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22 hours ago | mediaplaynews.com | Flora Sanchez

Paramount+ with Showtime June 6 unveiled the official trailer for Noah’s Arc: The Movie  to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Logo series. Michael M. Jones, Tory Devon Smith, Cocoa Brown, Novi Brown, Angela Beyince, Josca, Evari Pickett, Tjay Williams and Robb Sherman will join the previously announced cast in the movie premiering Friday, June 20 on streaming and on demand for Paramount+ subscribers with the Paramount+ with Showtime plan before its on-air debut on the same day at 9 p.m. ET/PT.

1 day ago | mediaplaynews.com | Flora Sanchez

Starz has renewed its docuseries “The BMF Documentary: Blowing Money Fast” for a six-part second season, released a first-look teaser, and will release an extended sneak peek including exclusive interview footage Friday, June 6 on the Starz app. The “Blowing Money Fast” docuseries, which dives deeper into the real stories of the Black Mafia Family figures who inspired the “BMF” scripted series, will also serve as a complement to the fourth season of “BMF,” which also premieres June 6 on Starz.

2 days ago | mediaplaynews.com | John Latchem

Lionsgate will release the psychological thriller The Surfer, starring Nicolas Cage, through digital retailers starting June 6. It is being offered as a premium VOD rental for $9.99, or digital purchase for $14.99. The VOD price will drop to $5.99 starting July 15. In the film, directed by Lorcan Finnegan, a man (Cage) returns to the idyllic beach of his childhood to surf with his son — only to be thwarted by the locals’ hardcore “don’t live here, don’t surf here” rule.

2 days ago | mediaplaynews.com | Flora Sanchez

Kino Lorber has acquired North American distribution rights to Shari & Lamb Chop, a documentary portrait of trailblazing children’s entertainer Shari Lewis and her sock puppet Lamb Chop. The documentary is directed by Emmy-nominated filmmaker Lisa D’Apolito (Love, Gilda), produced by White Horse Pictures and MoJo Global Arts and presented by Concord Originals and Olive Hill Media in association with The 51 Fund, Carlene Laughlin and Chicago Media Project.

2 days ago | mediaplaynews.com | John Latchem

In addition to being one of Hollywood’s top indie studios the past few years, A24 has more recently set its sights on becoming a notable boutique home entertainment label for its own catalog. Since the end of its home entertainment distribution deal with Lionsgate in 2024, A24 has been focused not only on self-distributing Blu-ray and 4K discs of its titles in the home entertainment market, but growing its brand with tie-in products such as books, shirts and soundtrack albums.