Indie Films Jump In Between Hollywood Tentpoles As ‘Crimes Of The Future,’ ‘Watcher,’ ‘Benediction’ Open – Specialty Preview

Scott Sternberg Productions today announced the launch of a new documentary division and the acquisition of Strong Island Films.

Welcome to Deadline’s International Disruptors, a feature where we’ll shine a spotlight on key executives and companies outside of the U.S. shaking up the offshore marketplace. This week, we’re talking with top German talent agency Players. Headed up by Mechthild Holter and Fabian Haslob, the duo have clients that have worked across recent projects such as Babylon Berlin, Unorthodox and Deutchland ’89. In a rare interview, they tell us why now is a great time for German-speaking talent to cross borders.

Chris Hemsworth is portraying Thor again in the upcoming film, Thor: Love and Thunder, also starring Natalie Portman.

You’ve heard of a heart-healthy diet? Coming soon, there will be a Hart-healthy restaurant to indulge.

Mubi Go, which has helped buoy NYC’s arthouse market by offering members a free movie ticket a week at participating theaters, expands to LA today where the biz could really use a boost. The films are curated and the first is Apple’s Cha Cha Real Smooth.

EXCLUSIVE: MUBI has acquired David Cronenberg’s Crimes of the Future for Latin America, Turkey, India and Malaysia.

Regina King made her first red carpet appearance nearly five months after her son, Ian Alexander Jr., died by suicide.

S.S. Rajamouli’s RRR, a huge hit when it opened in March, is dipping back into the U.S. market in a novel and, so far, successful bid by distributors to expand the reach of the Telegu period drama beyond the traditional audience for Indian film.

“Unless you happen to be Tom Cruise, launching a new movie today is a study in frustration. Or self-destruction.”

“What I don’t want to do, and I’m not being facetious, is I don’t want to emulate Trump’s abuse of the Constitution, and constitutional authority,” President Joe Biden told Jimmy Kimmel today of why he hasn’t inked an Executive Order to try to stop the murderous gun violence that America has tragically seen in Buffalo and Uvalde, Texas, to name a few, in recent weeks.

The President of Mexico may have dropped out of the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles this week, but the hosting President of the United States is coming to town for a flurry of fêtes.

The President of Mexico may have dropped out of the Summit of the Americas in LA this week, but the hosting President of the United States is coming to town for a flurry of fêtings.

Chloe Okuno’s feature debut Watcher recorded the biggest opening weekend grosses ever for IFC Films and its IFC Midnight/Shudder label on 764 U.S. screens — also one of the distributor’s widest ever releases.

While we’ve already hit some massive blockbuster tent poles for the summer season with superhero releases such as “Doctor Strange In the Multiverse of Madness” and the Memorial Day showstopper “Top Gun: Maverick,” summer starts to hit its stride with June’s lineup of eclectic releases. Right off the bat, we’ve got heavy hitters such as the latest from Andrew Ahn and the buzzed-about David Cronenberg film, “Crimes of the Future” which just premiered at Cannes.

translated from Korean. “To put a stop on this and support the cause, we’d like to take this opportunity to voice ourselves once again.”“We are here today because of our army, our fans worldwide, who have different nationalities and cultures and use different languages. We are truly and always grateful,” J-Hope added.

Joe Weinstock, Co-President of Brent Montgomery’s Wheelhouse Entertainment label Spoke Studios, has exited to launch a JV with The Masked Singer UK and Netflix’s Hard Cell super-indie Argonon.

Former President Barack Obama is reconnecting with an old friend. On Friday, the 60-year-old politician shared a video on his Instagram page of his reunion with new high school graduate Jacob Philadelphia.