MGM has released the trailer for Creed II, set for Nov. 21 release across the country. The film, directed by Steven Caple Jr., stars Michael B. Jordan, Sylvester Stallone and Tessa Thompson. Synopsis: Life has become a balancing act for Adonis Creed. Between personal obligations and training for his next ...
Read More »Phil Jackson as … Superman?
Phil Jackson’s NBA teams won 11 NBA titles. But, Jackson has won 12, not 11 pro basketball championships. And on Saturday, September 22nd, a new motion picture will reveal details of the mostly forgotten 12th championship and explore the 35-year old link between Jackson and Jim Drucker, now the owner of ...
Read More »‘The Sandlot’ Returns to U.S. Cinemas for 25th Anniversary July 22 and 24
Play ball! The legendary baseball comedy “The Sandlot” is back in movie theaters across the country for two days only this July – its first national theatrical run since its original release 25 years ago. The film will play with an exclusive sneak preview of an all-new Fox Sports documentary ...
Read More »’39 Seconds’ Filmmakers Launch Kickstarter Fund
As we reported here back in December, a team of filmmakers is working on a film, 39 Seconds, about the legacy of John Donaldson, early 20th century baseball star whose influence has largely been forgotten. Today, on the 127th anniversary of Donaldson’s birth, the group is launching a Kickstarter campaign, ...
Read More »Ski Filmmaker Warren Miller Documentary Nearing Completion
The official documentary on the extraordinary life of groundbreaking ski filmmaker Warren Miller is nearing completion in 2018 by a production team led by Lorton Entertainment, BoBCat Studios, and O’Malley Creadon Productions. The film, directed by award-winning filmmaker Patrick Creadon and produced by Christine O’Malley and Jeff Conroy, contains the last on-camera interview with Mr. Miller before ...
Read More »‘This Is Home’ Ski Film Released
Faction Skis, designer and manufacturer of performance skis for the most demanding freeskiers, today announced the public release of its first feature-length ski film, THIS IS HOME, now available for anyone to view for free at www.thisishome.film. To continue the THIS IS HOME theme, Faction also announced the Faction This Is Our ...
Read More »New York’s Paley Center To Host ‘100 Years of the NHL’
The Paley Center for Media has selected The Paley Center Celebrates 100 Years of the NHL as its next PaleyLive event. The program will feature the New York premiere screening of The NHL: 100 Years, a conversation with the NHL Commissioner, former players, and audience Q&A, and will take place on ...
Read More »Celestial Baseball Association Signs Director Foster Corder for ‘Old Timers Day’ Film Release
What if God and the Devil were to draft their own major league baseball teams with the greatest players, living and dead, and the fate of mankind was contingent on whose team won? The Celestial Baseball Association (CBA) plans to take that storyline and ‘knock it out the park’ with the announcement ...
Read More »‘Foreman’ To Premiere on EPIX Sept. 13
Here’s a first look at the trailer for the EPIX documentary ‘Foreman,” which premiers on Wednesday, Sept. 13, at 8 p.m. ET. Produced by George Foreman Jr. as a way to tell the story of his dad, along with an all-star production team, the documentary tells the story of the ...
Read More »Amazon Original Movie Gleason Will Premiere on Amazon Prime Video on December 29
Amazon Studios today announced that the Amazon Original Movie Gleason will be available through Amazon Prime Video at no additional cost to Prime members on December 29. The acclaimed film is among 15 documentaries shortlisted for the 2016 Academy Award for Best Documentary, was nominated for Five Broadcast Film Critic’s ...
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