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Big Machine Records and Surfdog Records have announced a reimagining of the late Glenn Campbell’s 2011 album, Ghost on the Canvas, out on April 19th.

Titled Glen Campbell Duets – Ghost on the Canvas Sessions, the star-studded project pairs the Rhinestone Cowboy’s original vocals with newly recorded contributions from the likes of Brian Wilson, Carole King, Dolly Parton, Elton John, and Dave Stewart. Also featured on the album are Hope Sandoval, Linda Perry, Sting, Brian Setzer, Daryl Hall, Eric Church, and Eric Clapton. Pre-orders are ongoing.

As a preview of the record, you can hear the reworkings of “Hold on Hope” with Church and “Nothing But the Whole Wide World” with Clapton below.

At the time of its release, the original Ghost on the Canvas was billed as Campbell’s farewell album. It saw the country legend teaming with a younger generation of songwriters, including Paul Westerberg, Guided by Voice’s Bob Pollard,...

As the tenth anniversary of Glen Campbell’s Ghost on the Canvas was approaching, Dave Kaplan —whose Surfdog Records released the haunting album in 2011 — was pondering ways to honor it. A late-period landmark for Campbell, who died in 2017 after a lengthy battle with Alzheimer’s disease, Ghost on the Canvas found the venerable pop-country singer and guitarist covering songs by a new generation of writers — alt-rock types like Paul Westerberg, Guided By Voices’ Robert Pollard, Jakob Dylan, and Teddy Thompson. The album ranked Number 88 on Rolling Stone‘s list of...

The following contains major spoilers for Chicago P.D. Season 10, Episode 22, "A Better Place."

Chicago P.D. has had its share of explosive season finales, and the Season 10 finale was no exception. Sergeant Hank Voight (Jason Beghe) and his team raced from blowup to blowup, dealing with both emotional bombs and actual C-4, in an attempt to keep Richard Beck (Lee Tergesen) from executing his deadly attack -- and left the audience with a potentially devastating cliffhanger.

Season 10 brought significant change for Intelligence, beginning with the departure of Jay Halstead (Jesse Lee Soffer). Intelligence also added Dante Torres (Benjamin Levy Aguilar) to the team and saw the arrival of Kevin Atwater's (Laroyce Hawkins) father, Lew. More than anything, Season 10 put several of Intelligence's members in danger, and no one more than Adam Ruzek (Patrick John Flueger).

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Chicago P.D.'s Season Finale Left...

After a showdown with Mr. Scratch, the Bau has a lot of work to do to get back to any sort of normal. And in "To A Better Place," the team comes back from their six weeks leave ready to take on a new case. They work with new team member, Matt Simmons, to track down a killer who is leaving young woman folded up in suitcases.

Harry Potter has officially turned 20 and Muggle celebrities everywhere are taking to Twitter in celebration.

The book that started it all, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, was first published in the U.K. in 1997. Seven books and eight blockbusters later, the story that began on a napkin has become one of the best-known franchises of all time.

On this milestone anniversary, the woman who imagined it all, J.K. Rowling, has shared a heartfelt tweet, thanking the world for sharing her creation with her.

“20 years ago today a world that I lived in alone was suddenly open to others.

Exclusive: Genre sales agent secures a raft of Asia deals post-afm.

Genre specialist sales outfit Devilworks has struck a raft of deals on several of its titles following the recent American Film Market (Afm) in Los Angeles.

Virtual Cinema has taken China rights for five titles: Bigfoot horror Valley Of The Sasquatch [pictured], comedy sci-fi End Of Days Inc, mystery thriller Lemon Tree Passage, action sci-fi EZO1 and fantasy drama A Better Place.

Korean outfit Doki Entertainment has also acquired A Better Place and End Of Days Inc, while the company has also picked up Israeli comedy sci-fi Omg I’m A Robot. Sy Media has taken Lemon Tree Passage for Korea.

Devilworks has reached an agreement on Valley Of The Sasquatch with Vietnamese outfit Minh Ngan International Media, and the company has also taken sci-fi thriller Listening, horror Some Kind Of Hate, and sci-fi thriller Time Lapse.

Taiwanese outfit Del-tamac has picked up The Answer, End Of Days Inc, Lemon Tree Passage...

Keep up with the wild and wooly world of indie film acquisitions with our weekly Rundown of everything that’s been picked up around the globe. Check out last week’s Rundown here.

– Sony Pictures Classics have announced they have acquired the rest of Pedro Almodóvar’s full library of films, including “Pepi, Luci, Bom”; “Labyrinth of Passion”; “Dark Habits”; “What Have I Done to Deserve This?”; “High Heels” and “Kika.” Spc will release his latest, “Julieta,” in theaters on December 21.

Based on short stories by Nobel laureate Alice Munro, “Julieta” is “about a mother’s struggle to survive uncertainty. It is also about fate, guilt complexes and that unfathomable mystery that leads us to abandon the people we love, erasing them from our lives as if they had never meant anything, as if they had never existed. The cast includes Adriana Ugarte, Emma Suárez and Rossy de Palma. It...

Exclusive: Genre sales outfit will introduce four titles to the market, including Italian thriller Double Crossing (Il Traduttore).

Genre sales company Devilworks will introduce four titles to buyers at Cannes this year.

On the roster is Dennis Ho’s feature debut A Better Place [pictured], which tells the story of a young man who uses his abnormal regenerative powers to heal people, despite the cost to himself.

The film has already picked up prizes at Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival (best independent film, emerging actor for star Stephen Todt), and the Los Angeles Movie Awards (Best Narrative Feature).

Also on the slate is Jennifer Liao’s debut feature, the comic thriller End Of Days, Inc, which follows a group of laid-off employees who discover that processing the last of their inventory will lead to catastrophic consequences.

Devilworks has picked up world rights to Massimo Natale’s Double Crossing (Il Traduttore), which stars The Passion Of The Christ actor...

Digital Jungle Pictures has completed post-production on its first feature marking the directorial debut of Dennis Ho.

A Better Place follows a closeted young introvert with a supernatural ability who is forced to confront the outside world after his mother dies.

“I had a novel concept come into my mind,” said Digital Jungle Pictures and Digital Jungle Post Production owner and president Ho. “A boy with the power to reflect and redirect violence in a way that forces people to rethink their actions.

“The story is an allegory that makes a statement about the world around us, but filtered through a fantasy lens.”

The cast on A Better Place includes Stephen Todt, Mary Ann Raemisch and Garrett Wareing.

Francois Girard's Boychoir has several new voices this morning. The indie drama signed Dustin Hoffman to star as its inspiational choir master back in the autumn, along with Alfred Molina and Kathy Bates. They'll now be joined by Eddie Izzard, Debra Winger, Josh Lucas and Kevin McHale.Boychoir is the story of a troubled 11 year-old given the opportunity to turn his life around through music. He has a fractious relationship with Hoffman's character at their New York school, but Hoffman refuses to let him squander his talent.Bates plays the headmistress, with Molina as another teacher. Today's new names don't come with characters, apart from Winger, who'll be a department head. We'd assume that Izzard, Lucas and McHale might make up further staff.After a worldwide search, the production has also found largely new faces for its juvenile leads. Garrett Wareing (who's been in some commercials and the indie drama...