EXCLUSIVE: Quantify has boarded international sales rights to Nastasya Popov's buzzy SXSW comedy Idiotka as it revs up for its debut at the American Film Market. The film, which premiered to rave reviews at SXSW, stars Anna Baryshnikov and Camila Mendes, with Julia Fox, Benito Skinner, Owen…

A second edition of SXSW London has been confirmed, running from June 1 to 6, 2026, with the organizers opening submissions for session proposals for the event’s three verticals of conference, music and screen. Confirmation of the event, which will run once again in East London, follows this…

EXCLUSIVE: Through her recently launched production banner Liston James Productions, Emmy-winner Jaime Pressly has set her sights on a new comedy series, R&R. R&R, from up and coming writer JJ Herz, debuted a 10-minute proof-of-concept pilot at SXSW in March and was snapped up for development by…

Who among us hasn't dabbled in a little wishful thinking about the future until they're shaken to the core by the uncertainties of it all while covered in cold sweat? In the Oscar-qualifying animated short Retirement Plan, writer-director John Kelly and co-writer Tara Lawall have perfected the art of…

Spoiler alert: The following article discusses the entirety of The Threesome. From Oh, Hi to Materialists, there's no shortage of recently released small-to-mid-budget movies excoriating the trials and tribulations of what the modern dating landscape looks like for young people. But where these…

EXCLUSIVE: Bleecker Street is teaming with Fox Entertainment Studios on the U.S. release of Amy Wang's directorial debut Slanted, which premiered at SXSW and won the Grand Jury Prize in the Narrative Feature Competition. A 2026 theatrical release is currently being planned. The satire, sci-fi…

EXCLUSIVE: Film Movement has acquired U.S. rights for Canadian filmmaker Reza Dahya's Toronto-set drama Boxcutter which made its international premiere at SXSW earlier this year. Ashton James (Revenge of the Black Best Friend, Youngblood) stars as Rome, an aspiring rapper whose laptop is…

Horror director Mike Flanagan has opened up about how his work has helped him deal with grief and loss. Closing the inaugural SXSW London before a premiere of his new movie The Life of Chuck, Flanagan said the creation of his Netflix series The Haunting of Hill House was a coping mechanism…

A right royal visit occured at SXSW London today. King Charles III spent the morning at the Shoreditch festival, meeting the likes of musician and John Lennon’s son Julian Lennon, Yellowstone star Mo Brings Plenty, director Jean Paul Mertinez and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker…

Industry creators Mickey Down and Konrad Kay were once ex-finance people trying to make their way in the TV game and throwing ideas around. At that point, they revealed today they were developing a Tarantino-esque series titled Highway for HBO-owned Cinemax about a Black female highway woman in…

The BBC and Working Title are developing an adaptation of EM Forster’s epic period piece A Passage to India. Working Title exec Surian Fletcher-Jones has just revealed the news about the new five-part series on an SXSW London panel. We understand Nisha Parti is also producing and her Parti…

“The vast majority of talent today do not need management.” That was the verdict this afternoon of Jordan Schwarzenberger, who runs a company that has a single client, The Sidemen. Speaking on a Deadline-moderated panel at SXSW London with a trio of top UK agents, Schwarzenberger made the…