American Film Market Set to Return as In-Person Event in November

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentThe Deauville American Film Festival is set to reteam with Cannes to showcase five movies that have played on the Croisette during its next edition and will launch a mini-strand dedicated to anticipated French movies.Cannes joined forces with Deauville last year following the cancellation of its physical edition due to the pandemic.

Mk2 Films has sold Cannes buzz pic The Worst Person In The World to Parasite distributor NEON following a tussle for North American rights, we can reveal.

It’s safe to say that director Sean Baker‘s latest film, “Red Rocket,” is one of the most anticipated of this year’s Cannes Film Festival. “The Florida Project,” Baker’s last film, premiered during the Director’s Fortnight at Cannes 2017 and quickly became one of the most talked-about films at the festival.

International and indie film distributor Well Go USA Entertainment has acquired North American rights to Korean film Escape From Mogadishu. It will open in theaters in the U.S. and Canada August 6 following a July 28 release in Korea.

Emmy-nominated producer Jesse Collins has been named executive producer and showrunner of the 2021 American Music Awards. The 49th edition of the fan-voted awards show, created by Dick Clark, will air live from L.A.’s Microsoft Theater on Sunday, Nov. 21, on ABC. Collins’ Jesse Collins Entertainment will produce the event along with dick clark productions, marking the first time DCP has taken in a co-producing partner on one of the company’s signature awards shows.

Australian actress Margot Robbie is a superfan of popular dating on an island reality show, Love Island—and has revealed her favorite contestant on the newest season. The Harley Quinn star has also admitted her love for the show on other occasions.

absolutely obsessed with ITV show Love Island and now she's revealed who she is backing this season. The Wolf of Wall Street star has revealed that she wants to see 21-year-old Libby scoop the £50k jackpot with fellow islander Jake Cornish, according to The Mirror.

Dutch director Paul Verhoeven (“RoboCop,” “Total Recall,” “Elle“) will finally debut his erotic lesbian nun drama “Benedetta” at the Cannes Film Festival this week, following a year of waiting around for the COVID-19 pandemic to subside. READ MORE: Watch 3 Clips From Paul Verhoeven’s Erotic Lesbian Nun Thriller ‘Benedetta’ Premiering At Cannes During the pandemic, the director seemingly had a lot of time to consider his next couple of movies.

American Horror Story creator Ryan Murphy has confirmed 21 stars set to appear in the show’s forthcoming spin-off series.Murphy shared a teaser video on Twitter yesterday (July 7) revealing that Paris Jackson, Danny Trejo, Kevin McHale, Matt Bomer, Billie Lourd, and more will feature in American Horror Stories.In the tweet, Murphy added that “this isn’t even the half of it,” referring to the list – which also confirms the names of the characters each actor will play – as just “some” of the cast

EXCLUSIVE: Storyboard Media has sold North American rights for horror Lair to Hunt For The Wilderpeople and American Animals distributor 1091 Pictures.

EXCLUSIVE: European arthouse sales force The Match Factory and ICM Partners are teaming up to jointly represent four films playing at this year’s Cannes Film Festival.

With the start of “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” production this month, Ryan Coogler is seemingly a busy man already. However, he’s still finding time to lend his producing abilities to a new film with the director of “Judas and the Black Messiah.” READ MORE: ‘Loki’ Cinematographer Autumn Durald Arkapaw Seemingly Working On ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ According to Variety, Ryan Coogler is teaming up with director Shaka King, producer Charles D.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaRyan Coogler, Shaka King, Charles D. King, and Lil Rel Howery are teaming on an original feature film about American political insurrection.

We’ve all been curious how Mexican director Alejandro González Iñárritu would top his previous entries, and there seems to be a shimmer of light to what his next feature film could be about after a long drought concerning plot details. READ MORE: Leonardo DiCaprio Says Alejandro G.

The American Film Market is set to return as a physical event in 2021, following the Covid-impacted 2020 edition that was forced to go virtual.

EXCLUSIVE: The just-concluded Tribeca Festival, which offered signs of the industry and culture bouncing back from the coronavirus pandemic, drew solid crowds both in person and online, according to new data from organizers.

American Horror Story.Speaking in a new interview, the actor, who has starred in almost every season of the anthology series, admitted that she was disappointed by the show’s sixth season, titled Roanoke, and regrets not asking to sit it out.“I just [didn’t] care about this season at all,” Paulson said on The Hollywood Reporter’s Awards Chatter podcast.

Jamie Lang Ventana Sur’s Blood Window, one of Latin America’s most important platforms for up-and-coming horror, science fiction and fantasy filmmaking, is headed to Cannes’ Marché du Film with seven works in progress and a new market screening premiere for buyers and film festival programmers.Although Blood Window’s beginnings are steeped in blood and gore, the festival has diversified its offerings across recent editions, embracing films of fantasy and science fiction with increasingly