Phase 4 Films has acquired North American rights to docu “The Crash Reel” from “Waste Land” helmer Lucy Walker. HBO, which helped finance the pic, will keep U.S. television broadcast rights. Pedro Kos … More »Phase 4 Acquires Lucy Walker docu ‘The Crash Reel’
Phase 4 Films has acquired U.S. and Canadian rights to The Crash Reel, which follows the different paths taken by childhood friends and rivals Shaun White and Kevin Pearce. The latter suffered a serious … More »Cannes: Phase 4 Acquires Lucy Walker’s Sundance Docu ‘The Crash Reel’
Just hours before Lionsgate’s much-anticipated “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire” party at Baoli Beach, photographers crammed into the lobby of the Majestic Hotel on Saturday to snap pictures of the film’s … More »Cannes: Photogs Hungry for ‘Hunger Games’ Stars
Audiences are likely to feel impatient with this leaden Russian black comedy. More »Cannes Film Review: ‘Bite the Dust’
Two days before prestige pic “Blood Ties” screens at Cannes, Worldview Entertainment has picked up rights to Marilyn Monroe biopic “Blonde” with “Killing Them Softly” helmer Andrew Dominik set to helm. … More »Worldview Boards ‘Blonde’
Morgan Freeman and Diane Keaton will star together for the first time in the comedy “Life Itself” with Richard Loncraine directing. Project was introduced at Cannes, where Myriad Pictures is selling international … More »Morgan Freeman, Diane Keaton In ‘Life Itself’
Hirokazu Kore-eda's reverberant drama is a characteristically low-key treatment of familial bonds, expectations and responsibilities. More »Cannes Film Review: ‘Like Father, Like Son’
The current byword in Southern Europe’s debt-ridden economies is “export or die,” and Spanish producers have taken heed, in order to counteract uncertainty over public subsidies and plummeting TV inve … More »Spanish Producers Think Globally
Once the Cinderella of film production, Spain’s animation output is now knocking on global market doors, boosted by the growing commitment of private broadcasters. More »Spanish Animation Generates Heat in Otherwise Tepid Market
Since September, Spain has unleashed two of its three biggest movies ever: Juan Antonio Bayona’s "The Impossible" with a $172.5 million gross worldwide and Andy Muschietti’s Mama at $135.8 million gross … More »Spain’s Recession Calls for Creative Film Financing
A lean and suspenseful genre piece that follows a bloody trail of vengeance to its cruel, absurd and logical conclusion. More »Cannes Film Review: ‘Blue Ruin’
This is a project that stirred a lot of excitement when it was initially announced in 2010. Writer-director Andrew Dominik was coming off of The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford at … More »Cannes: Worldview Options Andrew Dominik’s Marilyn Monroe Biopic ‘Blonde’
A visually arresting poetic reverie that should strike a chord with adventurous audiences who don't mind mood over matter. More »Cannes Film Review: ‘For Those in Peril’
Koch Media has nabbed German rights to Mukunda Michael Dewil’s action thriller “Drop” from K5 Intl. Pic follows a special ops officer as he attempts to free the U.S. Vice President, who is being held hostage … More »Koch Media Picks Up K5′s ‘Drop’ in Germany
This demanding but highly absorbing two-hander showcases Benicio Del Toro and Mathieu Amalric at the top of their craft. More »Cannes Film Review: ‘Jimmy P. (Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian)’
A group of entertainment veterans have launched Wentworth Media & Arts, a London-based independent film finance, production and distribution company, led by the former chairman of EMI, Eric Luciano Nicoli, … More »Wentworth Media Launches to Finance, Produce Movies
LAS VEGAS (AP) — O.J. Simpson's former lawyer defended himself point-by-point Friday against allegations he botched the former football star's armed-robbery trial, after giving damaging testimony that … More »OJ's ex-lawyer contradicts his testimony on guns
Phase 4 Films and XLrator Media have jointly acquired North American rights to crime thriller “Jamesy Boy,” starring Mary-Louise Parker, James Woods, Ving Rhames, Taissa Farmiga and Spencer Lofranco. … More »Phase 4, XLrator Take Mary Louise-Parker’s ‘Jamesy Boy’
MALMO, Sweden (AP) — Flashy skirts, fake tans, fur and feathers: It's the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest. More »Blinking skirts, fake tans: It must be Eurovision
The jury of the CineMasters section of the 31st Munich film festival will consist of Steven Gaydos, VP and executive editor of Variety, German thesp-helmer Maria Schrader and New York publicist Peggy Siegal. … More »Munich Fest Taps Gaydos, Schrader, Siegal for Jury
"Listening to the nightly news, this appears to be just the latest example of a culture of cover-ups and political intimidation in this administration. It seems like the truth is hidden from the American … More »Quotations of the day
With Michael Mann gearing up to start production on an untitled thriller involving cyber crime, Spike Lee has come on to direct the rags-to-riches tale "Gold," which Teddy Schwarzman's Black Bear Pictures … More »Spike Lee Attached to Direct Former Michael Mann Movie 'Gold' (Exclusive)
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Spaniards David and Alex Pastor, who wrote Ryan Reynolds-starrer “Selfless,” are prepping a directorial outing, “Phoenix”. Budgeted at $15 million-$20 million, and set up at Spain’s Morena Films, “Phoenix” … More »‘Phoenix’ rises at Morena
As the rich get richer, they flood Cannes looking for better returns on their millions with at least four new financing companies: "You’ll get 5 … 10 percent." More »Cannes: The One Percent Flocks to Film Investment