Dakota Johnson And Sean Penn To Star In Christy Hall’s ‘Daddio’–Hot Cannes Package

Sean Penn’s “Flag Day,” Leos Carax’s “Annette,” starring Adam Driver and Marion Cotillard, and Wes Anderson’s “The French Dispatch,” with Frances McDormand and Timothée Chalamet, will provide star power at a 2021 Cannes Festival packed to overflowing with established and very often new European and world cinema arthouse talent.The festival films will also drive much of Cannes’ business.

Rising actor Daniel Mickelson died at the age of 23 over the weekend and his girlfriend Maddie Haley has spoken out with an emotional message.

Allison Tolman (Fargo) J.C. MacKenzie (The Trial of the Chicago 7), Chris Bauer (True Blood), Hamish Linklater (Legion) and Chris Messina (Birds of Prey) are set for recurring roles in Starz’s Watergate drama Gaslit, starring Julia Roberts and Sean Penn.

A devastating loss. Pro hockey player David Pastrnak received thoughts and prayers from fans after he announced the death of his newborn baby.

Prince Harry has talked openly about wanting to "break the cycle of genetic pain and suffering" he says he inherited along with his titles and riches.

Apprentice star James Hill announced that has become a father as his girlfriend Naomi Hibbert gave birth to their first child together on Father's Day.

Shailene Woodley will co-star with Jack Whitehall in the comedy Robots, which comes from Borat writer Anthony Hines.

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EXCLUSIVE: Ed Westwick (Gossip Girl), singer-actor Matt Willis (Allies) and Rupert Graves (Sherlock) have been set to star in WWII action-thriller Wolves Of War, which began filming today in the UK.

Sam Worthington and Phoebe Tonkin are starring in Matt Nable’s directorial debut, Transfusion. The thriller, which also features Nable, is about a former Special Forces operative thrust into the criminal underworld to keep his only son from being taken from him. Production began in Sydney earlier this week and Altitude has added it to its slate with international sales launching at the Cannes Market.

Dakota Johnson and Sean Penn are teaming up for a new project!

The Lost Daughter, alongside Olivia Colman, Dakota Johnson has teamed up with another powerhouse female director, Carrie Cracknell, to adapt Jane Austen’s Persuasion for . A highly respected name in British theater, Cracknell has helmed productions at both the Royal Court and the Young Vic, and recently directed in Sea Wall/A Life on Broadway.

United Artist Releasing has set a limited theatrical release for Sean Penn’s Cannes Film Festival premiere Flag Day for Aug. 13.

EXCLUSIVE: Zoë Kravitz will direct and Channing Tatum will star in Pussy Island, a genre thriller that Kravitz wrote with E.T. Feigenbaum. Bruce Cohen, Kravitz, Tiffany Persons and Tatum’s Free Association will produce. FilmNation will handle international rights and CAA Media Finance will rep domestic rights in the Cannes Market starting next week.

EXCLUSIVE: Alexander Payne has set Paul Giamatti to star in The Holdovers, a David Hemingson-scripted film that Mark Johnson is producing. FilmNation will rep international rights and CAA Media Finance will handle domestic as the film is shopped next week in the Cannes Virtual Market. Production will begin early next year in New England.

Austin McBroom and Bryce Hall will face off in a celebrity boxing match Saturday night, and to hear the YouTube star tell it, it’s aces for Bryce in what might be a VERY brief bout!