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Cannes Festival Sees TV Invasion, But Not Everyone Is Pleased By Stewart Clarke Seeing David Lynch and Jane Campion on the Croisette is no surprise. But that the two Palme d'Or winners are in Cannes with TV series is. The encroachment of television onto the red carpet has been one of the talking points of the fest Read Full Story at Variety.com →

Cannes: Clint Eastwood Says 'We've Lost Our Sense of Humor' By Stewart Clarke Clint Eastwood told a rapturous Cannes audience on Sunday that he will return to acting in front of the camera. Eastwood was giving a master class at the Cannes Film Festival and received a three-minute ovation from those able to get i Read Full Story at Variety.com →

'Elle,' 'Toni Erdmann' Producer Michel Merkt Back in Cannes With More Eclectic Titles By Nick Vivarelli Michel Merkt's moviemaking credits reflect the vision of a clear-headed nonconformist with the courage of his convictions and a global reach that is unique for an indie producer of his generation: The total opposite of the isolationism Read Full Story at Variety.com →

Denzel Washington, Colin Farrell Thriller Gets Chinese Backing (EXCLUSIVE) By Nick Vivarelli In another instance of Chinese capital flowing into Hollywood, the newly established Culture China — Image Nation Content Fund will co-finance and executive produce Sony Pictures Entertainment's untitled thriller starring De Read Full Story at Variety.com →

Constantin Drives Into Tentpoles With 'Monster Hunter,' 'Resident Evil' Reboot (EXCLUSIVE) By John Hopewell Constantin Film, producer of the $1.2 billion-grossing "Resident Evil" franchise, is driving into tentpole movie production with a "Resident Evil" reboot and "Monster Hunter." As with "Resident Evil," "Monster Hunter" is based on a vid Read Full Story at Variety.com →

IFC Buys 'Tribes of Palos Verdes' With Jennifer Garner (EXCLUSIVE) By Brent Lang IFC Films has acquired North American rights to "The Tribes of Palos Verdes," Variety has learned. Jennifer Garner stars in the film and executive produced the project. It's based on a best-selling novel by Joy Nicholson, whic Read Full Story at Variety.com →

Cannes: China's Hishow Buys Gaumont's 'Gaston' and 'Christmas & Co.' (EXCLUSIVE) By Patrick Frater China's Hishow Entertainment has picked up mainland Chinese rights to "Christmas & Co." and "Gaston." Both films were acquired from France's Gaumont. "Christmas & Co." stars comedian Alain Chabat and Audrey Tautou, who is pictu Read Full Story at Variety.com →

Cannes Festival, Argentina's INCAA Re-Up on Ventana Sur Through 2020 By John Hopewell CANNES -- Continuing its biggest overseas initiative outside its May event on France's Riviera, the Cannes Festival has re-upped with Argentina's National Film and Audiovisual Arts Institute (INCAA), for a further three editions of Ven Read Full Story at Variety.com →

Will Smith is a Happy Juror, Al Gore Talks Trump at Vanity Fair Party in Cannes By Ramin Setoodeh One of the several complaints of this year's sluggish Cannes Film Festival is about the lack of movie stars. But that was hardly a problem at the Vanity Fair Party on Saturday night at the Hotel du Cap in Cap d'Antibes. Will Smith, a m Read Full Story at Variety.com →

Cannes: China's Weying Buys Nine Titles From Wild Bunch By Patrick Frater China's Weying Technology has acquired nine titles from French sales and finance company Wild Bunch. They include Cannes Official Selections and Palme D'Or contenders "Loveless" by Andrey Zvyagintsev; Michel Hazanavicius' "Redoutable;" Read Full Story at Variety.com →

Adam Sandler at Cannes: 'I Don't Want to Let Anybody Down' By Ramin Setoodeh Adam Sandler rocked Cannes 15 years ago with "Punch Drunk Love," proving to the world that he really can act. On Sunday in the South of France, he returned to character-actor mode with Noah Baumbach's "The Meyerowitz Stories." Read Full Story at Variety.com →

'The Leopard' to Be Adapted Into English-Language TV Series (EXCLUSIVE) By Nick Vivarelli More than half a century after Claudia Cardinale, Alain Delon and Burt Lancaster strutted down the Cannes red carpet for Luchino Visconti's "The Leopard," plans are under way for an English-language TV adaptation of the classic novel b Read Full Story at Variety.com →

Memento Clinches Raft of Pre-Sales on Catherine Deneuve Starrer 'Claire Darling' (EXCLUSIVE) By Elsa Keslassy Memento Films Intl. has clinched a raft of pre-sales on Julie Bertuccelli's "Claire Darling," a lighthearted drama with fantasy elements starring Catherine Deneuve and Chiara Mastroianni. Memento has sold the project to Germany (Neue V Read Full Story at Variety.com →

REVIEWS
Cannes Film Review: 'The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)' By Peter Debruge It's not easy being raised the child of a celebrated artist. Truth be told, it's not so great being raised the child of a minor, mostly unrecognized artist either, which is closer to the dynamic writer-director Noah Baumbach wants to e Read Full Story at Variety.com →

Cannes Film Review: 'Happy End' By Peter Debruge Michael Haneke is up to his old tricks in "Happy End," a movie that finds the chilly Austrian maestro returning to obsessions that have haunted his earlier work — from cultural nihilism to bourgeois solipsism, cold-hearted murder Read Full Story at Variety.com →

Cannes Film Review: 'Jeannette, The Childhood of Joan of Arc' By Peter Debruge We all know how Joan of Arc's story ends: in a blaze of glory. But how did her 15th-century campaign to liberate France begin? That's where Bruno Dumont's "Jeannette, the Childhood of Joan of Arc" comes in, taking the early chapters of Read Full Story at Variety.com →

Cannes Film Review: 'How to Talk to Girls at Parties' By Owen Gleiberman There are a few crucial things to know about "How to Talk to Girls at Parties." It's the first feature John Cameron Mitchell has directed in seven years, as well as his fourth overall — after "Hedwig and the Angry Inch" (200 Read Full Story at Variety.com →

Cannes Film Review: 'Walking Past the Future' By Maggie Lee There's no place to call home for China's migrant workers in "Walking Past the Future," a bleak exposé on how the country's land shortage and economic downturn impacts more than just one generation. Through the heartbreaking fat Read Full Story at Variety.com →

Guillermo del Toro To Godfather Sitges As Fest Hits 50

By Emilio Mayorga

CANNES — Guillermo del Toro will godfather this October's milestone edition of the Sitges' Catalonia Intl. Fantastic Film Festival as the famed fantasy-genre fest celebrates its 50th edition and genre gains ever greater mainstrea