me all this. I’m freaking out because I’m like, holy shit, I’m about to get a script. Like this is crazy. Because in my mind, I’m just like, what do they sound like? What’s the whole like — what’s the thing, you know? And I get the script. I read it in under an hour. I’m like, totally like, I have to be in this movie. I have to be in this movie in some way. I have to do this role. The part that they had written in the movie for me was — well, not for me at the time, was just, they didn’t have a name in the character in the role. But like, I saw that I could do it, right? I was like, there’s no one on the planet that could play this role but me. This is destiny. This is the stars lining up. This is perfect, right?

So I hit Karina back. I told her I was like, I have to be a part of this. Tell them I’m totally in. Who do I have to meet? I’m down, right? So I met up with Dean, the director. I went to his house. We sat, we talked. We hit it off, you know? And the next thing I know, he asked me if I wanted to come join a day later, you know? We got the offer. So like, literally like the whole thing was, you know, fate, and everything happening, the stars lining up and just being like, the right time and the right moment, you know, and everything just working out. And it’s another one of those things where I can honestly say it’s a dream come true to be able to be in a “Bill & Ted” movie. Like this shit is like, the whole time I was on set, I was freaking out. Like I was like, having an out of body experience, like holy shit. I’m here. I have to be in this scene, I have to be focused, but it’s hard for me to focus because I’m looking at Alex Winter and Keanu Reeves playing these characters 30 years later. It’s fucking wild, you know?

CS: Yeah.

Cudi: So that’s my story.

CS: That’s an awesome story. I mean, it was wild just for me to watch them go back into these characters. So since you mentioned that it was a character that you knew you could take on that you wanted to take on, was it just like a present-day musician was how it was written? Or through talking with Dean and with the writers, did you guys come to the decision to have it be yourself?

Cudi: Well, I think it was written as an already like, established musician. That’s what they wanted.

CS: Okay.

Cudi: So it fit perfect. And you know, that was one of the first things they told me, it was like, we want you to play yourself, but with a little twist, you know? And I love that, you know? And I’ve been able to play myself in movies before and it’s always been different. And sometimes it can be hard, you know, to play yourself, because it’s like, what is my onscreen fictional persona like? What’s the difference between the real Kid Cudi and this movie Kid Cudi, you know? But this one was very like, first off, just the fact that I’m a fan of the franchise, it was really easy for me to just kind of dive in. And I kind of liked that — you saw the movie, right?

CS: Yes, yes.

Cudi: So yeah, I kind of liked that I’m like, in for the ride and I’m totally like, oh, I know what this is. Like maybe this is this and this is — and I’m not like, freaked out too much, so this is kind of like, what the hell is going on? I thought that was all dope because at first, I asked Dean. I was like, is he scared? Like am I freaking out, you know? He’s like, no, no, he’s kind of just going with it, you know? So I was like, okay. He’s just going with it. I’m with it.

CS: So I mean, he does go with it and he seems to be pretty knowledgeable about a lot of the science behind everything. Are you — were you pretty familiar with a lot of the science of time travel before? Or did a lot of that come from like, the script and research after you got the role?

Cudi: Yeah, it was mostly like, we had a quantum physicist on set, and he pretty much tried to break down the lines and he explained to me what I was actually saying.

CS: Okay.

Cudi: And I think maybe 10 percent of it made sense to me. But no, it was some really — everything in the script, it was like real things. It wasn’t like, something that the writers just made up. It was real science to the story. And so, there was a lot of, you know, information that the quantum physicist was giving me about like, you know, just time travel and what needs to happen and all these things and just all this scientific jargon that was like, making my mind melt. But no, it was cool, man. It was cool.

CS: So I mean, you talked a little bit about the challenges of playing yourself in different roles or different movies. But what would you say was your biggest creative challenge in portraying yourself in this one?

Cudi: I’d say it probably would’ve been the quantum physics stuff because the lines were so — you know, nobody really speaks in that way, you know? Unless you’re a quantum physicist, you know?

CS: Right.

Cudi: So that was the first day I was like, kind of like, it was intense because I was just having trouble like, getting the words out, you know? But after the first day, I had a rhythm and it was all good. It was cool after that. But the first day I had these really kind of like, weird lines and you know, it was kind of like one of those things that I just realized, because I’ve never had that happen to me before in my career, where like, I was reading lines and it was like, hard for me to process. Because half of the time, it’s like, you know, I don’t know what I’m necessarily saying, you know? But they had like, Dean, Ed, these guys were on set coaching me, guiding me through everything, you know? So I wasn’t completely in the dark. And after the first day, like I got my rhythm and we were taking off from there, you know?

CS: That’s good. That’s good you got that good collaborative attitude on set with everybody. What was it like then building — I mean, you only have a handful of scenes with everybody, but what was it like building that rapport with all of your fellow costars before the camera started rolling?

Cudi: Oh it was great, man. Like everybody was so cool and that’s the thing. It’s like, I’ve been blessed that every set I’ve been on has been full of love and everybody’s been cool and grounded and there’s no egos. And that’s exactly what this set was like, you know? Everybody was cool and chill and they were making these — because it was so fucking hot out there — they were making these icy, shaved ice little slushy things, like cones or whatever.

CS: Yeah.

Cudi: And we were turning those things up. That shit was nice. I was like, I feel spoiled. I was like, this is fucking cool… But yeah, man, we all got along really well, and yeah, I still talk to Sam, Bridget. I talk to Alex. You know, I keep in touch with them, you know?

CS: That’s awesome. So then, did you find that you got to play around with your character a little bit in certain takes, do a little improv here or there?

Cudi: Yeah, definitely.

CS: Yeah?

Cudi: Yeah, I think Dean saw that I could do it and he leaned into that, you know? And I haven’t seen the movie, so I don’t know what he used. So it’s going to be exciting to see. But yeah, there was a couple of moments where he was just like, have fun with it, you know? This is what’s happening and just come up with something, just do it.

CS: Nice.

Cudi: And I love when directors give me that freedom.

CS: Yeah, it’s good when you get to have that relationship on set with them. So I mean, since you mentioned you haven’t seen it yet, it was supposed to be just theaters, but now with everything going on, it’s got this hybrid release. How did it feel for you, hearing that news, that it was going to get this simultaneous digital in-theater release?

Cudi: It made me feel good that the powers that be were thinking about the proper situation, you know, for people to be able to watch this safely. And it kind of gives people the option if you want to go to a theater, you can go and do that, too. But it’s really like, I encouraged everybody to stay home. That’s really what I’m going to do, because I usually like to rent out the theaters and watch the movies with my fans, you know? And that’s a bummer I can’t do that. That was something I was planning on doing. But you know, we’ll do something, where I’m watching the movie with the fans and I’ll just live tweet throughout it or something like that. But yeah, I think it’s going to be dope. I think we’re going to get a lot more eyes on it, actually, than we would’ve gotten if it had a theatrical release, I think.

CS: I couldn’t agree more. I think the simultaneous release is going to bring a lot more viewers to it, and I think they’re going to have a blast like I did. I really did. I had an awesome time with it.

Cudi: Nice.

CS: Thank you very much for taking the time to chat with me, man. I greatly appreciate it.

Cudi: No problem.

CS: I had fun seeing you in the movie, too. When you were going into the science stuff, even my mind was melting. I was like, oh.

Cudi: Oh man, this is so great to hear you talk about this, like I’ve kind of been not wanting to see it. I’ve kind of wanted to like, experience it with the fans a little bit, when it comes out. But no, it’s exciting to know that you saw it, and it’s dope. That’s, yo, nice.

CS: I think you’ll get a blast of it just like everybody else will.

Cudi: Oh dope, dope, dope. Thanks man.

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BritBox Unveils What’s Coming to the Streamer in September 2020

BritBox Unveils What's Coming to the Streamer in September 2020

BritBox Unveils What’s Coming to the Streamer in September 2020

BritBox, the subscription streaming service from BBC Studios and ITV offering the biggest collection of streaming British television in North America, has unveiled its September slate! Next month, the lineup includes the BritBox original McDonald & Dodds, starring BAFTA Award winner Jason Watkins (The Crown, Hold the Sunset) and breakout star Tala Gouveia, and the exclusive U.S premiere of dramedy Don’t Forget the Driver, starring and co-created by award-winning actor Toby Jones (Detectorists, The Hunger Games).

In honor of the 25th anniversary of the iconic BBC series based on Jane Austen’s most famous love story, Pride and Prejudice, BritBox will also unveil the world premiere of the Colin Firth and Jennifer Elhe headlined series in stunning 4K.

Available September 1

McDonald & Dodds Season 1 | BritBox Original, Exclusive, North American Premiere

BAFTA-winning Jason Watkins (The Crown, Hold the Sunset) and breakout star Tala Gouveia lead in this two-part detective drama as the unlikely pair, DCI McDonald (Gouveia) and DS Dodds (Watkins). Featuring contemporary crime stories told with warmth and humor, the series follows this mismatched duo as they solve crimes in Britain’s historic city of Bath. Instantly locking horns over their different professional and lifestyle choices, the tough and driven DCI McDonald and the quiet, unassuming DS Dodds soon forge an entertaining relationship and grow to realize that their differences will be their strengths when solving these gripping mysteries.

Available September 8

Moving On Season 10 | Exclusive, North American Premiere

Created by Emmy winner and multi BAFTA award-winning writer Jimmy McGovern (Cracker, Hillsborough, The Street), this critically acclaimed anthology show returns featuring modern stories about characters who have reached a turning point in their lives and try to move on. In Season 10, we watch as a university cleaner masquerades as a lecturer and discovers a newfound confidence; a stressed-out teacher heads for a breakdown as he copes with an impossible workload; a hard-up single mother reconnects with the father of her nine-year-old daughter; a former homeless addict turns her life around and volunteers at the local shelter; and a couple who conceived through IVF are informed that they still have embryos at the local shelter.

Available September 12

Last Night of the Proms | Exclusive, North American Premiere

In the year that the Proms turns 125 years old, the 2020 season brings the spirit of the Proms to music-lovers at home with treasures from the archive and incredible live performances. In challenging times, the BBC Proms continues its annual festival consisting of 8 weeks of world-class performances by the world’s greatest classical musicians of the past, present, and future. The season terminates with two weeks of performances live from the Royal Albert Hall. The famous “Last Night of the Proms” can be streamed on BritBox, live with the UK.

Available September 15

Don’t Forget the Driver | Exclusive U.S. Premiere

Starring and co-created by award-winning actor Toby Jones (Detectorists, The Hunger Games), and co-created by Tim Crouch, this dramedy series set in Bognor Regis follows coach driver Peter Green as his seemingly meaningless life is thrown into chaos by a sudden change in the tide. Between the discovery of a dead body on the beach and a surprise stowaway onboard his coach, this series reveals how an accidental occurrence can change even the most ordinary of lives.

Available September 18

This Farming Life Season 4 | Exclusive, North American Premiere

This BAFTA-winning documentary series returns, following the ups and downs of new farming families in Scotland and Northern Ireland, as they face tough economic times and an uncertain future. This warm, compelling series weaves intimate personal stories with the dramatic events that make up life on a farm, with families carving out a living in some of Britain’s most beautiful landscapes.

Available September 22

Agatha Christie’s Partners in Crime | Exclusive, New to BritBox

Francesca Annis (Bancroft, Agatha Christie’s The Secret Adversary) and James Warwick (Agatha Christie’s The Secret Adversary, Iron Man) star as the famous crime-fighting duo, Tommy and Tuppence Beresford, as they solve mysteries and search for enemy spies in 1950’s Britain. Super sleuths Tommy and Tuppence are now married and established as secret agents under the eagle eye of Scotland Yard. Also starring Reece Dinsdale (Moving On) as Albert and Arthur Cox (Yes, Minister) as Inspector Marriott with guest stars including Graham Crowden (Waiting For God), Joan Sanderson (Please, Sir!), Liz Smith (The Vicar Of Dibley, The Royle Family), T.P. McKenna (Ulysses) and Anne Stallybrass (The Strauss Family).

Available September 25

Pride and Prejudice – Remastered | World Premiere

Critically acclaimed and famously adapted from Jane Austen’s iconic story, watch this six-episode television drama as you’ve never seen it before. In this performance that launched Jennifer Ehle (Zero Dark Thirty, A Quiet Passion) and Colin Firth (The King’s Speech, Bridget Jones’s Diary) to international fame, follow the beloved Elizabeth Bennet and Fitzwilliam Darcy as they overcome their differences in social standing.

BritBox is available for $6.99 per month—after an introductory free trial period—on Roku, Apple TV 4th Gen, Samsung, and all iOS and Android devices, AirPlay, Chromecast, and online at https://www.britbox.com/us/. BritBox is also available on Amazon Channels for Prime members and on Apple TV Channels on supported devices.

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CS Interview: Director Dean Parisot on Bill & Ted Face the Music

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CS Interview: Director Dean Parisot on Bill & Ted Face the Music

ComingSoon.net had the opportunity to talk with Oscar-winning filmmaker Dean Parisot about directing Orion Pictures’ Bill & Ted Face the Music, including how he stayed true to the already established characters and tone. Check out the interview below and click here to purchase Bill & Ted Face the Music!

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ComingSoon.net: You have actually been attached to this project for a long time, at least since 2012.

Dean Parisot: That is unfortunately so, yes.

CS: Yeah. How precarious was it? Like did you lose out on other work while you were waiting? Were there times when you almost had to bail?

Parisot: Yeah, you know, Ed and Chris wrote this on spec. They were not commissioned by anyone, so it was a labor of love for sure. And it happens a lot, where you try to get a project going and it’s up, it’s down, we’re doing it, we’re doing it, oops, oh, we’re not doing it. So it does occasionally get in the way of trying to actually do any jobs, yes. But I don’t know. It felt like this moment in history, and this is pre-COVID, could benefit from “Bill & Ted”. I always loved the themes of it, and I love those characters and their unbridled optimism. And yeah, what can I say? It’s a long time.

CS: When they first announced you, I thought that you were a perfect fit because Ed and Chris’ domain is absurdism and you’ve done a lot of that in your early shorts and the movie you did with Vince Gilligan and in “Galaxy Quest”. You fit right in.

Parisot: Well, first of all, I’m glad you know that much about me, but I guess you can’t hide everything. I’ve known Ed since the early 90s and we both share a sense of humor. And so, that helped, obviously. We worked together on other projects and have kept trying to work together. This is the first movie we’ve actually completed from the beginning to the end. But yeah, that sense of humor is for some reason built into my psyche and I can’t get rid of it, so there you have it.

CS: I’m just curious, what were some of the other projects that you tried to work on with him?

Parisot: “The BFG”. I wanted to do a Marc Davis book Called Dirty Money. He did a rewrite on “Fun with Dick and Jane”. And I brought him on other things where I thought something was going to happen. I mean, we share a sensibility.

CS: Right, exactly. That’s interesting that you almost did “BFG” because I remember talking to Frank Marshall about that in 2005. He was trying to get that off the ground for a long time. Was that the same iteration over at Amblin?

Parisot: Yes, yes, it was. Yeah, when I was doing it, first it was Terry Jones from Python and then I brought Ed on. And then, I ended up leaving that project for “Fun with Dick and Jane”.

CS: Getting back to “Bill & Ted”, but I was told it was your idea to have hell be modeled after that Zdzisław Beksiński painting.

Parisot: Yes. I guess it was my idea. Well, you know, as you’re trying to find an aesthetic, you’re tearing through magazines and you’re grabbing stuff off the internet and for whatever reason, that grabbed my attention. And there’s a collection of them, too.

CS: Yeah, no, I’m a huge fan of his paintings. They’re very surreal. They’re very expressionistic and quite scary. But it was funny that you picked probably the scariest painter of all time to put in this light, frothy comedy.

Parisot: Well, hell has to be scary and bad down there. I love putting ludicrous characters in seriously dangerous places because it’s more fun I think to make a believable setting as you can in comedy world rather than a goofy one where you know everything is going to be successful. So yeah, I mean, it also was based on some of the photographs by Sebastião Salgado, a Brazilian photographer of the gold mines in Brazil. There’s a giant open pit mine in Brazil with literally tens of thousands of people covered in mud carrying bags of mud up and down ladders into this pit.

CS: I also noticed in that sequence when they go into Death’s office, there’s a game of Battleship in the background. Are there any other fun Easter eggs like that that people should look out for?

Parisot: Yeah, well, spoilers, but yeah. Search the frames. You’ll find things.

CS: This film feels very much of a piece with the other two. What were the biggest guiding rules you felt you had to adhere to in order to sort of stay true to the characters and the tone that was already established by the other two directors?

Parisot: I mean, you can’t get around the things that were established in the first two. Rufus was there in the future, but I had the challenge of trying to make it feel contemporary. It was made easier by the fact that it was 29 years ago, so I could change the future. I could create a new time traveling booth. I could elaborate on hell. And so, it allowed me to create a more grounded environment for this time. But you couldn’t lose those characters. That’s the key to “Bill & Ted” is how they deal with each other and the world. And that’s still the same. It’s just addressed by the fact that they’ve been trying for 29 years and they’re middle aged now. So they have the problems of middle aged relationships, children, you know, not fulfilling their destinies, all of those things. But it’s still in context of an absurdist comedy.

CS: What I think this movie really slams home is even though it goes to some dark places with the characters, the fundamental thing is these guys don’t want to live without each other. And even when they’re at their darkest, they’re still together.

Parisot: I think that friendship is never in question. But Alex and Keanu just wanted to be able to… really all I had to do was watch. I didn’t do anything. I just gave them a nice environment to play in.

CS: Alex has become a very accomplished director in his own right in the intervening years, and he’s credited as an executive producer. How did you collaborate with him specifically, as an executive producer?

Parisot: Alex is a brilliant filmmaker. When they asked me to do this, I said, “Why doesn’t Alex direct it?” No, seriously. It seemed like it would be a perfect fit. He said, “Dude, I can’t. It’s like, I can’t. I need to be in it and concentrate on being those characters. I can’t do it.” But it was really fun with this group of people because they’re all incredibly collaborative. They’re all filmmakers. Even Keanu made a movie. Alex has made movies. They’ve all produced. They’ve all directed. They know it backwards and forwards. We were all like a band that kept making this thing together. And it was quite fun to make, actually. I have a big place in my heart for this group of people.

CS: This was not your first sequel. You’d also done “RED 2”. What do you enjoy about coming into a franchise that’s already established?

Parisot: Well, I actually don’t. You know, sometimes, you don’t think about that. For the most part, I don’t think I’m somebody who wants to do a franchise. But in this case, it wasn’t really a franchise. It’s 29 years later. It’s a continuation of a story. And I had the room to create a new thing. In “RED”, it was a franchise, and that was a little more difficult.

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ComingSoon’s 2020 Back to School Gift Guide

ComingSoon's 2020 Back to School Gift Guide

ComingSoon’s 2020 Back to School Gift Guide

It’s that time again, time to go back to school. It’s been an unconventional year, but, whether it be online or in-person, students all around the world are gearing up to hit the books (some are already back in class). If you’re lucky enough to have completed your education, you might want to get the students in your life something to encourage/aid them in these tumultuous times. Practical/fun things. But how do you know what gifts to get for your friends and loved ones? Taking a look at what’s out there would certainly help, that’s why ComingSoon.net is here to help you find the perfect back-to-school gifts for the special someone in your life… even if that someone is you! Check out our 2020 Back to School Gift Guide below!

This year we have compiled over 40 items for you to peruse, along with a buy link for every piece we’ve showcased. The prices welcome thrifty folk and big spenders alike! Below you’ll find everything from notebooks, pens, and folders, to clothes, movies (academia-related), games, and more! Whether it’s a gift for a high school, college (settling into their new home), graduate student we’ve got something for you.

Which items from our 2020 Back to School Guide did you add to your shopping cart? Do you have any other ideas for gifts that you think our readers would like to know about, perhaps? Let us know in the comments!

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