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Virginie Efira, Star Of Cannes Competition Movies ‘All Of A Sudden’ & ‘Parallel Tales’, Signs With UTA

EXCLUSIVE: United Talent Agency (UTA) has signed celebrated Belgian and French actress Virginie Efira for representation. Efira will be at the Cannes Film Festival this week with leading roles in two films premiering in Competition: Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s Soudain (All of A Sudden) and Asghar Farhadi’s Parallel Tales. Efira won the César Award for Best Actress for her performance in Alice Winocour’s […]

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Breaking Baz @ Cannes: James Franco Says He’s Living “A Positive Life” And Has First Studio Movie Role In A Decade; Fest Opener Hit By Tech Snafu

EXCLUSIVE: James Franco reveals that he has a role in a “big studio movie,” the first blockbuster, he tells Deadline, he’s appeared in for close to a decade. Franco says that the film’s already shot but “it won’t be ready for this summer, but my guess is it will be end of this year or […]

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Broadway’s ‘Fallen Angels’ To Livestream June 5 Performance

The Roundabout Theatre Company’s staging of the Noël Coward play Fallen Angels will be livestreamed for one performance only next month via BroadwayHD, the theater-focused streaming service. Fallen Angels will stream live for subscribers of BroadwayHD during the 7 p.m./ET performance on Friday, June 5. Directed by Scott Ellis, the play (nominated for five Tonys, […]

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“We’re Never Going To Automate Taste And Imagination,” Says Disney Animation Exec Nick Cannon – Web Summit

Tech has transformed the world of VFX but there will never replace the human touch, Walt Disney Animation Studios SVP of Production & Technology Nick Cannon told delegates at Web Summit Vancouver. “Visual effects and animation have been through huge transformative changes. The way we work today, in some ways, is very different from 10 […]

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Eve Myles, Rory Kinnear, Eleanor Tomlinson and David Thewlis To Lead Channel 4 Comic Thriller ‘Wrong Move’ About Chaotic House-Buying Chain

Eve Myles (Gone), Rory Kinnear (The Diplomat), Eleanor Tomlinson (One Day) and David Thewlis (Fargo) have been set to lead Channel 4’s comic thriller Wrong Move. The Ben Edwards-created series has also cast David Bradley (Game of Thrones), Austin Haynes (Adolescence), Daisy Morgan (Giant), Gwyneth Keyworth (Death Valley), Ali Khan (Everyone Else Burns), Evia Kaisi, […]

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Iran In The Spotlight: Four Directors Reflect On The Past, Present And Future Of Their Country’s Cinema: “There Is A Misconception”

The Iranian revolution of 1979 saw the US-backed rule of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi collapse almost overnight, to be replaced with an Islamic Republic under Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. The impact of the regime change was felt immediately by the filmmaking community, with the obliteration of filmfarsi, the country’s cheap, commercial and heavily-Westernized industry. Nevertheless, Iranian […]

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‘Margo’s Got Money Trouble’ Cast & Creators Unpack “Heartbreaking” [Spoiler] Scene In Penultimate Episode: “Pretty Tough Stuff At This Point”

SPOILER ALERT: This post spoils episode seven of Margo’s Got Money Troubles, titled “Lariat Takedown.” Careful stunt planning and choreography underlie the devastating discovery of an unconscious Jinx (Nick Offerman) in a running bathtub with a heroine needle sticking out of his arm in the seventh episode of Margo’s Got Money Troubles. In an episode […]

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CAA Signs ‘Career Ladder’ Creator Max Klymenko

EXCLUSIVE: CAA has signed The Career Ladder creator Max Klymenko to its creator division. The Ukrainian creator’s content is viewed more than 600 million times per month and has generated plus-3 billion views, according to his new agency, which said he has “built the world’s largest channel for jobs and opportunity.” Crowned Creator of the […]

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‘Wildwood’ Trailer: Laika Returns To Its Nature With Latest Stop-Motion Fantasy Adventure

Laika on Wednesday released the first trailer for Wildwood, the first stop-motion animated movie from the studio since 2019’s The Missing Link, the most recent in a string of five Oscar-nominated pics in a row dating back to 2009’s Coraline. The new pic, directed and produced by Laika boss Travis Knight, was adapted by Masters […]

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Casper Kjær Jensen To Lead Nikolaj Arcel’s Hans Christian Andersen Biopic

Casper Kjær Jensen has been cast as Hans Christian Andersen in Nikolaj Arcel’s upcoming feature My Fairytale Life. The announcement was made this afternoon during a presser at Cannes held by Zentropa. My Fairytale Life is described as an “epic feature film” about the Danish author Hans Christian Andersen. Arcel has reteamed with co-writer Anders […]

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Screenbound Boards ‘Amazing Grace’ Starring ‘Adolescence’ Actor Hannah Walters — Cannes Market

EXCLUSIVE: Screenbound International Pictures is at the Cannes Market with the feature film Amazing Grace, starring Hannah Walters (Adolescence), for which we can share a first look from above. Walters stars alongside writer and performer Daniel P. Lewis (Our Kid) as Walter, a man on the brink of suicide and deeply isolated who forms an […]

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Sarah Gadon & John Gallagher Jr. Wrap Thriller ’20/20′ For Cannes Un Certain Regard Alum Michael O’Shea

EXCLUSIVE: Filming has wrapped in New York on thriller 20/20, starring Sarah Gadon (Alias Grace) and Tony winner John Gallagher Jr. (10 Cloverfield Lane). 20/20 follows the story of a once thriving young professional woman (Gadon), who becomes increasingly terrified by threats from a family member. Also starring are Ella Rae Peck, Scott Shepherd, Denny Dillon and Aaron […]

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Peter Jackson On Handing Directing Reins Over To Andy Serkis For ‘Lord Of The Rings: Hunt For Gollum’; Also Another ‘Tintin’ In The Works – Cannes

“I could have directed it, but I thought, I’ve done that,” said Peter Jackson today at his Cannes Film Festival Rendez-Vous about why he’s sitting out as director on Lord of the Rings: Hunt for Gollum. “It would be more interesting with this particular story –which takes place between Hobbit and Lord of the Rings […]

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MMM Boards Sales On Anshul Chauhan’s Erotic Drama ‘Tiger’ About Masseur In Search Of Human Connection

EXCLUSIVE: Paris-based MMM has acquired international sales rights to Tokyo-based Indian director Anshul Chauhan’s queer erotic drama Tiger. The acquisition sees MMM collaborate with Free Stone Productions Co., Ltd which originally acquired sales rights to the film ahead of its premiere in the Busan International Film Festival last year, where it won the Busan […]

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The Pool Films Boards ‘Post Tenebras Lux’ Actress Nathalia Acevedo’s Directorial Debut ‘Salón De Belleza’ – Cannes Market

EXCLUSIVE: The Pool Films has acquired worldwide sales rights for Salón De Belleza set in a beauty salon in a city ravaged by a mysterious disease which becomes a refuge for the afflicted as they linger between life and death. The picture will be the directorial debut of Mexican actress Nathalia Acevedo, who his best […]

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Dani Rojas Signs! ‘Ted Lasso’ Star Cristo Fernandez Joins Professional Soccer Team In Mexico

Dani Rojas hasn’t been confirmed to return for AFC Richmond’s next season, but Ted Lasso star Cristo Fernandez is headed back to the training pitch after signing for a professional soccer club in Mexico. Following a two-month trial with second division team Paso Locomotive, Fernandez signed a contract with the USL Championship team. He had […]

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Patton Oswalt Sinks Teeth Into ‘Nosferatu’ Project, Joins Alexandre O. Philippe Documentary As Executive Producer – Cannes Market

Actor, comedian, and major cinephile Patton Oswalt is joining the documentary project In Search of Nosferatu as executive producer. The film directed by Alexandre O. Philippe, described as “a global archival treasure hunt for decaying prints of F.W. Murnau’s seminal vampire classic [Nosferatu],” began principal photography earlier this month. It’s being showcased in Cannes at […]

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‘Elle’ & ‘Slender Man’ Scribe David Birke, SBS International & Director Pascal Laugier Team On Vampire Horror ‘Nocturnal’ — Cannes Market

EXCLUSIVE: Elle, Benedetta and Slender Man scribe David Birke is re-teaming with Benedetta and Elle producer Saïd Ben Saïd and with director Pascal Laugier (Incident In A Ghostland) on vampire horror Nocturnal. The script, which has a fun premise, has been a passion project for U.S. scribe Birke since he was a student and he […]

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It Wasn’t A Match, It Was ‘The Match’: Cannes Premieres Thrilling Film On World Cup’s Greatest Contest, England Vs. Argentina 1986

EXCLUSIVE: The World Cup kicks off in Mexico City in less than a month, promising enough moments of athletic brilliance, excitement and tension to grip a global audience. But for sheer drama and importance, it will be hard if not impossible for any single World Cup match to equal one played 40 years ago. In […]

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How ‘Rivals’ Season 2 Pays Tribute To The Late, Great Jilly Cooper

The “naughtiest show on television” is back,” and Season 2 is “150%” a tribute to the late, great Jilly Cooper, the author of the source material who was beloved by millions. Cooper’s agent, Felicity Blunt, was one of five Rivals executive producers who delved deep into why the author meant so much to the world […]

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Fremantle Q1 Revenue Stable As Clement Schwebig Begins RTL CEO Tenure

Fremantle posted stable first quarter revenues of €372M ($436M), as its parent company RTL saw new CEO Clément Schwebig begin his role. The number Holey Moley maker Fremantle put was essentially the same as Q1 2025 (€373M). RTL said that without negative foreign exchange rate Fremantle’s revenues would have grown 4.2%, primarily thanks to grown […]

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Tina Gharavi’s ‘Shadows Of Beirut’ Lands UK Theatrical Distribution Via BUFF Studios — Cannes Market

EXCLUSIVE: BUFF Studios has acquired UK distribution rights to Tina Gharavi’s Shadows of Beirut and will present the film at this year’s Cannes market. Quantify Sales is handling international sales on the title, which Gharavi directed from a screenplay that she wrote with Tala Calil. Starring Calil, Assaad Bouab, Flavia Bechara and Michael E. Rodgers, […]

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LevelK Partners With SF Studios On Frederik Louis Hviid & Tobias Lindholm’s Street Crime Thriller ‘Torpedo’

EXCLUSIVE: LevelK has boarded on sales on Frederik Louis Hviid’s thriller Torpedo, co-written with Tobias Lindholm (Another Round, The Hunt), delving into the world of “torpedoes”, or youngsters groomed by organised crime gangs to do their dirty work. The deal sees the Copenhagen-based sales company team with Nordic film and TV powerhouse SF Studio. The […]

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‘The Eddy’ Director Laïla Marrakchi, Nigerian Actress-Producer Genevieve Nnaji & Indian Actress-Singer Tara Sutaria Among Honorees For Red Sea Film Foundation’s Women In Cinema Gala

EXCLUSIVE: The Red Sea Film Foundation has announced its six honorees for its annual Women in Cinema Gala, which spotlights the contributions of female filmmakers, creators, actors and executives to the entertainment industry. This year’s lineup includes Moroccan filmmaker Laïla Marrakchi, Nigerian actress-producer Genevieve Nnaji, Indian actress-singer Tara Sutaria, Rwandan filmmaker Marie-Clementine Dusabejambo, Indonesian filmmaker […]

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‘Death Whisperer’ Star Mim Rattanawadee Wongthong Joins Cast Of Fearfolks’ ‘Cher’

EXCLUSIVE: Thai actress ‘Mim’ Rattanawadee Wongthong, known for her breakout role in hit horror franchise Death Whisperer, has joined the cast of upcoming supernatural horror film Cher alongside actors Pae Arak and Weir Sukollawat. Rattanawadee will play the lead role in the film, produced by Bangkok-based Fearfolks and Benetone Films, who are launching pre-sales on […]

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Barry Keoghan Talks Ringo Starr And Finding His Wild Side In ‘Butterfly Jam’ And ‘Batman Part II’: “There’s An Animal Theme With Cannes And Me”

Barry Keoghan returns to the Cannes Film Festival with Riley Keough in Kantemir Balagov’s Butterfly Jam, a family drama set in and around an East Coast Circassian community. Balagov won Best Director in Un Certain Regard for Beanpole in 2019. His first film in English, Butterfly Jam marks the first feature involvement for Keoghan’s Wolfcub Productions and […]

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LA-Based AK Studios Launches South Asian Slate Headed By Vijay Jayapal’s ‘An Idiot’; Gothic Horror ‘The Undying’

EXCLUSIVE: Los Angeles-based production house AK Studios, founded by producer and distribution veteran Awadhesh Kumar, is launching a slate of South Asian films here in Cannes, headed by a new project from Nirvana Inn director Vijay Jayapal and Samman Roy’s gothic horror The Undying. Vijay Jayapal, whose 2019 drama Nirvana Inn premiered at Busan International […]

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Japan, Cannes’ Country Of Honor This Year, Brings Palme D’Or Hopefuls And New Ideas To Festival And Market: “It’s Really Exciting And Vital”

Japan is out in force in Cannes this year across the Official Selection and parallel sections as well as the Marché du Film, where it is the country of honor, with its high-profile presence continuing a long and illustrious relationship with the festival. Kōzaburō Yoshimura’s The Tale of Genji, Kiyoshi Saeki’s Man in the Storm and Noboru Nakamura’s Nami marked […]

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Philippines’ CreaZion Studios Boards Zig Dulay’s ‘Maria Maria’ & Ruel Santos Bayani’s Spain-set ‘142’

EXCLUSIVE: Philippine producer-distributor CreaZion Studios is expanding its production slate with the next projects from filmmakers Ruel Santos Bayani, who is lining up a feature to shoot in Spain, and Green Bones director Zig Dulay. Dulay, whose 2024 feature Green Bones won Best Picture at Metro Manila Film Festival, is developing character-driven drama Maria Maria for […]

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Donald Gibb Dies: ‘Revenge Of The Nerds’ Actor Was 71

Donald Gibb, best known for playing the “Ogre” in the Revenge of the Nerds franchise, has died. He was 71. The actor’s son, Travis, shared with TMZ that his father had died on Tuesday evening “due to health complications.” Travis said that his dad died in his Texas home and “was surrounded by family who […]

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Virginie Efira, Star Of Cannes Competition Movies ‘All Of A Sudden’ & ‘Parallel Tales’, Signs With UTA

Breaking Baz @ Cannes: James Franco Says He’s Living “A Positive Life” And Has First Studio Movie Role In A Decade; Fest Opener Hit By Tech Snafu

Broadway’s ‘Fallen Angels’ To Livestream June 5 Performance

“We’re Never Going To Automate Taste And Imagination,” Says Disney Animation Exec Nick Cannon – Web Summit

Eve Myles, Rory Kinnear, Eleanor Tomlinson and David Thewlis To Lead Channel 4 Comic Thriller ‘Wrong Move’ About Chaotic House-Buying Chain

Iran In The Spotlight: Four Directors Reflect On The Past, Present And Future Of Their Country’s Cinema: “There Is A Misconception”

‘Margo’s Got Money Trouble’ Cast & Creators Unpack “Heartbreaking” [Spoiler] Scene In Penultimate Episode: “Pretty Tough Stuff At This Point”

CAA Signs ‘Career Ladder’ Creator Max Klymenko

‘Wildwood’ Trailer: Laika Returns To Its Nature With Latest Stop-Motion Fantasy Adventure

Casper Kjær Jensen To Lead Nikolaj Arcel’s Hans Christian Andersen Biopic

Screenbound Boards ‘Amazing Grace’ Starring ‘Adolescence’ Actor Hannah Walters — Cannes Market

Sarah Gadon & John Gallagher Jr. Wrap Thriller ’20/20′ For Cannes Un Certain Regard Alum Michael O’Shea

Peter Jackson On Handing Directing Reins Over To Andy Serkis For ‘Lord Of The Rings: Hunt For Gollum’; Also Another ‘Tintin’ In The Works – Cannes

MMM Boards Sales On Anshul Chauhan’s Erotic Drama ‘Tiger’ About Masseur In Search Of Human Connection

The Pool Films Boards ‘Post Tenebras Lux’ Actress Nathalia Acevedo’s Directorial Debut ‘Salón De Belleza’ – Cannes Market

Dani Rojas Signs! ‘Ted Lasso’ Star Cristo Fernandez Joins Professional Soccer Team In Mexico

Patton Oswalt Sinks Teeth Into ‘Nosferatu’ Project, Joins Alexandre O. Philippe Documentary As Executive Producer – Cannes Market

‘Elle’ & ‘Slender Man’ Scribe David Birke, SBS International & Director Pascal Laugier Team On Vampire Horror ‘Nocturnal’ — Cannes Market

It Wasn’t A Match, It Was ‘The Match’: Cannes Premieres Thrilling Film On World Cup’s Greatest Contest, England Vs. Argentina 1986

How ‘Rivals’ Season 2 Pays Tribute To The Late, Great Jilly Cooper

Fremantle Q1 Revenue Stable As Clement Schwebig Begins RTL CEO Tenure

Tina Gharavi’s ‘Shadows Of Beirut’ Lands UK Theatrical Distribution Via BUFF Studios — Cannes Market

LevelK Partners With SF Studios On Frederik Louis Hviid & Tobias Lindholm’s Street Crime Thriller ‘Torpedo’

‘The Eddy’ Director Laïla Marrakchi, Nigerian Actress-Producer Genevieve Nnaji & Indian Actress-Singer Tara Sutaria Among Honorees For Red Sea Film Foundation’s Women In Cinema Gala

‘Death Whisperer’ Star Mim Rattanawadee Wongthong Joins Cast Of Fearfolks’ ‘Cher’

Barry Keoghan Talks Ringo Starr And Finding His Wild Side In ‘Butterfly Jam’ And ‘Batman Part II’: “There’s An Animal Theme With Cannes And Me”

LA-Based AK Studios Launches South Asian Slate Headed By Vijay Jayapal’s ‘An Idiot’; Gothic Horror ‘The Undying’

Japan, Cannes’ Country Of Honor This Year, Brings Palme D’Or Hopefuls And New Ideas To Festival And Market: “It’s Really Exciting And Vital”

Philippines’ CreaZion Studios Boards Zig Dulay’s ‘Maria Maria’ & Ruel Santos Bayani’s Spain-set ‘142’

Donald Gibb Dies: ‘Revenge Of The Nerds’ Actor Was 71

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