EXCLUSIVE: Mathew Knowles, father of Beyoncé and former manager of Destiny’s Child, is gearing up for his own King Richard-style origin story as part of a wide-ranging deal with investment fund APX Capital Group.
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Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaYellow Veil Pictures has acquired all North American rights to Gaspar Noé’s meta mockumentary “Lux Aeterna.” The studio is planning a theatrical release for the film this spring. “Lux Aeterna” made its world premiere at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival and was later selected for the Tribeca Film Festival prior to its cancellation due to the pandemic.“Lux Aeterna” unfolds backstage at a French film production and is stylistically daring, in the manner of many of Noé’s movies.
It’s shot documentary style and frequently deploys split-screens to follow two characters at once. In a metafictional twist, Charlotte Gainsbourg, acting as herself, plays the film’s — and the film-within-a-film’s — leading role of an actress taking on the role of a witch burned at the stake while French actress Beatrice Dalle, playing a version of herself as well, assumes the on-screen role of director.
Slowly the set descends into aggressive chaos, which is a register that is well known to Noé. The film was a favorite with certain critics.
IndieWire’s Eric Kohn, for instance, suggested that the movie was a perfecting melding of subject matter and maker, writing “This snippet of a movie implies that art thrives on chaos, and that Noé wouldn’t have it any other way.”Actress and model Abbey Lee (“The Neon Demon”), Karl Glusman (“Love”), Claude-Emmanuelle Gajan-Maull (“Climax”), Félix Maritaud (“Knife + Heart”), and Clara Deshayes also appear as interpretations of themselves.Noé, the auteur behind such challenging and boldly provocative works as the LSD trip of a flick “Climax” and the psychedelic melodrama “Enter The Void,” wrote the film in addition to directing it. It was produced by Anthony Vaccarello for
.EXCLUSIVE: Mathew Knowles, father of Beyoncé and former manager of Destiny’s Child, is gearing up for his own King Richard-style origin story as part of a wide-ranging deal with investment fund APX Capital Group.
K.J. Yossman Lionsgate and Salon Pictures, the BAFTA-nominated production company behind films including “Audrey” and “Stardust,” are teaming to make a biopic of legendary female boxer Nicola Adams.Billed as a coming of age story, “Hear Me Roar” will tell the rise of Adams, an undefeated WBO champion and double Olympic gold medallist.
Gaspar Noé is often a filmmaker who loves to provoke. Most of the time, this has to do with the content he shows in his films, often delving into incredibly graphic sexual and violent content.
Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaPeter Facinelli, Angela Sarafyan, Idara Victor, Tanaya Beatty and Grant Roberts have joined the cast of Adam VillaSeñor’s “Yesteryear.” They round out an ensemble that also includes the previously announced Q’orianka Kicher, Wes Studi and Nick Cassavetes.The film follows Alma Deswood, a young Indigineous woman (Kilcher) who psychologically unravels in quarantine. With the world feeling as though it’s caving in around her, Alma fights for her mental and physical health amidst COVID-19, the Black Lives Matter movement and other life-altering events.Facinelli will play Reid, Alma’s smooth talking boss with whom she had a one night stand that she regrets.
Justin Morgan Independent film sales and distribution firm Outsider Pictures has acquired the international sales rights to Peruvian director V. Checa’s neo-noir film “Tiempos Futuros” (“The Shape of Things to Come”) and will lead sales to potential buyers at this March’s Málaga Film Festival.Playing Zonazine, which focuses on bolder plays by up-and-coming cineastes, “Tiempos Futuros” serves as Checa’s debut feature film.
Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterDigital distributor Giant Pictures has acquired Drafthouse Films, the genre movie label formed by Alamo Drafthouse founder Tim League.Giant Pictures general manager Nick Savva will serve as CEO of the company, which will continue to operate under the title Drafthouse Films. League will become the chairman of Drafthouse Films.“Giant Pictures’ investment enables Drafthouse Films to continue releasing the provocative, visionary, and artfully unusual genre films from around the world that have always defined the Drafthouse brand,” Savva said.
Kate Aurthur editorSonja Morgan, a beloved cast member on Bravo’s “The Real Housewives of New York City,” has been signed by UTA for comedy touring. Morgan is set to launch a nine-city leg of her “Sonja in Your City” tour this spring, and tickets go on sale March 8.Morgan joined “The Real Housewives of New York City” in the show’s third season in 2010.
Amanda Seyfried is stepping out to promote her new Hulu series!
Manori Ravindran International EditorMulti-hyphenate Flying Lotus and his company Brainfeeder Films has linked with Paris-based Logical Pictures and XYZ Films for a multi-picture development deal covering a slate of films that the artist will produce and direct.Logical Content Ventures, the co-production fund backed by Logical Pictures, will finance the development of the films, which will focus on genres in the horror, thriller and sci-fi universe. Logical also secured a first-look agreement to finance and produce.
Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaDisney Original Documentary has acquired worldwide rights to “Mija,” the inspiring look at a young Latina manager who is working to change the music business. And the story may not end there for the documentary.
Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaThe incredible story of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, the all Black, all female Army battalion tasked with solving a mail crisis in England and France during World War II, has an inspired the development of a new musical.The news comes after House voted unanimously on Monday to award one of the country’s highest civilian honors, the Congressional Gold Medal, to the unit. The U.S Senate passed the bill in 2021, so it now heads to President Joe Biden’s desk to be signed into law. When received, the 6888 will be the only female unit serving in a military status to receive the award, the only unit from the Women’s Army Corps to receive the award, and the only African American female unit to receive the award.
J. Kim Murphy After several shifts around the release calendar due to the COVID-19 pandemic, “The Batman” finally rolled out the red carpet for its world premiere at Lincoln Center in New York on Tuesday evening. Though Robert Pattinson, Zoë Kravitz and other stars in attendance, the evening was missing one key contributor.
Lisa Kudrow is always there for her friends!Kudrow attended the premiere of Courteney Cox and Mira Sorvino's new STARZ television series, Monday.Unlike the bright pink suit she wore to the 2022 Screen Actors Guild Awards Sunday night, Kudrow opted for a more toned-down look, wearing a black and white striped long-sleeved blouse and black pants. The actress carried her coat and black purse in her hand as she posed on the red carpet.
Shanna Moakler’s boyfriend, Matthew Rondeau, is in custody after he was arrested in Los Angeles early Thursday morning following an expletive-laden Instagram Live rant about her, Fox News Digital has confirmed. The 29-year-old actor was charged with felony domestic violence on Thursday after an altercation with Moakler, 46, who just finished a stint on "Celebrity Big Brother." Rondeau’s was arrested at 7:40 a.m. local time and booked around 10:30 a.m.
Matt Hutchins, the husband of late cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, recalled the unimaginable moment he had to tell their 9-year-old son, Andros, that his mother was killed on the set of Rust.
Matt Hutchins, husband of the late cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, spoke candidly to Hoda Kotb about the moment he learned of his wife’s tragic death in a new interview with NBC News’ “Today”.
Cillian Murphy has been pictured in a first look photo of Christopher Nolan’s forthcoming Oppenheimer biopic.The Peaky Blinders star, who plays the lead role of physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer in the movie, is pictured staring intently while smoking a cigarette in a black and white shot shared by Universal Pictures.