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Paramount Lands Major Cannes Bid for Florence Pugh's The Midnight Library
film-news8 hours ago

Paramount Lands Major Cannes Bid for Florence Pugh's The Midnight Library

Paramount Pictures closed North American and international rights to The Midnight Library, a Garth Davis-directed fantasy drama starring Florence Pugh, after a Cannes market bidding war with Focus Features and Sony. The $70M Blueprint Pictures/StudioCanal production, adapted from Matt Haig’s novel by Laura Wade and Nick Payne, will be produced by Graham Broadbent and Pete Czernin, with filming planned for early next year, and marks Lia Buman’s first major acquisition at Paramount.

via Deadline|
#cannes-market#film-news#florence-pugh
Paramount Strikes $36M Deal for Florence Pugh-Led The Midnight Library
film13 hours ago

Paramount Strikes $36M Deal for Florence Pugh-Led The Midnight Library

Paramount Pictures won the film rights to The Midnight Library, a Matt Haig adaptation directed by Garth Davis and starring Florence Pugh as Nora Seed, in a deal reported around $36 million for North American and select foreign rights; Focus Features and Sony were among bidders, while StudioCanal retains rights in the UK, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Benelux, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa with territories to be finalized. Production is slated to begin after autumn next year with a reported budget near $70 million, underscoring a major European production and an awards‑leaning strategy for Paramount.

via Deadline|
#cannes-market#film#florence-pugh
Cannes Market Closes with High-Profile Deals: Netflix Buys In Waves, Clockworks Eyes Park Chan-wook’s Brigands of Rattlecreek
entertainment9 days ago

Cannes Market Closes with High-Profile Deals: Netflix Buys In Waves, Clockworks Eyes Park Chan-wook’s Brigands of Rattlecreek

At Cannes, a late flurry of acquisitions injected energy into a slow market: Netflix secured worldwide rights outside France for the hand-drawn animated feature In Waves, while Warner Bros.’ Clockworks is in exclusive talks to land Park Chan-wook’s revenge Western The Brigands of Rattlecreek; the week also saw A24 buy Club Kid and Amazon acquire Pumping Black, underscoring renewed market appetite as Cannes wraps.

via The Hollywood Reporter|
#brigands-of-rattlecreek#cannes-market#entertainment
Club Kid Sparks Eight-Figure Bids at Cannes Market
film13 days ago

Club Kid Sparks Eight-Figure Bids at Cannes Market

Jordan Firstman’s Cannes title Club Kid has attracted eight-figure offers from multiple studios, with strong domestic credentials and fierce competition described as the festival’s most commercial title. UTA Independent Film Group is in the middle of the deal for domestic rights while Charades handles international sales, and the buzz was underscored by lead Cara Delevingne’s seven-minute ovation and strong festival reception.

via Deadline|
#cannes-market#club-kid#eight-figure-offers
Franco Signals Studio Comeback With New Film and Positive Life Motto
entertainment15 days ago

Franco Signals Studio Comeback With New Film and Positive Life Motto

James Franco says he has a role in a big-studio movie—the first blockbuster in nearly a decade—and notes at Cannes that it’s already shot but won’t be ready for this summer, with a release hoped for late 2026 or spring/summer 2027. The Disaster Artist (2017) was his last studio film; this year marks his fourth consecutive Cannes market presence, where he’s promoting the thriller Foster (which he helped rewrite and that is set in 1980s Los Angeles). Franco insists he’s been living a “positive life” and isn’t hiding, attending with partner Izabel Pakzad and planning to see as many films as possible while at Cannes.

via Deadline|
#baz-bamigboye#cannes-market#entertainment
Huppert to Headline Demange's Lineage, a London Crime Thriller Launching at Cannes
entertainment17 days ago

Huppert to Headline Demange's Lineage, a London Crime Thriller Launching at Cannes

Isabelle Huppert will star in Yann Demange’s Lineage, a London-set crime thriller also starring Dali Benssalah, Adam Bessa and singer Raye. The film will launch international sales at the Cannes Marché du Film, with principal photography in London slated for August. U.S. rights are handled by CAA Media Finance, and the project is co-financed by LPI, Lumina Studios and BBC Film among others.

via Variety|
#cannes-market#entertainment#isabelle-huppert
Doug Liman Sets Star One with Teller and Redmayne for Cannes Market
film23 days ago

Doug Liman Sets Star One with Teller and Redmayne for Cannes Market

Doug Liman will direct Star One, a true-story CIA thriller starring Miles Teller and Eddie Redmayne for Black Bear and CAA Media Finance at the Cannes Market, about two mismatched CIA agents on a covert arms-delivery mission across enemy territory; script by David Coggeshall with producers P.J. van Sandwijk, William Sherak, James Vanderbilt and Paul Neinstein. Domestic rights are with CAA and international with Black Bear. Liman is also finishing the Bitcoin thriller with Casey Affleck, Pete Davidson and Gal Gadot, and the project is noted for budget cuts via AI-assisted production and markerless capture.

via Deadline|
#cannes-market#doug-liman#eddie-redmayne
Cornerstone Boards Parisian Waiter Drama With Poésy & Woodall
film28 days ago

Cornerstone Boards Parisian Waiter Drama With Poésy & Woodall

Cornerstone has acquired worldwide sales rights to A Waiter in Paris, the feature debut of Peter Hoar, starring Leo Woodall and Clémence Poésy; BBC Film, Curzon, Cineart and Madman back the project with pre-sales to Curzon (UK), Cineart (Benelux) and Madman (Australia). Adapted by Ben Hopkins from Edward Chisholm’s memoir, the Paris-shot drama follows an Englishman who joins Parisian waiters and navigates love, nightlife and the precarity of the trade, with shooting planned on location in Paris.

via Deadline|
#a-waiter-in-paris#cannes-market#clemence-poesy
Blair Witch Reboot Debuts at Cannes Market Under Lionsgate/Blumhouse
film29 days ago

Blair Witch Reboot Debuts at Cannes Market Under Lionsgate/Blumhouse

Lionsgate and Blumhouse are launching sales at the Cannes Market for a Blair Witch Project reboot directed by Dylan Clark, with a budget around $10 million and production aimed for fall; plot details are being kept under wraps, while Chris Devlin’s screenplay is rewritten by Clark. The project brings back involvement from original creatives and stars as executive producers (including Joshua Leonard, Michael C. Williams, Eduardo Sánchez, Daniel Myrick, and Gregg Hale), with James Wan and Roy Lee producing, and Lionsgate set to handle domestic/UK rights.

via Deadline|
#blair-witch-project#blumhouse#cannes-market
Foxfinder adds a starry trio for a Bavaria-shot thriller at Cannes
film1 month ago

Foxfinder adds a starry trio for a Bavaria-shot thriller at Cannes

Aoife McArdle will direct Foxfinder, a psychological thriller adaptation of Dawn King's play, starring Tessa Thompson alongside Owen Cooper and Ebon Moss-Bachrach. Cornerstone and Logical Pictures Group will handle international sales, with production backing from Film4 and the BFI; filming is set to begin in Bavaria in 2026, and US rights are represented by WME Independent, Cornerstone and Logical Pictures.

via Deadline|
#aoife-mcardle#cannes-market#dawn-king
Netflix Acquires Star-Studded Legal Drama 'Monsanto' for $30M
entertainment2 years ago

Netflix Acquires Star-Studded Legal Drama 'Monsanto' for $30M

Netflix has secured a $34M deal for the film "Monsanto," directed by John Lee Hancock and starring Glen Powell, Anthony Mackie, and Laura Dern. The movie, based on a true story, follows attorney Brent Wisner (Powell) as he takes on Monsanto on behalf of Dewayne Johnson (Mackie), who claims the company's product Roundup caused his cancer. This deal is one of the biggest at the Cannes market, alongside Apple's $40M acquisition of "Tenzing."

via Deadline|
#anthony-mackie#cannes-market#entertainment
Cannes Market Deals at Risk Amidst Strikes and Chaos.
entertainment3 years ago

Cannes Market Deals at Risk Amidst Strikes and Chaos.

The ongoing Writers Guild of America strike poses unique challenges for deals at the Cannes Market, with most production start dates pushing to fall. However, projects that have already been "pre-baked" with producers, financiers, and sales companies are safe to proceed. The conditions also present an opportunity for international players, as bigger studios and distributors may pull back, providing more chances for territorial distributors overseas and talent who "aren't always available or as likely to come to the independent, international side of the business."

via Variety|
#cannes-market#entertainment#film-production
Alec Baldwin's 'Rust' Finds New Sales Company for Cannes Return.
film3 years ago

Alec Baldwin's 'Rust' Finds New Sales Company for Cannes Return.

Alec Baldwin's Western film "Rust" has returned to the Cannes market for sale by Goodfellas, after the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on set in 2021. Baldwin stars as an outlaw who comes out of hiding to save his grandson from being hanged for murder. Filming resumed in April 2022 after two counts of involuntary manslaughter against Baldwin were dropped, and Hutchins' widower is now an executive producer on the movie.

via Hollywood Reporter|
#alec-baldwin#cannes-market#film