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Venice Film Festival Changes Course To Reinstate Jury Press Conference: How It Went Down
Good news. The Venice Film Festival has reinstated its jury press conference, overturning an unusual move to scrap the traditional opening event this year.
The festival responded to Deadline’s inquiry on Sunday by confirming that the press conference was now on.
A day earlier, the A-list…
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Venice Film Festival Scraps Jury Press Conference
The Venice Film Festival has taken the unusual step of scrapping its main jury press conference this year, we can reveal.
The festival, which gets underway next week, hasn’t made a public statement to confirm the break from protocol but confirmed the move to us after multiple requests to know if…
Alma Har’el’s Family Drama ‘Wet’ Heading To TIFF Market With 193; A-List Cast Circling
Honey Boy director Alma Har'el's next project Wet is heading to the TIFF market with Patrick Wachsberger’s 193 and is attracting what could be a killer cast.
News of the project broke online last month via Page Six who reported that Oscar winner Javier Bardem was in talks. Bardem remains in…
Jason Statham Buyers Ponder Whether Amazon Leak Caused ‘Mutiny’ At Box Office: “There’s Been Plenty Of Finger-Pointing”
A quick update on this unfortunate situation before the weekend.
We told you last week that buyers were understandably fuming about Amazon’s unintentional leak before its theatrical run of the Jason Statham action movie Mutiny.
Since then, the mutiny has seemingly been quelled, but buyers…
‘Lord Of The Rings’ Producer Lines Up New “Large-Scale” Fantasy Movie ‘Wars Of The Drakons’
EXCLUSIVE: Oscar-winner Barrie M. Osborne, one of only three producers credited with producing each of the original Lord Of The Rings movies, is lining up a new ambitious fantasy project called Wars Of The Drakons.
The U.S. vet, also known for producing Face/Off and as an executive-producer on Th…
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AI Sci-Fi Series ‘Kira’ Heads To MIPCOM For Ex Machina & K5, First Look Images
EXCLUSIVE: AI-oriented production company Ex Machina, which has ambitious features in the works with Roger Avary and Alex Proyas, is launching its next TV project with AI sci-fi series Kira.
Ex Machina’s sales partner K5 International will be launching pre-sales on the entirely AI-generated…
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Welsh Hit & UK Oscar Hopeful ‘Effi O Blaenau’ Gets International Sales Deal Ahead Of TIFF Market
EXCLUSIVE: Welsh hit and UK international Oscar hopeful Effi O Blaenau has been picked up for international sales by MetFilm Sales, which will launch at the TIFF market.
Starring Leisa Gwenllian in a breakout role, Marc Evans' (Mr Burton) film drew strong notices this summer, especially for its…
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Alliance Cinema Backs David Mamet’s ‘Speed The Plow’ & Lines Up Brazilian YA Adaptation ‘Diary Of A Weird Girl’
EXCLUSIVE: L.A.- and Germany-based producer-financier Alliance Cinema, whose credits include My Big Fat Greek Wedding and Dark Tide, has joined David Mamet’s Speed the Plow as an equity financier.
Speed the Plow, currently in post-production, marks Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Mamet’s…
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Odette Annable Leads Cast In Horror ‘Postmortem’; Sublimity Launches Sales For TIFF As First Look Revealed
EXCLUSIVE: Cloverfield and The Unborn star Odette Annable is leading cast in horror Postmortem alongside Allegra Leguizamo (Tin Soldier), Julio Cesar Cedillo (Sicario), Andres Londono (Fear the Walking Dead) and Tony Revolori (Scream VI).
Ahead of the TIFF market, LA-based…
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Tara Reid & Johnny Pemberton Tapped To Star In Southern Gothic Horror ‘Scissor Mouth’ About “Society’s Obsession With Beauty”
EXCLUSIVE: Tara Reid (American Pie) and Johnny Pemberton (Fallout) are attached to star in the independent horror feature Scissor Mouth.
Produced by 1905 Films and written and directed by Deborah Richards, Scissor Mouth is described as “a contemporary Southern Gothic horror inspired by an…
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Berlin & Tribeca Eco Musical-Drama ‘Árru’ Gets North American & International Distribution Deals
EXCLUSIVE: Obscured Releasing has acquired North American distribution rights to Árru, the musical drama following a Sàmi family's fight to protect their land from looming environmental threat.
The film from writer-director Elle Sofe Sara will get a theatrical release in early 2027 before…
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Toronto Producers Ron & Aussie And Launch North Strike 3-Film Deal; First Movie To Star Lovell Adams-Gray, Kiana Madeira, More
EXCLUSIVE: Ron & Aussie Productions (Morningside) has signed a three-picture deal with Toronto-based Launch North, the Canadian arm of Los Angeles-based media company The Launch Company (Kristallnacht).
Launch North will co-produce all three features alongside Ron & Aussie, the company founded…
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