Ana De Armas Feted At Deauville; ‘Camp Pleasant Lake’ Heads Into Production (Exclusive); Edinburgh Juries Set; ‘Mr Limbo’ Deal (Exclusive); Viaplay Original; Blue Ant Promotions — Global Briefs
02.08.2022 - 11:57
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‘Blonde’ Star Ana De Armas To Be Feted At Deauville
Andres Dominik’s buzzed about Marilyn Monroe picture Blonde will head to France’s Deauville American Film Festival (September 2-11) after its Venice world debut, where lead actress Ana de Armas will be feted with its Hollywood Rising Star Award. Cuban-born De Armas’s star has been steadily rising over the past few years on the back of performances in Blade Runner 2049, Knives Out, No Time To Die, and most recently The Gray Man. Past recipients of the Hollywood Rising Star Award include Ryan Gosling (2011), Jessica Chastain (2011), Paul Dano (2012), Robert Pattinson (2015), Elizabeth Olsen (2015), Chloé Grace Moretz (2016), Daniel Radcliffe (2016), Shailene Woodley (2018), Elle Fanning (2018), Sophie Turner (2019) and Dylan Penn (2021). Dominik is also set to attend the festival for the film’s French premiere.
Indie Horror ‘Camp Pleasant Lake’ Heads Into Production; Michael Pare & Devanny Pinn Among Leads
EXCLUSIVE: Indie horror title Camp Pleasant Lake is going into production in LA on August 28, with Michael Pare (It Crawls Beneath, The Shelter) just added to the cast. Bonnie Aaron (The Nun, The Conjuring 2), Devanny Pinn (The Dawn, House of Manson) and Michael Ferguson (Amityville Uprising) also star. Safier Entertainment has acquired worldwide rights to the film and is producing with PhilaDreams Films, Lux Angeles Studios and Mahal Empire. Jared Safier (Safier Entertainment) Jackson Everest, David M. Parks and Thomas Walton (PhilaDreams Films) are producing, with Walton, known for Lionsgate’s Room 9, writing and directing. Camp Pleasant Lake follows an enterprising couple, the Rutherfords, who decide to open a horror camp on the abandoned camp property where a