‘Gomorrah,’ ‘Sicario: Day of the Soldado’ Director Stefano Sollima and Team Launch AlterEgo Shingle (EXCLUSIVE)

Brent Lang Executive Editor “The Tomorrow War” and “The Lego Batman Movie” filmmaker Chris McKay has been tapped to direct an adaptation of Brynne Weaver’s bestselling serial killer romance, “Butcher & Blackbird,” for Lyrical Media and Ryder Picture Company (RPC). The novel isthe first installment of Weaver’s popular “Ruinous Love” trilogy, which was released in October. It became a New York Times, USA Today and Publisher’s Weeklybestseller and was a favorite on BookTok, TikTok’s hub for book lovers.

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor “Baby,” which premiered in Cannes Critics’ Week where it won the Louis Roederer Foundation Rising Star Award for joint acting lead Ricardo Teodoro, has closed further sales. Berlin-based sales agency M-Appeal have sold the distribution rights to Ama Films for Greece, Mezipatra z.s for Czech Republic and Slovakia, and Falcon for Indonesia.

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent France’s Les Films du Losange is taking international sales outside Italy on “Sicilian Letters” (“Iddu”), the hotly anticipated drama about Cosa Nostra boss Matteo Messina Denaro – who was dubbed “the last godfather” – directed by Fabio Grassadonia and Antonio Piazza (“Sicilian Ghost Story”). “Sicilian Letters” pairs two top Italian actors — Elio Germano, who plays Messina (see first-look image above) and Toni Servillo (first-look image below) as his antagonist Catello, a shady secret services operative — working in tandem for the first time.

Manuel Ugarte is the latest player Manchester United have shown interest in this summer.

EXCLUSIVE: Filmmaker Sam Wrench, who was behind the $261M highest grossing concert and documentary movie of all-time, Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour, is opening the doors to Next of Kin Content. EverWonder Studio is making an investment in the production company which will focus on culture-driven live event, documentary, and unscripted programming. 

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent Nicola Maccanico, the former Warner Bros. and Sky Italia senior exec, who has been spearheading the radical overhaul of Rome’s Cinecittà Studios, has stepped down after a three-year stint.

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent “Squid Game” creator, writer and director Hwang Dong-hyuk and the show’s protagonists Lee Jung-jae and Wi Ha-Jun will be attending Italy’s Lucca Comics and Games festival on Oct. 31 to tease the hit Netflix series’ second season. The hotly anticipated second instalment of the Korean-language survival drama series is set to launch on Netflix by the end of the year.

The Mary Wallopers have shared their new EP ‘Home Boys Home’ and announced a huge 2025 UK tour. Find all the details below.The Irish folk band will be hitting the road for their biggest UK live shows to date in the early Spring, which they will kick off with a show at Brighton Dome on March 6.Throughout the rest of the month they’ll make stops in Birmingham, Edinburgh, Manchester, Leeds and more, before concluding at London’s O2 Academy Brixton on March 28.Tickets are due to go on sale this Friday (June 28) at 9:30am BST, and you’ll be able to purchase yours here.

John Hopewell Chief International Correspondent Making further inroads into markets in Central and Eastern Europe and beyond, Studiocanal, one of Europe’s top production-distribution-international sales powerhouses, has clinched further sales on premium daily drama “The Vow” (“La Promesa”), closing Poland and two Baltic States, as well as France. Produced by Spain’s Bambú Producciones (“Velvet,” “Cable Girls”), a Studiocanal company, Studiocanal and national Spanish public broadcaster RTVE, “The Vow” has been acquired by Polish pubcaster TVP Poland, state-backed network ERR Estonia and state-owned LTV Latvia. In additional new sales, Dubai TV has closed rights to MENA territories.

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent Wim Wenders will be a special guest of Italy’s Cinema Ritrovato Festival dedicated to cinematic treasures of the past where a freshly restored copy of his “A Trick of the Light” (“Die Gebrüder Skladanowsky”), which pays tribute to forgotten pioneers of the moving image, will have its world premiere. Shot by Wenders with a group of students from the Munich Film Academy in 1995 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of cinema, the film is about the origins of cinema and its German inventors: the Skladanowsky brothers who On Nov.

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor Brazilian romantic comedy “Perfect Endings” has sold to distributors in North America and several territories in Europe. Berlin-based sales agency M-Appeal is handling world sales rights.

Tyler, The Creator has pulled out of both Lollapalooza and Outside Lands and has been replaced by Megan Thee Stallion and Sabrina Carpenter.The ‘Earfquake’ rapper took to his official X/Twitter account to announce that he will no longer be able to perform at the festivals. “I hate saying this but I have to cancel lollapalooza and outside lands,” began his tweet.He continued: “I made a commitment that I can no longer keep, and that bums me out knowing how excited folks were.

Brent Lang Executive Editor Madison Wells will produce a documentary focusing on the public and private life of Jacinda Ardern, the trailblazing Prime Minister of New Zealand who helped introduce strict gun laws following the 2019 Christchurch mosque shootings. She also led her country through the Covid pandemic and grappled with issues such as child poverty and climate change. The feature-length film is currently untitled.

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent “Flow,” a director-driven animated feature which world premiered at Cannes’ Un Certain Regard and just swept three awards at Annecy Film Festival, has been embraced by a raft of major distributors in key territories, including the U.K., Japan, South Korea, Germany, Spain and Italy. The movie is represented internationally by Charades.

Jordan Pickford’s wife Megan looked sensational as she joined her fellow England WAGs at Euro 2024 to show their support for the squad as they took on Serbia on Sunday, 16 June. Marking the Three Lions’ first match of the tournament, Megan stunned as she headed to the stands to cheer her goalkeeper beau on to success alongside other WAGs including Annie Kilner, Kate Goodland and Aine May Kennedy. For the occasion, the 28 year old wasn’t afraid to show her full support for her husband of four years as she sported her very own England shirt which featured Jordan’s signature number one on the front.

The Killers shuffled their setlist and covered The Kinks at the second show of their ‘Rebel Diamonds’ UK and Ireland tour last night (June 14) – see footage and the full setlist below.It was the band’s second show at Dublin’s 3Arena in three nights at the start of a run of greatest hits shows that the band are playing across the UK and Ireland throughout the summer.Their 21-song set included a number of changes from the previous show, including tour debuts for eight songs, including four from 2006’s ‘Sam’s Town’ in the form of ‘Enterlude’, ‘For Reasons Unknown’, ‘Bones’ and ‘Exitlude’.The also opened with ‘My Own Soul’s Warning’ from the 2020 album ‘Imploding The Mirage’, and played the title track of their most recent studio record, 2021’s ‘Pressure Machine’.In among their own material, the band also indulged in a cover of The Kinks’ 1982 single ‘Come Dancing’.In addition, five tracks from 2004 debut album ‘Hot Fuss’ got an airing, including ‘Andy, You’re A Star’, which they only recently revived on stage for the first time in seven years.

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor Prince Albert II of Monaco opened the 63rd Monte-Carlo Television Festival Friday, accompanied by a panoply of stars led by Morgan Freeman, “SEAL Team’s” David Boreanaz and “Bridgerton’s” Simone Ashley. The opening ceremony took place under stormy skies at the Grimaldi Forum, where the world premiere of limited series “The Gray House” opened the event.

Inside Out 2” just scored the biggest box office previews of 2024. Disney and Pixar‘s latest animated outing grossed $13 million in Thursday previews domestically, with $22.3 million worldwide. The family-friendly sequel is projected to launch between $80 million and $90 million this weekend.

EXCLUSIVE: Here’s a big one in the European M&A world. Beta Film has taken a stake in Number 9 TV, a new small screen subsidiary of Carol and Living producer Number 9 Films.

Ellise Shafer Charli XCX‘s “Brat” is dominating TikTok in the U.K. and Ireland.