Netflix has bought Diego Luna’s “Ashes” for Latin America, Spain and Portugal in the run up to its world premiere in the Special Screenings section at the Cannes Film Festival. Adapted from the acclaimed novel “Ceniza en la boca,” “Ashes” follows Lucila, a young woman who leaves Mexico with her younger brother to reunite with […]

Paradise City Sales has boarded Andrea Pallaoro’s latest feature “The Echo Chamber” ahead of the Cannes Film Market, with UTA Independent Film Group co-repping the film for North America. Starring Alicia Vikander alongside Luca Marinelli and Susan Sarandon, the project was penned by Bernardo Bertolucci alongside Ilaria Bernardini and Ludovica Rampoldi (“Primavera”). Currently in post, […]

Charlotte Gainsbourg (“Antichrist”), Edgar Ramirez (“Emilia Pérez”) and Annabelle Wallis (“The Mummy”) are set to star in Argyris Papadimitropoulos’ new feature “Oh, How Fun!,” a satirical comedy set on the posh Greek Island of Antiparos. Lucky Number has boarded international sales and CAA Media Finance co-represents U.S. rights. The sexy project starts shooting later this […]

Pathé and its holding Merit France have partnered with Vendôme Pictures to launch a new production and finance company. Called Emotion Pictures, the banner will specialize in commercial, English-language films. It will develop, acquire, fully finance and produce a slate of films that will be released theatrically by Pathé in France, Switzerland and Benelux. Philippe Rousselet’s […]

In the run up to the Cannes Film Festival, French entrepreneurs Emmanuel Lipszyc and Thomas Cohen have launched IPFC, an ambitious new startup aiming to protect and monetize creative IP consumed by generative AI systems. Their model draws inspiration from rights management orgs such as SACEM, the French society of authors, composers and publishers which collects royalties […]