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When the news went viral that Kristen Stewart had been cast as Princess Diana in the upcoming Pablo Larraín film Spencer, many of Princess Di’s fans were upset. They didn’t feel that Kristen was the right actress for the role and many pointed out that Kristen looks nothing like Diana.

Neon and Topic Studios have jointly acquired the U.S. rights to the Kristen Stewart-starring Princess Diana drama Spencer.

Dave McNary Film Reporter“Spencer” — a drama starring Kristen Stewart as Princess Diana— has sold its U.S. rights to Neon, the production company behind last year’s Oscar-winner “Parasite.” Topic Studios will help distribute the film.Neon and Topic paid $4 million for the rights. The drama centers on a weekend in the early 1990s when Diana decided to separate from Prince Charles. “Jackie” director Pablo Larrain is on board to helm from a script by Steven Knight.

Jeff Deutchman negotiated the deal for Neon alongside Ryan Heller for Topic Studios with CAA Media Finance and Endeavor Content on behalf of the filmmakers. FilmNation Entertainment is handling international rights.

Neon has acquired the U.S. rights to Pablo Larraín’s “Spencer,” starring Kristen Stewart as Princess Diana, out of the virtual Cannes market for $4 million, an individual with knowledge of the deal told TheWrap.Steven Knight (“Peaky Blinders,” “Taboo”) wrote the screenplay and production is set to begin in early 2021.

Mike Fleming Jr Co-Editor-in-Chief, FilmEXCLUSIVE: NEON has won a pitched bidding battle and will pay north of $4 million for U.S. rights to Spencer, with Pablo Larraín is set to direct and Kristen Stewart to play Princess Diana.

It appears that, as of now, the fall film festival circuit will exist in some form or fashion in 2020. This is good news for the film industry after the spring and summer festivals were largely canceled, including the prestigious Cannes Film Festival.

Ann-Marie Corvin While the coronavirus pandemic has been good for independent film sales to content-hungry streamers, this year’s string of canceled festivals may lead to a “lost generation” of filmmakers, Pablo Larrain, director of Oscar-nominated films “No” and “Jackie,” has warned.

Jessica Kiang The protagonist of Pablo Larraín’s “Tony Manero” was a man obsessed to the point of insanity with achieving celebrity as the replication of someone else. So there’s a sort of inverse symmetry at work in the Larraín-produced “Nobody Knows I’m Here,” the strange little debut from Gaspar Antillo, about a man whose celebrity was stolen from him, and given to another.

Kristen Stewart and Maggie Gyllenhaal have both directed short films made during lockdown for Netflix.Shot during the Covid-19 crisis, the two stars’ works are part of the streaming service’s new compendium of shorts, Homemade, which features five to seven-minute shorts by 17 filmmakers that capture the experience of quarantine.According to Variety, the project, which has been overseen by filmmaker Pablo Larrain, who will direct Stewart in a new Princess Diana biopic, can also be watched as one

Kristen Stewart and Maggie Gyllenhaal have been staying busy during the pandemic.

Kristen Stewart and Maggie Gyllenhaal have both directed short films made during lockdown for Netflix.

Kristen Stewart and Maggie Gyllenhaal are flexing their creative muscles in a new way.

Netflix anthology will see filmmakers from around the world contributing short films about their experiences in isolation.Homemade, spearheaded by Chilean filmmaker Pablo Larraín alongside producers from The Apartment Pictures and Fabula, features stories filmed entirely with equipment at home, including both diary entries and fictional narratives.The contributing artists include Ladj Ly, Paolo Sorrentino, Rachel Morrison, Rungano Nyoni, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Johnny Ma, Gurinder Chadha, Ana Lily

Over the past few months, we’ve seen several filmmakers work on new shorts while in quarantine during the COVID-19 pandemic. Folks like Spike Lee, Michel Gondry, and David F.

Manori Ravindran International Editor“Jackie” filmmaker Pablo Larrain may be set to direct Kristen Stewart in Lady Diana film “Spencer,” but the pair will first collaborate in a new collection of short films from Netflix.Filmed during COVID-19 and across various states of global lockdown, “Homemade” unites 17 leading filmmakers in a compendium of short films — available to watch separately as five to seven-minute shorts or as one long feature — that captures the shared experience of quarantine.

Charlie’s Angels star Kristen Stewart has signed on to play Princess Diana in director Pablo Larraín’s new film, Spencer.The film, written by Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight, imagines a weekend in the early 1990s when Prince Charles’ wife decided her marriage to the heir to the throne wasn’t working.Production is expected to begin in early 2021 and the film is expected to be one of the hot ticket packages up for grabs at the virtual Cannes Market.Larrain, who previously enjoyed success with