EXCLUSIVE: Gravitas Ventures has acquired worldwide rights to the Showdown Productions feature In Flight, which the company is bringing to sales at the Cannes Film Festival.
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EXCLUSIVE: Helena Howard (Madeline’s Madeline), Bella Thorne (Divinity), Zión Moreno (Gossip Girl), Chloe Cherry (Euphoria) and Sophia Ali (Uncharted) have wrapped production on Find Your Friends, a thriller marking the feature directorial debut of actor-filmmaker Izabel Pakzad.
Others to appear in the film include Chris Bauer (The Wire), Jake Manley (The Order), Israel Broussard (Happy Death Day), Harrison Sloan Gilbertson (Oppenheimer), and Blaine Kern III (Accused).
Written by Pakzad, Find Your Friends watches as Amber and her four best girlfriends take a trip to escape the L.A. bubble and cut loose in Joshua Tree for the weekend. But upon arrival, they quickly realize the locals don’t want them there. As the hostile environment escalates, our girls are disparaged by their aggressive neighbor, dismissed by the cops, and, it seems, even being stalked by some local men. But as her friends uncover Amber’s past trauma, they become fed up with inescapable toxic masculinity and little do they know, their fun trip will turn into one of revenge.
Prior to Find Your Friends, Pakzad wrote, directed and starred in Don’t Worry, It’s Gonna Be Ok, a proof-of-concept short based on her original screenplay, which won Best Short at the LA Film Festival and played a number of others. Welcome To Italy S.R.L. produced the feature in association with WWPS.TV, Walters Media Group and Angry Cloud. Producers are Allison Friedman, Andrea Iervolino, Monika Bacardi, Gary Michael Walters and Luca Matrundola. Thorne serves as exec producer. CAA is handling domestic sales, with Fortitude overseeing international.
“Making this film has been a dream come true,” Pakzad told Deadline. “6 years ago, something crazy happened to me in the desert…so I
EXCLUSIVE: Gravitas Ventures has acquired worldwide rights to the Showdown Productions feature In Flight, which the company is bringing to sales at the Cannes Film Festival.
Pat Saperstein Deputy Editor The Jim Henson Company‘s live-action monster tale “Grendel” has rounded out its cast with Jeff Bridges in the role of Grendel, as well as Dave Bautista as Beowulf and Bryan Cranston as King Hrothgar. Also joining the cast are Thomasin McKenzie as Queen Wealhtheow, Aidan Turner as Unferth and, as the Shaper, T Bone Burnett, who will also provide original songs for the film. Robert D.
Charli XCX has shared a brand new single called ‘360’ – you can watch the star-studded official video below.The song serves as the fourth preview of the singer-songwriter’s sixth studio album ‘Brat’, which is due for release on June 7 (pre-order/pre-save here). It follows on from ‘Von Dutch’, ‘Club Classics’ and ‘B2B’.Directed by Aidan Zamiri, the ‘360’ visuals boast an all-star cast of Charli’s friends and collaborators. The clip begins with the pop artist meeting a group of pals at a restaurant, where they attempt to “fulfil the prophecy of finding a new hot internet girl”.“Or else our kind will cease to exist,” warns actor and model Chloe Cherry.
Lexi Carson “A Million Little Things” actor Lizzy Greene is set to star in and executive produce 5X Media‘s “High Tide,” a survival thriller that follows a group of friends stranded on an island in the Pacific. “High Tide” is the first feature film by management-production firm 5X Media. The film’s official logline reads, “Greene plays Hannah who, mourning the death of her sister, takes off around the world.
Selena Kuznikov If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. Amazon Prime Day doesn’t kick off until July but the behemoth retailer has announced another deals event to tide us over until then.
EXCLUSIVE: British writer, director, and producer Alex Marx will make his feature debut with The Queen of Fashion, a long-gestating biopic of fashion editor, stylist, and iconoclast Isabella Blow, with Academy Award nominee Andrea Riseborough set to produce and play the lead role.
Met Gala, often dubbed “fashion’s biggest night out,” is a pinnacle event in high fashion and celebrity culture. Held annually at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City to raise funds for the Costume Institute, the Gala is renowned for its extravagant themes, jaw-dropping fashion moments, and star-studded guest list.
Nicolas Cage has a knack for picking interesting films lately. Even if the final product isn’t so great, there’s no denying Cage likes to perform in films that are unique.
North.Five.Six is set to handle international sales for the true-life heist pic Dutch & Razzlekhan, on which we were first to report. Starring Chloë Grace Moretz (The Peripheral), Lewis Pullman (Lessons in Chemistry) and Ariana DeBose (West Side Story), the film will be introduced to buyers at Cannes later this month, with CAA Media Finance repping domestic rights.
So many celebrities have traveled down to Miami, Florida to attend the Formula One Grand Prix of Miami this weekend!
Austin Butler and Callum Turner reunited with their Masters of the Air costars at Official Emmy FYC Event on Saturday (May 4) in Beverly Hills, Calif.
So many stars travelled to Marseille, France to attend the Chanel Cruise 2024-2025 fashion show this week.
Bella Thorne has signed on to a new film. The actress, director, writer, and producer, has signed on to “Find Your Friends,” a thriller film following a group of friends who take a trip to Joshua Tree, only to find themselves in a hostile environment. Is Bella Thorne on the new season of The White Lotus?Bella Thorne’s latest edgy look includes dark hair and stylish hooded dressThe news were shared by Deadline, with Thorne reposting the news clipping on her Instagram stories, writing “My lovelies” over it.
Jessica Biel (The Sinner) and Elizabeth Banks (Call Jane) will exec produce and star in The Better Sister, a thriller based on the novel by Alafair Burke. In a competitive situation, the project has landed at Prime Video with a series order. It hails from Tomorrow Studios, which will co-produce with Amazon MGM Studios.
Slipknot have announced their ‘Here Comes The Pain’ 25th anniversary US tour with Knocked Loose and more.The legendary heavy metal band are set to celebrate the 25th anniversary of their 1999 self-titled debut album. The North American leg of their ‘Here Comes The Pain’ tour will see the masked members make stops in major cities such as Baltimore, New York City, Toronto, Ridgefield, Inglewood, Austin, Dallas and more before wrapping up in their hometown of Des Moines, Iowa for Knotfest.Knocked Loose, Orbit Culture and Vended will all serve as opening support on select dates.
The Ralph Lauren Fall/Holiday 2024 Collection fashion show was attended by so many stars!
Is Chloë Grace Moretz a married woman?!
EXCLUSIVE: Noomi Rapace is set to star in psychological thriller Reckoner, written and directed by Nissar Modi (writer of feature Z For Zachariah) who will be making his movie directorial debut.
So many stars stepped out to celebrate Nicole Kidman at the 49th AFI Lifetime Achievement Award Gala Tribute on Saturday night (April 27) in Hollywood, Calif.
Adam Scott is set to make his directorial debut!