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Mexico’s Marina de Taviria, Oscar-nominated as supporting actress for her performance as the mother in Alfonso Cuarón’s “Roma” is attached to star in Brenda Navarro’s “House Eight” (“Casa 8”), one of the hottest packages at this week’s Bogotá Audiovisual Market (Bam).

In further casting news, Verónica Bravo, nominated for a 2023 best actress Canacine Prize for “Sobreviviendo Mis Xv,” is also attached to take a key cast role in the series.

Currently in development and reaching out for international production partners, “House Eight” is set up at high-flying Mexican production outfit Mandarina Cine, this year a global SXSW Audience Award winner for “Corina,” now nominated for eight Mexican Academy Ariel Awards.

Mandarina also produced “The Devil Smokes (and Saves the Burnt Matches in the Same Box),” the first best film winner at the inaugural Berlinale Perspectives section, reserved for first-time movies.

“The Devil Smokes” was described by Variety...

Leading Spanish arthouse sales outfit Bendita Film Sales has swooped on the international sales rights of Ernesto Martínez Bucio’s “The Devil Smokes” ahead of its world premiere at the Berlinale’s new Perspectives sidebar.

Co-written with Karen Plata, Martínez Bucio’s debut feature delves into sibling relationships and how fears are passed down from one generation to the next.

Set in mid-90s Mexico City, “The Devil Smokes” revolves around five young siblings whose grandmother is their sole guardian after the sudden disappearance of their parents. As they fight to survive, the line between reality and something darker starts to blur. The grandmother, haunted by eerie visions and deepening fears, becomes more distant, while the children’s grip on reality begins to unravel. After a clash with their neighbors, the siblings withdraw even further into isolation, cutting themselves off from the outside world.

Said Bendita Film Sales CEO, Luis Renart...

Warning: Contains potential spoilers for Ghost Rider: Robbie Reyes Special #1

Robbie Reyes, the All-New Ghost Rider, has been missing and trapped in a volatile realm beyond the multiverse. After transcending to become the multiversal Spirit of Vengeance known as the All-Rider, Robbie sacrificed himself to save the multiverse from imminent destruction. However, on the other side of existence, the Ghost Rider endures and has a new fiery enemy with a ticket back home.

Ghost Rider: Robbie Reyes Special #1 by Carlos Hernandez and Moiss Hidalgo is a Marvel Voices special issue set to release just in time for Dios de Los Muertos. The Marvel Voices comics serve to celebrate diversity within Marvel Comics and spotlight both characters and creators who belong to those underrepresented communities.

A preview for the issue was shared on Cbr. This special issue not only honors an important cultural holiday for those of Mexican heritage but also...

Get ready for the return of Robbie Reyes' Ghost Rider as Marvel promises his full godlike power unleashed in a new one-shot special. The special, set for release in October 2024, will feature three brand-new stories showcasing Reyes' strength and abilities. Alongside Reyes, a new character named Fantasma will make her debut in the one-shot, adding a unique twist to the Ghost Rider universe.

As Robbie Reyes Ghost Rider finally returns to comics, Marvel has promised that his new one-shot will show the heros full power released in all its glory. Largely absent since the character saved the entire multiverse last year, Robbie will make a grand return with three tales in an all-new special. Reyes' Ghost Rider once again takes center stage since majorly leveling up to one of Marvels most powerful characters.

In honor of Hispanic & Latin American Heritage Month, Marvel spotlights the strongest of all Ghost Rider variants...

Conor McGregor may no longer be on the UFC 303 card, but that doesn’t mean it won’t be an entertaining bout! Jiří Procházka and Alex Pereira’s epic rematch will be the main event on the card, which starts at 10 p.m. Et on Saturday, June 29 on ESPN+ Pay-Per-View. The night will also feature undercard matches pitting fighters like Brian Ortega and Diego Lopez against each other, making for a can’t-miss evening of UFC action. The full event will be broadcast on ESPN+ and ESPN+ Pay-Per-View, with ESPN also airing the preliminary and early preliminary cards. You can watch the entire Pereira/Procházka fight night with a subscription to ESPN+ and by purchasing the PPV for $79.99.

How to Watch UFC 303, Pereira vs. Procházka When: Saturday, June 29 | Early Prelims: 6 p.m. Et | Prelims: 8 p.m. Et | Main Card: 10 p.m. Et Where: ESPN+: Entire card | ESPN+: Early...

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Quick Answer: The only way to watch UFC 303: Pereira vs. Procházka is to purchase the event PPV livestream through an ESPN+ account.

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Ever since UFC 300, the UFC has been on a remarkable streak, which is expected to continue with UFC 303 on Saturday. Las Vegas will host this weekend’s event, featuring a rematch for the light heavyweight title between Jiri Procházka and current champion Alex Pereira.

The Sundance Institute has announced this year’s grantees for the Sundance Institute Documentary Fund, with a total of 1,396,500 in unrestricted grant support bestowed upon 35 projects.

“As we celebrate the Dfp’s 20th anniversary, it’s an exceptional achievement that Sundance has been able to provide documentary filmmakers robust and sustained financial support, from development through post-production, for two decades,” said Carrie Lozano, director of the Sundance Institute’s Documentary Film Program. “Thanks to our incredible funders, supporters, staff, and external reviewers, the Documentary Fund has been able to realize its top priorities during a tumultuous time: supporting underrepresented stories, directors and producers; providing much needed resources to urgent international projects; and elevating human rights and social, civic and environmental justice, all while foregrounding bold and artistic approaches. I am constantly amazed by the breadth and depth of our grantees.”

This year’s grant recipients have roots in 31 countries, with...

Previously supported projects have included American Factory, Collective, Fire Of Love, The Mole Agent.

Projects from Armenia, Chile, Uganda and Palestine are among grantees of the Sundance Institute Documentary Fund, which in the 20th anniversary year of the Documentary Film Program (Dfp) has made 1.4m available in unrestricted grant support to 35 projects.

Of the recipients, five are in development, 15 in production, 10 in post, and the filmmakers behind five are actively pursuing support for audience engagement and social impact campaigns.

Some 57 of the current cycle’s submissions hail from outside the US. Among the 14 US films receiving support, all are directed...

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The principal production company behind Rust will not have to face the central claims in a lawsuit from script supervisor Mamie Mitchell.

A Los Angeles judge on Friday dismissed claims of assault and intentional infliction of emotional distress against Rust Movie Productions, Thomasville Pictures, Ryan Smith and Lengley Cheney, because they didn’t know Alec Baldwin would actually shoot the gun that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.

Since the shooting, the producers have maintained that they weren’t responsible for supervising the production. They’ve argued in civil court and in contesting a fine assessed by New Mexico’s safety commission that they simply financed the movie.

So far, Mitchell has faced an uphill battle in court arguing that the production companies are liable for the shooting. She claims that they aided and abetted Baldwin in committing assault by providing him with the loaded gun that the actor fired,...

Baz Luhrmann’s “Elvis,” described by Variety as “a fizzy, delirious, impishly energized, compulsively watchable 2-hour-and-39-minute fever dream,” is set to open the 37th Guadalajara Int’l Film Festival (Ficg) on June 10.

The biopic starring Austin Butler as Elvis opposite Tom Hanks as his controversial manager, received a rousing 12-minute standing ovation at Cannes, the longest at this year’s edition.

The Festival closes June 18 with Mexico’s own musical icons, Los Tigres del Norte, in the documentary “Los Tigres del Norte: Historias que contar,” by Carlos Pérez Osorio (“Las Cronicas del Taco”), with its band members descending on Guadalajara to present it.

The documentary debuts on Prime Video the day before but it’s all about bringing back the in-person theatrical experience, said festival director Estrella Araiza.

Ficg has managed to push through the pandemic and the current government’s indifference to culture and subsequent budget cuts. Nevertheless,...

From March 9 to 15, the third edition of the Riviera Maya Film Festival will take place in Quintana Roo, Mexico. The first announcement has arrived and it reveals the official Mexican selection, conformed of eleven feature length productions (both narrative films and documentaries). "Mexican Platform" is the name of this competition section and two of its films will be chosen by a jury to earn a monetary prize (around $23,000 dollars) that must be used for a proper theatrical release in Mexico. Riviera Maya 2014 will host the world premiere of Gilberto González's Los Hámsters and Carlos Hernández's Anything Else Than Air (De Puro Aire). Aside of that, well, those who attended last year Ficunam, Guanajuato, Morelia or Baja won't find a wide variety of...

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