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Wicked Little Letters

A 1920s English seaside town bears witness to a dark and absurd scandal in this riotous mystery comedy. Based on a stranger than fiction true story, WICKED LITTLE LETTERS follows two neighbours: deeply conservative local Edith Swan (Olivia Colman) and rowdy Irish migrant Rose Gooding (Jessie Buckley). When Edith and fellow residents begin to receive wicked letters full of unintentionally hilarious profanities, foul-mouthed Rose is charged with the crime. The anonymous letters prompt a national uproar, and a trial ensues. However, as the town’s women - led by Police Officer Gladys Moss (Anjana Vasan) - begin to investigate the crime themselves, they suspect that something is amiss, and Rose may not be the culprit after all.
Location: UK - Unknown

Wildflower

Growing up is hard, especially when you’re raising your parents. A coming-of-age comedy that follows Bea Johnson from birth to graduation as she navigates life with intellectually disabled parents and an extended family that can’t quite agree on the best way to help.

Completed

March 20, 2023 Limited VOD / Digital

War Machine

Chronicles the rise and fall of General Stanley McChrystal, the commanding general of international and U.S. forces in Afghanistan, and is a shocking behind-the-scenes portrait of our military commanders, their high-stake maneuvers and the political firestorm that shook the United States.

Development

May 26, 2017 VOD / Digital

We Bought a Zoo

A single dad decides his family needs a fresh start, so he and his two children move to the most unlikely of places: a zoo. With the help of an eclectic staff, and with many misadventures along the way, the family works to return the dilapidated zoo to its former wonder and glory.
Location: US - California

Completed

December 23, 2011 Nationwide Netflix Blu-ray Netflix DVD

Woodlawn

In 1973, a spiritual awakening captured the heart of nearly every player of the Woodlawn High School football team, including its coach Tandy Gerelds. Their dedication to love and unity in a school filled with racism and hate leads to the largest high school football game ever played in the torn city of Birmingham, Alabama, and the rise of its first African American superstar, Tony Nathan.

Completed

October 16, 2015 Limited VOD / Digital

Welcome to Marwen

When a devastating attack shatters Mark Hogancamp (Carell) and wipes away all memories, no one expected recovery. Putting together pieces from his old and new life, Mark meticulously creates a wondrous town where he can heal and be heroic. As he builds an astonishing art installation—a testament to the most powerful women he knows—through his fantasy world, he draws strength to triumph in the real one.

When the Game Stands Tall

Tells the journey of legendary football coach Bob Ladouceur (Jim Caviezel), who took the De La Salle High School Spartans from obscurity to a 151-game winning streak that shattered all records for any American sport.
Location: US - Louisiana

Worth

Following the horrific 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon, Congress appoints attorney and renowned mediator Kenneth Feinberg (Michael Keaton) to lead the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund. Assigned with allocating financial resources to the victims of the tragedy, Feinberg and his firm’s head of operations, Camille Biros (Amy Ryan), face the impossible task of determining the worth of a life to help the families who had suffered incalculable losses. When Feinberg locks horns with Charles Wolf (Stanley Tucci), a community organizer mourning the death of his wife, his initial cynicism turns to compassion as he begins to learn the true human costs of the tragedy.

Woman of the Hour

Woman of the Hour is based on the stranger-than-fiction true story of Cheryl Bradshaw and Rodney Alcala. Bradshaw was a bachelorette on the hit 70s TV matchmaking show The Dating Game and chose handsome and funny bachelor number three, Rodney Alcala. But behind Alcala’s charming facade was a deadly secret: he was a psychopathic serial killer.

We Do Not Forget

A fictionalized account of a real battle between the hacktivist organization Anonymous and the Mexican drug cartel known as Los Zetas.

Wildlife Wars: My Fight...

Nairobi-born paleoanthropologist Richard Leakey's conservationist efforts to stop elephant poaching in the Kenyan National Parks put his life in danger. In 1993, Leakey flies a small propeller-driven plane that crashes, crushing his lower legs, both of which are later amputated. Sabotage is suspected but never proven.

Wuhan Project

Story centering on the dramatic weeks in China as the medical community confronts a mysterious virus.

Waco

Story of the 1993 standoff between the FBI and Texas state law enforcement and the David Koresh-led Branch Davidians.

Walter Cronkite Project

Centers on legendary CBS news anchor Walter Cronkite's time reporting on Vietnam and the role that he played in the proxy war.

Wasp Network

Follows Cuban spies in American territory during the 1990s - revealing the tentacles of a Florida-based terrorist network.

White Helmets

True life story of the Syrian Civil Defense, better known as the White Helmets, an organization credited with saving more than 60,000 people from the bombed buildings in war-torn Syria.

White Night

A woman rises through the ranks at Peoples Temple and then fights to expose the truth about cult leader Jim Jones to the world before it’s too late.

Wodehouse's War

PG Wodehouse, the creator of the "Jeeves & Wooster" short stories, is accused of being a traitor during the Second World War after making light hearted radio broadcasts from Nazi Germany, and never returns to the UK.

Wrong Answer

Focuses on the 2006 standardized test cheating scandal at Atlanta public schools. Michael B. Jordan will portray teacher Damany Lewis, who joined the effort in order to prevent his school from shutting down under provisions of the No Child Left Behind law. Eleven teachers were indicted on racketeering allegations.