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In 1989, the media dubbed them the Central Park Five and they were forever linked together by that moniker. On May 31, their true story will come to Netflix as a four-part limited series from Academy Award® Nominee and two-time Emmy Award® Winner Ava DuVernay.  Now titled When They See Us, the series is based on the stories of the five men who were wrongly accused of a crime they did not commit.  

Ansel Elgort is set to star in the film adaptation of the Daniel Riley GQ Magazine article The Great High School Imposter, according to Deadline. Mike Makowsky will adapt the story.

Netflix has acquired global rights (excluding Japan, China and UK free TV rights) to The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind, the directorial debut of Academy Award® nominee and BAFTA Award winner Chiwetel Ejiofor.  The British film is based on the bestselling book of the same name written by William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer. Ejiofor wrote the screenplay.  

Sonorous Road Theatre & Film Studio presents an immersive holiday production with their 2nd annual original adaptation of the classic short story, "The Gift of the Magi" by O. Henry. Performances will be at Sonorous Road, 3801 Hillsborough St, Suite 113, Raleigh, NC, December 6-17

dick clark productions announced today that Participant Media and DreamWorks Pictures' Green Book, directed by Peter Farrelly and starring Viggo Mortensen, Mahershala Ali and Linda Cardellini, will receive both the “Hollywood Ensemble Award” and “Hollywood Screenwriter Award” at the 22nd Annual “Hollywood Film Awards,” which will take place on Sunday, November 4 at The Beverly Hilton. The TIFF 2018 People's Choice Award winner is written by Peter Farrelly, Nick Vallelonga and Brian Currie and is inspired by a true friendship that in 1962 transcended race, class and the Mason-Dixon line.

The 32nd edition of AFI FEST presented by Audi will open with the World Premiere of Participant Media's ON THE BASIS OF SEX, in association with Alibaba Pictures and distributed by Focus Features. Directed by AFI Conservatory alumna Mimi Leder (AFI Class of 1973), the inspiring drama tells the story of young lawyer Ruth Bader Ginsburg before she became a U.S. Supreme Court Justice.

The courtroom comes to order in Ava DuVernay's Central Park Limited Series as The Affair's Joshua Jackson, Hamilton's Christopher Jackson, and 12 Years A Slave's Adepero Oduye join the cast.

The European Premiere of director Peter Farrelly's drama GREEN BOOK, from Participant Media and DreamWorks Pictures, will open the 14th Zurich Film Festival on 27 September 2018. Farrelly and Academy Award® nominee Viggo Mortensen (EASTERN PROMISES, THE LORD OF THE RINGS TRILOGY) will attend as the Zurich Film Festival's honored guests.

Academy Award® nominee Viggo Mortensen (Eastern Promises, The Lord of the Rings trilogy) and Academy Award® winner Mahershala Ali (Moonlight, Hidden Figures) star in Participant Media and DreamWorks Pictures' Green Book.  In his foray into powerfully dramatic work as a feature director, Peter Farrelly helms the film inspired by a true friendship that transcended race, class and the 1962 Mason-Dixon line.

Ava DuVernay's central park crime drama unveils its leading men. The actors will portray the real-life teens and adults at the center of the Central Park Five Case.

Ava DuVernay's Central Park scripted drama adds powerful female lineup to cast.  Emmy Award Nominee Niecy Nash (Claws), Aunjanue Ellis (Quantico), Kylie Bunbury (Game Night, Pitch), Marsha Stephanie Blake (Crown Heights) and Storm Reid (A Wrinkle in Time) join limited series in supporting roles.

Ava DuVernay's new scripted drama has added a powerful female lineup to its cast  including: Emmy Award Nominee Niecy Nash (Claws), Aunjanue Ellis (Quantico), Kylie Bunbury (Game Night, Pitch), Marsha Stephanie Blake (Crown Heights) and Storm Reid (A Wrinkle in Time) join limited series in supporting roles.  

BURN THIS is a riveting play about the bloom of love rooted in tragedy. We find ourselves exploring an insular group of friends, mourning the loss of one of their own. The weaving tale between Anna, Burton, and Larry only gets more skewed throughout the play when Robbie's brother shows up at their doorstep. Will love and friendship prevail over loss. Or will sadness, bitterness and anger overwhelm them all?

Felicity Huffman, Jharrel Jerome and Jovan Adepo Join Ava DuVernay's 'Central Park' crime drama.

Felicity Huffman, Jharrel Jerome and Jovan Adepo join Ava DuVernay's Central Park Crime Drama on Netflix.

BURN THIS is a riveting play about the bloom of love rooted in tragedy. We find ourselves exploring an insular group of friends, mourning the loss of one of their own. The weaving tale between Anna, Burton, and Larry only gets more skewed throughout the play when Robbie's brother shows up at their doorstep. Will love and friendship prevail over loss. Or will sadness, bitterness and anger overwhelm them all?

Netflix has announced the cast of upcoming limited series Central Park Five, created by Academy Award Nominee Ava DuVernay. DuVernay will also write and direct the narrative series which will be four episodes in length. 

Stonewall Kitchen, the Maine-based specialty food manufacturer, marketer and retailer, announced today that it has signed a licensing agreement with Legal Sea Foods, the renowned Boston-based restaurant company, to bring a line of restaurant-quality sauces, marinades, and spices to seafood lovers nationwide.

Sonorous Road, one of Raleigh's newest theatres, is beginning a brand new holiday theatre tradition with an original adaptation of the classic short story, 'The Gift of the Magi' by O. Henry.

Sonorous Road, one of Raleigh's newest theatres, is beginning a brand new holiday theatre tradition with an original adaptation of the classic short story, 'The Gift of the Magi' by O. Henry.