Today, Disney+ released a new trailer and key art for the upcoming Marvel Television live-action series, “Agatha All Along.” The series focuses on Kathryn Hahn’s character, Agatha Harkness, from the acclaimed Marvel Studios’ series “WandaVision,” as she sets off on a dangerous, mysterious adventure filled with trials and tribulations. Showrunner Jac Schaeffer, who was the creative force behind “WandaVision,” directs the pilot episode.

In “Agatha All Along,” the infamous Agatha Harkness finds herself down and out of power after a suspicious goth Teen helps break her free from a distorted spell. Her interest is piqued when he begs her to take him on the legendary Witches’ Road, a magical gauntlet of trials that, if survived, rewards a witch with what they’re missing. Together, Agatha and this mysterious Teen pull together a desperate coven, and set off down, down, down The Road…

In addition to Kathryn Hahn, “Agatha All Along” stars Joe Locke, Sasheer Zamata, Ali Ahn, Maria Dizzia, Paul Adelstein, Miles Gutierrez-Riley, Okwui Okpokwasili, with Debra Jo Rupp, with Patti LuPone, and Aubrey Plaza. The executive producers are Kevin Feige, Louis D’Esposito, Brad Winderbaum, Mary Livanos and Jac Schaeffer. The directors for the series include Jac Schaeffer, Rachel Goldberg and Gandja Montiero.

Marvel Television’s “Agatha All Along” premieres September 18 at 6:00 p.m. PT/9:00 p.m. ET, with the first two episodes, exclusively on Disney+.

Prince Edward County’s hottest new film festival, the County Adaptation Film Festival (CAFF), announced today that the critically acclaimed Widow Clicquot from director Thomas Q. Napper will open its inaugural festival on September 27, 2024. This announcement comes on the day that the Early Bird Festival Pass goes on sale.

Widow Clicquot follows Barbe-Nicole Ponsardin Clicquot who after her husband’s untimely death, flouts convention by assuming the reins of the fledgling wine business they had nurtured together. Steering the company through dizzying political and financial reversals, she defies her critics and revolutionizes the champagne industry to become one of the world’s first great businesswomen.

The film will open the September festival with a screening followed by a discussion led by Curatorial Consultant Diana Sanchez alongside a special guest from the film to be announced. Widow Clicquot is adapted from the novel by Tilar J Mazzeo entitled The Widow Clicquot: The Story of a Champagne Empire and the Woman Who Ruled It.

“For a film festival set in the heart of wine country, we knew there would be a wine film in our inaugural program. I am pleased to be opening the festival with Thomas Napper’s film Widow Clicquot adapted from the biography of the same name,” said Alexandra Seay, Founding Artistic Director of the County Adaptation Film Festival.

The opening night screening will be followed by a big bash in Armoury Square, located next door to the theatre. The party is supported by the Picton BIA and the Armoury. It will be activated by programming partners at the Department of Illuminations among other food and beverage vendors.

“We are thrilled to support the inaugural CAFF celebrations. A festival of this scale and scope is a welcome addition to activities in the fall calendar for local businesses,” said Mark Rose, Picton BIA, Executive Director.

The Early Bird Festival Pass grants pass holders access to all five screenings and two in-conversation events over the three-day festival from September 27 to 29, 2024. The pass is available now at www.countyadaptationfilmfest.ca for $115 all taxes and fees included. Early Bird Festival Passes are available until August 15, 2024 when Regular Festival Passes become available for $150 all taxes and fees included. Single tickets go on sale September 1, 2024 for $25 per event.

Embedded within the festival experience is the Pathways to the ReconciliACTION event series of ticketed and free events. In an effort to frame the Truth & Reconciliation experience within a local context, CAFF is partnering with Tsi Tyónnheht Onkwawén:na (TTO) from Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory and the Gord Downie & Chanie Wenjack Fund (DWF) to curate a further selection of indigenous-led participatory activities open to the public which mark the National Day of Truth & Reconciliation. The full activity schedule will be announced later in the summer.

The Secret Path will be preceded by a Mohawk language short film, Six Strings produced by the TTO. A residential school survivors exhibition, created as part of the ‘Healing through Storytelling Project’ curated by the TTO, will activate the lobby space of The Regent Theatre where ticket holders and members of the public are welcome.

The pathway continues to Macaulay Church Museum, just a five-minute walk from the theatre, where audiences are invited to experience “A Path Forward.” This exhibit co-curated by TTO and the DWF, explores Truth and Reconciliation in the County. As part of the Pathways to ReconciliACTION experience, CAFF invites festival audiences to be curious about the shared past, present, and future of Indigenous and non-Indigenous people in Prince Edward County.

The third and final location of the Pathways to ReconciliACTION event series is the sensory garden at Base31. Rooted in Indigenous futurism, Biidaaban: First Light is a groundbreaking VR experience. It asks users to think about their place in history and their role in a possible future. As they move through a highly realistic future Toronto reclaimed by nature, they hear the languages of the place originally known as Tkaronto. Through gaze-based interactions, users engage with the written text of the Wendat, Kanien’kehá:ka (Mohawk) and Anishinaabe (Ojibway) and gain insight into the complex thought systems of this land’s first peoples.

Other family-friendly and participatory indigenous-led activities will take place throughout the afternoon in the Sensory Garden to mark Truth & Reconciliation. This event is not ticketed and is open to the public of all ages.

CAFF was launched earlier this year with a sold-out preview screening of The Peasants. Guests were joined by Monika Folierska-Zukowska from the filmmaking team for a live Q&A alongside a virtual introduction from co-director Hugh Welchman. Paintings created for this film were also exhibited at the launch event and will be on display again throughout CAFF in the Festival Lounge at Karlo Estates.

“As both a venue partner for the Festival Lounge and as the alcohol sponsor for the opening night presentation of Widow Clicquot – a story near and dear to my heart – Karlo Estates is delighted to be involved in this exciting County venture.” Sherry Karlo, Co-Founder/Owner of Karlo Estates.

At May’s launch event, preliminary programming was announced including an in-conversation event featuring Deepa Mehta and Mark Sakamoto as they discuss the upcoming film adaptation of Sakamoto’s novel Forgiveness: A Gift from My Grandparents. This event is sponsored by The Bay of Quinte Film Office as part of the festival’s commitment to incubating the growing regional film industry industry.

Additional programming including remaining film selections, special guests and free programming activities will be announced later this summer at www.countyadaptationfilmfest.ca.

CAFF is a project of the Regent Theatre in Picton, ON. The festival was created by co-founders Alexandra Seay of the Regent Theatre and Sol Korngold of The Royal Hotel. CAFF is made possible this year with funding from the Ontario Trillium Foundation and with the support of Stay PEC. The festival’s logo and branding were designed by creative studio Bløk Design.

CAFF’s advisory committee includes Michèle Maheux (former COO, TIFF), Hussain Amarshi (owner, Mongrel Media), Tim Smythe-Bishop (Film Distribution Executive) & Devyani Saltzman (Director for Arts and Participation, Barbican Centre).

About CAFF:

The County Adaptation Film Festival (CAFF) explores the art of adaptation on film, spotlights screenwriters and furthers dialogue for curious minds in the County and beyond.

CAFF spotlights screenwriters and features them in conversation with original creators alongside film screenings. Situated between Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal in beautiful Prince Edward County – boasting a heritage cinema, gourmet food, award-winning wines and the support of some of the County’s finest hotels, the festival promises an intimate and inspiring weekend getaway for our guests.

About the Regent Theatre:

The Regent Theatre Foundation is a registered charity which owns and operates the historic Regent Theatre founded in 1918. The Regent is the oldest and only purpose-built entertainment venue in Prince Edward County. It is a cultural landmark that presents independent cinema, first-run films and a wide range of live events all year round including the County Adaptation Film Festival.

Today, Prime Video announced the premiere date and revealed the key art for the long-awaited new Toronto-made crime thriller series, CROSS starring Aldis Hodge as Alex Cross. All eight episodes will premiere worldwide in more than 240 countries and territories on November 14, 2024 exclusively on Prime Video. From Paramount Television Studios and Skydance Television, Cross is a complex, twisted, pulse-pounding thriller created by showrunner and executive producer Ben Watkins, based upon the characters from James Patterson’s best-selling Alex Cross book series. In advance of its Season One debut, the series was renewed for a second season at Prime Video’s inaugural upfront presentation.

Alex Cross is a detective and forensic psychologist, uniquely capable of digging into the psyches of killers and their victims, in order to identify—and ultimately capture—the murderers. Hodge stars in the series and also serves as a producer. Cross also stars Isaiah Mustafa, Juanita Jennings, Alona Tal, Samantha Walkes, Caleb Elijah, Melody Hurd, Jennifer Wigmore, Eloise Mumford, and Ryan Eggold.

Watkins serves as showrunner and executive produces the series via his Blue Monday Productions banner. Sam Ernst, Jim Dunn, and Craig Siebels also executive produce, with James Patterson, Bill Robinson, and Patrick Santa executive producing for James Patterson Entertainment. David Ellison, Dana Goldberg, and Bill Bost are executive producing for Skydance Television. Cross is produced by Amazon MGM Studios, Paramount Television Studios and Skydance Television.

About Paramount Television Studios

Paramount Television Studios (PTVS) is a leading content studio, developing and producing a wide range of cutting-edge and entertaining television programs across all media platforms for distribution worldwide. Current programming from PTVS includes THE SPIDERWICK CHRONICLES on The Roku Channel, which broke viewership records for the streamer, TOM CLANCY’S JACK RYAN starring John Krasinski for Prime Video and the wildly popular Prime Video action series REACHER, which is now in production on its third season. Next up from PTVS is a new thriller for Prime Video, CROSS, along with three series for Apple TV+: Taika Waititi’s TIME BANDITS, BEFORE, starring Billy Crystal, and MURDERBOT, starring Alexander Skarsgård. Paramount Television Studios is a subsidiary of Paramount (NASDAQ: PARA; PARAA), a global content company with premiere television, film, and digital entertainment brands.

A new Teaser Trailer has been unveiled for Joseph Kosinski’s F1, starring Brad Pitt! Warner Bros. Pictures Canada release this Summer 2025.

From Apple Original Films, “F1” stars Academy Award winner Brad Pitt as a former driver who returns to Formula 1, alongside Damson Idris as his teammate at APXGP, a fictional team on the grid. The feature is being shot during actual Grand Prix weekends as the team competes against the titans of the sport. The star-studded cast also includes Academy Award nominee Kerry Condon, Academy Award winner Javier Bardem, and Emmy Award winner Tobias Menzies, Emmy Award nominee Sarah Niles, Kim Bodnia and Samson Kayo.

Joseph Kosinski (“Top Gun: Maverick”) directs and produces the feature alongside Jerry Bruckheimer and Chad Oman of Jerry Bruckheimer Films; Pitt, Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner for Plan B Entertainment; and Lewis Hamilton under his Dawn Apollo Films banner. The film is made in collaboration with Formula 1® and the F1 community, including the 10 F1 teams and their drivers, the FIA, and race promoters. Copper CEO Penni Thow serves as executive producer.

“F1” will be distributed in theatres around the world and in IMAX® by Warner Bros. Pictures, opening only in theatres in North America on June 27, 2025 and internationally beginning 25 June 2025. Made in collaboration with Formula 1®, the new film is immersed in the exhilarating and cinematic world of F1, as filming takes place at races on the sport’s calendar.

DESPICABLE ME 4 has a festive July 4th weekend debut, earnjng $72.4 million from 4,428 theaters Friday to Sunday for Universal Pictures. This gets 53% on the Tomatometer. Franchise best opening still goes to 2013’s DESPICABLE ME 2 with $83.5 million.

INSIDE OUT 2 continues it stellar run with $33.1 million from 3,760 theatres for Disney. Its domestic run now is at $536.9 million.

A QUIET PLACE: DAY ONE is at $21.3 million in third, playing at 3,688 theaters for Paramount Pictures. This brings its two week run to $94.6 million.

MaXXXine debuts in fourth with $8 million from 2,450 theaters for A24/VVS Films. This finale in Ti West’s X Trilogy, gets 76% on the Tomatometer. This almost doubles X’s 2022 debut at $4.3 million.

BAD BOYS: RIDE OR DIE gets $6.7 million from 2,644 theatres for Sony Pictures, a total $177.5 million over five weeks.

What would you tell your younger self? Toronto’s Megan Park directs MY OLD ASS, which premiered at Sundance and Inside Out ’24 to raves! Today we get to see the new Trailer! Warner Bros. Pictures Canada release in theatres this September.

In this fresh coming-of-age story, an 18th birthday mushroom trip brings free-spirited Elliott (Maisy Stella) face-to-face with her wisecracking 39-year-old self (Aubrey Plaza).

But when Elliott’s “old ass” starts handing out warnings about what her younger self should and shouldn’t do, Elliott realizes she has to rethink everything about family, love, and what’s becoming a transformative summer.

Amazon MGM Studios and Indian Paintbrush present, A LuckyChap Production.

Written and Directed by Megan Park

Starring Maisy Stella, Percy Hynes White, Maddie Ziegler, Kerrice Brooks and Aubrey Plaza

Produced by Tom Ackerley, Margot Robbie, Josey McNamara, Steven Rales

Executive Produced by Daniel Bekerman, Bronte Payne, Megan Park

Hey Footie fans! Looking for somewhere elevated to enjoy the Euro Premier Games and Finals? Here’s where you can catch all the action live in and around Toronto:

Kost
Location: Bisha Hotel, 80 Blue Jays Way, 44th Floor, Toronto
Ultra
Location: 12 St Clair Ave E, Toronto
Amal
Location: 131 Bloor St W, 2nd Floor, Toronto
Margo
Located in Clio, 600 King St W, 4th Floor, Toronto

Cabana: Eurocup Finals Viewing Party
Date: Sunday, July 14, 2024
Time: Doors open at 1:00pm
Specials: Ladies free before 3:00pm on guestlist
Age Restriction: 19+ event, valid photo ID required

Patois Toronto, the beloved dining hotspot known for its unique fusion of Jamaican and Chinese cuisine, is thrilled to announce the celebration of its 10th anniversary. Since opening its doors on July 5, 2014, Patois has become a cornerstone of Toronto’s vibrant culinary scene, delighting food enthusiasts with its soulful dishes and vibrant, inviting atmosphere.

Founded by renowned Chef Craig Wong, Patois Toronto has consistently pushed the boundaries of culinary creativity, seamlessly blending Chef Wong’s Chinese-Jamaican heritage with his classical French training. Over the past decade, Patois has garnered a loyal following and received accolades from both local and international food experts, establishing itself as a must-visit destination for food lovers in Toronto and beyond.

“Celebrating 10 years in this ever-evolving restaurant landscape is a significant achievement, and it wouldn’t have been possible without the support of our amazing community,” said Chef Craig Wong. “We opened Patois to bring the flavours and nostalgia of my Caribbean-Asian heritage and mesh that with the training and foods that inspired me. We’re celebrating this milestone with exciting giveaways and sharing our love with all who have been part of our journey.”

To commemorate this milestone, Patois diners should look out for favourite features from the past as well new & exciting offerings in the future, celebrating the rich culinary journey of the past ten years.

Patois Toronto recently celebrated this milestone with a vibrant party attended by over 150 friends, family, VIPs, and media. Sponsored by Appleton Estate Rum, Red Stripe Beer, Flying Monkeys Craft Beer, and Tawse Winery, the celebration showcased Chef Craig Wong’s expanded empire, including JunePlum and a rooftop patio private dining space. The milestone also marked a nod to the future with the introduction of Hardo Studios, a new kitchen studio sponsored by KitchenAid Canada, designed for recipe testing, cooking classes, intimate private dinners, and content creation. “Hardo Studios is a space for culinary innovation, a hub where people in the industry can gather, create, and share insights, findings, and food. Now that the space has launched, I’m looking forward to collaborating with other chefs and creatives to
create great content,” said Chef Wong.

In addition to the anniversary celebration, Patois will run 10 exciting giveaways throughout the month of July. Starting the week of July 9th, five giveaways will take place on Instagram at @patoistoronto, and five will be held in the restaurant for diners. Prizes for the Instagram giveaways include a Chronic Ink Gift Card, Sundays Coffee Club x Patois “Sunday Morning Kit,” Hello and Welcome Podcast prize package, Patois 10 Year Limited Edition Gift Pack and more.

For a chance to win on Instagram, participants must follow @patoistoronto, @juneplumto, and
@hardostudios.

The in-person giveaways will see five lucky diners winning a Patois 10 Year Limited Edition Gift Pack. Simply dine at Patois during the anniversary month for a chance to win this special prize. Patois Toronto invites all food enthusiasts, loyal patrons, and the community to join in the festivities and celebrate a decade of culinary excellence.

So thrilled to attended the celebrations! Some highlights:

For more information, visit www.patoistoronto.com or follow @patoistoronto on Instagram.

BOOKWORM starring Elijah Wood is set to open this year’s Fantastia Film Festival in Montreal. Here’s the Trailer and additional info about its premiere.

FANTASIA SCREENING DETAILS:
Opening Night Film
Thursday, July 18, 2024 at 6:30 PM
Auditorium des diplômés de la SGWU (Théâtre Hall)
1455 rue Maisonneuve O (rue Bishop)
Montréal QC H3G 1M8
Click here for more information.

SYNOPSIS:
During a time of crisis, a washed-up American magician Strawn Wise (Elijah Wood) and his precocious estranged daughter Mildred (Nell Fisher) take to the New Zealand wilderness, in search of a mythical black panther.

KEY CAST:
Strawn Wise – Elijah Wood (Yellowjackets, Come to Daddy, The Lord of the Rings Trilogy)
Mildred – Nell Fisher (Choose Love, Evil Dead Rise, Northspur)
Arnold – Michael Smiley (Obituary, Bad Sisters, Come to Daddy)

COUNTRY: New Zealand
LANGUAGE: English
RUNTIME: 104 minutes

DIRECTOR: Ant Timpson (Come to Daddy, Crab Boy)
WRITER: Toby Harvard (Come to Daddy, Tropical Cop Tales, The Greasy Strangler)
PRODUCERS: Emma Slade, Roxi Bull, Victoria Dabbs, Mette-Marie Kongsved, Laura Tunstall

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: Daniel Katz, ISC
EDITOR: Dan Kircher
COMPOSER/SCORE: Karl Sölve Steven

CANADIAN DISTRIBUTOR: Photon Films

Today we get a new look at Alexandre Aja‘s NEVER LET GO starring Halle Berry! Cineplex Pictures release September 27, 2024.

Directed by: Alexandre Aja
Written by: KC Coughlin & Ryan Grassby
Produced by: Shawn Levy, Dan Cohen, Dan Levine & Alexandre Aja
Cast: Halle Berry, Percy Daggs & Anthony B. Jenkins
Story: From visionary director Alexandre Aja (The Hills Have Eyes, Crawl) and executive producers of Stranger Things and Arrival comes NEVER LET GO. In this new psychological thriller/horror, as an Evil takes over the world beyond their front doorstep, the only protection for a mother, played by
Academy Award® winner Halle Berry (Actress in a Leading Role, 2001 – Monster’s Ball), and her twin sons is their house and their family’s protective bond. Needing to stay connected at all times – even tethering themselves with ropes – they cling to one another, urging each other to never let go. But when one of the boys questions if the evil is real, the ties that bind them together are severed, triggering a terrifying fight for survival.