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Coraline 15th Anniversary notched a nice no. 5 at the domestic box office with $8.63 million for the three-day weekend on 1,603 screens. The cume of $11.6 million including Thursday broke its previous record for Fathom Events. Last year, the stop-motion animated feature by Henry Selick became the…

The indie/arthouse market is showing some breadth as Kneecap has a great debut, CatVidoFest as well, and holdovers like Didi and Sing Sing are kind of raking it in considering how few screens they're on. As more wide releases and tentpoles show up and take flight a rising tide may be raising indie boats…

'Kneecap', the name of the Irish hip hop group, and the music biopic about — and starring — the groundbreaking trio, opens today on 700+ screens, following up a U.S. tour last fall and leading into another one.   The hybrid documentary, which was a buzzy Sundance title when Sony Pictures Classics…

The Irish Film & Television Academy (IFTA) has selected Irish language feature Kneecap to represent Ireland in the International Feature Film category of the 97th annual Academy Awards.  Set in West Belfast in 2019, the drama revolves around a hip hop trio who rap in their native Irish language, to…

The 36th edition of Ireland’s Galway Film Fleadh has come to an end with Best Irish Film going to breakout hit Kneecap, which played at Sundance earlier this year and was picked up by Sony Classics. Scroll down for a full list of winners. Written and directed by Rich Peppiat and produced by Trevor…

‘The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live’ Joins Sky In Wide-Ranging AMC Pact Sky has struck a deal with AMC Networks to bring the Walking Dead universe to the UK pay-TV service. The agreement includes the British debut of The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live, which went out in the U.S. earlier this year…

On the heels of its premiere to critical acclaim at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, the film Kneecap on the Irish rap trio of the same name has been slated for release by Sony Pictures Classics in theaters nationwide on August 2, when it will open against Columbia Pictures’ family film Harold and the P…

Viewers tuning in for Ireland's popular The Late Late Show on Friday night saw the country's rap trio Kneecap performing and sitting down in conversation, wearing pro-Palestine badges and clothing. Saturday Irish broadcaster RTÉ released a statement to say that, prior to their appearance, the band…

EXCLUSIVE: After making a splash at Sundance with his first narrative feature Kneecap, which Sony Pictures Classics swooped on ahead of its Thursday night premiere, filmmaker Rich Peppiatt has signed with Anonymous Content and WME. Related Stories …

Film: KNEECAP Section: NEXT Director: Rich Peppiatt Screenwriter: Rich Peppiatt Logline: There are 80,000 native Irish speakers in Ireland. 6,000 live in the North of Ireland. Three of them became a rap group called Kneecap. This is the real-life story of how this anarchic Belfast trio…

Prior to its Thursday night Sundance premiere here at Park City, Irish rap group biopic Kneecap was acquired by Sony Pictures Classics, Deadline has confirmed. SPC is taking North America, Latin America, Eastern Europe, Turkey and Middle East on the feature directorial debut of Rich Peppiatt which…