Reading view

CAA & Finch & Partners Aim To Recreate Cannes Future Of Film Symposium In Venice, Doha & Other Locations

EXCLUSIVE: CAA teamed up with Charles Finch’s Finch & Partners to host an exclusive film symposium in Cannes and the teams are now eyeing an expansion of the event to other festivals/cities including Venice and Doha. Additional locations are also being discussed, alongside a return to the same venue in Cannes next year. The private […]

  •  

Sony Classics Buys North America & Multiple International Markets On Cannes Animated Film ‘Iron Boy’

Sony Pictures Classics has acquired all rights in North and Latin America, India and Southeast Asian TV to Iron Boy, Louis Clichy’s hand-painted animated feature. Premiering in the Un Certain Regard section at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, the childhood drama has drawn some enthusiastic notices from critics. The French-language film is co-written by Clichy […]

  •  

‘Victorian Psycho’: Maika Monroe Is A Crazed Governess In First Trailer For Cannes Horror

Here’s your first teaser trailer for Maika Monroe horror Victorian Psycho, which debuts today in Cannes’ UCR section. Based on the novel by Virginia Feito, the synopsis reads: “When eccentric governess Winifred (Monroe) arrives at a remote gothic manor in Victorian England, her unnerving charm hides a deadly secret. Strange, unsettling incidents become harder to […]

  •  

Park Chan-Wook Western ‘Brigands Of Rattlecreek’, With McConaughey, Butler, Pascal And Tang Wei, Selling To Warner Bros’ Clockwork Out Of Cannes Market

EXCLUSIVE: This was always going to be one of the hottest packages at the Cannes market, and now Warner Bros’ new label Clockwork has beaten out rivals to take The Brigands of Rattlecreek off the table in a North American deal pegged in the mid-teen millions. The studio is in exclusive negotiations for the movie and […]

  •  

Andrey Zvyagintsev’s ‘Minotaur’ Gets Heartfelt Ten-Minute Ovation At Cannes Premiere

Minotaur marks the first film from acclaimed Russian auteur Andrey Zvyagintsev in the best part of a decade. At the film’s Cannes Film Festival world premiere today it received a heartfelt ten-minute standing ovation, one of the longer ovations of the festival so far. Deadline’s Stephanie Bunbury hailed the movie as “a great piece of […]

  •  

John Boyega & Cara Delevingne In ‘The Punishing’: First Images Revealed Of Supernatural Horror Launching At Cannes Market With Ignite, WME & UTA

EXCLUSIVE: While Cara Delevingne’s buzzy Cannes UCR title Club Kid takes the festival by storm, the actress is also starring in a buzzy market horror in the shape of The Punishing. As we previously revealed, Delevingne stars with Star Wars alum John Boyega in the supernatural movie. Today we can reveal first look images and […]

  •  

Oscar-Shortlisted Film ‘Extremist’, About Life Under Putin, Getting Feature With ‘Leviathan’ and ‘Butterfly Jam’ Producer — Cannes Market

EXCLUSIVE: Oscar shortlisted short film Extremist is getting the feature treatment, with the project boarded by arthouse stalwart Alexander Rodnyansky (Leviathan) and his production banner AR Content. Rodnyansky joins Alexander Molochnikov and Forma Pro films in producing The Extremists after the short premiered at the 2025 Telluride Film Festival and won the Live Action Award […]

  •  

Jonathan Bailey & Natalie Portman Thriller ‘Pumping Black’ Racing To Amazon In First Big Cannes Market Deal

EXCLUSIVE: In the first big deal to go down at the Cannes market, Amazon has swooped on most international rights to Jonathan Bailey and Natalie Portman psychological thriller Pumping Black. Set in the competitive and cutthroat world of professional cycling, and described as being in the vein of Whiplash and Black Swan, Pumping Black “follows […]

  •  
❌