Matt Donnelly Senior Film Writer “Aladdin” and “Charlie’s Angels” breakout Naomi Scott will star alongside “Game of Thrones” alum Kit Harrington and Oscar winner Jeremy Irons in the epic romance “Eternal Return,” Variety can report exclusively. Village Roadshow Pictures is producing the project and will introduce the film to buyers at next week’s Cannes Film Festival. “Eternal Return” follows Cass (Scott), a young woman who has resigned herself to a life of emotional invulnerability until she meets Virgil (Harington), a cartographer who makes maps to imaginary places. Along with his partner Malcolm (Irons), a vibrant renaissance man, the pair relentlessly attempts to travel back in time awaken Cass to love again. The original feature is written and directed by Yaniv Raz (“Dr. Bird’s Advice for Sad Poets”).
‘Loving Vincent’ Distributor Good Deed Launches International Sales Division Ahead Of Cannes Market
24.04.2023 - 14:45 / deadline.com
EXCLUSIVE: Ahead of this year’s Cannes Film Festival and market, indie distributor Good Deed Entertainment (GDE) has launched an international sales division.
GDE’s Executive Vice President of Acquisitions Erik Donley will be leading the unit, alongside Executive Vice President of Production and Distribution Andy Myers and Head of Sales Marco DiSilvio.
GDE says it currently has 30 films available for worldwide distribution. In addition to selling acquired titles, the company will also work with their own original productions, via their fledgling production division led by Head of Production Phil Garrett.
First on deck is filmmaker Quinn Armstrong’s Fresh Hell film series, produced by Myers and Garrett. Fresh Hell is a three-feature film anthology series from writer-director Quinn Armstrong (Survival Skills) and will be released under GDE’s genre film label, Cranked Up Films, which has included the titles Extra Ordinary and Nightmare Cinema.
“Expanding our reach into the international market seemed like the natural progression for Good Deed,” says Donley. “My daily conversations with filmmakers expressing their desire to reach the widest audience possible made me realize we have the capacity to turn these wants into a reality. The digital landscape is changing exponentially which can be challenging to stay on top of but also beneficial for a film finding an audience quicker than ever before. With our experience and success in the U.S. we are excited to see where this new venture takes us.”
Good Deed Entertainment’s distribution plan has expanded in the past few years, with 16 films released and three produced in 2022, and 45 films set to be released in the U.S. in 2023 with nine to be produced and 30 to be released
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Magnolia Pictures Takes NA Rights To Nick Broomfield Music Doc ‘The Stones And Brian Jones’ Ahead Of Cannes Market
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Zoë Kravitz & Thomasin McKenzie To Lead Mona Fastvold’s Psychological Horror ‘Self-Portrait’ For Topic Studios — Cannes Market Hot Pic
EXCLUSIVE: Here’s some neat casting. Zoë Kravitz (The Batman) and Thomasin McKenzie (Leave No Trace) are set to lead psychological horror film Self-Portrait which Mona Fastvold (The World To Come) will direct from a script she co-wrote with Brady Corbet (Vox Lux).
Maria Bakalova, Jean Reno, Ty Simpkins & Connie Nielsen Set For Sexpionage Action Thriller ‘Birdseye’ — Cannes Market Hot Pic
EXCLUSIVE: Oscar nominee Maria Bakalova (Borat Subsequent Movie Film), two-times Cesar Award nominee Jean Reno (Leon), Ty Simpkins (Jurassic World) and Connie Nielsen (Gladiator) are attached to star in action movie Birdseye, which The Exchange will be launching for international sales ahead of the Cannes market.
‘Slow Horses’ Star Jack Lowden To Lead John Maclean Survival Thriller ‘Tornado’; HanWay Launching Sales At Cannes Market
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Frankie Goes To Hollywood Biopic ‘Relax’ In The Works With ‘It’s A Sin’ Star Callum Scott Howells, Working Title & Independent — Cannes Market
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Film Seekers Boards VR Therapy Revenge Thriller ‘ClearMind’ – Cannes Market
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Action-Thriller ‘Classified’ Starring Aaron Eckhart, Abigail Breslin & Tim Roth Wraps In Malta; Releases First Images – Cannes Market
EXCLUSIVE: Action-thriller Classified, starring Aaron Eckhart, Abigail Breslin and Tim Roth, has completed principal photography on location in Malta.
Rebel Wilson Action-Comedy ‘Bride Hard’ Heads To Cannes Market
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Theo James To Star In Stephen King Adaptation ‘The Monkey’ From ‘The Conjuring Universe’ Creator James Wan; Black Bear International Launches Hot Project For Cannes Market
EXCLUSIVE: Fresh off starring in season two of HBO’s The White Lotus, Theo James has been set to lead new horror movie The Monkey, based on the short story of the same name by Stephen King.
Emma Roberts To Star In Comedy ‘Hot Mess’; Mister Smith Launching Project At Cannes Market
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Cannes Market Launches Invite-Only Feature Film Pitching Event; Participant’s Liesl Copland To Kick Off Inaugural Edition With Keynote
EXCLUSIVE: The Cannes Film Festival’s Marché du Film has unveiled a new exclusive event, bannered the Cannes Investors Circle, aimed at connecting high-caliber, global feature film projects with private investors.
‘Samurai Ninja Onimanji’ Picked up by MultiVisionnaire Ahead of Cannes Market Launch (EXCLUSIVE)
Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Los Angeles-based sales agency MultiVisionnaire Pictures has acquired worldwide rights, outside of Japan, to “Samurai Ninja Onimanji.” The picture is a gory-fantasy-action film by Japanese VFX master, artist, and director Nishimura Yoshihiro. Nishimura is a prolific special effects artist with over 100 film credits ranging from effects work to writing and directing. Credits across the J-sploitation genre include “Tokyo Gore Police,” “Meatball Machine Kodoku” and the recent “Tokyo Dragon Chef.”
Tom Hiddleston & Mark Hamill To Star In Stephen King Adaptation ‘The Life Of Chuck’ For Director Mike Flanagan; FilmNation Launches Hot Project For Cannes Market
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Director Mohamed Kordofani on the ‘Systematic Racism’ Depicted in ‘Goodbye Julia,’ Sudan’s First Film at Cannes (EXCLUSIVE)
Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent Sudanese director Mohamed Kordofani will soon be in Cannes with “Goodbye Julia,” a drama that he says reflects the “systematic racism” that led to the secession of South Sudan in 2011 and is, albeit indirectly, closely connected with the conflict that erupted in the country in April. The powerful film, which is premiering in Un Certain Regard, marks the first Sudanese feature to bow from the Croisette. But there is an even greater historic significance to “Goodbye Julia,” in which two women – one from the North, the other from the South – are brought together by fate in a complex relationship that attempts to reconcile differences between northern and southern Sudanese communities. It’s the hope that “it can be the start of a movement for reconciliation between all the Sudanese people,” Kordofani says.
Peter Sarsgaard And Mackenzie Davis Horror Pic ‘The Damning Of A Country Merchant’ Heads To Cannes Market
EXCLUSIVE: Peter Sarsgaard (Dopesick, The Batman) and Mackenzie Davis (Station Eleven, Terminator: Dark Fate) have signed on to star in The Damning Of A Country Merchant, a horror pic from Anonymous Content, Two Independent Eyes, and Anti-Worlds, who have partnered to produce.
Henry Cavill, Jake Gyllenhaal & Eiza González To Reunite With Guy Ritchie For His Next Movie; Black Bear International To Heat Up Cannes Market With The Action Pic
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Golshifteh Farahani And Zar Amir-Ebrahimi Lead ‘Reading Lolita In Tehran’ Adaptation; WestEnd Launches For Cannes Market
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Elisabeth Moss, Kate Hudson & Kaia Gerber To Star In Thriller ‘Shell’ For Director Max Minghella, Automatik & Black Bear International — Cannes Market Hot Package
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