Category Archives: News
Cannes Film Market and Consumer Technology Assn. Launch CES Innovation Award
The Cannes Film Market and the Consumer Technology Assn., the owner of technology event CES, have teamed to launch a new CES Innovation Award category: Filmmaking and Distribution. The award is in par...
Leo Barraclough May 14, 2025
Spain’s Big Shoot Scene Remains Resilient, Despite Global Headwinds
In the week before Cannes, Spain's production sector was still digesting the news of U.S. PresidentDonald Trump's call for tariffs of 100% on movies made outside the U.S. "Tariffs will not resolve any...
John Hopewell May 14, 2025
Francesca Amewudah-Rivers, Daisy Bevan and Amy Spalding to Star in Lena Dunham-Produced Short Film ‘Notice Me’ (EXCLUSIVE)
West End “Romeo & Juliet” star Francesca Amewudah-Rivers, Daisy Bevan (“Too Much”) and Amy Spalding (BBC’s “I Kissed a Girl”) will lead “Notice Me,&...
Ellise Shafer May 14, 2025
Rob Stevenson on Launching Alter, a Different Kind of Record Label
Over his three-decade career, Rob Stevenson has racked up an impressive track record as an A&R executive: the Killers, Fall Out Boy, 30 Seconds to Mars, Sum-41, the final Beastie Boys album, teami...
Jem Aswad May 14, 2025
Spain Scores a Historic Cannes Competition Double
For the first time since 1988, Spain has two movies in Cannes main competition, neither of whose directors are Pedro Almodvar: Carla Simn's "Romera" and Oliver Laxe's "Sirat." That says much about thi...
John Hopewell May 14, 2025
Trivium’s Matt Heafy explains why Bullet For My Valentine pulled out of co-headline tour early
Trivium’s Matt Heafy has shed light on why Bullet For My Valentine abruptly pulled out of their co-headline tour. READ MORE: Trivium and Bullet For My Valentine talk ‘Poisoned Ascendancy&r...
Liberty Dunworth May 14, 2025
MMM Film Sales Picks Up Cannes ACID Closer ‘The Black Snake,’ ARP to Distribute in France: A ‘Powerful Story of Tradition, Displacement and Identity’ (EXCLUSIVE)
MMM Film Sales has picked up Aurlien Vernhes-Lermusiaux's "Black Snake" ahead of its premiere at Cannes' ACID. ARP has taken distribution rights in France. ACID's closing film, shot in the Colom...
Marta Balaga May 14, 2025
Austin Butler and Jeremy Allen White to Star in A24 Crime Saga ‘Enemies’
Austin Butler and Jeremy Allen White will face off in A24 crime film “Enemies” from writer-director Henry Dunham (“Bushido,” “The Standoff at Sparrow Creek”). The c...
Ellise Shafer May 14, 2025
Inside the “Wallace & Gromit-style” DIY council house studio that bred Sheffield’s weirdest stars
A new book has been published telling the story of the bizarre “Wallace & Gromit-style” DIY music studio that was a breeding ground for some of Sheffield’s most experimental futu...
Andrew Trendell May 14, 2025
Tom Cruise Won’t Address ‘Mission: Impossible’ Future During Surprise Cannes Talk: ‘I’d Rather People’ Just See ‘The Final Reckoning’ and Enjoy
In a wide-ranging masterclass at the Cannes Film Festival, Christopher McQuarrie delved into the evolution of the “competitive” film business and why his collaboration with Tom Cruise offe...
Tatiana Siegel May 14, 2025