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EXCLUSIVE: Archstone Entertainment is launching world sales in Cannes on the crime-thriller Murdering Michael Malloy starring Oscar nominee Tim Roth (Pulp Fiction) and BAFTA and Cannes Best Actor winner Timothy Spall (Mr. Turner). From director Raymond De Felitta (City Island), the film is aiming to
Oscar nominated for Hotel Rwanda, Sophie Okonedo comes to Directors’ Fortnight with Clarissa, an adaptation of Virginia Woolf’s 1925 novel Mrs. Dalloway directed by Nigerian siblings Arie and Chuko Esiri. Okonedo stars as the title character — Clarissa is the heroine’s Christian name — and the story
EXCLUSIVE: Cannes habitué Arnaud Desplechin is not at the festival this year but his upcoming English-language production The Thing That Hurts is making a big splash at the market with Gravel Lake Entertainment. Featuring Alfre Woodard, J.K. Simmons, Jason Schwartzman, André Holland, Noémie Merlant,
Hint: Luna leans on a longtime fashion partnership with Italian luxury brand Zegna.
Oscar-winning director Paolo Sorrentino is developing an intimate portrait of legendary Italian soccer coach Carlo Ancelotti, going behind the scenes of his five-decade career and culminating in the 2026 World Cup this summer as he coaches Brazil’s national team. Rumors around the untitled document
Bruno Santamaría Razo‘s first fiction feature, debuting in the Cannes Critics’ Week, explores how having to navigate a father's illness and growing feelings for a best friend transform an innocent childhood.
Pijama, the TVOD platform just launched by Pablo and Juan de Dios Larraín, director and producer of “Jackie,” “Spencer” and “Maria,” has cut its first major commercial deals with MK2, Alpha Violet, Visit Films, Les Films du Losange, Electric Shadow and Utopia Films. Pijama’s idea is to offer produce
France’s Urban Factory and Mexico’s Fidelio Films have boarded Colombian filmmaker Mauricio Leiva-Cock’s psychological thriller “Los Eastman,” selected for the Fantastic Round Robin at Cannes’ Fantastic Pavilion. According to Urban Factory’s Frédéric Corvez, they discovered the project during Colomb
Iman Vellani, who broke out as the lead of Marvel’s “Ms. Marvel,” is set to headline the climate thriller “Suffering Is Optional,” a Canadian co-production written and directed by Zarrar Kahn for CityLights Media. Vellani will play Noor Rahman, a 20-year-old drama student who is cast in the lead rol
Quiver Distribution has acquired North American rights to “Virginia Woolf’s Night & Day,” which stars Haley Bennett, Lily Allen, Jack Whitehall, Jennifer Saunders, Timothy Spall and Elyas M’Barek. Quiver is planning a theatrical release in the fall. Based on Woolf’s early novel, comedy “Night & Day”
Rodrigo Sorogoyen’s “The Beloved” (“El ser querido”), which world premieres in Cannes competition on May 16, begins in a plush Madrid restaurant. The scene lasts 20 minutes. In it, a world-famous film director, Esteban Martínez (Javier Bardem) reencounters his estranged daughter (Victoria Luengo) t
A new Stardew Valley-inspired “survival horror farming sim” has made its way onto Steam in early access, and it already looks promising.
Adrià Monés’ Fasten Films, producer of Cannes-selected “The End of It,” “Strawberries” and “Rehearsals of a Revolution,” has announced a new slate of films led by Catalan talent Mar Coll, Maria M. Bayona, Adrià Garcia and Nely Reguera. Fasten is also developing debut features from Víctor Alonso-Berb
Guy Ritchie is a filmmaker and series creator whose prodigious busyness in terms of both workload and story approach has its compensations. It’s foolish to expect what is so rarely a part of Ritchie’s subset of heist movies, from early ones like “Snatch” a generation ago, through to his latest, “In
A single-player RPG released a few months ago is now 100% free on Steam, but players will need to move fast because the time to play it is limited.
More than 120 Indian filmmakers and producers have united to establish the Independent Filmmakers Assn. of India, a not-for-profit collective designed to improve theatrical access, distribution pathways and streaming visibility for the country’s independent sector. IFAI made its formal public debut
Steam has a new free RPG, and it's already winning players over with its unique blend of gameplay mechanics, storytelling, and genres.
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Apple TV's 10-part sci-fi series Murderbot is the perfect binge before it returns for Season 2.
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