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- IndieWire· 7 OctReview‘My Undesirable Friends: Part II — Exile’ Review: Don’t Be Intimidated by Julia Loktev’s Gripping Six-Hour Wartime Journalism Epic
Epic may be the wrong word for what Loktev achieves with her follow-up to the Oscar-shortlisted saga about Russian dissident journalists condemned by the Kremlin — it's really more of a vibe movie, and better for it.
- Variety· 7 Oct‘Michael’ Sequel to Get $31 Million in California Tax Credits
California taxpayers will help underwrite the “Michael” sequel from Lionsgate, with $30.8 million in state tax incentives going toward the production.
- Variety· 7 OctMK2 Films Acquires Dardenne Brothers, Archipel 35 Film Library to Expand Its Heritage Footprint (EXCLUSIVE)
Mk2 Films is expanding its prestigious film library with the acquisition of Denis Freyd’s production company Archipel 35, as well as movies by two-time Palme d’Or-winning directors Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne from their company Les Films du Fleuve.
- Variety· 7 OctGlen Powell Is Staying Quiet on Politics Because ‘I Do Not Like the Discourse,’ Says ‘Running Man’ Flopped After Paramount Laid Off ‘Entire Marketing Department’
Glen Powell is the latest Hollywood heavyweight to express a disinterest in talking about politics in press interviews. The “Top Gun: Maverick” and “Chad Powers” is on the last cover of Esquire magazine and remembered growing up with parents who never brought up current events…
Also atDeadline, - Variety· 7 Oct‘Mami Wata’ Director C.J. Obasi, ‘Khartoum’ Filmmaker Ibrahim Ahmad and More Take New Projects to Durban FilmMart’s Co-Production Forum
The 17th Durban FilmMart kicks off Oct. 9 with a stacked, four-day program of talks, panels, think tanks and conversations that will spotlight some of the challenges and opportunities for the African film and TV industries and set the agenda for the continent’s filmmakers for…
- IndieWire· 7 OctJames Gray Looks Back at His Confident, Dangerous First Film ‘Little Odessa’
The writer-director of "Paper Tiger" talks to IndieWire about his 1994 debut "Little Odessa," now available in a new 4K UHD edition from Criterion.
Little Odessa - The Hollywood Reporter· 7 OctActor Jack Reynor to Be Honored at the Oscar Wilde Awards (Exclusive)
The event, ready for its 21st edition, will return to the Ebell theater in Los Angeles on March 11.
- Deadline· 7 OctLow Light Films Boards Jane Schoenbrun EP’d ‘The Arrow At Rest’ + First Clip
EXCLUSIVE: Barcelona-based Low Light Films has boarded sales on Theodore Schaefer’s The Arrow at Rest at Every Instant of its Flight ahead of its European premiere at the Sitges Film Festival this week and released a first clip.
- Variety· 7 OctFremantle’s Mipcom Lineup: ‘Baywatch,’ Matthew Macfadyen and Claire Foy in ‘You Are Here,’ Impactful Non-Fiction and More (EXCLUSIVE)
Galvanized by the weighty sales and deal prospects on its “Baywatch” reboot, Fremantle is set to hit the Croisette with a powerhouse lineup as it drives ever more into “mainstream escapism, entertainment, big brands, IP,” said Fremantle CEO Commercial, International Jens…
- Deadline· 7 OctMaggie Gyllenhaal On Casting Ellen Burstyn & Dakota Johnson In ‘Flesh Impact’ – Busan
Following her Venice jury chief duty, Maggie Gyllenhaal is attending Busan film festival for the first time with her short film, Flesh Impact, which is showing in Special Screenings.
- Variety· 7 Oct‘In the Shadows’ Producers to Self-Release British Boxing Biopic Following Collapse of U.K. Distributor True Brit Entertainment (EXCLUSIVE)
The producers of upcoming British boxing biopic “In the Shadow” have successfully staged a last-minute rescue mission to save their film after its U.K. distributor True Brit Entertainment filed for administration in late September.
- Variety· 7 OctKiller Films Boards Ray Panthaki’s Directorial Debut ‘In Starland’ as Feature Lands Tallinn World Premiere (EXCLUSIVE)
“In Starland,” the directorial debut of British star Ray Panthaki and led by “Sing Sing” breakout Clarence Maclin, has been backed by some of the indie film world’s leading lights.
- Deadline· 7 OctThe Coven Boards Australian Slasher ‘The Only One’ Starring Mel Jarnson & Saphira Moran
EXCLUSIVE: The Coven has picked up worldwide rights to Michael Schwarz’s slasher directorial debut The Only One ahead of its premiere at the Brooklyn Horror Film Festival this month.
- The Hollywood Reporter· 7 Oct‘Prince’ Is a Stylized Cinematic Battle Royal With a Show Dog, His Owner, Her Butler and Their Family
Uruguayan writer-director Federico Borgia's solo feature debut, premiering at the London Film Fest, features a ruthless custody battle and explores family ties, avarice and class divides with black humor.
- Variety· 7 Oct‘Will You Still Be My Friend’ Director Lu Po-Shun on Finding Common Ground From San Sebastian to Busan
When Variety spoke with Taiwanese director Lu Po-Shun in March, he was seeking final financing for his debut feature, “Will You Still Be My Friend,” a coming-of-age drama weaving adolescent friendship with local politics and solar energy development.
- Deadline· 7 OctWalmart-Owned Vizio Sets Original Film Starring Rachel Bilson And Scott Foley, Adds Film & TV Titles In Big Expansion
EXCLUSIVE: Smart-TV maker Vizio, which was acquired by Walmart in 2024, is bringing to market an original holiday movie and more programming from premium suppliers and creators in a major content expansion.
- Variety· 7 OctChinese Landscape Painting Film Series Will Run to a Fourth Installment, Says ‘First Taste of Loneliness’ Director Gu You (EXCLUSIVE)
Chinese filmmaker Gu You’s films modeled on Chinese landscape painting will not stop at three. The director of “The First Taste of Loneliness,” which world premiering in competition at the Busan International Film Festival, tells Variety that a fourth installment is already in…
- Deadline· 7 OctAndrew Lloyd Webber’s ‘Phantom Of The Opera’ To Be Recorded Live & Released In Cinemas
Universal Pictures Content Group (UPCG), LW Entertainment and Cameron Mackintosh have partnered to produce a live recording of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Phantom Of The Opera, which will be released in cinemas in 2027.
- Variety· 7 OctSingapore Film Festival Stands by ‘The Assassin(s)’ After Korean Conservatives Demand It Be Dropped
The Singapore International Film Festival (SGIFF) is keeping Hur Jin-ho’s “The Assassin(s)” as its opening film, a day after all 109 lawmakers of South Korea’s conservative People Power Party (PPP) asked the festival to pull it.
- The Hollywood Reporter· 7 Oct‘Concrete Land,’ a Debut Feature Doc, Tells the Story of a Palestinian Bedouin Family Displaced in Jordan
Palestinian-Jordanian director Asmahan Bkerat's film, screening at the London Film Festival, introduces us to a family who helped the young creative discover her love for documentary filmmaking.
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