$24 Million Adventure Movie ‘Jim Button and the Wild 13’ Sold to Multiple Territories (EXCLUSIVE)

Gravitas Ventures, the indie film and documentary distributor founded and run by Nolan Gallagher, has been acquired by Canadian media giant Anthem Sports & Entertainment.Anthem bought Gravitas from Germany-based Red Arrow Studios as part of a multimillion dollar deal that includes Gravitas Ventures’ library of 3000 titles. Anthem’s transaction was based on a cash purchase price of $73 million along with an additional common stock consideration component.

EXCLUSIVE: David M. Rosenthal (A Single Shot, Janie Jones) is directing an untitled thriller about freediving, which has been boarded by Netflix France.

Jennifer Yuma editorThe British are coming … back!Focus Features released the teaser trailer for “Downton Abbey: A New Era” on Monday and from the looks of it, the Crawleys will be taking the South of France by storm.The “Downton Abbey” sequel comes two years after the original movie and five years after the hit TV drama ended its six-season run.

Christopher Vourlias France’s Manny Films, Austria’s Nabis Filmgroup and Bulgaria’s Are Digital have boarded Sofia Exarchou’s “Animal,” the follow-up to the Greek director’s San Sebastian prize winner “Park.”“Animal” takes place under the hot Greek sun and amidst the sweaty nights of an eternal summer.

Simon Cowell has confessed he wants his son Eric to work behind the cameras as he follows in his dad's footsteps in the future.The 62 year old, who reportedly recently hired Dawn French to front his new TV show, spoke out about his plans for his seven year old son in an exclusive interview with OK! at the Together For Short Lives' Ball – which was sponsored by M&S Food and held in partnership with OK! magazine.The Together For Short Lives' Ball aims to raise £300,000 to allow families caring for

By comparison, Searchlight’s “The French Dispatch” grossed $1.34 million from just 52 screens on its opening weekend and then expanded to 788 screens and added $2.6 million the following weekend.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaMarvel’s “Eternals” achieved global domination at the box office.The latest entry in the MCU picked up $90.7 million internationally, which pushes its global total to a lordly $161.7 million. The film opened in several major markets, picking up $14.4 million in South Korea, $7.1 million in the United Kingdom, $6.7 million in France, $5.7 million in Mexico, $5 million in Australia and $4.6 million in Italy.

With the majors eagerly seeking franchises rather than films, their executives might now pay some attention to a courtly Texan who lives in Paris. For 25 years, Wes Anderson has quietly but systematically built his unlikely and fragile franchise around 10 movies that filmgoers profess to enjoy but not understand. His latest, The French Dispatch, opened last week to a $5.5 million box office gross in Week 1, thus suggesting that “art movies” somehow can survive even amid the challenges of 2021.

EXCLUSIVE: Concourse Media has launched world sales rights during the virtual AFM on social impact drama-thriller On Sacred Ground, starring William Mapother, David Arquette, Amy Smart, Kerry Knuppe, Frances Fisher, Irene Bedard and Mariel Hemingway.

World leaders have been pictured gathering for the start of the Cop26 climate talks in Glasgow in Scotland.

First ladies Jill Biden and Brigitte Macron twinned during a dinner date in Italy ahead of the 2021 G20 Rome summit on Friday, Oct. 29. The First Lady of the United States, 70, met with the First Lady of France, 68, wife of French president Emmanuel Macron, at Il Marchese in Rome for some wine and Italian delicacies. Both women wore matching black skirt suits with navy accessories, including a shawl and a clutch purse.

Will Tizard ContributorJost Vacano, honored with a lifetime achievement award this year at the EnergaCamerimage cinematography fest, had his career breakthrough working with director Wolfgang Petersen on the 1981 hit film “Das Boot,” which signified a major success for German cinema. International critics praised the extraordinary innovations of Vacano’s filming, which faithfully recreated the claustrophobic confines of U-boat combat in World War II.

John Bateman has described captaining England on Saturday afternoon as a dream come true.

Lucas Bravo has landed an exciting new role!

There is a saying about the historic German spa town of Baden Baden - that it’s so good they named it twice.

New England captain John Bateman has promised his game will not change after being asked to lead his country for the first time.

John Bateman insists he is still in the dark about whether he will get the chance to fulfil his childhood dream of captaining England this weekend.

On Sunday, New York Times’ media writer Ben Smith published a report looking into sexual harassment charges leveled against Bild, a center-right German tabloid owned by Axel Springer. In recent years, Springer has invested in and acquired various multiple American sites including Insider, Thrillist Media Group, the struggling Ozy Media, and as of this past August, Politico, which it purchased for $1 billion.