All Cannes articles – Page 253
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NewsFortissimo picks up Hartley’s Ned Rifle
Fortissimo Films has picked up global sales rights to Hal Hartley’s upcoming Ned Rifle, set to star Gemma Arterton, Parker Posey and Thomas J Ryan.
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NewsBankside acquires Event 15 for Cannes
EXCLUSIVE: Claustrophobic thriller to make its market premiere; first trailer released.
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NewsFilm Sales brisk on eve of Cannes
Andrew Herwitz’s The Film Sales Company has sold German rights to Rapid-Eye for Room 237, which premiered last year in Directors Fortnight.
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NewsLionsgate takes Quiet Ones
Distributor Lionsgate has picked up North American rights to Hammer’s The Quiet Ones
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NewsFrank Oz to direct Winter's Discontent
Billy Crystal is attached to star in Winter’s Discontent as a widower who moves into a reputed active adult community in hopes of reinvigorating his sex life.
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NewsPanorama hires Austin-Little
EXCLUSIVE: The financing, production and sales outfit has brought on Laura Austin-Little as vp of international sales.
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NewsSchwarzenegger in talks for Toxic
The star is in negotiations to join writer-director Steve Pink’s The Toxic Avenger and International Film Trust (IFT) will launch pre-sales in Cannes
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NewsVision finds Femme; Double Dutch adds four
Vision Films has picked up worldwide rights to Emmanuel Itier’s documentary Femme and arrives on the Croisette with the film’s executive producer and narrator Sharon Stone to boost sales.
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NewsRed Sea adds two for Cannes
Roman Kopelevich has bulked up his sales roster with Sacrilege to be directed by Darren Lynn Bousman and comedy-horror Hell Baby.
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NewsHBO Seduced by Toback
HBO has acquired all North American television rights to James Toback’s Seduced And Abandoned, which will play as a special screening on the Croisette. Separately Tribeca Film and Well Go USA Entertainment have taken North America on Emanuel And The Truth About Fishes.
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NewsLotus arrives in Cannes
Bill Johnson and Jim Seibel have resurfaced and arrive on the Croisette with Lotus Entertainment, a full-service motion picture financing, production and international sales company.
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FeaturesBFI pre-Cannes Lunch
Cannes talents and industry experts were invited to the BFI Southbank on Thursday [May 9] to celebrate this year’s British Cannes titles.
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NewsCaine, Garner join Fogelman's Imagine
Mister Smith is handling international licensing and distribution for the film and will meet with buyers in Cannes.
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NewsSalt set to Meet the Monsters
EXCLUSIVE: Metrodome’s thriller to be introduced to buyers in Cannes, with The Salt Company handling worldwide sales.
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NewsLionsgate reveals six for Cannes
New films star Tom Hardy [pictured], Ewan McGregor, Daniel Radcliffe, Lily Collins and Sam Clafin.
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NewsVinterberg to receive EU prize
Thomas Vinterberg to receive EU Prix MEDIA in Cannes at beginning of this year’s two-day European Rendezvous
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NewsKaufman to co-direct HanWay’s Anomalisa
EXCLUSIVE: Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tom Noonan, and David Thewlis to reprise stage roles in Charlie Kaufman’s animation.
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NewsSamuel L Jackson, Peter Mullan fly with Altitude
Altitude Film Entertainment has announced further details of its production slate, including Samuel L Jackson attached for Big Game and Peter Mullan to star in The Loch.
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FeaturesSales: Pitch Perfect
First-time producers should understand the commercial appeal of their film and know when to approach a sales company. Andreas Wiseman speaks to key industry sellers about what newcomers need to know about working with them
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FeaturesNicolas Winding Refn: playing God
Nicolas Winding Refn’s Only God Forgives started as a fight movie and morphed into a twisted tale of a mother-son relationship. Wendy Mitchell talks to the Danish writer-director about his anticipated follow-up to Drive.