John Hopewell

Spain’s Telecinco Cinema Joins ‘Monster,’ ‘Regression’

August 25, 2021 at 5:38 a.m.

Renewing relations with Spain's two most preeminent heavyweight auteurs, Spanish production and promotion powerhouse Telecinco Cinema has boarded both Juan Antonio Bayona's fantasy-actioner "A Monster Calls" and Alejandro Amenabar's thriller...

Walter Salles’ VideoFilmes Boards Santiago Mitre’s ‘La Patota’

August 25, 2021 at 5:50 a.m.

MADRID - VideoFilmes , the Rio de Janeiro-based production house owned by Walter Salles ("Central Station," "The Motorcycle Diaries"), will co-produce social thriller " La Patota ," the much-anticipated second...

CANNES: Sony Pictures Classics Buys Palme d’Or Frontrunner ‘Leviathan’ (EXCLUSIVE)

August 25, 2021 at 5:16 a.m.

CANNES - Sony Pictures Classics has acquired U.S. and Canada rights to " Leviathan ," Russian master Andrey Zvyagintsev 's Cannes competition sensation which has proved one of the most...

Cohen Media Group Takes Cannes Competition Player ‘Timbuktu’

August 25, 2021 at 5:16 a.m.

CANNES - Cohen Media Group has acquired U.S. rights to Abderrahmane Sissako 's Cannes Competition entry " Timbuktu ." Set in a village outside Timbuktu, after the jihadist occupation of...

Neeson, Johannson, Costner Power Up Luc Besson’s EuropaCorp Revenues

August 25, 2021 at 5:17 a.m.

CANNES - Powered by English-language actioners - Liam Neeson's "Taken" and "Taken 2," now Scarlett Johansson sci-fier "Lucy" - plus high-end TV drama production, Luc Besson's Gallic major EuropaCorp punched...

Open Road sets Feb. 20 U.S. Release for Sean Penn’s ‘The Gunman’

August 25, 2021 at 5:15 a.m.

CANNES -- Open Road has set a U.S. release dates of Feb. 20 for the Silver Pictures Sean Penn starrer "The Gunman." Euro film/TV group Studiocanal, which also financed and...

‘Magic’ Sells to U.S. as ‘Macbeth,’ ‘Legend,’ ‘Bastille Day’ Power Studiocanal To Cannes Sales Record (EXCLUSIVE)

August 25, 2021 at 5:11 a.m.

Announcing its fifth U.S. sale in three weeks -- Shout! Factory's pickup on 3D toon pic "The House of Magic" -- Studiocanal, Europe's biggest film production-distribution force, has had its...

Los Cabos Allies With Tribeca, Halifax, Moscow (EXCLUSIVE)

August 25, 2021 at 5:07 a.m.

Firmly established as a vibrant Mexico-U.S.-Canada fest/industry meet, Baja California's Los Cabos International Film Festival is branching out, establishing strategic alliances with the Tribeca Film Institute , Halifax's Strategic Partners...

CANNES: Market Looks Healthy for the Right Titles

August 25, 2021 at 5:50 a.m.

The Cannes 2014 market will go down as one of the most contradictory in years. Its lack of fully-packaged star-driven quality projects was a major talking point. The larger question...

CANNES: Rodrigo Bellott, Rodrigo Orozco, Alessandra Lo Savio Launch Production Company (EXCLUSIVE)

August 25, 2021 at 5:52 a.m.

Bolivia's Rodrigo Bellott, ( pictured ) one of Latin America's best-known filmmakers, and Rodrigo Orozco, have teamed with Italian entrepreneur Alessandra Lo Savio to launch Bolivian Bold USA . Bellott...

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