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Tribeca Enterprises & YouTube Announce We Are One: A Global Film Festival

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The Press Release:
Tribeca Enterprises and YouTube jointly announced today We Are One: A Global Film Festival, an unprecedented 10-day digital film festival exclusively on YouTube, bringing together an international community of storytellers to present festival programming for free to audiences around the world. Set to begin on May 29 on YouTube.com/WeAreOne, the festival will feature programming curated by the Annecy International Animation Film Festival, Berlin International Film Festival, BFI London Film Festival, Cannes Film Festival, Guadalajara International Film Festival, International Film Festival & Awards Macao (IFFAM), Jerusalem Film Festival, Mumbai Film Festival (MAMI), Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, Locarno Film Festival, Marrakech International Film Festival, New York Film Festival, San Sebastian International Film Festival, Sarajevo Film Festival, Sundance Film Festival, Sydney Film Festival, Tokyo International Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival, Tribeca Film Festival, Venice Film Festival, and more, immersing audiences in stories from around the world and providing a voice for filmmakers on a global stage.
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This Just In: Better Noise Music Announces Better Noise Films

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The News:
Leading global independent entertainment company, Better Noise Entertainment, is proud to announce Better Noise Films. Films will be led by entertainment industry legend Allen Kovac as CEO and Dan Lieblein (Cinecom, October Films, USA Films and USA Home Entertainment) as COO. Also joining the team are CFO Harris Masood, Music Supervisor AJ Kasen and Vice President of Production, Michael Lombardi. Building upon the success of 10th Street Entertainment and market-leading music label Better Noise Music, Better Noise Films will develop feature film and other unique programming, with an emphasis on original concepts.

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Piercing Ken Thoughts: This is some pretty cool news IMHO and you more tenured readers already know that I love to share movie trailers and news about the upcoming releases right here on “The Chronicles” and over on PiercingMetal.com – I’ll be keeping my ear to the ground on the films that this new company will be releasing to see which side of the creative coin I will be sharing their news about. I guess the more Rock related films will post on the other site while anything lifestyle in nature will remain here. What do you readers think about this news? Are you excited? What kinds of films do you want them to release? Chime in down below in the comments section since its always nice to hear from you. See you next time.

Official Website: https://www.betternoisefilms.com/

Now In Theaters: “Trolls World Tour” (4/10/2020)

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We’ve discussed the new film “Trolls World Tour” a few times already on “The Chronicles” and shared not only some fun trailers but a bevy of promotional posters. Clicking HERE will scan the website for the tag relating to the film and open your findings on a brand-new tab in your browser for easier digestion of this content. So despite the world having changed around us over the last few weeks, this film is opening in limited theaters only AND being made available for digital rental today as well. The latter option makes more sense to be under the circumstances but either way today is the release day and you can enjoy the poster, premise and ensemble voice-cast down below.

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Synopsis: After the events of the first film, Poppy and Branch discover that they are six other different kinds of Trolls scattered over six different lands, each devoted to a different form of music: Pop, Funk, Classical, Techno, Country and Rock. Their world is about to get a lot bigger, and a whole lot louder, as member of hard-rock royalty, Queen Barb, aided by her father King Thrash, wants to destroy all other kinds of music to let rock reign supreme. With the fate of the world at stake, Poppy and Branch, along with their friends — Smidge, Legsly, Biggie, Satin and Chenille, Cooper, Guy Diamond and Tiny Diamond — set out to visit all the other lands to unify the Trolls in harmony against Barb, who’s looking to upstage them all and turn them into rock zombies. Meanwhile, Branch tries to find a way to tell Poppy how he feels about her. (c/o Wiki)
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Walt Disney Pictures Presents “Mulan” Promotional Posters

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The fans of Disney’s “Mulan” were really getting excited for today because it’s the day that the live-action film was supposed to be released in theaters everywhere and based on this dreaded Coronavirus Pandemic, all of the clubs, arenas, movie theaters and pubs are closed to the assembled public. The officials don’t want to risk anyone getting sick as this virus seems nasty and powerful. It’s better to be safe than sorry. My original plan was to have a “Now Playing” post and instead I am sharing the posters that I wanted to showcase a few weeks ago. I figured that I might as well do something with the date to play on the topic of the film. We do have a lot of trailers for you to enjoy already so please consider clicking HERE so it can show you all of the “Mulan” concent on a new tab. Below you’ll find the teaser poster and then a bunch of character ones and then some from the various kinds of theater experiences that you were originally going to be able to enjoy. Shall we begin? Of course.

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The Plot: When the Emperor of China issues a decree that one man per family must serve in the Imperial Army to defend the country from Northern invaders attacking China, Hua Mulan, the eldest daughter of an honored warrior, steps in to take the place of her ailing father. She is spirited, determined and quick on her feet. Masquerading as a man, Hua Jun, she is tested every step of the way and must harness her inner-strength and embrace her true potential. It is an epic journey that will transform her into not only an honored warrior, but one of China’s greatest warriors ever and earn her the respect of a grateful nation…and a proud father.
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Presenting The 40th Annual Golden Raspberry Awards Winners

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Hey there my friends and we are back once again on the topic of the Golden Raspberry Awards. I’m here today to share the winners from this pack of losers and wow how the world has changed since we last were discussing this bit of information. The new Coronavirus Pandemic is finding cancellations and postponements of many events and large gatherings and since its too early to tell how long this will be the case, I can only say that you stay tuned to your local news channels. I’ll close out with some more opinion after the rundown so please take a look.

Worst Picture:
WINNER – Cats (Universal) – Debra Hayward, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, and Tom Hooper
The Fanatic (Quiver) – Daniel Grodnik, Oscar Generale, and Bill Kenwright
The Haunting of Sharon Tate (Saban) – Lucas Jarach, Daniel Farrands, and Eric Brenner
A Madea Family Funeral (Lionsgate) – Ozzie Areu, Will Areu, and Mark E. Swinton
Rambo: Last Blood (Lionsgate) – Avi Lerner, Kevin King Templeton, Yariv Lerner, and Les Weldon

Worst Director:
WINNER – Tom Hooper – Cats
Fred Durst – The Fanatic
James Franco – Zeroville
Adrian Grünberg – Rambo: Last Blood
Neil Marshall – Hellboy
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