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EXCLUSIVE : Fresh off a surprise “work in progress” screening at SXSW , Robert Rodriguez’s action-thriller Hypnotic , starring Ben Affleck , has been set for a May 12 U.S. release. As we revealed last month , Ketchup Entertainment will be launching the movie on more than 2,000 screens. The looming release for a movie that remains unfinished is yet another talking point in the project’s tumultuous journey to screen. Little has been straight-forward for Hypnotic but the warm reception it received on Sunday night was a welcome respite for its creatives and financiers. It’s unusual for a big budget film to get a public ‘work in progress’ screening at a festival but Austin was a smart choice given the home crowd’s reverence for Texas-native Rodriguez. The director said today: “I’ve been working on this film for many years now, and to see the reaction from my home town audience at SXSW was humbling and validating. I look forward to now sharing it with all movie … [Read more...] about Robert Rodriguez & Ben Affleck’s ‘Hypnotic’ Gets May Release Date Following Surprise SXSW “Work In Progress” Screening

"Stone Cold" Steve Austin may be the most beloved wrestler of all time ... and look no further why. The WWE legend showed up to a SoCal brewery and hooked up the patrons in a packed bar with free beers to commemorate "Austin 3:16 day!" Austin hit up El Segundo Brewing Company in Los Angeles County ... where he doled out cold beers left and right to fans who came to celebrate the WWE holiday. Stone Cold Steve Austin giving out beers on Austin 3:16 day like a goddamn champ. pic.twitter.com/LyJ6uO8pm5 — brandon wenerd (@brandonwenerd) March 17, 2023 @brandonwenerd Check it out ... Stone Cold was behind the bar, pouring beers and toasting fans as his signature theme music was blaring in the background. And, Steve wasn't handing out just any ol' beers ... the brewery serves his own signature "Broken Skull IPA." After he served everybody, Austin was naturally thirsty himself, so he chugged a pint glass, too. Getty Of course, the "Austin … [Read more...] about ‘Stone Cold’ Steve Austin Hands Out Beers on ‘Austin 3:16’ Day At CA Brewery

EXCLUSIVE: Motion Picture Agent Olive Uniacke has exited the agency. She was hired in September 2018 having previously been a producer at 42MP and then a studio executive at Lionsgate. At the agency, she signed such writer/director clients as Andrew Patterson, whose movie The Vast of Night world premiered at Slamdance 2019 and was later acquired out of TIFF by Amazon. She also signed May el-Toukhy, whose movie Queen of Hearts made its world premiere at 2019 Sundance. When the pandemic hit, Uniacke shifted gears, focusing on musicians, actors and entrepreneurs whose businesses she could build while the world was shut down. Uniacke was an integral part of the WME teams involved in building the production labels of such clients as Tessa Thompson (Viva Maude), Oscar Isaac (Mad Gene), and Riz Ahmed (Left Handed Films), as well as filmmakers like Bassam Tariq ( Mogul Mowgli ), Sam Hunter, as well as Patrick Sommerville and David Eisenberg’s Tractor Beam. Uniacke … [Read more...] about WME Motion Picture Agent Olive Uniacke Departs Agency