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TOP STORIES: Viggo Mortensen's 'Unabomb' Nets Multiple Sales for IM Global (EXCLUSIVE); Ridley Sco…

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Viggo Mortensen's 'Unabomb' Nets Multiple Sales for IM Global (EXCLUSIVE) By Stewart Clarke IM Global has inked a raft of deals for "Unabomb," selling the Viggo Mortensen manhunt movie to distributors across Europe. The film has landed with Eagle (Italy), Metropolitan (France), Odeon (Greece), Splendid (Benelux), Scanbox Read Full Story at Variety.com →

Ridley Scott's Getty Kidnap Thriller Picked Up by STX for International By Leo Barraclough STX Intl. has taken international rights to Ridley Scott's true-crime thriller "All the Money in the World," chronicling the 1973 kidnapping of J. Paul Getty III. Sony Pictures is handling North American and U.K. distribution of the fi Read Full Story at Variety.com →

Cannes: 'Hellboy' Reboot Attracts Big Bids (EXCLUSIVE) By Patrick Frater A bidding battle is under way in Cannes for Chinese rights to the reboot of the "Hellboy: Rise of the Blood Queen" franchise. The project is being represented by Avi Lerner's Millennium Films. With bids in the region of $13 million for Read Full Story at Variety.com →

Battle With E.U. Escalates Over Territorial Licensing in Europe By John Hopewell The entertainment industry's battle with the European Commission over territorial licensing is turning into a drawn-out war that continues to be the talk of many on the Croisette. And it isn't always clear who's winning. Just a few day Read Full Story at Variety.com →

Cannes: China's Hishow Makes Animation Push With 'Tall Tales' Acquisition By Patrick Frater China's Hishow Entertainment has acquired mainland Chinese rights to European animated feature "Tall Tales," from PGS and ON Animation. It will be the sole distributor in China and has exclusive merchandising rights in the co Read Full Story at Variety.com →

Baltasar Kormakur Sets Series and Film Based on Icelandic Epic (EXCLUSIVE) By Elsa Keslassy Baltasar Kormakur is set to co-write and direct a feature film and a miniseries based on "Independent People," the epic 1934 novel penned by Nobel laureate Halldór Laxness, a leading light of 20th century Icelandic literature. T Read Full Story at Variety.com →

Well Go USA Nabs South Korean Action Film 'Villainess' (EXCLUSIVE) By Brent Lang Well Go USA has nabbed North American rights to "The Villainess." The Korean action film is screening in the at the Cannes Film Festival in the midnight section. "The Villainess" centers on a young girl who is raised to be a deadly ass Read Full Story at Variety.com →

Cannes: Film Factory Takes Carlos Vermut's 'Quien Te Cantara' (EXCLUSIVE) By John Hopewell Film Factory Entertainment ("Wild Tales," "The Summit") has acquired international rights to "Quién te cantara," the third film from Carlos Vermut, whose sophomore outing "Magical Girl" won best film and director at the 2015 San Read Full Story at Variety.com →

CANNES: Latido Boards Colombian Social Thriller 'Killing Jesus' By Emiliano De Pablos After a reported sales agents' bidding war at Cannes, Madrid-based Latido Films has snagged international sales rights to Colombian social thriller "Matar a Jesús" ("Killing Jesus"), the feature debut of writer-director Laura Mo Read Full Story at Variety.com →

Cannes: Films Boutique Blesses Bible-Based Zombie Pic 'Once Upon a Time' (EXCLUSIVE) By Emilio Mayorga Berlin-based Films Boutique has acquired international rights to the Bible-inspired "Once Upon a Time in Jerusalem," the debut of Spaniards David Muñoz and Adrián Cardona. "Jerusalem" marks a spin-off from Cardona and Mu& Read Full Story at Variety.com →

Cannes Winner 'Rams' Gets Remake From WestEnd, WBMC (EXCLUSIVE) By Robert Mitchell WestEnd Films is set to embark on an English-language remake of "Rams," part of a new co-production partnership WestEnd has signed with Australia's WBMC. The original "Rams," a hit Icelandic film about two long-estranged brothers in a Read Full Story at Variety.com →

Sylvester Stallone Movie 'Escape Plan 2: Hades' Adds Sales (EXCLUSIVE) By Leo Barraclough Highland Film Group has locked up sales for numerous international territories on Steven C. Miller's action thriller "Escape Plan 2: Hades," starring Sylvester Stallone and 50 Cent. Highland is also launching sales on the franchise's t Read Full Story at Variety.com →

Shia LaBeouf Starrer 'Borg/McEnroe' Inks Worldwide Sales for SF Studios (EXCLUSIVE) By Elsa Keslassy "Borg/McEnroe," the feature starring Shia LaBeouf and Sverrir Gudnason as tennis icons John McEnroe and Bjorn Borg, respectively, has closed numerous sales for SF Studios. A U.S. deal is close for the finished film. Read Full Story at Variety.com →

Cannes: FilmSharks Nabs International Rights to Spanish Trio By Emiliano De Pablos Pursuing its strategy of partnering with key European film players, Argentine sales agency FilmSharks Intl. has inked international sales rights to a trio of upcoming features from Spain, led by Atresmedia Cine's comedy "Lord, Give Me Read Full Story at Variety.com →

Madrid Has a Cinematic Shooting Past By Emiliano De Pablos Since the late 1950s countless large and sometimes legendary Hollywood films have been shot in or near Madrid. Samuel Bronston-produced blockbusters, Anthony Mann's "The Fall of the Roman Empire" and Nicholas Ray's "55 Days at Peking" Read Full Story at Variety.com →

REVIEWS
Cannes Film Review: 'Redoubtable' By Owen Gleiberman When it was announced that the Cannes Film Festival would show "Redoubtable," a biographical drama about Jean-Luc Godard written and directed by Michel Hazanavicius ("The Artist"), and that the movie would focus on the relationship bet Read Full Story at Variety.com →

Cannes Film Review: 'BPM (Beats Per Minute)' By Guy Lodge What does it take to fight a pandemic? Knowledge, courage and resilience, certainly, but also rough-and-tumble argument, a range of friendships both consoling and abrasive, a healthy sense of gallows humor and soul-sustaining supplies Read Full Story at Variety.com →

Cannes Film Review: 'The Venerable W.' By Jay Weissberg As Barbet Schroeder well knows, there are times when only the word “evil” properly conveys the insidious nature of intolerance and carnage robed in the trappings of power. Read Full Story at Variety.com →

Cannes Virtual Reality Review: Alejandro G. Iñárritu's 'Carne y Arena' By Owen Gleiberman It's always funny to hear how audiences, in 1903, reacted to the outrageous final shot of Edwin S. Porter's eight-minute film "The Great Train Robbery." The leader of the film's outlaw gang, Bronco Billy Anderson, points a gun right at Read Full Story at Variety.com →

Cannes Film Review: 'The Rider' By Guy Lodge "Mammas, don't let your babies grown up to be cowboys," crooned Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings in the 1970s, and to go by the heartsore heartland portrait painted by Chloé Zhao's "The Rider," it was pretty sound advice. Read Full Story at Variety.com →

Trump Controversies Making Waves in Cannes

By Brent Lang

At premieres, beach parties, wine-soaked dinners and business meetings, the topic du jour at this year's Cannes Film Festival: Trump. Buyers and sellers, studios executives and stars confess they're glued to their smartphones, waiting