Directors’ Fortnight Title ‘The Employer and the Employee,’ Starring Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Set for Latido (EXCLUSIVE)

Neil Diamond.Somehow, his American anthem “Sweet Caroline” has become the fight song of the Three Lions throughout their improbable UEFA Euro 2020 finals run this summer.It all started with Wembley Stadium DJ Tony Parry, who had a “gut” instinct to play the song after England’s 2-0 shutout of Germany in the round of 16, he told talkSPORT.Since then, fans have adopted the song as their own and have been belting it out across the nation.

Manori Ravindran International EditorFilmmaker/producer Steven Soderbergh is on board to executive produce a feature-length adaptation of buzzy Directors’ Fortnight short film “The Vandal,” Variety can reveal.Directed by American helmer Eddie Alcazar, the Quinzaine-premiering film — which is presented by filmmaker/producer Darren Aronofsky — is being tipped as an early contender for the best animated short Oscar.

Ashley Park is teaming up with Adele Lim for a new movie!

Adele Lim will make her directorial debut with an untitled comedy starring “Emily in Paris” actress Ashley Park.The R-rating intended comedy will follow four Asian American women as they set off on a journey to Asia to find their birth mothers. Lionsgate and Point Grey Pictures will produce the film together, with Point Grey’s Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, James Weaver, and Josh Fagen producing the film.

Adele Lim, the writer of “Crazy Rich Asians” and “Raya and the Last Dragon,” will make her directorial debut helming an untitled comedy for Lionsgate and Point Grey Pictures.The R-rated comedy will star Tony and Grammy-nominated actress Ashley Park (“Emily in Paris,” “Girls 5Eva”) and follows four Asian American women as they travel through Asia in search of one of their birth mothers.

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentUruguay-based Cimarrón is readying production on Paula Hernandez’s new feature “El Viento Que Arrasa” and Marco Dutra’s series “Las Moscas,” as it aims to become an OTT-age South American powerhouse.The new productions come on top of Cimarron’s thriving business as a service company. It services more than 10 series from global platforms a year.

Nell Tiger Free (Servant), Thomas Doherty (Gossip Girl reboot) and Lorenza Izzo (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood) will lead the cast on Fall Into Darkness, an English-language remake of Spanish thriller La Cueva.

Two documentary projects reflecting the African-American experience are recipients of the latest grants from the Hulu/Kartemquin Accelerator Program for filmmakers of color.

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For the first time in the pageant’s history, the title of Miss Nevada USA has been won by a transgender woman.

EXCLUSIVE: Neal McDonough (Captain America: The First Avenger, American Horror Story) has signed on to star in Dominic Scott Kay’s debut feature Drops of Jupiter.

EXCLUSIVE: Filming has begun in Thessaloniki, Greece, on noir thriller movie The Enforcer with cast additions including Mojean Aria (See), Zolee Griggs (Wu-Tang: An American Saga), Alexis Ren (Deported), and Aaron Cohen (John Wick: Chapter 2).

Serena Williams at every Grand Slam since winning her last at the Australian Open in 2017, when pregnant. Four finals have followed since but without Margaret Court’s record number of Grand Slam singles titles matched, the 24.

Naman Ramachandran Mark Cousins‘ documentary “The Storms Of Jeremy Thomas,” following the legendary “The Last Emperor” and “Merry Christmas Mr.

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Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentMemento International (“Call Me By Your Name”) has closed a raft of sales on Leah Purcell’s Australian revenge tale “The Drover’s Wife,” and Alex Camilleri’s “Luzzu” which world premiered at SXSW and Sundance, respectively. After selling North American rights to “The Drover’s Wife” to Samuel Goldwyn, Memento has sold “The Drover’s Wife” to the U.K.

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