Jonathan Nossiter Talks Cannes Drama ‘Last Words’ Trailer (EXCLUSIVE)

' has been a long time coming.Apple TV+'s new musical drama, executive produced by Bareilles,  and , follows aspiring singer-songwriter Bess King ('s ) as she struggles to fulfill her dreams while navigating rejection, love and complicated family issues. A love letter to the diverse musicality of New York City, the nine-episode series is a story about finding your authentic voice — and the courage to use it.The genesis of dates back to the mid-2000s when Bareilles was preparing to release her

Amanda N'Duka pmc-editorial-managerAstrakan Film AB will release Lost Girls & Love Hotels in select theaters and on VOD September 4.

Surviving R. Kelly producer dream hampton has signed with CAA.

There’s probably very little chance that you recognize the name, Jonathan Entwistle. That being said, you likely know the two Netflix series he’s shaped.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVNBC has given its first series order to a 2020 pilot, picking up sci-fi drama Debris, starring Jonathan Tucker and Riann Steele, from Almost Human creator J.H.

Ben Croll Israeli multi-hyphenate Dani Rosenberg marks his feature debut with “The Death of Cinema and my Father Too,” a self-reflexive hybrid film that mixes fact, fiction and autobiography as it grapples with the big questions.Presented under the Cannes 2020 label and sold internationally by Films Boutique, the film follows a rising director as he tracks his father’s final days, camera in hand, telling a story culled from Rosenberg’s experience and interspersed with footage from his own

Variety Staff Follow Us on TwitterSince you can’t be in Cannes this year, Variety is bringing Cannes to you. We’re publishing daily digital editions, running June 22-25, of coverage from the Cannes market, spanning the Marché du Film Online as well as the agency-led A Demain Marché.To read Day 4 coverage, please click below. Catch up on Day 1, Day 2 and Day 3.Want to read more articles like this one?

Having portrayed Henry VIII in The Tudors, Jonathan Rhys Meyers has now ventured to the other side of the world to play a lesser known British ruler.

Leo Barraclough Senior International CorrespondentJan Naszewski’s Warsaw-based sales agency New Europe Film Sales has closed several deals with leading independent distributors on the upcoming supernatural drama “Lamb” by Valdimar Jóhannsson, starring Noomi Rapace.The film was picked up by distributors in France (The Jokers), Germany (Koch Films), Poland (Gutek Film), Benelux (The Searchers), Hungary (Vertigo), Czech Republic (Artcam), Austria (Filmladen), Denmark (Camera Film), Switzerland

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentFilms Boutique has acquired international rights to Chinese filmmaker Wei Shujun’s “Striding Into the Wind,” which is part of Cannes’ 2020 Official Selection.

Christopher Vourlias Variety has been given exclusive access to the trailer for Cannes Official Selection title “Sweat,” Magnus von Horn’s follow-up to his Cannes Directors’ Fortnight player “The Here After.”The film follows three days in the life of fitness motivator Sylwia Zając, a social media celebrity who has hundreds of thousands of followers.

Anna Marie de la Fuente Henderson/Los Angeles-based Global Genesis Group (GGG) has picked up worldwide distribution rights to Dominican filmmaker Leticia Tonos’ latest film, “A State of Madness” (“Mis 500 Locos”).Set in 1953, the drama is based on the memoir of Dr. Antonio Zaglul, considered the father of Dominican psychiatry, who wrote about his experience in running a mental institution during the brutal dictatorship of President Rafael Leonidas Trujillo.“Dr.

Orlando Bloom is covered in tattoos and on a path of vengeance in his new movie, “Retaliation” — and ET can exclusively debut the trailer.

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentFilm Factory has dropped the first trailer for anticipated Cannes title “Forgotten We’ll Be” (“El Olvido que Seremos”), from director Fernando Trueba, an Academy Award winner (“Belle Epoque”) and nominee (“Chico and Rita”).One of only three Cannes Official Selection label titles in its Faithfuls section – featuring the Selection’s biggest names – which will now screen at Cannes’ online Marché du Film, “Forgotten We’ll Be” is likely to draw heat

Orlando Bloom is covered in tattoos and on a path of vengeance in his new movie,  — and ET can exclusively debut the trailer.The thriller stars Bloom as a demolitionist named Malky, who, while out drinking at a local pub, finds himself face to face with the man he holds responsible for a childhood trauma. Thus, he he sets out to make the man repent for his sins as Malky grapples with his past.

Dave McNary Film ReporterMyriad Pictures has acquired worldwide rights to the Alicia Witt romantic comedy “Modern Persuasion,” which will premiere at the Cannes Virtual Market.The film, an adaptation of Jane Austen’s 1817 novel “Persuasion,” is directed by Alex Appel and Jonathan Lisecki from a script by Lisecki and Barbara Radecki.

Also Read: Carl Weber's 'The Family Business' Moves to BET+ With Season 2 RenewalBased on the bestselling series of crime drama novels by Carl Weber, the series centers on the Duncans, an upstanding tight-knit family that owns and operates an exotic car dealership by day and conducts more illicit business activities by night. Season 2 will pick up following the events of Season 1, with the Duncans working to calm tension with rivals The Zunigas.