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Based on the true story of Laura Vikmanis, the oldest cheerleader in the NFL. At 39-years-old and surrounded by cheerleaders half her age, the single mom tried out for the Cincinnati Bengals squad, but didn't make the cut. For a year, she practiced and improved her moves. Despite the long odds, she returned to tryouts and made the squad.

The film will center on the life of Russ Meyer, the infamous director of sexploitation films, and his centerfold wife.

Two brothers murder the wife and infant daughter of their younger brother. The killers claimed they were acting on orders from God, consistent with their interpretation of a fundamentalist interpretation that goes back to the formation of Mormonism.

Hunter Scott, a young boy, causes a stir when the research he does for a school history project causes a re-examination of the case of U.S.S. Indianapolis Capt. Charles McVeigh, who had been court-martialed and blamed for the WWII sinking of the ship and the loss of the sailors.

At an impasse, one of two lifelong pals on a remote Irish isle abruptly ends the friendship, resulting in alarming consequences for both.

A baseball player gets injured and has to go back to the minors where the only place he can find lodging is in a senior citizens' home. There, he meets an old baseball guru who helps lead him back.

Joe Chip works as an anti-psi security agent who blocks telepathic spying on companies. When Chip is hired for a job on the Moon, things go terribly wrong.

Follows the Pentagon UFO program called the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program which has secretly been in operation since 2007.

The Manassas Tigers football team from inner-city Memphis has been a perennial loser for so long that the school sells slots in its schedule to more affluent schools looking for an easy win. But the Tigers learn to "roar" with the help of a dogged head coach. They win games and the coach helps the players prepare for manhood and life after high school.

The story of boxing legend Rocky Marciano will come to the big screen in his first authorized biopic, as yet untitled. The film will track Marciano from his Brockton, Mass. childhood up to his death in a plane crash in 1969. He stands as the only champion boxer to retire without a loss.

A small farmhouse stands in Seattle perfectly fine for about 100 years as the city grows around it, until in 2006 when a big commercial development encroaches on it, buying all the homes in the neighborhood except the one holdout.

A biopic of Dorian "Doc" Paskowitz, the doctor who gave up his medicine practice to buy a camper and hit the road with his wife and nine children. The family would go on to start up the first U.S. surfer camp.

Set in present day, a young boy, upon hearing the news of his lineage, embarks on a journey to unravel the secrets of Houdini's past, uncovering a legacy the famed magician was trying to protect.

A young woman follows her boyfriend to Miami after he gets drafted into the NBA. Thrust into the world of professional sports, she meets and learns from the sisterhood of players' wives and from their trials & tribulations.

Examines the history of a seditious plot to undermine U.S. democracy 80 years ago, and the wild fight in and out of the courtroom to try to stop it.

A student enduring harsh hazing while he pledges a fraternity at an HBCU (Historically Black Colleges and Universities) is torn by the physical and emotional mistreatment he receives from his peers, the hazing's historical implications, and its questionable place in the modern world.

Carrie Buck, a young Virginia woman, becomes a lightning rod for a political movement that promises to eliminate the "unfit" from our country. She is forced to single-handedly fight against it for the one thing she desperately wants – to be a mother.

The story of legendary British war photographer Don McCullin. Working for the Sunday Times from the late 60’s to the early 80’s, he risked his life to photograph the harsh realities of war.