Two years after Mark Eydelshteyn’s first English-language role helped “Anora” win the Palme D’or, the rising Russian star’s next English-language project is heading back to Cannes, this time to the market. “Becoming Capa,” from writer/director Charlotte Colbert (“She Will”) and first announced by Variety, has been acquired for worldwide sales by HanWay Films, which will […]

Ahead of its world premiere in Cannes, Oscar-nominated director Reed Van Dyk’s feature debut “Atonement” has been boarded by The Veterans for international sales. CAA Media Finance and WME Independent are co-handling the U.S. rights. The film — which bows in Director’s Fortnight as the lone U.S. feature in the competition — stars Oscar-winner Kenneth Branagh (“Dunkirk,” […]

With upcoming Gothic thriller “Victorian Psycho” confirmed for Cannes, an additional member of the cast has now been announced. Evie Templeton, the rising British star best known for her breakout turn as Agnes DeMille in the second season of Netflix hit “Wednesday,” stars in the film, which will premiere in the Un Certain Regard competition. […]

“Nimrods: A Green Day Story,” writer-director Lee Kirk’s comedy based on the rock band’s adventures while living in a van before the success of their 1994 album “Dookie,” will be rolling into the Cannes market. Palisades Park Pictures has acquired international sales on the feature, which has a global theatrical rollout set for August, with […]

Having played British spies, lords, WWII fighters pilots and even wrestlers, Jack Lowden has now taken on his most contemporary role to date. In the satirical short “Vote Gavin Lyle” — from WePresent, the arts platform of WeTransfer — the Emmy nominee portrays a middle-England family man and aspiring right-wing politician. Released on YouTube and WePresent […]

BAFTA and Emmy award-nominee Tessa Thompson (“Thor: Ragnarok,” “Hedda”), Golden Globe and Emmy award-winner Owen Cooper (“Adolescence,” “Wuthering Heights”) and two-time Emmy award-winner Ebon Moss-Bachrach (“The Bear, The Fantastic Four: First Steps”) are attached to star in upcoming psychological thriller “Foxfinder.” The film, from DGA and Emmy award-nominated director Aoife McArdle (“Severance,” “Kissing Candice”) and […]

A number of major U.K. networks and industry partners have teamed to launch a new masterclass-focused training initiative aimed at raising industry standards when it comes to textured hair and dark skin tones. The ‘Textured Hair & Make-up for Deep Skin-Tones Accelerator,’ comes from Dandi, the diversity and inclusion service from the team behind the […]

Kim Kardashian’s robbery at gunpoint in an apartment during the 2016 Paris Fashion Week is getting the docuseries treatment. “Kim, the Diamond and the Grandpa Robbers,” is a four-part series from Pernel Media (“Missed Call,” “The Au Pair’”) for Canal+ Originals. As per the description, the series “pulls back the curtain on one of the […]

French filmmaker Camille Delamarre is set to direct “The Godforsaken Sea,” an epic true story set against the 1996–1997 Vendée Globe, considered to be the toughest solo ocean race in the world and often described as “The Everest of the Seas.” The project is set to be introduced to buyers in Cannes. According to the […]

Writer-director Luna Carmoon has wrapped principal photography on her second feature following her breakout debut “Hoard” and unveiled a lineup of buzzy names that are leading the cast. “To Make Ends Meat” stars Naomi Ackie (“Sorry, Baby,” “Mickey 17”), Alison Oliver (“Wuthering Heights,” “Saltburn”), Éanna Hardwicke (“Saipan,” “The Sixth Commandment”) and Armande Boulanger (“The Returned,” […]

Sister Group, Jane Featherstone and Elisabeth Murdoch’s growing transatlantic powerhouse, has added to its portfolio of acquisitions by taking a majority stake in British digital-first production company After Party Studios. Founded in 2016, After Party was set up by YouTuber Callum McGinley (best known by the name Callux), film director Ben Doyle (who goes by […]

The second edition of SXSW London has unveiled the lineup of films and speakers for its screen program, which will open with the world premiere of “Virginia Woolf’s Night and Day.” From BAFTA-nominated director Tina Ghavari and screenwriter Justine Waddell, the adaptation features a cast including Haley Bennett, Jack Whitehall, Jennifer Saunders, Lily Allen, Sally […]