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Lionsgate Television chairman Kevin Beggs, in an interview with Deadline, talked about the company’s future plans, which includes the
John Wick spin-off series
The Continental at Starz, which will be a prequel about how the hotel for assassins came to be.
He describes the first season as unfolding like three 90-minute events, sort of like a limited series. Ian McShane, the movie’s Continental founder, Winston, won’t appear on screen, though McShane has suggested he might be doing voiceover for the series, which will revolve around a 1970s version of Winston. Keanu Reeves, Beggs says, may sign on as an executive producer of
Apollo Theater announced the fifth bi-annual
Women Of The World Festival with headliners including author and activist Nikki Giovanni and media professional
Elaine Welteroth.
The international festival will take place virtually this year and aims to elevate the voices, experiences, and truth of women spanning all ages. From Saturday, March 20 to Sunday, March 21, participants will engage with each other through the digital event under the theme “Black Women Transcending!” according to the press release.
Attendees will have access to music, film, workshops, conversations, panels, and performances through the two-day program.
The WOW festival was launched
by Jude Kelly, CBE, at Southbank Centre London in 2010. Since its inception, the WOW Foundation has reached over 2 million people worldwide with programs such as the aforementioned event. There are now over 60 festivals on 5 continents.