All Cannes articles – Page 243
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NewsElle Driver to sell covert Iranian film
EXCLUSIVE: Pictures revolves around author secretly writing memoirs about his time in Iranian jail.
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NewsGolden Scene to produce Fruit Chan’s Midnight
EXCLUSIVE: Hong Kong’s Golden Scene is producing Fruit Chan’s first Hong Kong-set feature in almost a decade, sci-fi thriller The Midnight After, based on a best-selling novel.
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NewsRhys Meyers joins Cargo's London Town
EXCLUSIVE: Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Liv Tyler and Daniel Huttlestone from Les Misérables will star in the coming-of-age story London Town from Cargo Entertainment and Dutch Tilt Film and Killer FIlms.
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NewsIndustry stung by Cannes hotel scams
EXCLUSIVE: Companies lose thousands in the annual Cannes accommodation scams.
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NewsTautou lends voice to Phantom Boy
EXCLUSIVE: French actress (and star of Amelie) Audrey Tautou has come on board Phantom Boy, the new animated feature by Oscar-nominated directors Alain Gagnol and Jean-Loup Felicioli (A Cat In Paris).
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NewsCampbell Bower, Fimmel join Overdrive
EXCLUSIVE: Star of upcoming The Mortal Instruments confirmed for long-gestated Pierre Morel-produced Overdrive. Kinology is selling.
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NewsBreakthrough boards Joe's Mountain
EXCLUSIVE: Toronto’s Breakthrough Entertainment has signed on to serve as executive producer and will handle international sales on Joe’s Mountain starring Kris Kristofferson. Helen Hunt is in talks to join the cast.
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NewsCifola’s Lion unveils Terzani biopic
EXCLUSIVE: Former Rai Sesto Cifola [pictured] touches down in Cannes with new company Lion Pictures International.
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NewsBaywatch team reunites for Killing Hasselhoff
EXCLUSIVE: Angelworld Entertainment’s Grazeley Film Fund has come on board to fully finance the feature Killing Hasselhoff.
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NewsClio Barnard plans Trespass
EXCLUSIVE: Fast-rising UK director Clio Barnard [pictured], who has been earning rave reviews for her Quinzaine entry The Selfish Giant, is to direct The Trespass, an adaptation of the novel by Rose Tremain.
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NewsBac fires for Dagur Kari’s Fúsi
EXCLUSIVE: Bac reunites with Kormakur’s BlueEyes Productions for sale of Kari’s Fusi (formerly working titled Rocketman).
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NewsMostafa drives from A To B
Emirati filmmaker Ali F. Mostafa is gearing up to shoot his new feature, road movie A To B, with a trio of leading producers from the Arab world and backing from Abu Dhabi’s twofour54.
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NewsArtificial Eye takes Sorrentino’s Beauty
EXCLUSIVE: Artificial Eye picks up Paolo Sorrentino’s competition entry The Great Beauty.
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NewsArrow goes with Kore-eda
EXCLUSIVE: UK distributor Arrow has take UK rights to Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Competition entry, Like Father, Like Son [pictured].
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FeaturesAmit Kumar, Monsoon Shootout
Leon Forde talks to Amit Kumar about his feature debut Monsoon Shootout, which screens in Cannes as a Midnight Screening.
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NewsGillibert, Aja In a Perfect World
EXCLUSIVE: Adaptation rights taken for Laura Kasischke’s bestseller.
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NewsProtagonist, AE nab Whishaw drama
EXCLUSIVE: Artificial Eye and Protagonist pick up Microwave feature Lilting starring Ben Whishaw and Cheng Pei Pei.
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NewsMagnolia takes Tony Jaa actioner
EXCLUSIVE: Magnolia Pictures has taken US rights to 3D action title TYG2 from Thailand’s Sahamongkolfilm International.
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FeaturesJeremy Thomas, Last Emperor 3D
Andreas Wiseman talks to Jeremy Thomas about the 3D conversion of Bernardo Bertolucci’s feature, which screens in Cannes Classics.
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NewsSierra / Affinity scores Monster sales
Ryan Gosling’s feature directorial debut How To Catch A Monster currently shooting in Detroit has proved to be a hot seller for Sierra/Affinity.