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November 2024 brings an exciting lineup of Prime Video Originals, featuring a diverse range of films and series that cater to various tastes. Kicking off the month is Freedom on November 1, a gripping French thriller inspired by the true story of a notorious gangster, featuring a strong cast led by Lucas Bravo. Following this, on November 7, the Hindi action series Citadel (Honey Bunny), a spin-off of the acclaimed original, delves into the world of international spies with stars Samantha Ruth Prabhu and Varun Dhawan. The disaster film Every Minute Counts arrives on November 8, chronicling the aftermath of the 1985 Mexico City earthquake.

On November 10, the documentary series German Cocaine Cowboy examines the rise of gangster Joe Marx within the Cali cartel. Other highlights include the thriller series Cross on November 14, the action-adventure film Red One on November 15, and the intriguing docu-film Billions Mike on November 17. Comedy fans can look forward to Jeff Dunham...

Sales slate includes completed elevated sci-fi thriller Only starring Freida Pinto.

Santa Monica-based Myriad Pictures has kicked off talks with international buyers on the completed crime thriller Hammer starring Will Patton and Mark O’Brien from recent release Ready Or Not.

Christian Sparkes (Cast No Shadow) wrote and directed the feature about Chris (O’Brien), an ex-con who plots to rob his drug-dealing friend, Adams (Ben Cotton). When the plan goes wrong, Chris turns to his father (Patton) for help.

Jonathan Bronfman, Alison White, William Woods and Chris Agoston serve as producers, and Fraser Ash, Niv Fichman, and Kevin Krikst are the executive producers.

In today’s news roundup, the Bible’s Elijah is getting a movie; Will Patton, Mark O’Brien and Michael Masini get acting roles; and “Roma” will open the Savannah Film Festival.

Project Unveiled

Winter State Entertainment is launching “Elijah” as a supernatural feature film interpretation based on the Biblical prophet of the same name who confronted rulers about idol worship, Variety has learned exclusively.

Producers Hamid and Camille Torabpour said “Elijah” will have elements of “The Lord of the Rings,” “Percy Jackson” and “The Passion of the Christ” with a diverse cast and crew of women and men both behind and in front of the camera. Jhene Chase, a Saudi-American female filmmaker whose credits include “Summertime Dropouts,” will be directing from a screenplay by Hamid Torabpour and Andrew Kightlinger.

“We’re looking to immerse ourselves in a story where the impossible comes to life, and the challenges of faith...

The 2015 Canadian Screen Awards--Canada's version of the Academy Awards-- feature film nominations are cool. Never in a million years would our Academy dream of nominating films like the Oscar-snubbed "Mommy," whose director Xavier Dolan is having a good day with 13 nominations, David Cronenberg's love-it-or-hate-it "Maps to the Stars" (11 nominations) or foreign gems "In Her Place" or "Tu Dors Nicole." CEO of the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television Helga Stephenson unveiled film and television nominees today across 128 categories, including seven in digital media. Canucks, the 2015 Canadian Screen Awards will broadcast live on CBC from the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts in Toronto, on March 1, 2015, at 8pm. Head here for the TV nominees. Best Motion Picture | Meilleur filmCast No Shadow – Chris Agoston, Christian Sparkes, Allison WhiteFall - Mehernaz LentinIn Her Place - Igor Drljaca, Yoon Hyun Chan, Albert ShinMaps...