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Quibi has placed an order for Shape of Pasta, a new series from Chef Evan Funke spotlighting his searches in Italy for the remaining masters of pasta. The series explores the culture, history and lore behind the unique shapes and textures of the staple food in an effort to save them forever.
Multiple James Beard Award…
PBS has unveiled its fall programming slate, which includes premiere dates for Ken Burns’ 16-hour Country Musicalong with several other docunmentaries and the new contemporary-history series Retro Report on PBS.
Also on tap are new editions of Frontline, POV, Great Performances, American Masters and Independent Lens…
EXCLUSIVE:David Foster, the 16-time Grammy Award-winning producer, songwriter and composer, is set to be the subject of a feature documentary, David Foster: Off the Record. Barry Avrich (The Last Mogul, Prosecuting Evil) is directing the pic, which is now in postproduction from Canada’s Bell Media Studios and Melbar…
Showtime’s aptly titled docuseries The Circusis set to return with eight new episodes in the fall, this time shining the spotlight on the many Democrats who aspire to challenge President Donald Trump in 2020.
Tracking the largest field of presidential candidates in U.S. history, Season 4 of The Circus will continue…
Bruce Springsteen fans will get to see the Boss play his new Western Stars album after all – on film. Springsteen made the off-the-cuff announcement about a performance documentary during a 10-minute phone-in call to SiriusXM’s E Street Radio program this morning.
"We made a film of us playing the Western Stars album…
Patrick Swayze’s life and legacy will be remembered in an upcoming documentary from Paramount Network and Network Entertainment, titled I Am Patrick Swayze.
The film is the latest installment of Paramount Network’s I Am franchise, and will explore the late actor’s childhood in Texas, his road to fame, and his…
EXCLUSIVE:Truly Tasteless Jokes, a series of slim paperbacks that became a publishing juggernaut in the 1980s, is the subject of a new documentary feature just acquired by Virgil Films.
Tasteless, directed by Jeff Cerulli and Matt Ritter, traces the history of not only the books themselves but the way the material…
EXCLUSIVE: Federal judges are withdrawing from the gerrymandering debate, but Magnolia Pictures is jumping in. Magnolia has acquired North American rights toSlay the Dragon from Participant Media with an eye toward a spring 2020 theatrical release for the timely gerrymandering documentary.
The documentary directed by…
Pretty Little Liars alum Shay Mitchell made an surprise announcement today via her YouTube page.
“There is something in the oven and it’s not my pizza!!! WOW… It’s kind of surreal processing the fact that another human is growing inside of you,” she said.
Yes, Mitchell is pregnant with her first child with Matte…
American Factory, the documentary from Barack and Michelle Obama’s Higher Ground Productions and Participant Media, will premiere on Netflix on August 21. The streaming service had acquired the pic from co-directors Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, where it won the U.S…
Abramorama has acquired worldwide rights to American Heretics: The Politics of the Gospel, a new documentary by filmmakers Jeanine and Catherine Butler.
The film, which focuses on a group of defiant ministers, congregations and community leaders in the Bible Belt who are challenging deeply rooted fundamentalist…
Traditional circuses still crisscross the country, but on a much-reduced scale from when they ruled America as the undisputed "greatest show on earth."
Sharon Grimberg's two-part documentary The Circus rewinds to that era of big tops and big crowds that exploded more than 100 years ago. The circus helped knit together…
