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Cannes: Studiocanal's 'Radiocative,' 'Russian Spy' Nearly Sell Out International (EXCLUSIVE)

By John Hopewell and Elsa Keslassy

CANNES --  European film-TV powerhouse Studiocanal has nearly sold out in international at Cannes on its two big new English-language projects: Working Title-produced "Radioactive," director Marjane Satrapi's story of the loves, l


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Ariana Grande Tour Suspended in Wake of Manchester Attack

By Stewart Clarke and Henry Chu

Ariana Grande's scheduled concerts in Europe through June 5 -- including two in London on Thursday and Friday -- have been canceled in the wake of the deadly terrorist bombing at her show in Manchester. The singer's Dangerous Woma


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Cannes: Gurinder Chadha, Paolo Sorrentino, Dany Boon Films Score Deals for Pathe (EXCLUSIVE)

By Elsa Keslassy

IFC has picked up Gurinder Chadha's "Viceroy House," starring Hugh Bonneville and Gillian Anderson, from Pathe for U.S. release. The historic drama premiered at the Berlin Film Festival and the deal was announced in Cannes. Pathe also


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Megan Ellison's Annapurna Signs Distribution Deals for Japan, France, Italy

By Dave McNary

Megan Ellison's Annapurna Pictures has unveiled new distribution partnerships for Japan, France, and Italy in multi-year deals that will begin this summer with Kathryn Bigelow's "Detroit." The film, Annapurna's inaugural release u


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Cannes: Studiocanal, Universal Music Group, Terra Mater Sign Co-Development Partnership

By Jamie Lang and Emilio Mayorga

CANNES -- Vivendi-owned Studiocanal and Universal Music Group and Red Bull's Terra Mater Film Studios have entered into a co-development partnership to produce feature films. Studiocanal's Ron Halpern, EVP international production &amp


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Animated Movie 'The Extincts' in the Works at Cirrina Studios

By Dave McNary

Cirrina Studios is moving into pre-production of its first animated feature film, "The Extincts" with plans for a 2019 release. The project is based on British writer Veronica Cossanteli's middle grade novel of the same name. "The Exti


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Steven Yeun's Action-Thriller 'Mayhem' Lands at RLJ Entertainment, AMC Shudder (EXCLUSIVE)

By Dave McNary

RLJ Entertainment and AMC Networks' Shudder are partnering on the North American release of action-thriller "Mayhem," starring Steven Yeun of "The Walking Dead." The deal was finalized Wednesday at the Cannes Film Festival. The film pr


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Cannes: Telecinco Cinema Boards Gracia Querejeta's Basque Country-Set Comedy 'Crime Wave' (EXCLUSIVE)

By Emiliano De Pablos

In one of Spain's biggest box office bets for 2018, Telecinco Cinema, the film production arm of broadcaster Mediaset España, has boarded Basque Country-set, Maribel Verdú-starrer black comedy "Crime Wave." Directed by Gr


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Cannes: Celluloid Dreams' Clemence Lavigne Wins the 2017 Cinando Best Sellers Contest Award

By John Hopewell

CANNES -- Clemence Lavigne, a sales agent at Hengameh Panahi's Celluloid Dreams, won the second Cinando Awards - for her accomplished pitch of "Jumpman," a new film project from Russia's Ivan L. Tverdovsky ("Zoology"). The Award, a sta


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Imax Inks Deal With Gaumont Pathé Cinemas to Launch Six Theaters in Europe

By Elsa Keslassy

Imax  Corporation has inked a deal with Les Cinémas Gaumont Pathé, one of Europe's biggest cinema chains, to launch six new Imax theaters in France and Holland. Described as a hybrid joint revenue share agreemen


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Cannes: Hereford Films Options Shaun Hutson's Upcoming Horror Novel 'Chase' (EXCLUSIVE)

By Robert Mitchell

British production company Hereford Films has acquired movie rights to the upcoming novel "Chase" from prolific horror writer Shaun Hutson. The option is part of a deal with the British author and his publisher Caffeine Nights that wil


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Italy's Eagle Pictures, Leone Film Group Swoop on Kathryn Bigelow's 'Detroit'

By Nick Vivarelli

Italy's Eagle Pictures and Leone Film Group have jointly purchased Italian rights to Kathryn Bigelow's upcoming race-riot crime drama "Detroit" in the most high-profile Italian territory deal to surface so far out of Cannes. Raffaella


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Cannes: VMI Worldwide Signs Middle East Distribution Deal With Phoenicia Pictures (EXCLUSIVE)

By Robert Mitchell

VMI Worldwide has entered into an exclusive long-term output agreement with Middle East region distributor Phoenicia Pictures International. The deal, announced in Cannes by VMI founder and president Andre Relis, builds on a relationsh


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Top European, North African Entities Forge Mediterranean Film Industries Pact

By Nick Vivarelli

Italy's Rome Lazio Film Commission, the Spain Film Commission, France's Ile-de-France, the film commissions of Andalucia and Tangiers and the Carthage Film Festival have joined forces to set up the Euro-Mediterranean Audiovisual Center


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REVIEWS

Cannes Film Review: 'The Beguiled'

By Owen Gleiberman

Don Siegel's 1971 Civil War drama "The Beguiled," starring Clint Eastwood as a wounded Union soldier hiding out at a girls' boarding school in rural Mississippi, is a quintessential film of the early '70s — and by that, I don't m


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Cannes Film Review: 'Zombillenium'

By Peter Debruge

"Daddy, are monsters real?" a little girl wants to know in "Zombillenium," a gloriously stylized, bizarrely didactic animated feature in which vampires, witches, zombies, etc. really do exist, but manage to go undetected by working at


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Cannes Film Review: 'The Summit'

By Jessica Kiang

It's not just in its star, Ricardo Darín, that Argentinian director Santiago Mitre's Un Certain Regard title "The Summit" seems built to evoke his countryman Juan José Campanella's Oscar-winning "The Secret in their Eyes."


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Cannes Film Review: 'Before We Vanish'

By Maggie Lee

Japanese director Kiyoshi Kurosawa's "Before We Vanish" may be a sci-fi thriller about an alien attack and brain-drain à la "Invasion of the Body Snatchers," but its ultimate message is the salvation of love. Playing frequently


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Cannes: Sofia Coppola Speaks Out in Support of Theatrical Releases for Movies

By Leo Barraclough

Sofia Coppola, speaking at the Cannes Film Festival press conference for her American Civil War movie "The Beguiled," spoke out in favor of giving films a theatrical release rather than an online-only release. "[A film] always looks be


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Jane Campion on Lack of Female Filmmakers, 'Top of the Lake: China Girl'

By Brent Lang

Jane Campion is a hugger. The Oscar winner, who punctuates every other sentence with a loud, earthy laugh, is so into physical affection that she won't let a reporter from Variety leave an interview without dragging him onto a


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Diane Kruger: 'I've Never Been Paid as Much as a Male Costar in the U.S.'

By Elsa Keslassy

Diane Kruger, who's at the Cannes Film Festival for the premiere of Fatih Akin's long-gestated, competition title "In the Fade" (Aus dem Nichts), discussed gender parity, the contemporary resonance of Akin's film, and he


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Kirsten Dunst Gets Emotional at 'The Beguiled' World Premiere in Cannes

By Erin Nyren

"The Beguiled" premiered at the Cannes Film Festival on Wednesday, and Kirsten Dunst could not hold back her emotions. The actress wiped away a tear as she walked down the red carpet with co-stars Nicole Kidman and Elle Fanni


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Cannes: Morelia Showcases Young Mexican Film Talent at Critics' Week

By Emiliano De Pablos

A selection of three Mexican short films, demonstrative of the deep Mexican young talent pool promoted every year by the Morelia Intl. Film Festival, screen May 25 at Cannes, invited by Cannes Critics' Week. Taking place every Cannes s


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Cannes: Michel Franco Talks 'April's Daughter,' Style, Mexico

By John Hopewell and Emilio Mayorga

CANNES -- Michel Franco's hallmark - high-drama, dispassionately shot - is still there. But, with shorter sequence shots, more characters, even music, "April's Daughter," the fifth feature from Mexico's Cannes-laureled Franco ("After L


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Cannes Facetime: Director Jung Byung-gil

By Sonia Kil

Jung Byung-gil, whose "The Villainess" unspools in in Cannes' Midnight Screenings, has a unique background: he's a stuntman who  trained at the Seoul Action School, which has naturally led him to focus on action films as a directo


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Cannes: Director Sergei Loznitsa Talks 'A Gentle Creature'

By Alissa Simon

The Kiev-raised, Berlin-based helmer-writer Sergei Loznitsa ("My Joy," "In the Fog") returns to the Cannes competition for the third time in a row with his latest feature, "A Gentle Creature." What inspired the storyline?


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Anna Mottola to Head Helsinki International Film Festival, Works-in-Progress Titles Revealed (EXCLUSIVE)

By Leo Barraclough

Anna Mottola has been hired as the CEO of Helsinki International Film Festival – Love and Anarchy, which celebrates its 30th anniversary in September. It has also selected the works-in-progress projects to be presented in the Fin


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