Aimee Lou Wood’s BBC Comedy ‘Film Club’ Will Not Return For Second Season

EXCLUSIVE: Aimee Lou Wood’s romantic comedy series Film Club has reached the end of the line. Deadline understands that the BBC show will not be returning for a second season following its BAFTA-nominated first outing. The decision was mutual. Wood is said to be keen to prioritize other writing, while the BBC was relaxed about […]

Stephanie Hsu, Guy Pearce & Hannah Waddingham To Lead San Francisco-Set Crime-Thriller ‘The Teller’ — Cannes Market

EXCLUSIVE: Oscar nominee Stephanie Hsu (Everything Everywhere All At Once), Oscar nominee Guy Pearce (The Brutalist) and Emmy winner Hannah Waddingham (Ted Lasso) have been set to topline crime-thriller The Teller. Ben Ripley’s directorial debut, from his own script, is being described by producers as in the vein of The Usual Suspects and The Town. […]

‘Parallel Tales’ & ‘All Of A Sudden’ EPs Launch Boutique Film Financier Saudade Ink

EXCLUSIVE: Ireland-UK producer Mike Downey and Istanbul-based Emir Külal Haznevi have joined forces on boutique film financing outfit Saudade Ink to develop, produce and invest in arthouse cinema from across the world. The film production and development fund, which has been pulled together with a consortium of private individuals from Turkey and the Middle East, […]

James Badge Dale, Elena Anaya & Laurence Fishburne Set For Crime-Thriller ‘Interference’ — Cannes Market

EXCLUSIVE: James Badge Dale (World War Z), Elena Anaya (Wonder Woman) and Laurence Fishburne (The Matrix) have been set to star in writer-director Mel Rodriguez III’s (In Stereo) crime thriller Interference. Set in Spain, Interference “follows a successful American expat whose carefully constructed life with his wife and son begins to unravel after he is arrested for […]

Vorteks Boards Sales On Psychological Thriller ‘Rain Catcher’ Starring ‘We Found Love’ Breakout Dudley O’Shaughnessy – Cannes Market

EXCLUSIVE: Vorteks, the genre label of Dubai-based sales agency Cercamon, has picked up worldwide rights to Michele Fiascaris’ psychological thriller Rain Catcher, starring UK actor Dudley O’Shaughnessy in his first leading feature film role, for a Cannes sales launch. The work, which is in post-production, extends Fiascaris’ Silver Méliès-winning short of the same name, which […]

Newton Cinema Unveils Prestige South Asian Slate Headed By Salim Ahamed’s ‘Leftover’ & Prasanna Vithanage’s ‘The Gambler’

EXCLUSIVE: Newton Cinema, a boutique production house with a presence across the U.S., India and Sri Lanka, is making its Cannes Marché debut with a slate of prestige South Asian titles headed by Leftover, from Indian filmmaker Salim Ahamed, and The Gambler, from Sri Lanka’s Prasanna Vithanage. Currently in post-production, Leftover is the story of […]