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Exclusive: Ahead of the EFM, Blue Fox Entertainment has acquired international sales rights to the recently greenlit sequel to the hit Tubi Original, Sidelined: The Qb and Me, known internationally as The Bad Boy And Me.

Stars Noah Beck and Siena Agudong are reprising their roles. Justin Wu will also return to direct, with Thunderbird Entertainment’s Great Pacific Media, Marshall Arts and Wattpad Webtoon Studios producing. Crystal Ferreiro, who co-wrote the first film with Mary Gulino, will pen the sequel.

Based on Wattpad hit The Qb Bad Boy And Me by Tay Marley, the sequel will focus on freshman star quarterback Drayton (Beck) as he struggles with the weight of expectations after a devastating setback, while dancer Dallas (Agudong) begins to question the future she thought she wanted. As their high school relationship begins to unravel under the pressures of distance and self-discovery, they’ll learn that the bravest...

If, like me, you grew up reading The Hardy Boys (or Nancy Drew) and The Boxcar Children, and you also have a soft spot for Twin Peaks and other comforting yet disturbing Lynchian dreamscapes, then you should find a lot to enjoy within the quaint and creepy pages of Kris Bertin and Alexander Forbes' Hobtown Mystery Stories Vol. 1: The Case of the Missing Men. Set in a secluded Canadian town where a group of teenage sleuths kill time by trying not to be killed while solving macabre mysteries, Hobtown Mystery Stories Vol. 1: The Case of the Missing Men is now available in color for the first time from Oni Press (following its previous black-and-white publication by Conundrum Press), and Daily Dead had the pleasure of catching up with Kris and Alexander in a new Q&a feature to discuss their unique approach to the teen sleuthing genre, their eclectic cinematic and literary influences,...

Exclusive: Great American Family is about to drop another installment of its Candace Cameron Bure Presents series. The movie is called Just in Time and stars Broadway’s Laura Osnes, Peter Bryant (Family Law), and Greyston Holt (The Night Agent).

Premiering March 26, Just in Time follows Hannah (Osnes) and her husband, Rowan (Holt), who have focused all their time, energy, and attention into trying to have a baby. The pressure to complete their family starts weighing heavily on their relationship. The couple is left questioning if having a child is the right thing to do and if they are still right for one another. When Hannah receives a call from a stranger, named Franklin (Bryant), who claims to have discovered an antique on the beach bearing an inscription unique to Hannah and Rowan, she reluctantly agrees to meet him to look. Franklin is certain the watch is a long-lost heirloom from Hannah’s family.

We’re less than four days into October and the internet’s next biggest cheating scandal isn’t wife guys or chess matches — it’s in the world of professional fishing. Here’s how it started: Two fishermen who competed in a Lake Erie fishing competition on Friday were accused of cheating and disqualified after a tournament official found small lead weights stuffed inside their catches. While this was major news for the fishing community, a surprisingly lull in celebrity chaos and other breaking gossip for the day sent the...

Even before Universal adapted it into a cult classic movie, I loved Bryan Lee O'Malley's Scott Pilgrim comic series. It not only has great action and memorable set pieces, but it thrives on quieter character moments and the explorations of relationships, all while infusing video game and pop culture influences and being laugh out loud funny. It's a terrific piece of work, and I highly recommend reading it if you haven't.

I missed O'Malley's 2014 graphic novel Seconds, but it's on my list of things to check out. Now I have another thing to add to that ever-growing list: EW has published the first look at O'Malley's newest comic series, called Worst World. The plot is largely being kept secret at this point, but here's a brief teaser:

Set in present-day Los Angeles, Worst World centers on 30-something Benny and 20-something Aubrey, and will be the first in a planned trilogy of graphic novels,...

I recently had a chance to talk with Jason Fischer, a producer on Divine: The Series. Readers may remember that name from our coverage of the webseries in our Indie Spotlight features. For those that aren’t familiar with the series, we’ve included the plot synopsis and first episode at the bottom of the interview.

As opposed to having a smaller budget per episode and stretching out the webseries, they put a significant amount of funding into creating a 6-episode “pilot program” that gives fans a chance to get an early look at the series. The episodes will also be used to pitch Divine to various companies in order to secure funding to continue the series. With 5 episodes already released and the 6th on the way, I wanted to focus more on the business side of Divine and asked Jason about crowd funding, the reason for creating a web series versus a TV pilot,...