Cannes Adds 17 Films, Sets New Record for Female Directors in Competition

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Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentFilms Boutique (“Lunana, a Yak in the Classroom”) has acquired four films set to world premiere at Cannes, including Albert Serra (“The Death of Louis XIV”)’s “Pacifiction” which will compete in the 75th edition’s Official Selection. The Berlin-based international sales banner has also acquired rising Morrocan helmer Maryam Touzani (“Adam”)’s “The Blue Caftan” and Costa Rican director Ariel Escalante Meza’s “Domingo and the Mist” which will both play in Un Certain Regard; as well as Portuguese filmmaker João Pedro Rodrigues (“The Ornithologist”)’s “Will-O’-The-Wisp,” set for Directors’ Fortnight.“Pacifiction” stars Cesar-winning French actor Benoit Magimel (“Peaceful”) as a calculating French government official working in the French Polynesian island of Tahiti.

Manori Ravindran International EditorArachnophobes, beware, you’re in for a scare.A new horror about a super-sized spider is hitting the Croisette from Cornerstone Films, which will handle worldwide sales and introduce the pic to buyers in Cannes.From writer and director Kiah Roache-Turner (“Wyrmwood: Apocalypse,” “Nekrotronic”), “Sting” centers on a spider hatched from a mysterious object that falls from the sky into a New York City apartment building. When 12-year-old Charlotte finds the spider, she decides to keep it as a pet, and name it Sting.

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Louis Letterier, best known for directing “The Incredible Hulk” and “Transporter” films, is set to replace Justin Lin as the director of “Fast X.”Most recently, the filmmaker also directed episodes of hit Netflix series “Lupin.”More to come…

EXCLUSIVE: Mere days after Melissa McBride exited spinoff with Norman Reedus, more change has come to the AMC series.

Mac DeMarco has shared with NME that he’s currently working on a new record – check out his Friends Like These conversation with Vicky Farewell above.DeMarco’s last studio album, ‘Here Comes The Cowboy’, was released in May 2019. Since then, he’s released two sets of demos, ‘Here Comes The Cowboy Demos’ and ‘Other Here Comes The Cowboy Demos’.“I’m working on a record,” the indie rock singer said in the interview.

Italian actor and director Valeria Golino has been set as jury president for the Un Certain Regard section of the Cannes Film Festival this year.

The average house price in the UK has reached a new all-time high as the price of properties coming onto the market continues to soar. The standard cost of a home across the country now sits at £360,101 after prices climbed for the third consecutive month with an increase of more than £19,000.

EXCLUSIVE: True Blood and Justice League star Joe Manganiello has joined Oscar winner Samuel L. Jackson and Oscar-nominee Uma Thurman in the upcoming dark comedic thriller The Kill Room.

Bob Odenkirk‘s AMC series Better Call Saul is going to end very soon, but his relationship with the network is not ending.

Cannes has added a raft of movies to its lineup ahead of the festival next month.

Season 2 of “Bridgerton” definitely built on the momentum of season one.

On-location film and TV production in Greater Los Angeles is off to a “strong start” in 2022, with 9,832 days of on-location shooting setting an all-time first-quarter record according to the latest report from FilmLA, the city and county film permit office. That topped the previous first quarter mark set in 2016 but was down 8.8% from the record-setting 10,780 shoot days racked up in the fourth quarter of 2021.

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Everyone has their special fuzzy memories of their favorite smashes over the years – but now and then, the artists themselves don’t exactly feel the same way about their own music.

Björk has shared that she would like to see more female directors taking on the Viking Age in film and TV.The musician and actor stars in Robert Eggers’ new viking epic The Northman as a whispering Seeress predicting the future of Alexander Skarsgård’s Amleth.The film follows Amleth as he seeks revenge for the murder of his father, played by Ethan Hawke, and aims to save his mother Queen Gudrún, played by Nicole Kidman. Other stars include Anya Taylor-Joy, Claes Bang and Willem Dafoe.Posting to Facebook after attended the Icelandic premier of the film, Björk shared a statement about her role and to thank those involved.“so proud to be part of this,” she wrote.

EXCLUSIVE: Concord Originals has partnered with Outfest Fusion to launch a one-of-a-kind short film financing and IP licensing initiative, in support of up-and-coming LGBTQIA+ filmmakers of color.

Taskmaster star Chris Ramsey has set a new record for the highest first episode score in the show's history. During tonight's (April 14) season premiere, the comedian was up against Death in Paradise star Ardal O'Hanlon, Bridget Christie, Judi Love and Sophie Duker. Ramsey won the episode with a record score of 23 points, the highest score a contender has ever reached in a season premiere of the Channel 4 game show.