AGC Studios Boss Stuart Ford Says ‘Wheels Are Turning’ for Indie Film Business in Cannes

Claudia Eller Co-Editor-in-ChiefI spent last week in New York having face-to-face business meetings with entertainment executives after not being able to make direct contact over the past 15 months. Last time I was in Manhattan was February 2020, right before COVID-19 began wreaking havoc on my favorite city away from home, and of course on the entire country.There were residual signs of pandemic fallout: A number of restaurants long favored by industry folks had shuttered for good.

CANNES, France -- “Matt! Matt! Look over here, over your shoulder, Matt Damon!” The moment he turned with a big smile on his face, we made direct eye contact as chills ran down my spine. Bam! I captured it.As an Atlanta-based photographer who’s covered major sports, breaking news, national politics throughout the United States, I thought all my previous experience would have prepared me for the Cannes Film Festival.

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Titane” is also the first time the biggest fest prize in the world has gone to an out-and-out horror schlock fest. Other genre movies – Un Certain Regard’s “Lamb” and supernatural thriller “The Innocents” – proved standouts at the festival.

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Community film is still on the cards.“I am, at least once a week, thinking about it, because the gears are turning,” he told Vulture’s Good One podcast.“Logistically, the locks are coming away.

Production has officially resumed on James Mangold‘s “Indiana Jones 5” after star Harrison Ford injured his shoulder during fight training, and there has been another fantastic addition to the already stellar cast. Oscar-nominated actor Antonio Banderas (“Pain & Glory“) has been tapped for an undisclosed, according to a report from Deadline.

EXCLUSIVE: Mooky Greidinger, CEO of Cineworld, the world’s second-biggest exhibition circuit and owner of Regal Cinemas, says he’s satisfied with this past weekend’s $80M domestic theatrical box office opening for Disney/Marvel’s Black Widow. But he also tells Deadline he remains “convinced” that with an exclusive theatrical window, “we could have brought in maybe $110M, maybe $120M” in the U.S.

Matt Donnelly Senior Film WriterA24 recently explored a possible sale, with the indie film studio floating an asking price of between $2.5 billion to $3 billion.Sources familiar with the situation tell Variety that the Oscar-winning shop behind “Moonlight” and “Uncut Gems” has engaged with numerous potential suitors for more than 18 months. It’s unclear if those discussions continue to be ongoing.

Jon Stewart is set to get back in front of a live studio audience for his new Apple show.

is in her blonde era. The 19-year-old Grammy winner, who got famous while embracing streetwear and gamer girl hair, debuted an Old Hollywood look a couple months ago, and wearing a corset .

Sure, we’re still in the middle of the Cannes Film Festival, but it’s also time to look ahead to the fall festivals, as it appears the Venice Film Festival has added yet another high-profile film to its lineup. So far, we have a Venice that is going to include the sci-fi epic, “Dune,” the horror sequel, “Halloween Kills,” a family drama, “The Power of the Dog,” and now, a highly-anticipated biopic.